Their commission was suspicious.

"Stop looking, let's all go home and find our own mothers." Chen Luo waved his hand.

"Are you planning to stay home this afternoon? Don't you want to go out for a stroll?" Bai Zhi asked.

"How about we go shopping? To the women's clothing store. Speaking of which, lately I've been feeling that black or white stockings are actually quite comfortable to wear... Luo Luo, which one do you prefer?" Bai Zhi continued to probe.

"...Don't ask me, I don't like any of them," Chen Luo said with a dark face.

"Hmm...does that mean you like them all?" Bai Zhi seemed thoughtful.

"Hey, can you not be so obvious about it?" Su Yuan said, moving closer to Bai Zhi.

"Ha, isn't it obvious you're planning to be a loser?" Bai Zhi got angry just thinking about what that thousand-person puppet said.

"And you, you inner demon, stay away from Luo Luo, don't get so close." Bai Zhi directly pointed the finger at the Herrscher of Knowledge.

"Hmm?" The Herrscher of Knowledge frowned slightly, then made a face at Bai Zhi.

"Hehehe." After sticking out her tongue, the Herald of Knowledge directly re-entered Chen Luo's sea of ​​consciousness in front of Bai Zhi.

"Lolo, no matter how much you like helping others, you still need to be wary of inner demons. Even if you let her enter your own sea of ​​consciousness to help her recover quickly, be careful that inner demon doesn't do anything too outrageous," Bai Zhi reminded her.

"Don't worry, there are protective measures in my mind."

Chen Luo did not mention the extent of mutual trust between himself and the Lawgiver of Knowledge, because this was difficult for Bai Zhi to understand.

After all, Bai Zhi only knew the identity information of the Herrscher of Knowledge that Chen Luo had forged.

For someone with an inner demon, being on guard is normal, and Bai Zhi is indeed right.

Chen Luo wasn't lying. Even outside of the Collapsed World, the Imaginary Tree and the Quantum Sea in Chen Luo's sea of ​​consciousness possessed extremely strong defensive capabilities.

Even if the Tree of Imaginary Numbers and the Sea of ​​Quanta cannot fully exert their subjective initiative to actively hang and beat the Law of Knowledge, the protection is not a problem.

Even so, when Chen Luo is subjected to any external mental attack or mental control, his talent panel will still prioritize deducting his original gems...

Chen Luo clearly felt that he could withstand it on his own.

After giving her many instructions, Bai Zhi left Chen Luo's house and returned to Xiao Ke'er's house.

Ye Yunshang also left with Su Yuan.

After Bai Zhi left, the Lawbringer of Knowledge finally emerged from Chen Luo's sea of ​​consciousness, swaying slightly.

Where to go next?

"Go find the dragon...wait, where are your black stockings?" Chen Luo paused for a moment.

"You can't bear to part with it? You still want to watch it?"

"No, I meant... you didn't throw those black stockings into my mind, did you?"

The Lawbringer originally wore knee-length black stockings, which were very convenient to put on and take off.

"Uh, oh?"

"Hey, you head!"

"What's wrong? Anyway, I'm the only one who can enter your sea of ​​consciousness. Isn't it normal to leave clothes and blankets on the ship?" the Herrscher of Consciousness muttered.

There is a ship in Chen Luo's sea of ​​consciousness, and it is an evolving ship. The small boat has now been transformed into a large yacht by the Herrscher of Consciousness, and the Herrscher of Consciousness usually sleeps in it.

"……never mind."

Chen Luo realized that what the Law Master said made sense.

Apart from the Lawgiver of Consciousness, even Chen Luo cannot enter his own sea of ​​consciousness. Unless Chen Luo condenses his consciousness body, he cannot enter with his physical body.

After all, strictly speaking, the sea of ​​consciousness is a location within Chen Luo's body.

And Chen Luo couldn't possibly let the others in...

"Speaking of dragons, are you going to find Fafnir?"

After hearing the question from the Herald of Knowledge, Chen Luo subconsciously glanced at the live stream on Jeanne d'Arc's channel.

Even if Jeanne d'Arc (Black) blocked the communicator's camera, Chen Luo could still know everything that happened there.

Jeanne Alter was frantically flipping through a dictionary, as if trying to prove that her intelligence was sufficient to control her strength.

"There's no problem with Fafnir. We still have several days to slowly whittle down Jeanne Alter. Anyway, I don't care, I'm going to have Fafnir!"

"Now we need to find another dragon... I hope we can successfully become friends with it."

……

"How is the situation?" Chen Luo asked, sitting on the throne of the little emperor. Abi sat obediently next to Chen Luo, eating melon seeds.

"...Why do you always take my seat every time you come?" the little emperor muttered under his breath.

"Of course, it's because you can sit. Who would want to stand?" Chen Luo said matter-of-factly.

"Things are progressing quite smoothly. Everyone in the capital witnessed yesterday's miracle, without exception." The young emperor said, looking up at the black feathers that were still drizzling in the sky and occasionally drifting by.

Even after a day has passed, these black feathers will occasionally drift down.

At first, people in the capital would be frightened every time they saw a black feather, but over time they realized that being afraid was useless.

Those who are evil have basically been stabbed by the first wave, and those who are not evil don't need to worry about being stabbed by black feathers.

People in the capital city are now used to black feathers.

Especially after hearing that these feathers would be floating for three days, everyone could only watch the feathers as they went about their lives.

There's no way to escape, because a large number of sentries have already been set up at the gates of the capital.

"Because everyone witnessed that inhuman miracle, and because Bud sent people to arrest everyone with more than three black feathers stuck in their bodies and imprison them, the atmosphere in the capital seemed to have become more relaxed." The young emperor felt this deeply.

Yesterday, the young emperor went on another incognito tour. This was the young emperor's first official tour. General Bude originally disagreed with this, but after the young emperor's repeated insistence, General Bude secretly protected him, and the young emperor toured the entire capital as an ordinary person.

Because the young emperor had indeed toured the capital, comparing the scenes he had witnessed a few days prior with those of today, he felt even more deeply grateful to Chen Luo.

The current empire truly lives up to the image of the capital of an empire that has flourished for a thousand years.

Although the divine miracle disrupted order, leading to the looting, arson, and vandalism of shops and damaging some of the empire's prosperity, the joy and vitality on the faces of the capital's inhabitants were undeniable compared to the superficial prosperity.

"This morning I issued a self-criticism, the gist of which was that I had been misled by Ernest for too long, and thus made some mistakes."

While edicts of self-reproach were not common in China, they did exist, but such an event had never occurred in the thousand-year-old empire.

The imperial edict of self-reproach truly shocked many people within the empire!

Does this work too?

The results were excellent, and the credibility was also very high, because it was common knowledge in the capital that the ministers were the main culprits behind the corruption in the capital.

"At the same time, there is a full year of tax exemption, and an edict to halve taxes for three years." The young emperor reported to Chen Luo in great detail, as if reporting a work report.

"Can the empire's finances support it?"

"This..." The young emperor's expression became very complicated when he mentioned this.

"In fact, the wealth obtained from confiscating Ernest's property alone was equivalent to ten years of the Empire's taxes. And that doesn't even include the Imperial Arms, special items, and other items of inestimable value."

"Only ten years?"

That would be better [with someone else].

[Someone's] wealth is the sum of 15 years of the annual tax revenue of his country.

However, considering the incalculable value of the Imperial Arms and special items, as well as the family assets transferred overseas, the two seem to be on par.

“Besides Ernest, the homes of all the officials with more than three feathers in their clothes were also confiscated. The total assets were roughly equivalent to 50 years of the Empire’s tax revenue.”

This number is outrageous even to the young emperor.

Damn it, the empire has been corrupted to this extent and it still hasn't collapsed. It's as if God has no eyes!

Oh no, in the original timeline, the Empire did indeed fall.

That's fine.

"The fact that the empire has managed to surpass the wealth of so many corrupt officials without causing chaos is thanks not only to the powerful Imperial Guard led by General Bude, but also to you, boss." The young emperor once again sincerely thanked Chen Luo.

Force is one aspect, administration is another. Confiscating property can be done by force alone, but confiscating the property of so many officials at once could easily incite rebellion.

But what if, after they have all been labeled as bad people, these sinners voluntarily contribute their family property?

Then things became much more logical.

Everyone with a black feather stuck in their chest will be triggered into a puppet. After a day, everyone wearing black feathers will become Chen Luo's puppets.

After Chen Luo ordered them to cooperate, all the officials whose homes were confiscated willingly handed over their wealth.

And Chen Luo naturally gained hundreds of thousands more puppets.

Damn, there are just too many bad guys in the empire.

It was precisely because of the aid of puppetry that the young emperor was able to accomplish what dozens of feudal dynasties had never achieved.

Without overthrowing the entire country, they raided the homes of all the powerful families and high-ranking officials!

With this enormous fortune, the young emperor can do many things.

This includes, but is not limited to, water conservancy projects, infrastructure construction, and disaster relief...

It is conceivable that the empire will usher in a golden age in the coming period.

"What about a night raid?" Chen Luo asked again.

"I made it sound like it was an assassin organization I personally recruited after I discovered I'd been deceived by Ernest a month ago, to fight against and eliminate Ernest's cronies. This news was sent out as one of several supplementary edicts, and everyone in the capital should know by now," the young emperor replied.

The biggest difference between the current empire and the newly established nation in the original story is that the new nation must ensure and promote the purity of its country, so it must completely eliminate the dark side of the former revolutionary army and leave no stain.

Although staying wouldn't shake the foundation of the country, there are always people who don't want to see the evil deeds they've committed.

There are hardly any good people in the high command of the revolutionary army, so it wouldn't be surprising if they did something.

The empire, however, was different. It was already rotten to begin with, and even Ernest could run rampant within the country...

Compared to Ernest, who brought ruin to the entire country, Night Raid had an excellent reputation in the Empire.

Since the empire is already so filthy, one more stain won't make a difference.

"That's not important. What's important is the name of Night Raid now! The name! How can you not even distinguish between primary and secondary matters?" Chen Luo glared at the young emperor, exasperated by his lack of ambition.

"..." Who exactly can't distinguish between primary and secondary matters?

……

"Who are the Empire's lackeys? What do you mean they've already been recruited by that little emperor? I didn't know that. And who even came up with that lousy name 'Eastern Depot'? This must be an Empire conspiracy! Right, boss?"

At the night raid base, Mine slammed her hand on the table, making a loud noise. Underneath her hand was a newly released official proclamation.

"..." Even though the answer was so obvious, Najenda began to ponder.

"...Boss, don't tell me we've really been recruited? And we even have this lousy name, the Eastern Depot?" Mine panicked as she looked at the silent Najenda.

Did I just curse the person who named the place "Eastern Depot"?

“Actually… I suddenly realized that the name ‘Eastern Depot’ sounds quite nice. It sounds auspicious and lucky, and it also has a touch of elegance…” Mine whispered, trying to salvage the situation.

Chapter 1002 Loli Hassan: You want me to spy on Esdeath's cousin?

“Boss, I need an explanation.” Chelsea walked up to Najenda with a blank expression and stared at her as she spoke.

Compared to the other Night Raid members who had already spent a considerable amount of time with Najendan, Chelsea had only been with Night Raid for two days.

Chelsea is currently in the development stage, both in terms of her understanding with Najenda and her trust in her.

If things were to improve for the Empire, and everyone else in the Night Raid were likely to follow Najenda to the Empire's side, then Chelsea would be the one most likely to hesitate.

Chelsea certainly didn't necessarily want to overthrow the empire. If things really did get better, then reducing the bloodshed would be even better.

But that's on the premise that the empire can actually improve.

When Chelsea stepped forward, the others in Night Raid looked at Najenda in silence. The question Chelsea wanted to ask was exactly what the other members of Night Raid wanted to ask.

After all, the contents of this edict were simply too outrageous.

Some members of the Night Raid had already become the young emperor's lackeys and subordinates, and others had even changed their names to things like the Eastern Depot.

Especially that name, it felt like it was full of malice.

This matter has become so outrageous that it hardly seems real.

But the problem is that this shouldn't be false, since everyone thinks the young emperor wouldn't resort to such insidious means to sow discord between the Night Raid and the Revolutionary Army.