685 All Matters Settled (1/2)

He unhappily returned from the hall back to his sleeping area.

Zong Shou still felt pent up frustration in his chest, but a moment later, he laughed out loud.

That damn old man saw through all his plans.

When the Buddhist Sect was at its most prosperous, they occupied half of the Cloud World, a population of close to a billion.

The scale of the Taoist Sect was on the same level, it had been prosperous these few years and didn't suffer from any attacks.

Along with the usual incense money, they received around 5% of Donglin produce. He couldn't bear with this any longer.

Although he chased out Lingyun Sect and many other sects last time, the Taoist Temples under his rule were not damaged.

He wasn't willing to go too far against Daoling Vast Habitat. However, since they were already enemies, now he didn't have to hold back.

He could allow them to exist, but couldn't allow them to become strong. Now that the Taoist Sect was strong, even if he couldn't destroy them, he had to tear them apart.

He casually took several battle reports to take a look at. After that battle with the 7,000 Purple Qilin Flame Spear Cavalry, he had been in secluded meditation to heal his injuries. Only today did he feel slightly better.

Who knows what the situation was like in the other places...

He browsed through several documents and his lips curled.

At this moment, Kong Yao, Ren Tianxing and the others had wiped out around 90% of the Night Demon Army. Only around 1,000 had fled deep into the forests and mountains to hide.

Those were the true Elites of the Night Demon Army. One would be putting themselves in danger if they chased them into the forest.

This was why Kong Yao used the army to lock them down, deciding not to head deeper in.

Those refugees of Huizhou also started to return.

Within a short dozen days, hundreds of millions of grains were transported to Huizhou.

It was enough food for the local people for more than 100 days.

Based on what Zhang Huai mentioned inside, they weren't able to cover everything, but they could at least ensure the people could get past autumn and winter.

At the end of August, they could plant a crop of grain. They were recovering the various fields as well as those numerous mines.

What happened next made him raise his brow.

Zhang Huai had collected the fields of all the Nobles west of Huizhou. He was just asking whether he could split it with the dead soldier's families as compensation while selling the rest.

It wasn't that he wasn't unhappy with Zhang Huai taking matters into his own hands, but that he was surprised.

That move was really vicious! Once it succeeded, in just a short few years he could digest the entire Huizhou.

However after this, Zhang Huai's image in the Meeting Hall would be ruined.

Those people in Gantian Mountain, although they didn't have much to do with the nobles of Huizhou, they would feel terrified. He was really clear about what those fellows were thinking about.

He was impressed. He loved subjects who were willing to spoil their own reputation to take the blame for him.

Unlike Renbo who went against him every day...

He flicked his finger and smashed the document to pieces. He took a piece of silk and wrote up a decree before stamping it.

Since a subject treated the Ruler so well, the Ruler naturally would return the favour.

He flipped open the second document. Not only did it target Donglin and Huizhou, but also the Meeting Hall.

He was more relaxed. Zhang Huai really knew his thoughts. If he didn't teach them all a lesson, how would he feel good?