They always wanted to have an answer, but they didn't dare to ask Dan Dingdao directly.
Because according to the original inference, Lu Yuan should have already condensed his cultivation at this time. In terms of strength, he is not weaker than his own Taoist master, and may even be stronger.
In addition, the other party is the king of a country, has hundreds of thousands of soldiers, and has an innate wife.
Adding up all the above conditions, even the Danding Dao would not dare to ignore them.
You even want to treat the other party as a being on an equal footing with yourself.
So I went directly to inquire about Lu Yuan's situation. To be honest, Dan Ding Dao was a little afraid.
Otherwise, if the other party really doesn't have a few years to live, and then he can't think about it anymore, he goes to extremes, and thinks that all the current situations are caused by Alchemy Dao.
Then they came to kill them, trying to drag down these enemies who made him die so early, and there was no place to cry.
This is very possible.
Don't ignore a dying person. What crazy things will he do?
It’s really stressful. You don’t have a few days left to live, so what else do you care about?
Especially some heroes.
Your own life is more important than anything else.
In their eyes, except for themselves, all other inheritance, family, reputation, etc. can be discarded.
Because the foundation is gone and can be re-established. If your family is gone, you can find it again. If your reputation is gone, if you achieve great things in the future, someone will come to clear your name.
So in the final analysis, the most important thing is your own life.
The Alchemy Cauldron has been passed down for nearly ten thousand years, and the classics handed down from the sect have many records of this kind of thing, so of course they are prepared for this.
However, Taiping Dao Book is too important, related to the future inheritance of Danding Dao, so no matter how much he worries, Lu Yuan still has to go there.
But going directly there was still too abrupt, and the purpose seemed too obvious.
Everyone has done transactions and knows what Taiping Daoshu is like.
At this time, you, Aland Cauldron Dao, sent someone over. Didn't you just come here to see when I would die?
Therefore, it can be foreseen that Lu Yuan definitely does not want to see Danding Dao pass by.
Moreover, the transaction between the two parties has also ended. At this time, neither party owes anything to the other. In fact, there is no reason to go to Lu Yuan after receiving it.
Especially after Lu Yuan clearly expressed his unwelcome attitude before.
Therefore, after thinking about it, Lin Qingxuan, the Taoist master of Danding Tao, finally decided to send Master Anqiu there, in the name of visiting an old friend.
Of course, he also knew that there was no friendship between Anqiu and Lu Yuan, so this was just an excuse.
The key point is the door-to-door gifts that Master Anqiu brought when he visited.
Tens of millions of taels of silver.
Isn't your Chu State planning to attack Da Changhe State?
Regarding the purification of the Chu Kingdom, Dan Dingdao, who has been sending a spy to keep an eye on Lu Yuan's movements, naturally knows it very well.
Therefore, it is natural to know that although the state of Chu has recovered well now, the country has been in war for a long time and the warehouses have long been empty.
In recent years, there has been a large-scale immigration. There are more than 200,000 soldiers and horses in the country. What kind of navy is training now?
One after another, what can you do without spending a lot of money?
And with the territory of Chu State's three counties and seventeen prefectures, can it really support these large expenditures?
Therefore, Dan Dingdao concluded that Chu State must be short of money now.
Otherwise, the Dachanghe Kingdom has been in chaos for two years. This country is right next to the Chu Kingdom, so it would be extremely convenient to fight.
But why hasn't Lu Yuan made any move yet?
Judging from the information obtained from various details, Lin Qingxuan deduced that this must be a lack of money.
Fighting is expensive.
Didn’t they all talk about the art of war?
For any method of using military force, a thousand chariots, a thousand leather chariots, a hundred thousand armors, and food supplies for thousands of miles, the internal and external expenses, the use of guests, the materials of glue and paint, and the support of chariots and armors will cost a thousand gold a day, and then a hundred thousand The teacher has done it.
If you look at the examples above, you can see how expensive it is to send out a large army.
Daejowa Country is a big country, occupying two counties and thousands of miles of land. The household registration is one million, and there are hundreds of thousands of soldiers. There are even two innate masters in the country.
With this kind of strength, if the Chu State wanted to take advantage of it, it would need more than 100,000 soldiers and horses, and Lu Yuan would need to personally lead the army.
The cost here is not small.
Since your Chu country cannot afford it, you can only watch time pass by and miss the opportunity.
How about I, Dan Ding Dao, help you in times of need, give you another ten million taels of silver, and help you pay for two years of military expenses?
After giving such a large sum of aid, you, Lu Yuan, couldn't be more good at pushing people from my Alchemy Way away, right?
And as long as I can see Lu Yuan, I can stay with him for a few days.
Lin Qingxuan was confident that with his junior brother Anqiu's cultivation and vision, he would have no problem seeing through the lies of the King of Chu.
By then, it will be clear whether he has practiced Taiping Taoism, and if he has, he will still have a few years of good life. What state he is in now will be clear.
If you can figure out this information, just spend tens of millions of taels of silver.
Anyway, his Danding Taoist school has great achievements and has been passed down for thousands of years. There is an unknown amount of gold, silver and jewelry stored in the door, and now it is only a small part of it.
We are not short of money.
In this way, after discussion among the Danding Taoist cultivators, the Taoist master's decision was unanimously approved.
Afterwards, Dan Ding Dao's relationship network was activated, and they began to prepare to deliver the tens of millions of taels of meeting gifts to Chu State just like last time.
As for Master Anqiu, after the resolution was passed, he left the mountain gate early and went to Chu State.
Before help arrived, he would not go to see Lu Yuan first.
It would be useless to leave aside whether he could see her or not. First of all, Anqiu could be sure that the King of Chu would never have a good look on him.
After all, if a person who is looking forward to your death comes and hangs in front of you, whoever sees it, how can you not feel disgusted?
So after arriving in Chu State first, he planned to walk around there first to collect some information and take a look at the people's sentiments in Chu State.
Although there are reports from spies in various places, just reading the reports in letters is ultimately not as good as seeing and experiencing it with your own eyes.
If he could be familiar with the details of Chu State, it might be of great help when he meets Lu Yuan later.
It is not that easy to transport ten million taels of silver across the country to Chu State.
Although we are only transporting silver this time, we don't have all kinds of weapons, food and supplies, so it will be much easier.
But when the money arrives, it will take three months at the earliest.
Three months is enough time to visit Chu State and see the details of this newly powerful country.
Anqiu had already planned this in his mind, and he was very confident.
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Dan Ding Dao is here to explore his own details. Lu Yuan doesn't know about this, and he doesn't have the channel network to explore the news about Liang Guo.
However, he had already expected the day when he and Dan Ding would finally break up.
The secret of immortality cannot be exposed. In this case, Taiping Dao Shu cannot be used as his own official method.
Even if I am indeed majoring in this method.
But when it comes to life, you still have to have the disguise you should have.
In the end, he appeared in front of the world, and even the Kyushu Immortal Cultivation Circle, as a major in the Five Thunders Book. This was a strategy that had been decided long ago.
Therefore, it is inevitable to break up with the other party in the end.
Therefore, Lu Yuan began to actively prepare for possible revenge from Dan Ding Dao early on.
Among them, the most critical preparation is naturally to speed up the practice of Taiping Taoism.
As long as you raise your immortal realm and practice to the point where you can condense your Qi, then even if Dan Ding Daozhen goes to war with you, with this level of strength, you will not be afraid of the opponent.
If you want to speed up the progress of Taiping Daoshu cultivation, the best way is undoubtedly to expand your territory, strengthen your national power, and gather more luck to speed up your cultivation.
In the previous Northern Expedition to the Zhou Kingdom, he followed the arrangements of Marquis Wu'an twice and took risks to make surprise attacks. This time, regardless of the fact that the country had just been established and the internal and external situation was still unstable, he continued to think about conquering the country and annexing it.
It is hard to say that Dan Ding Dao did not have a share of the credit for these urgent decisions.
Without the heavy pressure brought by the other party, with Lu Yuan's lifespan and the potential of Chu State, he could have developed steadily step by step. Why is he so anxious?
Fortunately, Lu Yuan had nothing to say about this.
It was his decision that he made at the beginning, and the assistance from Dan Ding Dao really helped him a lot.
The success of the previous Northern Expedition was also indispensable to the military expenditures and weapons and supplies aided by Danding Dao.
Since I have endured these benefits, I naturally have to bear the risks that come with them.
For this, Lu Yuan was already prepared when he embarked on this path.
No regrets.
But at this time, Anqiu hadn't arrived yet, and Lu Yuan didn't know all this.
Of course, it is not clear that the threat from Danding Dao is about to come.
At this time, his attention was attracted by a rebellion taking place in the Soviet Union.
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"Su Xuange has imposed brutal taxes and levies in recent years, driving the people of the country to death. Now the consequences are finally showing."
In the political hall, Lu Yuan couldn't help but sigh as he held the urgent information sent from the Imperial City Department from the Su Kingdom in his hand.
Below him, Cui Changqing and Li Wei couldn't help but look over curiously after hearing what the king said.
Lu Yuan noticed it and couldn't help but smile, and then handed the report to them: "You two wise ministers should also take a look."
The two of them quickly took it and looked at it together.
As he watched, shock appeared on his face.
Cui Changqing was even more surprised: "The people of Su State are so dissatisfied that they lead to rebellions everywhere!"
Yes, the information in this report is about the Soviet Union rebellion.
Things will start with the annual tax of Su State in November this year.
As mentioned before, out of his own ambition and also for self-protection, Su Xuange frantically raised 100,000 professional soldiers in the country, and even established a local militia system.
But the Su State was just a small country, and the Yulin County where it was founded was not originally rich. There were many mountains and few plains in the country, so it was not a major grain-producing county.
That is to say, it is close to the sea, and I can do some sea trade business, which can barely make some income, so that I will not be poor.
But even so, it had been ravaged by the Jinghai Kingdom before, making this place even more impoverished.
When Su Xuange went there to establish the country, there were only two million people left in the county.
Such a poor mountainous county does not have a rich household registration, so how much money can it squeeze out?
According to Lu Yuan's estimation, under the normal situation of five taxes and one tax, the annual income would only be five million taels of silver.
But how can these five million taels of silver afford an army of one hundred thousand?
Therefore, very early on, it can even be said that Su Xuange increased taxes in the country shortly after the founding of Ninghai. From the original five taxes and one tax during the imperial period, it was changed to four taxes and one tax.
At the same time, in addition to the regular taxes, various miscellaneous taxes were also filled in to collect money.
Through all these unscrupulous means, the Su State's annual tax revenue has soared from the original four million taels to the current eight million taels, which has doubled.
This is eight million taels of silver!
You must know that Lu Yuan's Chu State has three counties and seventeen prefectures. It has two counties and cities with a population of nearly six million. There are also two major grain-producing areas in the country, Jianghan Plain and Dongting Lake.
There are also the Yangtze River and Han River that connect Zhou, Liang, Ning, Xichuan, and Hanzhong countries, allowing for international waterway trade.
In addition, with Cui Changqing, Sun Siwen and others as assistants, he has been unremittingly recruiting talents from all over the world for several years. The top management is united, the administration is clear, and the administrative efficiency is extremely high.
With these many unique talents, after three years of rest, his current annual income is equivalent to fifteen million taels of silver per year.
But what does Su country have?
The natural conditions are far worse than those of Chu State, with only half the land area and one-third of the population. The country is still full of martial arts and local officials, all kinds of plunder, corruption, and chaotic government.
With their conditions, they can create an annual income of eight million taels of silver. Is it unclear what they rely on?
Not to mention, the tax revenue of eight million taels was only given to the Su court.
It is simply unimaginable how much the local officials embezzled during the tax collection process, and how much more the petty officials collected when they went to collect taxes.
Perhaps it was just like what Lu Yuan had said before, some of the refugees from the Soviet Union who had taken in him were that after a busy year, the government claimed more than half, or even more than half.
The people have no legacy and their families have no livelihood.
It’s true that they are not willing to abandon their families and careers and leave their hometown. They really can’t survive in their hometown.
In the face of harsh government, it is normal for some people to choose to flee, leave their hometown and go to other places.
Lu Yuan was on the side gathering the refugees from Su State and settling them in local prefectures and counties to strengthen his national power. While watching each other's jokes.
this is nothing.
But not everyone chooses to swallow their anger and escape.
In this extraordinary time.
With martial arts and magic, the power of one person can naturally add courage to others.
Therefore, there is actually no shortage of brave people among the people.
At this time, facing the tyranny of the Soviet Union for several years, and seeing it becoming more and more serious, civil unrest broke out within the Soviet Union as expected.
Du Chang, a native of Duyuan County, Gaoliang Prefecture, was forced to death by one of his nephews because the county officials pushed his own clan members too hard when paying annual taxes.
Seeing the tragic death of his relatives, Du Chang, who had always practiced martial arts, finally couldn't bear it anymore.
He killed the petty officials who came to collect taxes on the spot, and then led the young men of the clan to raise an army in November of the third year of Guangwu in the Su Kingdom.
On the same day, he issued a large-scale proclamation, lamenting the tyranny of Su Xuange, and calling on all the powerful people in the country to work together to kill this tyrant.
The message spread, but within ten days, more than 30,000 people in Gaoliang County flocked to Du Changxia.
Then Du Chang led tens of thousands of soldiers and horses, directly broke through Gaoliang Fucheng, and killed the officials arranged by Su Xuange in the city, which attracted applause from the residents of the city.
A large number of people in the city who were suffering from the harsh government saw this scene. Many of them brought their own swords and came to join the army. As a result, the size of Duchang's rebel army further expanded to 50,000 people.
There was such a big rebellion in the country, and it caused such great damage and impact. Naturally, Su Xuange could not ignore it.
In fact, as soon as he heard the news of the rebellion, he had already begun to mobilize 50,000 forbidden troops in the capital, preparing to personally lead the troops to quell the rebellion.
But before his rebel troops could set out, many of the Cangwu County Daomen in Guangchang Road in Su State were forced to die by the government because they could not stand the tyranny of Su State and also because of their own believers.
After receiving the news of the Duchang uprising, they also began to mobilize believers to kill officials and rebel in Cangwu County.
However, in just a few days, local believers who had long had deep grievances responded to Guangchang Dao's call, killed local officials, and rebelled against the city.
The city could not hold out for three days before it was captured by Taoists.
Guangchang Road is the largest road in Yulin County. Its active areas are located in Shi'an, Cangwu, and Xiping Prefectures in the northern part of Yulin County, and the mountain gate is in Cangwu Prefecture.
So after Guangchang Dao launched a rebellion in his hometown of Cangwu Mansion, believers in Shi'an and Xiping Mansion followed suit.
Although the local officials were on alert and were unable to break through the city, they each occupied three or five counties, and their momentum was equally impressive.
Only half a month later, the Guangchang Dao Rebellion spread to the three prefectures, with a total of 100,000 believers participating.
It’s not just Kwong Cheong Road.
Even Ningyue Prefecture, which is next to Yulin Prefecture, the capital of the Su Kingdom, and just to the south, also has the Seven Islands Society, a local Jianghu gang that specializes in maritime trade.
Because he was dissatisfied with the heavy commercial tax and customs tax of the Soviet Union, he led hundreds of ships and thousands of crew members to attack Ningyue Fucheng.
After plundering the city, they officially raised the flag of rebellion.
Suddenly, five of the ten prefectures in one county of Yulin rebelled.
The country of Su lost half of its power in an instant.
The situation faced by the Dai Viet court in the 28th year of Longqing's reign was finally repeated in Su State under Su Xuange's toss.
I just don’t know if he can suppress this rebellion?
After the simultaneous suppression, the Soviet Union still had some national strength left.
Su Xuange didn't have the time to think about whether he could survive this test.
Three groups of rebels suddenly appeared in the country, and each was more powerful than the last. This sudden rebellion really caught him off guard.
But this King Su has been the king of the country for several years, and he is also an innate master, so he still has courage and character.
Therefore, after experiencing the initial anger and panic, Su Xuange quickly adjusted his mentality and began to prepare how to put down the rebellion.
Du Chang, who was the first to revolt, can leave it alone.
Gaoliang County is far to the east of Yulin County. It is still far away from the capital Yulin Mansion, and it is not possible to reach here for the time being.
But Guangchang Road, with a crowd of 100,000 people in the north, is not only a local leader, but the rebellion has also expanded to the three prefectures. If it cannot be curbed as soon as possible, it may really gain momentum.
It won't be so easy to calm down then.
There is also Ningyue Mansion in the south.
This mansion is right next to Yulin Mansion, and the city is less than 400 miles away from the capital. If the light army moves quickly, it can reach the capital in two or three days.
If these inner worries cannot be calmed down, it will really be uneasy to sleep.
So after thinking for a short time, Su Xuange decided on the counter-insurgency strategy of first south then north, first west then east.
First eradicate the Qidao Hui, then attack Guangchang Road, and finally quell the Duchang Rebellion.
In these three steps, the country will be stabilized.
The plan has been decided and the troops are sent out.
In early December of the third year of Guangwu in the Su Kingdom, Su Xuange left 20,000 imperial troops to guard the capital, and then led 30,000 elite troops straight to Ningyue Mansion.