Chapter 766 – How to Promote a First Grade Martial Artist

Xu Qi’an sat in the main seat of the council chamber with the hilt of his sword stuck in his heavenly soul.

He sat in this position, not that the people respected him for his reputation and feared him for his cultivation.

Theoretically speaking, Xu Qi’an is now the official position is the head of the magistrate’s office, the position of power is comparable to the court, even if there is no real power, the official hat is to be bigger than Yang Gong, the state’s minister of public administration.

“Just speak, gentlemen, and I’ll listen.”

Xu Qi’an looked around at the officials on either side of him and started.

He was a complete amateur in matters such as marching and fighting, transferring food and transporting troops, stabilizing the rear, and so on.

In these areas, it is fine to give ideas and point out deficiencies, but if he is asked to co-ordinate and make arrangements, he will only get in the way.

Yang Gong nodded, taking over Xu Qi’an’s words and said:

“In this deliberation, there are three things to discuss with you: money and food, sources of troops, and lines of defense.

“Among them, money and food are closely related to the supply of soldiers. After the loss of Qingzhou, even though we took away the vast majority of our military provisions, the problem of money and grain shortages has always plagued us.

“The grain from Zhangzhou sank in the river not long ago, and the army that was escorting it was wiped out.”

Zhangzhou is one of the granaries of the Dafeng, with the most abundant reserves of grain and grass. Ten years ago, during the peace negotiation, the fleet of ships transporting grain and grass to the Dafeng in Zhangzhou was attacked, and the grain and grass sank in the river, not to mention the fact that the troops accompanying and escorting the fleet were all wiped out.

This is a purposeful attempt by the Yunzhou rebels to cut off the grain shipments from the states to Yongzhou.

The Dafeng territory is vast, and whether by water or land, the journey is extremely long, and encountering an enemy ambush during the escort is an unavoidable accident.

Of course, the Da Bong Army had also sent elite experts to infiltrate into Yunzhou and Qingzhou to do interceptions.

At times like this, what was spelled out was the material underpinnings of both sides, as well as the number of experts.

The biggest advantage of Yunzhou compared to Dabong is the lack of strategic depth, yes, there are advantages to having a small territory, which means that the escort distance is short, the terrain is not complicated, and the probability of mistakes is correspondingly reduced.

Li Mu Bai mused:

“Yongzhou is rich, but we have to stabilize the victims and feed the army at the same time, at most we can support it for a month, and after a month, we will have to scavenge the “people’s fat and wealth”.”

Jiro Xu interjected:

“Money and food expenses can be greatly curtailed if soldiers are recruited.”

Integrate the freeloading stragglers into the army to maximize the use of resources.

Li Mubai said in a deep voice:

“That would last three months ………”

He glanced at Mo Sang, the warrior of the Force Compass Ministry beside Miao Youfang, and changed his words:

“Two months no problem.”

The officials and generals were silent, their brows furrowed.

The problem of money and food has always been the primary problem faced by the Dafeng, no money, no food, what war?

I can have the Flower God ripen a batch of grain, but it s just a drop in the bucket ……….. Xu Qi’an thought of the Flower God’s Spiritual Embrace.

But the whirlwind felt that this proposal is not reliable, Mu Nan gardenia can catalyze limited grain and grass, and how much grain and grass does the court need? How many mouths to eat? Not an order of magnitude, however, this method can be used for emergency.

When the time comes, the hyped-up flower god will cry: there’s no more, not a drop left!

The corner of Xu Qi’an’s mouth quirked up at the thought.

“Knock knock!”

He tapped the tabletop a few times to draw the crowd’s attention and said:

“His Majesty will set up additional market towns and open markets in the territory of Chu and Yu Chou, and it won’t take long for the Dafeng to have money and food.”

Immediately, the crowd was informed of the policy at the Wyoming pilgrimage meeting.

It takes time for the court’s orders to reach the states, and this is certainly no match for the “secret agents of Tianji Palace”, an organization that relies on teleportation to deliver news.

Of course, when Sun Xuanji’s teleportation formation was built, the speed of news exchanges on this side of Yongzhou would receive a huge increase.

“Wonderful!”

Zhang Shen stroked his beard and smiled:

“These two decrees will relieve the Da Bong’s immediate needs and worries.”

The establishment of more market towns and the opening of customs markets could fill up the state treasury and solve the urgent problem of the empty state treasury of the imperial court. The recovery of deserted farmland would allow the displaced people to have fields to cultivate after the beginning of spring.

These days, it is actually very simple to pacify the people, give him a few acres of fields, and it will be difficult for the Yunzhou rebels to recruit stragglers as cannon fodder.

Li Mu Bai marveled:

“When His Majesty first studied at the Cloud Deer Academy, he demonstrated a remarkable practical ability. Now that he has ascended to the throne, it is a blessing for the people of Dafeng.”

The crowd opened their mouths to praise, compared to Yongxing, the female emperor’s ascension to the throne gave them hope.

Probably only Xu Yinluo had the boldness to support a woman to the throne.

All the officials and generals, looked at Xu Qi’an with admiring eyes, but after seeing the hilt of the sword on top of his head, they lowered their heads again and didn’t allow themselves to laugh out loud.

Protector Yuan’s azure gaze swept over the crowd, his lips moved and he was about to speak when Sun Xuanji handed him his teacup and said with an expressionless face:

“Drink!”

Protector Yuan hastily opened his mouth and took a sip, using this to swallow the words that welled up to his mouth.

…….. The officials and military generals, who had pinched a sweat in their hearts, cast grateful glances towards Sun Xuanji.

If what was in their hearts just now was read out by Protector Yuan, then right now, everyone would be deliberating standing up or kneeling down, and in any case, Xu Yinluo would not let them go.

Yang Gong coughed lightly and brought the topic back, his face incomparably serious:

“The third issue, the line of defense!

“And before we do that, we need to estimate when the Cloud State Army’s next attack will be.”

Zhou Mi, the former commander-in-chief of Qingzhou, pondered for a moment and said:

“The Yunzhou Army suffered a great defeat, and the battle at Xunzhou City is considered to have injured its muscles and bones, so it didn’t make a comeback that quickly, and it should wait for that legendary White Emperor to return to the continent of the Nine States.”

The existence of the White Emperor was not a secret to the executives here.

The absence of the White Emperor during the beheading of the Black Lotus exposed the fact that it was not in Kyushu.

“No, I think that they will attack Yongzhou within the next few days.”

Li Mubai gave a different opinion as this great scholar of Yunlu Academy analyzed:

“First of all, with the Spring Festival approaching, this war will be fought for half a year and a year, and Yunzhou can withstand it. After fighting for a few years, they will be dragged down by the war. And Your Majesty’s two stratagems are the basis for a protracted war.

“If the Cloud State rebels were to learn of this, they would never delay and would enter the palace instantly.”

Miao Yufang suddenly said:

“It is also possible to attack Yuzhou and stop the court’s scheme.”

Yuju is in close proximity to the southern border.

As soon as he finished speaking, he was overruled by Erlang Xu, who was beside him:

“Yunzhou’s troop strength is not enough to support them in a two-front war.”

This is the reason why Yunzhou wanted to negotiate peace in the first place and took Yuzhou without bloodshed.

The people once again realized that at that time, if the peace negotiation was successful and the Yunzhou army took over Yuzhou or Zhangzhou, then the real power was gone, and it was only a matter of time before the court perished.

Da Feng has already teetered on the brink of extinction once …….. The civil and military officials lamented in their hearts.

This coup d’état by Xu Yinluo changed the fate of the Dafeng Dynasty.

Christine Yang made a final summary:

“From resting to marching, it will take no more than half a month at most, and before the spring festival, Yunzhou and us will have a vicious battle. Next, we need to construct the first line of defense and select the guarding generals …………”

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Qingzhou Buzhengji.

In the same early morning, the top management of the Yunzhou military was also meeting and deliberating.

After everyone arrived, Ge Wenxuan looked around the crowd and opened the door:

“Tianji Palace has just gotten word that the capital, over there, is preparing to open customs markets in Jianzhou and Yongzhou to exchange commerce with the Northern Demon Barbarians, Southern Border Companions, and Ten Thousand Demon Kingdom, in order to plump up the national treasury. In addition, there is also a decree to buy back the fields from the countryside gentry and nobles at the original price, and after the spring festival, it will be used to pacify the displaced people.

“This is not a good sign, hitting my Yunzhou’s soft underbelly at every turn.”

Upon hearing this, the top generals present frowned, already realizing the impact that these two decrees would have on the situation once they were implemented.

Zhuo Haoran grinned:

“Switch City? Nice try, I’ll lead the dead soldiers and take them out in one fell swoop.”

Ge Wenxuan said in a salty manner:

“Yes, we will prepare the funeral for General Zhuo in advance.”

Zhuo Haoran raised his eyebrows.

Without giving him a chance to get angry, Yang Chuannan said in a deep voice:

“The matter in Jianzhou is too far away for us to get involved.

“Yuzhou is neighboring Qingzhou, so it’s quite within reach. But have you thought about it, when the court opens and closes the market, the ones who will be happiest are the Compass Race, the Ten Thousand Demon Kingdom, and the Central Plains merchant fleet.

“The Central Plains has tea, porcelain, silk, salt and iron, etc. that the Companions desperately need, and the Ten Thousand Demon Kingdom has just been founded and lacks everything except herbs and food. The Companions and Demons will definitely send troops to station in the market towns.

“And the southern border is rich in material goods, enough to drive profit-chasing merchants crazy. In the past, the Companions and the Dafeng didn’t get along, and when the Buddhists refused to do business with the Central Plains during the period when they ruled over the Hundred Thousand Mountains, they couldn’t do anything about it.

“Now that there are no more of these worries, there are bound to be a large number of caravans flocking to Yuzhou, and as the world is not peaceful, they will employ a certain size of armed force for protection. You lead your dead soldiers to end them, heh, who is actually destroying whom?”

You should know that the Central Plains martial arts are prosperous, and there are as many jianghu forces as there are people.

These jianghu pikers wouldn’t care if Dafeng lived or died, but they could be driven by profit, and there would even be merchant caravans made up of jianghu forces from all over the world traveling to Yuzhou.

Ge Wenxuan nodded his head, agreeing with Yang Chuannan’s analysis and added:

“If we send an army to Yuzhou, it’s a bit risky to fight on two fronts with our troops and supplies.”

Zhuo Haoran was silent.

Qi Guangbo faintly said:

“Do you now know why Xu Qi’an supported a woman to ascend the throne? He supported the Eldest Princess to ascend the throne, not only to stabilize the rear, but also because this woman’s talent is unparalleled, Xu Qi’an is equivalent to adding wings to a tiger.

“In the future, the enemies we’ll have to face are no longer just Xu Qi’an, but also Da Feng, the empress.”

One of the generals mused for a moment, testing the waters:

“The capital is without a Supervisor Zheng to sit on it, so why doesn’t the State Master just kill his way into the capital and destroy that female emperor.”

The crowd’s eyes lit up at the idea that this was a viable solution.

Chi Guangbo was silent, and then sighed:

“Then it is a jade and stone.”

Without much explanation, he glanced at Ji Xuan, who was silent and appeared somewhat autistic, and said:

“To cling to love is not the material of an emperor. If you don’t want to be looked down upon by the State Master and His Majesty, erase the word Ji Yuan, from your heart.”

Ji Xuan nodded and didn’t say anything.

Chi Guangbo continued:

“Yuzhou should be fought, but not now, prepare to attack Yongzhou first, I will only give you half a month. After half a month, march on Yuzhou.”

Yang Chuannan was taken aback:

“Great General, not waiting for Bai Di?”

Chi Guangbo shook his head:

“Da Feng can afford to consume, but we can’t. In addition, Luo Yuheng’s tribulation is imminent and Xu Qi’an is likewise an unstable factor, the more time we give them, the more uncontrollable things will happen.

“Besides, do you know when the White Emperor will return? The fate of Yunzhou, our fate, will not rest on a foreign aid.”

………..

[1: The teleportation array for the palace must be in my chambers. If you are not sure about Lin’an, let Sun Xuanji build one in her Shaoyin Palace as well. If Xu Pingfeng and Gala Tree really attack the capital, the teleportation array must only be in the chambers for me to have a chance of survival.]

[III: No problem, as long as Your Majesty doesn’t mind, I certainly don’t mind.]

[I: What do you mean?

[Three: Directional teleportation talismans to the Imperial Palace, and I’ll have a few on hand.]

Wyvern didn’t say anything for a long time, but he didn’t say he wouldn’t allow it either.

Xu Qi’an continued to pass on the message: [It’s just that when it really comes to that, it’s really a bit tragic.]

The two were having a private conversation.

[1: At the end of the Zhou Dynasty, during the year of Yongyu, the army of the Witch God Cult hit the capital. Yongyu fled the capital under the escort of the army, leaving the imperial ladies and people in the city. The army of the Witch God Cult slaughtered for three days and three nights, and took the imperial concubines and concubines back to the northeast.

[Emperor Yong Yu assembled a large army at the border, and in six years, he expelled the Witch God Cult army from the Central Plains.

[The capital has never been important, as long as I don’t die, the Great Feng will never be destroyed.]

Huaiqing’s transmission was permeated with a powerful, unrivaled confidence.

[1: In addition, if Xu Pingfeng dares to come to the capital, he won’t want to return to Qingzhou and Yunzhou anytime soon, which is likewise an opportunity for us to take the headquarters of the Yunzhou rebels in one fell swoop. With Xu Pingfeng’s character, he wouldn’t make the choice of burning the jade to the ground until he was in a desperate situation.

[There are two things you need to consider now: one, help the State Master to cross the tribulation. Two, how to promote to the first rank.]

Help the national master to promote the first grade, tsk, this silver gong is under the order of double cultivation ……… Xu Qi an passes the book to respond:

[Understood.]

End the call.

Xu Qi’an sat at the head of Xunzhou City, looking at the azure sky and pondering for a long time.

With all the major systems, there are no more hurdles when you advance.

As long as you build up your Qi, sharpen your body, and raise your Jade Shattering, you can rely on time to slowly push your cultivation to the peak of the second grade.

In other words, no matter what system or grade, the hardest thing to do, is to break the barrier.

Xu Qi’an had relied on Wei Yuan’s blood pills to promote his third-grade immortal body in the first place, and there had been no bottlenecks since then, and his qi had grown steadily as he kept double-cultivating with the State Master.

The really hard part is the levels when you raise the level.

Just like the old piker, the third rank to the peak of the third rank was reached in a few decades.

However, the barrier to advancing to the second grade had stuck him for a full five hundred years.

“The promotion of the Third Grade to the Second Grade is to harmonize with the Dao and complete the “meaning”. What about the promotion of the second grade to the first grade?” Xu Qi’an frowned tightly:

“The first grade martial artist doesn’t seem to have a name, the water here is very deep. I feel that the martial artist system is perhaps the most special and deepest water of all systems.”

The Wufu system has existed since ancient times, but there has never been a superlative.

The first rank of the Wufu system is unnamed.

Those two points alone are enough to show that there is something wrong with the system.

He closed his eyes and sat down to look within, unsealing the seal on Master Shenshu.

With his current Second Grade dignity, sealing one of Shenshu’s right arms wasn’t difficult, and even though Master Shenshu was a monk and didn’t care about the affairs of men and women, Xu Qi’an still refused to be a bystander when it came to dual cultivation.

Luo Yu Heng also refused to have a bystander on the sidelines when he was being contradicted by the tiny silver gong.

A misty fog appeared in front of his eyes, the mist was like a light caressing veil, deep in the clouds there was a broken temple, and in front of the temple door sat a handsome young monk.

“Master, I would like to ask a question.” Xu Qi’an folded his hands:

“How do I get promoted to First Grade Martial Artist?”

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PS: I wanted to take a vacation, because from the Supervisor Zheng was sealed to the Xunzhou city defense battle, my fine outline has been written, the subsequent fine outline has not been written. Well, the fine outline is not the outline, the outline I have been to finish the book, but do not have to worry about the outline of the problem.

After thinking about it, I felt it was bad to break the shift, so I insisted on coding this chapter.