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| No. | Technology | Research Points | Food Cost | Requires | Effects | Enables |
| 1 |
Philosophy & Trade Tier 1 Private Tutors The tutors at the capital will teach one everything they need to know of the ways of governing. |
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| 0 | 5 |
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+10% character experience (faction-wide) This branch will lead to better and faster-growing generals. (faction-wide) |
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| 2 |
Philosophy & Trade Tier 1 Foreign Envoys Though they come from afar, unknowing of our ways, the foreigner may yet prove to be steadfast. |
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| 0 | 5 |
+1 available trade agreements (faction-wide) This branch will enable more trade agreements and stronger commerce. (faction-wide) |
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| 3 |
Philosophy & Trade Tier 2 Masterful Disguise Techniques Be unseen, even in plain sight. |
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| 0 | 5 |
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-5 cover cost when performing spy actions (all active spies) +5 cover cost for enemy spies (faction-wide) +1 available Spies positions (faction-wide) |
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| 4 |
Philosophy & Trade Tier 2 Annual Proficiency Reports From every corner of China, the state calls for excellence. China dutifully answers. |
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| 0 | 5 |
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-10% character salary (faction-wide) |
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| 5 |
Philosophy & Trade Tier 2 Diplomatic Missions The people of the Greater Qin are unenlightened to China's culture, but they have their own merits. |
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| 0 | 5 |
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+25% trade influence (faction-wide) |
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| 6 |
Philosophy & Trade Tier 3 Dedicated Spy Network "Knowledge of the enemy's dispositions can only be obtained from other men." |
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| 0 | 5 |
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+5 undercover network cost for enemy spies (faction-wide) +1 available Spies positions (faction-wide) -5 undercover network cost when performing spy actions (all active spies) -10% upkeep cost for new spies (faction-wide) |
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| 7 |
Philosophy & Trade Tier 3 Liu Bo A simple game - pleasant and inviting - can unify China more effectively than any warlord. |
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| 0 | 5 |
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This branch will increase influence when trading with other factions. (faction-wide) +25% trade influence (faction-wide) |
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| 8 |
Philosophy & Trade Tier 3 Sino-Roman Embassy They speak of another great empire to rival our own, in distant lands. If they speak, we should listen. |
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| 0 | 5 |
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+1 available trade agreements (faction-wide) |
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| 9 |
Philosophy & Trade Tier 3 Market Administration Can a government be trusted to wield total economic power? Can the citizen? Can anyone? |
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| 0 | 5 |
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+30% income from commerce (all counties faction-wide) |
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| 10 |
Philosophy & Trade Tier 3 Handbook of Excellence You must aspire to be the best version of yourself possible. And that version is THIS list. |
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| 0 | 5 |
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-10% character salary (faction-wide) +8 satisfaction for strategists (faction-wide) |
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| 11 |
Philosophy & Trade Tier 4 Divine Manipulation of Threads "When these five kinds of spy are all at work, none can discover the secret system." |
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| 0 | 5 |
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-5 cover cost when performing spy actions (all active spies) +5 cover cost for enemy spies (faction-wide) +5 undercover network cost for enemy spies (faction-wide) +1 available Spies positions (faction-wide) -5 undercover network cost when performing spy actions (all active spies) -15% upkeep cost for new spies (faction-wide) |
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| 12 |
Philosophy & Trade Tier 4 Economic Stimulation Is there a balance to be struck between oppressive state control and unchecked greed? |
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| 0 | 5 |
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+50% trade influence (faction-wide) |
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| 13 |
Philosophy & Trade Tier 4 Silk Road Expeditions The Silk Road travels far, beyond our sight; but we send expeditions and receive exotic goods in return. |
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| 0 | 5 |
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+1 available trade agreements (faction-wide) +40% income from silk (all counties faction-wide) +40% income from spice (all counties faction-wide) |
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| 14 |
Philosophy & Trade Tier 4 Wéiqí "Imagine the pieces like soldiers. Imagine the board like China. Now, think of the possibilities!" |
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| 0 | 5 |
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+12 satisfaction for strategists (faction-wide) +25% trade influence (faction-wide) |
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| 15 |
Philosophy & Trade Tier 4 Treatise on Human Beings Through knowledge, we gain understanding. |
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| 0 | 5 |
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+10% character experience (faction-wide) +1 available assignments (faction-wide) |
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| 16 |
Philosophy & Trade Tier 4 Way of Great Peace We must find clarity within ourselves, only then will we be gifted heaven's mandate. |
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| 0 | 5 |
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+10 satisfaction (faction-wide) +10 diplomatic relations with all factions (faction-wide) |
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+10% character experience (faction-wide)
This branch will lead to better and faster-growing generals. (faction-wide)
+1 available trade agreements (faction-wide)
-5 cover cost when performing spy actions (all active spies)
+1 available Spies positions (faction-wide)
-10% character salary (faction-wide)
+5 undercover network cost for enemy spies (faction-wide)
+30% income from commerce (all counties faction-wide)
+8 satisfaction for strategists (faction-wide)




+1 available assignments (faction-wide)
+10 diplomatic relations with all factions (faction-wide)