Things are progressing much smoother than those in Lu Qing's similarity.

The person who came forward was the leader of the Demon Clan of the Divine Lu Forest, that is, the demon cultivator who had a strength of about the late Qiming period, Mr. Lu.

He brought a hundred and ten gods of the Deer Forest Demon Clans to come here and contacted the settlements of the three demon clans. With him were several reliable Lu family and even the Qiming monk from Qingfeng Sect.

The means in between are both kindness and power.

Not many people died, and the three demon clan settlements quickly realized that this matter was not something they could withstand. So the whole thing was determined like this.

To be honest, in the turbulent environment, after leaving his hometown and migrating eastward for such a long distance, the life of these three demon clan settlements is not very good.

This made Mr. Lu feel a little empathetic.

Under his coordination, another batch of supplies from Feiyunzhou was transported in.

Of course, it was not for nothing. The name of this batch of materials was given to these three demon clan settlements in the name of remuneration. They were in advance to pay a part of the reward for the Lu family to mine the spirit stone mine, so that they could feel at ease first, and they could also put the mining of the ore veins on the agenda as soon as possible.

The inauguration of this batch of materials has made these demon clan settlements more heart-to-heart. Life is better, and there will always be more hope for the outside world.

Of course, the Lu family would not directly hand over the matter of the spirit stone ore veins to these demon clans.

The team of the Shenlulin Demon Clan will be stationed here for a long time to serve as supervisor; and in addition, the Lu family will also have elite monk teams staying here.

At the same time, this entire area was re-divided, and a Shishan County was established with the nearest newly built human stronghold as its capital. The entire Shishan County is now strictly under martial law. Within the designated area, no person or monster will be allowed to enter.

This requires a reason, otherwise it would be like telling the world that there is a special secret buried here.

The excuse used here is to resettle the demon refugees from the West.

The Lu family has issued a new policy on demons. From expulsion and elimination in the past, it has transformed into limited acceptance. The demon clans coming from the west, whether individuals or communities, can be accepted by Shenlu County. Shenlu County has also established a department in the name of the government, specifically responsible for the affairs of the demon clan, and is called the Demon Civil Affairs Office.

These demon tribes can choose their own survival areas and areas in three counties, including Shishan County, to settle down and not be attacked or driven by human monks.

However, this is conditional.

The Demon Civil Affairs Bureau will issue waist tags engraved with the words "Yan" to every demon clan qualified to survive in the three counties, indicating that they have become subjects of Dayan. They have to pay taxes, work, accept various tasks and tasks assigned by Shenlu County, and live in accordance with the laws of Dayan...

To some extent, the demon clan is very similar to humans. Not every one of them is a successful practitioner, and there are also many ordinary "people" who have not even reached the Qi Refining Stage.

However, the demon clan has a special physique. Even if they have not achieved success in cultivation, they will have some special abilities. Ordinary humans are not opponents when they take up swords. Their fertility rate is relatively lower than that of humans, but relatively speaking, it is easier for them to achieve something when they want to practice. Moreover, the cultivation of demon cultivators is different from that of humans with spiritual roots. They emphasize bloodlines and physical bodies.

Of course, there are also many monsters, animals and plants. After years of absorption of spiritual energy and essence of heaven and earth, they can achieve success. This is another matter.

In short, monsters and humans are different races after all.

But as long as you have wisdom and can communicate, the two do not coexist. Just like the Liang Kingdom, the human demon has lived in a thousand years of history. It is not incredible to see a fox demon open a tavern in a town.

Yan State does not have such experience. The Lu family's management experience in this area has accumulated a little from Shenlulin, but it is not rich. But in short, this thing can be tried little by little.

Some demon tribes within the three counties were allocated to some resource points, which were also something Lu Qing found through the "full exploration" exchange item before. They were responsible for managing and developing those resource points, and then in addition to paying taxes, they used the remaining output to do business with human towns and exchanged various other rich products.

This model has encountered some problems. For example, some demon races are difficult to train by nature. They had agreed to it well before, but later they left the tribe without permission, even attacked humans without regard to the agreement; resisted paying taxes, and directly robbed human caravans during commodity exchange... All kinds of such things have happened.

But firstly, the number of times is relatively small and not so frequent; secondly, the scattered demon clans who have no leadership are often suppressed after such a thing happens.

When the Shenlu County government suppressed the demon clan, it not only resorted to force, but also resolved violently. Usually, there is corresponding education work that comes with violence.

This is what it means to give both kindness and power.

While the three counties were undergoing a major transformation of the demon clan, the three demon clans in Shishan County were hiding in this tide. They were like other demon clan settlements incorporated by the Lu family, but the resources they developed were more special, and the surrounding area was further tightly blocked. But in the same way, they would be more obedient than other demon clan settlements.

First, the Lu family will give them more rewards; on the other hand, there are several advanced human monks and elite monks stationed in the spirit stone mine vein for a long time.

These monks are either the direct descendants of the Lu family or the loyalty is very guaranteed. In addition, they are strong and fully capable, and when something bad happens, they will be independent and suppressed without support.

A year later, the spirit stone veins had already been produced; by the third year, the annual output value of this fourth-level spirit stone ore had reached 300,000 spirit stones.

At the same time, Lu Qing signaled that the reorganization of the demon clan under the leadership of the Lu family also made the development progress of the entire Shenlu County faster than expected. In line with the large number of resource points explored by Lu Qing, the prosperity of Shenlu County was faster than many people imagined in the past.

In the past, the development of Shenlu County mainly relied on migrating people from familiar land.

The migrant population here mainly refers to ordinary people.

However, it is actually not easy to rely solely on ordinary people to gain a foothold in a wilderness like Shenlu County. And it is impossible for the monks sent by the authorities to have many people all at once. After all, whether it is the Lu family, the Qingfeng Sect, or even the imperial court, the plate is bigger, the chain of interests is more complicated, and it is difficult to draw out a lot of people at once.

Moreover, for most monks to stay in a place that can be considered "barbaric" for a long time, it is definitely a chore for them. Even if it is a reward and reward, the number of people who are willing to come will be limited.

Even the monks who were ordered to come, it would be even harder to expect ordinary casual cultivators or some local forces to truly come to the Northern Wilderness Forest.

Although, to a certain extent, although the Lu family has acted like they want to develop the western region, many people still doubt whether this matter can be done? Even if some people think that this matter can be done in the future and that Shenlu County will become prosperous, I am afraid it will happen many years later.

Although there are some people who want to eat the first bite of crab and come here first and want to be the first, the number is not enough. In the minds of most people, they are still unwilling to do something like "I will plant trees and future generations can enjoy the cool air".

However, in recent years, the development speed of Shenlu County has exceeded many people's expectations. After it flourishes here at a speed visible to the naked eye, there will indeed be more people, and even some small forces, who think it is a very reliable thing to develop in Shenlu County.

For example, in many Feiyunzhou, when the Lu family and Hai family were fighting openly and secretly, they stood on the side of the leader lineage, but ended up standing in the wrong family.

The Lu family would not say that they would retaliate against them after they took power; they would not have any other thoughts. In fact, they would like to hold the Lu family's thighs firmly. But the interests of Feiyunzhou are limited to the point. When you stood in the wrong team back then, after the Lu family stood in the dominant position, the corresponding interests would naturally be distributed to forces that were closer to themselves.

Without deliberately suppressing them, they will naturally feel that life is not as comfortable as before, or there is no room for further improvement.

At present, Shenlu County is a very good space.

In addition, the Lu family is now in the entire Feiyunzhou, advocating the development of the western region to all parties.

Listen to the Lu family, you can eat meat.

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The development of the spirit stone mine, and even the development of the entire Shenlu County, strictly speaking, it benefited the Lu family, not the imperial court.

This point must be clearly distinguished.

Although the Lu family is already a royal family in Yan State, there is still a clear distinction between the two.

At least, in the definition of Lu Qing, the ruler behind the scenes, Yan State belongs to the Lu family, not the Lu family belongs to the Yan State.

Shenlu County would pay part of the taxes to the Tang court, but this amount was very small, which was consistent with the standards of Feiyunzhou and Xuezhou. The imperial court's control over the northern border was essentially through the royal family, but the imperial court itself could not control the northern border.

This is a back-up.

If, I mean, if things change in the future and the Lu family retreats from the throne, at least the northern border is its own.

Of course, Lu Qing himself was very reluctant to see that scene happening. It was not that easy to spit out something I finally got.

However, although that's what it said, the court needs it, and as a royal family, the Lu family must have strong support.

For example, the strengthening of centralization.

This is mainly reflected in Jinzhou and Jizhou.

Lu Qing was dissatisfied with the model of the court in the past. According to his imagination and his previous life's experience, he felt that an orthodox dynasty should have a deep control over all parts of the country.

If the Yunxiao Sect can't handle it, then it's different. The northern border is its own independent kingdom, so if you don't want to deal with it, then it won't be said. There are still mountains in Jizhou and Jinzhou, so you can't stand it.

The Lu family can set fires, and the Yunxiao Sect can set fires. The small sects in Jinzhou, Jizhou, and the small families are not allowed to light the lights. This is what Lu Qing means.

If you want to achieve centralization, you naturally need to have the confidence to be centralized.

As the base of the Lu royal family, the northern border can provide great pressure to the south, which is one of the confidence; and the other confidence is naturally the Central Imperial Army of Yandu.

It is no longer a day or two for Lu Chaoxi to start establishing the Central Imperial Army.

In recent years, even when the finances were particularly tight, I had never let go of my investment in the construction. Later, the court's finances became more and more abundant. In addition, the Lu family's support for the court has recently increased, and the construction of the central imperial guards has been further accelerated.

Now, the Dayan Imperial Army has recovered to a scale of 30,000 people, which is similar to before.

Of course, being able to get up so quickly is because of the fact that the investment is indeed quite large, and on the other hand, it is still the foundation that has been in the past, so it is not considered starting from scratch.

But to be honest, although the quantity has recovered, the quality must be a little worse than the imperial guards in their heyday. The most important manifestation is that the average strength level of the monks in the imperial guards cannot meet the standards of the past.

In the future, investment in the construction of the imperial guards may gradually change from resuming quantity to improving quality. This requires that the internal personnel training mechanism must be built more intact, and resource investment must be compared with the past.

Fortunately, this area is also supported.

The court also had its own golden lotus planting, and the scale was much larger than that of the Lu family. Originally, these foundation-building pills refined through golden lotus were provided by the court to the forces below and the court's own system.

At present, under the leadership of Lu Chaoxi, this part is mainly tilted to the imperial guard system.

In addition, there is another big source, which is that the large number of third-level white ghosts that were killed during the White Ghost travel south, but also provided a lot of soul beads. Three of these soul beads can be used to refine a foundation-building pill using a secret method.

Some of these foundation-building pills were also allocated and provided to the Yandu Imperial Army.

The attractiveness of the Foundation Establishment Pill to low-level monks is naturally unnecessary. This also helps the imperial guards to attract more potential low-level monks to join in.

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