Seeing this task, the smile on Zhang Dongyun's face disappeared.
He smacked his lips.
Another literacy campaign?
Yes, that's right. The city had expanded greatly, and the population had increased tremendously.
The illiteracy rate had also increased rapidly.
But it was too difficult to eradicate the illiteracy of the population now.
Now, Chang 'an City included the entire Eastern Tang dynasty, most of Western Zhou, and most of Northern Qi dynasty.
The number of people here could no longer be measured in "hundreds of millions", but in the billions.
To be more precise, it could even be measured in billions.
With such a huge population base, coupled with the ancient background of this world, the illiteracy rate was off the charts.
It would take a lot of manpower and resources to get rid of the illiteracy of such a large population.
Zhang Dongyun patted his head.
Due to the system's usual behavior, Master Zhang had actually made some preparations in advance.
For example, the construction and continuous expansion of the 16 guards of Chang 'an.
Therefore, although the task wouldn't be crushed as soon as it was issued, it could at least be completed quickly.
But in the past year, the speed of expansion had been so fast that Master Zhang had neglected the literacy work.
When Shen Herong was here, she often took care of it.
But firstly, she didn't know that Zhang Dongyun wanted to complete the task in the shortest time possible. Secondly, in the past few months, she had chased after Chu Yaoguang and Ying Xiaowo to the Middle Earth and wasn't in the city.
Therefore, it gave Zhang Dongyun a headache to catch the illiteracy task again.
Of course, it wasn't without good news.
The end of the second talent selection ceremony had improved the administrative ability of Chang 'an by a lot.
Some people were directly intercepted by Master Zhang before they could join the Imperial Pivot Hall or the local Star Luo departments.
He mainly intercepted the Confucian cultivators with cultivation and then sent them to the local areas to establish schools and academies of various levels to teach and educate people.
Although this made countless scholars with political ambitions feel as if they had bumped into a wall, considering that this might be a new round of assessment for everyone in Chang 'an, everyone still carried out the orders.
When Confucian cultivators reached the second realm, they could use the Bright Heart Embroidered Mouth to teach and educate people. It was very effective.
When a great scholar of the Sixth Realm or above gave a lecture, it would have an effect similar to enlightenment.
It was still the same. Zhang Dongyun did not require them to teach the people any great principles. He only wanted them to work hard and teach the most people to read and write in the shortest amount of time.
Some of the people who were used to bringing their own stuff in class were banned by Zhang Dongyun.
In order to prevent people from discovering the true location of Invincible City, Master Zhang targeted the entire Eastern Border.
However, on the surface, it seemed that the closer they were to Chang'an, the more knowledgeable the teachers were.
In other people's eyes, this was undoubtedly a show of strengthening Chang 'an's prestige and ruling power.
But in private, only Master Zhang himself knew that this was to use good steel for the blade.
After all, Invincible City did not cover the entire Eastern Border.
And to complete the mission, as long as the actual area covered by Invincible City, which was the entire Tang Land, most of Qi Land, and Zhou Land, could be cleared of illiteracy.
Outside the area, of course, education had to continue, but there was no need to be as strict as within Invincible City.
To some Confucian cultivators, being able to set up private academies and schools to educate people in the world was also a part of the ideal.
To some people who were ambitious in their official career, this was a test for Chang'an, so they did their best to complete the mission.
The education of the entire Chang'an began to spread like wildfire.
Master Zhang stared at the illiteracy rate in the city and asked the system to calculate it accurately to a few decimal places.
Thus, the current illiteracy rate was decreasing at a speed that could be seen with the naked eye. It was changing every minute and every second.
However, to complete the mission, it would take time. It could not be done in one go.
After Zhang Dongyun assigned the mission, he no longer paid special attention to it. Instead, he focused on his own martial arts cultivation.
Time passed slowly just like that.
Until one day, a message suddenly came from the Northern Qi Land.
"Underwater Xuan Jade? In large quantities? "
Mr. Dark Cloud, who was projected by Zhang Dongyun in the Imperial Pivot Hall, raised his eyebrows slightly.
The person in front of him was Chen Xingwen, the elder of Misty Sky Peak of Northern Qi.
Chen Xingwen's expression was solemn. "Sir, our sect leader personally went to the bottom of the North Sea to investigate and confirmed that it is indeed underwater Xuan Jade. Although the quality is not confirmed, there is indeed a large quantity. It is just that it is sealed in ice and difficult to break."
In the Daming Palace, Zhang Dongyun was a little tempted.
Underwater Xuan Jade, like the Divine Mountain Rock, was a treasure that was beneficial to martial arts cultivation.
If he could get a large quantity of high-quality underwater Xuan Jade, the speed of his martial arts cultivation would definitely increase again, and he would be able to reach the Martial Emperor Realm in a shorter time.
However, the ice that even Lin Ying, a Ninth Realm martial arts master, could not break?
Mr. Dark Cloud's expression returned to normal. "Ask Li Jie to go to the North Sea and have a look."
Chen Xingwen, the elder of Misty Sky Peak, took the order and then went to see Li Jie, the deputy director of the Tang Land.
Hearing this, Li Jie did not delay and immediately set off for the North Sea.
But soon, news came back that although Li Jie could move the ice at the bottom of the sea, his strength was not enough and he needed more help.
Zhang Dongyun was amazed.
Li Jie had broken through to the Tenth Realm of Martial Arts and become a Martial Emperor.
He could move mountains and fill the sea by himself, but he still could not break the ice?
Zhang Dongyun simply did not send anyone else, but personally went.
Mr. Zhang landed on the head of Flying Serpent Yun Xing again, and then Yun Xing took him all the way to the north through Earth Escape.
Yun Xing was now a Demon Royal, and his speed of Earth Escape was much faster than before.
It did not take long for them to reach the northern part of the Eastern Border, and they were about to enter the North Sea.
Now that Yun Xing had become a Demon Royal, his bloodline had been completely purified, and all the characteristics of the Dragon Clan had faded away. He was no different from a real pure-blooded Flying Serpent.
He liked earth and fire, and hated places with a lot of water.
But now that Zhang Dongyun was standing on top of his head, he did not say anything and plunged into the cold North Sea.
If Yun Xing had to pick one of the four seas around the Eastern Border, the one he hated the most was the North Sea.
Not only was it water, but it was also extremely cold.
However, Yun Xing only hated it. Although the North Sea was cold, it could not hurt him.
The scales on Yun Xing's body opened and closed. Streaks of black mist mixed with red sparks gushed out and surrounded him and Zhang Dongyun, blocking the seawater to a distance.
They could not touch the seawater at all.
Following the route reported by the people of Qi, Yun Xing carried Zhang Dongyun all the way to the ocean, which was thousands of miles away from the coastline.
The Flying Serpent resisted the surrounding undercurrents while diving.
Soon, two people could be seen at the bottom of the sea.
One was the Deputy Director of Tang, Li Jie, the Sect Master of Dahe Longmen.
The other was the popular candidate for the Director of Qi in Chang 'an, the Sect Master of Misty Sky Peak, Lin Ying.
One was in the Tenth Realm, and the other was in the Ninth Realm. Only the two of them could stay at the bottom of the sea, where undercurrents surged and could crush people to death at any time.
The rest of the people had no choice but to wait near the land.
"Mr. Zhang."
When Li Jie and Lin Ying saw Zhang Dongyun, they both bowed respectfully.
Zhang Dongyun nodded slightly, then looked down.
There was nothing but black.
It was not a pit in the abyss, but a piece of mysterious jade at the bottom of the sea.
The jade was pure black and flickered with a faint fluorescent light.
The black jade was surrounded by a thick layer of ice, like an iceberg at the bottom of the sea.
Zhang Dongyun stretched out his palm and pressed it on the surface of the ice, sensing it with rapt attention.
"Sir, let me and Li Jie work together to break the ice," the Flying Serpent, Yun Xing, said.
Zhang Dongyun did not answer. After a while, he smiled and said, "The two of you together are not enough to break the ice. No, I should say that the two of you are not enough to deal with the opponent here."
When they heard that, Li Jie, Yun Xing, and Lin Ying were all stunned. They then looked around vigilantly.
However, after observing for a while, they did not find any trace of the enemy.
The two people and one demon turned back to look at the calm Mr. Zhang, then looked at the iceberg in front of them.
Since there was no one around, could it be that the enemy was right in front of them?
But they did not sense who was hiding in the iceberg at all …
"In terms of real cultivation, the enemy may not be as good as you. However, she is in the Mysterious Jade at the bottom of the sea. With the help of the Mysterious Jade at the bottom of the sea, her supernatural power has been greatly enhanced," Zhang Dongyun said.
When they heard that, Li Jie and the Flying Serpent's eyes flashed thoughtfully.
"The Mysterious Jade at the bottom of the sea. Other than being used by human martial artists to practice martial arts, to a certain extent, it seems to be able to enhance Dharma spells or supernatural powers that target the soul …" the Flying Serpent muttered to himself.
"Illusion!" Li Jie blurted out.
When this concept formed in his mind, it was as if he had broken some invisible existence.
Lin Ying's cultivation was one realm lower, so she could not detect it immediately.
When the Flying Serpent and Li Jie looked at the iceberg in front of them again, the scene suddenly changed.
At the bottom of the ice layer, at the bottom of the Mysterious Jade at the bottom of the sea, something seemed to be hiding.
When the human and demon got closer to observe, they realized that it was a huge shell.
"Whoosh!"
Li Jie and the Flying Serpent suddenly understood.
Zhang Dongyun patted the iceberg. "Now, let's do it."
Li Jie immediately struck out with both of his palms, slamming them into the huge ice mountain.
Fire also appeared in the Flying Serpent's eyes. The Mysterious Fire of the Earth's Core materialized and landed on the iceberg.
This time, some invisible existence in front of Lin Ying also seemed to be broken.
Then, he saw the ice layer slowly disintegrate.
It turned out that everyone was in an illusion earlier. They thought that they could not break the iceberg when in fact, they did not even touch the iceberg.
Now that the Tenth Realm human and demon attacked, the iceberg instantly disintegrated and shattered.
After the huge shell shook a few times, it was as if there were air currents spurting out from the two shells.
Then, the scallop shell broke through the seawater at a speed that did not match its size and quickly escaped into the distance.
However, just as it rushed out, before it could run far, a hand stretched out and directly pressed the huge shell back into the sand at the bottom of the sea.
Zhang Dongyun calmly stretched out both hands and pried the shell open.
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