568 If You Were Emperor (2/2)

Divine Brilliance Kai Huang 45660K 2022-07-20

\”I was originally worried about that, too! However with the Blood Cloud Cavalry in your hand, even if that Death Emperor came out now, what do you have to fear?\”

Zong Shou shook his head and didn't speak. Netherworld spells countered the Blood Cloud Cavalry.

Jin Buhui said, \”After I go back I will ask master for a way, to ask the sects to come together to seal it. Each Nine Yin Death Witch that appears dyes the ground red for thousands of miles. This isn't just relating to your land…\”

Only then did Zong Shou smile. However, it wasn't right for him to comment about the sects working together.

This matter was just a hopeless illusion, one can imagine that it would definitely not succeed and that it would be totally useless. What he could really rely on was the Common People Path.

His senior brother was a warm-hearted person, as long as one was deemed as a friend he would go all out to help them.

Since the battle weeks ago, when he led his troops alone to take the risk to save him, one could tell his character.

It was best if he thought about another solution for this Gong Xinran.

Jin Buhui was in deep thought. He hesitated for a long while before opening up, \”Brother Shou has already unified Donglin Cloud Continent, your troops' strength is the top overseas. Are you interested in the Central Continent for the next step?\”

Zong Shou smiled, as he knew that Jin Buhui would ask about this matter. Although Haoxuan Sect was a cultivator sect, it was largely connected with that of the Confucians. In some way or another, they were serving Great Shang.

If he intended to challenge that emperor, then Haoxuan Sect and Jin Buhui would be in a spot, and a tough situation.

Zong Shou didn't hesitate at all, shaking his head. \”I don't intend to! Before Great Shang collapses, I won't step a foot into the Central Continent. If I have a way, I want to try conquering outer regions…\”

Jin Buhui heaved a sigh of relief. If this was the case, then it would be for the best. But the last sentence caused his body to freeze, \”Outer regions?\”

What he heard was preposterous and inconceivable.

\”Yes, outer regions! Are we just going to allow people to invade our Cloud World and not take action to attack back?\”

When he spoke, Zong Shou's eyes shone brightly.

These words weren't said by him, but that person. The current him was already prepared to conquer those outside worlds…

Jin Buhui still found it really preposterous, and didn't understand it. He turned around and looked out at the view.

The three of them weren't people who cared much about rites and customs. Although they weren't disrespectful, they were all broad-minded.

The place they chose to drink was in the Hanyan Palace, close to the cliff of the peak.

Looking down now, one could see the entire city. He said leisurely, \”These few days I have run around Gantian Mountain. Here, your people are all delighted and love their life, smiling really brightly. Within aa thousand miles, the farmers are actually tax free, really inconceivable…\”

Eh?

Zong Shou was startled and shocked. Their Gantian Mountain had already stopped collecting taxes from the farmers? Why didn't he know about that?

Thinking about it carefully, Zong Shou tried really hard to remember before he roughly recalled something.

A few months ago when he returned to Gantian Mountain, Renbo let someone carry over a huge stack of documents for him to sign.

At that time he didn't care much, the few in the cabinet had already discussed it. It also didn't involve the military, so there wasn't anything inappropriate about it. Thus he didn't pay much attention and agreed to them all.

It was said that the current Gantian Mountain's commerce was blooming. Just the tax alone was in the tens of millions, many times that of before. Their current Cloud Ocean hunts could also bring them many gains.

Compared to agricultural tax, that was like the hair of an oxen. To continue to collect it would instead give the officials a chance to be corrupted.

Why not remove them all, so as to reduce the number of tax officials.

Moreover with the commerce prospering, most of the people ran over to the city to be servants to earn more. There weren't many who were willing to farm and do tiring jobs.

At that time he didn't say much, generously agreeing to the matter.

Thinking about it, now he was really filled with regret, smacking his own chest. This Renbo really wasn't a good person!

The key was that he was really rich in the past and didn't care. Now he was really really rich and his eyes turned green looking at all financial sources.

It seems like he needed to think of a way to try to increase taxes or increase the national treasury and his personal treasury ratio…

Awkwardly smiling, Zong Shou heard Jin Buhui continue, \”His Majesty in Great Shang ruled for decades and is really intelligent and smart. However, the people in his nine states are definitely aren't as prosperous as your Gantian Mountain. It is really unfair. You practice and cultivate every day and didn't think about ruling, so how did this happen? Actually these last few days I have been thinking... if you were the Great Shang Emperor, what would happen?\”

Just as he said that, Leidong's body shook, he slipped, and rolled down the roof. The two of them exchanged glances and instantly burst out laughing.