Joy of Life: I'm really not a saint

What are the benefits of unifying the world?

For a vassal state like Dongyi City, if it hadn't been for Si Gu Jian, it would have become history long ago.

For a small country, with extremely limited population and land area, it is certainly impossible to obtain too much tax revenue. Without so many people, not much value can be created.

This is also the original intention and helplessness of Dongyi City to establish a country based on commerce.

But in feudal dynasties, agricultural economy was the pillar industry of development. In ancient economic development, population was undoubtedly the most critical means of production. The unification of the world would expand this means of production, while also promoting intermarriage, increasing opportunities for communication between people in different regions of the country, and improving the quality of the population.

Secondly, a unified country is also conducive to risk diversification.

In the world of Joy of Life, no matter how the countries fight openly or secretly, the biggest enemy is not the temple, but the entire heaven!

It is the struggle between man and nature!

No matter what theories or ideas others have, Li An at least understands that the inventions and crop improvements promoted in Qi State are always on the right track.

It is difficult to completely avoid natural disasters. After all, years of good weather and good harvests are rare, and most of the time people have to survive by fighting against natural disasters.

When the world is unified, the country can disperse risks to a large extent by "when one side is in trouble, all sides will come to its aid." For example, if an earthquake occurs, this natural disaster may be a devastating blow to a small country, but for a big country, it can transfer the risk through help from other places to minimize the damage caused by the disaster to the country.

There will be no such thing as a pleasant process of unifying the world.

But in the process of national integration, the people will gradually reach a consensus and have a complete concept.

Even if the world is divided again due to inaction by those in power, it will soon be unified again. Perhaps, in this process, there will be less killing.

The temple is guilty.

He has been suppressing and maintaining this situation among the nations for many years.

The conflicts between several countries have been accumulating and escalating. With no other channels or space to vent, the development of each country has been controlled. The heads of several countries can only focus on the small piece of land in front of them, and give up exploring the whole world.

Unchanging means becoming stagnant water, which is what the temple is happy to see, but not what the people of the world want to see.

"Wang Shisanlang has helped me a lot in the past two years, so there is no question of cause and effect. But before, I used Ye Qingmei's information in exchange for your 'reward', so in principle, I suffered a loss. Now, let's use this booklet to settle the account!"

Li An reminded Si Gu Jian, "Remember to tell Wang Shisanlang that next time we meet, the sword in my hand will not show mercy. Tell him to be extra careful and not to lose his life in vain. It would be best if he never appears in front of me again!"

Wang Shisanlang has doubts and Si Gu Jian is grateful to his teacher, so let Li Ang make the decision for them!

After a moment of silence, Si Gu Jian nodded silently.

"There is no reason to fight today. We can trade a few moves, but I'm afraid Fan Xian on your back and Ku He behind me can't wait any longer."

During this conversation, Li An had already seen clearly Fan Xian's current situation:

His body was covered in blood, which had already soaked the entire surface of his clothes. It was obvious that he had suffered serious internal injuries, not to mention that he was missing an arm!

Fan Xian's entire left hand was empty, and his left arm had long disappeared!

"In his current state, let alone dealing with the war between the two princes tomorrow, it will take a long time for him to recover." Li An had a question, "Will the Qing Kingdom agree to let a disabled person ascend the throne?"

".He never intended to be emperor."

Si Gu Jian sheathed the sharp blade and raised his head suddenly, with a hint of sarcasm and contempt in his eyes.

Although he was unhappy, Li An still nodded in understanding. Did they want the third prince to ascend the throne, with Fan Xian hiding behind the scenes?

"Why didn't you let me continue to talk about the third point about Junshan Society?" The tense atmosphere in the room had already disappeared, but Li An just put his sword behind his back. He still had things to do.

"Lee An."

Si Gu Jian suddenly spoke, and it was as if he was talking to his own disciple, which made Li An startled. "Your origin is mysterious and extraordinary. I remember the first time I fought with you, your methods were very different from now. At that time, your sword moves were cold and ruthless, and your sword intent was as condensed as a flying sword on a snowy mountain. But now, in addition to being ruthless, the sword moves you use also have the meaning of the Great Sage of the world. This is definitely not just a change brought about by sword moves."

"I have observed your every move and watched you for a long time. Can you really tell fortunes?"

"Have you ever seen the future and predicted that I would be here tonight?"

Li An frowned as he looked at Si Gu Jian's not-so-healthy complexion. How could it be so easy to calculate everything about a master of the same level? It was nothing more than adding some understanding of the original work and predicting the personalities of these people to divination.

Having sensed a bad premonition beforehand, Li Ang was not surprised that Si Gu Jian appeared to save the situation.

He was just wondering why Si Gu Jian asked this.

"Got it." Regardless of Si Gu Jian's gaze, Li An responded half-truthfully.

"I see."

"All the doubts in this old man's mind are gone. You can rely on your own methods in the future!"

"As for the Junshan Society, I believe that this organization will come to an end in your hands soon."

Li An was slightly startled, but his face remained cold and he did not react at all.

It is said that old people become more shrewd and have clear minds.

He glanced at Wuzhu who looked like "scrap iron", stroked his hair with his hand, and with an idea in his mind, he took out his pistol and fired three times at Wuzhu. The sound of the bolt hitting the spring made the bullet fly out at high speed towards Wuzhu!

Ding!Ding!Ding!

Wuzhu seemed to lose his reaction.

However, he swung the iron rod in his hand at an extremely fast speed, knocking the bullets away one by one!

Is this some kind of built-in protection mechanism?

Who will be poked if they get close?

The scene of shooting Wuzhu with a pistol was not stopped by Si Gu Jian, he just watched it all silently.

Ang Lee tapped his feet lightly, a breeze blew across the scene, and his figure disappeared from the stage.

Si Gu Jian watched Li An rush towards the tall building behind, and knowing that he was going to look for Ku He, he also carried Fan Xian away from the scene.

The field suddenly became quiet. After a long time, soldiers came out one by one and slowly approached the scene after the battle.

"This square looks like it has experienced some kind of divine punishment!"

"You all saw it, didn't you? Several great masters are dueling here!"

"There is another person here who seems to have lost consciousness. Should we take him?"

"Don't come close, let's go first"

Some people refused to listen and wanted to take credit for the crime by arresting the person and sending him to His Majesty, but this action brought about unknown danger!

How fast is the iron rod in Wuzhu's hand?

Just like a crossbow arrow, the power attached to it is also quite amazing. No one can imagine that someone can survive such a dense and sudden attack.

Naturally, the few soldiers who had just approached could not avoid it.

Chapter 354: An old man waiting for his grandson.

On the top of the tall building, tiles were flying and wooden beams were broken, obviously it had been the scene of a battle.

The people in the building had already fled. It was not possible for Fan Xian with a sniper rifle to fight Ku He to this point, even if it was Ku He who was injured. But before Si Gu Jian blocked Li An's last sword attack on Wu Zhu, he had already fought with Ku He here.

At this time, Ku He fell among the ruins and fell into a coma.

He moved the tiles and broken wood away one by one, steadied the other person, took out the healing medicine in the space and planned to feed it to him. He pressed the acupuncture points all over Ku He's body, and after a few pills went down his throat, his face regained a hint of color.

There is hope.

It seems that the time has not come when the oil runs out.

While waiting for the pill to release its medicinal properties, Li An paid attention to his surroundings, looking for an "arm" that should be there, but after searching around, he found nothing.

Just as he was planning to bring Ku He back to Prince Heqin's mansion and then return, he heard the footsteps of someone coming.

"Has the letter been delivered?"

"Master, I have completed the task."

The person who came was Taoist He.

He looked at Ku He who was lying unconscious on the ground with a look of surprise. Fortunately, Li An was still intact at this time, otherwise he would really worry about what would happen to Northern Qi in the future.

Is the blind master mentioned by the national teacher really so terrifying?

"You delivered the letter too late!"

Li An sighed slightly and explained, "Si Gu Jian actually came to Kyoto in person, disrupting the layout! Even if we send another order, we won't have time to send troops to Dongyi City. It's a pity."

"This is Mr. He's dereliction of duty!"

Li An waved his hand and thought about the follow-up in his mind.

After a moment, Li An said in a deep voice: "Take Master Ku He back to Prince Heqin's mansion to heal his wounds. Tomorrow morning, you will take three letters to Jiangnan. Give one to Haitang Duoduo and ask her to go with you to kidnap Li Chengping, the third prince of Qing Kingdom!"

"This matter must be kept secret, and no word should leak out."

Taoist He opened his mouth and said in a muffled voice: "This can be done by one of my subordinates!"

Taoist He is a ninth-rank master. In this world, except for the grand masters, he can come and go freely. How could he go to Jiangnan to kidnap a child?

"Kidnapping the Third Prince is not about the level of martial arts, but about how to find the Third Prince in those fireworks without exposing yourself. That is the key to the problem! Bring Haitang Duoduo with you, she will always have some methods that are inconvenient for men to use!"

At this point, Li An's eyes became fierce. "If we can kidnap the person, that would be great. Then we can send him to the capital. But if that doesn't work, at the very least we have to kill him. Can you do it?"

As a prince, Li Chengping naturally has guards around him.

What's more, now that Emperor Qing has just passed away, the Crown Prince and the Second Prince are fighting in Kyoto, and the world is in turmoil, the guards around him must be powerful.

This was not aimed at Taoist He, but was to prevent the Crown Prince and the Second Prince from going crazy so that they could take action to deal with him.

Therefore, Taoist He might face the worshippers of Jiangnan Water Fort and the guards of the Third Prince on this trip.

"I will definitely be able to do it!"

Li An nodded and said softly, "You don't have to worry too much. If things don't go smoothly, you can go find my disciple Chen Xiao. I think he should have almost finished his work in Jiangnan. With his intelligence support, I think there won't be any problems."

Seeing that He Daoren was still concentrating on listening, Li An continued, "The second letter was to Shisanlang Wang, asking him to come to Kyoto and the Prince's Mansion to find me, saying: The opportunity for revenge has come. I think he knows what I mean."

Taoist He nodded and asked, "What about the third letter?"

Li An leaned close to He Daoren's ear and whispered: "."

"this!"

He Daoren's eyes widened, his pupils slightly contracted, and he said with some hesitation: "I understand."

"Ah."

Taking out a piece of paper, Li An informed the summoning method of the eighth-grade snow sculpture, and then said: "Just pass the note, and this third letter will be sent to Shangshan Tiger. The time to send troops will come soon!"

The letter hasn't been written yet, and Li An plans to finish his work first.

Taoist He carried Ku He on his back, nodded to Li An, and left in the direction of the palace.

Seeing that he had no worries, Li An stood there silently for a moment, carefully savoring the experience and gains from the battle just now, then turned into the wind and swept towards the palace again.

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When Li An returned, there were only a dozen bodies of the imperial guards at the scene.

Seeing that no one dared to step forward to deal with the scene, it was obvious that the soldiers were still worried that the god of death would attack again, and wanted to wait until daybreak to deal with it.

There are many people who support the prince, and now that he has ascended the throne, this has made some fence-sitters make up their minds.

Therefore, part of the prince's power was revealed.

It was not glorious to have such a big incident happen in front of the palace, not to mention that the prince fled without a fight?

They did not dare to interfere in the Grandmaster War, but they were still able to block the news. Many troops that had not been exposed before blocked the streets within a ten-mile radius with the palace gate as the center, making it increasingly difficult to enter and exit, and the people in the city had no idea what was happening in front of the palace.

Seeing all this, Li An jumped and headed towards the palace.

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"No."

"We have searched all these palaces and bedrooms, but we still can't find any trace of Concubine Ning."

Li An had been in the palace for a while and had even visited the former queen's bedroom, but he found nothing after searching several places.

It seems that Li Chengqian has already transferred Ning Cairen and the third prince's mother, Yi Guipin. He was really cautious. He even remembered to take bargaining chips with him when he was escaping.

With a thought in mind, Li An looked at the Empress Dowager's residence, Hanguang Palace, which was not far away, and used his lightness skills to fly away like a ghost.

He had a hunch that perhaps there would be some surprises here!

Looking at the decadent palace in front of him, Li An pushed the door open and walked in.

"Cough cough."