From the Carp that Brings Children to the Celestial Officials

Chapter 209 Promulgation of Laws
Overall, the positions that You Ming has assigned to everyone are quite suitable.

However, he also clearly realized that Cang Zhao'er was not quite suited to the role of guiding spirits, as her abilities were more suited to logistics and management.

If she could be given a position in logistics, it would bring more benefits to the entire Shinto management system.

You Ming seemed to be deep in thought. It seemed that he would wait for an opportunity to recruit a deity specifically in charge of Yin spirits, and let the little mouse girl Cang Zhao'er assist Wu Mo.

This "official system" is more accurately called the "Shinto Official System".

In addition to these Shinto personnel in charge of management, there is also the function of [Army].

Currently, Youming's side displays an army of eleven.

These are the [divine weapons] he upgraded using cheat codes. Since he has never really needed divine weapons to protect the safety of Yuanling Mountain, the number of divine weapons remains the same as it was ten years ago.

However, the total population of his jurisdiction has exceeded 40,000, and the military section shows that the total number of soldiers can reach up to 300.

This number represents the maximum number that can be recruited assuming a certain level of profitability each month.

However, You Ming felt that three hundred divine soldiers were still a bit too many. Yuanling Mountain could only support a maximum of one hundred divine soldiers, and too many would be a heavy burden for him.

Anyway, he has a cheat code for [Troop Editing], so he specifically chooses the elite soldier trouser line.

As for the [Talent Card] feature, it seems to be a direct descendant of the [Official System], except that it places some outstanding talents in the card pool, which can only be discovered by players drawing cards.

The talents discovered may one day serve in the divine realm or hold official positions in the secular world.

Finally, there's the [legal system].

You Ming hadn't paid much attention to it at first, and had only glanced at it briefly.

But he soon discovered that perhaps the real power of this [Divine View] cheat code lay in its [Law System].

Within this system, there are countless laws, which can be purchased with incense offerings.

Different levels of laws require different amounts of incense offerings.

For example, the [Spirit Field Law] increases the concentration of spiritual energy in the fields under its jurisdiction, thereby increasing the quantity and quality of crop output. The law lasts for three months and consumes 500 incense sticks.

There is also the [Infant Care Law], which increases the chance of all newborns growing up healthily by 20% and reduces the infant mortality rate by 10%, lasting for one year and consuming 800 incense points.

These decrees are essentially equivalent to religious orders; although they require offerings, they are generally very cost-effective.

You Ming roughly counted that these laws covered five aspects: agriculture, sacrifices, population, economy, and war.

The strongest of these... well, to be precise, the most expensive decree is called the "Divine Realm Administrative Decree," which allows the mortal realm to be organized into a semi-divine, semi-mortal land, where faith and administration coexist.

In other words, miracles can be performed at will, gods and humans can live together, and gods do not have to worry about getting involved in too many human affairs and thus incurring karma and resentment.

If it really comes to that, then it would be truly terrifying.

The productivity of gods far surpasses that of humans, and with the arbitrary interference of gods, the lives of mortals would likely undergo drastic changes.

Unfortunately, this decree was too outrageous, requiring 500,000 incense offerings and lasting only for one month.

In fact, with You Ming's current financial situation, he could easily afford to contribute that many incense offerings if he gritted his teeth, but there's no need to be so aggressive for the time being.

Given his current low rank, enacting this decree would be too conspicuous.

After a moment of reflection, You Ming flipped over the decree and continued examining the others. He was tempted by the bonuses offered by almost every decree.

Unfortunately, only three of these laws can be promulgated at a time. Otherwise, if he promulgated dozens at once, his jurisdiction would develop at an astonishing pace with the added power.

After hesitating for a while, You Ming issued three decrees.

[Law on Sacred Fields], [Law on City Planning], [Law on Disciplinary System].

The Lingtian Law goes without saying that food is the most important thing for people, and increased agricultural productivity in the region will naturally benefit the lives of the people.

The City Planning Law increases the production capacity of all cities by 1. With new cities booming, increasing production capacity is almost essential at this stage.

As for the [Discipline System], it can increase combat effectiveness against external forces, dealing an additional 10% damage.

You Ming's territory is now stable, but he has decided to launch a campaign against the barbarians in the western Yinshan Mountains and the Hu people in the northern wilderness in the coming days.

In terms of religion, the goal is to destroy the enemy's faith; in terms of military force, the goal is to defeat the enemy's army and incorporate their population into the army.

This is something Shinto has always been doing, which is called "breaking mountains and destroying temples".

Hundreds of years ago, Bingzhou was actually a wild and undeveloped land. It was only through the gradual expansion of its territory by successive gods that it was incorporated into the territory of human dynasties.

You Ming is currently on the border of Bingzhou, and in order to gain more faith, he naturally has to do such things.

"If I had known this cheat code was so powerful, I should have started using it a year ago."

He couldn't help but feel impressed; these laws were incredibly powerful. Enacting some laws a year earlier would have brought many benefits to the jurisdiction.

Fortunately, it's not too late.

The lifespan of a deity is long, giving him ample time to develop gradually before launching a war to spread his faith and gain more people and incense offerings.

You Ming let out a long sigh of relief and was about to close the interface.

But suddenly an idea struck him. Looking at the [Talent Card] interface, and thinking that since he was already there, he decided to draw a card first.

He casually clicked the "Draw" option, and in an instant, countless cards flipped through the air, and then a card flew out.

The card was flipped over, revealing a thin old man dressed in coarse linen clothes, looking no different from an ordinary old farmer.

"Why is it him?"

You Ming recognized the old man's face, and after a moment's thought, he remembered who the old man was.

Isn't that Zhou Dacheng?

He discovered the cheat code "Innate Bloodline" himself, which could help the people in his jurisdiction recall their hidden glorious genes, allowing them to be reawakened, expressed, and strengthened in their descendants, and passed down from generation to generation.

Most of the people in his jurisdiction had only awakened simple abilities such as skill, intelligence, and agility.

Only Zhou Dacheng possesses a hidden bloodline of [Plant Spirit Body], which, once awakened, grants him an innate affinity for the spiritual energy of plants and trees. (Content in Chapter 172)
However, because he was too old, and Yuanling Mountain was not a cultivation sect, You Ming did not ask any further questions.

Unexpectedly, Zhou Dacheng seems to have not only awakened the [Plant Spirit Body], but also had some additional opportunity, and has already begun to develop the abilities of this spirit body.

(End of this chapter)