"Damn those other demon gods speak so nicely, but when it comes time for them to exert their efforts, they just make excuses, sending only some low-level troops to fool us. In my view, they're clearly reluctant to give up their power and unwilling for the Demon Lord to return."

"Yincha Demon God realized they couldn't rely on them, so devised a plan themself to bring back the Demon Lord, named the [Puppet Welcome Plan], which involves me infiltrating the human race to bring back the Demon Lord."

"I see."

Listening to her detailed explanation, Wang Shouzhe suddenly understood the causes and consequences.

No wonder in recent years the demonic clan has been constantly intensifying their offensive, increasing the pressure on human defense. It turns out it's all to bring back that damn Demon Lord.

The revival of the Demon Lord is indeed a colossal matter. Just wonder if the Immortal Emperor and Immortal Supreme are aware?

"Where is the demon god's divine soul?" Wang Shouzhe continued to question.

However, before Wu Mingyan could answer this time, he reacted himself: "Is it in the Divine Martial Heavenly Ruins?"

"Exactly!" Wu Mingyan's eyes were wild with enthusiasm, "The divine soul of the Demon Lord is trapped within the Divine Martial Heavenly Ruins. As long as we can infiltrate, the Demon Lord can surely be brought back."

Wang Shouzhe half-closed his eyes, pondering for a moment before saying: "Thus, only one question remains."

"Master, please speak." Wu Mingyan's eyes were fervent and fanatical.

"Take your own life."

Wang Shouzhe suddenly locked his gaze onto her eyes and handed her a sword.

"Yes, Master." Wu Mingyan took the sword and without hesitation slid it across her throat, blood splattering...

"Ah..."

Wang Shouzhe sighed, a pure mysterious energy of life instantly enveloped her, continually pouring into her body...

...

Da Qiyan Palace.

Zhuozheng Pavilion.

Wang Shizhao sat at his usual work spot, looking at the financial report in his hand, his brows furrowed into a "川" character.

It's just the beginning of the second half of the year, at least three or four months before the autumn harvest, yet the court's accounts are, once again, broke!

To properly address the current situation, one actually has to start speaking from the administrative reforms of Da Qian.

Da Qian has established counties below the prefecture level, which seems at first to be just adding a new administrative level. But the actual situation is far more complicated than that.

In their plan, the head of this newly added county-level administrative unit, the [County Governor] position, will be held by cultivators at the Purple Abode realm.

The County Governor's mansion will also be supplemented with many positions anticipated to be filled by cultivators in the Heavenly Human Realm.

The original [Prefectural Governor] will also gradually be replaced by a cultivator of Divine Power Territory in the coming years. The level of the officers in the Prefecture Mansion will be uniformly raised by one level, and the aides to the Prefectural Governor will all be held by cultivators at the Purple Abode realm.

This means Da Qian needs a large number of high-level cultivators to support this vast structure.

For this, after consultation between the court and the Sacred Land, a portion of cultivation resources was specifically allocated for talent development.

In the future, the court will even strive to acquire several heritage places through various channels, specifically for cultivating [Prefectural Governors].

This way, family members from the major prominent families who hadn't secured opportunities or heritage qualifications within their own families could obtain resources and heritage by joining the bureaucratic system.

Even independent cultivators, as long as they possess sufficient management capabilities, can gain various cultivation resources, including improved abilities, by joining this system. If their achievements are outstanding, it's not impossible to become a cultivator of Divine Power Territory.

In the future, with time passing and structural improvements, Da Qian's [Bureaucratic System] will become the third channel for advancement in Da Qian realm, besides the [Military System] and the [Academy System].

This is a grand plan, but implementing it comes with immense difficulty.

The foremost issue is money.

Talent development requires money, and mass talent development costs even more money. Not to mention this system is just in its infancy, with many components needing to be built from scratch, which costs even more.

Da Qian's financial condition has always been tight, where can more money be squeezed out?

Because of this, Emperor Zi'an put his reputation on the line to borrow a "loan" from Wang Shouzhe.

With this two billion Immortal Crystal "loan," the financial issue would have been resolved.

However, Emperor Zi'an just couldn't hold onto money; seeing ample funds, he started to get restless again, quickly arranging to kickstart the "Railway Plan", originally scheduled for thirty to fifty years later.

The so-called "Railway Plan," fully titled [National Railway Track Transportation Plan], aims to lay railways nationwide, achieving nationwide railway transportation.

The origin of this plan actually came from one of Emperor Zi'an's visits to the Wang family's industrial park, where he witnessed the track transportation, and consequently, got hooked.

And that's not all, Emperor Zi'an even placed an order with the Wang family for several ironclad ships.

The result was that two billion Qian Gold were spent up in mere six months, almost entirely.

Now, Da Qian's accounts have squeezed out every bit, except the untouchable reserve funds.

Wang Shizhao was nearly stressed to death.

How did I end up dealing with such an unreliable Emperor's son?

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