my wife is a consul

Chapter 920: Thoughts on Upgrading

The faint white light seemed tiny and helpless, but it had extraordinary tenacity. It penetrated the boundless darkness and illuminated the area within a radius of 600 meters.

The reputation of Chief Justice Christine's family has always been good. Although the data and information obtained from various channels showed that Lu Ming, a B-level lord, was actually in a dead end, the "500-meter light ball" promised in the morning was still delivered by Jessica.

After Lu Ming injected the "light ball" into the lord stone, the light that illuminated the territory was like a flame that had just burned. The light trembled and slowly extended outward until it covered an area of ​​about 600 meters, which was the original 500-meter range of the B-level territory plus the -meter expansion range of the light ball.

Jessica, a silver-haired beauty who looked as pure as a mechanical princess, looked sternly at the dark land beneath her feet. Even though the area had expanded dozens of times, it was still a barren land, and the soil vitality was identified as "F" grade.

"Sir, can I go take a look into the distance?" Jessica was about to board the light car next to her.

A standard solar vehicle, which is available in any territory and powered by the Lord's Stone.

With the B-level Light Lord ability of Lord Lu Ming of the Other Shore, injecting energy from the Lord Stone every day can provide ample energy for the territory. By the time the 5-day settlement is settled, the territory will also be significantly expanded.

At the beginning of the month before the Lord of Light, the less energy the Lord Stone consumes, the better. In this way, the territory will develop rapidly with each settlement.

Nevertheless, the necessary energy consumption is unavoidable.

For a B-class lord, a solar vehicle cruising the territory in the previous month would not have much impact on the expansion of its territory.

But now the land within the exploration range of the Other Shore is too barren, so more energy may be needed to expand the territory and seize the slim chance of expanding to fertile territory. Therefore, the less energy used, the better.

But if she didn't go around and look around, Jessica would not give up, so she asked Lu Ming for instructions.

Lu Ming nodded to her, and Jessica got on the solar car and drove away.

Lu Ming stretched out his hand, and a white seed appeared in his palm. It was the "Jade Willow" seed that could wash away some decay. It was a surprise gift package for his first attempt to capture Bernice.

Lu Ming's heart moved slightly, and the white seeds slowly floated under the Lord Stone suspended in the air, and with a "whoosh", they sank into the ground.

The earth suddenly made a humming sound, as if it was shaking slightly, and in a moment, it returned to calm.

And in the rotten black soil under the Lord's Stone, a hint of green suddenly appeared. Then, the green seemed to come alive and spread in all directions, and the corrupt black was quickly obliterated by the green.

In less than a few minutes, the territory shrouded in light had turned into a lush green grassland.

In the distance, Jessica shouted in surprise, "Ah, Oasis! Oasis!"

But she suddenly discovered that the solar car had driven into a puddle of water, surrounded by overgrown weeds. It was clearly an oasis where the groundwater level was extremely low.

But soon Jessica discovered that the rotten land she had driven through had now turned into a grassland. She drove back to the location of the Lord's Stone and saw that the territory was now in a large grassland with lush vegetation. Her clear and deep silver eyes, which had been surprised for a long time, were now full of confusion.

"Sir, I would like to request a re-evaluation of the Other Shore Territory!" Jessica's cold face showed rare excitement.

Lu Ming smiled and said, "No, take some photos of the oasis. I will personally report to the top leaders of the city-state committee about the expansion of the territory. I found the oasis. Next to the oasis is the grassland. So, our territory can go the industrial or agricultural route in the future. This is our territory's own business. No one else can interfere." He paused and said, "I have locked the teleportation array. From now on, no one can enter the other side of the territory unless I, oh, I will also open your permissions. Unless I or you authorize, no one can enter the other side of the territory."

After thinking for a while, he said, "I will arrange the location of the teleportation array later."

Jessica was slightly startled, and looked at Lu Ming deeply, "Yes, Lord, I understand."

"You apply for some agricultural machinery first, but in the first month, we will focus on expanding our territory and not spend too much energy on development." With the current city-state agricultural technology, it is very easy to exterminate grass species and turn grassland into farmland.

"I'll do it right away!" Jessica's pretty face was full of anticipation, and she added, "My Lord, it seems that your office of affairs officer can recruit staff as originally planned. Once the development plan for the territory is finalized, you can also start the preliminary recruitment of workers."

Lu Ming smiled and nodded.

……

Although the three big guys were all there, Lu Ming's eyes always secretly glanced at the young female chief justice who was very pretty in the black judge's robe.

The youthful and beautiful version of Christine, although only twenty years old, but her innate majesty made Lu Ming feel as if he saw his former lover in the East China Sea.

Chairman Meng Qingzhong of the City-State Autonomous Committee and Marshal Orlando, Commander-in-Chief of the City-State Army, flipped through the photos of the territory provided by Lu Ming, and occasionally looked at each other with deep doubts.

Since the new lord chose to report to them privately, he naturally had his own considerations and had a certain understanding of the possible threats. Many times, the threats faced by the Lord of Light did not come from the endless darkness, but from human beings themselves.

Therefore, the new lord just took advantage of the situation and prepared to conceal the true situation of his territory and develop it secretly to make a fortune. After all, even if the true situation of his territory was announced now, it seemed that the funding from the other two city-states or other bright families in this city-state would be difficult to implement.

If that's the case, why didn't they keep it a secret from Chief Justice Christine? You know, the Chief Justice of the Federation represents the light families of the entire city-state. Although these light families have constant disputes within, when facing the light lords affiliated with the Federation, their interests are completely consistent.

The official goal of the city-state has always been to break the class division of the high-ranking Bright Family.

The Illuminati, a family with a long history, wish to maintain their aristocratic-like rights.

In the face of the huge threat brought by the doomsday, although the contradiction between the two is not irreconcilable, many issues are, in principle, sharply opposed.

Yes, compared with many giants of the traditional light family, the young Chief Justice Christine is extremely open-minded and gifted. She does not have the talent of the Lord of Light, but seems to be more mysterious and terrifying.

This is also the reason why she, who is only 20 years old, has obtained the consent of all the bright families to replace the aging former chief justice and become the new chief justice of the city-state.

But it is precisely because of this that this young but mysterious and terrifying girl is so intimidating in the eyes of President Meng and Commander-in-Chief Orlando.

Although the Frey family she came from funded the new lord Lu Ming as promised, who knows what they will think when they find out that the Lord of Light of the City-State has a B-level lord with excellent prospects for territory development?

President Meng and Commander Orlando shook their heads and smiled bitterly almost at the same time.

So, the first countermeasure that the Guangming Family interest group will take is to win over and poach talents, right?

So for Lu Ming himself, if he really wanted to join the camp of these ancient nobles, it would actually not be a bad thing.

When the two thought of this, the oasis photos that had made them extremely excited became boring at this moment.

"Very good!" The first person to break the silence was a clear and pleasant voice. It was that of Chief Justice Christine, who was extremely beautiful at a young age.

Listening to Christine's sweet and magnetic voice, Lu Ming felt like he was scratching his head. This goddess had scored 100 points, but all the rewards were unknown. If he could succeed in conquering her, his cultivation would skyrocket by several levels, right?

"But you seem to have a lot of bad intentions!" Christine stared at Lu Ming with her deep blue eyes: "So, I will not ask the family for additional investment in you!"

Unlike her previous soft but cunning ways, the young Christine was more aggressive and stared at Lu Ming coldly: "Moreover, the 500-meter light ball is no longer a free donation to you. I will now have the permanent right to % of your territory's income."

"Whatever. How about I give you 49%?" Lu Ming was overjoyed. He was worried that he had no excuse to have more contact with Christine. If she became his partner, wouldn't they be able to interact with each other openly?

Kristine frowned and looked at Lu Ming.

President Meng and Commander Orlando were stunned. When they heard that terrible woman open her mouth so loudly, they were both startled. They were just about to think of an excuse to cover up the matter without causing any trouble, but they didn't expect the new lord Lu Ming to promise to give out half of the profits right away.

Although he was very afraid of the young woman in front of him, Orlando had been in the military for many years after all. He gritted his teeth and said, "Lord Lu Ming, you may not be clear about the future benefits of the territory. You know, if there is no major accident and you have a long life, the benefits of a B-level territory after hundreds of years of development..."

Lu Ming smiled at him: "Your Excellency Marshal, I understand. I voluntarily gave it to Chief Justice Christine."

Christine glared at Lu Ming like he was an idiot: "I said, I only want 10% of your profits, and send me your signed contract within three days!"

With a gentle wave of her snow-white slender hand, she suddenly turned into particles of light and dissipated. It turned out that the person was not there, but a kind of light imaging technology.

Lu Ming touched his chin helplessly. There was nothing he could do. His wife from the Holy Law Palace found it difficult to understand his feelings right now.

In her eyes, I was a young man with great talents, which was why she accepted me.

But she didn't expect that she was like Pig Brother, frequently stealing glances at her with burning eyes.

In Christine's eyes, she was not only a toad wanting to eat swan flesh, but also extremely unstable and lustful.

Nine times out of ten, they are the ones with great ambitions but little talent.

It seems that we can't rush things! Lu Ming sighed softly.

Chairman Meng and Marshal Orlando saw Lu Ming staring at the place where Christine disappeared, and they looked at each other and shook their heads helplessly.

President Meng consoled him, "Lord Lu Ming, the Chief Justice did not do this out of ill will. In addition to the Chief Justice's desire to control the development progress of your territory, the Chief Justice owns the territory's revenue, which is also a form of protection for you."

Now, we can only think positively, and it seems to be true.

President Meng and Marshal Orlando looked at each other again. Is that scary woman really so kind?

Lu Ming came back to his senses and nodded: "I understand, do you two have any other instructions?"

President Meng and Orlando rolled their eyes. Why did this boy suddenly look listless? It was as if his desire to see the beautiful woman was written all over his face, but after the beautiful woman left, he immediately lost interest.

"In short, if you encounter any difficulties, you can contact me." President Meng reminded patiently.

Lu Ming thought for a moment, "I need a few beauties, like Jessica, or at least, like Bernice. Oh, I don't need to tell you, considering how much you care about me, you must have seen Bernice's photo."

President Meng and Orlando were both stunned. Men all like beautiful women, and some Lords of Light like beauty to an absurd degree.

But these are all things done under the table, how can we ask for them openly?

Besides, isn't Jessica a beautiful woman given to you in a certain sense? Of course, you have to be able to coax girls and make them willing to follow you, right?

Orlando's beard was raised high, and he felt that his niece Jessica was a real waste of talent.

Lu Ming had no choice. Today would be the first time to recharge after opening the territory.

I feel that the level of a B-level lord is linked to one's own level of cultivation. If I conquer another woman, I should be able to upgrade to the second level of Qi Refining.

There should be a fundamental difference when charging.

But there is no suitable person around me, and I can't force it on Jessica. She is a good helper, and I can't bear to let her go.

I pondered and said, "For example, those who are in great difficulty, or whose crimes need to be forgiven. In short, they must be willing and will not cause me any emotional burden."

In this world, except for myself, Christine, and Alice who might have come with me, everyone can be regarded as NPCs, and there is not much to say.

Orlando was so angry that he was fuming.

Chairman Meng was originally smiling bitterly, but suddenly remembered something: "Have you heard of the Zhu family? It was originally a very large family of light, but at the beginning of the year, it was deprived of all rights by the Elders of the Family of Light. Two of the five Lords of Light in the family were killed, three were imprisoned and made into laborers, and the rest of the males in the family were killed. The baby boys who were still in their cradles were given away, and the women were temporarily imprisoned. It was after hearing the news that Marshal Orlando and I argued hard. So, did you and Judge Christine share the news? I hope she will show leniency and let the women of the Zhu family make meritorious contributions? Sentence them to serve in your territory?"

He paused and said, "I heard that it was Judge Christine who was moved with compassion after hearing the news, and that’s why she temporarily saved the women of the Zhu family."

Lu Ming was stunned when he heard this. Why did it feel like the nine clans were being exterminated in a dynastic society?

However, the social structure of today's doomsday world cannot be traced back to normal human history.

Orlando frowned, "Old Meng, make it clear!" He looked at Lu Ming and said, "Little guy, the Zhu family was suspected by the Elders Council of colluding with the city-state to shake the authority of the Bright Family Elders Council and secretly planning to overthrow the rule of the Elders Council, so their property was confiscated and their clan was exterminated. You should think before you get involved in this mess." He shook his head and said, "The laws that the Bright Family Elders Council enforces on its member families have nothing to do with us, so we can't do anything about it."

Lu Ming's heart moved slightly. It seemed that the guilt was confirmed, so the so-called "Presbyterian Church" made such a big fuss, also to kill the chicken to scare the monkey.

After a moment of hesitation, Lu Ming said, "I'll send an email to Judge Christine and see if I can give it a try."

President Meng and Orlando immediately looked at each other. Orlando's beard trembled slightly, and President Meng also secretly clenched his fists.

Lu Ming knew that these two old guys were probably extremely eager to save the people in the Zhu family who had not yet been killed, but they were powerless. Now they had to give it a try. Even if there was only a one percent chance, it made them extremely excited and expectant. At the same time, they both looked helpless and sad.

The more he came into contact with the leading figures of the city-state, the more he felt that the real ruler of the city-state was actually the Elder Council of the Family of Light.

But Lu Ming didn't say much and stood up to say goodbye.

……

The lord's cottage in the other side of the city is now a four-story white castle.

Surrounding the lord's cabin, there were also some simple buildings, where the first four or five farmer families recruited to transform the grassland terrain lived.

In the medieval-style bedroom on the fourth floor of the castle, lying on a large velvet bed, Lu Ming was flipping through the silver screen controller in the shape of an antique book in his hand. This was the control panel called "Lord's Book", which integrated functions such as territory management and communication.

At this moment, there was a big "quasi" on the screen. It was Christine's reply to the email, just this one word.

Lu Ming sent a video email with various sounds and colors. He criticized the collective responsibility system and appealed to their emotions and reason. He hoped that Christine could speak up in the Presbyterian Church and pardon the punishment of the women of the Zhu family, demoting them to the other side to do hard labor while serving their sentence.

After waiting for more than half an hour, Christine finally said "yes".

A moan came from the side, and the lazy and pretty face of a blonde beauty appeared from under the snow-white quilt. Her long wavy blonde hair was messy at this moment, as if it had been ravaged by someone. Her deep blue eyes were sexy and blurred, and under the quilt, her snow-white surging waves were faintly visible.

When she saw Lu Ming, Bernice’s pretty face turned red and she quickly shrank back into her body.

Lu Ming smiled and touched her exposed snow-white back. The smooth touch like solidified fat and the charming shoulder curve made Lu Ming's heart flutter again.

After all the trouble, although I lost the experience points and surprise gift pack, the bronze gift pack that you could choose from five still appeared.

It means that I have once again enjoyed extreme comfort.

This time I chose "10 tons of fragrant rice" and it has been automatically stockpiled in the warehouse.

The communicator beeped, and soon the beautiful face of the silver-haired robot girl Jessica appeared on the screen.

"My Lord, the Elders' Council of the Bright Family just contacted me and wanted to connect with me to take over the Zhu family of sinners?"

Jessica's pretty face blushed slightly as she spoke, and she tried to look up.

But in the snow-white quilt, a charming jade leg was lying outside. The extremely slender snow-white jade leg, the soft ankle and the thigh root were all tattooed with charming patterns. The Greek feet painted with bright red toenail polish seemed to be red from excessive exertion, showing how many dissolute scenes had just happened on this bed.

Lu Ming pulled the quilt over Bernice's snow-white body and said, "Yes, you are responsible for receiving them. Build a corresponding concentration camp in the territory and make the conditions better."

"Yes!" Jessica saluted and the image on the screen disappeared.

Lu Ming thought about it and opened the novice lord group.

There are more than 50 members in the group, all of whom are novices who have become lords for less than a year.

Every year, about seventy to eighty lords awaken in the third city-state, but the mortality rate in the first year is usually more than half.

Lu Ming’s name in the group is his original name, followed by “1 day”. It will be after tonight that he has been a lord for 2 days.

In the novice group, the longest time is 345 days. There are 15 days left, that is, after 360 days, the lord will leave the novice stage and leave the group.

This is a C-level lord, one of the three C-level lords awakened by the Chen family, one of the three major bright families last year.

Among the three major Guangming families, the Chen family, the Bai family and the Frey family, the Chen family is currently at its peak and ranks first.

The Chen family owns the only A-level lord alive today.

However, despite this, C-level lords are potential talents worth cultivating for any large family.

"Lu Ming, are you here? Are you here? Why haven't you said anything?" The person who was speaking in text in the group was none other than the C-level lord of the Chen family, whose name was Chen Mieshi.

Last year, among the three C-level lords of the Chen family, one had a barren territory that had lost its development significance, and the other had left the novice group a year ago, but the income was far less than that of Chen Mieshi's territory, because Chen Mieshi's territory had coal mines with considerable reserves, which was also an important source of energy for the city-state. Coal could also be burned in a machine and stored as third-level light energy. Although this light energy could not charge the lord stone, it could be widely used in civilian life. Among the territory's minerals, the rarity of coal mines was above medium.

Now, except for the lord who was detected as B-level four years ago and was about to become the son-in-law of the Chen family.

Chen Mieshi can be said to be the most promising young lord of the Chen family in recent years.

Seeing him keep calling, Lu Ming thought for a moment and typed, "Yes."

Chen Mieshi’s video immediately appeared on the screen. Of course, it was one-sided because Lu Ming did not have the permission to view it. The other party could only see the text entered by Lu Ming and could not hear the audio without authorization.

"Come, let me take a look at your territory." Chen Mieshi is a very handsome young man. As his ancient family has reproduced from generation to generation, the probability of having handsome men and beautiful women is very high.

Lu Ming frowned and said, "Busy." On the other side, Chen Mieshi also saw the text.

Lu Ming then went offline.

Watching the text on the screen gradually disappear, Chen Mieshi snorted coldly and his face became extremely gloomy.

……

The so-called "concentration camp" of the city-state is a circular building model, usually used as a dormitory for workers, soldiers, students, orphanages and other places.

In the Book of Lords there are fixed models to choose from, which are then printed out quickly.

Jessica's adjutant (chief affairs officer) had also been granted control of the territory, so before the Zhu family was brought into the territory, a five-story circular apartment had been built.

The apartment has a total of 129 rooms, all of which are double dormitories with private bathrooms. The area is about 6 square meters. There is a kitchen on each of the four sides of each floor, and about dormitories share one kitchen.

There were more than 260 female prisoners in the Zhu family. Because Christine intervened quickly after hearing the news, they did not suffer any other hardships. However, the environment in the women's prison was extremely bad, and food and drink were extremely scarce. Most of the elderly people over 60 years old have passed away.

There are two more Taijuns of the highest generation today, Taijun Gao and Taijun Wang.

There are six mistresses, seventeen young ladies, more than thirty unmarried young ladies, and married aunts and young ladies who have been implicated.

There are more than fifty people in various side rooms.

The rest are maids and the like.

Among them, the two old ladies are not direct descendants of the head of the family.

The legitimate mistress, Zheng, was the legal wife of the head of the family who was executed.

The entire Zhu family's internal affairs were managed by Zheng.

The head of the Zhu family who was executed was a very impressive figure and one of the few remaining B-level lords in the world.

At the same time, in the three city-states of the entire human world, there were no more than 200 B-level lords over 20 years old.

A B-level lord who is over 200 years old means that the territory is quite well developed.

Class B is a watershed. C-class lords are still normal humans with a lifespan of about a hundred years, but for Class B, both the physical and spiritual levels seem to have made a leap, with an upper limit of about three hundred years, and the highest record is over two hundred and ninety years old.

The head of the Zhu family who was "plotting rebellion" was one of the B-level heads who was over 200 years old.

In today's world, relying on a B-level lord who is over 200 years old, the Zhu family is powerful enough to crush most of the bright families.

But the Zhu family was just a latecomer. Before the rise of the head of the Zhu family, there had never been a C-level lord in the Zhu family.

Moreover, after the head of the Zhu family, the Zhu family also lost its talents. In the past two hundred years, no C-level lords have awakened.

It is precisely because of this that the head of the Zhu family was unwilling to see his family decline after his death, so he took a risk and obtained the support of the secular forces of the city-state to reorganize the Council of Elders of Light.

As a result, the entire family was quickly devastated.

Zheng, the wife of the head of the Zhu family, is over 150 years old this year. She is the second wife of the Zhu family after the original wife died of old age.

So, whether the partner of a lord above level B can benefit depends on their compatibility, or the subconscious will of the lord himself? Or does the ability of lords above level B to influence their partner's vitality also vary?

In short, it is a factor that the Bright Family has not yet researched.

The original wife of the head of the Zhu family died of illness in her seventies, but the second wife, Zheng, obviously had stronger vitality.

Not only did she live to be over 150 years old, but her appearance has always remained at the peak of its charm. She is now the oldest woman in the Zhu family.

But in terms of seniority, there are two old ladies above her, and most of the mistresses of her generation are only in their forties or fifties, and there are even some beautiful women in their twenties who are in their prime.

This is because the original head of the Zhu family was from a branch with a very low generation, and it was only after the head of the Zhu family became the head of the Zhu family that this branch became the main branch of the Zhu family.

Moreover, after two hundred years of operation, the Zhu family's main and secondary lines had long been reversed.

Zheng's prestige in the Zhu family is even more sacred. It is said that when the two so-called old ladies Gao and Wang were born, Zheng was the supreme mistress of the family. The two of them were raised by Zheng, and they were also the perfect matches chosen by Zheng for her "younger uncle" and "younger uncle". If the young couples had any problems, they would be arranged by Zheng's orders.

Therefore, although Gao and Wang said they were two old ladies, in fact, in front of Zheng, their real psychological state was like that of granddaughters and granddaughters-in-law.

Everyone in the family called the mistress Zheng "Ancestor".

In the concentration camp, the rooms for the women in the Zhu family and the allocation of maids were also in good order.

Zheng chose the room in the middle of the south side of the fourth floor, which was a double dormitory, but she chose to live alone.

In fact, Jessica appointed a female officer to manage the concentration camp.

Including dormitory allocation, all are numbered by the affairs officer.

However, the female members of the Zhu family made some fine-tuning inside the family, for example, the room of the mistress Zheng was replaced.

At this time, in Zheng's room, there were four or five women standing around Zheng who was sitting upright.

Zhang, the wife of Zheng's cousin in terms of seniority, is now in her forties.

Niu, the granddaughter-in-law of the Zhu family's patriarch, was a woman in her fifties. The children born to the original wife of the Zhu family had long since passed away, and there were only a few grandchildren left. Even the third generation, even without this incident, had already entered their twilight years.

On the contrary, Zheng, probably because her life form had undergone a transformation, did not have any blood children with the head of the Zhu family.

In addition to Zhang and Niu, standing here was Niu's eldest son and daughter-in-law, Fucha, who was just in her early twenties and as beautiful as a flower.

Fu Cha was the new generation of young lady that Zheng was originally training to replace Niu and take charge of the internal affairs of the Zhu family.

There is also a white-haired maid named Qiuju, who has been following Zheng since she was seven or eight years old and is now over seventy years old.

In front of Zheng, these four people can be said to be the pillars of the entire Zhu family's female family.

Although Zheng was about 150 or 160 years old, she had red lips, white teeth, a pretty face, and a delicate face. She wore a bright red embroidered jacket and a skirt with green patterns, which lightly covered her red embroidered shoes. She had a slender and graceful figure, and was truly rich and charming.

"Grandfather, what should we do in the future?" Fucha's face showed sorrow. Her husband was brutally executed right after she got married.

Zheng's expression was very calm. She frowned and said, "It's been several months. You still look mournful every time. What good is that?" She paused and said, "We need to find out the whereabouts of the missing male children in our clan. This is the last thing we can do for our family before we die."

Except for Fu Cha, the other women all looked stern and looked at Zheng.

Zheng pondered, "For now, let's take it one step at a time. This is a new territory to be developed. Maybe we can really come into contact with outsiders when we do the work, but don't rush it. It's better to make more friends."

Several women nodded silently, only Fu Cha was still wiping her tears.

Suddenly, there was a hurried knock on the door. The Miao who came in was also of high status and managed all the collateral clans. She said anxiously, "Grandfather, Daxue and Xiaoxue were called away by Secretary Li just now."

Secretary Li is the female affairs officer who manages them.

Zheng's phoenix eyes suddenly focused.

Daxue and Xiaoxue are a pair of very famous little princesses in the family. They are beautiful twin girls with a great reputation. Many families have proposed to them.

"Who is the lord here?" Zheng seemed to be asking a question, but also seemed to be talking to himself.

No one answered her question. All the girls had just been transferred here and were completely in the dark. They had no idea where this territory was or who the lord was.