Chapter 21 The Vicissitudes of Life
May 1015.
The whole Coastal City was a sensation, because Kong Ming's policy made many people feel overwhelmed, and it also made more of the mercenaries who flocked to him more excited, because in their hearts, Kong Ming was always the commander of that mercenary. After those civilians were overwhelmed, they were even more excited, because their children could finally go to school, and it was free education, which saved them a lot of expenses, reduced their burdens, and made them even happier that Kongming allowed more people to have a life and a job, and more income. Whether it is the construction of the academy or the construction of the shipyard or the army barracks, the construction of weapons needs to be done by a large number of people, these are all opportunities, and the mercenaries from all over the world also give them a lot of opportunities, in short, this is a place that makes all adventurers crazy, not for anything else, just for this is a city of empty light, an eternal mercenary commander.
The people of the empire began to go crazy, because they saw a place that made them rich, the lords here are constantly creating many opportunities to make a fortune, every day the wealth of the whole country will pour here, and what makes them crazy is a book that has been circulated from here, what is said in this book makes them feel incredible, because their empire is only a small part of the whole planet, and they used to call themselves an empire, but it is only a small territory, and now they have a soldier saint Kongming, this young commander will explore the unknown territory with all his might, and will volunteer to open up a wider land for themThey only need to invest their money in the construction of the seashore to earn more money or lead some mercenaries to follow behind Kong Ming, and they can make more profits. Money is what drives those nobles and mercenaries crazy. And not empty.
Imperial Palace.
"Your Majesty, this is the book that Kong Ming snatched from Sha Yu's hands, and now it is almost in the imperial capital, and everyone has a copy. The prime minister said.
"Oh, how can it spread so quickly?" asked the emperor strangely, knowing that even the slander of the nobles did not spread so quickly.
"It is said that the Earl of the Sea had it printed, and it is still being printed, because so many people are reading the book, and he has made a small fortune for it. The prime minister said helplessly. This book is also a very important challenge to the throne, you know, once the people's wisdom is opened, many things are not easy to fool. Because everybody understands people. So here he also has the meaning of saying nothing.
"The Divine One already knows about it, and he sues me. All of this is true, and it was just a cover-up for us to steal the bell before. Now we need to do something. Maybe it's not too late. The Emperor sighed. He had already read this book, and as soon as Kong Ming released it, he asked Tang Zixian to send a copy, because Kong Ming wanted the emperor to know that this was a trend, and he was just adapting to the times. The other one also has the meaning of letting the emperor continue to support. In other words, Kong Ming wants to do this and expand the territory for the emperor. But the emperor must support him. After many years of political career, can the emperor not see through this little trick of Kongming?
"Then what now?" said the prime minister, who was worthy of being the emperor's hair, and followed the emperor's wishes.
"We don't do anything, just let Kong Ming do it, we just need land and wealth. The Emperor said.
"But Your Majesty, now many swordsmen and magicians from all over the country have flocked to Marina City, and even many generals in the army want to be transferred to the Eastern Naval District of Marina. The Minister of War said on the side. Now he has a headache to death, the original words as soon as I heard that he was going to the East China Sea where he was thousands of miles away from the imperial capital, it was simply a distribution, all the officers were shirking, unwilling to go to that bitter place, but now, Kong Ming once again slaughtered the gods, and got so many things from the East China Sea, especially the geography book, which made many officers who had already turned their blood ice rekindled their blood, not for anything else, just for that sentence:" Wherever my ships can reach, there are people who have graduated from our Primordial University, driving our own ships and getting honors that belong to our empire. "Now there are many nobles there every day, for a relative in their family to ask to join the Eastern Naval District, fortunately, the Eastern Naval Region to form a force is too large, almost accounting for more than half of the current empire, that is to say, from the current empire army to draw half of the officers to form this navy may not be enough, so those nobles who come to ask are also some small nobles, but no matter how small the mosquito is, it also has a voice, and it is either this distant relative or that neighbor, annoyed to death。 、
"Now try to meet the requirements of the Eastern Naval Region, the other armies should start training immediately, step up the formation of the army, and don't give other empires any chance, of course, with this Eastern Navy here, other empires will not have any ideas. The emperor said, this is indeed a truth, because of Kong Ming's record so that he now has a feeling of being watched by wolves in other countries adjacent to the Huayuan Empire, where is there still the idea of war with Huayuan?
For this qiē, Kong Ming also only knew afterwards, after all, he never thought of participating in the intrigue of the imperial capital, he now just wants to manage these things wholeheartedly, you must know that this is related to whether he can realize the cost of the starry sky, so he spent most of the day in various places to check the progress of various projects, because this matter was too hasty, so that all people have a feeling of forcing ducks to put on the shelves, one qiē is unknown, one qiē has to be dealt with step by step, fortunately, Kong Ming knows that this kind of thing is urgent, and it must be done step by step, so even if the subordinates make mistakes, Kong Ming doesn't care too much, after all, this is entrepreneurship, no one has a ready-made standard and specimen here, making mistakes is inevitable, and making mistakes is a way to find the real way.
But to Sora's disappointment, even if he didn't want to get involved in this kind of, these things would find him, because after he slaughtered the gods again, he had gone from a frontier minister of the empire to a heavy minister, which was a different difference. You must know that a minister is a kind of position, and a minister can determine the direction of an empire.
The City Lord's Mansion, which is not only the Earl's Mansion of Kongming, but also the Coastal City Lord's Mansion, because every qiē is in ruins, so Kongming did not separate the City Lord's Mansion from the Earl's Mansion. Kong Ming sat in the study, and for more than ten days, he kept patrolling between schools, shipyards, and military camps, inspecting the implementation of the matter, and the progress of the matter was not satisfactory. There are many things that no one knows what to do, and every qiē needs to be done, so now Kong Ming feels very tired, maybe it is a good choice to go back to the imperial capital to hide for a while, but this is the starting point of his career. Once you miss the best time, wait until the time is settled. It's even more difficult to change. But at this time. The imperial capital came to a document that made Kong Ming angry, and the five princes will come to Kong Ming to inspect Kong Ming's coastal city, and the signatory of this document is actually the emperor himself. What are these people doing here at this time? It's a question that makes Kong Ming puzzled.
"Drunkard, there's no need to worry about this, anyway, when they come, just send them away politely. Not to mention that this time will not be very long. Sima Wei said on the side. As the city lord and the spokesperson of Kongming, he has been running everywhere these days, which can be described as exhausting. Now he was pulled over by Kong Ming to discuss this, which made him really feel crazy, and the drunkard was just a private call between the two of them.
"Fatty, things are not so simple, the emperor let these princes come here, obviously to sue me, you have to choose one person, or I want to vote for the future emperor, no matter whose vote I vote for, the other four people will not be happy, if I vote, then of course there is nothing to say, but if you vote wrong, our affairs will be greatly disturbed in the future, this is the emperor's purpose." It is also the purpose of the five princes to come, otherwise who would have come to this place with nothing to do. Kong Ming said unceremoniously, although he knew that there were those people sent by the emperor to protect him around him, and he didn't dare to say that all of them, but at least half of them came with the function of supervision, millions of troops, the emperor was so relieved to hand them over to Kong Ming without restraint, thinking about it, he knew that it was impossible.
"Then what should we do, we must not leave them cold, you must know that if we do this, then those princes will not let us go. The fat man said. He and Kong Ming are old friends, and there are not so many taboos when speaking.
"That's a good idea. It's really a good idea to chill them out. After Kong Ming heard the fat man's words, his eyes couldn't help but light up, this sentence made him think of a lot of things.
"Damn, if you do that, we'll be miserable in the future. The fat man hurriedly said, knowing that he was just talking for a while, but Kong Ming seemed to be taking it seriously.
"Hehe, don't worry, we'll put them aside, if they become emperors in the future, then they will definitely not take this kind of trivial matter to heart, if they can't be emperors, then they will be suppressed by the future emperor, we are already worthy of them if we don't fall into the ground, where do they dare to come to us for trouble. Kong Ming said with a smile, although he was not interested in the struggle for power and profit of these princes, but he didn't want to join in it.
"Then what are you going to do?" The fat man is also a guy who is not afraid of boiling water, as long as Kong Ming takes the lead in front, he can sit back and relax when he hides behind.
"Say that I was seriously injured in the battle with the Divine and can't be accompanied, so let the five men take them around the various places in Primorsky City, and let them get out of the way when the time comes. Kong Ming said, he was already very messy here, and if these people intervened again, it would be even more messy.
But Kong Ming's plan was destined to fail, because when they were discussing, the five princes had already arrived in Binhai City with their retinue from the teleportation array, and now they were on the way here, but unfortunately because Kong Ming had ordered not to let people disturb him when he saw Wen Jiàn, as a result, these five princes all came outside his study, and Kong Ming realized that at this time, no matter how much Kong Ming felt that this time the arrangement was a little unusual. It's just that he didn't know why it was from beginning to end.
Don't say that Kong Ming doesn't know why, even the emperor himself is inexplicable, and now he is also asking the prime minister.
"Prime Minister, why is this? Why did those people suddenly ask me to put these princes in Kongming?" The emperor is also inexplicable, you must know that this is the choice of the future ruler of the empire, how can he be sent to Kongming? This is a critical time. Although he also has a few votes and a certain amount of influence, it is not up to him to decide who will be the emperor, the key is still in those gods and those elders of their royal family.
"Your Majesty, a wise person like you doesn't know, how do I know why?" said the prime minister, in fact, he also had a trace of thought in his heart, but these can't be told to people, you must know that as soon as this matter of Kongming comes, it will directly break the habitual interests of the past years, and it is obvious that the people behind those emperors are going to choose a real emperor who can be enterprising. And this emperor must be able to cooperate with Kong Ming, because their hearts are also moved. The reason for this is that the prime minister is clear, but he can't say it, and once he says it, everything becomes uncontrollable. Because those people want to see who is more in tune with Kongming, and not let other people interfere. How can this kind of thing be hidden from people like the prime minister? But now the prime minister has no choice but to pretend to be stupid. You must know that even if he reminds them, it can only make them endure it for a while, and they can't help it for a lifetime, and that is the real hidden danger.
The place where the Imperial Gods lived, now the ten Imperial Gods had gathered together, and what they were discussing was the geographical common sense that Kong Ming had announced to the world.
"Big brother. From this, it seems that we are really underestimating the world. One of the gods said. His name is Tang Mingyue, and he is one of the founders of the empire.
"That's right, we're really underestimating the world. I didn't expect that we are just a group of false gods, and we have not really reached the god level, but it is ridiculous that for thousands of years, we think that we have reached the limit of human beings, but we have forgotten that there is no end to learning, or the third child has a vision, and he has disappeared directly from thousands of years ago, thinking that now he has reached the unknowable realm, and we are still struggling in the holy level. Another god said, this is the pioneer of the empire and the first emperor of the empire, Tang Mingye.
"So now should we go out for a walk and look for our own opportunities, I think we should be able to go further. Li Feiyang said. If Kong Ming was here, he must have known that this person was the one who spoke to him.
"You can do it yourself, I don't want to move for now. Tang Mingye said.
"Why?" the other nine looked at him.
"Because I feel that Kong Ming will be a breakthrough here, he will bring the empire to a higher level, and he will also make the empire appear a real god, in the future, I will be watching his actions, and I will also go to the Primordial University to find a corner to stay, quietly see what will happen there, I have a feeling that I will become a real god there. Flying, let Tang Feng meet Kongming's one qiē requirement. Tang Mingye said something that shocked everyone.
"Teacher, is it for Kong Ming to decide the next emperor?" asked Li Feiyang, who was one of Tang Mingye's many disciples and one of the few people who became a god, or a high-ranking sage.
"The emperor of the empire can't be decided by Kong Ming, it's impossible, but I want you to choose an emperor who is most compatible with Kong Ming, because we need him to bring us the true god, not to be arrogant with a group of high-level saints sitting in it like now. Tang Mingye said, how important is the emperor of an empire, how can it be decided by Kong Ming alone, this is neither reasonable nor practical.
In that case, it will be according to the teacher's wishes. Let the five of them stay with Kong Ming for a while until we are able to choose one of them. Well, in addition to that, they can't be allowed to cause trouble for Kong Ming. Li Feiyang said. So under the discussion of all the high-level saints, this matter was settled, and Kong Ming also ushered in this trouble that was not a trouble.
In the Coastal City Lord's Mansion, Kong Ming and Sima Wei had just finished talking about these princes, and these five princes came to Kong Ming under the escort of the palace guards. This made Kong Ming very strange, and it was less than an hour before this Wen Jiàn came down, and these five princes were sent to him very honorably. And the head of the guard was also very honorable and said to Kong Ming:
"Your Excellency, Your Majesty, by order of Your Majesty, have brought you five princes, who will reside in Primordial City for some time to come, and will not and shall not interfere with a single qiē in Primordial City. The head of the guard said.
"And what are they doing here?" asked Kong Ming strangely. It's really strange, let them come, neither the messenger nor the overseer, so what are they doing here?
"Oh, I don't know, and His Majesty stipulates that they will live here for a while. I don't know about the rest. The head of the guard also said very shamelessly.
"Dude, what the hell are you revealing to me!" said Kong Ming, taking the head of the guard aside.
"My name is Dong Qianxing, Your Majesty will confess, just let them come over, you don't have to worry about the rest, I don't know why?" said the head of the guard very innocently.
"Princes, welcome to Marina City, I think everyone will like it after a while, well, this city lord's mansion is not small, if you like it, you can choose a house to live in. If you put it in the thing, the city lord will give the princes the things you need, and now you can pick it first, oh, if two people choose the same house, the two of you will discuss it by yourself. Kong Ming shamelessly threw this problem to the princes to solve on their own.
"Hehe, the Count is going to bother us for the next while. The eldest prince said with a smile, as the eldest prince and the most popular candidate for the emperor, it is very normal for him to speak first, and he is also showing his status to Kongming, but obviously this eldest prince has some differences in the display object, because he did not ascend to that position one day, this qiē is just a virtual thing.
"Hehe, it is our blessing that all the princes came to our coastal city, where did the disturbing talk come from?" Kong Ming said with a smile, he had already scolded the irresponsible Dong Qianxing to death in his heart, and he didn't say anything when he came here, he just looked like a piece of wood, obviously handing over this offended person to Kong Ming.
"Well, Earl, you can take care of whatever you want, and we'll take care of our own affairs. The third prince said. Obviously, until now, he was not very happy, and he was driven here for no reason, which made him feel very bad, and he was about to drive Kong Ming away.
"That's right, the Earl can be busy with himself, don't worry about us about that. "The fourth prince also spoke, a little earl, actually let the five princes stand outside, without inviting them in to drink a sip of water, it is really ignorant.
The fifth prince didn't speak, but obviously his face was not very good, only the second prince said, "Kong Ming, where are you going?"
"Oh, I'm going to take a look at the progress of the academy soon, and these things need to be supervised. Kong Ming replied, looking at the appearance of these princes wanting to drive people away, he also wanted to leave, only one of these five people became the emperor, and the other four didn't need to pay attention to it.
"It just so happens that I want to see what's changed here, so I'm going with you. The second prince said indifferently. For Kong Ming's understanding, no one among the five princes has a more direct understanding than him, you must know that his wife has worked with Kong Ming for nearly a year, Kong Ming is a person who is usually harmless and harmless, but once he becomes his enemy, then he doesn't know how to die. And always come at a critical time.
"Well, then, the princes, take your leave. Kong Ming made a salute and left directly with the second prince, handing over the rest of the mess to an innocent fat man, anyway, this fat man has a good mentality and communication methods, so it is best for him to deal with this matter. Several people present didn't notice Dong Qianxing's face, in fact, Dong Qianxing was the assessor of the five princes this time, and he would divide everything into two parts, one for such a high-level sage, and one for the emperor, and only the emperor really knew his identity, he was Li Feiyang's disciple. (To be continued......)
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