It doesn't matter what the lord is.

"When it comes to battlefield matters, we have to mention the army. The armies we have now are all the armies we have spent a lot of effort to raise, but they are stationed in different battlefields. The armies of Lingwu and Wanze are stationed in the northern and western borders respectively. Our Yunyang army recently went to the black fog belt of Xiqin and Nanchu to deal with changes that may occur there at any time. It is difficult for these armies to withdraw in a short period of time, so in order to deal with the invasion of the dragon clan, we need to form a new army."

Lid glanced at everyone present, then looked at Honglian and said:

"I suggest that this matter be handed over to Honglian."

35. Help you make money

As soon as Li De finished speaking, Yu Qingzhao said calmly:

"The last time we fought the Dragon Clan, the main forces were my Lingwu Iron Cavalry and Yunyang's Shenji Battalion. This time, we are recruiting new soldiers and training them. It is definitely not the turn of the royal family to intervene."

Reed didn't comment, but turned to Honglian to see his reaction.

To be fair, Lid hoped that Honglian could raise an army. The reason for this was that the various forces present had now reached a delicate balance. Whether it was Yunyang, Lingwu, the rebel army, or Wanze territory, a large-scale expansion of the army might break this balance. But the royal family would not do that, because the various forces present had taken over the world from the royal family, so they would focus on preventing the royal family from restoring their power.

Personally, it was because Lid trusted Honglian more. This young man was very clean, without too many complicated desires, and would repay kindness with kindness and revenge with revenge. When the royal family itself was still in chaos, he was able to ask the ministers to clean up the mess left by the dragon clan. It can be seen that he, like Wu Mi, puts the people above power.

Reed believed that Lord Lingwu was also aware of this, but the woman still did not want the royal family to regain power.

After all, Honglian’s surname is also Ji, and Ji Yingtian’s blood flows in his body.

Honglian could naturally see the current situation, and endured the pressure from Yu Qingzhao and said:

"Although the royal family has declined, the elite of Tiance Mansion are still there. From ancient times to the present, every year's foreign war has been organized by Tiance Mansion. We are very familiar with these things." Yu Qingzhao glanced at him and said in a bad tone:

"Let's not talk about you now. Even when the royal family had not yet fallen, the Tiance Mansion only had the ability to organize. You are not qualified to train soldiers."

Although Honglian is young, he is the culmination of the royal bloodline after all, and his realm has reached the tenth level. Although he was a little short of breath due to the pressure from Yu Qingzhao's aura, he still said in a deep voice:

"Whether you are qualified or not is not for you to judge."

Just as Lord Lingwu was about to speak, Huang Yan from the rebel army spoke first:

"I agree with Lid. The most urgent task is to replenish the troops, not to argue about who will take the lead. It's good for Honglian to do this. We in the rebel army have no objection. You should stop using personal grudges to show off."

Lingwu Lord frowned, and looked at Huang Yan coldly with his phoenix eyes. The temperature in the room began to rise. Although Huang Yan resisted with the evil spirit on his body, with wisps of black smoke, Lingwu Lord's momentum gradually prevailed. The atmosphere became tense again, and Wanze Lord Xihua hurriedly said:

"Calm down, everyone. Why make things so awkward? In my opinion, Lid's proposal is good, and Lingwu Lord's concerns are reasonable. The current Tiance Mansion is indeed unable to take on this task alone, but if each family allocates some generals to assist Tiance Mansion in training, things can still be done."

Everyone's eyes turned to Xihua, and at this moment Bai Feng suddenly spoke:

"From the results of the last battle with the dragons, if you want to shoot down those flying creatures, two factors are indispensable, namely long-range killing methods and a fearless heart. I think these two things are indeed not something Honglian can train, and we need to work together."

Lid glanced at Bai Feng and said:

"In that case, let's do it the same as before. Tiance Mansion in Honglian's hands will be responsible for unifying the army. As for the officers, we will provide them. The recruited soldiers will also be trained according to the different methods of our families. I initially plan to recruit 200,000 soldiers, and we will discuss the details later. Do you have any other opinions?"

No one spoke, and the proposal was passed. However, no one breathed a sigh of relief, because the seemingly simple proposal actually caused the forces present to slowly reshuffle. Lingwu and the royal family were at odds, and the rebels and the royal family temporarily put aside their prejudices, but Yunhai vaguely stood on Lingwu's side.

Although Bai Feng maintained a reasonable and objective speech, in fact, this discussion has a fundamental premise: Tiance Mansion is indeed unable to support the task of training alone, but what if some people are replaced... For example, let Fang Shisan serve as the general of Tiance Mansion?

Bai Feng had a vague feeling that this was Lid's real idea, but he didn't mention it because he didn't want to let Lid's power continue to grow. The new national system was still very fragile, and Bai Feng's army was relatively weak, so he didn't want to see any one dominant force emerge.

Yu Qingzhao also looked at Bai Feng. There was no gratitude in her eyes. She knew exactly what Bai Feng was thinking. The struggle involving the army came to a temporary end. Lid continued:

"In addition to conscription, there is one more thing I must tell you, and that is the issue of money. We are not short of money.

But once it comes to setting up a "treasury", everyone

They are all beginning to be short of money. I thought about it and realized that it would be meaningless to ask everyone to hand over the profits that have already been divided, so from today on, I will lead you to develop new businesses. From the profits earned from the new business, 50% will be used as the treasury. Do you have any objections?"

Bai Feng said:

"We at Yunhai will do our best to handle business matters, but I don't know what new business Lide is talking about?" Lide raised his index finger and said to the people present:

"Trade with other races around us. You may not have experience yet, but we Yunyang have already walked this path. We trade with the demons to the west for food, and trade with the ocean tribe to the south for energy. Of course, this is not enough. In the future, we will also take a ship across the sea to trade gold, silver and jewelry with the fairies in the secluded world, and go all the way east to trade various precious herbs with the elves."

Speaking of this, everyone in the hall became excited. Lid put down his hand and continued:

"I believe we can work together to make money. Everything in the world requires money, especially since we have just been robbed of so many things by the dragon clan. If we want to seek development in such a short time, we can only find another way. I can help you make money, but we have to discuss some things in advance. You all know about the newly built railway in Yunyang. Now it only takes half a day for thousands of people to travel from Lingyun City in Yunyang to Yinxing City in Zhaochen. The carriage is too inconvenient. I want to build a few more railways to facilitate our trade with all races in the east, west, south and north."

No one spoke, but silently calculated the benefits in their hearts. Lid smiled and said:

"There are two options now. One is that you contract the construction of the railway yourself, and you can get a share of the profits from all the goods passing through this railway. The other is that I will pay for the construction for you, but the technology will be kept secret from you, and you will need to pay me a fee every time you use the railway for transportation."

Reed always had a smile on his face. He turned a blind eye to the intrigues of the people present and just talked about his own things calmly.

But unfortunately, no one can ignore what he says, and everyone has to follow his rhythm.

36. Mr. He, what do you think?

Distributing land equally, recruiting soldiers, and raising money were the three main things that Lid focused on after he organized the council, and they were also the lifeblood of the country in his eyes. In fact, there was another one called development, which was to continue to promote the continuous progress of science and magic, but Yunyang could do it for the time being, and there was no need for everyone to participate.

After arranging the three most important things, Lid was too lazy to convene the parliament again. The parliament was not held every day, and the people below could handle the trivial matters casually. He just needed to ensure that the most important direction could be implemented according to his ideas.

For example, if he didn't take the lead in redistributing the land, it would most likely not be accomplished. But if even the basic land could not be redistributed, then no matter how much money Reed made, it would only fatten up those vampires.

After finishing these things, Lid went back to his room and fell asleep. He got up at noon, washed up, sat on the bed and thought for a while, then called He Yue over. There was no more politeness between him and He Yue. After He Yue came in, she sat beside him and asked with a smile:

"Why are you free to look for me today?"

Lid raised his hand to help her tidy up her hair, and replied with the same smile: "I am always free to see you, because you are more important than anything else."

He Yue sat towards Li De with a teasing expression, raised one leg and placed it on Li De's leg, and stretched out her hand to hold Li De's neck. She leaned close to Li De's face, looked at Li De with eyes as bright as spring water, and said in a brisk voice:

"Of course. I haven't seen you for a few days and you've become more slick. Tell me, which girl did you learn your skills from?" Lid looked away and said with a wry smile:

"There's no such thing as a girl. My schedule is so full every day and I live alone."

He Yue did not ask further questions. She was always very tactful in handling such matters. While Li De was still worried about how to conceal the fact that he and Yu Qing Zhao Chunfeng were more than ten degrees apart, He Yue had already retracted her "I'm curious" gaze and said gently:

"I see, are you always alone outside? You must be very lonely."

Lid felt a little guilty, but just as he was about to speak, He Yue's hand around his neck suddenly used some strength, leaned forward, pecked him lightly on the lips, then quickly pulled away, chuckled and asked:

"Are you feeling better?"

Reed was stunned for a moment and nodded stupidly.

He Yue moved her legs from Li De's body, but rested her head on Li De's shoulder and said, "So, what do you want to tell me this time?"

Li De sat down with his legs crossed, collected his thoughts, and said to He Yue:

"I want to talk to you about the main contradictions in the current situation and what we should do. Master He, please tell me your opinion first." He Yue's voice was pleasant and unhurried:

"Any dynasty throughout history had to pay a price when conquering the world, and then recover when the world is at peace. This is actually a process of redistributing benefits. Now that we have achieved unification in this way, although we have paid a lot less price, it is also difficult to completely overthrow some things and start over. The nobles still have a strong power, and our most direct conflict is the conflict with these remnants of the old era."

Lid put his hand on the back of He Yue's hand, held her hand, and asked: "Then what do you think we should do better?"

He Yue answered directly:

"I think it's better to boil the frog in warm water. This time, Juntian has seriously harmed their interests. We should not do anything to them for the time being, so that they will have a feeling of 'this is the end'. When we find an opportunity in the future, we can slowly deal with them... Leave this to me."

Lid nodded and said:

"I believe you." He Yue continued:

"I won't discuss the faction issues in the various territories. Apart from these two, we still have conflicts with the traditional temples.

- divided into two, one in the hands of the nobles, and one

The nobles use their power to oppress the people, and the priests use their faith to harvest money. They are essentially the same. Although we have taken over the world, most of the money in the world cannot reach us at all. They are swallowed up by them. In my opinion, a war will break out between us and the temple sooner or later. It is just a matter of time. Lid, do you have any idea about this?"

Lid smiled and replied:

"I have not taken action against the temple because this is not about killing a few priests, but about removing a blood-sucking vine that is parasitic on the Eternal Heaven Kingdom. This vine is deeply rooted, and its roots penetrate into every piece of land in the Eternal Heaven Kingdom. It is even more deeply rooted in the hearts of the people than our political decrees. So I want to take several steps. I will find someone else to implement the specific methods. You don't have to worry too much."

He Yue breathed a sigh of relief and said:

"I feel much more relieved now that you have a solution. I have thought of some solutions before, but none of them are effective quickly. It will take decades of struggle to win. I am afraid we cannot wait that long. But no matter what method is used to solve it, this struggle will eventually result in bloodshed."

Lid let go of He Yue's hand, rubbed his brows and said:

"I know. Many things have existed in the world for thousands of years, and they can't be solved overnight. But I just feel unhappy. I hate to see those people who get something for nothing standing over me and shouting at me. I work so hard to sit in this position, not to work for others. There is only one useless person like me in the world who doesn't do his job. If there are too many, it will be annoying."

He Yue stayed with Li De for a while, exchanged a few rounds of "attack and defense", and then went to deal with things. Although the council has been established, Li De's work is still done by He Yue, which is why Li De rarely shows up. He Yue occasionally goes to the council hall to deal with problems and will meet Lingwu Lord, who will always look at her a few more times.

He Yue knew the reason clearly, but she just raised her eyebrows and pretended not to see it.

Most people in the world are far from Lingwu Lord in terms of appearance, but He Yue can be compared with her. And in He Yue's opinion, Lingwu Lord is only good-looking in appearance. His bitter and vengeful expression and the momentum of suppressing the ministers can certainly make the people under his command obedient, but it also loses some fun.

She would never be able to get along as easily and freely as He Yue and Li De did. Even excluding Li De, she would never be able to get along with anyone else like this.

Lid didn't care about what was going on in the meeting hall. After bidding farewell to He Yue, he sat alone by the bed and pondered for a while, then got up and went to the table to write a letter. However, the ink he dipped in didn't seem to have any color, just ordinary water, so there were only water stains all over the paper.

After the water stains dried, Reed folded the letter and put it in an envelope. Then he left his residence alone, went to the entrance of an inconspicuous dark alley, and handed the letter to an inconspicuous straw hat merchant.

37. Letter to Shi Yuan

Now Yunyang is nominally a member of the Governing World, and there are not many people who are worthy of Lid's careful letter. This letter is written to Shi Yuan of the Abyss Church. When Shi Yuan received this letter, she was only wearing a thin gauze dress and lying on a bed made of ice. A shallow groove had melted in the center of the bed, and the water wet her clothes. The translucent clothes were tightly attached to her body, outlining the full curves of her chest and buttocks.

When her personal maid reminded her that there was a letter, Shi Yuan didn't pay any attention.

Her eyes were full of reluctance, her pink hair stuck to her beautiful face, and the slightly dark circles under her eyes made her flawless face look a little haggard. This was Shi Yuan's third sleepless night. Whenever she went to sleep, she would dream that Lid was pinching her neck and pressing her down on the bed. In the dream, she not only did not resist, but actively catered to Lid's frivolousness.

Shi Yuan knew very well that this emotion was fake, and it all started from the hypnosis by the dragon clan.

But the problem is that even though Shi Yuan's mind is clear, her body still misses him uncontrollably. It's okay during the day, she can always maintain her proper appearance in front of other members of the Abyss Church, but once it's late at night and she's alone, Shi Yuan can't control her hands.

During the time she was separated from Lid, Shi Yuan tried to commit suicide hundreds of times. When she was most lucid, she knew very well that if she continued like this, she would probably betray the interests of the Abyss Church, which was contrary to all the training she had received since she was a child. The best way was to die, but when Lid hypnotized her, he ordered her "not to commit suicide", so Shi Yuan could only continue to repeat this torment.

She clenched her teeth, her nails leaving several marks on the ice bed, and her head kept hitting the ice bed.

Anyone who sees such a beautiful person reduced to this state would probably feel pity. As the only woman in the world who can truly match Yu Qingzhao in appearance, she could have controlled the entire Abyss Church and was active in legends with the Lingwu Lord. But now Yu Qingzhao still commands everything in a noble and prominent manner, while Shi Yuan can only suppress the flames of desire in her heart every day and twist her body in a servile manner on the cold bed.

She couldn't even hate Li De the way Lord Lingwu hated Ji Yingtian.

Whenever her heart was filled with hatred for Lid, her body would automatically transform this hatred into pleasure. The more she cursed Lid in the dark, the more she longed for Lid to appear in front of her. The two desires of "wanting the relief of death" and "wanting Lid's love" merged together, so she would repeatedly imagine that scene: she cursed Lid in front of him, and Lid pinched her neck, grinning and saying that he would punish her.

The personal maid held the letter and looked at Shi Yuan who was in great pain, not knowing what to do.

The real boss of the Abyss Church, Shi Yuan's mother, is still trapped in Nanchu. According to the maid, Shi Yuan must have been poisoned by a strange poison, but she didn't know how to detoxify, and was told not to tell anyone what she saw here. She could only worry and blame herself in her heart.

After an unknown amount of time, Shi Yuan half-sat up and gave the maid a cold look, her eyes like staring at the light outside from the abyss. The maid was startled, and before she could react, the letter in her hand had been taken away by Shi Yuan.

After seeing the letter, Shi Yuan's expression froze for a moment, and then she said calmly: "Back off."

The maid lowered her head and replied, "Yes."

Shi Yuan said something as if unintentionally:

"Speaking of which, your brother is a guard here...it's time for a promotion." The maid trembled all over and almost knelt down, saying in a tearful voice:

"During this period of time, I have not seen anything, nothing..."

Shi Yuan said nothing, just watching the maid kowtow until her forehead bled. After a long while, she said calmly: "Get up. Don't have any inappropriate thoughts, just be normal."

The maid stood up tremblingly. Shi Yuan smiled, took out a handkerchief from her bosom and handed it to her, saying gently: "Wipe the blood."

The maid swallowed her saliva, wiped the blood off her head sloppily, and kept apologizing.

Shi Yuan waved her hand and asked her to leave. She was quite comfortable with this maid and didn't want to dismiss her without reason, but she saw the maid's eyes change several times when she was struggling on the bed just now, so she had to knock her down at the right time. When she was left alone, Shi Yuan took out the letter and couldn't wait to wet the letter paper with the potion on the bedside and read the words on it.

This is the letter that Reed wrote to her.

Although the letter paper was clean, Shi Yuan could feel Reed's familiar scent from it.

No matter how strong her psychological defenses were, it only took one letter to destroy them all. Shi Yuan unfolded the letter and read the words greedily, holding the edge of the letter with one hand and grabbing the clothes on her chest with the other hand. There were no sharp words in the letter, but it was a murderous feeling that made Shi Yuan intoxicated. Lid's smiling face suddenly appeared in her mind.

He smiled and said to her:

"According to the statistics, there are at least 30,000 temples in the world, which have been passed down for thousands of years. Now, I want to tear them down until there is nothing left." Shi Yuan felt her whole body trembling, and her eyes staring at the letter paper gradually became blurred.

That's the feeling. When she begged him not to hypnotize her, he also used this seemingly gentle but fierce momentum to hold Shi Yuan's life in his hands. After the disappearance of the traditional temple, will the Abyss Church be the next target? When she is no longer of any use, what will Lid do to her? Will he abolish her martial arts, put shackles on her, and imprison her forever in a place where no one knows...

The fear filled my heart, but was once again transformed into pleasure by my body.

Shi Yuan took the letter, thought for a long time, and then slowly swallowed it. She did not reply, and Lid did not need her to reply, because every detail in the letter Lid sent was clearly stated. This was a huge plan, so huge that Lid could not control it with his current strength, so he needed her help.

She didn't have to reply, she just had to do her best to fill in the gaps and complete what Reed asked her to do.

Shi Yuan narrowed her eyes and began to think carefully about her future plans. No one could stop her from doing what she wanted to do, but she had just had a dream not long ago, a dream she least wanted to have -

She dreamed that the black fog between Western Qin and Southern Chu had dissipated, and her mother ruled the world in a state between human and monster, slaughtering everything. Her golden eyes seemed to be able to see directly into people's hearts, and her sharp forelimbs pierced her chest directly.

38. Secret preparation

As Lid expected, as he took control of the world's power, the entire Eternal Kingdom returned to peace. However, under the calm surface, undercurrents were constantly surging.

To give a simple example, in order to build an army that can threaten the dragon clan, the Wanze army, which is skilled in archery, must be used. When part of the Wanze border army is transferred back to the central government, other armies must be used to fill the gap. Everyone finally agreed to let the Yunhai army go north to fill the gap, but the Yunhai army soon had problems with acclimatization.