From Terra to Terra, the Star Emperor's Holiday

Nian reached out to fiddle with Jie Paopao, and Jie Paopao had some more instinctive reactions, but still no subjective consciousness emerged.

"Second brother can only confirm that Jie's consciousness is gradually becoming active, but there is no certainty as to when it will return. It could be the next moment, or it could be fifty years from now."

According to the giant beast's concept of time, fifty years is just a blink of an eye, which is not considered a long time. Naturally, there is no sense of tension in Ling's tone.

After taking a sip of the wine, Ling actually rubbed the wine gourd next to Jie Paopao. This made Nianren consider the possibility that Jie had already woken up, but was just drunk again by Ling.

"... Let's not talk about that. How was your trip? This tastes..."

Ling looked at Si Ye, as if he had smelled something, and the smile on his face immediately turned strange.

"Forget it, forget it. The smell alone is enough to make me clear-headed and dizzy."

Si Ye had the mixed smell of Nian and millet on him, and Nian also had the smell of millet on him. This could not be explained by just rubbing shoulders with each other.

Ling looked at Si Ye deeply and didn't say anything else, or she didn't know what to say.

Back in the Great Wilderness City, Ling, out of curiosity, questioned Shu, who had seen the cause and effect, which led to the absurd situation of four sisters sleeping in the same bed in the future.

Now Ling has witnessed Si Ye's mighty power.

Her power [Xiaoyao] can also predict the future and observe the timeline in a dream, similar to [Cause and Effect].

But ever since the incident in the Great Wilderness, whenever Si Ye's existence was mentioned in the dream, all possibilities would inevitably be attributed to one future. This sometimes made Ling feel awkward after falling asleep drunk, and his emotions became very complicated when facing Si Ye.

"If Miss Ling is interested, you can come to visit the Xinghai Empire next time."

After listening to Nian's description of the Star Sea Empire, Ling's expression when looking at Si Ye became more subtle, so Si Ye took the opportunity to extend a second invitation to Ling.

"Hmm... the things in the other world do fascinate me, but let's wait until later. There are still many trivial matters on the Terra continent, right?"

He had mixed emotions in his heart, but he concealed them well. His words and actions remained as relaxed and at ease as before, and he quickly changed the subject.

"...Looks like you two have been fishing here for half a day. Have you made any progress?"

The fish in the pond jumped out of the water in response, as if in provocation or invitation to a fight. Si Ye and Nian were indeed diverted.

However, when it comes to fishing, the more anxious you are, the less you will catch. Si Ye, who had used up all the bait, was glaring with anger. If he had not been concerned about the consequences, he would have considered using the thunder method he had copied from Jingzhe, the Shaoqing of the Dali Temple, to electrocute fish.

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Chapter 381: All Kitchens Are at Peace

"The fish in that pond tastes pretty good."

"Is that your excuse for overturning the pond out of anger?"

"That fish is provoking me. It ate my bait and still swam around in front of me."

...

When the Taifu, who received the news, walked into Houde Hall in the setting sun, Si Ye was sitting on the dragon throne in the hall with Nian and Shu, recalling the fish feast at noon.

Although Si Ye kept his word and did not use thunder magic to electrocute the fish, he was not willing to accept the situation of getting nothing.

After the bait ran out and only fed the fish in the pond, Si Ye decisively went to catch the fish himself. Well... he used his psychic palms, which were about ten meters in diameter, to catch the entire pond in one go.

Then the three of them had lunch of grilled fish, steamed fish and stewed fish. Fortunately, the fish tasted quite fresh and not too hard to eat.

"His Majesty."

After not seeing each other for a few months, with the national strength of Yan State growing day by day, the Grand Tutor is still in high spirits even though he is busy with trivial matters every day.

"Oh, Taifu, you've arrived just in time. We're preparing to draft an imperial decree to appoint Sui Pianqiliu Shu as the Grand Minister of Agriculture, to oversee all matters related to agriculture. This trip she and I took, she brought back technology and equipment to Yan Country that will increase grain production several times over."

Si Ye sat on the dragon throne in a disorganized manner, hugging Nian and Shu, looking like a tyrant who was obsessed with women and ignored state affairs. When he saw the Taifu coming, he hurriedly told him the idea he had thought of earlier in the Great Wilderness.

The official system of Yan State was a combination of the Han and Tang Dynasties, with three dukes, five supervisors and nine ministers. Si Nong was one of the nine ministers. To grant pardon and confer titles on such an official position, the True Dragon Emperor had to issue an imperial decree in person. Si Ye was not very interested in such feudal rituals, so he naturally passed the troublesome matter to the Taifu first.

“…I will follow the True Dragon’s orders…”

The Grand Tutor was not too surprised. Seeing Si Ye surrounded by people, he understood everything. In addition, Shu was indeed a good hand at managing the four seasons and farm affairs, so he naturally had no objection to Si Ye's sudden appointment.

As for whether the original Si Nong would be dissatisfied with a new boss suddenly appearing above his head?

Not to mention that Sui Pian's family is already an in-law, and Shu's identity should be classified as an imperial concubine, Si Ye, a real dragon with great power in himself, does not need to care about any court affairs. If he wants to use the routine of dismissing officials and forcing the emperor to abdicate, I am afraid that all nine clans will sing thank you together in the underground.

"Okay, I trust you to do the job. Is there anything happening in Yan Country these past few months that I need to deal with?"

Yan State should be the one that is relatively worry-free among the five member states of the parliament. After all, Si Ye has eliminated the chronic illnesses of the aristocratic families, eliminated most of the potential external enemies, and even swallowed up Dong State as an external blood bag. If Yan State still cannot prosper, then all the civil and military officials in the court might as well hang themselves from the beams.

"Your Majesty is ruling the country with all his might, and the whole nation of Yan is thriving, but..."

The Grand Tutor seemed to have some difficult words stuck in his throat, and his face turned slightly red.

"Ok?"

"...Because of the massive infrastructure construction going on everywhere, we're running low on manpower. I've been discussing the possibility of recruiting laborers from Ursus or Kazdel lately."

"...Yan Country is so big, and you're telling me you're short of people?"

Si Ye always felt that this was the most common worry he heard on the Terra Continent. It was like this in Kazdel, it was like this in Casimir, and why was it still like this in Yan Country?

"Is it that the local nobles are starting to pretend to obey but secretly disobey again, or is it that some powerful family is getting itchy again?"

The Fire Forged Origin Stone Sword, which had been gathering dust beside the Dragon Throne, waved its hand and the fiery, mist-like Red Sky Sword Qi surged over the blade, as if about to unleash the wrath of thunder and have a talk with the noble families.

"No, no, Your Majesty, your divine power is so great that those noble families are now very cooperative with the new policy. They even handed over the list of private slaves and assassins. It's really because of the lack of manpower..."

The Taifu's expression was also very ugly, and he felt that he had let down the opportunity that Si Ye had given to Yan State.

In fact, the huge Yan Kingdom is already the most populous country among the Terra countries, but a large population means a large territory, and a large territory means that there are more places that need to implement new policies and carry out infrastructure renovations.

Nineteen administrative blocks, nineteen mobile cities, plus mobile settlements surrounding the cities, some remote villages, and the highways connecting these places. In the absence of shortage of resources, manpower has become the most scarce resource.

"The Grand Commandant has already mobilized the garrison to eliminate bandits and robbers from all over the country. Those captured from the garrisons are given land in their hometowns if they are innocent, and are exiled to various places to work as construction laborers. They've also added the personal servants of the local aristocratic families, but it's still not enough..."

People cannot grow out of the ground for no reason. In order to gather the manpower needed for construction, many so-called "martial artists" from all over Yan Country were forced to serve in the army and began to contribute to the infrastructure construction of Dayan.

"...Then they're recruiting manpower from Ursus. Don't they need manpower? They're reaping the benefits of the joint trade route, so they should be building a lot."

When Taifu heard Si Ye mention this, he was so angry that he slapped his thigh.

"Your Majesty, although that is true, Ursus was ultimately wounded during the Four Nations' conflict. They are currently busy licking their wounds and sorting out their internal affairs, so they don't have a significant need for manpower."

Si Ye scratched his face, thinking that he shouldn't bother with such matters, and nodded.

"Then Bai Zao can just discuss this matter with Ursus through the Unified Council. Is there anything else?"

"Forehead…"

The Grand Tutor originally wanted to report a small matter that was very important to the royal family to Si Ye, but his eyes swept over Shu, who was sitting virtuously and gracefully beside him, and then glanced at Nian, who was fighting with Si Ye's tail in a disorderly manner, and he swallowed his words.

"Your Majesty, there is nothing else to do."

"That's it for now. I'll be staying in Baizao for a few days, and then I'll be traveling around the world. If anything happens, you know how to contact me."

Without waiting for the Grand Tutor to leave, Si Ye first pulled up Nian and Shu, and in a flash, he disappeared casually in the Houde Hall.

“…One more…Ah…”

The Grand Tutor had an awkward expression on his face. He had always been kind to the Sui Pian family. After all, they had made great contributions to the Yan Kingdom.

But if Si Ye, the real dragon who was destined to leave a mark in the history of Yan State, had all the concubines in his harem, the Grand Tutor would always feel that there would be something wrong.

Just now he wanted to advise Si Ye to take a concubine, but under the gazes of Nian and Shu, he just didn't have the courage to say it out loud.

After all, even if the ethical concepts of the Sui Beast's agent are different from those of the secular world, it is really difficult for the old tutor to lose face by pimping for his lover in front of the other party.

"...I wonder if the Lin family's daughter is any better than the Chen family's daughter. What's wrong with these young people? Do I really have to tell them..."

"Teacher." "Tutor."

As soon as I left Houde Hall, I met Chen Huijie and Lin Yuxia who had just returned from their rest outside.

"Um…"

The Taifu, who was thinking about all sorts of things in his mind, became furious when he saw Chen Huijie's innocent and simple eyes. He responded with a hateful tone, turned around and left with his hands behind his back.

"???"

Chen Huijie, not knowing what he had done wrong, looked confused and looked at Lin Yuxia in bewilderment.

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Chapter 382 Yi

Yuweiju.

The youngsters in Baizao City gathered at Yu's restaurant again. However, because the eldest brother Shuo and the second brother Wang were commanding the army in a foreign country to participate in an exercise, Ling and everyone had met in the wilderness and no one knew where they had gone. In fact, only half of the youngsters participated in this meal.

However, Si Ye rarely saw a new year card, the number of which was eight. He was usually busy repairing the garden: Yi.

This Yi could barely be considered to be working in the Ministry of Works, but most of the time his work was handled by his creation, while he himself was elusive and lived in seclusion in the human world.

"Ugh…"

At the dinner table, Yi, who had briefly finished his civil engineering work, looked at Si Ye, who was both his brother-in-law and his brother-in-law. He felt confused and seemed to have lost his motivation.

The reason is also very simple.

Yi He spent hundreds of years building a 'boundary garden' near Sui Ling to suppress Sui Xi. As a result, Si Ye, a tough guy sent from heaven, directly killed the remaining spirit of Sui Beast and refined the body of Sui Beast and Sui Ling together.

Now, let alone the annual rest, the ferocious creatures that have accumulated in the garden over the years have become clear-eyed. This huge garden that was built with so much effort has now become an ordinary garden.

He had no one to vent the inexplicable distress in his heart. Looking at Ah Yao running past him with the Sui beast on his head, Yi's expression became even sadder.

"Brother Yi, you used to be so elusive. It's a rare occasion for us to get together today, but why are you still sighing?"

The energetic young man is often the one who livens up the atmosphere at a party. After being pulled out of the painting by Harassment and trying to catch up on endless sleep in vain, she turned her attention to Yi, her brother whom she seldom saw.

"…No, it's just that the sudden change from busy to free time is a bit difficult for me to adapt to."

Compared to Ji, a shrewd yet shrewd boy, Yi is more like a brother next door with a bit of bookish air. Even though he is feeling depressed, he still manages to put on a decent smile.

"Brother Yi is probably worried about the Jie Garden. Without the annual interest to commit evil, the minions in the Jie Garden will lose their spirituality in a short time. By then, the Jie Garden that Brother Yi painstakingly built will be nothing more than an ordinary garden."

After being tormented by Nian, Xi seemed to be a little more sober.

This big melon, who has not slept for hundreds of years because of fear of the beast, has been sleeping soundly in the scroll world for the past few months, as if to make up for the hundreds of years of absence.