Gu Qiubai understood the significance of this competition from the words of the ninth floating spirit, and the first in this competition was the first to give priority to the choice of territory.

The king of Chu divided the various territories of the state of Chu and distributed them to the princes and princesses under him, stipulating a period of fifty years, as long as whoever manages the territory best, can obtain the inheritance of the next king of Chu.

This "good" criterion is also judged by the quality of people's living standards, per capita output, the strength of expanding territory, the number of cultivators, and so on, which is similar to the GDP of the real world.

Of course, the Xianxia world is more complicated in this regard, after all, it involves cultivators, and many things are difficult to measure.

Therefore, whoever chooses first will get a great advantage, which is also the meaning of this competition.

The first place can get the right to choose their own territory first, as long as they choose a territory that has developed very well, they will occupy a great innate advantage.

"Me?"

The Ninth Piao Ling thought for a while, and said: "Father and Emperor divided each province for us to choose, I discussed with Uncle Yan before, Jiangnan Province and Shanghang Road are the two best and best choices for the development of these two territories. ”

Her hand scribbled on the parchment on the table, this was the map of the territory of the Chu State that she had just taken out, and the divisions of various forces on it were very detailed.

"But ......" paused, and the Ninth Drifting Spirit showed a hint of worry in his eyes.

"But what?"

"These two are too difficult to govern, and I may not be able to control them." The ninth Piaoling was a little helpless.

She stretched out her hand and pointed on the parchment, and said: "Let's talk about Jiangnan Province first, there is the first sect of our Chu State, Tianmen, Jiangnan Road is far away from the palace, it can be said that Tianmen is the soil emperor of Jiangnan Province, and the officials sent by the imperial court basically can't control the affairs of Tianmen, and more importantly, the daughter of the head of Tianmen is the current queen, Chu Yuntian's mother, if I choose Jiangnan Dao, they will definitely secretly interfere." ”

"There is also Shanghang Dao, which is also similar to Jiangnan Dao, the strength of the sect is greater than that of the imperial court, and it is not easy to control, and this sect secretly seems to be friendly with the second prince Chu Yunfan, and it will not let me control it as I wish at all."

Gu Qiubai nodded, and finally knew why the other three princes were so generous and took the initiative to give up their choice, this was completely a trick for the Ninth Floating Spirit.

As long as the Ninth Piaoling chooses Jiangnan Road and Shanghang Dao, which are well developed, they have a way to make the Ninth Piaoling return in vain.

After all, the Chu Emperor divided the territory to them, not only to observe the development of their jurisdiction, but more importantly, to test the control ability of each prince, that is, whether they can make the intricate forces submit.

If this cannot be done, even if the area under its jurisdiction is well developed, but it is not under the control of the imperial court, then there is no hope for the position of the heir to the throne.

The eldest prince and the second prince know this very well, so they can be so light and calm in this competition.

The Ninth Piaoling was silent for a while, and then pointed to several other territories: "Jiangnan Province and Shanghang Road will definitely be difficult to integrate in fifty years, so we can only consider a few other territories, Fujian West Road is a good choice, rich in products, and the power is also very single, and Uncle Yan has some friendship with the Fu Yin there, if we go over, the development should be very good." ”

"It's just that the territory of Fujian West Province is too small, and I guess even if the development is good, it will be difficult to compare with other princes." The Ninth Drifting Spirit sighed.

"Next is the Mixed Dragon Road, the Mixed Dragon Road has a vast area, and the power is not complicated, as long as it takes some effort, it is still very easy to control, but the Mixed Dragon Road is too chaotic, many people have not yet been civilized, very barbaric, these are easy to do, as long as it takes ten years, it should be able to open the people's wisdom, it's just that this territory has a single product, and only produces crops such as hemp brocade that can not improve people's livelihood, and it will take a long time to completely change."

"The rest of the territories have more or less problems, thinking about it, it's better to mix the dragon road, although it's troublesome, but there is still some hope." The Ninth Drifting Spirit made a decision.

Her mind was also very clear, and she naturally discovered the intentions of the eldest prince and the second prince, so she did not choose Jiangnan Province and Shanghang Province and other regions related to these two princes.

Gu Qiubai glanced at it slightly, and roughly understood the situation of the Mixed Dragon Dao, this region was extremely lacking in resources, and if you wanted to develop, fifty years was not enough time at all.

Unless they have the ability to change the world, they rush over and have no way to make the Mixed Dragon Dao develop.

So, it's not the best option either, it's too risky.

Gu Qiubai looked at the territory of Chu State, his eyes finally stopped at one territory, and he pointed: "Why don't you choose here?" ”

The Ninth Piao Ling looked at the direction Gu Qiubai was pointing in confusion, and muttered, "Savage Dao? ”

"Not bad." Gu Qiubai nodded.

The Wild Road occupies the widest area of all the roads, even far more than two or three times that of other regions, and because of its proximity to the Nanban, it is rich in resources, which is a rare and good place.

The only few drawbacks are that there is no specific food in the Wild Road, and it mainly produces some animal skins and medicinal herbs, so the living standards of the people are not very high.

And it's like a mixed dragon road, the people's wisdom has not been opened, and it is difficult to manage.

The Ninth Piao Ling thought for a while before he spoke: "Uncle Yan and I have also paid attention to this territory before, and even visited there in person, but it has proved that it is not feasible. ”

"Why?"

"The wilderness road is close to Nanban, the area is remote, the transportation is inconvenient, although the material is rich, but if you want to transport it, you have to spend a lot of manpower and material resources, so although the local people are sitting on the gold mountain, they can only be self-sufficient, and they can't get a lot of improvement at all."

"Moreover, the terrain of the Wild Road is special, many crops cannot survive, and most of the people eat meat for a living, but the monsters here are rampant, and many people have died because of this, which also leads to the fact that although the Wild Road is vast, it is sparsely populated, and it is very difficult to develop."

Gu Qiubai nodded, it seems that the Ninth Drifting Spirit has indeed done some research on this barbaric path, otherwise it would be impossible to understand it so clearly.

After a pause, the Ninth Piao Ling continued: "Of course, these problems can be overcome, but there is one most important factor that we can't avoid or solve at all. ”

"What's the problem?"

"The Wild Road is close to Huangquan Mountain!" The Ninth Drifting Spirit said heavily.

"Huh?"

Gu Qiubai thought about it a little, but he really remembered that Huangquan Mountain was at the junction of the Barbarian Road and the Southern Barbarians.

As one of the four dangerous places in the Xuanhuang world, Huangquan Mountain is still quite hidden and treacherous.

Gu Qiubai's eyes blinked, it seemed that if he wanted to achieve a perfect Yuan Infant, he had to enter the Huangquan Pool in Huangquan Mountain, maybe this was an opportunity!

Once he is promoted to the Perfect Yuan Infant, then even the Transformation Stage will have the power to resist, and the certainty of helping the Ninth Drifting Spirit win the heir to the throne will be even greater.

"Although Huangquan Mountain is one of the four dangerous places, as long as you don't enter it, there shouldn't be anything, right?" Gu Qiubai asked suspiciously.

The Ninth Piao Ling shook his head: "It didn't have much impact before, but since the Immortal Rebellion, Huangquan Mountain has also become extremely unstable, and every six months, a demon beast turmoil will break out from Huangquan Mountain, sweeping the barbaric road and making the people miserable." ”

"Even every time there is a big demon in the Yuan Infant Stage, my father ordered people to suppress it a few times in vain, these demon beasts often go wreaking havoc outside for half a month and then return to Huangquan Mountain, there is no way to catch them all."

"With my current strength, if I go to the Savage Road, it will take a lot of effort just to suppress the demon beasts that are raging from Huangquan Mountain, let alone manage and develop the entire Barbarian Dao." The ninth Piaoling tone was very helpless.

As soon as her words fell, the competition in the ring finally came to an end, and Chu Yuntian defeated Chu Yunfan by a slight margin and won the second place in the competition.

"It's our choice." The Ninth Piao Ling looked at Gu Qiubai and said.