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Chapter 743: Stupidity (Two in One)

Wang Sen's guess was wrong. At this time, Lin Rui's mutant 'Lin Hao' was still in the Song Star Port, shopping with Dasitian.

He originally planned to use his own alien body to go to the depths of Tianyuan to rescue Wang Sen and others, and at the same time take a look at Du Zunlong's cave.

But just when Lin Rui was about to set off, he received news that the Grand Astronomical Minister was coming to inspect the star port.

Lin Rui understood in an instant that Wang Sen’s expedition team was still being targeted.

It is no coincidence that Dasitian comes to Star Harbor at this time.

The enemy's intentions are extremely sinister. Now Lin Hao can either turn a blind eye to the dangerous situation of Wang Sen, Ji Xueying and others, or watch the enemy trap and kill some of his trusted subordinates.

Or just ignore it and continue to head deeper into the abyss.

But in doing so, he would also fall into the enemy's trap.

What kind of relationship existed between Lin Hao and Lin Rui? How could Lin Hao ignore the Grand Astronomical Inspector who came to inspect and rush to the depths of the Abyss to support Lin Rui's subordinates?

What would Dasitian and the Eastern Abyss behind him think about this?
Lin Rui could also use his own biological intelligence chip to deal with Da Sitian and then go there in his real body, but there was a high probability that he would be exposed.

Lin Hao's biological intelligence chip is very powerful and can almost perfectly simulate his soul and spiritual consciousness.

But since it is 'almost', there must be a flaw, which cannot be hidden from this Da Sitian who has an extremely powerful soul and is well prepared.

Lin Rui had long seen the undercurrents inside and outside Tianji Star, but he did not expect that the enemy would attack him so soon.

I wonder what role the Grand Astronomical Master himself played in this? Was he being used by someone else or was he directly involved?
He couldn't help but glance around, and felt that there were countless poisonous snakes staring at him in the darkness.

Lin Rui then sneered and calmly walked to the door of the Governor's Mansion to welcome the Grand Astronomical Officer, and then accompanied him to inspect the star port.

Neither of them brought any followers with them. They rode together in a magnetic levitation convertible originated from Tianmo, driving on the wide streets of the star port.

What was surprising was that in this increasingly bustling and bustling street, filled with crowds of people and noisy sounds, no one could detect their presence.

Even the vehicles driving on the street would naturally drive around them.

Dasitian sat in the convertible, looking at the "foreign demons" all over the streets, as well as those of his own kind who mixed with the demons and lived in harmony with them, with a slightly strange look in his eyes.

He looked further away and saw hundreds of skyscrapers lined up in front of him, all towering into the clouds and standing tall, with countless hovercrafts passing through them.

Dasitian couldn't help but marvel at the engineering and construction capabilities of these extraterritorial demons, as well as Lin Hao's management skills.

A year and a half ago, this place was still a barren land, but now it has become a prosperous city that is even better than Luojing City.

The key is that while Lin Hao was building, he also brought a lot of money to the Song Dynasty court.

As far as the Grand Astronomical Master knows, not only the demons from outside the domain are buying land and building commercial buildings here, but even many dignitaries of the Song Dynasty are purchasing real estate here.

Some people are simply investing and are optimistic about the value of the land here, while some people are simply greedy and yearn for the quality of life of the demons from outside the domain.

A year and a half ago, when the Gods decided to agree to Lin Hao's request to open up trade and establish a star port, the Great Astronomical Minister was actually very uneasy. He didn't know whether this would be a benefit or a disadvantage, a disaster or a blessing for Dongzhou and the Gods.

He once looked at the starry sky and glimpsed the traces of fate, but the fate of the sky had long been messed up by the abyss of the world and the reviving gods.

The difficulty and cost of peeking into fate are more than ten times greater than before.

But now, the Shrine and the Song Dynasty court are becoming more and more unable to stop.

This is because these properties in Star Harbor can provide up to 23 million taels of divine gold in property taxes every year.

It should be noted that the land tax in the Song Dynasty in previous years was only around 170 million taels of divine gold.

Further away, you can see a large factory area, which covers an area of ​​more than 360 square kilometers and is spectacular.

Half a year ago, there was a huge dispute within the Song Dynasty court and the Divine Palace over the increasing number of factories opening in the Star Port area.

Now, however, there is almost no controversy, simply because the raw material processing in these factory areas makes the various goods of Tianjixing more valuable.

This not only absorbed all the vagrants near Luojing, but also brought a lot of wealth to the Song Dynasty court and the temple.

In particular, several mechanical processing and smelting plants have been opened in the past six months, providing the Song Dynasty with a large amount of steel, mechanical parts and alloys, even artillery shells and a small number of Tianmo's engineering machinery.

Now the daily income of Song Star Port has reached 520 million taels of divine gold, which is a bit beyond Lin Hao's original promise.

After 'Lin Hao' became the regent, he did not disappoint him and the gods' expectations.

This man tried his best to rectify the administration of officials, clean up the government, improve the tax laws and practice strict economy.

Lin Hao even ordered the Ministry of Industry to cooperate with the Ministry of Divine Affairs, and gathered a large group of craftsmen who were proficient in Tianmo electronic technology to create an electronic office system, which was promoted in major government offices in the eight states of Heluo, especially in major warehouses.

This move directly increased the annual income of the Song Dynasty court by nearly one-fifth!

However, even with such a huge income, the Song Dynasty still could not meet its needs.

The war in Tianyuan Channel was like a huge gold-eating beast, swallowing up all the fiscal and tax growth of the Song Dynasty.

All the money went to the extraterritorial demons, simply because this war that took place deep underground had completely become "demonic".

In Purgatory and the Abyss, shrouded in the light of Purgatory, there are countless top-level spiritual medicines and minerals that are inexhaustible.

This allows the hellish demons to exchange various mechas, combat robots, armored vehicles, plasma cannons and close-in defense guns, as well as tunnel boring machines, rock drills, engineering robots and other war machinery and engineering machinery through the channels of the Changsheng Society.

The Song Dynasty's armies also had to follow suit and purchase various war machines from the demons.

In the past, the war between Purgatory and the surface was a repeated tug-of-war battle in some existing caves.

But now both sides are trying to dig tunnels to attack from behind, so the battle line is getting longer and wider.

The engineering machinery of the demons can carry out underground excavation or direct blasting with an efficiency nearly a hundred or a thousand times greater than that of previous manual labor. Therefore, a cave passage that is only 30 miles wide and long can be expanded to a diameter of more than 1200 miles in just a few days, and there are hundreds of affiliated cave passage groups around it.

Therefore, the taxes collected by the Song Dynasty in the Star Port flowed into the pockets of those extraterritorial demons like water.

This made the Grand Astronomical Master and many people within the Song Dynasty very dissatisfied, but they were helpless.

So when these factories inside the star port began to supply part of the military supplies for the Song Dynasty's armies, everyone was happy to see these factories opened inside the star port, and even urged and encouraged them.

"Orderly, prosperous, and flourishing."

Dasitian felt that there was no need to look any further. As the saying goes, a glimpse of the whole picture reveals a small part. Just by looking at the situation on this street, he could know the general situation of this star port.

He stopped the convertible at the end of the street and turned to look at Lin Hao with admiration: "The Duke of Zhenguo's management ability is truly extraordinary and far-sighted."

"You're too kind, Grand Astronomical Master." Lin Rui smiled with a look of shame and humility. "How can I have any business skills? I just have some whimsical ideas, but they can only be implemented with the help of capable subordinates and the dedication of officials. Otherwise, it's all just empty talk."

"The Duke of Zhenguo indeed has many outstanding people under his command." The Grand Astronomical Master nodded slightly. "This is also the Duke's ability to discern talent and appoint the right people to the right positions."

He then changed the subject: "It's not convenient here, let's talk somewhere else."

He used his true energy to hold Lin Hao in one hand, and in a flash he arrived in a spacious hall.

This was Lin Rui's lobby at the Star Harbor Governor's Mansion, where two people were already waiting.

One was Han Baxian, who had been promoted to the position of Red-robed High Priest, and the other was Tan Xiangsheng, the deputy commander of the Anti-Traitor Bureau under Lin Rui. Lin Rui knew what was going on as soon as he saw Tan Xiangsheng.

Of the three commanders of the Assassination Bureau, Xing Hai had already been imprisoned and questioned. Sun Shicheng had consciously transferred Lin Hao away when he saw that Lin Hao was gaining immense influence within the Bureau and was gradually monopolizing power.

The only person who was killed was Deputy Commander Tan Xiangsheng. Lin Rui did not take any harsh action against him because he was the confidant of the First Divine Envoy.

Moreover, less than two years after he took office, he had already imprisoned two deputy commanders and seven supervisors in the Anti-Traitor Bureau, or driven out of office. If he continued to do so, it might affect his reputation and he would be accused of excluding dissidents and being narrow-minded.

So even though Lin Rui knew that this person was investigating his identity and subordinates openly and secretly, he did not take any action.

Lin Rui just couldn't understand why the First Divine Envoy could be so foolish as to turn against him at this moment? Was he losing his patience?
When Tan Xiangsheng saw Lin Hao, his face turned slightly red, and then he lowered his head.

At this moment, he felt both nervous and excited.

Perhaps after today, the entire Song Dynasty will change.

Even if this Lin Hao is not an extraterritorial demon, he is deeply in collusion with the demons, and the evidence of his guilt is conclusive.

"Today, Tan Xiangsheng came forward to report that you and your 143 subordinates, as well as Zhou Yunxi, the Goddess of Divine Law, Imperial Censor Zhao Yang, and others, are all demons from outside the domain."

The Grand Astronomical Master calmly walked to the upper desk in the hall and sat down. "He has also collected a lot of evidence. You can take a look."

He flicked his sleeves slightly and threw a pile of files next to the case and several demonic data pens in front of Lin Hao.

Lin Rui casually flipped through the files and opened the data pens to take a look.

He found that Tan Xiangsheng was indeed an old criminal lawyer, and the evidence he had was indeed quite detailed.

Among them are Lin Rui and Lin Hao, as well as their subordinates Ji Xueying, Wang Sen, Li Li, Lin Xi and others' activity time on Tianji Star, as well as the comparison with the Tianmo Hometown.

——This person actually figured out all their alien bodies and even took video footage of them.

This is definitely not something that Tan Xiangsheng could do alone. It must have the cooperation of forces within the Earth Federation.

The only thing they failed to find out was the different bodies of his butler Lu Jingwei and the Goddess of Divine Law.

Lu Hanyuan has always been cautious, so he never revealed his true identity. As for Lin Yi, they probably couldn't imagine that there would be a connection between the Goddess of Divine Law and the Goddess of Pain.

There are also some account books that prove that Lin Hao had facilitated Ruifang Pharmaceutical and Forest Group many times during his tenure as Governor of Star Harbor.

In addition, Tan Xiangsheng also checked the internal interpreters and accountants of Star Harbor, and found a total of 123 clerks, who were the hidden spies planted by the extraterritorial demons in Star Harbor.

Lin Rui took a look and cursed Li Jianglong and Xu Mengran in his heart.

He only knew about half of these 123 people, and for the other half, Lin Rui really had no idea.

He then put the documents and data pen back on the desk with a look of disdain. "Grand Astronomical Master, these are all just false accusations and speculations. There's no real evidence."

Lin Rui bowed to the Grand Astronomical Master and said, "All my trusted subordinates have passed the Heavenly Demon Test. My sister Zhou Yunxi and her companions have even passed the highest level of Heavenly Demon Test. How could they possibly be extraterritorial Heavenly Demons? To say that I am Lin Rui is a joke. I am too lazy to explain why."

As for some of the demons on Tan Xiangsheng's list, I do know about them. If we want to open up trade, we must hire a large number of talents who are proficient in mathematics, business, demon knowledge and the demon language. However, although our Dongzhou continent is extremely vast and has a population of hundreds of billions, less than one thousandth of them can recognize words, and even fewer can speak the demon language and do mathematics and business. As for Ruifang Pharmaceutical and Forest Group-"

He glanced at Tan Xiangsheng, his eyes sharp as a knife. "I do have a friendship with Lin Rui, and I have provided him with financial support many times. However, the reason I value this person is because the medicines and colonial equipment sold by Ruifang Pharmaceutical in my Great Song Dynasty are honest and have never had any problems. The various weapons and war machines sold by the Forest Group to my Great Song Dynasty are 80% of the market price, almost the cost price. The various goods they sell to Tianji Star are also daily necessities that the people urgently need, and they are things that can improve people's livelihood."

Halfway through listening, Tan Xiangsheng sneered, with a hint of sarcasm in his eyes.

He didn't want to give the Grand Astronomical Master the impression that he didn't know how to respect his superiors, so he waited patiently for Lin Hao to finish speaking while preparing his words in his mind, ready to question and refute him with the most ferocious and sharp momentum.

But in the next moment, he saw the Grand Astronomical Master lift up the teacup offered by the servant and said calmly, "Baxian."

Han Baxian smiled slightly, raised his hand and patted Tan Xiangsheng on the shoulder, thinking that this person was unable to see the direction of the current situation and was seeking his own death.

Tan Xiangsheng was completely frozen, his eyes filled with disbelief. He looked at the Grand Astronomical Master sitting in the hall, and Han Bashan beside him, in great astonishment, feeling extremely puzzled and doubtful.

Then his life force quickly faded away, and his entire body turned into bits of black ash, which flew away with the wind blowing through the hall.

"This Tan Xiangsheng seems smart, but in fact he is extremely stupid."

The Grand Astronomical Master shook his head slightly and continued drinking his tea. "Duke Zhenguo, are you sure about the new ship license?"

He paused, "Duke Zhenguo, I have no doubt about your ability to manage finances and govern. However, the Three Gods of Purgatory will never sit idly by and watch the Song Dynasty's fiscal revenue continue to grow. If you want to attack the Immortal Society and exclude them, those Immortal-level members will not give up. This Tan Xiangsheng is the beginning of a storm, so you must be mentally prepared."

Just half a month ago, Lin Hao pushed the cabinet and the Divine Envoy Supervisor to pass a policy to issue 50,000 ship licenses at the Great Song Star Port.

Lin Hao's reason was that the various rules and regulations of the Star Port had been stabilized, and a large number of trade-related talents had been cultivated, and it was already capable of dealing with more complex situations; on the other hand, it was because the Zhongzhou Chamber of Commerce, as well as the Liao and Wei countries, both had the intention of opening up trade and establishing a Star Port.

Lin Hao plans to further consolidate the Song Dynasty's first-mover advantage, continue expanding the star port, and auction another 50,000 ship licenses.

Lin Hao also plans to use half of the funds from the auction of the ship license to repair roads, dredge waterways, and build a highway system covering the entire Dongzhou area.

At this time, the finances of the Song Dynasty were becoming increasingly tight. If no other source of funds could be found, the Song Dynasty would be out of money in two months at most.

Lin Hao has always been reluctant to increase taxes, so the expansion of the star port has become inevitable, and almost no one in the court opposes it.

However, this will inevitably push Lin Hao himself and the Song Dynasty Star Port to the forefront.

The Grand Astronomical Master estimated that even the emperor might not be able to withstand the danger of this storm.

He was worried that the star port's good momentum would suffer a severe setback.

"I'm not absolutely sure, but the problem is that the issuance of the ship license can no longer be delayed. I can only do my best!"

Lin Rui cupped his hands and said solemnly, "Grand Astronomical Master, raising taxes is absolutely unacceptable! It will only lead to more demonic changes, causing the local demons to overrun and the public security situation to deteriorate. The court will have to pay a greater price to suppress them. Therefore, our Great Song can only find funds from trade and commercial taxes, and try not to increase the burden on the people."

In fact, Lin Rui himself also needs a lot of funds.

He wanted to fund the Bright King Church to build 10 more 'Pure One Holy Altars', each of which would cost trillions of federal coins.

Lin Rui also has to use eggs and milk to recruit more believers, replace the bodies of the remaining 9 Hearts of Light, support his growing team of councilors and prospective councilors, and supply the research and development of the Ruifang Biological Research Institute.

In addition, he also formulated an expansion plan for 4 squadrons of battleships and 8 heavy divisions, and money was needed everywhere.

There are also transport ships, but the number of starport transport ships is clearly insufficient.

Warehouses are becoming tight, and the industrial products produced by the Forest Group and the medicinal materials of the Church of Light have accumulated.

Upon hearing this, the Grand Astronomical Master sighed secretly and laughed at himself.

He knew that what Lin Hao said was right. At this moment, if the Song Dynasty could avoid raising taxes, it would be better to do so.

What's funny is that Taizu and Taizong of the Song Dynasty are now bent on causing chaos in Dongzhou and disrupting the Song Dynasty; and the Divine Palace, which didn't have to care about the life and death of the people of Dongzhou in the past, now has to go all out to maintain the stability of Dongzhou.

"If all the officials in the court could be as loyal to the country as the Duke of Zhenguo and work diligently, then there would be no worries about the stability of the eight states of Heluo and the seventy-two military governorates of Dongzhou."

He shook his head with a look of emotion and took another sip of tea. "The Duke of Zhenguo must have important matters to attend to. Just go ahead. There are some treacherous and evil people in the court, so don't worry about them."

Lin Rui blinked when he heard this, looking puzzled. "Why do you say that, Grand Astrologer? I do have a lot of official business to attend to today, but they are all trivial matters, not worth mentioning."

The Grand Astronomical Master was stunned for a moment, and looked at Han Bashan below with some surprise.

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