Chapter 578 Who Is Not a Baby?

"Madam, why doesn't this child cry or make trouble?"

"Si'er, don't be mute!"

Listening to the conversation between the middle-aged couple on the side, the corners of Li Ping'an Yuanshen's mouth twitched a few times.

His previous plans were quite good.

I just didn't expect to have complete consciousness since childhood. This experience is really strange.

Then, our Majesty the Emperor of Heaven let out a loud cry.

In fact, he just yelled at the top of his lungs and then kicked his arms and legs vigorously, proving that there was nothing wrong with the body that Hou Tu Taoist fellow Taoist had made with his own hands.

Then, two blurry figures appeared in Li Ping'an's sight.

When they got closer, Li Ping'an could barely see their appearance clearly with the eyes of a baby.

The man's face was not outstanding, he was of medium height, had many wrinkles on his forehead, and was wearing quite luxurious clothes. Although he was still in his prime, he had a few silver hairs on his head.

The woman looked younger than the man, with a graceful and noble face. If she were a few years younger, she would be the most beautiful woman in the country. Unfortunately, youth is fleeting. Her eyes were a little tired, and she lowered her head and gently kissed Li Ping'an. Hug him.

Li Pingan stopped crying and felt the subtle connection of blood.

He was still muttering in his heart that there were not many servants in King Wen's house this week, so he noticed that this little body was a little tired and sleepy.

Anyone who is born frequently knows that this is the case when they are just born.

Li Ping'an yawned and quickly let this new body fall asleep.

After confirming that there was no problem here, Li Ping'an's soul simulated the state of a mortal soul and began to sleep in the newborn's body.

Then……

The first day of Ji Dan's life came to an end.

Li Ping'an's body woke up in heaven, and his immortal consciousness looked at the various places in heaven that were operating at full strength.

He suddenly had nothing to do.

I wanted to go and play with Ning Ning, but I found that Ning Ning was raising a baby with Long Ji, and there was a good little girl beside Li Yiqing and Li Yingying.

She wanted to go to Yaochi to talk about life, but saw that Yaochi was punishing several fairies. It was hard for him to show up, lest Yaochi would think that he was beating her up.

Go find the master...

He had just said a solemn farewell to his master, who had also begun to practice in seclusion, so it was a bit unsightly to disturb her.

Li Ping'an simply practiced enlightenment and made some efforts and accumulation for the next breakthrough that would come in who knows what year or lifetime.

Babies naturally sleep a lot;

These days, as a vassal state of Shang Dynasty, it is impossible for Zhou State to have such a thing as milk powder, so there will inevitably be embarrassing moments when babies are fed breast milk.

Li Pingan is not a pervert.

He used magic to set an 'alarm clock', and when he was hungry, he would kick his legs and cry twice. This ray of soul would cut off contact with the body and take the initiative to fall asleep, relying on the body's instinct to eat and drink enough.

Just like that, the hundred days passed quickly.

He, the fourth son of the Xibohou Mansion, was finally carried out of the house by Si Xin and met with the ministers of the Zhou Kingdom who came to congratulate him.

To put it bluntly, Li Ping'an's first impression of the Xibohou Mansion was actually...

Shabby.

Really shabby.

The Xibohou Mansion is built on a flat plateau, with only two structures: the front courtyard and the backyard. There are seven or eight large houses and six or seven side rooms in the backyard. Most of the people live in each big house. The front courtyard is also the place where government affairs are discussed. .

There is a main hall ten feet long and wide in the front yard. The main hall is a wooden structure with four slightly protruding eaves.

Except for Si Xin, the main house where the lady lives in the backyard is made of wood, the houses on the left and right are made of earth and stone, and the windows are all narrow.

The main theme is poverty.

Li Ping'an didn't understand this.

Although the Southern Continent’s common people did not popularize the spiritless arts like the Eastern Continent’s common people, the overall productivity was low;

However, in the Shang State during this period, and even in the vassal states surrounding Zhou State, tall buildings and high pavilions and gardens could be seen everywhere.

——There are too many slaves in various places. We don’t need to build the palace, so why don’t we let them have the strength to rebel?

It is unjustifiable to say that Xibo Hou Jichang cared about the people and did not waste money.

Li Ping'an's celestial knowledge swept through and found that there were many high platforms in Xiqi City. The homes of some generals were much more grand than the Xibohou Mansion. Moreover, not far behind the Xibohou Mansion, there was a garden that had been repaired. The gardens were decorated everywhere. It is very exquisite, and there is no shortage of dance pavilions. There are already several children and beautiful women living in it.

Does the old house in Xibohou have good feng shui?

Li Ping'an didn't quite understand. Little Ji Dan, who was only a hundred days old, could only lie in her mother's arms and look left and right.

He had just fallen asleep that day when he heard the conversation between Si Xin and Ji Chang before going to bed, and heard some dissatisfaction from Si Xin.

Si Xin said: "Husband, you don't want to be extravagant. This is a good thing. However, the new mansion has been built, but you just asked the beautiful concubine and a few concubines to move in. You and I will live in the old mansion here." "My husband is really partial."

Ji Chang, who was soaking his feet in hot water, said with a smile:

"Madam, the new mansion has been repaired. Once it is repaired, you don't have to live in it.

"Why do we need to build a new mansion?

"Every two years, envoys will come to Chaoge City. After they come, they must have a place to stay, and the new mansion is built for them.

"When the king's envoys arrive, arrange some beauties for them and give them some jade and treasures."

Si Xin sighed: "Husband, you obviously hate them very much..."

"How can Madam say such a thing?"

Ji Chang frowned and said:

"My father and the former king were just provoked by the bitch, and there was a misunderstanding between them. Although my father was killed by the former king by mistake, it was because my Zhou country had previously been too aggressive and the war was too fierce, not the former king's fault.

"Now that I have succeeded to the throne, I should always be alert to my father's mistakes. How dare I complain to the current king?"

Si Xin sighed: "This is with me, at home, why do you have to be so careful?"

"This is what I really think. "

Ji Chang's voice became much gentler. He lowered his head and hugged Si Xin. The water for soaking feet was a little cold, but he didn't notice it. He just stared out the window in a daze.

My father was killed by the previous king by mistake?

Li Ping'an's little soul calculated with his fingers, and then he knew the whole story.

This matter doesn't need to start from the beginning of the world.

The Zhou Kingdom originated from a branch of the Qiang people.

What is Qiang?

In the written description of the Shang Dynasty, the nomadic peoples in the vast lands of the west, north, and northwest are mostly called Qiang.

The Qiang in the west, the Yi in the east, the Man in the south, and the Han in the north are the main enemies of the Shang Dynasty since ancient times.

The Qiang tribe did not have its own cultural system, and the ancient characters had been lost. The conflict between the nomadic peoples and the farming peoples caused deep resentment on both sides, and they fought each other for years.

Shang was known as the Eight Hundred Princes, This number is actually more or less. In order to resist the tribes from all directions, four major princes were supported in the four major directions of east, west, south and north.

These four princes were formed at different times.

The Jiang family of Dongbohou was the most powerful and had the deepest background. It had close relations with the royal family of Shang Dynasty and was called the leader of the eight hundred princes.

The current Dongbohou is Jiang Huanchu, who has the greatest prestige.

The E family of Nanbohou and the Chong family of Beibohou also made their fortunes early and were families that stood on the land of Shang Dynasty for hundreds of years.

The Ji family of Xibohou made their fortunes relatively recently. Although Zhou was established far away, it has always been a small country. It also had some "inferiority" because it was born of Qiang people.

Every time the princes gathered, the king of Zhou could only sit in the most remote position.

Ji Chang's father Ji Li, the youngest among his brothers, was also called Ji Li. He was considered the greatest contributor to the rise of Zhou Dynasty.

Ji Li succeeded to the throne Before that, Zhou State had received an important mission from Shang State.

[Capture the Qiang people and send them to Chaoge as human sacrifices for sacrifice. 】

This mission is not something that everyone can do.

Most of the Qiang tribes are very fierce.

The Ji family, who were born in the Qiang people, are very familiar with the terrain and climate outside the northwest region. They have a set of "infantry formations" to restrain the Qiang cavalry.

It is relying on this mission and successfully completing dozens of tasks to capture the Qiang people that the Ji family has become a capable general in the eyes of the King of Shang.

After Ji Li succeeded to the throne, he took the initiative to join Shang as a general and was loyal to King Wu Yi of Shang.

Wu Yi wanted to hold a great sacrifice and pray to God so that he could serve the God of Heaven like the monarchs of the Shang Dynasty after his death, and he wanted enough sacrifices.

After the decline of human sacrifice during the period of "Black Turtle God", it was later replaced by Fu Hao. The counterattack after death has developed more rules.

The more noble a person is, such as the ruler of a state or a prince, the happier God will be when he is offered as a human sacrifice.

The underlying logic of the merchants is that the servants of God have such a high status in the secular world, how can God - that is, Li Ping'an - not be happy?

Li Ping'an can only say that these ancient religions are really ignorant.

He didn't see a single servant up there!

Well, let's get back to the point.

Just when Wu Yi needed a sacrifice, Ji Li led the Zhou army to attack the Gui Rong, a large tribal alliance in the west, and captured twelve tribal leaders and presented them to Wu Yi.

King Wu Yi of Shang was very happy, and Ji Li was rewarded heavily for this.

With the prestige and power established by Ji Li in Chaoge, Zhou State transformed from a small country and began to annex and expand.

After the death of King Wu Yi of Shang, Wen Ding (grandfather of King Zhou Di Xin) succeeded to the throne of Shang and valued Ji Li. Ji Li continued to fight for Shang and finally became one of the three dukes, and also earned the title of "pastor".

What is a pastor?

This "牧" means "herder".

Simply put, Ji Li became the shepherd of more than 200 Shang vassal states in the west. The Zhou State could attack the western vassal states that did not follow Ji Li's teachings at any time without reporting to the King of Shang.

The Zhou State thus entered a stage of rapid expansion.

There were also many capable people in the Zhou State, and it was still a dual agricultural development model, raising cattle and sheep while promoting agricultural tools for farming, and the national strength expanded rapidly.

Then there was the drama of being too successful to be a threat to the lord.

Wen Ding was afraid of the rapid development of the Zhou State, so he killed Ji Li and punished Zhou officials.

The booming Zhou State was easily extinguished by King Wen Ding of Shang, and this was also the routine basic operation of the King of Shang as the mortal lord of Nanzhou.

After Ji Li died, Ji Chang succeeded to the throne of Xibohou.

Ji Chang offered a large amount of treasures to the King of Shang, almost emptying the family property of Zhou. Zhou originally expanded its power, and voluntarily gave up about one-third, thus gaining Wen Ding's "trust" again.

Even so, Zhou was still the strongest vassal state in the west.

Most of the civil officials and veterans who followed Ji Li to fight survived and continued to train soldiers for Zhou; Ji Chang was known for his virtue when he was young, and attracted many talents from all over the country.

Ji Chang took the initiative to take on the family mission of capturing Qiang people and sending them to Chaoge, so as to stabilize the position of Xibohou.

Si Shen was born beautiful and represented a force. Ji Chang's marriage with her was a political marriage, which was regarded as Ji Chang's self-rescue at the most dangerous moment of Xibohou Mansion.

Si Xin was virtuous and imitated the virtuous mothers of ancient times. She took the female family members of Xibohou Mansion to weave and sew clothes, and she also gave birth to four sons for Xibohou Mansion.

The true body of the innate Son.

Since Ji Li's death, Ji Chang has become extremely cautious.

That's why Ji Chang said this when the couple talked at night.

Ji Chang didn't show any disrespect to King Wen Ding of the Shang Kingdom. As for what Ji Chang was thinking in his heart...

That's really unknown.

Li Ping'an was a young master in the Xibohou Mansion, and gradually discovered some of Ji Chang's secrets.

That was because his fourth son, Ji Dan, had just celebrated his first birthday and was already able to go for a walk.

Li Ping'an has his own old servant, and Si Xin, who is pregnant, has stopped breastfeeding early, which makes him live on rice porridge and minced meat every day.

Due to the effect of this ray of soul power, he was already quite handsome at just one year old, with thick eyebrows, big eyes and a pouted mouth, and the flesh on his face could produce water when pinched.

Among the generally unattractive men of the Ji family, there was suddenly such a cute young master. This allowed Li Ping'an to easily receive more love than the eldest, second, and third children combined.

This little young master never cries or makes a fuss every day, and is very lovable, which makes his adventures in the mansion a lot easier.

On this day, Li Pingan entered Ji Chang's study while strolling, and then bumped into Ji Chang coming out of the secret room.

The so-called secret room is actually a cellar.

Li Pingan's celestial consciousness had long seen this place. It was filled with topographical maps and filled with tortoise shells and ancient shell coins. However, Li Pingan didn't recognize the symbols and words on it, and he hadn't paid much attention to it before.

Which prince hasn't ordered the secret room yet?

——Although some of the secret rooms of the great princes are used to play some perverted games.

The entrance and exit of the cellar is in the corner of the study room. A large wooden board is the door, and there are sloping stone steps below it.

The little Li Ping'an Ji Dan looked into Ji Chang's eyes.

Li Ping'an subconsciously turned around and ran away, but before he could make a move, he immediately remembered that he was a one-year-old baby now. He could only call out "father and mother" a few times, and he was not sensible in the eyes of adults.

He deliberately touched his back foot with his left foot and fell flat on his butt.

Li Ping'an snorted twice.

Ji Chang's laughter came from behind.

Ji Chang walked out of the cellar, turned around and carefully closed the wooden board, put on a chair, walked up behind Li Pingan, and picked him up from the ground.

Li Ping'an immediately stopped complaining.

"Why are Dan'er here?" Ji Chang asked softly.

Li Ping'an couldn't say a word, he just lay on Ji Chang's shoulder and hummed twice.

Ji Chang looked at the old slave not far from the door, carried Li Ping'an out of the study, and nodded to the guards guarding the door.

The guard lowered his head to accept the order, took two steps forward, covered the old slave's mouth, and dragged him directly outside the courtyard gate.

Ji Chang held Ji Dan in his arms and did not let Ji Dan see the bloody scene that followed.

Afterwards, Ji Chang carried Li Ping'an to Si Xin's place as if nothing was wrong, and asked Si Xin to arrange two slightly younger servants for Ji Dan.

Si Xin didn't ask any questions, but when she took Ji Dan, her hands shook unconsciously.

That night, Xiao Jidan fell into a deep sleep.

Li Pingan's body woke up from the heavenly palace, raised his hand and touched his chin, carefully examining the things hidden in Ji Chang's cellar.

Ji Chang had hatred for the Shang royal family, and the things in the cellar were obviously very important.

The hatred for killing one's father is irreconcilable.

The Zhou Kingdom had been weakened a dozen years ago and now it had to keep a low profile for development, so Ji Chang could only endure it.

Good guy, the Shang Dynasty of Zhou Dynasty is really not a historical accident.

For the rise of a power, Zhou State has almost all the factors that need to be present.

A virtuous and ruthless monarch, diligent and honest ministers, soldiers who can conquer and fight well, firm control over the surrounding small countries, and vigorous development of productivity.

Although relative to the three directions of east, north and south, Zhou State is now the weakest in strength and prestige among the four princes.

But decades later, that's not necessarily what it will be like.

Li Ping'an sat there and began to think about whether he should increase his 'investment' in the State of Zhou and arrange for a few confidants to enter the State of Zhou as ministers, so that he could control the State of Zhou from all aspects later.

Controlling the Zhou Kingdom would strangle the lifeline of the Taoist Immortal's Conferred God Tribulation.

Yes, the future King Wu of Zhou, Ji Fa, is the key.

As the fourth child, he must have a good relationship with the eldest brother and the second child. If there is any drama between the eldest brother and the second child, he must stand unswervingly on the side of Ji Fa, the second child.

After all, the boss is Boyikao... In the Fengshen script, his end is a miserable one...

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(PS: Although the article uses a lot of historical materials to describe the Zhou Dynasty, we are talking about mythological stories and novels. You can just read them for fun without going into details.)