Bringing The Farm To Live In Another World - Chapter 16392
Chapter 16390. Arrangement of Chapter 16390
Gongliang Juewen was slightly taken aback, then his eyes lit up, and he immediately said, “That’s good, that’s a good idea. Rewarding them handsomely will motivate them more. I’ll arrange this. What should we reward them with?”
Chang Jun smiled slightly and said, “Those great families and sects don’t lack resources, but they are more interested in territory and places that can produce resources. Why don’t you reward them with those things?”
Gongliang Juewen thought for a moment, then nodded and said, “Okay, let’s do it that way. Although they had fiefdoms before, their fiefdoms were tied to their…” “Officials’ fiefdoms change. Their real territory is all purchased, like their residences and mines. Besides these, their fiefdoms are constantly changing. If I give them a permanent fiefdom, that fiefdom will belong to them forever. They should be very happy.”
Chang Jun was taken aback by Gongliang Juewen’s words, then looked at him with surprise and asked, “Their fiefdoms are constantly changing? What’s going on?” Gongliang Juewen smiled
slightly and said, “This was established at the beginning of the Divine Kingdom by Gong… ” The ancestors of the Liang family established a rule that no one could possess a permanent fiefdom for an extended period. Of course, this didn’t apply to land they purchased themselves; even then, they only acquired the right to use or exploit the land. Ultimately, the land belonged to the divine kingdom, and what they bought were merely the right to use or exploit it for a certain number of years. Their family’s fiefdom was constantly changing, every ten years. This arrangement was made to prevent the emergence of states within a state. This had always been the practice, but now I feel… “It’s necessary to do this. Since the sect is going to take them all down anyway, there’s no need to adhere to this ancestral precept. Giving them a permanent fiefdom will make them very happy. Later, when the sect deals with them all, the fiefdom will naturally become meaningless.”
Chang Jun, after hearing Gongliang Juewen’s words, finally understood the nature of fiefdoms in the Divine Kingdom. He truly hadn’t expected such a rule. The fiefdoms weren’t fixed, precisely to prevent them from establishing their own territory, thus creating a situation of a state within a state. This was indeed a good method.
However, there was no need to worry about states within a state now. The Blood Slaughter Sect’s ultimate goal was to take over the entire Divine Kingdom, turning all the people and land into their possession. Once they joined the Blood Slaughter Sect, they naturally wouldn’t care about fiefdoms anymore. To the Blood Slaughter Sect, those were the most useless things.
What would a family want fiefdoms for? The fundamental reason why families want to obtain fiefdoms is to collect taxes, acquire resources, benefit the people, and support their clan’s development. These resources can aid their cultivation and make their clans stronger.
However, once a member of such a clan joins the Blood Slaughter Sect, everything changes. The Blood Slaughter Sect has endless resources and the most suitable cultivation methods for them. If their clan wants to grow stronger, the Blood Slaughter Sect will not only not stop them, but will be very happy to do so. In this situation, what use are fiefdoms? They don’t need fiefdoms to get everything they want, so fiefdoms become meaningless to them. That’s why Gongliang Juewen said that once they join the Blood Slaughter Sect, fiefdoms become useless.
After understanding the situation, Chang Jun said to Gongliang Juewen, “Okay, that’s a good idea, but you should wait a little longer. I’ll send out another batch of Creation Golden Wheels in a few days. After they destroy some more Creation Golden Wheels, you can reward them and then bring up the matter of replacing the sect’s treasure. I think they’ll definitely agree.”
Gongliang Juewen nodded and said, “Okay, then I’ll wait a little longer. That’s true. I didn’t mention such a reward when I met with them before. If I suddenly reward them now, it would seem a bit abrupt, so let’s wait a little longer.”
Chang Jun nodded, and then the two chatted for a few more minutes before Chang Jun hung up the phone. After they hung up, Gongliang Juewen couldn’t help but smile bitterly. He realized that he still wasn’t completely comfortable with the Blood Slaughter Sect’s way of doing things.
Take this incident as an example. For Chang Jun, losing a few Creation Golden Wheels is nothing. They have as many Creation Golden Wheels as they want. As long as they can obtain a sect-protecting treasure-level magic weapon that can turn kingdom-level experts from various sects into their own, what does the loss of a few Creation Golden Wheels matter? They wouldn’t care about something they can have as many as they want.
It’s like exchanging a handful of rice for gold in someone else’s hands. The rice might not mean much to you, but you’re after their gold, so it’s a very good deal for you. Gongliang Juewen, however, hasn’t adapted to this situation yet. In his view, large magic weapons like the Creation Golden Wheel are still very important, which is why he asked Chang Jun if their losses this time were significant. Now, hearing Chang Jun’s words, he realizes that for their Blood Slaughter Sect, the Creation Golden Wheel really is nothing.
On the other hand, the various families and sects were also overjoyed. Since the start of the war with the Blood Slaughter Sect, although they had won several battles, all of them were Pyrrhic victories, while their losses in the battles they lost were significant. So, overall, they were at a disadvantage, only appearing to be the stronger side because of their stronger foundation.
But this time was different. This time, they didn’t lose too much, yet they destroyed fifty large magical artifacts belonging to the Blood Slaughter Sect. Those were large magical artifacts! Fifty of them! Although it wasn’t as much as their previous losses, it was still quite good. You have to understand that although they lost many large magical artifacts last time, the Blood Slaughter Sect also suffered losses. In these two battles combined, the number of large magical artifacts lost by the Blood Slaughter Sect was no less than theirs, and might even be more. So, this victory was truly a great triumph for them, and of course, they were extremely happy.
Qingxuan sat in his study, where some elders and hall masters of the Tianxuan Sect were also seated. He glanced at them and then said, “We’ve won a great victory this time. The Blood Slaughter Sect shouldn’t be able to attack us again for a while. I think we need to launch an attack on them. Send those who have converted to the Creation God Sect. We must accumulate more military merits and see how His Majesty rewards us.”
Everyone agreed. They didn’t object to this, since it was their collective decision to have their disciples convert to the Creation God Sect. Now that the disciples had converted, they couldn’t be left idle. Sending them to attack the Blood Slaughter Sect and obtain more rewards was the most important thing.
Qingxuan said, “At the same time, tell all the rogue cultivators under our jurisdiction that they can go and complete the mission to deal with the Blood Slaughter Sect. However, when they complete the mission, they must say that they are disciples of our sect. After registering the mission, they should come to the sect to collect their rewards. When they hand in the mission, the rewards will be credited to the sect. The sect will not treat them unfairly.”
Upon hearing Qingxuan’s words, the elders’ eyes lit up. They immediately understood Qingxuan’s meaning. Qingxuan’s intention was actually very simple: to allow the rogue cultivators who left their Heavenly Profound Sect to… After completing the mission against the Blood Slaughter Sect, they returned and told the officials in charge of registering the mission that they were disciples of the Heavenly Profound Sect. They requested that all their merits be credited to the Heavenly Profound Sect, thus avoiding the need for rewards from the Divine Kingdom. Of course, they wouldn’t let the rogue cultivators work for nothing; those cultivators could return to the Heavenly Profound Sect to claim their rewards. In other words, they would also attribute the rogue cultivators’ merits to the sect, distributing them supplies in return. Essentially, they were exchanging supplies for the rogue cultivators’
merits, significantly increasing their standing in the Divine Kingdom. Qingxuan and the others were well aware that Gongliang Juewen had declared their merits could be accumulated and exchanged for better rewards. The Heavenly Profound Sect needed to accumulate more merits to exchange for better items later. Compared to ordinary supplies, exchanging merits for ordinary supplies was definitely a worthwhile trade.
The elders of the Tianxuan Sect naturally didn’t object. On the contrary, they felt that Qingxuan was right. Those rogue cultivators only wanted cultivation supplies or techniques, while the Tianxuan Sect needed merit. With merit, the sect could exchange it for more useful things.
Seeing that the elders didn’t object, Qingxuan said, “If everyone agrees, I’ll give the order and have the lower-level disciples make the arrangements.” The elders
all nodded, and Qingxuan continued, “There’s one more thing, concerning the Creation God Sect. It must be made clear to the disciples that, except for those selected by the sect, no disciple is allowed to believe in the Creation God Sect. If anyone is found to have believed in the Creation God Sect without the sect’s permission, they will be treated as traitors.”
Everyone’s hearts tightened, and they all responded in unison. These people had dealt with the Creation God Cult for a long time before. In fact, they had watched the Creation God Cult grow and expand step by step. They were well aware of how contagious the Creation God Cult was. No cultivator could bear to see someone around them with a similar or even weaker cultivation level suddenly become stronger and surpass them after embracing the Creation God Cult. Such a disparity was unacceptable to them, so they might also follow suit and embrace the Creation God Cult. This would be extremely dangerous for a sect.
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