Master of Strange Dao

The group of deans from the Southern Sea, honestly, Yu Ziqing likes them more and more.

Setting aside their terrifying speed of burning through funding, Yu Ziqing can even accept the reasons they casually devise for burning through funds.

Because the numerous subsidiary projects, small projects, and various secondary outcomes they research seem disconnected but are truly abundant.

They may not be that strong or that good.

However, something has no absolute measure of good or bad, only whether it is suitable or not.

Some things are not that good and almost lack substantial depth for research or value for continued upgrades.

But the costs are low and they are easy to produce.

For instance, this time, when researching spirit plants, they discovered certain things.

Strangely, these can be applied to low-tier puppets, and the created puppets are weak, with extremely low spiritual wisdom, insufficient even as the lowest-grade patrol guards.

Yet, adding the material previously researched by the deans using mysterious iron as a basis, it happens to be a perfect fit.

This reduces the cost of puppets, not even considered First-tier, to an outrageous degree.

Additionally, the production difficulty is very low.

Yu Ziqing is planning to have Zhang and the artifact refiners from Dadui produce some puppets.

For example, a plowing bull.

Even if these puppets are so inferior that they require human guidance.

But the cost, when calculated, is almost the same as a robust plowing bull by Dadui's pricing.

Moreover, this peculiar thing doesn't need grass or spirit feed, its consumption is particularly low, and when broken, it can be repaired.

The saved grains, even if all taken to feed cows so people can eat meat, would be an absolute profit.

Yet these are the results those big shots won't regard as significant, won't even give them a second glance, and would turn away and forget.

Yu Ziqing clearly knows that no matter how cultivators live, the majority and lowest tier of mortals actually don't live well.

No matter how good the policy is, how clean the governance is, or no matter how strict the orders are, one must not starve people.

Actually, it only ensures people won't starve.

To improve everyone's living quality, increase everyone's physique, truthfully is harder than randomly picking a cultivator to help upgrade to Ninth Tier.

This requires an overall leap in productivity, even transcendence. The rıghtful source is novel•fire.net

Just like wanting to eat beef, everyone wanting to eat it every day can buy it at an acceptable low price.

The prerequisite is having enough grain, with surpluses to raise animals.

Additionally, something with lower costs, even lower than plowing oxen, to replace the oxen, etc...

Like traveling to the early decades of the twentieth century yet wanting to buy Coca-Cola casually at the corner store.

It seems like a small thing, actually the prerequisites need a group of comparable titans leading a generation to achieve through lifetime struggle.

Yu Ziqing's current task is relatively simple because the productivity enhancement is considerably easier.

Just sinking technology sufficiently can raise average physique across Dadui a notch within two to three generations.

Thanks to Dingmao Emperor Dui's vigorous cleansing of obstacles, the hardest execution has gained feasibility.

Yu Ziqing is doing a good deed, strengthening the entire Dadui, thus within Dadui, anyone blocks him dies.

Even those feigning compliance and not doing the job properly will result in Cabinet higher-ups and lowest-tier civilians jumping in protest.

Yu Ziqing bears Emperor Dui's title, usually uninvolved, aware of his limited capability and level.

Yet setting a broad direction without details isn't problematic.

Like adapting a small project from the grand world upgrading plan of Southern Sea's research into a comprehensive upgrade plan for all Dadui.

This absolutely suits Zhang and others' taste.

Yu Ziqing introduces new small results, persuading Zhang with his ideas.

"You see, those materials deemed most useless garbage by everyone, aren't they now hugely useful?"

Oh, there is a library here, records about Dharma Methods, various records, help me find them."

Furthermore, do you know of any Dharma Method that can shield retrospection?"

Not the kind that contaminates the environment shield, but only shields itself, with no impact on other areas."

Previously, someone stood in front of the archway for a whole day, I don't know who he was..."

Zhang quietly listens, brewing tea, leisurely pouring Yu Ziqing a cup.

He knows Yu Ziqing doesn't enjoy alcohol but loves tea instead, saying it gives a sense of calm.

Zhang himself likes brewing and tasting wine.

"Your Majesty, tea. It's a newly found tea, quite ordinary, but when savored, it has a calming power."

Zhang smiles, not continuing Yu Ziqing's topic.

Yu Ziqing stares a moment, lifts the cup, carefully tasting it, bitter but not astringent, with a sweet aftertaste, a good yet ordinary tea.

Not derived from spirit plants, just from ordinary tea species.

Yu Ziqing slowly savors the tea, seeking that calming power.

Moments later, he still hasn't found it.

He lifts his gaze, looks at Zhang Quli, about to speak, Zhang smiles, saying.

"Your Majesty, see, you've calmed down, haven't you?"

Yu Ziqing holds the cup, subtly laughs.

Zhang quietly sighs, speaking lightly.

"Your Majesty, forgive your minister's presumptuousness.

Your minister knows your good intentions, yet I notice Your Majesty grows increasingly urgent.