After Big Cat had wandered around for a while, Wenren Sheng filled in the many details of this world in his mind.
A complete picture of a near-ancient world emerged in his mind.
Its productive capacity resembled that of the late Ming Dynasty, but the people's lives were guaranteed at least a minimum standard of survival.
Heaven had Thirty-Three Heavens, and weiqi had 33rd Dan.
The entire world revolved around weiqi.
Each of the Thirty-Three Heavens had a "Heavenly Weiqi Player." Its skill was far greater than that of humans at the same rank. Before the ninth dan, it could often beat professional players by more than twenty points.
The higher one went, the smaller its margins of victory usually became, though that was not certain either.
After all, people's form fluctuated. Even elite masters could suffer crushing defeats. If one's great dragon was slaughtered and they lost in the middle game, the points lost would be enormous.
With the Heavenly Weiqi Players hanging over their heads as a constraint, high officials, nobles, and feudal monarchs were far less arrogant and unscrupulous than those on Earth.
Their exploitation of the common people was kept within certain limits.
Marriage and childbirth were also determined by weiqi.
Simply put, if you wanted to have children, you had to either personally defeat a Heavenly Weiqi Player or hire someone to do so for you. The more children you wanted, the harder it became.
Population growth was thus capped at the source.
In short, the total population was tied to current food production.
This was something ancient societies in the real world could never have achieved.
After understanding this, Wenren Sheng naturally hurried to begin practicing weiqi.
Fortunately, weiqi had one great advantage: it was itself a skill based on knowledge, making it ideal