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Before Chu Xisheng went to the north to look for the secret medicine, he paid special attention to the situation in Hezhou.
Among them, the progress of Bai Lingxi No. 2 is gratifying. In just over two months, this "deputy recruiter" has captured most of the southwestern part of the Nuclear State.
There are a total of 129 counties in Hezhou, and Bai Lingxi No. 2 has swept through a quarter of them, occupying nearly 32 counties for the Dalu Court.
Just five days ago, this "deputy recruiter" requested an order from the imperial court, asking the imperial court to send officials to manage the situation and organize immigrants to the nuclear prefecture to fill the area.
Bai Lingxi No. 1 chose to land in the northwest corner of Nuclear State.
She landed a full three days earlier than Bai Lingxi No. 2.
In addition to the 500,000 Daning surrendered troops given by the court, this subordinate also spent his own money to recruit troops near Penglai Island after asking the cabinet for permission.
Penglai Island is located in the south of China, covering an area equivalent to two Dongzhous. It is a lawless land beyond the control of the imperial court.
Penglai Evernight City, located on the southeast side of Penglai Island, is one of the three most powerful overseas forces in the world.
Penglai Island itself is in an excellent location, connecting China and the South China Sea Islands. It is rich in products, with the most abundant mineral deposits in the world, and there are countless spiritual fields that can be used to prepare various elixirs.
Therefore, Penglai Island is not only home to countless maritime merchants, but also has a dense population.
Since there is no household registration system, the specific population there cannot be estimated. However, it is said that the population is no less than that of Heluo Prefecture, with a population of more than 20 billion.
The forces on the island are intertwined, with dozens of kingdoms, large and small, and hundreds of tribes with long histories living together.
It is precisely because of the special environment of Penglai Island that the people on the island are strong and strong in martial ethics.
In order to compete for spiritual fields, business roads, and minerals from various places, the many kingdoms and tribes over there, as well as the wealthy merchants in Penglai Evernight City, were constantly fighting with each other.
On Penglai Island, there are no less than a thousand small and large battles involving more than a thousand people every year.
As a result, martial arts cultivators were everywhere around Penglai Island, there were swarms of thieves, and there were countless pirates operating in the surrounding waters.
For tens of thousands of years, countless martial arts cultivators who could not make it in China were attracted by Penglai Island's high salary, and traveled thousands of miles to Penglai Island to find a living. They went there to work as mercenaries, as bodyguards, as guards for trading houses, or in various other jobs. Capital transaction.
The imperial courts of all dynasties had nothing to do with Penglai Island.
Although Penglai Island is usually scattered, once it encounters a crisis, the entire island can pull out more than 10 million coalition forces in an instant.
The foundation of Penglai Evernight City is particularly exaggerated, and its overall strength is even higher than that of the Far East Ice City.
If it weren't for the fact that the many wealthy businessmen in the Evernight City couldn't work together, the Evernight City alone could have organized more than 20 top experts on the Heavenly Ranking and tens of millions of soldiers and horses - and their overall combat power was even better than that of the Daning frontier army. Elite. It claims to be able to defeat a country with one city.
In short, Bai Lingxi took out more than 20 million magic silver on the first day, and shouted the slogan of going to the Nuclear State to make a fortune and make contributions on Penglai Island. He easily attracted an army of nearly 600,000 people and hired thousands of people. A sea-going warship.
It's just that Bai Lingxi No. 1 is more unlucky.
The co-owner of Hezhou just a thousand years ago, the 'Juri Clan' who originated from the Sun Golden Crow lineage, also moved back to Hezhou at this time.
They organized a coalition of hundreds of ethnic groups in the Nuclear Prefecture and fought with Bai Lingxi No. 1's counter-rebellion army in the northwest area of the Nuclear Prefecture for more than a month.
Although Bai Lingxi No. 1 had won several battles in a row, she was still superior to Bai Lingxi No. 2 in terms of military prowess. The number of giant spirits she killed alone reached half a million.
However, the territory occupied by the Northern Route Army was only four counties.
However, both Bai Lingxi's methods are generally cool.
Both of them have near-god-level combat prowess, at least on the surface, they are not inferior to Wen Suyi, and are even superior to Wen Suyi, who conquered the nuclear state back then.
They have no decent opponents in the Nuclear State, but they are invincible on the battlefield.
The problem is that both of them have too few soldiers and horses. The 1.1 million troops under Bai Lingxi's No. 1 command lost nearly one-tenth after several consecutive battles. And because I am alone overseas, there has been no supplement.
Bai Lingxi No. 2 is slightly better.
She landed in the Nuclear State about three days later, but she recruited nearly 600,000 soldiers and horses. She later rescued some of the Ice City people who had stayed in the Nuclear State, and organized and trained an army of nearly 200,000 people.
However, these more than one million people spread over a vast area of 32 counties in the southwest of Nuclear Prefecture are somewhat insufficient.
Therefore, the two of them unanimously adopted the cruelest and most domineering methods to wipe out their enemies with cruel and bloody killings and shock all the tribes in Nuclear State.
Bai Lingxi No. 1's North Route Army organized no less than three traps and killings, burying all the prisoners alive and killing them, so that the expressions of the tribes in the northern part of Hezhou changed and their willingness to resist became less and less.
If it weren't for the 'Juri Clan' who didn't know where they got a lot of assistance, the entire Northland of Nuclear State would have surrendered at the feet of Bai Lingxi No. 1.
However, judging from the current situation, the time to pacify the nuclear state is coming soon.
The further back we go, the weaker the resistance from the nuclear states will become. It is expected that in two to three months, the 129 counties in Nuclear Prefecture will be completely pacified and suppressed.
After reading this information, Chu Xisheng felt confused. What on earth were these two 'Bai Lingxi' trying to do?
Don't they know that the identity they use will never gain his trust?
Even if they prove that they are really Bai Lingxi in the future, Chu Xisheng will be wary of them.
Stop the loss in time and change your identity, isn't it good? Why do you have to cling to this identity?
At this moment, Chu Xisheng even began to suspect that his judgment was wrong.
Could it be that these two women really came to help him and help him achieve his great cause as the Holy Emperor?
Chu Xisheng was confused and couldn't figure out the reason, so he didn't bother to pay attention anymore.
At this time, the political situation of the entire Dalu Dynasty, as well as the states under its rule, had stabilized.
Although it was chaotic for a while at first because of the new policies imposed by the Dalu Dynasty. However, as the officials in the imperial court were sorted out and the powerful families in various places were subdued by the imperial court, the policy of equalizing land, equaling taxes and equalizing households was gradually spread, and the people's hearts in various places have stabilized.
Although the effects of these new policies will not be seen in a short period of time, the people at the bottom are not fools.
The taxes collected by the Dalu court from them were less than one-third of what they were before, and all the local extra sects were wiped out.
In addition, there are a large number of land sales in various places, and the prices are lower than anyone's imagination.
Those aristocratic families did not want to be heavily taxed by the court, and did not want their fields to be sold at low prices, so they took the initiative to lend money to their tenants to hire workers, so that they could have money to buy their fields.
The interest rates are not high either, with a base of 20% and a maximum of 30%.
Chu Xisheng has calculated that in Dongzhou alone, based on the current land price per acre, if the weather goes well, ordinary people can repay the principal and interest in five or six years.
This resulted in a significant improvement in the public reputation of the Dalu Dynasty and Chu Xisheng, the First Emperor of the Yuan Dynasty.
This change in people's hearts was also directly reflected in Chu Xisheng's secret method of the imperial way.
A month ago, Chu Xisheng's "Twelve Dragon Gods" were still weakening; a month later, the power of the twelve dragons had completely returned to its original state, and even strengthened a little.
In addition, the improvement of the power of the imperial secret method is also related to the imperial court's army reorganization.
This matter was mainly presided over by the Privy Council headed by Chu Yunyun and Changsun Ruolan.
After nearly three months of army reorganization, training and expansion, the Dalü Dynasty had organized a total of 3 million forbidden troops, 17 million border troops, 5 million state troops, and 9 million responsible for guarding local areas. County army.
Not only did each ministry have a unified organization, unified orders, and unified military laws, various armors, crossbows, weapons and other ordnance were also continuously replenished.
The results of more than two months of training are even more gratifying.
The main force of the frontier army not only mastered various battle formations skillfully, but also had nearly 1.1 million soldiers who gradually improved their skills during this period.
So much so that the savings that Wen Suyi left for Chu Xisheng were almost exhausted.
Chu Yunyun had previously commanded the Yanzhou Shuangzhou in the north and used many low-level elixirs that she had snatched from the northern giants and those foreign races.
Correspondingly, the overall military strength of the Dalu Dynasty increased a lot, which made Chu Xisheng's "Twelve Dragon Gods Guard" even stronger.
Especially near the capital, surrounded by three million forbidden troops, the power of dragon energy was extremely domineering.
The key is that this time the entire army completed the rotation of generals between various ministries, avoiding the disasters that would occur when soldiers become generals in the future, and enabled the imperial court to initially control this huge number of soldiers and horses.
Although the four major factions within the Dalu Dynasty still existed, including Chu Xisheng's weak direct lineage that supported the emperor, but after being disbanded and reorganized, the traces of these factions were no longer as obvious and distinct as before.
Chu Xisheng was also helpless about this situation.
He realized that if his Dalu Dynasty wanted to have long-term peace and stability, then he, the First Emperor of the Yuan Dynasty, would have to be the first emperor for a long time.
At least all the faction bosses must be killed, otherwise Xiao Qiang will be in trouble sooner or later.
With the completion of the army reorganization, the financial pressure of the Dalu court was also approaching its limit.
Although the Dalu Dynasty under Chu Xisheng's rule had an astonishing annual income due to the expansion of tax sources and the rectification of officialdom.
Even with light corvee and low taxes, their estimated total tax amount in one year was actually better than that of the Ning Dynasty, which had a complete territory not long ago.
However, the total number of 34 million troops and the reform of the academy that was already in progress overwhelmed the Dalu Dynasty.
Fortunately, several people in Dalu's cabinet were capable ministers and good at managing finances and politics; several Yipin Shenzong also understood the righteousness and used part of their savings to lend to the court, otherwise the Dalu Dynasty's finances would have been on the verge of collapse.
However, it is expected that next year, as the new policies of the imperial court take effect, the finances of the Dalu Dynasty will be much better.
A very simple truth is that the enthusiasm of those people who cultivate their own fields is different from those who rent and cultivate other people's fields.
The source of taxation will also increase greatly. Only when the people have income and surplus money can the court be able to collect a large amount of commercial taxes.
At the same time, the enemies of Dalu Dynasty were not idle either.
Emperor Jianyuan not only reorganized Daning's more than nine million remnant troops, but also organized and trained another seven million soldiers and horses in Heluo Prefecture, and the country's power was on the rise.
Now the main force of the Ning Dynasty is pressing in the direction of Xiangcheng with the intention of suppressing the rebellion, which has greatly increased the pressure on King Xiang who is separatist in the four states.
I have pity for the people of Heluozhou and Luozhou. Under the suppression of the Hidden Dragon's Dream Law, they not only stupidly accepted the money issued by the imperial court, but were heavily taxed and exploited by the imperial court. They also believed from the bottom of their hearts that Emperor Jianyuan was still the same person he was twenty years ago. A wise king who worked hard to govern Guo Anbang.
As a result, everyone from the Daning Dynasty to the princes and high-ranking officials, down to the common people, turned a blind eye to the hungry people dying in the fields and the countless hungry people outside Wang'an City.
However, this also caused a large number of high-level martial arts cultivators and important military generals who were not controlled by the Dream Law to flee out of the Heluo Prefecture and join the Dalu banner.
In Daning, almost all the wealthy families were angered by Zhilong's actions.
They would rather accept the harsh rule of the Dalü Dynasty than be manipulated by Hidden Dragon's dreamy methods and become its puppets.
As time went by, rumors about the current situation of Heluo Prefecture spread throughout the entire north and south of China, and all thirty-nine prefectures.
The increase in power of Chu Xisheng's secret method of the Emperor's Way is also related to this.
The fear of Daning and the Dream Method can also help Chu Xisheng unite people's hearts.
What's more, happiness comes from contrast.
Under the current rule of Dalu, although the lives of the people are not very good, they are much better than the miserable situation in Heluo Prefecture.
In Chu Xisheng's view, the Ning Dynasty was no longer a threat. His real opponent is still in the north.
In the past two months, the giant armies from Middle-earth have been moving south one after another. Their number has reached 3.7 million, all of which are elite soldiers dispatched from the four sacred mountains of giants.
Although the population of the giant spirits is small, their individual combat power is very powerful, especially those ethnic groups in Middle-earth, whose combat power is comparable to that of the Royal Guards of the Night Wolf Clan.
This army of 3.7 million giant spirits is enough to rival the 20 million human army on the battlefield.
To the north, the giant spirit clans headed by the 'Yuan Yi clan' are also preparing their troops for battle.
They are continuing to organize various giant spirits, conduct training, and even loosen the shackles and restrictions on all slave tribes, just to maximize their military strength.
Not only did they work day and night to build various weapons, they also built various cities and military forts north of the Iron Wall Mountains and along the border, with deep trenches and high forts, ready for battle.
These giant spirits have obviously noticed the Dalu Dynasty's Northern Expedition plan and are trying their best to deal with it.
After Chu Xisheng saw the news from the north, he was not surprised but overjoyed.
Although the war has not yet broken out, the power gathered by both sides before the war is enough to significantly increase the power of various war-related heavenly rules.
Chu Xisheng couldn't help but look up at the sky and towards the Rahu star.
Before the great war that affected both mortal and divine realms came. This is all he can do for Zang Tian, and he hopes to be able to help.
However, in this information, it is revealed that the Yuan Yi tribe is engaging in intermarriage with the high mountain tribes near the Tiebi Mountains. What is going on?
This is very strange. The Yuan Yi tribe is indeed a race of giant spirits mixed with a large amount of human blood. Especially the Jiuli Alpine tribe, which originated from Li Tan, there is not much height difference between them.
The height of the Yuanyi tribe is only two feet, and the height of the lowest is only one foot and two feet. Therefore, the two tribes often intermarry.
However, in previous years, there was no such large-scale intermarriage happening now.
In addition, the Yuanyi tribe also gave preferential treatment to the Gaoshan tribe in all aspects, almost treating them as the same tribe, and their status was much higher than the various foreign slave tribes under their rule.
Chu Xisheng couldn't help but frown, feeling quite annoyed.
He has high hopes for the approximately 20 million Jiuli Mountains near the Tiebi Mountains.
The physical fitness of the Alpine tribe is the best among the entire human race. As long as they are equipped with sophisticated armor weapons and good secret medicines, these Alpine tribe members can basically be promoted to around the fifth level, and can confront the giant spirits on the battlefield. . Not only is the strength not inferior to the wind, but the reaction speed is even better.
But now, the excellent source of soldiers that Chu Xisheng had planned was likely to be taken away by the Yuan Yi clan. How could he not be annoyed?
However, the methods he can use are very limited at present. He can only ask Lu Chen, the commander of the three yamen, and Ji Qianqian, who is in charge of Tianya, and Liu Ruoxi, who is in charge of Ouchi Tingtian Prison, to send more people to the north to fight with those from the high mountain tribes. Clan leaders and elders should keep in touch with each other more often.
After all, they were members of his own race. As a last resort, he didn't want to have to attack these members of his own race on the battlefield one day in the future.
But beyond that, there's good news to the north.
Lu Luanli, who secretly went north to the Middle-earth half a month ago, had completed his promotion three days ago and was successfully promoted to the second rank, and was currently on his way back.
But then the two of them probably won't meet each other again.
Lu Luanli took the sea route, taking a detour from Wuzhiyang to return to China. Next, she would stay in the Sea of Clouds Immortal Palace for a while.
Lu Luanli, who was at the second level of cultivation, was already qualified to completely control this Cloud Sea Immortal Palace.
She no longer plans to keep this Immortal Palace, and plans to spend some time moving the things in the Immortal Palace, as well as the "Shen'ao Sanren" as a whole, to Qinhuai City, so that all the thirty-six Yunhai Sword Puppets in the Yunhai Immortal Palace can be moved. Come out and become the cornerstone of her combat power.
Including the twenty-four in Lu Luanli's hands and the four subsequently built by the 'Shen'ao Sanren', the number of the Sea of Clouds Sword Puppets will reach as many as sixty-four. The power of the Sea of Clouds Sword Array they have arranged is extremely impressive. . Coupled with Lu Luanli's powerful spells, at least close to the gods, there are few opponents.
On the second day after the retreat, Chu Xisheng held a symbolic meeting, accepted the worship of the ministers, and then went north to Hanzhou alone.
Three days later, Chu Xisheng found the main ingredient of his second-grade secret medicine in the north of Hanzhou.
It was a first-grade pure-blooded 'chaos' beast that had its three orifices opened and moved around Hanzhou.
There are also many kinds of main ingredients for the secret medicine of the second level Wuxiang Gong. However, among the many main medicines, pure-blood 'Chaos' is undoubtedly the best choice among them.
Chu Xisheng used the heart essence and blood of this chaotic beast to prepare a secret medicine, and easily broke through to the second level.
The whole process was lackluster and uneventful.
Although at the moment of breakthrough, the sights of dozens of powerful gods penetrated the nine layers of clouds and fell on him. However, no gods showed up to interfere, and no mortal forces tried to stop it.
In the past, when Chu Xisheng was promoted to martial arts, he was followed by a large group of masters to monitor and follow him, but this time, only a few people were watching from a distance.
After being promoted, Chu Xisheng was looking forward to opening up his martial arts treasure house and started brushing Tianyuan Points continuously.
The harvest this time is not small, but it is far less than last time.
Take the 22nd level of Hand of Wind Control - 15 Tianyuan points are required to exchange.
Get the 23rd level of Hand of Wind Control - 45 Tianyuan points are required to exchange.
The 24th level of Hand of Controlling Wind and Lightning - requires 135 Tianyuan points to redeem.
The hand that controls wind and electricity is also a top bloodline power, and it also awakens an ability at the twenty-fourth level.
This is a constant ability that works all the time. It can not only greatly increase Chu Xisheng's knife speed, but also increase the number of times the Immortal Wind Thunder Body can be used.
After taking the 24th level of the Wind Controlling Hand, he could fire more than 20,000 shots in one breath without any pressure without using his divine power.
Next there is the twenty-second level of Shenshang - which requires 15 Tianyuan points to redeem.
The twenty-third level of Divine Sorrow - requires 45 Tianyuan points to redeem.
Level 24 of Divine Sorrow - requires 135 Tianyuan points to redeem.
The ability of the twenty-fourth level of Divine Shang is Divine Sword Blood Flame, which is a weakened version of God-Reverse Fire. It can not only trace back, reverse, and decompose divine power, but also strengthen the power of God-killing Blood Gang.
Chu Xisheng also switched to the 25th level of Shenyang - requiring 10,635 Tianyuan points to redeem.
The twenty-sixth level of Shenyang - requires 31,905 Tianyuan points to redeem.
The twenty-sixth-level 'Shenyang' bloodline had just been promoted, and Chu Xisheng sensed the 'Taiyin Divine Source' in his mind, and more Taiyin Source Power flowed out.
Chu Xisheng burst into laughter and asked Suyi that she had indeed been restraining her strength.
The power of Chu Xisheng's 'Shen Yang' could not match Wen Suyi's 'Shen Yin'.
If he could raise the rank of 'Shenyang' as soon as possible, it would be of great benefit to Wen Suyi.
At this time, his character panel also changed.
Character: Chu Xisheng
Reputation: Second level (Burial Sky)/Excellent level (Burial Sky)
Martial Arts: Divine Will Touching the Death Sword (twenty-fifth level), Formless Heaven-Destroying Sword (twenty-sixth level), Divine Will Ruxin Sword (twenty-fifth level), Chaos Heavenly Sword (twenty-third level), Divine Movement Formless (twenty-sixth level), Divine Finger of Ten Thousand Tribulations (twenty-sixth level), Woxue Divine Sword (twenty-ninth level), Nine-wheeled Divine Art (twenty-first level), Nine-wheeled Sword Control Secret Technique (twenty-nineth level) Double/sealed)
Martial Intent: The true meaning of Jizhen (twenty-ninth level), the true meaning of Zhutian (twenty-eighth level), the true meaning of Ruyi (twenty-seventh level), the true meaning of chaos (twenty-fifth level), the true meaning of Vajra (twenty-fifth level), eternity True meaning (twenty-five levels), Immortal true meaning (twenty-two levels), Cutting the true meaning (twenty-two levels), Eternal True meaning (twenty-two levels), Cutting the true meaning (twenty-two levels), Simulating the sky True meaning (twenty-two levels), Han Tianyi (twenty-two levels), Feng Tianyi (twenty-two levels), Forbidden Tianyi (twenty-two levels), Frozen Tianyi (twenty-two levels), Tong Tianyi (twenty-second level), capture the true meaning (twenty-second level)
Yuan Gong: Chaos Vientiane Gong (Eighteenth Level/Second Level Upper), Nine-turn God of War Technique (Nineteenth Level)
Tianyuan point: 6201933
Wishing Stone: 1320
Talents: True Source of Chaos (Level 15), Blood of the Buried God (Level 25), Blood of Eternity (Level 28), Origin God (Level 25), Shenyang (Level 26) ), Taishangtongshen (level 26), Yazhu (level 24), Shenshang (level 24), Time and Shadow Body (level 24), Hands that control wind and lightning (level 2) Fourteenth level)
Status: Six Yin Resurrection Curse, Symbiosis (ninth level), Li Tan War Seal (extreme), Taichu Divine Luck (extreme), Blood Pine Divine Core, Divine Heart (eighth level/Gou Chen), Polu Order* Earthquake and Earthquake , wishful magic spell
Lifespan: 52014 days
Chu Xisheng just glanced at it and then looked away.
At this time, the various martial arts and various martial arts in the panel have been greatly improved, and they are basically close to the boundaries of mortal gods, or even beyond the levels above them.
This is the result of Chu Xisheng using the wishing stone and conducting research for three months.
The main changes this time are the physical body and bloodline power.
A few months after the battle at the Divine Tree of Creation, his combat power once again underwent transformation.
But this is not over yet——
Chu Xisheng released the Sun-Bathing Divine Boat and drove the spacecraft through the sky, flying to the Taiwei Yuan near the Wuxiang Mountain in the south.
