"Commander, that boy Li Wangchen has already lived in the second master's mansion." A bandit who was monitoring Xiang Chen came to report to Pu Yuanfei.
Pu Yuanfei was drinking wine in his stomach. When he heard this, he crushed the wine glass with a bang and the wine flowed all over his hands. He punched the table hard and gritted his teeth and said, "I don't know what's so good about Li Wangchen, isn't it?"
Did he win some battles? Why does Yunying like him so much?"
"After all, he is just a guy in the realm of the Great Emperor. With his cultivation level, I can kill him with one punch!"
The man hesitated after hearing this and said: "Commander, if you really hate that guy, why not challenge him and decide in the simplest and most direct way for a man."
"If he loses, he will no longer have the dignity to rely on the second master. You can teach him a lesson."
Pu Yuanfei said angrily: "Do you think he is a fool? I am at the level of the Emperor of Heaven, and he is just a mere emperor. Will he fight with me? There are many reasons to shirk it, and it will be disgraceful for me to win."
"Hey, can't you just suppress your cultivation to the same level as him?" This subordinate had another bad idea.
Pu Yuanfei rubbed his chin, thought for a while, then nodded and said: "That's a way, I'll go now!"
After saying that, he stood up and left directly, heading towards the residence of Taichu Junyi.
In the mansion, Xiang Chen and Lu Buping were still talking about things.
Lu Buping said: "In addition to the Eternal Heaven Palace, our enemies in Eternal Heaven also have two other big bandit forces, the Chifeng Bandit and the Thousand Island Bandit."
"These two big bandits are similar to us. They also rely on natural protection. The Thousand Island Bandit's headquarters is within the Forbidden Land. The Red Wind Bandit is a local bandit from the ancient world just like us."
Xiang Chen frowned and asked, "Do you usually rely on robbery to survive?"
Lu Buping shook his head and smiled: "Of course not. In addition to the Black Mountain Star Territory, we also have our own territories and venues outside. Some star territories are the territory of the Eternal Heavenly Palace during the day, but at night we have the final say. Many families and businesses have the final say.
You need to give us something to offer."
"Of course, we will also protect the families and businesses that provide us with sacrifices. Isn't it considered a protection fee?"
Xiang Chen asked again: "What about the internal economic circulation in the Black Mountain Star Territory?"
“Intra-economic circulation?”
Xiang Chen said helplessly: "It's just for self-sufficiency and consumption. Is there any taxation? How many living stars are there?"
"Oh, this is called internal economic circulation. There are 365 life star realms with a population of over 100 billion. There are 8 million soldiers in our Black Mountain Army, and most of them come from these star realms."
"There is no tax collection. Many people are from the same brother's family. Why bother to impose taxes? As for the internal circulation of the economy, I think it's okay -"
Xiang Chen sighed when he heard this: "As a leader, you must have taxes. You can collect less, but you can't do without them. The internal economy must also be developed. The army cannot just rely on robbing, and it cannot only rely on external resources to strengthen itself. After all, it will not
It will last forever.”
Lu Buping sneered: "But wouldn't that make it look like the Eternal Heavenly Palace? Then can we still be considered big bandits?"
Xiang Chen said sternly: "Why don't you count? I was also a nine-day bandit back then, but my army doesn't just rely on me to go out and rob other people's resources to support them. The resources I rob can help them improve quickly, but the normal operation is maintained
We still rely on our internal economic development.”
"Only through multi-line development, both internally and externally, can we be stable and the scale of power expand rapidly. You can support eight million brothers by relying on the current money, the resources you rob, and charging some protection fees, but can you support eighty million?
?”
"The total number of the Eternal Heavenly Palace Army and local armies exceeds 500 million! How can you fight with others?"
"The five hundred million is on the surface, and it doesn't include the private soldiers raised by many people."
"This -" Lu Buping was speechless and couldn't speak for a while.
Lu Yunying next to him said with a smile: "Brother, let me tell you something. Teacher Wangchen is an all-rounder. He is good at leading troops in battles. He is also good at internal management and development. When he gave us a lecture, he said a lot of things that we have never been exposed to.
The knowledge gained is astonishing.”
Lu Buping smiled and said: "I can tell, brother Wangchen, no, brother Tang Yu is indeed an all-round talent. We in Heishan have found a treasure."
Xiang Chen smiled slightly: "Multiple-line development is the fastest way to rise. If the internal economy is strong, the development is strong, and the equipment and resources are strong, the army will be strong."
"Three hundred and sixty-five life star realms, with a population of hundreds of billions. In the past, when there was no unity in the world, this would have been considered a princely state divided over one side."
"And there is such a natural barrier for defense. To be honest, Montenegro has gone through so many years to develop like this. You are just messing around. Sometimes freedom is too much and it is not freedom, but self-destruction!"
Regarding Xiang Chen's criticism, Lu Buping was a little embarrassed. Human character is like this, and his character can only be a big bandit. If he is asked to develop the territory under his command, he really doesn't care about it, and he is not good at it.
Lu Yunying also said seriously: "Brother, I have to say something. Although we don't do anything like collecting taxes, none of the commanders like Xia Changqiu, Jing Liang, Pu Yuanfei, and Li Huai have private secrets to the astrology world.
Are the people in the star realm taxed?"
"It's not that you didn't know, you just turned a blind eye and didn't say anything out of brotherly love."
Lu Buping sighed: "Brothers who built this business together back then, it's really hard for me to talk about these things."
Xiang Chen said calmly: "The state has national laws, and families have family rules. Since Brother Lu wants me to help you get to a higher level, I won't be able to help you establish some family rules in the future!"
"The corruption and decline of many forces starts from the interference of human feelings. Of course, this must be done slowly. If it is too strong all at once, it will easily arouse resistance. If the medicine is too strong, the patient will not be able to bear it."
When the three people were talking, a voice came.
"Li Wangchen, if you are a man, come out and fight me. If we two fight, whoever wins will have the right to be with Yunying!"
This voice attracted the attention of many people, and Lu Yunying cursed: "It's Pu Yuanfei, that bastard, Mr. Wangchen, please ignore him, I'll deal with him."
In the sky outside Lu Yunying's mansion, Pu Yuanfei was holding a spear with murderous intent: "Li Wangchen, if you are a man, come out and fight with me!"
"Pu Yuanfei, is there water in your head? Teacher Wangchen is only at the level of the Great Emperor, how can he fight you? If you want to fight my aunt, I will fight with you."
Lu Yunying pressed the sword on her waist and flew out of the mansion in a furious manner.