A hundred miles of white clouds floated in the sky, slowly descending until they stopped about a hundred zhang in the air.
At the center of the white clouds was a huge tower. Although it only had nine floors, each floor was dozens of li in size. Each floor was like a small city.
On the ninth floor of Cloud Tower, a purple-robed Confucian stood with his head held high, followed by a large number of scholars from the School of Agriculture.
In the sky and among the white clouds, these people were elegant and at ease, like immortals or saints.
The entire Cloud Tower emitted a faint light, filled with a holy aura.
"Heavens, it really is Cloud Tower! Who invited the School of Agriculture's Cloud Tower here? Isn't this Half-saint Wen Treasure in the Kong Clan's ancient land? "
"This is clearly not the main body. Once Cloud Tower's main body spreads, it can cover three thousand li and control the weather of the world. It has to stay in the Ancient Land of Confucius to plant all kinds of divine items and strengthen the human race. This should be one of Cloud Tower's three projections. However, even if it's just a projection of the Half-saint Wen Treasure, its power is far above that of the Great Confucian Wen Treasure. "
"I've heard that if a place's environment is too poor to grow crops, but the location is too important to build a city, Cloud Tower will be dispatched to reconstruct it in a few months. Although Ning An County is important, the land is still okay. There's no need to invite Cloud Tower here. "
Yu Bachi chuckled. "With Fang Xusheng here, nothing is impossible."
The originally lively welcoming team suddenly became silent.
The officials broke out in a cold sweat. Only now did they realize that Cloud Tower must have been invited by Fang Yun!
Just now, someone had mocked Fang Yun for not knowing who the Agriculture Hall's envoy was. Now, it seemed that either Fang Yun was deliberately hiding it, or the Agriculture Hall had come in a hurry and didn't announce the complete list. And the latter was more likely. After all, if they had been prepared, there was no way they wouldn't have kept it a secret.
Since Cloud Tower was here …
Many officials looked at Geng Ge and Shen Ren.
Geng Ge clenched his right fist, his face ashen. He was a very steady person, but as a member of the Hanlin Academy, it was a great shame that he was knocked out by Fang Yun's Dragon Horse. That was why he was so aggressive today, hoping to defeat Fang Yun in one fell swoop and wash away his shame. Who would have thought that Fang Yun would actually invite Yunlou over? Their previous coercion might have been for naught.
Shen Ren fumed, cursing in a low voice. "What are you looking at? What could Cloud Tower do? At most, it would allow for a bumper harvest in autumn. Who in the city could wait until then? There is food in the Cloud Tower, but if they give it to the people without a reasonable reason, they will still be demoted! "
Some of the officials nodded.
However, some of the officials with higher positions or more astute officials did not express their opinions. A few officials even looked at Shen Ren with disdain. Cloud Tower was indeed useless, but if Fang Yun could invite Cloud Tower, there was no reason that they could not do anything about the grain price.
The appearance of Cloud Tower could be seen by everyone in Ning An County.
A large number of commoners rushed towards the southern city gate.
The medical scholars who were preparing to participate in the medical literature conference were all stunned for a long time. Cloud Tower's projection descended. This was a major event, not to mention that there was a great scholar personally holding the fort.
Many medical scholars thought about it and hurriedly hired carriages to head towards the southern city gate. Since they knew that the great scholar was coming, they had to go. They had to go. Everyone understood this etiquette.
The medical scholars had not taken a few steps when they saw the purple-robed great scholar on Cloud Tower say, "Old Man came to Ning An County to test out the Agriculture Hall. There is no need to muster so many people, and there is no need for formalities. Disperse. "
The great scholar's voice was filled with convincing power. Many people who were rushing towards the southern city gate slowed down their footsteps.
However, Ning An County had not seen a single Confucian scholar appear in public in the past few decades, and they had never seen such a gigantic Cloud Tower before. Thus, even though the crowd was not prepared to leave the city, they still lingered in the southern part of the city, unwilling to leave. They looked up at the gigantic Cloud Tower in the sky and discussed excitedly.
Although the human race had all kinds of literary treasures and strange techniques, they could not be popularized. Thus, many commoners were still very curious when they saw them.
Fang Yun stood under the carriage and cupped his hands towards the Cloud Tower in the sky, "Ning An County Magistrate Fang Yun welcomes the great scholar of the Agriculture Hall, Old Man Xu Shi."
"Hiss …"
There was a soft gasp behind Fang Yun. If Fang Yun had invited a normal great scholar of the Agriculture Hall, it would have been fine. However, he had invited a great scholar from the Xu Family. This was an unusual signal. This proved that both the Xu Family and the Agriculture Hall regarded this trip as extremely important. No wonder they used Cloud Tower.
"Fang Xusheng is indeed a pillar of the human race. Old Man represents the Agriculture Hall to thank you." Great Scholar Xu Shi returned the greeting.
"Old Man Xu is too polite." Fang Yun said.
The surrounding officials were stunned. This great scholar's attitude towards Fang Yun was indeed unusual. He actually represented the Agriculture Hall to thank Fang Yun. Could it be that Fang Yun had made a great contribution to the Agriculture Hall?
Soon after, a cloud that was a thousand feet in radius separated from the Cloud Tower. Hundreds of people from the Agriculture Hall followed Great Scholar Xu Shi and quickly descended.
The cloud landed on the ground and dissipated into smoke.
The people from the Agriculture Hall were similar to the Gong Family. They did not like complicated formalities. Thus, after a simple greeting, they arrived at the county yamen together. A portion of the Agriculture Hall and Ning An County officials followed Fang Yun into the meeting hall on the left side of the main hall.
Although Xu Shi was a great scholar, Fang Yun had the title of Xusheng. Although his actual status was not as high as Xu Shi's, his status was more honorable than that of a great scholar. Thus, Fang Yun and Xu Shi sat side by side on the two main seats in the meeting hall. Below the two main seats, the officials from Ning An County and the Agriculture Hall sat on the two sides of the table.
Ao Huang floated to Fang Yun's right. He sat cross-legged and looked at the scholars from the Agriculture Hall. They all gave him a kind smile.
The Agriculture Hall needed good weather the most, so they were the closest to the Dragons.
After the host and guest sat down, Xu Shi smiled and said, "Fang Xusheng is the host, and I am the guest. You will be the one to announce the cooperation between Ning An County and the Agriculture Hall."
Fang Yun nodded and scanned the crowd. "I'm sure everyone already knows that the Agriculture Hall has listed Ning An County as a test area for innovation. Before this, I've already cooperated with the Xu Xing family to study the rules of inheritance for plants. "
Shen Ren immediately smiled and said, "Lord Fang is indeed extraordinary. I'm impressed."
Yu Ba Chi glanced at Shen Ren. He knew that he was just putting on a show. He was pretending to be a good official in front of the Agriculture Hall. Yu Ba Chi retracted his gaze. When he looked at Fang Yun, he suddenly noticed that Fang Yun was smiling faintly. There seemed to be something hidden in that smile, and it was directed at Shen Ren.
Yu Ba Chi lowered his head and thought for a moment. He couldn't guess what it was, so he gently shook his head and continued to listen to Fang Yun.
Fang Yundao said, "This time, the Agriculture Hall has set Ning An County as a test area for innovation. There are many cooperation projects, so I'll only talk about a few of the main ones. As everyone knows, the stronger the demons and barbarians are, the stronger their descendants will be. Research has also found that the stronger the literary status of the human race, the taller, stronger, and smarter their descendants will be. However, I've also found that, other than the influence of literary status and bloodline, food can also determine a human's body and intelligence. Therefore, the first project of cooperation between Ning An County and the Agriculture Hall is based on the book I wrote last night, "A Preliminary Study of the Human Race's Dietary Structure." We'll target the people of Ning An County and study the effects of the human race's dietary structure on their bodies. "
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