The ninth year of Yonghe, September.

With Fang Yuan going to hold the imperial examination, the news of opening the branch and taking scholars spread all over the world, coupled with Fang Yuan's great general's mansion successes, it seemed that half of the country was about to be obtained, and the world was shaken.

In the north, whether it is a family or a cold family, they have sent their own clan disciples to the south to try to get an official and a half-position in Fang Yuan's Great General's Mansion.

Although Fang Yuan slaughtered the family on a large scale, but now half of the world was about to be obtained by Fang Yuan, even if they didn't like Fang Yuan anymore, they could only pinch their noses and send their clansmen over to join the Great General's Mansion.

When the time comes, whether it is Fang Yuansheng or the imperial court, they will be able to continue.

The imperial court wanted to prevent the major families and the Hanmen from sending their children to the south, but they could not do so.

After all, the great families in the imperial court have extremely strong power, and the imperial court cannot limit it.

And in the south, even in places that Fang Yuan's army has not yet occupied, there are countless families from poor families who have sent their children to Yangzhou to participate in this unprecedented imperial examination.

October.

At the end of the imperial examination, Fang Yuan harvested thousands of talents, and then calculated them one by one and arranged them to the right place.

At this time, Xu Hu and Wang Xu have also occupied all the south and have begun to return to Yangzhou.

Because of the cannon, no city wall can stop the power of the cannon.

In the back, Fang Yuan's army had not yet attacked the city, and the city on the side of the imperial court had already opened the city gate and surrendered.

The news that the south was occupied by Fang Yuan spread to the north, and the emperor vomited blood again and fell into a coma.

Now they are all aware of the existence of artillery and know that it is by no means a deserter's lie.

In the face of this invincible artillery, the imperial court is also sending spies to try to find out how to make the cannon.

Not to mention that Fang Yuan had always kept the production method of the cannon strictly secret, even if the imperial court found out the method, the imperial court would not be able to make it.

Because the artillery was created by Fang Yuan with Yi Dao True Force, the technical content can be said to surpass this era for thousands of years, even if the imperial court found out how the artillery was made, the imperial court would not be able to manufacture it at all.

After the Great Zhao Emperor Li Jun woke up, he repeatedly urged the 300,000 army to all matters, demanding that at the beginning of the spring of the next year, gather a large army to strangle Fang Yuan.

Li Jun didn't dare to drag it out, because if he dragged it out again, maybe Fang Yuan's artillery would become more and more, and he would have no chance of winning at that time.

November.

Xu Hu and Wang Xu led the army back to Yangzhou and met with Fang Yuan.

Fang Yuan held a banquet to wash the dust for them.

After the dinner, Xu Hu and Wang Xu were left to talk by Fang Yuan.

"The capture of the outer states this time is all thanks to the general's clever calculation."

If it weren't for Fang Yuan's clever plan, it would have been impossible for them to take the entire south so quickly.

The two of them saluted Fang Yuan respectfully.

Although the credit was great, they didn't dare to be arrogant, because no one knew Fang Yuan's horror better than them.

In their eyes, Fang Yuan had already become a man of God who knew the autumn of the world and knew the world without leaving home, but all the major events in the world were in his heart.

They have decided that after the founding of the country, they will be more knowledgeable, and they should not rely on merit and ignorance of good and bad.

"When the last general returned, he prepared some gifts for the general, congratulating the general on winning half of the country."

The two then said.

"Gifts?"

Fang Yuan's eyes moved, and he was a little curious: "Since that's the case, then take it and let me see what you have prepared." ”

Fang Yuan waved his hand, asked the maid to go down, and brought up the gifts of Xu Hu and Wang Xu.

In a moment, a group of women followed the maid in.

These women, all of them are beautiful and beautiful, and their every move is extremely suitable, with a bookish temperament different from that of ordinary folk girls, and some are even more amorous, touching with a smile and a smile.

At this moment, these women knelt down, their eyes slightly closed, and let Fang Yuan admire them.

"What is this?"

Fang Yuan frowned slightly.

"This is a gift that I have carefully selected for the general, and I think the general may like it."

Seeing Fang Yuan's frowns, Xu Hu and Wang Xu suddenly trembled, feeling that they might have done something wrong.

These women were all carefully selected by them according to Shen Yue's conditions, isn't the general good at this?

The two glanced at each other, and they saw the stunned in each other's eyes.

Hearing this, Fang Yuan shook his head a little speechlessly.

He's already figured out what this is all about.

When these two people were leading the troops outside, they knew some about the situation of the Great General's Mansion and knew that he had taken in Shen Yue, so they thought they were smart and picked these gifts for him...

"This thing..."

Fang Yuan stroked his forehead and sighed speechlessly.

'If I accept these gifts, how am I different from Cao Thief?' ’

'But if I don't accept it, the fate of these women...'

Fang Yuan sighed, and secretly said in his heart: 'That's it...'

"Don't do that next time."

Fang Yuan snorted coldly: "This time you have merit, forget it." ”

When Xu Hu and Wang Xu heard this, they immediately kowtowed and thanked them: "Thank you for the kindness of the general." ”

"Go down." Fang Yuan said lightly.

Xu Hu and Wang Xu retreated, and a group of stunning women remained in place.

"General..."

At this moment, a beautiful woman timidly spoke, her eyes were like water, and she looked at Fang Yuan.

"Get up..."

Fang Yuan sighed, and then arranged a room for these people to stay in and discuss the art of war poetry with him.

In November, seeing that half of the country was occupied by himself, Fang Yuan officially called him the king, the king of Zhou.

He occupied Yangzhou, which is supposed to be the place where he raised his army, which can be called King Wu, or choose the name of Yangzhou as the name of the country.

Since ancient times, the choice of country name is basically in three directions, one is the ancient country name of one's own territory, the second is the title, and the third is the representative of the place.

However, Fang Yuan felt that he founded Yi Dao, which could be said to be related to Zhou, so Fang Yuan chose 'Zhou' as his country name.

'Zhou Yi Zhou Yi, since he founded Yi Dao, this country name naturally has to choose Zhou. ’

In the palace, Fang Yuan's eyes flashed, looking at the countless people who had been promoted to kowtow to him after the establishment of the king's system, with a calm expression.

In his gaze, countless fortunes converged and filled the entire room.

In the room, there is blue and golden light everywhere, and it can be said that the house is full of green gold.

The fate and luck of the people below were all visible in Fang Yuan's gaze at this moment.

Fang Yuan looked up and saw his current life.

Now, he has occupied half of the country, and in the foreign transportation, all of them are cyan, and the natal qi has also turned into a green dragon, no longer in the shape of a dragon in the past.

Strands of luck threads, intertwined into a net, spread from his luck to all the places he occupied.

The luck of countless people gathered together and transported it to his luck along the net.

"Sixth-order person, it's almost close to the eighth-order person..."