The Sbia Empire, the Holy Capital, the Royal Palace.

Since returning to the Holy Capital after the last defeat, Lu Man has been impatient to live in the palace, and has issued orders in all the regions under his control, declaring that the last member of the original royal family of the empire, the Shamai family, has been killed by the rebels of the Al Qeda family, and he is in danger and is appointed as the rightful emperor of the Sibia Empire.

Lu Man then made a second announcement that he would hold an enthronement ceremony around January 10 after the New Year.

In addition to the three provinces controlled by the Kaida family, and the province that was abandoned by both sides, the governors of each province received Lu Man's handwritten documents. In the document, Lu Man explained to the governors in a very affectionate tone that the past was a thing of the past, and that he was willing to put aside all differences and work with the governors to create a glorious future for the Sbia Empire.

The governors of these provinces rose in rank, and the riches of Luman's bounty were even richer. At the same time, the temples in various places also spared no effort to promote the "legitimate" status of Luman, and in addition, there were other god-subject states that were the first to recognize his status diplomatically┅┅The provincial governors finally unanimously and completely fell to the side of Luman.

Of the eighteen provinces of the Sbia Empire, fourteen were under the banner of Jujie UBLUMAN.

In the official petition in favor of Lu Man's accession to the throne, the fourteen governors signed their names and stamped their family coats of arms, placing their entire family fortune and surname on Lu Man. From now on, if Lu Man is good, they are good, and if Lu Man is unlucky, it means that they are unlucky!

As he held the petition signed by fourteen governors, Luman laughed.

Although he was defeated in the last battle, he himself mastered all the governors who had a wait-and-see attitude. This battle was not unjust. Although less than 20,000 troops remained when they returned to the Holy Capital. But these armies are not his Luman's. He didn't need to feel distressed. Not to mention that this war has exhausted all the food reserves of the Al Kaida family┅┅ Lu Man plans to wait until the next year, before the first harvest of the first season, to use troops against the Al Kaida family, by that time, there are few people in the army of the Al Kaida family!

As a local force, the Kaida family is finished.

As for Lu Man's side, although he has been losing battles at the hands of the Al Qeda family, his foundation is becoming more and more solid. His own descendant army did not suffer much loss, and as soon as the enthronement ceremony passed, Lu Man's "Majesty" could lead his cronies to sweep away the Kaida family in one fell swoop. Establish your own eternal feats!

Thinking of this, Lu Man, who was standing in the palace hall, was relaxed for a while, and his body couldn't stop trembling slightly.

The prime minister, who had recently been named the head of the civil service by Lu Man, entered the main hall, he was very young and handsome, just like when Lu Man was involved in politics at the beginning of the year. He and a large number of orphans were secretly cultivated by Lu Man more than ten years ago, and he is the most outstanding and the most valued of them. Even before Luman rebelled, the young man was managing fiefs and possessions for him.

"Your Majesty, the Governors have written again. 」

"Oh!" Lu Man, who was already dressed in royal dress, turned. Whispered, "What did they say this time?"

"Well, from the letter. The mentality of the governors is more complicated. The new prime minister said, "Some governors strongly asked to attend the enthronement ceremony, while others were hesitant. 」

Lu Man smiled faintly, "Who are they?"

"The Governor who wants to come to the ceremony is almost all the one who has supported His Majesty in the past. The prime minister replied, "The governors who have recently joined His Majesty are a little worried. 」

"I see, these newly attached fellows are afraid that I will summon them to the Holy Capital and hang them!" Lu Man thought for a moment, "Actually, this is not difficult to solve. 」

"Please make it clear. 」

"The order is given, given that the whole empire has just emerged from the chaos, that everything is waiting for the new, that the people's will is unstable, and that the affairs of the governors of the provinces are busy. Lu Man shook the wine glass in his hand, "It is now decided that when the emperor holds the enthronement ceremony, the governors of each province can decide whether to attend it in person. If they cannot come in person, they will send a representative from the family and inform the Minister of Ceremonies in advance. 」

"Your Majesty is very forgiving in this way. The new Prime Minister replied, "But Your Majesty is worried that His Majesty's tolerance will cause some Governors to misunderstand and thus despise His Majesty?"

"Are you contemptuous of me at this time? Hehe, you're worrying too much. Lu Man walked to the throne of the Great Hall and gazed for a long time at the symbol of the supreme power of the Empire: "Who dares to despise me, who controls four-fifths of the land and has the support of the temple and the nations?"

"So, do you have any other meaning by doing this?"

"I just want to belong to the people, the empire has been in turmoil for a long time, and the people are settled!" Lu Man closed his eyes slightly and slowly sat down on the throne: "Although I sit in this position, I am the emperor of the empire, and I am in control of the life and death of everyone in the empire┅┅If you want the empire to prosper, you must control the hearts of the people. 」

"Although Cohen. Kaida's reputation is ruined, but after all, Kaida's family is a famous family that has been loyal and brave for generations, and in terms of identity, I was born in the temple and was just a poor person before. So, how many people among the nobles of the empire have a crush on me?"

"Your Majesty, don't be presumptuous. The prime minister hurriedly persuaded: "Your Majesty ascended the throne for the people, and everyone wholeheartedly supports it!"

"The people are ignorant, the nobility is snobbish, in fact, if I can recruit the Kaida family, they will be a big help to me. Kaida has been an official for decades, and there are many nobles who are good friends with him. Lu Man sighed, "Some of these governors have been bribed by us with money, and some of them have to join me because they see that the Al Qaeda family is gone. Actually, what about their hearts! I think some nobles still want the Kaida family to turn over, right?"

"So you have to use gentle means to deal with these people. We can use the army to seize and protect the imperial power, but we can't rely on the army to govern an empire, be a tyrant, and it will definitely be overthrown. 」

"That's what Your Majesty said. 」

"By the way, how are the provinces restored. Lu Man asked, "Have the people stabilized?"

"This is a big problem we're having right now, and you know, it was a mess some time ago. The new prime minister replied, "Except for the Holy Capital." Law and order elsewhere has not yet been fully restored. Banditry is still rampant. 」

"Pass the order. No matter what method you think, you must first stabilize the people's hearts. When dispatching troops to encircle and suppress bandits, it is necessary to strictly prevent the army from disturbing the people or colluding with the bandits. Lu Man thought about it for a moment: "Immediately allocate grain to the provinces that are short of food, and the sea and trade routes must be opened as soon as possible, and the necessary funds will be allocated to the Chancellor of the Exchequer as much as possible." 」

"Yes, Your Majesty. 」

"In addition, there will be a big change of our officials after the year. Luhman added: "During the New Year, you have to work a little harder, and work with the justices to do a good job of the supervision of the officials. Officials' salaries have been tripled, and we must not allow anything like corruption to happen. 」

The prime minister's face was embarrassed: "This, it will be very difficult!"

"Of course it's difficult. I know who I'm promoting. Lu Man walked up and patted the prime minister on the shoulder, "The reason why you people have taken office early is that you help me govern this country. In the past, those officials could only use it in troubled times, which was really embarrassing. 」

"Yes. 」

"This New Year is their last chance, and I'll give them another batch of bounties, and if they get my money and mess around, it's no wonder I'm ruthless. 」

"Yes, Your Majesty. 」

"By my command, every household in the Holy Capital will be given five silver coins. Finally, Lu Man smiled and ordered, "Let everyone spend this New Year in a good and lively manner!"

"Yes!"

When the crowd dispersed, Lu Man fell into deep thought, he was speculating. Speculate on what his opponent is doing at this time.

He would never have imagined that his opponent, Wei Su. Kaida was still checking the progress of the wasteland in the field at this time!

Because wild cassava is a special plant. It has to be planted separately from ordinary crops, and because there are too many people who are counting on this thing to fill their stomachs, the Dark Province and the two surrounding provinces have mobilized a lot of manpower that can be mobilized.

The troops left behind in the darkness sent several regiments of infantry into the wild mountains to collect cassava for seeds, and the horse-drawn carts transporting cassava flowed endlessly through the trade routes. Eva. Earl Merlin first opened a large piece of wasteland, so that the thousands of students in the academy could learn planting and maintenance techniques on the spot.

Because cassava fruits cannot be preserved, they need to be processed into food on the spot, so huge workshops are being built in every town to process fruits and processed foods, so they can be eaten as much as they are ripe, so there is no need for warehouses to store them.

For the sake of the stomach, the whole people are in full swing to plant cassava.

Each town calculates the area of land to be cleared according to the number of its inhabitants, and those with a smaller population are fine, but those with a large number of people and little wasteland to open up are troublesome. So the magistrates, who had grown up under Cohen's teaching, turned their hearts to the side, cursed and gave some unbelievable orders, so they were planted on both sides of the trade routes, inside and outside the city walls, in front of and behind the houses, in private gardens, in military camps and training grounds, and even ordered the residents to move out of their own bathtubs and basins, and the three provinces of Dark, Dark Moon, and Lisan were completely turned into a sea of wild cassava.

Of course, this unusual and powerful "cassava planting campaign" was immediately transmitted to the Holy Capital by Lu Man's intelligence system, and Lu Man was very surprised, and he also held a special meeting.

A few bags of cassava were brought by Pegasus, and Luo U tasted the gargling F people.

Whether it is the minister in charge of the interior or the general in charge of the military, all of them are absent. Dozens of pairs of eyes and hundreds of eyes stared at a plate of wild cassava in the center of the main hall.

Can this wild thing really change the fate of the Empire?

"What do you think about this cassava?" Lu Man kept rubbing his heavy head with his fingers, "Is it true that the fruit of wild cassava cannot be eaten?"

"Your Majesty, wild cassava must not be eaten! Someone replied in a loud voice, "Not even wild beasts." 」

"You can't eat, you can't eat. Lu Man clenched his fists, "Then why is this thing planted in the rebel base camp and the garden of the Governor's Mansion of the Dark Province!

"陛xià┅┅ This thing may have some other use┅┅ or this is a variant of wild cassava┅┅."

"If you are the leader of the rebels, what problems will you solve now?" the three provinces of Dark, Dark Moon, and Lisan have more than 10 million people, and tens of millions of people will go hungry!" Lu Man sneered and reprimanded: "At this time, as the leader of the rebel army, you will leave the stomachs of tens of millions of people alone. And the leisure to grow this cassava, which "may have other uses?"

"陛xià. If this thing could be eaten. We're not in a good place. One of the generals stood up and said, "Then we have to attack early." 」

"It's not feasible to attack early. A civilian official objected: "We are simply not well prepared, and the supplies for the troops have not yet been delivered to the front. In such a situation, how can we guarantee victory in the battle? If this thing can really be used as food, we need to decide the winner once!"

Over this small, inconspicuous plate of wild cassava, civil and military officials split into two factions for a fierce quarrel.

In the midst of the quarrel, Lu Man's face gradually turned pale┅┅ If the Kaida family found alternative food, then they could launch a counterattack against Lu Man, Lu Man knew better than anyone else. In any case, his own army cannot be compared to the army of the Kaida family, which has experienced the battle of gods and demons and returned victorious.

Maybe because of this little cassava, the kingdom that Lu Man spent twenty years building will be overturned┅┅"Don't make any noise. Luman stood up, "First, find out if this thing is edible. 」

"It's already being checked. A civil servant replied, "We have asked all the students and tutors of Shengdu College to go to the library to look up the classics, and we are also asking the old farmers who are older and have a lot of knowledge in farming."

"How could I be so stupid, how could I talk to Tiff. Lorenzo turned his eyes on the enemy┅┅" Luman chattered softly, picking up a cassava fruit and examining it carefully.

At this time, the young new prime minister took a few steps forward and expressed his opinion.

"Don't worry, I think this is a vicious ploy by the Kaida family. 」

"Huh?" Luman looked up. Looking at this young man who he has raised since childhood, "What is the basis?"

"Kaida's family is short of food, and tens of millions of people are short of food. This gap is too large to be filled, and in such a situation, of course, they know that the day they run out of food is the time when our army will be killed. The prime minister also picked up a cassava: "And they are planting this thing on a large scale at this time, just to make us think that they have found food, so as to lead our army to attack in a hurry and start attacking before they run out of food┅┅"

The ministers were in an uproar, of course, this possibility is also existing.

"Well, when our army is attacking, they surprise our army to seize our army rations behind the battlefield?" one of the generals asked himself, "Ekorn. Judging from Al Qaeda's military style, such a plan is very likely to be realized. 」

"So, whether you can eat it or not is the key to the whole thing!" Lu Man understood, and ordered loudly, "The academy will continue to investigate, and go and bring all the death row inmates in the prison to eat cassava for me!"

"Your Majesty xià forgiveness. The official in charge of the Holy Capital Prison trembled with fear: "The death row inmates were released on the day of the riots in the Holy Capital┅┅."

"Someone has to come to eat anyway, and if you can't find anyone, it's you. Lu Man looked at him and the sheriff coldly, "Do you want me to eat?"

"No┅┅" The sheriff's mind spun quickly, and he immediately replied, "Please give me half an hour, and I will bring someone to eat at once." 」

"Well, that's like words. Lu Man nodded, "The more people there are, the better, just eat in the square in front of the palace." The chefs in the palace had to exhaust all kinds of cooking methods to make cassava, and special techniques were also possible. 」

"Yes!"

The palpitating sheriff led the guards to the city gate, and after holding the city gate, as long as the people who came in and out were foreign accents, they were arrested indiscriminately.

Within half an hour, he finally brought more than a hundred able-bodied civilians to the palace square.

The palace square was surrounded by soldiers, heavily guarded, and a large number of court attendants with wild cassava came in and out, and nearly a hundred royal chefs gathered together to discuss how to make this thing delicious┅┅But unlike the preparation before making other dishes, they did not have the courage to taste it.

The captives sat on the ground of the square, and each of them stood with a fierce looking soldier, and these poor outsiders turned pale with fright.

Sitting outside the palace gate, His Majesty Lu Man's face was also pale, and the civil and military officials on both sides were also nervous to death┅┅Whether wild cassava can be eaten and how to eat it is related to the survival of the "empire"!

"Your Majesty, you're ready. The palace governor came and reported, "There are 140 people in total, and every 20 people are divided into teams to try cassava cooked in different ways. Then it was discerned by the knowledgeable priests of the temple. 」

"Well, let's go!"

"Your Majesty has an order, serve!"

The palace kitchen was lively for a while, and the waiters serving dishes were endless.

"Royal dinner, abalone, balsamic and prawns – no. Twenty portions of prawns in tapioca juice balsamic wine!"

"Royal dinner, crab beads - 20 tapioca in crabs!"

"The royal dinner, the fresh scallop soup of the sea and the moon – that's not right. Twenty servings of tapioca soup in the moon!"

"The royal dinner, the best red wine roast pork - ahhhhh

"The royal dinner, the steamed ice jade ten fresh mixes—what? the steamed ice jade eleven fresh? okay! the steamed ice jade eleven fresh mixes twenty servings!"

With the voice. Plates and plates of dishes were brought to the square, these dishes are finely made, color, aroma, taste, shape, and meaning are all present, if it were not for the reason of cassava, these civilians would not have to say to eat for the rest of their lives, and they would not want to see it.

His Majesty Lu Man nodded his head, and the sheriff shouted, "Eat!"

Under the persecution of the soldiers, the "tasting army" of more than 100 people began to eat a lot. It's useless to try to resist┅┅ will be forced.

From noon to afternoon, these more than 100 people had nothing wrong except for their round stomachs, and they could see that the ministers and Lu Man's brows were tightly locked.

"No adverse reactions?" In the evening, His Majesty Luman asked the priest of the temple, "Have you been poisoned?" 1 "So far, there has been no such thing. The priest of the temple replied, "But there are also many poisonous plants that do not attack immediately after eating. 」

"Thank you, High Priestess. His Majesty turned around and ordered, "Continue to feed them, supper, and breakfast until they are poisoned or unable to eat." 」

"Yes!"

"What about the Academy! Are you still looking up?"

"Yes, Majesty, they've been looking. 」

Lu Man turned and looked at the ministers behind him. The mood is extremely depressed.

The next morning, His Majesty Lu Manxià, who had not closed his eyes all night, got the latest news that the people in the square were still not poisoned. He couldn't take it anymore. He pulled out a dagger encrusted with gems and cut a slice from a cassava fruit.

"I'm not reconciled, I'm not reconciled, the Kaida family actually found food, a variant of wild cassava┅┅" Lu Man's majesty nagged, while throwing this piece of cassava into his mouth, chewing hard: "I am unwilling, I am unwilling, I am unwilling┅┅"

At this moment, the new president of the Royal Academy held an ancient book in his arms, and his eyebrows fluttered all the way to His Majesty Lu Man's dormitory.

"Lu Man, Majesty, we've found it. Every word the dean shouted was filled with heartfelt joy: "Wild cassava is poisonous—and there are no non-poisonous variants!"

"Your Majesty is lucky, the empire is lucky┅┅" The dean rushed to the door and froze.

With a "bang", the cut cassava in Lu Man's hand fell to the floor.

"I, I," Lu Man stood unsteadily, his whole body shaking: "I've already eaten┅┅"

On that day, the Governor's Mansion of the Dark Province.

Vitamins. Prime Minister of Al Qaeda, Tiff. Dean Lorenzo, along with several interior overseers, also laughed around the garden eating cassava food.

"Count Eva, you still say this is unpalatable. Kelly took a bite and immediately exclaimed, "But what a delicious snack!"

"Hehe, how is this the same! The ladies eat this kind of thing, but I make it according to the royal standard. Count Iva replied with a smile, "If it was eaten by the people, it would not be like this, as long as it is filtered, it cannot be wasted. In that case, it will taste very rough and astringent. 」

"That's right!" He smiled and asked, "What if it's eaten raw or unprocessed?"

"Ah┅┅That's a fool's errand!" said Count Iva as he played with his cane, "and according to the strength of the body, the mild ones will vomit and diarrhea for three to five days, plus be bedridden for half a month. If you eat boiled, the seizure time will be delayed by one day, and if you eat raw ┅┅, the seizure will occur immediately. 」

"See. Diel. Merlin looked at his father and said, "You couldn't afford to be sick on that birthday, because of that?"

"Haha. Count Iva laughed: "The past, the past┅┅" (to be continued......)