"Master, do you want a Lolita who knows how to act cute, warm the bed, and is soft and easy to push?"
"No, I want a child!" Ren Baqian calmly turned his head and looked behind him. Honeysuckle didn't follow him.
After all, a father still cared about his reputation.
The Lolita in the swimsuit turned pale with fright and immediately turned gray with a row of vertical stripes.
"Cut the crap and give me the combination of martial arts." Ren Baqian pulled a chair over and sat down.
In the past half a month, he had people input most of the martial arts into the super brain 24 hours a day. The super brain analyzed the combination of martial arts that could increase one's strength the most and wouldn't conflict with each other.
In fact, most of the books in the palace and the academy had already been inputted into the library, and they were still being collected over the years. This was equivalent to an update.
"Wild boar with no sense of aesthetics!" the Lolita muttered.
"The [Corpse and Ghost Scroll], [Heaven Seal Technique], and [Blood Flame Saber]. The combination of these three martial arts can increase one's strength by 1,300 kilograms.
"The [Ten Ultimate Books], [Earth Shocking Book], and [Army Breaking Fist]. The combination of these three martial arts can increase one's strength by 1,600 kilograms.
"The [Roaring Tiger Fist], [Salvation Chart], [Tyrannical Viper Technique], and [Snake Scorpion Poison Technique]. The combination of these four martial arts can increase one's strength by 1,700 kilograms.
…
The Lolita listed more than a dozen martial arts combinations that Ren Baqian could practice. It didn't take long to increase one's strength by 1,000 to 2,000 kilograms.
They were all combinations of three to four martial arts. Any more and they would affect each other, and the benefits wouldn't be great.
The martial arts might even conflict with each other.
Many of these martial arts required precious medicinal baths, but this didn't matter to Ren Baqian.
Ren Baqian took the list from the printer at the side. The names on it … were all very cool.
As for the actual effect … it wasn't bad.
After all, the main effect of most martial arts wasn't to increase one's strength. Strength was just a side effect.
For example, the [Corpse and Ghost Scroll]. After practicing, one would become ghostly and inhuman. However, one's body was extremely hard and could withstand swords and knives.
After reaching the Spirit Wheel level, the Heaven Seal Technique could condense Heaven-grade weapons and freeze people. Although one couldn't move, as long as someone cooperated, they could easily kill an expert of the same level.
Ren Baqian listened to the little Lolita's analysis of the advantages and disadvantages of various martial arts combinations and finally chose the [Ten Ultimate Books], [Earth Shocking Book], and the combination of the [Army Breaking Fist].
However, this was where his advantage lay.
With the support of sufficient resources, it was not difficult to cultivate the Ten Ultimate Books and the Earth-Shaking Tome. However, the last technique, the Army Shattering Fist, required the tempering of life and death on the battlefield in order to progress quickly.
This gave Ren Baqian a headache.
If it was just a battlefield, they could just start a war.
However, if they needed to be tempered by life and death situations, then only the Outsiders could do so.
Fortunately, after practicing the other two martial arts, he would be able to have 1100 pounds of strength. In the future, he would see if he could use the other martial arts to replace the Regiment Shattering Fist.
The order to collect all kinds of natural treasures that could increase one's strength had been sent to all the villages in the Sixty Thousand Mountains. The Protectorate of the South had even sent a group of experts to search the dangerous areas.
It was easy to cultivate in the government, not to mention that he was in control of a country and had the support of a country.
…
Three days later, Ren Baqian couldn't laugh anymore.
The empress sat on a chair and watched the television dramas from the past 20 years. She held a bowl of sorghum wine in one hand and a whip in the other.
One of the eyes saw that Ren Baqian's movements were slightly slower, and the whip broke through the air and lashed at the side of Ren Baqian's feet. The 20-centimeter-thick flagstone immediately turned into powder. Soon after, he heard the sound of the air exploding.
This was the sound of the whip breaking through the sound barrier.
The corners of Ren Baqian's eyes twitched.
"Practice!" The empress looked at Ren Baqian with one eye and watched the television drama with the other.
Ren Baqian was speechless.
"Your Majesty, one of your eyes is on the left and the other on the right. It's as if you were hit by the Seven Wounds Fist."
Pow!
This time, the whip really hit him.
When Ren Baqian practiced the [Yang Boosting Technique], he lost all his hair and became bald, but he was also invulnerable.
However, after this whip hit him, a bloody scar immediately appeared on his body. The area around the wound was like a crack after metal had been split open.
"Hiss!"
Ren Baqian recalled that run under the setting sun, the youth that had passed away, and the eight-year-old little girl from more than 20 years ago.
Fortunately, no one saw it.
It had to be said that the empress's character was extremely good in some aspects. Knowing that Ren Baqian would be beaten today, she didn't even leave anyone to serve him. This was more or less saving him some face.
Ren Baqian continued to immerse himself in his boxing practice.
Every day, he would handle affairs in the morning, practice boxing in the afternoon, and nurture the statue at night.
Half a month later, there was good news. Three fruits that could increase one's strength were found in the Sixty Thousand Mountains.
These rare treasures were rare, but they weren't impossible to obtain. It was just that there wasn't a need for them in the past, and no one had been sent to specifically search for them. Even if someone occasionally found them, they would keep them for themselves.
Now that the state had mobilized many experts from the government and many villages in the Sixty Thousand Mountains to search together, they quickly found something.
The biggest difficulty was that the Sixty Thousand Mountains were too big, and most of these rare treasures were in unexplored areas or dangerous places with many ferocious beasts.
After all, those that were easy to find had already been eaten.
After the three Earth fruits were found, there was one after another good news.
The materials needed to practice the [Ten Ultimate Manuals] were finally complete.
As a result, the speed at which Ren Baqian practiced the [Ten Ultimate Manuals] began to soar.
After another half a month, the three Earth fruits were in Ren Baqian's hands.
They were three fist-sized fruits that looked like persimmons and gave off a faint smell of rotten eggs.
It was said that according to the strength and potential of the person who consumed it, each fruit could increase one's strength by 100 to 200 kilograms.
The higher the strength, the less the increase.
The greater the physical potential, the more the increase.
The three fruits increased his strength by 150 kilograms, which made Ren Baqian understand that he deserved to be a tall, rich, and handsome magician.
As a result, the empress asked someone to design a series of programs to nourish his body and increase its potential. After all, although many medicines wouldn't increase his strength, they could nourish the body and increase its potential.
However, after eating these three Earth fruits, Ren Baqian's practice of the [Ten Ultimate Manuals] sped up a little.
…
"The Earth Spirit people have all left the barrier between the two worlds."
"These fellows are really a scourge. Wherever they go, there are no rats or grass left." Ren Baqian clicked his tongue as he looked at the pictures that were transmitted back to him.
Everything had been eaten.
Fortunately, these foreign races were strong, and they had brought some special food with them. One grain was enough to last them for a day.
If it were an ordinary army, they would starve to death on the way, not to mention being harassed by ferocious beasts.
"However, there are also benefits. The Protectorate of the South can advance along the route that the Earth Spirit people took. All the ferocious beasts along the way have been cleared."
"Inform the Protectorate of the South that they can mobilize the army and rebuild the forward operating camp at the barrier between the two worlds."
"Their food is full of vitality, which is why one grain can last for a day. This is something we can't do. We can only transport large amounts of supplies to the barrier by plane.
However, the areas that have been cleared by the Earth Spirit people will soon be occupied by new flying beasts. Because the flying beasts have a large range of activity and have no natural enemies, they will quickly move to this area. Even if there is no food, it will become their territory.
In this way, a large number of troops will be needed to clear the flying beasts near this long supply line, "Ren Baqian said. This was a difficult problem.
To clear such a long supply line, not only would a large number of experts be needed, but they would also need more supplies, which would put more pressure on the logistics.
"What do you think?" The empress looked at him.
"Expand the army and … increase taxes!" Ren Baqian said after some thought. After all, it took money to support an army and logistics supplies.
Although there were many ways for the imperial court to earn money, the aboriginal army ate too much. The cost of maintaining an aboriginal army of 100,000 soldiers was equivalent to maintaining an ordinary army of at least 500,000.
At present, there were more than 150,000 aboriginal soldiers, which was equivalent to an army of 750,000.
In addition, it was difficult to resupply in the Sixty Thousand Mountains, and the annual military expenditure was much higher than that of a million-strong army.
One had to know that there were more than 10 million aboriginals, and the people of the Yun Nation and the Jing Tribe only had about 100 million people.
With the productivity of this era, 100 million people supporting a million-strong army could be considered a militaristic act.
Moreover, if they wanted to expand the army again and maintain this supply line, they would need a large number of soldiers.
Upon hearing this, the empress frowned.
Ren Baqian then said something else, which made her frown relax a little.
"However, the additional taxes can be made up by the Chen Nation, Great Xia, and the imperial court. It can also be called tributes."
The imperial court was the country established by the revolutionary army that Su Qing was in, and it was opposite Great Xia across the river.
The empress immediately made a decision after hearing this.
Whether they agreed or not wasn't important.
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