Chapter 125: Plans for building a city! Development and change.

A few hours later, the cruise ship set off again.

Jack finally felt relieved when he saw the cruise ship leaving the port.

The cruise ship will soon leave the waters of the United States, and then he will be able to go ashore.

However, Jack did not plan to return directly to the Golden Triangle.

He planned to hide somewhere else first, and then return to the Golden Triangle after he could contact Chen Feng.

Although he was unconscious before, Jack saw the warship firing at his boss before he fell into a coma.

This was obviously something big happening.

Without Chen Feng around, he didn't feel safe at all.

And he was also very worried that something might happen to Chen Feng.

Although he got away safely, the same may not be true for his boss.

"I hope the boss is okay."

Jack knew very well that his biggest backer now was Chen Feng.

If something happens to Chen Feng, he will definitely not have a good ending.

In the scroll world, Chen Feng appeared beside a stream in Hengduan Mountains.

Looking at everything around him, he felt relieved.

Now his paintings are still in the coral reefs on the seabed.

However, Chen Feng was not worried about anything.

The seabed is so vast, he doesn't believe that the American Navy will conduct a carpet search on the seabed.

Plus, the scroll isn't made of metal, so it can't be detected even with a detector.

This incident gave Chen Feng a wake-up call.

When facing a superpower, he must be extremely cautious.

"We can only wait for some time before returning to the modern world."

According to Chen Feng's estimation, the United States will definitely blockade that sea area.

Plus his transcendental state was over.

If he goes back now, he won’t have to rely on the United States to deal with him. He won’t be able to withstand the pressure fifty meters under the sea.

Looking at his reflection in the stream in front of him, Chen Feng shook his head.

"It's still too weak."

Even though he had reached the seventh level of Qi training and could not be harmed by ordinary firearms, he had no choice but to run when faced with heavy weapons such as artillery shells.

Without staying here, Chen Feng returned to Xingfeng Gate.

Come to the inner gate area.

Wang Hu was training with a group of inner sect warriors.

The entire inner gate area has been expanded, and several shooting ranges have been built for training.

Seeing Chen Feng coming, Wang Hu trotted to Chen Feng holding the Barrett.

"Master, are you out of seclusion?"

The other inner sect warriors who were in training also saluted Chen Feng.

Chen Feng nodded:

"Go to the treasury and bring me the innate skill Blood Demon Sword Technique and the Blood Demon Sword."

Chen Feng plans to teach Jack a set of cultivation techniques.

And a technique that can quickly improve your strength.

It was undoubtedly the Blood Demon Sword Technique of the former leader of the Black Wind Village.

As long as there is enough blood, the cultivation can progress extremely quickly.

If the world of painting wants blood, it can only kill people.

But the modern world is different, fresh blood can still be bought.

Besides, it's okay for Jack to practice the Blood Demon Sword Technique in the Golden Triangle.

Wang Hu was stunned:
"Master, our treasure house already has martial arts that have been cultivated to the highest level. Why do you need such a low-level martial art?"

Nowadays, the treasure house of Xingfeng Sect has a lot of martial arts, including some at the level of transformation.

"Just take it. I need it." Chen Feng didn't explain anything.

"Okay." Wang Hu didn't dare to ask any more questions and hurriedly ran to the treasure house.

For Chen Feng, although the transformation technique is good, he must hone himself from a young age.

Jack is obviously no longer suitable, and only the quick-learning Blood Demon Technique is the most suitable.

The same applies when Jack can cultivate to the innate level and then switch to practicing other techniques.

After explaining everything to Wang Hu, Chen Feng went to find Liu Qian again to ask about the situation of Xingfengmen.

Today, the Xingfeng Sect is truly the number one force in the northern border of the Yue Kingdom.

Ever since the Kingdom of Yue ceded land, the martial arts forces in the north have all respected the Xingfeng Sect.

Almost all martial arts forces, big and small, have moved to the vicinity of Xingfeng Gate.

Compared with the martial arts forces, the number of mortals is the largest near the Hengduan Mountains.

These mortals were originally mortals living near Liuyang Town.

After learning the news that the Ningguo army was attacking in one fell swoop.

These mortals left their homes and hid.

By the time the Ningguo army withdrew and they returned, Liuyang Town had already been massacred.

And these were mortals who originally lived near Liuyang Town.

They also chose to rebuild the village near the Hengduan Mountains and began to settle here.
Although the mortals in the scroll world are weak, they have their own way of survival.

This way of survival is to settle down near the major forces in a region.

As long as this force does not fall, they will be able to survive from generation to generation.

You can also use this force to make a living.

Chen Feng looked at Liu Qian and asked:

"How many people are there in the North now?"

Although the two hundred miles of the northern border are already under the jurisdiction of Xingfengmen.

But Chen Feng really never cared about the people living in this area.

He didn't even know how many people there were.

Liu Qian replied respectfully:

"Because of the massacre in Liuyang Town last time, the population has decreased a lot now. The total number of mortals is about 500,000, and the number of warriors is about 70,000."

Chen Feng nodded slightly:

"Take me to the Hengduan Mountains."

Since he has nothing to do now, Chen Feng plans to take a walk around the Hengduan Mountains.

Ever since I learned that there are immortals in this world.

Chen Feng's travel routes are basically fixed within the Xingfeng Gate.

Now that the picture has changed, he doesn't have to worry about his safety when wandering around the Hengduan Mountains.

"I will go and gather the men immediately."

Liu Qian was about to arrange people, as he had to make some preparations when his sect leader was going out.

Chen Feng waved his hand and said:

"Just go and take a look, no need to prepare anything."

Chen Feng doesn't like to make a fuss.

Liu Qian also nodded quickly.

Chen Feng and Liu Qian were standing on the top of a mountain in Hengduan Mountains.

From here you can overlook the scene outside the Hengduan Mountains.

There are many small villages dotted around in the plains outside the Hengduan Mountains.

Most of the houses in these villages are low thatched houses, and some are made of stones.

In the village, there was still a wisp of smoke rising from the houses, and many children were playing in front of the houses.

"Master, there are about five hundred mortal villages outside Hengduan Mountain, and more than a hundred inside Hengduan Mountain."

Liu Qian introduced himself to Chen Feng.

Chen Feng asked: "How do they make a living?"

Liu Qian immediately replied:
"Most of them are engaged in farming or hunting wild animals in the mountains, and some women do some manual work to supplement their family income."

At this time, Liu Qian hesitated for a moment and said, "Master, I have something to ask you to do."

Chen Feng said expressionlessly: "Just say it."

Liu Qian said quickly:

"According to the tradition of the Yue Kingdom, these mortal villages need to pay a certain amount of tribute to the forces they are affiliated with every year."

"After we took over the northern border, Wang Hu reduced the offerings from these mortals by half." "I agreed to Wang Hu's proposal at the time."

Liu Qian looked at Chen Feng nervously, even though Chen Feng had handed over the management of Xingfeng Sect to him.

However, they made decisions on their own regarding matters concerning the sect's profits, and they were afraid that Chen Feng would be dissatisfied.

"How much tribute can a village pay every year?" Chen Feng asked.

Liu Qian replied:

"Take a village with 3,000 people as an example. The annual tribute is about 300 taels of silver. After converting it in half, it is 150 taels per year."

Chen Feng said calmly:

"You don't need to collect these offerings. I will formulate a new taxation plan for you later. Let's go to the village first."

The annual tribute of more than one hundred taels is dispensable to Chen Feng.

But for these mortals, they may work hard for a year and only be able to pay the offering money.

This kind of life can only barely maintain food and clothing.

What is even more tragic is that these mortals never knew that they paid money to the State of Yue for asylum.

The Yue State only regarded them as blood food.

This is also the sorrow of mortals and warriors living in Yingzhou.

"Taxes?" Liu Qian was slightly stunned.

He had never heard of this word.

"I'll give you some information later, and you'll understand after you read it."

Chen Feng then remembered that there seemed to be no concept of taxation in the scroll world.

But taxation is undoubtedly more convenient than paying offerings.

Reasonable taxation can make a region's economy prosperous.

He planned to search for some information online and copy it for Liu Qian later.

The two then came to a mortal village outside the Hengduan Mountains.

Walking on the gravel road in the village, Chen Feng said to Liu Qian:

“Don’t people from these villages work in the mines?”

Chen Feng used his spiritual sense to discover that there were people outside every household in the village.

"Master, the number of mortal miners in the mining area has reached saturation. We do not need miners unless we open new mines."

"Although other martial arts forces are also mining, it's just..."

Liu Qian didn't finish his words, but Chen Feng already understood.

The Xingfeng Sect will pay wages to mortal miners, but other martial arts forces will not.

They only give a bite of food. There is not much else in this world, but there are a lot of people.

Countries have even enacted laws requiring people to have children when they reach a certain age.

This is also to ensure that the population of each country will not collapse due to the exchange of blood and food.

Just then, a dozen people came towards us from the dirt road of the village.

The leader was an old man wearing tattered clothes, and behind him followed a large group of people, all of whom were villagers.

When the old man came in front of Liu Qian and Chen Feng, he knelt down immediately.

"All the villagers of Liu Village, pay their respects to the chief steward Liu of the upper clan!"

A large group of villagers knelt down before Liu Qian and Chen Feng, even some children knelt down.

Chen Feng glanced at Liu Qian beside him.

Liu Qian shuddered and immediately shouted to the old man, "Everyone, get up! Don't kneel!"

Liu Qian hurriedly explained to Chen Feng:
"Master, I have convened a meeting of the nearby village chiefs before, so they recognized me."

Liu Qian was scared to death at this moment, but he knew that Chen Feng didn't like this kind of scene.

Besides, these mortals were shouting his name and were clearly kneeling before him.

He was also afraid that Chen Feng would think too much.

The village chief of Liu Village, who was kneeling on the ground, also saw Liu Qian's respectful look. He looked at Chen Feng with some shock.

"Old Liu, please get up quickly. Our master doesn't like others to kneel down."

Liu Qian glared at the village chief of Liu Village.

The head of Liu Village looked at Chen Feng and said excitedly:
"All the villagers of Liu Village bow to the King of the North!!"

The villagers around began to kowtow again.

Everyone's attitude is extremely pious, as if they were bowing to gods.

When Chen Feng heard the title of King of the North, a strange look appeared on his face.

This was another name that came out of nowhere. He had heard before that many people in the North Territory changed his name and called him Chen Beijing.

Now these villagers are calling him the King in the North. This is too childish.

Liu Qian said at this time:

"Master, you said at the beginning that the warriors in the sect cannot oppress mortals, and at the same time, they must provide certain protection to mortals living near Hengduan Mountain."

"Plus, the offerings decreased recently, so many villages built statues of you to express their gratitude. That's why everyone calls you the King of the North."

Chen Feng also understood after hearing this.

I still underestimated the suffering of mortals in this world.

He just didn't exploit these mortals.

But for these mortals, it is the greatest kindness.

"Everyone, get up." Chen Feng said to the villagers.

After hearing what Chen Feng said, the villagers around him slowly stood up.

Everyone looked at Chen Feng with eyes still full of respect.

This respect comes from the heart.

Chen Feng said to the head of Liu Village:

"I came here just to take a look. Since you are attached to our Xingfeng Sect, we will protect you. If there are children with good physiques in the future, we can send them to our sect to learn martial arts."

Upon hearing this, the village chief Liu was immediately excited.

The same thing happened to the rest of the villagers.

For ordinary people in this world, practicing martial arts is a bridge to changing their destiny.

But practicing martial arts requires honing oneself with herbs from a young age, and the money required is simply beyond the reach of a poor family like theirs.

Now Chen Feng actually said that children with good aptitude could directly enter the Xingfeng Sect to learn martial arts.

This is an opportunity to change the fate of their village.

For a moment, the villagers immediately knelt down again to express their gratitude.

Seeing these villagers kneeling down again, Chen Feng immediately said:

"No need to kneel, we'll leave first."

After saying that, Chen Feng took Liu Qian away.

The villagers didn't stand up until Chen Feng and Liu Qian disappeared.

"I didn't expect the sect master to be so easy-going. It's a blessing for mortals like us to have the North Territory under the control of the Xingfeng Sect!"

Village chief Liu was so excited that his eyes were filled with tears.

The rest of the people had similar expressions. It was very difficult for ordinary people to survive in this world.

However, the Xingfeng Sect is completely different from the forces that exploit them.

This gave everyone hope in life.

Outside the village, Chen Feng and Liu Qian were walking on the road.

Chen Feng thought for a moment and said:
"I am planning to build a city. I will leave this matter to you. Please recruit mortals nearby to build it."

Before, Chen Feng had never cared about the affairs of the Xingfeng Sect.

But after looking around, Chen Feng felt that it would be better to build a city.

The economic development that cities can bring is enormous.

In addition, Liuyang Town had been destroyed, and there was no place for trade in the entire northern border.

Establishing a trading city can not only promote the prosperity and development of the entire region.

It can also bring huge benefits to the wind door.

When Liu Qian heard about building a city, he nodded immediately:

"I will gather people to discuss the city building later."

Liu Qian was not surprised that Chen Feng wanted to build a city.

There are cities in every area of ​​Yingzhou. Before, Xingfeng Sect was just a small sect, so there was naturally no need to build a city.

Now that Xingfengmen has expanded to this extent, it is indeed time to build a city.

There was no conversation along the way, and Chen Feng and Liu Qian returned to Xingfeng Gate.

(End of this chapter)