Chapter 367: Have meat with Lu's family

The progress of the matter was much smoother than what Lu Qing was like.
The person who came forward was the leader of the demon clan of Shen Lulin, that is, the demon cultivator who was about the strength of the late Qiming period, Lu Lao.
He came here with a hundred sacred demon clan in Lulin and connected with the three demon clan settlements. With him, there are several reliable Lu Family and even Qiming monks from Qingfengmen.
The middle method is a combination of grace and power.
Not many people died, and the three demon clan settlements quickly realized that this matter could not be withstood by them. Ever since, the whole thing was determined like this.
In fact, to be honest, in the turbulent environment, leaving their hometown and migrating east for such a long distance, the lives of these three demons were not very good.
This made Lu Lao feel a bit empathetic.
Under his coordination, another batch of supplies was transported in from Feiyun Prefecture.
Of course it wasn't for nothing. These materials were given to these three demons in the name of remuneration. First, advance a portion of the rewards they will pay for mining spirit stone mines for the Lu Family, so that they can feel at ease first, and they can also put the mining of mineral veins on the agenda as soon as possible.
And the arrival of this batch of materials made these monster tribe settlements more devoted. Life is better, and there will always be more hope for the outside world.
Of course, the Lu Family would not directly hand over the matter of the spirit stone veins to these monster races.
The team of Shenlulin Demon Race will be stationed here for a long time to act as a supervisor; in addition, the Lu Family will also have a team of elite monks staying here.
At the same time, this entire area was re-divided, and a newly-built human stronghold was used as the governance, and a Shishan County was established. The entire Shishan County is now strictly under martial law. Within the demarcated area, any unauthorized person or monster is not allowed to enter.
This requires a reason, otherwise it is so for no reason, it is tantamount to telling the world that there are special secrets buried here.
The excuse used here is to resettle the Yaozu refugees from the west.
The Lu family has promulgated a new policy against monsters. From the expulsion and elimination of the past, it has transformed into limited acceptance. The monster race from the west, whether it is an individual or a community, can be accepted by Shenlu County. Shenlu County also established a department in the name of the government to take charge of the affairs of the demon tribe, known as the Demon People's Office.
These monster tribes can choose their own living area and scope in three counties including Shishan County, and settle down without being attacked or driven by human monks.
However, this is conditional.
The Demon's Office will issue a badge engraved with the word "Swallow" to every demon clan who is eligible to survive in the three counties, representing that they have become a subject of Dayan. They have to pay taxes, have to work, have to accept various jobs and tasks assigned by Shenlu County, and they have to live according to Dayan's laws...
The Monster Race is very similar to human beings to some extent. Among them, not all of them are successful in cultivation, and there are also many ordinary ‘people’ who have not even reached the Qi refining period.
It's just that the monster race has a special physique. Even if they don’t have a successful cultivation, they will have some special abilities. Ordinary humans are not opponents when picking up swords. Their fertility rate is relatively lower than that of humans, but relatively. It is easier for them to achieve something in their cultivation, and the cultivation of demon cultivation is different from that of human beings who rely on their spiritual roots. They emphasize blood and flesh.
Of course, there are also a lot of monsters, which are animals and plants. After absorbing the spiritual energy and the essence of heaven and earth for many years, they can achieve success. This is another matter.
In short, monsters and humans are ultimately different races.
But as long as there is wisdom and communication, the two cannot coexist. Just like Liang Guo, people and monsters have been living together for thousands of years. It is not incredible to see a fox monster open a tavern in a town.
Yan Guo didn't have such experience. The Lu Family's management experience in this area has accumulated a bit from Shenlulin, but it is not considered rich. But in the final analysis, this thing can be done a little bit.
Some monster tribes in the three counties were assigned to some resource points. This was also something Lu Qing found out through the ‘full exploration’ exchange item before. They are responsible for managing and developing those resource points, and after paying taxes, use the remaining output to do business with human cities and exchange various other rich products.
This model has encountered some problems. For example, some monster races are hard to train by nature. They had promised well before, but later ignored the agreement, left their clan lands without permission, and even attacked human beings; they resisted paying taxes and robbed human caravans directly during commodity exchange... Such things have happened.
But first, the frequency is relatively small, not so frequent; second, the scattered monster races without leadership are often suppressed after such things happen.
And when the Shenlu County government suppressed the Yaozu, it didn't just resort to force and violence to solve the problem. Usually accompanied by violence, there is a corresponding education work.
This is the so-called combination of grace and power.
While the three counties were undergoing the transformation of the demons in full swing, the development of the spirit stone veins by the three demons in Shishan County was hidden in this tide. They are like other demon settlements incorporated by the Lu family, except that the resources developed are relatively special, and the surrounding area is further tightly sealed off. But in the same way, they will be more obedient than other demonic settlements.
For one thing, the Lu Family will give them more rewards; on the other hand, there are several senior human monks and elite monks squads stationed here for a long time in the Lingshi mine.
These monks are either directly from the Lu family, or people with very guaranteed loyalty. In addition, they are powerful and fully capable of independently suppressing problems without support when some bad things happen.
One year later, the spirit stone veins had been produced; by the third year, the output value of this Tier 4 spirit stone mine had reached 300,000 spirit stones each year.
At the same time, the reorganization of the demon clan under the guidance of Lu Qing and led by the Lu family also enabled the development of the entire Shenlu County to progress faster than expected. In conjunction with the large number of resource points that Lu Qing had explored before, Shenlu County was prospering faster than many people had imagined in the past.
In the past, the development of Shenlu County mainly relied on the migration of people from the cultivated land.
The migrant population here mainly refers to ordinary people.
However, it is not easy to rely solely on ordinary people to gain a foothold in a wilderness like Shenlu County. It is impossible for the monks sent by the government to have many people at once. After all, whether it is the Lu family, the Qingfengmen, or even the imperial court, the plate is bigger, the interest chain is more and more complicated, and it all requires manpower It is difficult to draw out a lot of people at once.
In addition, staying in such a ‘barbarous’ place for a long time is definitely a chore for most monks. Even if there are more rewards and remunerations, the number of people willing to come is actually very limited.
Even the monks who have been ordered are like this, so it is even harder to expect ordinary casual cultivators, or some local forces, to be willing to come to the Northern Wild Forest.
Although, to a certain extent, although the Lu family has made the appearance that they are going to develop the western region, many people still doubt whether this thing can be done? Even if some people think that this thing can be done in the future, Shenlu County will become prosperous, but I am afraid it will not be known how many years later.
Although there will be people who want to eat their first bite of crabs, come here first and want to be the first movers, but this number is not enough. In the minds of most people, things like ‘I’m here to plant trees, and future generations to enjoy the shade’ are still reluctant to do.
However, in these years, the development speed of Shenlu County has exceeded many people's estimates. After it has prospered at a speed visible to the naked eye, there will indeed be more people, and even some small forces, who feel that it is a very reliable thing to develop here in Shenlu County.
For example, in many Feiyun prefectures, decades ago, when the Lu family and the Hai family fought openly and secretly with the head, they stood on the side of the head and ended up in the wrong line.
The Lu family wouldn't say that they would retaliate against them after taking power; they would not have any other thoughts. In fact, they couldn't wait to hold Lu family's thighs firmly. But the benefits of Feiyun State are limited, to put it bluntly. You stood on the wrong team back then. After the Lu Family took the leading position, the corresponding benefits would naturally be distributed to forces closer to them.
Without deliberately suppressing, they will naturally feel that life is not as comfortable as before, or there is no room for further improvement.
At the moment, Shenlu County is a very good space.
In addition, the Lu family is now also in the entire Feiyun prefecture, advocating the development of the western region to all parties.
According to the Lu family, there is meat to eat.
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Strictly speaking, the development of the Lingshi mine and even the large-scale development of the entire Shenlu County benefited the Lu family, not the court.
This point must be clearly distinguished.
Although the Lu family is already a member of the Yan Kingdom, a clear distinction must be made between the two.
At least, in the definition of Lu Qing, who is behind the scenes, the country of Yan belongs to the Lu family, not the country of Lu.
Shenlu County will pay a portion of the taxes to the Tang court, but this amount is very small, consistent with the standards of Feiyun and Selangor. The imperial court's control of the northern territory is essentially through the royal family, but the imperial court itself cannot control the northern territory.
This is a backhand.
In case, I mean in case, things change in the future and the Lu Family retreats from the throne, then at least the Northern Territory belongs to him.
Of course, Lu Qing himself is very unwilling to see that scene happen. It’s not that easy for Lao Tzu to spit out things that are hard to get.
However, even though that was the case, the court needed it. As the royal family, the Lu family would definitely support it.
For example, the strengthening of centralization.
This is mainly reflected in Jinzhou and Jizhou.
Lu Qing was dissatisfied with the pattern of the past imperial court. According to his imagination and experience in previous lives, he felt that an orthodox dynasty should have very deep control over all parts of the country.
If Yunxiaozong can't handle it, let's talk about it separately; the Northern Territory is its own independent kingdom, so I don't want to do it, so let's not talk about it; Jizhou and Jinzhou, where there are still many hills, can't bear it.
The Lu family can set fire, and the Yunxiao Sect can also set fire. The small clans and small families in Jinzhou, Jizhou are not allowed to even light the lights. This is what Lu Qing meant.
And if you want to achieve centralized power, you naturally need to have the confidence to centralize power.
The Northern Territory, as the base of the Lu family, can provide a lot of pressure to the south. This is one of the confidence; and the other is naturally the Central Forbidden Army in Yandu.
It was no longer a day or two for Lu Chaoxi to set up a central imperial army.
In the past few years, even when the finances are particularly tight, the investment in marching into construction has never been let go. Later, the imperial government's finances became more abundant, and with the recent increase in support from Lu's family to the imperial court, the construction of the Central Forbidden Army was further accelerated.
Today, the Dayan Forbidden Army has recovered to a size of 30,000, which is almost the same as before.
Of course, to be able to get up so fast, on the one hand, the investment is really not small, on the other hand, it still has the foundation in the past, after all, it is not considered to start from scratch.
But to be honest, although the quantity has recovered, but in terms of quality, if you want to compare with the Forbidden Army in its heyday, it must be a bit worse. The main manifestation is that the average strength of the monks in the Forbidden Army is not up to the past standards.
The follow-up ~EbookFREE.me~ investment in the construction of the Forbidden Army may have to gradually shift from the number of responses to the improvement of quality. This requires that the personnel training mechanism for in-house development must be built more well, and the investment of resources must not be less than in the past.
Fortunately, this piece is also supportive.
The imperial court also planted its own golden lotus, and the scale was much larger than that of the Lu family. Originally, these Jidans refined through golden lotus were provided by the imperial court to the following powers and the imperial court's own system.
At the moment, under the leadership of Lu Chaoxi, this part is mainly tilted to the imperial army system.
In addition, there is also a large source, that is, a large number of third-order white ghosts that have been killed during the white ghost's southbound journey, but also provided a lot of soul orbs. With three of these soul beads, a furnace of Jidan can be refined with secret methods.
Part of these Jidan was also allocated and provided to the Yandu Imperial Army.
The attractiveness of Zhu Jidan to low-level monks is naturally needless to say. This also helps the Forbidden Army and attracts more potential low-level monks to join in.
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