Volume 2: The King's Way Chapter 134: The Mystery of the City Princess
More than four hundred years ago, when Emperor Qin Shi Huang conquered the dragon vein of Nanjing, he even destroyed the city walls and paved the area with horse manure, and later renamed it Moling.
The city was rebuilt during the Han Dynasty, but the name "Moling" was not restored. After all, any emperor would feel uncomfortable knowing that "Jinling has the aura of an emperor."
The situation of the city will also indirectly affect the city princess. During these four hundred years, Jinling Ji's rank has been greatly weakened, and because the original dragon vein has been broken, her spirituality seems to be somewhat lacking.
However, in the white map, the old name of "Jinling" was restored, and Lu Su also restored the Feng Shui pattern to revive the land's energy, and then expanded the city on a large scale...
After these actions, Jinling Ji's image quickly recovered, but her former temperament and spirituality would take time to recover.
The scale to which the city can be expanded is also related to the ability of the city princess - otherwise, Bai Tu could build a circle of walls around Jiangdong and turn the four counties of Jiangdong into a protected "inner city"?
In fact, this is obviously not possible. If the city is too large, the protection effect of the city princess may be ineffective.
And this limit is related to the ability of Chengji herself, and the ability of Chengji is related to many conditions such as population, people's hearts, feng shui, history, geography...!
For example, after Cao Cao moved the capital to Xuchang, because of the location of the court and the righteousness of the cause, Xu Ji's ability was greatly improved. However, in a short period of time, it was impossible for Xu Ji to reach the level of Luoyang Ji in the past. The foundation was too different...
For example, after Bai Tu improved the papermaking technique and invented printing, Xiao Peiji had more "foundation" than before and could theoretically expand.
The advantage of Jinling Ji is that she has restored her local flavor and name, especially after Bai Tu announced Bai Gongli and Bai Gonghuan. Although she still looks dull, her background has soared to the level of a first-tier city Ji in the Han Dynasty.
That’s why it can support the massive expansion of Baitu!
This is also in line with the actual situation - to expand a city, it is not enough to just have money to build a wall.
Before, Bai Tu didn’t care too much about Jin Lingji’s affairs. He was just going to wait for her to recover step by step.
After all... it doesn't matter that Jinling Ji looks a little stupid. In Bai Tu's impression, Cheng Ji is just a guide who assists the city's "system".
No matter what their temperament or subjective will is, it doesn't seem to have much impact.
However, what Bai Tu didn't expect was that Jin Lingji actually activated the ability of "Let All Know" on her own...
"Let all envoys know... Isn't it that only the Han Dynasty princess can launch this operation ?" Bai Tu didn't understand what was happening either.
Yu Ji knelt down at this time, and placed the unconscious Jin Ling Ji's head on her knees, and said at the same time: "No, to be precise, that is Yi Ji's ability... or it can be said that only Yi Ji can do it. I can do it too, but now I don't even have a city to stay in, so the impact range when I use it is also very small..."
Seeing that Bai Tu still didn't understand, Yu Ji changed her words and said, "City Ji usually won't do anything outside the rules, and doesn't have her own stance. Her likes and dislikes of the princes are basically determined by the people's will... But 'Yi Ji' will do what she wants to do subjectively, and 'All Envoys Know' requires the subjective ability of Yi Ji. To some extent, Da Han Ji is also Yi Ji."
In other words, although ordinary city girls would chat with each other "online", they would not mix too many personal emotions in handling specific matters, but would judge what the people like and dislike based on their opinions.
However, "Yi Ji" has its own position, generally referring to city girls who do not have a city, that is, have not "taken up a job".
However, people like "Han Ji" and "Zong Ji" of major families have their own positions, so they can all be called "Yi Ji".
To a certain extent, no matter how the Han Dynasty promoted it, "Da Han Ji" was essentially a foreign concubine, and she represented the position of the Han Dynasty!
"But Jinling Ji..." Bai Tu seemed to have guessed something.
"Congratulations, she now fully recognizes you as a person, beyond the recognition of her authority as a 'City Princess'. If you are willing, you can take her away from the City Princess Mansion and make her your 'Zong Ji'... or even a 'Dynasty Princess'." Yu Ji said tentatively.
Bai Tu didn't pay attention to the princess of the clan or the princess of the dynasty, but asked quickly: "What happened to Princess Jinling now?"
"In order to help you this time, she needs to bear the side effects of Xian Shi Zhiwen... In the worst case, she might disappear, right? However, Jinling Ji is a unique Ji who inherits the dragon vein of Jinling. Even if she disappears, a new Jinling Ji will appear soon." Yu Ji said deliberately.
Seeing Bai Tu's dissatisfaction, Yu Ji chuckled and said, "But you can rest assured. With Jin Ling Ji's current ability, even if she launches an incomplete Xian Shi Zhi Wen by force, it is likely to dissipate. However... from the beginning, the invisible influx of public opinion has stabilized Jin Ling Ji's situation."
Bai Tu heaved a sigh of relief after hearing this. Now it was difficult for him to regard Jin Lingji as an "AI"...
"Then what do you mean by irrecoverable?" Bai Tu asked.
"Maybe it will just look stupid forever, right? But don't worry, the functions will not be affected, and the properties of Jinling City will not change." Yu Ji said deliberately again.
"How can I recover?" Bai Tu also felt that Yu Ji was not "heartless", but was mocking Bai Tu and others, and regarded Cheng Ji as "heartless".
"Who knows... maybe it will take more people's support to recover? Maybe it will take someone like the current Han Ji who takes charge of the world to recover?" Yu Ji said uncertainly.
However, Bai Tu always felt that Yu Ji was instigating him to "rebel" in her words and deeds.
"What exactly is Cheng Ji?" Bai Tu seemed to be talking to himself .
But Yu Ji still answered: "I don't know. I only know that I am also a Yi Ji now, and I have heard the king talk about it... He witnessed the birth of a Cheng Ji naturally."
At least now Bai Tu also knows that Cheng Ji not only has the channel of "transformation after human death", but also "natural birth".
Moreover, in comparison, the latter can only serve as a castle maiden in the city built in the place of birth, while the former... can be a foreign maiden, or a castle maiden in any newly built city!
"It wasn't you who instigated the matter that Envoy Xian knew about, was it?" Bai Tu sorted out the previous events and asked Yu Ji with some dissatisfaction.
"No, I just offered this option." It is hard to say that Yu Ji's words were a "denial."
As expected... "Let everyone know" was also done by Yu Ji under the guidance of Jinling Ji!
"Why?" Bai Tu asked puzzledly. In his impression, there was no reason for Yu Ji to help him like this.
"It's not for you, but... I saw that she already has human emotions, but she lacks the way to express them, so I reminded her." Yu Ji said without sounding like she was lying.
