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Chapter 171 Who do I look down on? I want them all! (Please subscribe and give me a monthly ticket)

Prefect Zhang Zhishan is a mysterious figure in Shanghe City.

He rarely shows up, giving people the feeling of a hidden powerful man.

Those who can become prefects are all sent by the imperial court. They are naturally strong and are in charge of the city defense army. They have enormous power.

Under normal circumstances, even these prominent businessmen were not qualified to meet Zhang Zhishan.

It was the first time for many people to see the guardian god of Shanghe, but this guardian god slid to his knees as soon as he came up, leaving them stunned.

Zhang Zhishan was still patrolling the area today, but when he heard the news that His Majesty was making an incognito visit, he immediately came to see Li Chen.

As for the affairs of the Chamber of Commerce, he really didn't know.

His cousin Zhang Shanhe only relied on his prestige and did not tell him everything.

Li Chen glanced at Zhang Zhishan. His muscles were tight and powerful. Due to long-term battles with monsters, his aura was strong and fierce. Moreover, the fierce aura on his body could scare ordinary people away.

If he appeared alone, even the city lord Ding Tianming would be half a head shorter than him.

However, the person sitting in front of him was the emperor of the Tiance Dynasty. Under Li Chen's aura, Zhang Zhishan seemed very insignificant.

The officials selected by the imperial court are basically capable people.

Especially in a place like this where there are many monsters and numerous sects, Zhang Zhishan must have been carefully selected by the late emperor. His strength is naturally unquestionable and he has reached the peak of the Tianyuan Realm.

Not to mention his loyalty to the royal family, he would kneel down and do nothing.

This is enough to show how excited Zhang Zhishan was to see the emperor and how much respect he had for the emperor.

Even if he is just acting and can continue to act like this for his whole life, he will still be an absolutely loyal minister.

"Be flat."

After hearing Li Chen's words, Zhang Zhishan also stood up.

Li Chen's direct display of strength has this advantage, which is that it can make his subjects absolutely loyal.

Because for those who were disloyal or swore allegiance to the late emperor, Li Chen could send them directly to see the late emperor.

As per custom, Li Chen asked Zhang Zhishan to report on his work, such as the city's defense situation in recent years, whether there were any beast attacks, and the security of the official roads outside the city.

These are all the work of the prefect.

Zhang Zhishan reported to Li Chen one by one, just like a subordinate.

It can’t be said that he is similar, he is actually Li Chen’s subordinate.

It was the first time that Zhang Wanshan, the former president of the Chamber of Commerce, saw his brother so humble and low-key.

In Zhang Wanshan's impression, his cousin had a strong deterrent effect just by standing there in this area, which made him dare not speak loudly.

In fact, in the past few years, Zhang Wanshan was afraid that he had been bullying others by relying on his clan brother's prestige.

However, others were more afraid of Zhang Zhishan, and no one dared to go to Zhang Zhishan and say bad things about him.

Zhang Zhishan reported for a while and basically explained the problems that arose and how he solved them.

In addition, Shanghe City is indeed not very chaotic. Li Chenhe saw it with his own eyes and also learned some things from the women of the Jiang family. He also expressed his approval of Zhang Zhishan's work.

This was just recognition, and it made Zhang Zhishan feel flattered.

In his words, having received great favors from two generations of emperors, he would work hard and would never give up even if it meant dying!

Facts have proved that the more powerful the emperor is, the more loyal his subjects are.

The words spoken by the Second Prince Li Xian in the court, 'Without a strong cultivation as support, how can we ensure that our dynasty will last for thousands of years', are still gaining value.

Li Chen actually didn't care what his subjects thought behind his back, as long as they could remain loyal in front of him.

If Li Chen was curious about what his ministers said about him behind his back and whether they had any intention of rebellion, he would fall into the trouble of being an emperor, which is the emperor's suspicion that ministers fear the most.

If the emperor was suspicious, he would set up various departments to monitor officials and conduct secret investigations.

The ministers will also try various ways to deal with it. At that time, in the court, things may seem harmonious, but in fact, there are undercurrents and they are fighting to the death behind the scenes.

Li Chen did not do such a thing, allowing the old ministers in the court to show their loyalty.

However, Li Chen did not think that there was anything wrong with some emperors suspecting whether their subjects were plotting a rebellion. After all, not every emperor had the same level of cultivation as Li Chen.

The founding emperor has the most direct relationship between the monarch and his subjects.

The founding emperor of the Li family was young, so he did not kill his meritorious officials.

Because the emperor was young and had a long life, he was able to keep these meritorious old ministers under control, and could even outlive them.

But if those old founding emperors wanted to ensure their descendants could secure their throne, they would definitely kill all kinds of meritorious officials.

Li Chen did not found a country, the problem was that he was young, and no one could outlast him.

After listening to Zhang Zhishan's report, Li Chen glanced at him and asked, "What kind of armor do you wear?"

Normally, a governor would not wear armor unless there was something important.

Zhang Zhishan immediately replied: "Your Majesty, the Immortal Ancient Spirit Lake will appear in a few days, and I am training my troops to try to get a chance."

According to Zhang Zhishan, the so-called Xianguling Lake is one of the most precious opportunities in this area.

It reveals its true appearance every seven years.

By then, the spiritual spring in the center of the lake will gush out like the roar of a dragon and a tiger, turning into the purest nectar between heaven and earth.

That spiritual spring is extraordinary, as it contains supreme spiritual power left over from the ancient times of immortals.

Cleansing the marrow and thinning the bones is only its most basic effect.

Once the monks drink from this spring, they can not only greatly enhance the resilience of their meridians, allowing the flow of spiritual power to be smoother, but also greatly improve their physical fitness.

More importantly, it can not only help some practitioners who meet the requirements to break through bottlenecks, but also enable people to achieve twice the result with half the effort on the path of practice. It is truly a priceless treasure.

What does it mean to break through the bottleneck? Isn't it just that there are more powerful people in the sect!
Therefore, this Xianguling Lake has become the key to the survival of the surrounding major sects.

Whenever the spiritual spring gushes out, the competition among the major sects is the most intense.

Zhang Zhishan has been training his troops recently, hoping to get a piece of the pie when the time comes.

"How much could you get before?" Li Chen asked curiously.

“To be honest, the opportunity of Xianguling Lake was shared by Chensha Dao Sect and Yuxu Xianfu, while other forces could only share one level.” Zhang Zhishan replied seriously.

Li Chen nodded. The sect’s power was indeed very powerful. The Chensha Taoist Sect and Yuxu Immortal Mansion were well-deserved of their reputations.

For a large sect to be able to develop sustainably, resource channels are very important.

Taking away the ninth floor is enough to show how powerful these two sects are.

Zhang Zhishan thought Li Chen would scold him, but Li Chen didn't. After all, Zhang Zhishan was only at the Tianyuan realm and was indeed unable to deal with the Saint realm.

Moreover, they are all people living in this area. It is not cost-effective to fight to the death. They can only get the leftovers.

"Okay, I'll go with you then." Li Chen said casually.

"Yes, Your Majesty." Zhang Zhishan said excitedly.

Others may not know, but as a prefect, he naturally cares about state affairs and has many channels of information.

I have heard for a long time that the new emperor is at the Saint level, and that he can defeat such a strong man as Dingtian Shangren, which is enough to prove the value of this Saint level.

Zhang Zhishan felt that if Li Chen went there in person, he would probably be able to get at least 50% of the results. Chensha Taoist Sect and Yuxu Immortal Palace would definitely give Li Chen face.

If Li Chen knew what he was thinking, he would definitely smile and say: That's a bit narrow-minded, isn't it?

Fifty percent? Who am I looking down on? I want them all!

If they want to pick up some mud and sand to make water to drink, they have to look at my mood.

Li Chen just wanted to let these sects know who owns the Tiance Dynasty.

I was worried that I wouldn't have the chance to get in touch with you, and now the opportunity has come.

Li Chen has always used intimidation as the main approach towards the sect forces, and has tried to find ways to make the sect work for him.

The sect's competition system is very cruel, which is why it is able to cultivate many strong people.

This is a free-range dog. If it is obedient, it will be kept; if it is disobedient, it will be killed.

The reason why Li Chen didn't keep it in captivity was mainly because he was too lazy to take care of it.

If they are kept in captivity, Li Chen will have to personally resolve the allocation of resources, the training of personnel, and the conflicts between sects.

Because the powerful people in the sect still said the same thing, they were only afraid of Li Chen, not anyone else.

If we set up a special institution to manage the sect, wouldn't that just add to our troubles?

Li Chen has two purposes for coming out this time.

The first is to teach the people of Zixiao Palace a lesson and make them respect the imperial power.

Next, you can assign tasks to them and let these people from the sect work for you.

The reason why I came to Shanghe City is because there are many saints nearby.

Li Chen was too lazy to go to other sects that did not have saints.

If you want to strike, you should strike the strongest.

Second, investigate the traces of the remnants of the previous dynasty and eliminate them.

This is a bit difficult, at least so far, Li Chen has not found any trace of the remnants of the previous dynasty. But he also has a way, which is the so-called blame-shifting method.

All we have to do is take care of the two major sects and give them the task.

Do you want resources? If you want, you can exchange them for the heads of the remnants of the previous dynasty!
Li Chen is only responsible for the general direction, and the specific details can be left to others.

There are so many remnants of the previous dynasty, and Li Chen doesn't have the energy to catch them one by one.

Originally, this method was difficult to achieve. If the resources offered were not rich enough and the people in the sect were not willing to work hard, then Xianguling Lake was indeed a critical point.

Now that he had shown his face, Li Chen began to do his work, inspecting the city defense construction and the morale of the Shanghe City garrison corps.

There is no difference between this and a leadership inspection.

As for the affairs of the Chamber of Commerce, Li Chen naturally doesn't need to care about them.

With his level, let alone attacking merchants, even if he coughs, the Chamber of Commerce will probably be wiped out in an instant.

Hearing that Li Chen was going to inspect, Zhang Zhishan, as the prefect, personally led Li Chen's horse.

After leaving the Chamber of Commerce, he introduced the situation around Shanghe City to Li Chen.

The group first came to the city gate, where the walls were high and there were various powerful formations.

According to Zhang Zhishan, there were not many sects here before, and there were frequent beast attacks.

Just like the Tiger City, there are many traces of wild beasts hitting the city walls.

Then the governor and the city lord need to work together to resist the attack of the beast tide.

Now that there are more sects, powerful practitioners often go hunting monsters, and beast tides have not appeared for many years.

It can also be seen that the emergence of sects has both disadvantages and advantages.

On the other side, that is, in the Chamber of Commerce.

Jiang Rong is now the president of Shanghe City Chamber of Commerce, and everything is going so smoothly.

Even the heads of the chambers of commerce in the neighboring cities rushed over to discuss contracts with her after hearing the news.

Those heads of the merchant families who had ignored her some time ago now put on fawning faces.

Even more respectful than when her father was around.

And all this happened just because Li Chen showed up.

Li Chen didn't even say anything, but he was able to cause such great power.

This dimensionality reduction attack is indeed not an exaggeration.

She increasingly felt that she was right to listen to her mother and that she was making great money.

Yesterday at first she didn't understand why her mother stayed with them.

Later I realized that I really couldn't cope with it.

This is considered as the mother sacrificing herself for her.

From Jiang Rong's perspective, this is indeed the way to understand it.

After Li Chen left, Lin Mo, the son of luck, also started to make his own plans.

As a servant of the Jiang family, Lin Mo first began to help Jiang Rong sort out some contract issues with other merchant families, which he was very good at.

After finishing the work and Jiang Rong had some free time, Lin Mo began to hint: "Miss, I have something to hide. Please forgive me."

Lin Mo is a smart man. He can't just say, "I did everything this morning. Come and thank me instead of the emperor."

Hearing this, Jiang Rong asked in confusion, "What are you hiding?"

This is what Lin Mo needs her to ask.

At this time, Lin Mo could say that after he returned last night, he felt that something was wrong with Ding Tianming, so he secretly followed him all night and only informed the new city supervisor of the news this morning.

He didn't say it out loud because he was afraid that the matter would leak out and because of Jiang Rong's trust in Ding Tianming.

I am saying it out loud now to express my apology.

To put it bluntly, he was using a self-deprecating approach to get Jiang Rong to praise him.

When Jiang Rong learned that he was the one who found out the truth, she would not blame him at all. Instead, she praised him and said that it was a good thing that he made this discovery, otherwise the Jiang family would have been in a big crisis this time.

Jiang Rong certainly couldn’t say that it was all because of her sleeping with the emperor, and all the credit should go to Lin Mo.

Lin Mo was extremely happy when he saw Jiang Rong expressing her satisfaction with him. Their relationship had taken a step forward.

According to the agreement, Jiang Rong planned to directly upgrade Lin Mo to the steward of the Jiang Mansion.

But Lin Mo immediately refused, saying that he was only loyal to the eldest lady and that he just wanted to be her follower and servant.

At first, Lin Mo did want to be a butler because butlers have great power.

But the appearance of the emperor made him feel a sense of crisis, so he wanted to stay with Jiang Rong to prevent Jiang Rong from being favored by the emperor.

Jiang Rong naturally agreed to his request and gave him a lot of reward money.

Just like that, after three days of servant selection and two days of busy work, Lin Mo finally obtained the qualification to enter the Jiang Mansion.

This excited him so much that he felt a little light-headed when he walked.

In the afternoon, Lin Mo followed Jiang Rong to the Jiang Mansion, the legendary little country of women, the holy place that countless men in Shanghe City dream of.

It was his first time here, so Lin Mo still had to show his demeanor and not look around.

The Jiang family recruited three servants this time. The other two can also enter the Jiang family, but they cannot stay overnight and must leave before night.

Only Lin Mo was allowed to stay overnight at the Jiang family as an exception. Although the place he stayed at was in a remote location close to the firewood room, it was still a historic leap.

Especially at dinner time, Lin Mo and the other two servants were chatting here.

When they heard that Lin Mo could stay here, the other two servants were envious.

Lin Mo said that everyone should work hard together, but in his heart he felt full of superiority.

Especially when looking at the backs of the other two servants leaving, Lin Mo felt an incomparable sense of pride.

We are both servants, but there are still differences between us. You are not qualified to live here, but I have already come in.

People just like to make themselves more capable through this kind of comparison.

Now he is the only man in the entire Jiang Mansion, how can he not be excited.

Lin Mo is now like a proud lion, patrolling his territory.

When passing by Shijing Garden, he met the beautiful woman Jiang Ningyue and a stunning young woman he had never seen before.

Now he could properly use the identity of a servant to greet these two people.

Jiang Ningyue is still as beautiful and charming as ever, and her every move is full of grace, demonstrating the demeanor of the hostess of the Jiang residence.

For some reason, Lin Mo felt that the more he saw her recently, the more attractive she seemed.

The young woman next to her is Dong Zhiqing, Jiang Ningyue’s daughter-in-law.

Dong Zhiqing didn't seem to like talking to other men and was very evasive towards Lin Mo.

Lin Mo felt that it was okay. He was just being abrupt. He could just take it slow. Sooner or later, he would be satisfied if Dong Zhiqing could say a word to him.

After leaving the garden, Lin Mo was fantasizing that this mother-in-law and daughter-in-law were so beautiful, and which man could resist such temptation.

Maybe it will take five years, maybe ten years, but he must try his best to get this mother-in-law and daughter-in-law together!

That feeling was like his lifelong goal.

Next, Lin Mo came to the hall, where he saw a dignified and beautiful mature woman.

The first time he saw her, Lin Mo swallowed his saliva. It was completely out of instinct.

This woman is somewhat similar to Jiang Rong, but much older.

Then it should be Jiang Rong's mother.

To be honest, with Xie Minjun's voluptuous figure and breathtakingly beautiful face, no man could resist her, let alone a young man like Lin Mo.

Other men may not be able to come into contact with Xie Minjun, but Lin Mo can continue to greet Xie Minjun as a servant.

"I heard from Rong'er that it was thanks to your help that the Jiang family was able to resolve the crisis this time."

Xie Minjun's words were plain, but her tenderness and charm as a mature woman were undoubtedly revealed.

"No, no, I just did what I was supposed to do."

Just hearing Xie Minjun's voice made Lin Mo extremely excited and his heart beat faster.

I don't even dare to imagine what kind of temptation Xie Minjun would make if she made other sounds.

Perhaps fearing that his abnormal condition would be noticed, Lin Mo said goodbye and left after chatting for a few words.

After walking away, Lin Mo breathed a sigh of relief and calmed down his inner frenzy.

It’s amazing. The women here are so seductive.

Lin Mo felt that he must work hard to get all these women in his life!
As the saying goes, the one who is close to the water gets the moon first. No one has more advantages than yourself!
Just as Lin Mo was swearing to himself, he heard a maid kneeling nearby and shouting "Your Majesty!"

He looked in the direction of the voice and saw a familiar figure appear in Jiang Mansion.

Lin Mo had met this man at the Chamber of Commerce. He was the emperor of the Tiance Dynasty, Li Chen!
(End of this chapter)