A full 80 thousand cavalry lined up in an orderly formation, protecting the carriage pulled by 12 dragon horses as they entered the wide streets.
Then, the entire Gantian Mountain City started to get noisy. Numerous flower petals scattered down from the sides of the streets. Pretty much everyone was in a celebratory mood.
The discussions that spread throughout the giant city were instantly reduced by a large amount. What replaced it was endless cheers.
"Is it really the ruler?"
"The ruler is finally back!"
"These few years the ruler wasn't here, I always felt uneasy …"
"With the ruler back, our Da Qian will sweep the six directions and unify the cloud world!"
"Unify your head! Only with the ruler back will those people be well behaved. "
A weird light shone in Sōmorime's eyes, he felt a little guilty. In the past ten years, he had done very little for his people.
However, at this moment, outside of the carriage, the respect that the Da Qian people had for him came from the bottom of their hearts.
However, speaking of which. If he personally interfered in too many matters, he might not be as prosperous as today's Da Qian.
Then, thinking back to just now, Zong Shou gritted his teeth, smashing the armrest beside him into pieces!
How preposterous!
Xuanyuan Yiren was at the side, using her hand to cover her mouth, suppressing her laughter.
When Zong Shou used his spiritual sense to communicate, he didn't hide anything from her which was why she was able to find out.
At that time, Xuanyuan Yiren laughed until she nearly cramped, her image as the mother of the country was totally gone.
Then, she heard Zong Shou laugh, looking over with a dark and sinister gaze.
Xuanyuan Yiren was furious, thinking back to Ruoshui and Kong Yao who weren't in Gantian Mountain.
If this fellow caught her and messed around, she wouldn't be able to handle it alone.
The ability of the sky fox could make one want to die. She couldn't stop even if she wanted to. Instead, she would crave until she was exhausted and couldn't continue.
Her expression turned solemn as she said apologetically, "I remember that after I return, I still have a furnace of pills to refine. Only after a few days will I be able to accompany my husband. "
She then glanced at Chuxue, a trace of a smile flashing in her eyes. "Husband, if you feel lonely and uncomfortable, why don't you take Xue-er as your concubine? It can also be stuffed into the mouths of my Da Qian people. "
"Eh?" Chu Xue exclaimed. She had been shot while lying down. Chi Chun also knew what Xuanyuan Yiyi meant by the word 'receive'. She hurriedly shook her head like a rattle-drum, her face flushing red.
Zong Shou snorted coldly and did not comment. However, in his heart, he had already made up his mind. When he returned to the palace this time, he had to properly discipline this lass and display his might as a husband. The excuse of alchemy was useless to him this time.
At this moment, Zong Shou suddenly sensed something and looked outside the translucent curtain with a solemn expression.
Dozens of people dressed in Confucian attire suddenly blocked in front of the formation, blocking the middle of the street.
Around them were hundreds and thousands of rotten vegetable leaves and bamboo scrolls which were all thrown over.
"Zong Shou you tyrant Confucian enemy, you will die a horrible death!"
"Evil Demon, Monster race ruler, how can you be the ruler of a country!"
"Didn't you say you wanted to burn down Confucians? If you have the ability, then kill us! "
"Kill you, you unruly ruler!"
"The Central Taishang Dynasty is about to attack. Let's see how long you can be happy for? Gantian Mountain will definitely be wiped out! "
"This person is an evil demon! Everyone in the world can kill him, and everyone can replace him! "
"Zong Weiran can be considered a wise ruler. If he had a son like you, he would definitely be filled with hatred!"
They scolded out, pretty much not choosing their words. However, it was suppressed by the cheers from nearby. Those vegetable leaves and bamboo scrolls were less than a thousand feet away from the carriage. They were slashed into pieces by the close guards protecting nearby.
The dozens of Confucian scholars in front were forcefully captured and pulled away from the imperial path.
It was just a small storm, but it calmed down in an instant.
Zong Shou sat quietly on the throne in the carriage, not saying a word. The killing intent in his eyes was even colder and more pressing.
This time, he was truly enraged. A flame of ignorance silently roasted his chest.
"All the people who participated will be locked up in the Ministry of Justice. Don't use torture and don't make things hard for them. A month later, we will deal with them!
Originally, he wanted to kill these people right now. However, he knew that if he was stubborn now, it would make those Confucian scholars even happier and more confident.
At that time, Zong Shou would be known as a tyrant. As for these Confucian scholars who blocked the path and scolded him, they would be treated as heroes.
Zong Shou wasn't a magnanimous person. However, even if he wanted these people to die, he had to kill them after their reputation was destroyed.
Die a horrible death? Monster race ruler? One had to admit that these people really infuriated him.
Zong Gang, as one of the five army inspectors, was in charge of all the close guards apart from the Blood Cloud Cavalry and the Black Fox Iron Cavalry. At this moment, he accompanied by the side of the carriage, riding his horse.
When he heard that, he was startled and a little surprised. Then, he angrily rode his horse away to pass on Zong Shou's orders.
When Renbo heard that, he gave out a consoling smile. The ruler had grown up.
He wasn't happy with material gains and wasn't sad for himself, he was really shrewd. He was still calm and didn't let rage get to his head, making the smartest decision.
They circled around the entire Gantian Mountain, cruising a full round. A full 8 hours later, the carriage entered Gantian Mountain under the protection of the 20 thousand Blood Cloud Cavalry.
Returning to Hanyan Palace, Zong Shou suppressed the desire that had been building up for a long time. He summoned all the officials to the political meeting hall.
However, the first topic of discussion wasn't about any country matters. Instead, he conferred Zong Ruoshui as a concubine to inform the Da Qian people.
Who said that Zong Shou only had 1 queen and 1 concubine these few years?
The officials didn't have any objections to this matter. Instead, they were happy to see it happen. Zong Weiran's bloodline, since 5 generations ago, was passed down to only one person.
If any accidents happened, it would be tough to find a suitable successor.
After all, 5 generations of relatives were too far away.
Now that the ruler was enlightened and was willing to start a family, that was great.
However, conferring the title of concubine was a joyous matter, so why did the ruler look so bitter and vengeful?
However, it seemed like Zong Shou wasn't affected too much by the matter of people blocking Lu Man and scolding him. This caused the people in the hall to heave a sigh of relief.
The second matter they discussed was that Zong Shou was prepared to send out a decree to not allow the Da Qian people to talk about the ruler.
Renbo was slightly surprised, thinking to himself that his ruler was angered by those Confucians?
However, he didn't need to think too deeply about this matter to know that he would definitely oppose it.
"We can't do that! The ancients have said that preventing people from talking is more important than preventing rivers! We can only spread rumors, we can't block them … "
The few generals at the side didn't care about it at all. However, a few civil servants objected at the same time.
That Xu Shu was the right council member of the meeting hall, which was the deputy head of the council. He also bowed and persuaded, "Ruler also said that our Da Qian people can't be offended by words. How can we go back on our words now? If Ruler is angry at those Confucians, you don't need to do that. Our Da Qian people have their own laws to punish them. Disturbing your majesty, trying to assassinate you, insulting the ruler, they deserve to be cut into pieces! "
Zong Shou was speechless. He couldn't tell these people. What he was really annoyed about was that they were discussing the number of concubines Zong Shou had and whether or not they were useless.
Seeing that these few civil servants were so firm, he felt like he was in the wrong. After arguing for a while, Zong Shou could only helplessly give up.
Following which was the third matter of the Confucian Saint Zhu Zi treating Zong Shou as the enemy of the Confucians.
"Zhu Zi is really vicious, using a heaven-reaching method to announce to the world that he wants to cause internal strife in our Da Qian. He wants our Da Qian vassals to have ambitions and want to replace our Da Qian. "
At that time, although the Da Qian unified Donglin, there were still some traces left behind. However, there were still many loose ends left behind. Many City Lords still maintained their autonomy and were just vassals.
Luckily, during these few years, many cities and towns took the initiative to become Da Qian cities.
As for the private soldiers under the control of the various city lords, Qiu Wei had cut their flesh with a soft knife and reduced their numbers by more than half.
At this moment, even if they wanted to rebel, they couldn't do anything.
Expanding the army and preparing for war needed a period of time.
"We don't need to bother about those city lords in Donglin. The ones that are worrying are the Demon Sect and the other sects. Those Demon Sect disciples will definitely cause trouble all around. In this half a day, just around Gantian Mountain, there were 4 cases of people from the Demon Sect using evil techniques. The casualties reached a hundred. If we can't stop them, if this goes on, people will panic! "
Hu Qianqiu was really worried. His tiger race bloodline had lost more than 20 disciples because of this Demon Sect. Although they weren't from the Iron Tiger bloodline, the Monster race population was precious and made one's heart hurt.
These Tiger race disciples didn't die on the battlefield but instead died in the schemes of the Demon Sect.
Zong Shou's brows furrowed. He knew that the chaos caused by the Demon Sect wasn't something that the few subordinate sects of Da Qian and some factionless cultivators could suppress.
"I will inform the Cang Shengdao Kenzō Sect about this matter and ask them to help."
He didn't hesitate at all. This was one of the conditions for them to open up the outer region and allow the Cang Shengdao Kenzō Sect to build a dojo in Da Qian. After this, he didn't need to feel like he owed them anything. It was time for them to help out.
"With that, Donglin and Huizhou should be stable. Only South Wind Cloud Continent has just calmed down. After this storm, there will be chaos. We need to send troops to suppress it. "
This time the one who spoke was the Privy Court Head Qiu Wei. He was still really calm and had the aura of a general.
"We need at least 300,000 Grade-3 Elite troops to ensure the stability of South Wind Cloud Continent. However, such a small number can at most last for three months! "
Zong Shou's expression was really solemn. 300,000 Grade-3 Elite troops was already a huge force.
In the current Cloud World, it wasn't much. However, before the spiritual wave, it was enough to sweep an entire Cloud Continent.
"Apart from that, one of the crucial parts of this battle is the navy. Is Ruler able to transfer some Spaceships back? Gu Liekong alone won't be able to hold on! "
Da Qian's foundations in the Central Cloud Continent were really shallow.
All resources needed to be transported from Huizhou via Cloud Ships.
It seemed problematic but it was actually much more convenient than Taishang. Within Da Qian, the roads were connected in all directions and the carriage could travel thousands of miles in a day. The Cloud Ships were even faster.
However, the foundations of all this were built on the navy. (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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