The reformation of the Exploration Sea Sect's cities was carried out in an orderly manner. Some academies were also established in each city. In the Exploration Sea Sect, some cultivators who had reached the age limit and no longer had any hope of advancing, and only wanted to retire peacefully, entered these academies. They would usually teach the children how to cultivate, and every year, there would be a period of time where they would regularly inspect the people in the city to see if they had any potential.
These inspections included a lot of things. Some inspected the cultivators' spiritual cultivation, some inspected the cultivators' muscles and bones. From a person's muscles and bones, it was possible to determine if a person was suitable for body cultivation. Although some people looked thin and weak on the outside, their muscles and bones were very strong. Such people were more suitable for body cultivation. Sometimes, such people would be buried.
In addition to these, one also needed to see if they were suitable for alchemy and refining. Or, one needed to see if they had any other talents, and if they were worth training.
Naturally, this training value was only for adults. Children weren't included in this list. This was because children were very malleable.
Of course, there were also merchants and clans in these cities. Among these merchants, there were also people from other sects. Zhao Hai didn't treat these people as disciples of the Sea Exploring Sect.
However, Zhao Hai didn't do anything to them. They opened their shops in the city. Nobody bullied them, and nobody looked at them. Their days seemed to be the same as before. However, the people in these shops noticed a change. They discovered that the people who liked to buy things in their shops were slowly decreasing in number. Some even stopped coming altogether. This was because these people knew that they weren't from the Sea Exploring Sect.
In this situation, these people couldn't do anything about it. They couldn't just drag people into their shops to buy things. Moreover, the things in their shops didn't have any advantage compared to the Sea Exploring Sect's shops. Not only were the prices cheaper, but the quality was also very good. Naturally, they couldn't compete with the other side.
However, very few of these shops were closed. This was because they weren't counting on the shops to make money. The most important thing for these shops was to collect information.
The Sea Exploring Sect's reforms in the cities, turning everyone into disciples of the Sea Exploring Sect. This news had already spread to the various sects. The reactions of the various sects towards this matter were very different.
Some sects felt that the Sea Exploring Sect's actions were completely superfluous. The people living in the cities were all ordinary people. Their strength wasn't very good, so how could they help? If these people could really help, then the sects would have already turned them into outer disciples.
Moreover, the Sea Exploring Sect's reform was a reform of the city's tax collection. In the past, the tax collection of the Sea Exploring Sect was handled by the big clans in the city. However, this wasn't the case anymore. The Sea Exploring Sect's tax collection was now handled by the Sea Exploring Sect's branch. The amount of tax collected from the fields and shops were all clearly stated. If you don't pay according to the rules, then you will be punished. However, if the tax collectors make you pay more, then you can report them to the sect. Once the sect finds out, then they will immediately deal with the tax collectors.
If you colluded with the tax collectors to cheat and pay less tax, once discovered, you would immediately be sent to do hard labor. The sect would send people over from time to time to carry out irregular inspections. Once such a situation was discovered, it would be dealt with immediately.
The entire Sea Exploring Sect was undergoing changes. In the past, only the branches of the Sea Exploring Sect were considered a part of this machine. Although this machine could operate, it wasn't sophisticated enough. But now, it was different. With the addition of these cities, the degree of sophistication of this machine would greatly increase as the cities radiated to the surrounding villages.
It can be said that after the reform of the cities, the entire territory of the Sea Exploring Sect became even more impenetrable. This was because the Sea Exploring Sect had spies in each city. The Sea Exploring Sect could now extend its tentacles to all the territories under its control.
Now, the territory of the Sea Exploring Sect was covered by a huge net. As long as people from other sects entered this net, they would be discovered and returned to the Sea Exploring Sect as soon as possible. This was very important. In the end, this net would completely cover the person inside, making it impossible for them to escape.
Defense had always been a very important part of Zhao Hai's plan. In fact, strictly speaking, Zhao Hai was like a farmer. A farmer only had a small amount of land in the beginning. In order to get more land, he would open up wastelands. After opening up a piece of land, he would manage it. Only when the land had become ripe would he open up more land and manage it. Zhao Hai was like this now.
Zhao Hai was like a farmer. In the beginning, he only had a small amount of territory. Then he kept expanding and expanding. Every time he got a bigger piece of land, he would expand. Finally, he would completely digest that piece of land before expanding again.
However, his previous expansion was only aimed at the various sects. Those cities didn't have much territory in the various sects. Once you get a sect, you would naturally get those cities.
However, after going through many planes, Zhao Hai was very clear that those cities were the most important. This was because there were countless cultivators and people in those cities. Therefore, after Zhao Hai expanded the territory of the Sea Exploring Sect to its current extent, he finally decided to bring those cities under the jurisdiction of the Sea Exploring Sect. This was very important.
In fact, the reason why the Sects didn't pay attention to the cities was because they felt that the cities were dispensable because they didn't have any fighting strength. However, Zhao Hai didn't see it this way. The people in the cities didn't have any fighting strength, but as long as you get the hearts of the people, then you would get twice the result with half the effort.
The Sects didn't calculate how much they would get if the Sects paid all the taxes. Moreover, if the Sects took out the money to buy things, then how much would they be able to buy?
Money had to be circulated. At this time, the Sects were operating in such a way that money would only circulate within the Sect. Sect Masters generally didn't rely on taxes to operate their businesses. They relied on crystal stone mines and robbing. In Zhao Hai's view, this was very abnormal behavior. The wealth of the world was like a river. You have to make it flow. If it doesn't flow, then it would be a pool of stagnant water. The more you take, the less you'll get. But if it flows, then it's different. It would grow bigger and bigger, and eventually, the river would become a sea.
You can take water from the river, but you must also use it in the river. This was very important. This way, the river would continue to flow.
Zhao Hai wanted to use this method to operate the Sea Exploring Sect. He would collect taxes from the cities of the Sea Exploring Sect and then distribute the money to the Cultivators. These Cultivators would then use the money to buy things. And these things would be produced in the cities. In other words, after this process, the money would return to the hands of the people in the cities.
Although the Sea Exploring Sect had its own fields, there were a lot of people in the sect. Additionally, Zhao Hai wanted the people in the cities to be able to eat spirit rice. Because of this, the fields of the Sea Exploring Sect weren't enough. Because of this, the Sea Exploring Sect's branches were responsible for improving the fields around the cities. This way, the people in the cities wouldn't have to worry about their livelihood, they would have more time to cultivate.
This might sound familiar, but in fact, it was similar to Zhao Hai's method of doing business in the Sword Spirit World. But in the Sword Spirit World, there were a lot of things that needed to be done.
Time passed by little by little. Unknowingly, two years have passed since the attack on the Sea Exploring Sect. In these two years, the Sea Exploring Sect had undergone earth-shaking changes. At this time, the entire territory of the Sea Exploring Sect was under the control of the Sea Exploring Sect. Most of the ordinary people in the cities were able to eat spirit rice and spirit vegetables. Because of this, their cultivation speed became faster and their strength became stronger.
At the same time, the strength of the Sea Exploring Sect had also doubled. This was because the strength of the Sea Exploring Sect had also become more formidable. This was especially true with the addition of female cultivators. After two years of cultivation, the strength of these female cultivators wasn't weak at all. And as Zhao Hai said before, the first female cultivator squad had already been established. Moreover, it had been established for a long time, about half a year. They had also been undergoing training.
At this time, the cultivators of the Sea Exploring Sect were wearing improved robes. Although their robes still looked ordinary, their defensive capabilities were greatly increased. Moreover, they had many other functions such as removing dust and keeping warm. This made the cultivators in the wilderness more comfortable.
In addition to these, the Sea Exploring Sect had also discovered a lot of geniuses through their academies in various cities. These geniuses had all become disciples of the Sea Exploring Sect. Some of these people were already adults. They probably never dreamed that they would become disciples of the Sea Exploring Sect one day.
At the same time, the number of large artifacts of the Sea Exploring Sect increased. At this time, the Sea Exploring Sect had a lot of types of large artifacts. However, there were only two types that were mainly used for combat. One was the Iron Lotus Flower and the other was the Myriad Swords Ship.
The Iron Lotus Flower was suitable for close combat and defense. As for the Myriad Swords Ship, it was the main weapon of the Sea Exploring Sect. Not only was it easier to refine, but it was also very powerful. Therefore, it was the first choice for large artifacts.
In these two years, the cities under the Sea Exploring Sect had also adapted to the new rules of the Sea Exploring Sect. People from all over the place found that their lives were much better than before.
During these two years, what made Zhao Hai the happiest was that several cultivators in the Sea Exploring Sect had touched the edge of the laws. The Sea Exploring Sect had finally nurtured several Supreme Elders. This was very important for them.
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