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In fact, in the past few years, Mo's has helped a lot.

It is precisely because of their existence that the Lu family has basically sorted out the situation of the entire court in the past few years, formulated a lot of policies, and promoted them.

The reduction of redundant officials, the reduction of the local garrison, and the construction expenditure have basically stopped except for the restoration of Pingzhou's armaments. So far, the expenditure of the dynasty has been greatly reduced in a few years.

At the same time, due to the control of the local area, during this period of time, through the efforts of all parties, it has gradually improved, and the taxes and industrial income that should be obtained are also in place.

In the first and second years, the Lu family had to provide blood transfusions to the imperial court from Feiyun Prefecture. Those days were really hard, and the reconstruction of the imperial army was delayed again and again. Moreover, the northern border was also affected by the disaster of the white ghost traveling south, so it was not easy.

In the past two years, the Lu family has been tight.

However, by the third year, the imperial court can basically balance its income and expenditure; in the fourth and fifth years, not only the balance of income and expenditure, but also a surplus.

This surplus can even be used to feed the Lu family.

In fact, the Lu family is already quite wealthy. All kinds of industries have been developed in full swing. The production capacity of the two major industrial lines of refining equipment and alchemy almost surpasses the entire Feiyun Prefecture. Moreover, after the Northern Wilderness Forest Monster Clan in the west and north were defeated, the Lu family is actually still leading the development and exploration of the entire Feiyun Prefecture to the northwest.

In this regard, there have actually been some results.

Originally, Anling County was a county in the northwest corner of Feiyun Prefecture, but now it is not.

A newly established Shenlu County became the fifth county in Feiyun Prefecture.

The planned land area of ​​Shenlu County is the largest, even half the size of the original Feiyun Prefecture. Of course, despite the name, most of the land in Shenlu County is still wasteland, with no people at all.

In fact, this matter has already been started a long time ago. But in the past, the development of Shenlu County was mainly carried out by Feiyun Prefecture itself. The Lu family took the lead in this matter, mobilizing the major families in Anling County to explore and dig industries; relocate mortals to take root on the spot; send monks to guard the results...

But this process is somewhat slow.

And in the last five years,

After the imperial court had spare power, it began to increase its investment in Shenlu County.

According to the plan, if the development of Shenlu County achieves success in the next few decades, then the entire Feiyun Prefecture will benefit from it. The current Feiyun Prefecture, among the seven states of the Yan Kingdom, is the second last in terms of prosperity and resource output. But when the Shenlu Forest is fully developed, it’s hard to say how prosperous it is. At least the output of resources will be greatly improved, and the income it will bring will at least not be worse than that of Jinzhou.

Of course, this increase in income has nothing to do with the imperial court, it will become the income of the Lu family.

But this is the world. In a sense, the income of the Lu family can be regarded as the internal treasury of the Great Yan Dynasty. Of course, it is separate from the national treasury, and it is mainly supplied to the royal family, but it is not impossible to use it for emergency when the country needs it.

But to put it bluntly, one thing is certain for the Lu family to become the Dayan royal family: they strengthen themselves as a nation, and lead Yan to become stronger by the way, not the other way around.

The Lu family didn't come to work for the country of Yan, and they didn't consider using their own blood to make up for the country of Yan. This can be done in the short-term if necessary, but it is definitely not possible in the long-term. That looks great, but it's actually pretty stupid. Although the Lu family is developing quite well now, it is impossible to replenish the blood of a country with one's own efforts.

All in all, everything in the country of Yan is developing for the better.

Of course, there are many bad things.

Although the internal problems are being solved one by one, Lu Chaoxi has gradually secured the position of emperor, and the Lu family's status as a royal family is getting better and better. However, the external pressure faced by the entire Yan Kingdom is not small at all.

Mainly from the state of Wei.

Da Wei is not a villain. After the wars of the previous years, the main army of the Wei Dynasty and the general Xia Cang withdrew, but they still had a legion stationed in the south of the Pingzhou defense line, and from time to time they sent some scout teams to cross the national border. Come to Pingzhou for scouting and some sabotage.

Logically speaking, the two countries are still in a state of war. After all, after the war, the two sides did not sign any armistice agreement or anything like that.

For these scout teams, of course the local garrison in Pingzhou was ordered to expel and annihilate them. However, the scout team sent in by others can be regarded as elite. The court's garrison army was difficult to deal with, and they often escaped after paying a lot of casualties.

The only ones who can really achieve some successes are the monks of the Yunxiao Sect stationed on the defense line of Pingzhou.

In the past five years, this has almost become a daily routine on the front line in Pingzhou. With such a small team size, the two sides fought all over Pingzhou.

The overall number of casualties is not too many. Moreover, Wei Guo would neither, nor dare to risk the world's public opinion, order the monk team to slaughter mortals. But it's just this kind of infiltration and destruction, but it's still annoying.

The three counties to the south of Pingzhou were all hit by disasters. The local small sects and local forces were miserable, and the output of various resources was greatly reduced. This caused the production capacity of the entire Pingzhou to drop by at least 30-40%

Although, the imperial court itself did not receive taxes in Pingzhou, and the output of Pingzhou was basically taken away by Yunxiaozong. However, Yun Xiaozong lost the money and had to bear the pressure of Wei Guo on the front line. They would not resist all these costs by themselves.

In the past few years, the imperial court has always allocated funds to the Pingzhou front line, and the expenditure has been increasing day by day, and it is even impossible to see when it will end for a while.

More importantly, the Yunxiaozong cultivator corps on the front line of Pingzhou did not dare to take the initiative to attack. Perhaps, they have the ability to organize a surprise attack and burn the flames of war to the border of Hezhou, the neighboring state of Wei. But once they take advantage of the natural moat of Dahe, the only place they can reach is the north of Hezhou, and they can't cross Dahe at all. Second, assuming that the flames of war are rekindled and Wei Guo revives its army, it is still the same thing whether Yan Guo can stand up to it.

In fact, in these years, apart from the small-scale confrontation on the frontline battlefield, there have been more than one or two confrontations between the two countries at the diplomatic level. Dayan's newly appointed Hongluqing Mo's son, Mo Chengdong, who is in charge of diplomatic affairs, is working hard to promote the peace process between Dayan and Wei according to the imperial court and Yunxiaozong's wishes.

However, Wei Guo's request was too much. On the one hand, it requires the cession of territory, on the other hand, it also requires very high war reparations. Yan Guo is also required to hand over the Li family...

Of course, it is impossible to agree to these conditions. The two sides are arguing about these matters, and Pingzhou is still burning with one small-scale war after another.

However, the matter of this faceless meeting brought about some changes.

After Bai Yuan's death, the Faceless Society was destroyed, and a large amount of information was acquired by the Lu family, which recorded a lot of things that Wei Guo's secret affairs camp secretly supported the Faceless Society.

In addition, during the siege of Bai Yuan, five clones of Ghost-Mask God unexpectedly appeared, which also made people feel particularly angry.

After the imperial court communicated with Yunxiaozong, they sent a diplomatic note to Wei Guo as Da Hongluqing, who was in charge of the country's diplomatic work, denouncing their actions.

Wei Guo, of course, completely denied these allegations.

But this denial seems weak. On the one hand, they can’t produce anything, denying the materials they found from the Faceless Meeting, and on the other hand, they can only use excuses such as ‘this is a fake’ and ‘purely slander’.

That must be nonsense.

Assuming that there are only Yan and Wei countries, then they deny it, and it is difficult to do other things when there is nothing to do with them.

But the whole world of practice is not just Wei Guo and Yan Guo.

The Nine Immortal Kingdoms are not just for fun. Their Wei Kingdom is considered to be a relatively powerful family among the Nine Kingdoms, but after all, it is still far away from unifying the world. Wei Guo fought with Yan Guo, and the relationship was not good, but the feud was with Qi State in the east.

Daqi's strength is not bad.

To be honest, Xia Cang would not have withdrawn his troops hastily during the war eight years ago if he hadn't been worried that Qi State would cause trouble in the east. It is not impossible for Wei State to exert more power and go northward to destroy Yan State.

But this time, after being caught, Mo Chengdong, the Qing of Great Yan Honglu, also went around many times, contacted the state of Qi, and put pressure together; The state of Jin, which controls the government, also helped out on the diplomatic battlefield with the active contact of Yunxiaozong.

Liang State, which is to the west of Wei State, was also within the range of wooing, but because Yan and Jin countries attacked Beihuang Forest, Liang State has a very strong tradition of coexistence of human and monster races, and they are very dissatisfied with this , This time I didn't say a word; the countries of Wu and Chu, which border Wei in the south, also joined in the fun and had an autumn breeze.

Of course, there are multi-party transactions behind these things. Yan Guo paid a lot of practical things in exchange for the support of many parties.

However, paying for these things is still valuable.

Under pressure, Wei State had to restart the peace negotiations with Yan State.

On the negotiating table, Mo Chengdong appeared to be tough, but actually he was soft.

The instructions given to him by the Lu family and Yunxiaozong are actually very unified. After experiencing civil strife, war, and the natural disasters of the white ghost going south, the Yan Kingdom now needs time to recuperate and accumulate strength. I haven't dealt with the domestic affairs clearly yet, so it's really inappropriate to maintain a long-term hostile state with such a powerful enemy as Wei outside.

There is nothing to discuss about handing over the Li family; it is also not acceptable to cede the territory, otherwise the Pingzhou defense line that has been set up has a nail embedded in it, which must be unacceptable.

But here is the war reparations, Yan Guo can be subdued.

After two years of arduous negotiations, the peace treaty was finally negotiated.

The State of Yan needs to compensate the State of Wei with four million spirit stones, to be paid in three years.

This is not a small amount of money. The imperial court's finances, which had been improving a bit, were suddenly burdened with a heavy burden. And Yun Xiaozong's meaning is also very obvious, they don't plan to pay this money, the court has to find a way to squeeze it out of its own finances.

When this incident came back, the entire Yan Kingdom was aggrieved.

The peace faction, who is eager to quell the war, is of course welcome. But the main fighters and the centrists are all disappointed by this. In the past ten years, the Lu clan's royal family, which has gradually built up its prestige, has also felt some pressure within the country of Yan, and its prestige tends to decline.

No matter what, it is clear that the war was not lost, but compensation is still required. Of course, many people cannot accept this matter emotionally.

But there is no way around this matter. What the Lu family can do is to guide public opinion internally as much as possible. On the one hand, it is to throw the blame on Li Shi, which was caused by Li Shiwen; Lead to the enemy country Wei.

In short, let me rest, recover, and see who has thick wrists in a few years.

...

In any case, it is a good thing that the peace agreement has been negotiated.

The military expenditure on the front line can be slowed down a little bit, and the entire imperial court can devote more energy to internal integrated management. The entire Dayan is gradually recovering its strength.

And besides, there is another good thing.

In the Lu family, a new special offspring was added in the third month after the interview.

The Lu family's population is not too sparse now, and newborns will always come out. But this one is special mainly because of his parents.

This child named Lu Tingwan has the two most honorable people in Dayan's name as father and mother.

He is the son of Lu Chaoxi and Li Yanling.

It has been forty years since Lu Chaoxi and Li Yanling got married. But the two of them have not given birth to new offspring until today.

What's more important is that after the child was born, Lu Qing immediately saw his talent through the system interface:

Natural wind single spirit root!

In any case, this is considered a very good talent, but in fact, in the Lu family, Shan Linggen is just like that, and there are many of them.

However, Lu Qing was overjoyed.

The monks with single spiritual roots produced by the Lu family before were basically born with dual spiritual roots, but the day after tomorrow, Lu Qing took the exchange item of upgrading the spiritual root and gave him a level of embarrassment. Spirit root level.

To upgrade from a single spiritual root to a heavenly spiritual root requires a five-star [Promote Spiritual Root]. Five-star exchange items, even if they are not rare, are not many in Lu Qing's hand.

Except for 【Enhancing Spiritual Root】.

[Enhancing Spiritual Root] This kind of exchange item, even if it is used by a high-star star, the person who has to use it must have a natural single spiritual root level. Lu Qing has several of these things in his hand, but he always wonders if there is any use for them.

Now, it can finally be used!

Without hesitation, once the five-star promotion spirit root was exchanged, Lu Qing took a second look, Lu Tingwan, the newborn grandson, had become a cultivator of Huotian spirit root!

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