I'm a Demon King in Journey to the West

It has been a long time since Shi Zheng has tasted the joy and excitement of obtaining a new labor force.

When I just crossed over, I was poor and white, and I didn't have two taels of silver in my hand.

At that time, a little harvest every day could make him happy for a long time.

Later, the career spread out, but it was not as exciting as it was then.

Until Qiu Hongji showed up with seven apprentices, Shi Zheng saw them wearing Taoist robes, and his heart was injected with vitality for a moment, and he was full of energy.

He looked up at the sky, "Thank you, Jade Emperor."

It was so timely.

Qiu Hongji obviously understood Shi Zheng's plan, looked at the iron mines all over the ground, and immediately declined: "Well, the general has no other tasks assigned to us?"

"This task is so good, it is right for your skills. People say that if you put a treasure in the wrong place, it is garbage. How could I let you treasures go to the wrong place?"

Yuan Chiyu watched from the sidelines with a mocking smile on his lips.

Qiu Hongji said in his heart, do you think I'm stupid?It takes a lot of energy to smelt these iron ores into pure iron. This work is hard and tiring. "This is like a seven-star iron ore. It is precious. I am afraid that if the smelting is not in place, it will become a pile of iron slag. Violence."

Inside and outside the words, implying Shi Zheng, you want us to be coolies, be careful that we don't work hard and ruin your iron ore.

Shi Zheng couldn't hear it, and said in a kindly threatening tone: "Don't worry about this, we are all upright, and no one will die first in a few hundred years, and even if you and your disciples fall down.

But there are disciples and disciples, and disciples have disciples, and there is no shortage of disciples and grandchildren. There will always be technological breakthroughs, and sooner or later they will be forged into this furnace of iron. "

The seven disciples brought by Qiu Hongji were quite shocked. The master was a mighty celestial master in the lower realm.

This time they brought them to Beiju Luzhou, thinking that they were here to show off their power, but when they arrived there, they were dismissed.

The situation is getting more and more like, they will be left as hard labor.

Moreover, what the king said clearly meant that they had to sacrifice themselves and their disciples and grandchildren.

When Qiu Hongji heard Shi Zheng's words, he thought that he had fallen into a den of thieves, and carried the Jade Emperor out again, "To be honest, I made an agreement with the Jade Emperor before I went down to the realm. Report to him as soon as possible, so allow me to go back to the Heavenly Palace to meet the Jade Emperor, and I will come down to assist you after the report is over."

How could such an old man tell a lie when he opened his mouth, Shi Zheng smiled and said: "Coincidentally, I also have something to see the Jade Emperor, so I will report it for you."

Qiu Hongji said loudly: "No need, I'll go back quickly!" He turned around and flew out.

Shi Zheng pulled out his whip with lightning speed, wrapped around Qiu Hongji's ankle, threw him to the ground, and dragged him back.

While tugging, he said to the stunned seven apprentices: "Let's open the skylight and speak plainly. I'm short of manpower here, and you are exactly what I need. Let's go, don't even think about it."

What kind of idea did the Jade Emperor have? Could he not know.

If you think about it better, you should send an eyeliner to monitor him.

Thinking about it badly, he felt that he had grown bigger and stronger, and sent someone to force him to break up the gang.

Hurt Qiu Hongji hard, and tell him to return to the Heavenly Court to vomit bitterness with other gods, and see who dares to come in the future.

Besides, in Wangxia City, apart from him, there is no one who gets something for nothing. Whatever the Heavenly Master has, I will give it to Lao Tzu to work.

"I am the imperial envoy sent by the Jade Emperor! You can't make me work hard."

Shi Zheng raised his head and thought for a while. The beating of the Jade Emperor's imperial envoy seemed to be the most inconspicuous stroke in his crime book. He lowered his head and said to Qiu Hongji, "Besides, didn't the Jade Emperor ask you to help me? Look. Look at you, I need you to smelt iron, but you are so pushy.

You have a very problematic thinking, and you will be a management team as soon as you come up. The rule of our Wangxia City is that everything starts from the grassroots.If you don't believe me, ask... Chiyu, don't you think so? "

Yuan Chiyu nodded cooperatively.

Although he knew that Shi Zheng was talking nonsense, for example, Jiuling Yuansheng was directly the prime minister, and he didn't start from a small official.

However, the point is, Shi Zheng actually called him Chengyu again...

You two sing together, do you think I will believe it?Qiu Hongji said angrily: "I am the imperial envoy of the Jade Emperor, you can't treat me like this. When I return to the Heavenly Court, I will definitely tell the Jade Emperor all these things."

Shi Zheng sneered and said, "Then it will be fine if you are not allowed to walk out of Wangxia City alive." Seeing that Qiu Hongji's face was pale, he couldn't help laughing and said, "I think the atmosphere is too tense, so I'm joking with you. How could you kill someone?"

The seven disciples brought by Qiu Hongji were completely dumbfounded.

This is not a question of tension, but a question of being unilaterally beaten.

The celestial masters have ascended to become immortals, and they have cultivated for hundreds of years, but they are so vulnerable.

Suddenly, one of them, looking at the older one, came back to his senses, took his sword and chopped the whip, "Let go of my master!"

Before the sword fell, he was sent flying by the opponent's palm, hit the wall, and slid to the ground.

He is a great cultivator who can kill hundreds of demons with one sword. There are more than tens of thousands of disciples under his sect. Every day, he stands majestically on the top of the mountain and glances at the disciples below. Those who can be caught by him are the lucky ones.

He who is used to being surrounded by stars, unexpectedly lost like a joke.

Seeing the man, Shi Zheng was stunned, as if he had been physically and mentally tortured.

He smacked his lips secretly, people, you can't live in a vacuum for too long, you should come out and learn more.

For example, being hanged and beaten in Beiju Luzhou is good for the future.

When the other six disciples saw this, three of them immediately responded, "I am willing to stay and follow your orders."

Obviously can't fight, can't run away, can only obey.

Qiu Hongji said angrily at this time: "Don't hurt my apprentice! Come at me if you have the ability!"

According to the general situation, the other party should be infected by his righteousness, admire him as an enemy, look at him with admiration, then lift him up with his own hands, praise his integrity of treating death as home, and become a friend.

At least when he was cultivating back then, the world of comprehension was like this. If you don't fight, you don't know each other.

But Shi Zheng was very excited, "With your words, I can rest assured and go all out. I haven't stretched my muscles and bones for a long time." He really moved his fingers and shoulder joints.

The remaining three apprentices, who looked at death as their own, shed tears silently when they saw the master's righteous and awe-inspiring appearance.

Master, all disciples are with you, rather than being broken.

"Hmph, I'll fight for you!"

"General, we are willing to do the work of dogs and horses!"

The first sentence was shouted by the disciples, and the second sentence was said by the master Qiu Hongji, accompanied by the gesture of bowing hands.

The disciples, who looked down upon death as their own, realized that their master was a hero who would not suffer any immediate disadvantages. There was a broken voice in their hearts, "Master..."

Qiu Hongji said loudly: "The Jade Emperor sent me to assist the general. Of course I have to do my best. How can I shrink back because the assigned task is hard and tiring."

His attitude of righteous speech is completely different from just now.

Shi Zheng said gratifiedly: "Old Qiu, I will leave the blacksmithing to you in the future, don't let me down. You disciples, you should also persuade them to add bricks and tiles to Wangxia City, which is also a merit. "

Shi Zheng said: "Wangxia City can achieve today's achievements, not by words, but by hard work and hard work."

Qiu Hongji: "..."

Seeing that the other party had compromised, Shi Zheng took them outside the palace to the forging workshop that originally belonged to Immortal Hu Li without wasting any time.

Although Immortal Hu Li and the other three monsters have left here, some of their apprentices still work here, minting coins to forge weapons, and occasionally refining alchemy.

Seeing the king come in with eight ashen-faced Taoist priests, they all gathered in the courtyard to watch the excitement.

Shi Zheng was about to introduce, "This is..."

"You can just call me Lao Qiu!" Qiu Hongji is also an expert with a name in the world. It is obvious that these Taoist priests in front of him are all human beings. They must have heard his name and can't afford to lose this man.

Shi Zheng did as he wished, "Let's call him Master Qiu. From now on, Master Qiu and his apprentices will make iron here. If they need it, you old employees should help them a little more."

The word "employee" is often used by the king, and everyone has long accepted it.

Language is originally used for mutual communication and development, as long as the description is accurate.

"Yes."

Shi Zheng said to Qiu Hongji: "Let's start blast furnace ironmaking. I'll bring you all the iron ore in a while, as well as the drawings of the artifacts to be forged."

Qiu Hongji took a deep breath, "Okay."

But he had already made up his mind, pretended to be false, ran away when he saw the right opportunity, and returned to the sky to sue Shi Zheng severely.

Shi Zheng turned back, fetched the iron ore, and asked Qiu Hongji and his disciples to start the furnace to smelt iron.

Before Yuan Chiyu left, he waved his hands and cast a barrier, "With this forge as the center, within 150 feet is your range of activities, which is enough for your daily life to make iron."

Of course Qiu Hongji pretended to obey, just waiting for the other party to relax his vigilance and escape.

Hearing that the other party had set up an enchantment, he couldn't help but feel disheartened, thinking sadly, this time it's here.

But there is still a glimmer of hope, he is a celestial master, can't he break a barrier?

When Shi Zheng and the others left, he took advantage of his unpreparedness and rushed out of the city.

"No, it's not good, Master hit something and fell from the sky!"

"Master Qiu, what's wrong with you, Master Qiu?"

Qiu Hongji wiped off the blood from his forehead and forced a smile, "I'm fine, let's go back to smelting iron."

I thought it was the management, but it turned out to be the grassroots.

With tears in my heart, the Jade Emperor cheated me.

Shi Zheng and Yuan Chiyu left the forge.

On the way back to the palace, Shi Zheng asked Yuan Chiyu, "Is my appearance just now too insidious?"

"Not at all." Yuan Chiyu shook his head, and soon realized that Shi Zheng was particularly concerned about his opinion of him recently.

This means that his weight in his mind has grown.

Shi Zheng thought to himself, it's good that Yuan Chiyu thinks he has a good image, but even if he takes a step back, he is willing to perfunctory himself and make himself happy, which is a gratifying thing, proving that he has weight in his heart.

Believe it or not, look, has Yuan Zhiyu ever perfunctory other people?

Thinking about it this way, my mood immediately improved a lot.

People have to learn to encourage themselves, especially on the way to chasing goals.

With this good mood, Shi Zheng went to inspect the king's other cities.

Originally, he planned to ask Immortal Huli from Lion Camel Country to help him forge the furnace, but because the Jade Emperor kindly sent Qiu Hongji and the others, Shi Zheng naturally did not need to summon Immortal Huli and the others.

Immortal Hu Li had no idea that he had escaped a drudgery.

Shi Zheng checked the memorials before and found that the amount of tax paid in Lion Camel Kingdom was quite satisfactory. As the leading city of the kingdom, Shi Zheng would of course come to inspect the work after he came back.

When Shi Zheng entered the city, he found that there were many human business subjects in the city, and they were buying goods.

The human merchants bargained, "Your snake is not as good as last year's."

The large piece of transparent snake skin in his hand is the skin that retreated when the snake changed its skin, and it is a good medicinal material.

The snake skin seller put his hands on his hips and said: "You are also my regular customer. It is convenient to show the real price. If you lower the price, I will lose my relationship and I will have to sell it to other merchants. Come on, our lion You are not the only ones from the Bhikkhu Kingdom who do business in the Tuo Kingdom, merchants from the Zhuzi Kingdom also come here often. They are rich and powerful, and they can even afford good prices."

"You also admit that I am a regular customer, so let's do business more seriously. Is this snake slough yours?"

"It belongs to my son, what's the matter?"

"Look, I said that the quality is not as good as last year. Yours is the same price, and your son's is another price."

Seeing a corner of this commercial activity, Shi Zheng thought to himself, it seems that life in the city here is also normal, which is gratifying.

The king came so suddenly that Immortal Hu Li was caught off guard.

When he heard the news and went out to greet him at the palace gate, Shi Zheng had already walked in.

Great Immortal Hu Li hastily bowed his knees to greet him, "Your Majesty is here, and I am far away to welcome you."

Shi Zheng waved his hand, "There's no need to be too polite, I'm just here to walk around and take a look around."

Great Immortal Hu Li invited Shi Zheng into the hall and invited him to take his seat.

After chatting for a while, Shi Zheng said: "I just saw that there are many Sanqing Temples built in the city, but there seem to be Buddhist temples as well."

When it came to this matter, Immortal Hu Li had something to say, "I originally wanted to ban all Buddhist activities in the city, but I found it impossible to do so, because there are many businessmen traveling from south to north, and among them are Buddhists. Going up here is close to Lingshan, spices, and Buddhist classics can be seen everywhere. And I have only been here for five years, so I am afraid that if I get harsh, it will arouse resistance."

"I believe that with your piety and ability, you can balance all of these well. In fact, you can also collect [-]% more taxes from Buddhist believers without using strong methods. You have to believe that everyone will do everything to avoid taxes. Come out. Even if you pretend to be faking, you may convert yourself to Taoism."

Immortal Huli slapped his head, "Yes, it makes sense."

Shi Zheng actually wanted to amend the tax law in Wangxia City, but unfortunately there were no Buddhist believers there.

Shi Zheng thought of the lion cat monster, "Well, the lion cat is the prime minister, is it still doing his duty?"

"Too conscientious, so conscientious that I thought he was going to usurp the throne, but later I found out that his hobby seems to be dealing with government affairs." Immortal Hu Li said: "We are not close to women in cultivation, and we have no children, which is justified. But he doesn't It is really impressive to be so diligent in cultivation."

Shi Zheng knew the truth, the lion cat monster was eunuched, and the joy of being born as a lion was destined to have nothing to do with beauty and beauty, and he devoted all his blood to national government affairs.

Shi Zheng thought to himself, after the lion cat monster died, he would make a statue of him and place it in a garden in the lion camel country as a memorial, but considering his lifespan, it would be hundreds of years later.

Shi Zheng walked around the Lion Camel Country, received the hospitality, and set off for the Lion Camel Ridge again.

Shituo Ridge, which had never returned before, has also changed a lot. It has become a garden city, and houses in the dense forest are neatly planned, which makes people feel very comfortable.

Because this place was not originally a city, but recently more and more demons have come to live here. Apart from farming, there are also other production activities, and gradually it has the appearance of a city.

However, the foundation still maintains the green appearance of "harmony between man and nature".

Who would have thought that Shituoling, which was terrifying at the beginning, is now quite a bit of a fairy tale.

Of course, this is also related to the mana of the Deer Power Immortal and the Sheep Power Immortal, and all the monsters under his command can cast spells, and their production efficiency is much higher than that of ordinary humans.

When Shi Zheng flew closer, he found that outside the city, there was a spacious road passing through the mountains of Shituoling. It was presumably built by Immortal Yangli and Immortal Luli.

Shi Zheng remembered that before he went to heaven, he was building roads around Wangxia City.

It seems that he inspired Shituoling.

Shi Zheng saw a toll booth, and the little demon inside was collecting tolls from businessmen and tourists from other countries.

Roads can’t be built in vain. Besides, many Buddhists in Xiniu Hezhou also wanted to go to Lingshan, but they couldn’t do it because of the bad road conditions. Now there are spacious roads with tolls, and they can pass by paying a little money. It’s too late to be happy.

Shi Zheng suddenly thought that if the road continued to be repaired and Jin Chanzi went to learn the scriptures, it might save a lot of time.

Shi Zheng imagined that scene in his mind.

Tathagata: How did you come so fast?

Jin Chanzi: I came by the highway.

Shi Zheng shook his head.

At this time, Shi Zheng suddenly heard someone shouting behind them: "Who are you?"

When Shi Zheng turned his head, he saw a little demon with wings pointing at them with a trident, wearing a waist badge, it was a patrol soldier.

It looks like a bat spirit.

"I'm General Fu Yao, I'm here to inspect."

The little demon showed a dubious expression, "Wait for me to report."

Shi Zheng looked at the little demon's back and realized a problem, "Cheyu, these little demons don't know me."

"Actually, it's normal, even on the human side, the little soldiers don't know the emperor."

But Shi Zheng came from an era when the appearance of political and business celebrities was well known.

It is right for the king's appearance to be known by all his subjects.

With this idea in mind, the first magic weapon to be refined was conceived.

After a while, Immortal Yangli and Immortal Luli came out with a group of entourages, "Why didn't you send a message before you came, so we can go out to greet you."

On the human side, when the emperor leaves the palace, at least one eunuch must be sent to the minister's house to spread the message.

But Shi Zheng doesn't engage in that ostentation, and he doesn't have any eunuchs.

After all, he doesn't have a harem, and he doesn't plan to have offspring, so he doesn't have to worry about other men adding greenness to him, and he isn't afraid to raise children for others, so naturally he doesn't need a gelding to be a eunuch.

"Don't you want the name of the new city? I happened to pass by, so I came to tell you."

What a good king, he came here to tell the name of the city in person, it can be seen that he took this place to heart, Immortal Yang Li was very moved, "Please give me the name, Your Majesty."

Shi Zheng said: "Let's call it Hengyuan City. This time, it can be separated from the Lion Camel Country next to it, so as not to be inseparable from the Lion Camel Mountain and the Lion Camel Country."

"That's a good name." Immortal Yang Lida and Lu Lida were very satisfied.

It sounds very Taoist, not bad.

Immortal Lu Li and Immortal Yang Li took Shi Zheng for a circle over Shituo Ridge, and introduced the development of Shi Tuo Ridge enthusiastically and in detail.

After the inspection, on the way back, Shi Zheng and Yuan Chiyu discussed their impressions of this inspection, "With the expansion of the city, more and more management personnel are needed, and the selection of talents is a problem."

In fact, it is not a problem at all, just introduce the imperial examination system.

But if you don't make the problem a little more difficult, how can you find something to say when you have nothing to say.

Yuan Chiyu said: "It's better to learn from the Tang Dynasty and use exams to select. We don't have conservative nobles here, so it should be easy to implement."

Shi Zheng deeply believed that the emperor could take the right to appoint and remove personnel into his own hands by using the imperial examination, which solved the problem of "the vassals of my vassals are not my vassals".

"Well, a good idea, considering the lifespan of youkai, it will be held once every 15 years."

"What is the test? The Four Books and Five Classics, or the Tao Te Ching?"

"I already have an idea, go back and come up with questions slowly."

As for the content of the test, there must be common sense judgment, language comprehension, mathematical reasoning, as well as policy theory and physical fitness tests.

Of course, considering the average knowledge level of Beiju Luzhou, the exam questions will be very simple.

But the physical fitness test will be difficult. A cadre without good health is not a good cadre.

But Yuan Chiyu didn't want to go back so early, now that there are more and more people in the palace, he and Shi Zheng are doing something together, and there are a lot of palace maids staring around.

He pointed to a stream below and said, "There's a rock over there, why don't we sit there and talk about the problem further."

Shi Zheng also had this intention, and he agreed wholeheartedly.

The two fell to the rock and sat down next to each other.

Since it is under the banner of talking about the imperial examination questions, at least at the beginning, we must not deviate from the topic. Yuan Zhiyu said: "We still have to test a few sentences in the "Tao Te Ching."

"No problem, fill in the blanks with words and sentences." The score doesn't need to be too high, just five points.

Yuan Chiyu has no confidence in the monsters, "What if most of the monsters who took the exam have handed in blank papers."

"Then they will be admitted according to the physical fitness test scores from the highest to the lowest. But I believe that when the next exam starts, there will be no blank papers."

The first exam was mainly to let everyone know the types of questions and realize that the king was testing these things. Monsters and humans who aspired to enter official careers would naturally take the initiative to study related subjects.

Twenty points of math questions are placed there. If you don't believe it, they don't study mathematics.

One of the reasons why there were many poets in the Tang Dynasty was that their imperial examinations were based on metrical poetry and fu.

Mathematics is the foundation of science, if not, in the future world, science and comprehension will coexist.

You have science, I have magical powers, you have magical powers to protect the body, and I have nuclear weapons delivery.

He can live for more than 2 years. As long as he doesn't die unexpectedly, he will definitely see that day.

He hoped that Yuan Zhiyu could accompany him until that day, but of course, the premise was that he could handle him.

Seeing that there was no one around, Shi Zheng had some ideas in his mind. He had already confirmed that Yuan Chiyu didn't dislike masculinity, nor did he dislike him, so he could test it further.

"Alas—" he sighed, resting his head on Yuan Chiyu's shoulder, "There are so many things to do every day."

He didn't feel Yuan Chiyu's intention to push his head away, which proved that his actions didn't arouse his disgust.

"Since you are tired, rest here for a while, and it will not be too late to return to the palace."

The two of them hadn't been this close for a long time since they had a misunderstanding. Yuan Chiyu looked down at Shi Zheng, and saw that his eyes were closed slightly, his skin was white and his lips were red, which attracted people's imagination. His heart skipped a beat, and his body also changed.

Shi Zheng leaned on his shoulder and continued to search for topics, "By the way, Jin Chanzi's appearance obviously does not meet Tathagata's expectations, right? Will he let himself go like this?"

"Probably not, maybe the conspiracy is already on the way."

Shi Zheng smiled and said, "You speak in my style, are you influenced by me?" As he spoke, he fell down on Yuan Chiyu's lap.

In his vision, Yuan Chiyu would be surprised, but as long as he doesn't move his legs or hit his head on a rock, he will be considered a success.

Unexpectedly, Yuan Chiyu had quick eyes and quick hands, supported the back of his head with both hands, and pushed him to sit up.

Shi Zheng's plan failed, he found the steps by himself, and said with a dry smile: "Really, you are so precious, what's the matter with a pillow?"

Yuan Chiyu hurriedly raised one leg, put his hands on his knees, his ears turned red, and turned his face in the other direction, speechless: "...Anyway, we can't do it now."

Shi Zheng felt that there were many humans approaching at this moment, and he didn't want to wait for Yuan Chiyu's answer, so he looked back into the depths of the forest.

Hearing the sound of people stepping on broken branches and shouting getting closer, Shi Zheng stood up, waiting to see what happened, while Yuan Chiyu was still sitting in the same posture as before.

As a man roared, "Duke, there is water!" A large group of people followed, and came to the stream, drinking horses, drinking water, and watering water.

Among them was a heroic middle-aged man who took a cup of water to wash off the dust on his face, and let out a long breath of relief.

Shi Zheng was watching them not far away, where did this large group of people come from?And by the looks of it, they're all soldiers.

The middle-aged man who seemed to be the leader also saw Shi Zheng and the others.

Cheng Yaojin, who has experienced wind, frost, rain and snow along the way and is used to seeing monsters, asked calmly at this time: "Excuse me, are you monsters or humans?"

Although they look like people, past experience tells them that those who look like people may grow wings and fly away in the next moment.

It's impolite to ask about other people's attributes when they come up, Shi Zheng asked back, "Who are you?"

Cheng Yaojin said: "We are from Datang, may I ask how to get to Wangxia City? Three days ago, someone told us that it is nearby."

In fact, it wasn't humans who told them, but a field mouse told them, and the reward was a handful of salt.

But this is not the point anymore, since they came to Beiju Luzhou, their vision has been greatly broadened, and their knowledge has also increased.

It is normal for animals to become refined and speak.

From Datang?Shi Zheng raised his eyebrows, "What are you doing here?" As he spoke, he flew up to them and landed steadily.

The followers around Cheng Yaojin, even though they were fully prepared, gasped when they saw that people could fly, and waited for it.

Cheng Yaojin waved his hand to reassure the army, "Don't panic, it's nothing, it's normal!"

Along the way, I have seen all the big winds and waves, and it is just a flying monster, which is nothing to be surprised about.

"We are envoys to Wangxia City under the order of the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty. As for the purpose, we can only talk about the purpose when we meet the city owner there."

Shi Zheng said lightly: "Let's just say it, I am the Lord of Wangxia City, and I am also the king of Fuyao Kingdom."

Cheng Yaojin showed an expression of "you lie to me".