"This is our Da Qian's income list these few years as well as all the Spiritual Materials and Treasuries we have accumulated."
Zong Shou casually took it from Hu Zhongyuan's hands. He knew that Renbo and Zhang Huai most probably asked Hu Zhongyuan to bring it over. He swept it with his Spiritual Sense and started to read. However, in his heart, he didn't care much.
Zong Shou hadn't bothered about the Cloud World Da Qian matters for many years.
How was the income, Mind Stone veins, Artifact Crafting Materials, and Spiritual Herbs. How much did the army expand? He had no idea at all.
He only knew that it seemed to be growing really quickly. After the Blood Cloud Cavalry dug out the Blood Hero God Iron mines, it had expanded to a huge 20 thousand. There were also 27 thousand sets of Blood Cloud Cavalry Armor that were still in the treasury without an owner.
The simplified Big Dipper Sword Soldiers and Big Dipper Crossbow Soldiers had increased to 360 thousand.
The increase in Xiantian Experts meant that Huang Grade Dao Soldiers were being built. Based on what Qiu Wei wanted, they were prepared to build 60 thousand at once.
At this moment, there were 90 Spirit Realm Cultivators and 14 Celestial Realm Cultivators.
Who knows how the Da Qian could afford to raise them?
They invested such a huge amount in the army and the Meeting Hall didn't object?
Zong Shou shook his head. However, when the information in the talisman was reflected in his mind, he was shocked.
"Low Grade Celestial Stones, 7900 a year, is that true or false?"
Celestial Stones had to be refined from normal Mind Stones by Spirit Realm and above Cultivators. Behind one Celestial Stone, there were often millions of Mind Stones used up.
7900 Low Grade Celestial Stones. Even the three medium-sized worlds under his rule added together weren't that much.
Hu Zhongyuan looked at Zong Shou in confusion.
Every month, the Da Qian would send out a message talisman to the Yuanren Realm.
However, he didn't think too deeply about it and said excitedly, "It is because of the Spiritual Wave. In these 4 years, in just 2 Cloud Continents, we have discovered 44 large and medium sized mines. Now we lack manpower to mine. These 7,900 Immortal Stones were all surplus! There would be wear and tear if the spirit stones were preserved. Therefore, the several state ministers came to an agreement to ask the country's consecrators to refine nearly half of the excess spirit stones into immortal stones. According to what Zhang Huai said, next year's income should be doubled! "
Zong Shou's jaw dropped. He could not close his mouth.
In other words, just the income from the Cloud World was equivalent to 90% of Da Qian's land outside the Cloud World?
Instantly, he felt a little dispirited. So, all the territories that he had fought so hard in the outer region to occupy weren't even as much as the Cloud World?
Kong Yao, Zhang Huai, and the others resisted the suppression of the various sects and factions to forcefully take down the South Wind Cloud Continent. They also expanded tens of thousands of miles south of the Central Cloud Continent.
It caused the Da Qian's land to nearly double. It seemed like their achievements weren't weaker than his.
As expected from the top large worlds, known as the Celestial World!
The only weird thing was that based on the memories of his last life, the Cloud World's Spiritual Energy and Mind Stone production shouldn't have increased so explosively.
Could it be that it was also because of him? The Spiritual Wave was brought forward by decades and started to enter its peak?
As a butterfly, he had only flapped his wings a few times in an attempt to change his fate. However, he had caused a huge storm.
With the increase in Mind Stones, the other artifact crafting materials and Spiritual Herbs were also explosively increasing.
However, due to the short time, many of the Heavenly Treasures weren't fully grown due to the lack of years.
However, from the number of terms listed in the jade talisman, it still shocked Zong Shou!
Compared to the Cloud World, the current Celestial World wasn't even trash …
No wonder so many Xeno-race experts from the ancient times coveted this place.
There was a lot of information in the talisman, but with Zong Shou's cultivation, his Spiritual Sense swept for a moment before he finished reading it all.
At this moment, he couldn't help but mock himself. As the Ruler of a country, he was really a weirdo.
"Before I came, the Country Guarding Duke instructed me to pass this to you. The Duke's intention was to expand the army by another 500,000 soldiers next year. Increase the number of Blood Cloud Cavalry to 5,000, and build another 15,000 Black Fox Iron Cavalry! "
Hu Zhongyuan said while carefully looking at Zong Shou's expression.
"Seeing that the Cloud World is about to be in chaos, if our Da Qian doesn't increase our military strength, we won't be able to protect our land. At this moment, our Da Qian can totally take the responsibility. However, this proposal was stopped by the Meeting Hall and couldn't be passed. Although Prime Minister Ren agreed, he couldn't convince the few of them and could only shelve it. "
15,000 Black Fox Iron Cavalry? 100,000 Huang Grade Dao Soldiers?
Zong Shou took in a deep cold breath. This Qiu Wei was really generous!
However, thinking about it, if the next year, the production of Mind Stones could double once more.
They could really afford it …
At that time, just the Cloud World alone. There would be 160,000 Big Dipper Sword Soldiers and Big Dipper Crossbow Soldiers, 50,000 Xuan Grade Dao Soldiers.
This strength wasn't weak. That year when the Xiang King swept the world with 200,000 troops, he wasn't as strong!
With such a strong army, it would be easy to crush the Taishang!
However, the moment such a thought rose up, Zong Shou shook his head.
The land under his rule was so. The land under the Taishang was 10 times that of the Da Qian!
The dividends brought by the Spiritual Wave would only be more than that of the Da Qian!
The number of Dao Soldiers they would increase would only be more.
When he built the Da Qian Celestial Dynasty, he thought that he had the ability to go up against the Taishang.
Who knew that in just a few years, the strength of the Taishang would increase by at least 10 times!
He was filled with emotions towards Qiu Wei's army expansion proposal. Zong Shou didn't even think about it before he agreed.
He was really clear that the current Cloud World was just half a step away from chaos. It was just a fuse.
For Qiu Wei to have such foresight and plan ahead made him happy.
There was nothing he could do about it …
"The army expansion proposal is feasible! However, we still need to discuss the details. "
After Zong Shou said this, he tossed a jade to Hu Zhongyuan, "Take this and meet Yiren. She will arrange it."
Hu Zhongyuan's face was instantly filled with uncontrollable surprise. He knew that this matter had already been settled.
Zong Shou could appoint a third of the people in the meeting hall.
Qiu Wei told him to Zong Shou because of this.
After Zong Shou left, one of the people who directly controlled the meeting hall was Xuanyuan Yiren, who was obsessed with pill refining and didn't bother about politics.
With the support of this portion of the meeting hall, this army expansion proposal wouldn't be obstructed.
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He asked about the situation within the Cloud World in detail and knew that apart from the Central Continent and the newly occupied land in the south where there were still rebellions, there were basically no wars in Da Qian.
Even the South Wind Cloud Continent had slowly calmed down due to the Da Qian government being clean and the tax being lax.
They were temporarily free of worries. Zong Shou tossed Hu Zhongyuan at the World River and drove the Royal Demon God Shuttle away alone. As he flew, he secretly exclaimed in admiration.
"Father really didn't misjudge Zong Yuan …"
While everyone else was taking huge steps into the Spirit Realm. Only Zong Yuan was able to keep his temper and was stuck before the Spirit Realm, allowing others to catch up and surpass him.
He chased up step by step on the Spiritual Cultivation Path, reaching Grade-9 in a few years.
Then, in a battle, he grasped the Spirit and Martial Arts Merger Path and used that to break through to the Spirit Realm.
Although he was a few years later than others, his potential was limitless.
At this moment, due to his accumulation, he was improving by leaps and bounds.
Compared to him, although the others improved quickly, they lost some of their brilliance.
The Royal Demon God Shuttle had already become Zong Shou's symbol. After entering the Cloud World, Zong Shou didn't use it anymore. He drove the sword and changed into Tan Qiu's appearance.
The camouflage magic treasure that Wei Xu gave him back then was naturally outdated now.
However, the current Zong Shou was an Illusionary Technique expert. He had the Sky Fox Ability, Blood Eye Illusionary Technique, and also the Illusionary Heart Mirror.
After changing his appearance, he was an End Realm Saint Venerable. If one didn't pay attention, one might not be able to see through it.
At this moment, the moment he got close to the Cloud World, he could sense dozens of Spiritual Senses sweeping over.
After confirming his identity, a portion of them retracted while a portion continued to wrap around him.
Most of them had cold and evil intents. Zong Shou could feel the pity and mocking intent of the owners of these spiritual senses.
Zong Shou didn't bother about them, flying towards Cang Shengdao.
"Since Senior Master Yuanjing and Senior Master Fan Meng have returned to the Cloud World, then that brat should be back too, right? Not seeing her for a few years, I really miss her … "
The person he was thinking about was Chu Xue. Without this brat by his side to play around with, he felt like he had lost a huge joy in life.
When he reached the outer area of the Common People's Vast Habitat, he could feel the tense atmosphere.
All the formations and restrictions were opened up and there were many pairs of cultivators patrolling outside.
Even Zong Shou was blocked outside of the formation.
Luckily, there were many people who recognized the Common People's Palace First Seat. After confirming that he wasn't an imposter, they let him pass.
When Zong Shou was about to step into the Common People's Vast Habitat. He saw that a few people were already waiting outside.
Two of them were Zhao Yanran and Xuan Yunlan who had returned earlier than him.
As for the other 3, one was Hanfang who was brimming with life, his white hair had turned black.
He had passed his tribulation and was already a Saint Realm person. The one in the middle was the current head of Cang Shengdao, the revered one Wei Xu. In the end, he thought that it was Ming Yu, whom he had met once.
3 Saint Realm experts waiting here, the revered one personally waiting, this was already the highest level of respect.
"Junior Brother, you really shouldn't have returned this time!"
When Zong Shou arrived, Wei Xu turned around and walked alongside him. His expression was filled with unhappiness.
"Your intentions are good and I am really grateful. However, there is really no need for this. Yuanren World is the only way out for Cang Shengdao. We need you to take care of it in the future and we can't make any mistakes. Why do we need to be swept into this storm at such a time? "
When Zong Shou heard this, his brows instantly furrowed. Was this Wei Xu so disheartened and lazy to such an extent?
With such a situation, how could he even talk about passing his tribulation?
Pouting in his heart, Zong Shou's tone instantly became cold.
"Then this time senior brother Wei has no confidence at all? You don't even have the courage to fight to the death? Are you in total despair? "
Wei Xu was startled when he heard that, looking closely at Zong Shou. (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to come to qidian.com to vote for me. Your support is my biggest motivation.)
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