"Hehe, you don't understand!" Song Zhong grinned, "Zhu Rong Tian doesn't have a lot of materials, they won't give you more even if you ask for them. So, I don't want them, I'll just sell them a favor. This way, we'll have enough soldiers and craftsmen, right? You should know that they have a lot of free craftsmen now, they'll definitely give you a bunch of them! "
"But, what are the craftsmen doing here? Also, without the materials to carve the formation, even if your city wall is built, it won't be sturdy, right? "Feng Xi asked in surprise.
"Don't worry, I'll prepare the materials for carving the formation, it won't be a problem!" Song Zhong smiled, "As for those craftsmen? Hehe, I have a great use for them. Oh right, give me a special place at the back of the city to house those craftsmen. Seal that place. What I want them to build is a secret, they can't leak it! Do you understand? "
"Yes, I understand!" Feng Xi was confused, but he still agreed quickly.
Then, Song Zhong ordered, "Since that's the case, send this out later. Oh right, I'll report to Fire Lord directly, did I skip ranks? Will Great Emperor Zhong Yue blame me? "
Feng Xi immediately smiled, "Don't worry, sir, although you're one rank lower than Great Emperor Zhong Yue, you don't have a subordinate relationship, Fire Lord is your direct superior."
Then, Feng Xi carefully explained, "You have to understand, whether it's the Heavenly Court or Zhu Rong Tian, they don't want to see the Dragon World of the Four Seas controlled by one person!"
As SongZhong heard that, he immediately understood. This was obviously the Heavenly Court's plan. So, they divided the power of this place into five, to prevent a tyrannical local tyrant from appearing in the Dragon World of the Four Seas.
After he understood, SongZhong nodded his head and smiled, "En, I understand! Oh right, didn't you go to arrange for the recruitment of cultivators to build the city wall? Why are you here? "
"It's like this!" Feng Xi hurriedly explained, "When those guys saw the mountain of materials in the warehouse, they were all very envious, so they didn't want the purple jade. Instead, they wanted the materials to compensate their wages! I don't dare to make a decision on this matter, so I came to ask for your opinion! "
"I see!" Song Zhong smiled faintly and said, "Sure. In any case, I still have plenty of materials here. Go ahead and make the arrangements!"
"Yes!" After Feng Xi heard this, he immediately agreed, then said again, "Sir, there is another matter. You know that I am the City Lord of another place, Chen Tang Pass is not under my control! I can occasionally intervene during wartime, but once the war is over, my status will become awkward. Look at this … "
"En, en!" Song Zhong nodded, and then said, "How about this, you come to Chen Tang Pass to be the city guard! Hand that place over to your assistant! "
"Ah? Isn't that inappropriate? " When Feng Xi heard that, he didn't know whether to laugh or cry as he said, "Sir, Chen Tangguan doesn't have the position of City Governor? You're just a general and you're in charge of military affairs? "
"I don't care about that. In any case, you will be the City Guard!" Song Zhong waved his hand impatiently and said, "I don't have that much free time to manage. I'm only in charge of the war. You can handle all the other administrative matters!"
"This …" Before Feng Xi could object, Song Zhong disappeared from his sight. He had no idea where Song Zhong had gone to recuperate.
This time, Feng Xi was at his wit's end. However, even though Song Zhong's actions were somewhat irresponsible, Feng Xi's heart felt warm. After all, he was the one who was entrusted with such an important task. This represented Song Zhong's trust and appreciation for them.
Thinking of this, Feng Xi slowly left with mixed feelings.
A day later, the Fire Lord in Zhu Rong Tian's palace received Song Zhong's official document. In fact, he had already received the news of what happened to Song Zhong through other channels. However, the official document came later. After all, he had to calculate the losses after the war, the number of kills, and the merits of each person. This all took time.
The Fire Lord, who was sitting high on the chair, looked at the official document sent by his subordinates. He was surprised, happy, and embarrassed. In short, it was extremely complicated.
Chen Tangguan was attacked and suffered heavy losses. This was what surprised him. Song Zhong won a complete victory and killed two Almighty Immortals. This was what made him happy. However, the reward after the war was difficult for him.
He knew that 17 of the 18 city defenses of Chen Tangguan were broken. If 17 of them were to be rebuilt, how much manpower and resources would it take? Obviously, these things couldn't be reimbursed by Chen Tangguan. They couldn't afford it, so it had to be paid by Zhu Rong Tian.
Ordinary things were fine. Zhu Rong Tian didn't even lack purple jade. However, the middle and low grade materials used to set up formations and restrictions were going to cost him his life! He didn't have many of these things. After all, he had to supply the army of the five Sky Emperors with weapons and all kinds of materials. The consumption of these materials was extremely terrifying.
Furthermore, the amount of materials needed for the defense of the 17 cities was not a small sum. If it was in the past, the Fire Lord would still be able to squeeze out some. But with the depletion of the mines around Zhu Rong Tian, the materials he had were only barely enough to sustain the defense of the city.
Therefore, the Fire Lord was worried. He picked up Song Zhong's official document and read it with a frown. However, as he continued reading, the worry on his face gradually disappeared and was replaced by surprise.
"Haha, did this silly boy forget to ask for something from me?" The Fire Lord couldn't help but yell excitedly.
It turned out that Song Zhong didn't ask for materials at all. Instead, he only asked for soldiers and craftsmen. Therefore, he thought that Song Zhong had forgotten. However, later on, he thought that Song Zhong didn't seem to be such a stupid person.
However, no matter what, the Fire Lord had a very good attitude towards Song Zhong's official document. Without saying anything, he took out a large pen and waved it fiercely, approving to give Song Zhong additional 300,000 divine soldiers and 500,000 craftsmen!
To be honest, the number of soldiers and craftsmen was indeed a bit too much. However, to the Fire Lord, this was nothing. The soldiers were provided by the heaven, so he didn't feel bad about giving them to him. As for craftsmen, they were free because of the shortage of materials. Song Zhong happened to need them, so he gave them all to him!
In the Fire Lord's eyes, he didn't care if Zhu Rong Tian forgot to ask for materials or not. I assigned so many people to you just to shut your mouth. Even if you remember in the future and want to ask for more materials, I can use this as an excuse to reject you!
After settling this matter, the Fire Lord was in a much better mood. Following that, the rewards for Song Zhong and the other meritorious people became extremely generous.
Then, Fire Lord of the South wrote the official reply and handed it to his subordinates, asking them to send it to Song Zhong. At the same time, he also instructed them to tell Song Zhong that he had enough contribution points and that if he wanted anything, he could ask for it quickly!
This warm gesture was nothing more than to buy people's hearts. At the same time, it was also the Fire Lord's compensation for plotting against Song Zhong.
When the subordinate of Fire Lord of the South came to Chen Tangguan with the document, he was stunned on the spot. The reason was because of the terrifying construction of the city wall.
In the past, the city wall of Chen Tangguan was built with mountain rocks. But now, it was all made of iron!
There were two to three million cultivators and immortals working hard on the construction site that was tens of thousands of miles long. In just two days, they had already used their magic power to dig the foundation. It was a huge pit that was two hundred feet deep and a hundred miles wide.
Then, countless alchemy furnaces were set up. Many of them were brought by the various sects. The mixture of the essence of iron refined with the True Fire and other materials was continuously poured into the large pit. It was almost a full layer now.
Although this work was very difficult to do, even the immortals found it difficult to do. However, all the people who participated were incomparably excited. They worked very hard and no one complained or slacked off! This made the subordinate of the Fire Lord of the South puzzled.
He couldn't help but secretly ask around. Only then did he know that the city wall was divided into dozens of equal sections and contracted to different sects. Song Zhong said that the first sect to complete the work would be rewarded with many kinds of high level materials. The second and third place would also be rewarded!
This greatly stimulated the enthusiasm of the sects. Therefore, in order to speed up the progress, they didn't hesitate to move their own furnaces and send their disciples to work in shifts. Their purpose was to snatch the first place.
Of course, in order to make the disciples not complain, these sects might have promised that as long as they obtained the first place, everyone would receive some kind of reward. Even if they didn't obtain the first place, they would still give some special rewards to the disciples who worked hard.
Therefore, under this stimulation, these cultivators worked so crazily. That crazy enthusiasm was completely no less than fighting a life and death enemy. When the subordinate of the Fire Lord of the South saw this, he couldn't help but exclaim.
Furthermore, what this subordinate was more concerned about was where SongZhong got the materials from. One had to know that apart from Zhu Rong Tian, no one else could provide such a large amount of iron. But the problem was, if Zhu Rong Tian suddenly took out so many materials, wouldn't he not have enough? That would delay the normal production and affect the military supplies of the five Sky Emperors. Wasn't this a big crime? Perhaps no one dared to risk the danger of the Immortal-slaying Platform to sell so many materials to Song Zhong.
If that's the case, then where did the materials in SongZhong's hands come from? This made the subordinate of the Fire Lord of the South puzzled! (To be continued, if you want to know what will happen next, please go to www.qidian.com, there are more chapters. Support the author, support the original reading!)
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