Volume 1 The Wind Rises Blue Chapter 69 Qianyuan Dynasty! Astronomical Tribute!
The Qianyuan Dynasty consisted of one capital, fifteen territories, and two hundred cities!
Yidu refers to Ziji City, the royal capital of the Qianyuan Dynasty!
Behind Ziji City stands a behemoth, the second-grade sect Wuxiang Sect!
The fifteen territories refer to the fifteen territories under the command of King Qianyuan. Each territory has a lord, and behind each lord stands a third-grade sect!
There are a total of two hundred large and small cities in the fifteen territories! Behind them are also enshrined large and small sect forces!
Each city under the jurisdiction of a lord needs to pay 1,000,000 taels of silver to the lord every year, and each city has no right to mine the mineral veins in the territory, all of which belong to the lord!
Including spirit stone veins, iron mines, silver mines, and copper mines! They all belong to the lord!
The fifteen lords also have to pay tribute to King Qianyuan every year, turning in 100,000 high-grade spiritual stones, 300,000 medium-grade spiritual stones, and 50,000 high-grade spiritual stones every year!
There is also a strict hierarchy among these fifteen lords!
For example, the force behind the Tianxuan Territory has a strong man in the Yuanfu realm!
On the other hand, in Tianhe City, there is only one strong man in the realm of life and death behind him!
Therefore, when facing Lord Tianxuan, Lord Tianhe appeared humble, even humble and swallowed his anger!
Regarding the battles between cities, the Qianyuan Dynasty's attitude was: It's OK to have a small fight, but it's not allowed to hurt the bones of the dynasty!
Therefore, there is a law: if you capture the opponent's city, you need to pay 3 million taels of silver to the lord behind the opponent's city every year!
The same is true for the battles between lords. If the lords annexed each other, plus their own share, they would need to pay tribute to King Qianyuan every year of 400,000 high-grade crystals, 1.2 million medium-grade crystals, and 2 million low-grade crystals.
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This is a terrible amount of money, and it is impossible to afford it!
The consequence of not being able to pay is that the lord and the forces behind him will be killed by the Wuxiang Sect!
A look of deep thought appeared on Lord Tianhe's face, and then he shouted in a low voice: "Come here! Go and call Han Yu!"
After a while, a young man wearing a gorgeous brocade robe walked in!
The face is handsome, the eyes are deep, and the thin lips are pursed, all showing nobility and elegance.
"Uncle!" The young man came to Lord Tianhe and said softly.
"Yu'er, you're here. Do you know about Canglan City's annexation of Fengling City?"
Seeing the arrival of the young man, Lord Tianhe's expression softened a little. Although this son was not his biological son, he was indeed the number one member of the younger generation of the Han family and was deeply respected by him!
"I've heard it many times, uncle, what's the matter? Could it be that the Tianxuan leader behind Fengling City is looking for trouble?"
Seeing the depression between Lord Tianhe's brows, the young man's eyes flashed with thought and he said slowly!
"That's right, Tianxuan leader has gone too far to bully others! Yu'er, you have always been steady. I have called you here this time. There are some things I need you to do..."
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Three more days passed in the blink of an eye, and the recruitment of troops for the three legions was in full swing!
Cloud Han City, street.
"Wang Wu, have you been selected by the three major legions?" A short and fat young man asked nervously!
"Hey! Zhao Laosan, what's the matter? You also signed up? Well, to be honest, it is too difficult to join the army. There are requirements for height, family, and physical fitness!" The swarthy young man was pulled by the short and fat young man.
He frowned and sighed.
"Oh! Yes! This is too strict, it doesn't matter, brother, let's go! You won't be able to eat a good meal this month, I'll treat you to a drink!"
Seeing Wang Wu's expression, Zhao Laosan felt relieved and took him to the nearby tavern. At the same time, he thought to himself: "It seems that you are not the material. Fortunately, you were not selected. Otherwise, our village
Am I just a loser!!!"
"Ah? Zhao Laosan, I chose it. I joined the Third Army. Hey, hey, I get 5 or two months of money, and I don't have to spend any money on food and clothing. The meals are meat and vegetables, and there's enough rice!
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"With three months of monthly savings, I can renovate my old house! I have to go back and tell my mother the good news! I'll treat you to a drink when I'm free!"
Wang Wu scratched his head "embarrassingly", and then rushed home with excitement on his face!
Zhao Laosan and I are both from the same village, and neither of them has much ability!
However, Zhao Laosan relies on his considerable wealth at home and spends his days wandering around the village instead of working!
And it’s because I have two younger brothers and one younger sister!
He works from dawn to dusk every day, and goes out to work during the off-season to supplement the family income. However, the family is still struggling to make ends meet. They are ridiculed by him every time they meet. Now they are finally feeling proud!
Zhao Laosan was stunned on the spot, his face extremely ugly! Damn it! Damn it!!!
In the three major legions of Yunhan City, ordinary soldiers are given a monthly payment of 5 taels, which is equivalent to two and a half months' income of ordinary people!
The monthly income of soldiers in Canglan City and Fengling City was originally the same as the income of ordinary people, but now it has almost doubled!
In addition to monthly money, clothing for all seasons is distributed uniformly, and the food in the army has undergone earth-shaking changes compared to before!
Nowadays, in the Yunhan City Legion, the daily meals include meat, vegetables and rice, and there are enough of them. This alone is quite attractive!
It is a big deal that an ordinary family can eat meat once a week!
This has virtually saved them a lot of money!
Of course, the reason why the food is so good is because the training intensity has more than tripled!
Fortunately, the soldiers recruited are not pampered, and because there are too many people to enlist in the three major legions, they have gone through strict selection!
Those who are sneaky, cowardly and incompetent, and those who commit crimes will not be selected even if they are brave and powerful!
Only those with clean wealth, tenacity, excellent physical fitness, and ambition can be selected!
Being selected into the three major legions means a brilliant career and future!
After joining the army, the three major legions in Yunhan City, including the cavalry regiment, will distribute training techniques. As for how far you can go in the martial arts, it all depends on your personal talent!
At this time, in the city lord's palace, Lin Du was practicing the Five Sacred Methods in a quiet room!
After these days of various battles, Lin Du finally had time to digest his battle experience and reached the second level of the Spirit Tempering Realm!
He stood up, opened the door, and was greeted by Wang Yixuan: "My lord, General Zhou Yu has been waiting for half an hour to see you!"
"Oh? Please go to the study room quickly!"
"yes!"
Lin Du had a smile on his face and made a cup of tea for Zhou Yu: "Gong Jin came here, why?"
"Lord, now that Yunhan City is in our hands, the harvesting of the Lingshi Mine can speed up the progress! Changes will happen later!"
Zhou Yu looked worried: "My Lord, I heard some news from several captains of the original Fengling City. Standing behind Fengling City is Lord Tianxuan, and standing behind Lord Tianxuan is a Yuan.
My lord, you need to take precautions against the powerful people in the palace!"
"Okay, I get it!" Lin Du looked at his combat merit points, which was 18,513 points, sighed, and gritted his teeth!
"Gong Jin, prepare the logistics of more than a thousand people. This time I will recruit 1,000 divine warriors at the first level of the body quenching realm, and 100 divine warriors at the third level of the body quenching realm. They all obey Demou's orders! Complete the mining of the spirit stone mine as soon as possible.
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"When the spirit stone mine is finished mining, it will be the day they appear in the world, and I will have a huge reward!!!"
Lin Du waved his hand and said proudly!
Zhou Yu's eyes suddenly brightened, and he quickly knelt down and said, "I will thank you for your kindness to Demou!"
After chatting for a while about the First Legion, Zhou Yu left with a smile on his face.
And Lin Du’s combat merit score was only 13 points, as if he was making a ruthless mockery of Lin Du!
"My lord, General Gongsun Zan wants to see you!"
"Please come quickly!"
Lin Du held up his forehead, it was really a wave of ups and downs!