Volume Four, Three Southern Counties, Chapter 418, Traveling a Million Miles
"When His Majesty asked me to come, he also prepared 80 million taels of gold to support the development of the Iron Blood Army." Cui Jianjun said, "Master Lu, don't let down His Majesty's good intentions."
"Eighty million taels of gold?"
Lu Jiuzhang was surprised.
So much money?
She is indeed more generous than Empress Zhou Yao.
"Yes, this amount of money is quite a large amount of money for His Majesty." Cui Jianjun reminded.
Of course, these 80 million taels of gold were not given by His Majesty. At that time, the Zhao family of Qianji Tower presented it to Emperor Chang'an, and was transferred to Emperor Chang'an to Lu Jiuzhang as a way to win over.
Emperor Chang'an really had the intention to cultivate the Iron Blood Battalion well.
Originally, it was not only 80 million taels of gold, but also supported by many cultivation resources, worth at least 50 million taels.
However, in the past two days, rumors spread from nowhere in Jingzhao Mansion, saying that Lu Jiuzhang was only superficially attached to Emperor Chang'an, but in fact he was plotting for development, and that he would still be under the control of Empress Zhou Yao in the future.
When he heard this rumor, Chang'an Emperor Zhou Qian silently withheld the cultivation resources worth fifty million taels of gold.
Lu Jiuzhang naturally didn't know about this situation, otherwise he would have scolded his mother.
With training materials worth fifty million taels, how many masters will appear in the Iron Blood Camp?
"Thank you, Your Majesty!"
Lu Jiuzhang said excitedly.
"Master Lu, His Majesty also said that you should also improve your cultivation level as soon as possible and reach the third level of martial arts as soon as possible." Cui Jianjun explained, "The training resources His Majesty gave you alone have also been sent to you."
They are all top-notch cultivation resources, which used to be provided to the core members of the royal family for cultivation.
Now given to Lu Jiuzhang.
It can be clearly seen that Chang'an Emperor Zhou Qian had too high expectations for Lu Jiuzhang.
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At night, after returning to his camp and counting his cultivation resources, Lu Jiuzhang flew out of the city and dug a cave in a high mountain outside the city. Then he couldn't wait to start practicing. With the support of a large number of heavenly materials and earthly treasures, he began to retreat.
The soldiers of the Iron Blood Battalion also started practicing one after another.
There are warriors exercising their bodies to enhance the strength of the physical body.
There are also warriors who go outside the city to find a secluded place to improve their cultivation.
Half a month later, good news came one after another.
In the Iron Blood Camp, the number of eighth-level martial arts practitioners has officially exceeded one thousand.
There are almost more than 9,000 warriors at the seventh level of martial arts!
With such a powerful force, there is almost no big problem in pushing a county flatly.
As for the warriors at the eighth level of martial arts, there are more warriors. On the other hand, there are fewer and fewer warriors at the ninth level of martial arts.
Most people have broken through, and the remaining ninth-level martial arts warriors are basically very poor in talent.
With the support of resources, the young prince Zhou Zheng, Peng Qiang, Heizi and others went into retreat one after another.
Cui Jianjun was very happy to see these people practicing in seclusion.
He continued to gather connections in the Iron-Blooded Camp and form his own team.
Zhao Yuru saw all this and did not say anything.
The strength of the entire Iron-Blooded Battalion became stronger and stronger, and many people noticed that something was wrong, but no big action was taken in a short period of time.
In this half month, the demon clan occupied the territory of four counties.
There were thirty-six counties in the Great Zhou Dynasty. Now Pei Yunzhang and others occupy two counties, the demon tribe occupies six counties, and four counties have become independent.
Shenwu Sect and Zhongnan Temple each occupied a county.
There were still twenty-two counties left in the Zhou Dynasty, which was a loss of nearly one-third of the territory.
It was these things that gave Emperor Zhou Qian of Chang'an a headache.
It seems that the war has disappeared recently, but in fact it is just brewing.
After the demon clan has digested the six counties, it will inevitably launch a more violent offensive.
Just 300,000 monster soldiers and generals turned the Zhou Dynasty into this state.
You know, there are still 700,000 demon soldiers behind us.
On the southern border, a steady stream of demon soldiers entered the territory of the Great Zhou Dynasty.
Pei Yunzhang from Nanxiang County still stood aside and ignored him.
In the end, the spies were simply not allowed to report.
A grand wedding was held in Nanxiang County. The outside world did not know the protagonist of the wedding. They only knew that on that day, the ancestors of the three major sects all appeared and took charge.
Those were three first-level martial artists.
Such a huge scene can be known by those who are interested in it with just a little inquiry.
But who the protagonist of the wedding is is still a mystery.
Pei Yunzhang has not chosen to show up yet.
After he married important figures from the three sects, his relationship with the three sects became more stable.
The ancestors of the three major sects even personally recognized Pei Yunzhang as their disciple in front of all the senior officials, equal to the status of the sect leaders of each sect.
A rising star is lurking, and once he appears, he will dominate the world.
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Distant Northern Pass.
Master Xu appeared outside the gate with his eldest disciple Wu Rendi, his disciple Liu Yuren, and his maid Wang Muchuan.
"Teacher, news has come about our junior brother. It is said that he now relies on Emperor Chang'an and is very prosperous." Senior brother Wu Rendi said.
"He is already old. You don't need to tell me about his affairs. Let him handle it by himself."
Master Xu said, "We should do what we should do. After being in Jingzhao Mansion for so many years, it is like a prison. Come out and relax."
"Ren Di, how many of those ten thousand books have you read?"
"Back to Master, I'm still reading the Four Books and Five Classics." Wu Rendi said awkwardly, "I still don't understand some of the principles."
"If you don't understand, just keep reading." Master Xu said, "We have reached the North Territory Pass. Let's rest inside the pass for a while and continue going north."
In Guanzhong in the Northern Territory, the news of Master Xu's arrival has long spread.
Although there were not many scholars in this pass, most of them were martial artists, everyone still gathered in front of the city gate to watch this Confucian and Taoist leader.
The carriage did not stop and drove straight to the pass. After replenishing supplies at Beiyu Pass, and resting for a night, it continued its journey the next day to the Far North Forest.
From then on, the place became sparsely populated, and in the end there were probably not even a few monsters left.
Therefore, a large amount of grain was stored in Guanzhong, Beiyu yesterday.
Liu Yuren is by Master Xu's side and has been reading the books of sages. It must be said that his talent is extremely good. He has now broken through the seventh level of Confucianism and Taoism. In every word and deed, he has the style of a great Confucian.
If nothing else happens, in a few years, the Zhou Dynasty will have another great Confucian.
However, Liu Yuren still respected his uncultivated master Wu Rendi.
If I didn't understand some questions, I would go to Wu Rendi and ask them immediately.
Wu Rendi didn't understand most of the questions, so he could only turn around and ask Master Xu for advice.
When encountering other problems, Wu Rendi can also use his simple words to say a few words.
"Teacher!" Liu Yuren looked at Wu Rendi, "I don't understand this sentence very well, "When a person is a slave to the princes, if anyone can redeem him, he will take his gold from the government. Zigong redeems a person from the princes, and he will give it up.
Don't take the gold. The sage said, "This is evil!" When Zilu saved someone, the man worshiped him with an ox, and Zilu accepted it. The sage said, "Great good!"