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Chapter 1389: You forced me to do this (Part 1389) [Seeking monthly pass]

Sometimes, Cui Zhiting wanted to report to the police.

Can you send someone to arrest Shen Youli, who is blackmailing and taking things away? Haha, she runs the government office.

Cui Zhi secretly calmed the anger boiling in his chest.

Although it was not straightforward, Shen Tang's words did hit his weak spot. Cui Shi was now tied to the Kangguo warship, and it was difficult to get off the tiger. The eldest son and the second son had a relationship with her, and Taishan's wife was also in her camp. Cui Zhi and the Cui Shi behind him could only choose one way to go to the end, betting that Shen Youli would win in the end! If they won, Cui Shi would take everything and go anywhere in the world. If they lost, they would be doomed.

Cui Zhi is not a gambler and does not like illusory luck.

He firmly believes that man can conquer nature!

The hesitation in his eyes disappeared, leaving only the confidence that he was determined to win.

[Since Lord Shen thinks highly of Cui, I will definitely do my best in this matter. But...] No matter how outstanding Cui Zhi's personal ability is, if he wants to suppress the chaos in the southwest, he also needs military power as a stabilizing force, and he also needs the cooperation of the King of Kang. To put it bluntly, give him people, money, and food, let him show off his skills, and don't worry about other things. And all these require Shen Youli's trust.

Cui Zhi had heard of the reputation of Kangguo Censorate.

Rumors are heard and reported everywhere.

Shen Tang said: [I know you are worried, don't worry.]

These two simple words carry the weight of a mountain.

Cui Zhi tried to find out whether Shen Tang's words were true or not.

Was it what she really meant, or was it just a perfunctory statement to deceive herself?

Shen Tang did not explain much, as facts were more convincing than any rhetoric. She used the remaining two days to settle the affairs in the southwest, but it was not to shrink the defense line and recruit young and strong people as Cui Zhi thought, but to finalize the official roads in the southwestern states.

These official roads are the main branches, connecting the southwest.

Cui Zhi: [……]

Are you still thinking about building roads at this critical moment? With these money and food supplies, you can fully invest in the front line to train more soldiers and horses for war preparations, and use them for rear construction. If you lose the war, it will be an advantage for the enemy.

Moreover, this kind of corvee would occupy young and strong labor.

Not only Cui Zhi didn't understand, some newly promoted officials in the southwestern states and counties also didn't understand. They received the order and rushed here, thinking that they were asked to recruit soldiers and raise food in their jurisdiction. Shen Tang looked at the officials below. Some of them were local officials from the southwest, who were more suitable for communicating and dealing with local forces, and some were transferred from various parts of the northwest. Shen Tang did this, firstly to decentralize power, to ensure that the military and political power would not be concentrated in the hands of one person, and to reduce the risk of chaos. Secondly, these officials in the northwest were more familiar with the operation of local governance and the operation of the royal court, and could help the southwestern states and counties to better adapt and integrate.

Of course, military power is mostly held by officials from the Northwest.

The customs and habits of the north and south are different. Shen Tang heard that there are some conflicts between the two groups, and even regional discrimination. In many places in the southwest countryside, there are slang words that discriminate against the northwest. Uh... this phenomenon actually also exists in the northwest. Regional discrimination has existed in every era. Fortunately, it did not escalate to the point of bloodshed, but only remained in verbal quarrels, and at best it was a disagreement.

The painful period of adjustment is inevitable.

Shen Tang pressed his fingers between his eyebrows.

[What you think is not unreasonable, but it is like a pond that only takes out water but not in when young and strong men go out to fight. Sooner or later, it will dry up. People's livelihood is always the foundation, and the common people are the cornerstone of Kangguo. The more wartime, the more we need to boost the morale of the people at home, so that the old and the young can be taken care of, and the young can make a living. The construction of official roads is not just to make the mobilization of troops from all over the country faster and the transportation of food and grass safer, but to provide a bottom line. 】Corvée in various countries is forced labor for civilians without compensation, which naturally occupies young and strong labor, but it is different in Kangguo. Those projects that are too difficult are handled by soldiers and warriors, and those with lower difficulty are provided as jobs to the common people during the slack season of farming to increase extra income.

Even if the harvest is not as expected, it will not affect the family's life.

The common people have a livelihood and can eat and wear clothes, so they will naturally not think of rebellion, but will work harder and continuously give back to Kangguo. Even if Kangguo occasionally loses on the central battlefield, one or two battles will not shake the confidence of the common people. This can be regarded as a win-win relationship.

After the official road is built, there is no need to elaborate on the subsequent benefits.

It seems that Kangguo is continuously spending money and occupying financial and material resources, but if you carefully calculate the invisible benefits, it cannot be said that this is a losing business. The only flaw is that it takes too long to get the payback period back, and other warlord forces simply don't have the patience.

Shen Tang explained her plan bit by bit, not because she thought the people below could not understand, but to express her attitude - the Southwest Continent was not an "outsider" to her, but "her own family". No matter whether it was her as the ruler or the royal court of Kang, they would treat the Southwest Continent seriously as their own family and their own house.

There is absolutely no intention of plundering the interests of the southwest to nourish the northwest continent or throwing them away after use. They can just put their worries aside. As long as she is there, she will treat the southwest and the northwest equally.

There is another hint at the same time -

The two places are treated equally, and the people in the two places are treated equally. Officials from the southwest do not have to worry about their interests being damaged.

Kangguo's "precautions" against the southwest are only temporary, and they are guarding against the remnants who are ready to make a move, rather than those who work diligently for the royal court. When the situation stabilizes, everything will be on the right track. In short, everything depends on political achievements!

A confession can indeed have a soothing effect.

Shen Tang's mouth was dry from talking.

Ever since the news came back from Xun Ding, I have been working without sleep for several days. Even a strong man would feel exhausted.

Even Gongyang Yongye, who was watching from the sidelines, had to admire him and condescended to cook a bowl of tonic soup to nourish yin and yang.

When it comes to nourishing the body, he is second to none.

[You were born too late.] Gong Yang Yongye said regretfully, [If I had met you when I was young, I might have followed you to the death. Finding a master who is dedicated to doing business and not seduced by beauty is even harder than having a child for me.]

There is always an indescribable magic about this kind of lord, just like iron hitting a magnet, which makes you want to stick to it uncontrollably.

I wish I could be with each other for the rest of my life.

Shen Tang: [You didn’t say that before…]

Gongyang Yongye said: [This is one time, that is another time. ]

He couldn't help but imagine that scene.

When a teenager meets the most high-spirited me, the two of them must have a lot of common topics. Even if the boy is weaker, he has a very good character and the appearance of a wise ruler and a true dragon. I will definitely look up to him and regard him as a strong man with whom I can have an equal dialogue. At that time, there were wars everywhere. If the boy was involved in any war, he would naturally embark on the road to becoming a king.

If he met a like-minded Che Hou, he might be able to make the other party look at him differently and be willing to lend a hand. When the boy's power grows a little, it is not impossible to bring Che Hou into the group.

Gong Yangyongye realized the shocking point. It seemed that no matter how he imagined it, as long as the young girl could survive in the muddy and turbulent times, she would definitely be able to establish a country and become king. This was not an accident, but a necessity.

Now——

The old man just wants to have a biological child in his lifetime, and he doesn’t care about the gender, just one.

Shen Tang smiled and said, "I'm flattered."

You have to know that these old men are more stubborn than each other. Once they have a bad impression of someone, it is difficult for them to correct it. Even if they realize they are wrong, they are unwilling to lower themselves to apologize. They are very arrogant in their bones.

After a simple poison test, Shen Tang closed his eyes and swallowed it in one gulp.

It tastes weird, but the effect is immediate.

A wave of heat spread from the Danfu to the limbs, and the whole body was warm and comfortable. Shen Tang was about to praise the other party, when two warm red snakes snaked down his nostrils.

[You have kidney deficiency? ]

Shen Tang: [……]

She no longer believed in Gongyang Yongye, the quack doctor.

I don't know how many tonic herbs Lao Deng added to it. Not only did she have a nosebleed, but she also felt hot all over and had abnormal energy. Gong Yang Yongye suggested that she could find a man, exercise and get a fever, and she would be fine. Why bother to endure it?

Shen Tang pointed at him with a nosebleed and said, "Quack!"

After specializing in andrology for many years, the level is still this!

Gong Yang Yongye was unhappy. He could tolerate being scolded for other things, but he could not tolerate being called a quack doctor!

He said angrily: [Then you endure it on your own. ]

She was at an age of vigorous vitality, and she was a king, a scholar, and a warrior. With any of these identities, she could have sexual resources that ordinary people could not even imagine. Men and women lined up to offer themselves to her, but she had no such intention? Was she a reincarnation of wood and stone in her previous life?

Or is she incompetent?

Shen Tang lay on the cool golden copper table, using it to cool his cheeks. When he felt it wasn't cool enough, he turned over. This was the scene Jimo Qiu saw when he came over.

Shen Tang lay on his stomach and waved at him: [Come here.]

Jimo Qiu sat beside her obediently. He knew what was at the bottom of the porcelain bowl on the table by just looking at the residue: [When Gongyang Yongye wrote the prescription, didn't he even ask the imperial physician to look at His Highness' pulse record? ]

Your Highness was diagnosed with kidney deficiency a while ago.

As the ruler of the country, she could not stop her work, so she could only ask the imperial physician to prescribe some warming and nourishing medicines, and even the imperial meals were changed to matching medicated meals. Gongyang Yongye, this unorthodox mediocre doctor, was good at prescribing strong medicines. The medicines were good, but they were a bit too nourishing for His Highness now.

He is a warrior with vigorous blood and energy.

This must be a tough time.

Jimo Qiu obediently extended his right hand to Shen Tang, who grabbed his hand and put it on his face, using it as a pillow, and continued to lie on the table: [Your hands are just right, much more comfortable than this table. ]

Jimo Qiu replied: [It is because of divine power. ]

The attribute of divine power is wood yin, and the most direct effect is that his skin temperature is much lower than that of ordinary people, but it is not as cold as the dead person's. The divine power is neutral and peaceful, which can best soothe the heat. It can really soothe, not only the temperature in the body has dropped, but also the mood of the past few days has become much calmer.

Shen Tang turned his head and looked in the other direction, looking at Jimo Qiu.

[So you are now fulfilling the duties of the high priest? ]

Jimo Qiudao: [Accompany is. ]

Even if you say nothing and do nothing, knowing that such an existence exists will make you no longer feel lonely.

Shen Tang asked with a smile: [Is this all you want?]

【Just these, the rest are God’s gift. 】

What he gets is not decided by him, but by God.

Shen Tang looked at him in a daze.

The gaze was too focused for Jimo Qiu to ignore, so she asked: [I always feel that I have seen you in my dreams, younger than you are now, and more mature than you are now... Are those my memories of you in the past? ]

Shen Tang couldn't put himself into the situation.

I always feel very suspended and disconnected.

It's her, but it's not her.

No one would dislike a person who is absolutely obedient, absolutely looks up to them, gentle and harmless, and can absolutely let down their guard. Shen Tang is no exception. She even gave away her ancestral property without reservation. The strange thing is that Shen Tang can never have an excessive affection for Jimo Qiu - it seems that he has a separate affection bar with her, and once it is full, it can't be increased a little bit. She is different from Yuan Liang and others. Her love and trust have no limit and increase anytime and anywhere.

This made Shen Tang a little distressed.

She didn't like the feeling of being controlled.

I felt as if I had become a puppet, with my body restricted in some way. Once the keywords were triggered, the restrictions would take effect.

But she is a living being, not anyone's puppet.

Logically speaking, this would weaken her favorability towards Jimo Qiu.

Something even weirder happened. No matter how strong the feeling of separation was, Shen Tang couldn't hate him any more. It was as if his favorability towards him was fixed.

Jimo Qiu: [Yes.]

Shen Tang knew that Jimo Qiu was also restricted in some way and could not confess some secrets to her, but she still wanted to ask.

All the inner distress came out in one blast.

At the end, I asked him: [The High Priest’s goodwill points that I worked so hard to gain were swallowed up. Do you feel a little frustrated? ]

【Won't. 】

Shen Tang was surprised: [Is your true form Capybara? ]

Are the emotions too stable?

[My true form is not Capibala.] The high priest shook his head, [I don't feel frustrated because I spent hundreds of years seeking your mercy back then, and now we have only known each other for a dozen years. In fact, I am flattered that your highness does not dislike me.]

This is the normal progress.

Shen Tang: […So, it’s not that my favorability is limited, but that there’s something wrong with my perception of time? ]

But there was one thing she didn't understand.

Who can resist Hakimi who gives everything with both hands?

Why did it take hundreds of years for someone to show mercy?

Shen Tang looked at Jimo Qiu and sighed again and again.

[Your Highness, are you still feeling uncomfortable? ]

[I feel like a eunuch forced into prostitution.]

【Um? 】

【I have the will but not the strength.】

Jimo Qiu: […Normal.]

The instinct of trees is not to reproduce and seek pleasure, but to take root in the soil and extend their roots, and then grow upwards to embrace the sunlight.

Shen Tang: [……]

I suspect that I have not only been diagnosed with kidney deficiency, but also stomach problems.

On the second day, we moved out and set up camp.

After she finished explaining the various matters in the southwest, she led a part of the elite troops back to the capital. If they wanted to go to war with the central region, the current force was not enough, and the generals needed to be rearranged. In addition, she also needed to return to the capital to show her face and appease the emotions of her subjects.

In the past, she didn't like to mobilize a large army, but this time, she went against her usual norm and sent someone to send a letter to the capital in advance, to make a grand ceremony for the return of the royal army. Sometimes, making a grand ceremony can also give people peace of mind and give the officials and common people confidence.

The southwestern continent was destroyed.

Can the central region be exempt from this?

That was just a stumbling block in pushing Kangguo to the top.

Shen Tang, wearing silver armor, sat on the back of a motorcycle. He raised his hand to his brow, squinted his eyes slightly, and looked towards the long-awaited figure facing the rising sun.

"Yuanliang!"

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Gongyang Yongye's tonic soup was too much, and Tangmei really wanted to have sex with the high priest (a suitable candidate in all aspects, who could relieve her heat without worrying about affecting the court), but she was disappointed when she saw him.