"She's already two at the age of ten …"
Yang Rui's doubts were quickly answered. Sun Shangxiang was already twelve years old. Although she was older than Yang Rui had expected, it was still something Yang Rui could not accept.
However, this matter was related to testing Sun Jian's true attitude, so Yang Rui did not say much. He agreed to Guo Jia and Xun You's suggestion and prepared to send an envoy to Sun Jian to propose marriage.
In fact, in this game setting, it was very rare for girls to get married before their hairpin ceremony at the age of 15. Since the Zhou Dynasty, there were rules and customs for girls to get married after their hairpin ceremony. Noble girls could only get married after their hairpin ceremony.
Therefore, Yang Rui naturally knew that even if his envoy came to propose marriage again, the chances of Sun Jian agreeing were very slim. Sun Jian was a feudal lord, so how could he casually decide his daughter's marriage?
Moreover, Yang Rui had previously broken up the marriage between Big Joe, Little Joe, and the Sun family. In the end, he had snatched Sun Jian's daughter-in-law. Now that he had set his sights on Sun Jian's daughter, no one would easily agree.
The envoy that Yang Rui sent this time was Chen Lin. Not only was Chen Lin an elegant writer, but she was also a famous scholar. She could be said to be a person of virtue and prestige.
Due to the influence of the game's cultural background, Chen Lin was actually very suitable to propose marriage. However, a scholar like Chen Lin rarely proposed marriage, which made Yang Rui's move even more serious.
Yang Rui, Guo Jia, and Xun You discussed it. After a while, Yang Rui sent Chen Lin and her entourage out. Yang Rui and the other envoys from Yuan Shu were temporarily left aside by Yang Rui.
At this time, Yang Rui and the other feudal lords and various factions had stopped fighting. Moreover, they could freely use the teleportation circle. It was very convenient for Chen Lin and the other envoys from Yang Rui to head to Sun Jian's land of Wu.
Before Chen Lin left, Yang Rui had told her that although the purpose of this trip was to propose marriage, the marriage was not the main purpose. The main purpose was to find out the relationship between Sun Jian and Yuan Shu.
Of course, Yang Rui had accepted Guo Jia and Xun You's suggestion to propose to Yuan Shu for Sun Jian to attack Liu Bei. Yang Rui had also informed Chen Lin of the whole process to clarify the whole situation.
At the same time, Yang Rui had also told Chen Lin that regardless of whether the marriage proposal was successful or not, if they could find out the reason why Sun Jian was willing to send troops to attack Liu Bei, or even convince Sun Jian to ignore Yuan Shu and ally with Yang Rui, it would be a great contribution.
With Chen Lin's ability to comprehend history, it was not difficult for her to understand Yang Rui's intentions.
Yang Rui's arrangement was not to get rid of Yuan Shu. To a large extent, it was because Yang Rui could not accept Yuan Shu's conditions.
After Chen Lin and her entourage left through the teleportation circle, they did not immediately turn back because it was convenient to travel. This made Yang Rui feel at ease.
Usually, when envoys from different factions visited each other, they would arrange for the envoys to stay. If they could slowly negotiate for a few more days, the chances of success would be much higher.
Thus, when Chen Lin and her entourage did not return, Yang Rui felt at ease. He focused on cultivating the Soaring Dragon's Internal Cultivation Method, Soul, and did not ask about anything else.
In the next two days, Chen Lin and her entourage still did not return. Yang Rui was also not in a hurry. Instead, he settled various matters in his territory.
During this period, Yang Rui also participated in the new Trade Alliance's internal trade fair held in Linzi City. This was also the first trade fair held in Yang Rui's territory after the teleportation circle was temporarily restored.
Perhaps it was due to the inconvenience of transportation for a long time that the scale of this trade fair was even larger than any of the previous ones. All kinds of materials were gathered at this trade fair, and it was not only supported by Yang Rui's side.
During the period when the teleportation circle was disabled, Yang Rui introduced methods such as listing passwords and used the supermarket to hold several trade fairs. He also chose to hold them late at night or early in the morning to ensure that the trade could be carried out smoothly and that the items on the list would not be snatched away by others.
However, there were still some flaws in the long-distance trade fair held through the supermarket. Not only was there a possibility that the items on the list might be snatched away by others, but there was also the problem of lax confidentiality within the trade fair.
There were always friendly relations between the members of the trade fair. When some items were not needed by their own side, there was a chance that some members who were notified to participate in the trade fair would spread the information to their friends in the trade fair.
This also led to the lax control of the participants' ratings. As this situation became more and more common, the trade fair could no longer maintain the way of trading according to the ratings.
On-the-spot trading could very well eliminate this problem and restore the trade order within the trade fair. The ratings and levels played a role once again. Yang Rui's control over the supply and demand of the members through the trade fair was not only limited to the gain of trading profits.
Yang Rui had participated in the trade fair for almost the entire time. He had also obtained a single piece of wood from the trade fair. Although they were all grade 9, grade 8, and grade 7 wood, he had won in terms of quantity, more than 50000 units.
These wood, together with some higher-grade wood, were enough to build 30 to 40 turreted ships. Although Yang Rui had a wood base like Shrimp Island, he did not dare to say that he had enough wood.
Moreover, Yang Rui's other wood-related products also required high-grade wood. Especially since the production model of workshops was promoted, the consumption of wood had increased greatly. Yang Rui's demand for high-grade wood was huge.
At the same time, Yang Rui also bought another item that caught his eye at the trade fair. It could be considered a pleasant surprise.
"East Emperor Pavilion Building Blueprint: Special Building Blueprint. After use, it can be used to build the Ancestral Temple. Building Requirements: 1 Advanced Mason, 1 Advanced Carpenter.
Material requirements: 100 units of sixth-grade wood and stone, 1000 units of seventh-grade wood and stone, 10000 units of eighth-grade wood and stone, 100000 units of ninth-grade wood and stone, and a large amount of ordinary wood and stone. "
When Yang Rui saw this special building blueprint at the trade fair, he immediately bought it. Although he spent 500,000 East Sea gold coins, Yang Rui felt that it was a good price to buy the blueprint.
Just from the materials used in the East Emperor Pavilion Building Blueprint, it could be seen that it cost a lot, especially the high-grade wood and stone. They were second only to the materials used to build the Xuanyuan Altar.
Yang Rui had always been looking forward to the potential uses of the Xuanyuan Altar. At this moment, although Yang Rui did not understand much about it, he had already gained some knowledge in some aspects.
Especially when the three kingdoms' civilization was advancing at an extremely fast speed, Yang Rui paid more attention to the Xuanyuan Altar after it appeared. This was because the Xuanyuan Altar would also accumulate a similar amount of mist at certain times every day!
Even though Yang Rui could not confirm whether the two types of mist were the same phenomenon, he was certain that the mist produced by the Xuanyuan Altar definitely had an extraordinary effect.
Ever since the Xuanyuan Altar was built in Big Mountain City, Big Mountain City and the large area around it could be said to have good weather. The population was prosperous, and the birth rate and migration rate had increased tremendously.
At the same time, the Xuanyuan Altar itself could increase the loyalty and loyalty of the NPCs in the territory, strengthen the cohesion of the territory, and increase the ability to break through inspiration. It also increased the cohesiveness of the NPC Liegeman in the territory.
Yang Rui even felt that the territories around Big Mountain City were affected. Although he could not confirm this point, Yang Rui already had a preliminary understanding of the Xuanyuan Altar's effect.
Similar to the materials used to build the East Emperor Pavilion's blueprint, there was also the Drifting Cloud Tent's blueprint. Both were special building blueprints, and the amount of materials used was the most similar.
At this moment, the Drifting Cloud Tent had already been completed by Diaochan. This tent's attributes were even higher than the Hun Tribe's Core Tent that Yang Rui had obtained. It was a very ideal tool to build a large nomadic tribe or carry out a large-scale march.
Although Yang Rui had never used the Drifting Cloud Tent before, he was very clear about its use for settling down, marching, and fighting. He had always kept it by his side in case of emergencies.
In fact, Yang Rui had always attached great importance to the limited number of special buildings in his jurisdiction. From the initial refugee camp, the Mohist School, the Basic School, the Headmaster's Temple, the Medicine Hall, the Bank, the Weaving Workshop, and the Auxiliary River, to the Dragon King Temple, the Yellow Turban Altar, the Drill Hall, and other special buildings, they all played a very important role.
Hence, when Yang Rui saw the East Thearch Pavilion's construction blueprint at the merchant union's internal trade fair, he quickly bought it. One had to know that the uniqueness of a special construction blueprint was that it was unique. Once a special construction blueprint appeared, it would not appear a second time.
On this point, even Cai Yan's innate skill, Retentive Memory, was useless.
Cai Yan's Eidetic Memory could copy all kinds of building blueprints, manufacturing blueprints, special books, mission scrolls, and so on. This skill was like a photocopier in the game. It could even copy a soldier's buff skill book, but it could not copy a special building blueprint.
Yang Rui had tried this before. Otherwise, all the special buildings in his territory would have appeared in pairs.
It was because of the rarity of special buildings and their special uses that Yang Rui treasured the East Emperor Pavilion's blueprint so much. After buying it, he treasured it as if he had obtained a treasure.
As the merchant alliance's internal trade fair came to an end, only the goods provided by Yang Rui's side were left for sale. More than half of them were food. Yang Rui then left.
It was a coincidence that he was able to buy high-quality wood and the East Emperor Pavilion's blueprint at the trade fair. It was also an additional benefit that Yang Rui had brought to the merchant alliance and the business system.
Most importantly, Yang Rui had created the "Rice-Gold" currency system. It used the most important strategic resource of the cold weapon era — food as the foundation to establish the East Sea currency system.
Before and after the merchant alliance's internal trade fair, the East Sea gold coin had risen to about 2.80 in game currency. It had been maintaining a strong trend and had not stopped rising.
From the perspective of the exchange ratio, this had almost doubled Yang Rui's wealth. In reality, there was a problem with the calculation of the gold coin turnover. As for how much Yang Rui's wealth had increased, it depended on the total number of East Sea gold coins that he had issued.
As mentioned before, Yang Rui's issuance of East Sea currency was not as simple as increasing his wealth. At the same time, it was also a new currency system. It allowed Yang Rui to strengthen his control over the commerce in the Three Kingdoms Civilization Region. It also provided a foundation for him to influence the separation of powers.
"System Announcement: Emperor Zhong of the Three Kingdoms Civilization Region, Yuan Shu, has officially issued the Zhong Family's Flying Dragon Knife Coins. They can be exchanged in the county-level territories under Yuan Shu's jurisdiction.
The Flying Dragon Knife Coins are divided into Flying Dragon Gold Knife Coins, Flying Dragon Silver Knife Coins, and Flying Dragon Copper Knife Coins. The starting exchange ratio is as follows:
One Flying Dragon Gold Knife Coin can be exchanged for 0.95 gold coins, one Flying Dragon Silver Knife Coin can be exchanged for 0.95 silver coins, one Flying Dragon Copper Knife Coin can be exchanged for 0.95 copper coins … "
"…"
Not long after Yang Rui left the merchant alliance's internal trade fair and was patrolling the various counties in Qingzhou, he heard the Three Kingdoms Civilization Region System Announcement. It was repeated three times.
After reading it carefully, Yang Rui realized that Yuan Shu had also issued his own currency, and it just so happened that Yang Rui was also considering the content of his own currency.
Yang Rui was surprised at first, but he quickly reacted. At this time, Yuan Shu had already established himself as the emperor of the Zhong Family. It was naturally not difficult for him to obtain the right to issue currency.
Moreover, Yuan Shu should have seen the huge benefits that Yang Rui had obtained by issuing the East Sea currency, so he followed suit and issued a currency.
What made Yang Rui feel quite strange was that the Flying Dragon Knife issued by Yuan Shu actually used the unit "knife". When Yang Rui issued the East Sea currency, he did not consider changing the unit name and abandoned the names "yuan" and "knife".
However, the unit of "knife" in Yuan Shu's currency should be different from the "knife" in the real world. After thinking about it, Yang Rui thought that Yuan Shu might have made the currency into the shape of a knife. That was how the unit of "knife" came about.
Seeing was believing. Yang Rui simply teleported to the nearest Xiayi County in Yuzhou and exchanged 100 Flying Dragon Gold, Silver, and Copper coins. It was indeed the very ancient form of the knife coins.
Yang Rui exchanged not long after the Flying Dragon Knife coins were issued, so the exchange rate did not change much and remained around 0.95.
After exchanging the Flying Dragon Knife coins, Yang Rui immediately contacted Chen Xiaonan and teleported to Feng County where Chen Xiaonan was.
It turned out that Chen Xiaonan also teleported to Yuzhou as soon as he received the news and exchanged some Flying Dragon Knife coins.
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