After King Pingxi returned to the imperial capital, he quickly went to see the emperor and gave a detailed report to the emperor on what he had seen and heard in the Flame City during this period, as well as what the emperor had arranged.

"My dear, you did a great job on this errand. You can't be idle after you come back. You have to shoulder the burden of logistics support. Now is the time to employ people. Thank you for your hard work." The emperor praised King Pingxi.

"Your Majesty, these are the responsibilities of a minister." King Pingxi said quickly.

After King Pingxi left, the emperor's face became solemn. There was a daily report in the front, and it was not easy there. King Zhennan was under a lot of pressure, but he commanded well and fought tenaciously. The two sides are currently in a tug-of-war.

, I didn’t even take advantage of sleeping.

"Your Majesty, there is no problem with our supplies in the short term. The key is that over time, we will inevitably be stretched. This needs to be prepared in advance." Ye Zhengdao reminded.

"We can't increase taxes now, we must maintain stability. If that doesn't work, increase taxes in Flame City, which is relatively wealthy."

"Your Majesty, Flame City has already increased by 5%. Wouldn't it be too much to increase it further? If there is a backlash, will it arouse public anger?" Ye Zhengdao was a little worried.

"I believe that the Zhao family can handle this matter well. At present, we can only adopt this method." The emperor shook his head. He already knew the credibility of the Zhao family in the Flame City. The people of the Flame City believed in the Zhao family.

"Now we must maintain the stability of the empire. Let the Zhao family try their best to deal with it first. Relying on the power of the Flame City alone will definitely not be enough. We will discuss the rest." The emperor told King Pingxi all his thoughts.

The day after King Pingxi left, Zhao Zhenduo and Xu Baichuan were sitting in the living room of the mansion discussing the matter.

"We will do our best on this matter. Is there any good solution I can discuss with you now?" Zhao Zhenduo asked Xu Baichuan.

"Although there are many medicinal materials in Qinghuang Mountain, they are not easy to pick. The biggest problem is the transportation problem. If the transportation problem cannot be solved, no matter how many medicinal materials there are, they cannot be turned into treasures." Xu Baichuan said.

"Almost everyone in our Zhao family can make elixirs, and with the group of alchemists we have trained, if we want to turn the medicinal materials from Qinghuang Mountain into treasures, we have to work on elixirs."

"We have to make a fuss about this. How to do it?" These are the problems Xu Baichuan needs to solve now.

"It's a pity that Zhao Fei is not here. If he were here, there should be a way to solve this problem."

"We can't rely on Zhao Fei for everything, we also have to have some opinions." Xu Baichuan continued.

"If we increase taxes by another five percent, it will have an impact on everyone. How much does it cost for an army of more than one million people every day? This is not something that we, the Flame City, can solve, so there must be a way now.

Raise taxes and raise revenue to solve this problem." This was the solution Zhao Zhenduo came up with.

"It's still Zhao Fei's trick, collect herbs on the mountain, refine elixirs on the spot, and then send them down the mountain." Xu Baichuan said quickly.

"Yes, the medicinal materials in the depths are densely packed and it is much easier to pick them. But the depths are also full of dangers, which are not something ordinary people can do. The Qi Refining Realm is definitely not good, and the Refining Realm must be at least seven or eight levels above.

Even if they can go up there, they can't protect themselves, they need to be protected by experts."

"Thirty alchemists each refine twenty realm-transformation pills a day, which is hundreds of pills a day. With the cost of the herb collectors, these pills are a drop in the bucket." Zhao Zhenduo has already calculated this account.

"Once the medicinal materials in Qinghuang Mountain are exhausted, the Flame City will be ruined. So everything we have to do is centered on the medicinal materials. This is the only way." Zhao Zhenduo's face became solemn when he said this.

"Don't count on the people, and don't count on raising taxes. The only way is to find a solution in Qinghuang Academy. There are now more than 30,000 people, and if each person has the value of one pill per day, then this income will be enough to temporarily support the war.

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"Then how do you think it can be done?" Zhao Zhenduo was very puzzled.

"You have to ask Zhao Fei, Zhao Ming and the others. We don't have the ability to solve this problem." Xu Baichuan shook his head with a wry smile.

After old man Qingfeng came out of Yanshan Mountain, he didn't waste a moment and walked quickly into Qinghuang Mountain.

In the past few decades, he has been involved in every war in the Canglang Empire. They are the key to the victory or defeat of the war.

The reason why he entered Qinghuang Mountain quickly was because he wanted to meet Old Man Pingtian and others as early as possible.

"Old man, don't worry, they will never take action so early. Although we people can affect the direction of the war, we still rely on the strength of the country. For example, the Daliang country is rich in resources, and just a few of us can go in and plunder.

How much? The military is the most important factor. If they don’t move, we won’t move either.” Old Pingtian said with a smile.

"I don't understand this truth? A war requires the strength of the whole country. Except for Prince Yin, the eight kings of the Daliang Kingdom are not very good. How has your elixir refining been going lately?" Old Man Qingfeng changed the subject.

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"I have accumulated a lot of divine realm pills here. Zhao Ming hasn't come out yet. Let him take them out after Zhao Ming comes out."

"I can guess some of Zhao Fei's plans and measures. Now we need a lot of elixirs. Let's look back and see how to refine them."

After Zhao Ming entered the mountain, he went directly to the Immortal Tree, where Qing Xuzi led hundreds of people to practice.

"Senior, the war outside has begun. I want to take some people out. They are needed outside..." Zhao Ming told Qing Xuzi the situation in detail.

"There are not many masters in the God Refining Realm here, most of them are in the Earth Refining Realm, and they are making rapid progress." Qing Xuzi also introduced the situation here to Zhao Ming.

"Brothers Lin Feng and Lin Hai have entered the realm of refining gods. They have been in for too long and they should be let out." Zhao Ming was immediately overjoyed when he heard this. These brothers are the sons of Zhennan Wang Lin Huai and the biological brothers of Lin Xuejiao. They

The two entered the realm of refining gods, which was a great help to Lin Huai.

"Zhao Wei has also entered the God Refining Realm, and several others have already reached the ninth level of the Earth Refining Realm. Soon, your Zhao family will be able to reach a few more God Refining Realms." Qing Xuzi said with a smile.

"Okay, that's very good. Now is the time to hire people. The more experts the better." Zhao Ming was very happy. This was much better than he expected.

"I don't have time to go inside. It takes nearly two months to get in and out. There are a lot of things to do outside. I will stay for a few days and then leave."

"Zhao Ming, didn't you notice something when you came in? The fog in the mountains is getting lighter and lighter. It used to take more than fifty days to go back and forth, but now it has been shortened to more than a month. The fog here is getting lighter and lighter.

It’s so thin that I think the fog will disappear completely one day if it continues like this.”

"Senior, I noticed it. I don't know if this is a good thing or a bad thing. Forget it, I won't study this matter now. Let's study who to take out..."

A few days later, Zhao Ming left the Immortal Tree and returned to the waterfall with more than forty people. At this time, Old Man Qingfeng and Old Man Heping Tian were still waiting for Zhao Ming here. They had something to explain.

"After you go out, you must prepare quickly. Zhao Fei will definitely make big moves when he comes back. Everything will focus on the battle ahead."

"Grandpa, are you going out with us now?" Zhao Ming quickly asked Old Man Qingfeng.

"I won't go out for the time being. You take these things back and hand them to Zhao Fei when he comes back." Pingtian and Qingfeng took out many boxes filled with pills and handed them to Zhao Ming.

Others don't know what's in the box, but Zhao Ming knows. Old Man Pingtian and Old Man Qingfeng only refine Divine Realm Pills now, and the value of the pills in this box is astonishing.

"We still have a lot of things to do, so you don't need to worry about us. I will go out when it's time. Just do what you should do. Don't stay too long. Go back as soon as possible." Zhao Ming finished listening.

He nodded repeatedly.

More than ten days later, Zhao Ming took everyone back to Qinghuang Town. Many people had not been out for several years and were very excited when they saw Qinghuang Town for the first time.

Brothers Lin Feng and Lin Hai have also been in the mountains for several years. When they entered, they had just entered the Earth Refining Realm, but now they have reached the early stage of the God Refining Realm, and their gains there are huge.

Zhao Ming handed Lin Feng and Lin Hai to Zhao Chun and asked her to take the two brothers to see Lin Xuejiao. After all, they had not seen each other for a long time.

"Sister, we are back." Lin Feng and Lin Hai almost shed tears when they saw Lin Xuejiao.

"It'll be good to come back, it'll be good to come back." Lin Xuejiao was also very happy.

"Brilliant, Rong'er, call me uncle quickly."

"Uncle, uncle." Zhao Huihuang and Zhao Ronger called them in childish voices.

This was the first time that Lin Feng and Lin Hai saw them since they were born. They quickly picked up the two children and took them to play.

"Sister, Zhao Ming asked me to take them back first. He will come over after he has something to arrange. He said he would let you prepare dinner." Zhao Chun said to Lin Xuejiao with a smile.

"They come up with so many excuses to get a meal, these guys are getting more and more cunning."

"Hahahaha. Sister Xuejiao, I guess there are quite a few people who want to eat at night, so you should do more." Zhao Chun laughed in an awkward manner.

"How many people came out this time and entered the God Refining Realm?" Lin Xuejiao asked Lin Feng.

"Sister, there aren't many people. It's just the two of us and Zhao Wei, but there are more than a dozen people who have reached the critical point. They only need an opportunity to enter the God Refining Realm. They have been in there for too long, and Brother Zhao Ming said to let them out.

breakthrough."

"Haha, if these dozen people can break through, it will be a big help." Lin Xuejiao was very happy, what is lacking now is a master.

"The rest are also at the seventh and eighth levels of the Earth Refining Realm. Zhao Ming said that they are needed outside, so they have been loaned out. There have been no more people coming in in the past few months. The ones in our place who are currently at a low level are all at the Earth Refining Realm.

At the third level, they all come out and their fighting power is very terrifying." Lin Feng told Lin Xuejiao about the situation inside.

"Okay, that's good. Let's discuss it carefully when Zhao Ming comes over tonight." Lin Xuejiao had some plans in mind.

Having lived with Zhao Fei for a long time, she was familiar with some of Zhao Fei's thoughts and ideas. What would he do if Zhao Fei was here at this time? Lin Xuejiao still understood Zhao Fei's thoughts to some extent, so she decided to have a good night with Zhao Fei.
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