When the civilians first fled, the people from the Sacred Court didn't take them seriously. In their opinion, these people were just civilians. If they ran away, then they could save some food.
However, they soon paid the price for underestimating the civilians. After the civilians fled in large numbers, they only left behind empty spaces. It was not an exaggeration to use this sentence to describe the fleeing civilians.
At this time, the people from the Sacred Court discovered that once the civilians ran away, there would be no one to plant food for them. They also didn't have anyone to weave cloth for them. It was at this time that the Sacred Court discovered that their food, clothing, housing, and transportation were inseparable from the civilians.
At this time, the Sacred Court felt the seriousness of the matter. They immediately began to think of ways to stop the civilians from leaving. In the beginning, the Sacred Court wanted to persuade them. However, the civilians weren't stupid. They already saw the Sacred Court's true colors. A group of people who robbed them of their last grain during their most difficult time was capable of doing anything. Therefore, they didn't believe the Sacred Court's words and continued to flee.
When the Sacred Court saw this situation, they knew that they would be finished if they didn't take any measures. They immediately organized people to block all the exits. Moreover, they began to use collective punishment among the civilians. If a family ran away, then the entire village would be punished.
Once these measures were implemented, no commoners ran away. This was because the commoners found out that they simply couldn't run away. In this case, the commoners couldn't run away. However, the Sacred Court also lost the support of the people because of this.
In the past, the Sacred Court had been destroying the cities of the Spiritual Weapon Realm. No matter which city it was, as long as there was a little bit of success, they would destroy it. Moreover, the people of the Sacred Court didn't produce anything themselves. Everything they used was provided by the cities. Therefore, they didn't know the hardships of the civilians.
Because of this, the Sacred Court made a big mistake in the treatment of the civilians. Now that the collective punishment system was implemented, the civilians couldn't run away. However, the Sacred Court didn't care about the civilians. However, the Sacred Academy didn't care about this. In their opinion, as long as they control the army, they would be able to control the civilians. As long as they control the army, the civilians wouldn't be able to resist them. However, they forgot that the soldiers in the army were also born from the civilians. The Sacred Academy's attitude towards the civilians made the people in the army think the same way.
However, the Sacred Court didn't care about this. They were still making the lives of the commoners more difficult. In their opinion, as long as they robbed the commoners, the commoners wouldn't run away.
When the Sacred Court did this, the cities under their rule immediately turned into hell on earth. Wine and meat stinks in the Red Gate, and bones freeze to death on the road.
At this time, the civilians under the Sacred Court were all looking forward to the arrival of Zhao Hai's army. This was because they heard countless rumors that the people under Zhao Hai's rule had white rice and meat to eat. In short, they were living a happy life.
In fact, at this time, Zhao Hai and the others were working hard in this direction. After unifying the Anti-Sacred Court Alliance, Zhao Hai did several things. First, he implemented a medical insurance system for all citizens. Second, he promoted education for all citizens. Third, he encouraged childbirth. Fourth, he encouraged breeding. Fifth, he improved the status of the soldiers. Sixth, he increased the ability of the people to participate in government affairs. Seventh, he encouraged commerce. Eighth, he set up a monitoring organization so that the civilians would have a place to complain if they were wronged.
These eight decrees were the most stringent. There were also many other smaller decrees. These decrees were implemented in the entire Lost Soul City. No city could defy them.
When these decrees were first implemented, some families were worried that their interests would be damaged. This was because some of them controlled a large area of land. If Zhao Hai did this, then their interests would be damaged.
But then Zhao Hai ordered that all the clans must sell their excess land to the Empire. The Empire would then distribute the land to the commoners for farming. Then the Empire would collect a certain amount of taxes. No place or individual was allowed to collect taxes privately, and no one was allowed to increase taxes privately.
As for those families whose land was taken back, the Empire would give them a certain amount of compensation and encourage commerce. If you don't want to give your land to the Empire, then that's fine. However, your land must be managed and distributed by the Empire. When there's a harvest, the Empire would collect taxes. After deducting a part of the taxes, the Empire would keep the rest. Moreover, you can't collect taxes privately from the civilians.
When the families saw that Zhao Hai had made up his mind, they knew that if they didn't give up their land, then they wouldn't be able to get much in the future. Therefore, they might as well give it up. After several wars, the Lost Soul City was now very supportive of all walks of life. This was because the Lost Soul City could be said to have a lot of things to do. In order for the civilians of the Lost Soul City to live the kind of life that Zhao Hai wanted them to live, there were too many things that needed to be done. And among these things, there were always endless business opportunities.
In the beginning, there were some families who participated in the Empire's businesses. In the end, they made a lot of money. The amount of money they earned in a year was more than what they earned in ten years. This made many families realize that farming wasn't the most profitable business. They didn't cherish their land anymore and started to enter the business world.
Money is a river. Only when this river flows can it bring more money and bring wealth to those who enter the river. Finally, when all the money is gathered together, it will become a golden sea. Anyone can make a fortune in this golden sea. At the same time, they will also invest their own money in this sea of gold.
And Zhao Hai was doing this. Although he was vigorously developing the business world, he was also giving a lot of support to the business world. At the same time, he was also imposing various restrictions on the business world. He had set up various laws to make the merchants respect him.
In other words, Zhao had now made a rule for all merchants to carry out their business activities within this rule. He was the referee, and anyone who went beyond this rule would be dealt with by him. Of course, the most important thing was that he was the biggest winner, and he was the one who got the most profits.
Zhao Hai used all kinds of methods to make the new Lost Soul Empire go on the right track in a short time. Moreover, it was full of vitality. The entire Lost Soul City-State was like a rising sun, emitting endless heat. At the same time, it was also filled with hope.
Naturally, Zhao Hai wasn't just concerned about the people's livelihood. He was also looking at the construction of the army. The most common formations weren't only in the hands of Void Experts, they were also in the hands of ordinary soldiers. Lightning formations, boundary formations, and other things were also being installed in the army. In addition to these things, there were also several things that were installed in the army. One of them was the Transmission Formation. This kind of Transmission Formation was disassembled. Moreover, Zhao Hai cleverly used the Transmission Formation as well as the formation runes inside. This made it so that the Transmission Formation wouldn't go wrong. This was because if there was a mistake in the assembly, then there would be no way to assemble the Transmission Formation.
In order to facilitate the assembly of the teleportation array, all the array talismans were marked with numbers. The order was written on the talismans, so you just had to install them according to the order.
In addition to the Transmission Formation, there was also another thing that was installed in the army. It wasn't the Shadow Cannon! That's right, it was the Shadow Cannon that Liu Kaide used. In the past, Zhao Hai and the others suffered a loss from the Shadow Cannon. After Liu Kaide and the others were defeated, the broken Shadow Cannons naturally fell into Zhao Hai's hands. After Zhao Hai studied the Shadow Cannons, he immediately came up with an improvement plan. Therefore, more advanced Shadow Cannons were born and began to be installed in the army.
The Shadow Cannons weren't like before, where they could only shoot in one direction. Moreover, they could only do small adjustments. Now, the Shadow Cannons could rotate and attack 360 degrees. It can even be said that aside from the base, they could attack from any direction. The most important thing was that the Shadow Cannons weren't powered by bone beads, but by the formation runes. Naturally, the Shadow Cannons' attack power was affected to a certain extent. The cooldown between the two cannons wasn't short. But overall, the improvement was very successful. If someone were to inject energy into the Shadow Cannons, then the Shadow Cannons would be able to fire continuously. Naturally, the energy required for the Shadow Cannons was much greater than the lightning formation. A Sky Dance Expert could only fire 100 shots before their body's energy was depleted. But to be honest, this amount was already very astonishing.
In addition to Martial Qi, the army was also reorganized. Those who were too old or too young would be expelled from the army. Naturally, in the army's words, they would retire and then reorganize the youths. Because of this, the Lost Soul Empire's army was much smaller compared to when the city-states existed together.
This was something that couldn't be helped. When the city-states existed together, they would fight each other every day. Because of this, the number of troops in each city-state wasn't small. A city-state's army was mixed with good and bad people. In the end, there were all kinds of people. If the army couldn't be reorganized, then it would have a huge impact on the army's combat effectiveness.
Currently, Bewitching Soul Kingdom's army was only about 2 million, so they had to reduce their army by 1 million. This was a very ruthless cut, but Zhao Hai thought that it was worth it. Although they reduced their army by 1 million, Zhao Hai believed that their army's fighting strength was much stronger than before. After all, these 2 million soldiers were all young and strong, and there were also hundreds of thousands of veteran elites. As long as they were trained well, then their strength would be much stronger.
Don't think that just because there were only 2 million troops, the consumption would be smaller compared to when there were 3 million troops. In fact, it was the opposite. The consumption of these 2 million troops was much higher compared to when there were 3 million troops. However, this couldn't be helped. If one wanted to train an elite army, then they must eat well and use well. This way, the consumption would naturally be greater.
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