That night, the Chu Mansion held a grand dinner, this was Chu Chen's request, dozens of tables were set, Chu Chen invited all the people above the third rank in the Heavenly Emperor City, Li Ao went to inspect the major military camps these days, so he was not in the Heavenly Emperor City.

Before the banquet, Chu Chen briefly listened to the situation in the court in the past few months, including the Ministry of War, the Ministry of Households, and the Ministry of Punishment, and other officials, basically nothing has changed, and everything is going according to plan.

"My kingdom of heaven will definitely dominate the world within a few years, and the emperor of higher learning thinks that it is still too little, so the household department will allocate some more money to the ministry of work, and let the ministry of industry choose a few places near the city of the emperor of heaven to build a few more institutions of higher learning. "After listening to the report of the sixth department, Chu Chen still thinks that the others are okay, but the number of institutions of higher learning is too small, originally there are only three real institutions of higher learning in the land of Northern Qi, and there are many schools in the original Chu State, but there are only two real institutions of higher learning, and there are only four in the original Liang State, which is a big country, and there are only eight real institutions of higher learning, which is too cold, this is what Chu Chen never wants to see, the Kingdom of Heaven, if you want to be stable for a long time, the people will not only have enough food and clothing, but also spiritual food, he wants to let the children of the Kingdom of Heaven have books to read, and the most important thing is to let them know that reading is not necessarily to be able to become officials, and most importantly, to let yourself know, you can only know etiquette by reading, and you can be respected wherever you go.

"In addition, half of the annual tax revenue collected by the localities should be set aside for the construction of institutions of higher learning, and each county must have two institutions of higher learning. Chu Chen said again.

"Emperor of Heaven, there is no surplus tax revenue in our heavenly kingdom to build institutions of higher learning, and the taxes are basically used for the army, the day before yesterday, Li Shangshu took one million taels of gold from my household department, if half of the tax is left in various places, then the soldiers will have no military salaries. Cao Hai, the head of the household, said with a look of grievance, he is the steward of the money and grain of the kingdom of heaven, and he knows the current economic situation of the kingdom of heaven best, and now the millions of troops in the kingdom of heaven, and there are natural disasters in some places, all of them need to use silver, if he lets half of the taxes left in various places, there is really no silver to pay the army.

"Liu Hao, how many troops are there in my Heavenly Kingdom now?" Chu Chen opened his mouth and asked Liu Hao, the squire of the military department.

"Returning to the Heavenly Emperor, there are now a total of 5.8 million soldiers registered in my Heavenly Kingdom, and the conscription in various places is still continuing, and it is estimated that the number will exceed six million in a few days. Liu Hao replied.

"Enough, there is no need for so many troops, immediately pass the order to go, stop recruiting troops across the country, and let Li Ao return to Heavenly Emperor City. Listening to Liu Hao's announcement, Chu Chen was taken aback, in the past few months of his absence, he didn't expect to recruit millions of more troops, no wonder Cao Hai took the money out and looked aggrieved. Now that there is a Red Shadow Beast, what do you need so many armies to do, it will only be a waste of money and food.

After the dinner, Chu Chen and his family came to the back garden to sit down, chatting while drinking tea, Qin Yanran played the piano next to him, the sound of the piano was melodious and extremely beautiful.

"Xiao Chen, when are you going to marry Yan Ran?" As soon as she sat down, Yu Nishang asked Chu Chen to get up.

Chu Chen looked at Qin Yanran, who was playing the piano opposite, and then said to his mother: "When I stayed in the Heavenly Palace, I will handle the marriage with Yanran. ”

"Really?" Hearing Chu Chen's words, Yu Nishang looked at her son in disbelief and asked.

"Does my mother not want my son to get married as soon as possible?" Chu Chen looked at his mother suspiciously and asked.

"Nonsense, for my mother, I wish you would marry Yanran today!" Yu Nishang shook her head and said.

Hearing that Chu Chen was going to get married, Chu Bufan, Chu Xiong, Su Yao and others were all overjoyed, only Zhao Ling'er was a little disappointed in her heart, but she still had a smile on her face and congratulated Chu Chen.

"Okay, when you marry Yanran, Yao'er should also think about her life's events, otherwise she keeps saying that she will take care of you, take care of you, and don't want to go on a blind date. Yu Nishang said.

"Mother, you don't have to worry about my sister's marriage, I have already found a good one for my sister, although I am a little older, but I am definitely a good match with my sister. Chu Chen said with a smile, the person he was talking about was Dugu Yuan, and since he got along with Dugu Yuan for a few days, he was very satisfied with Dugu Yuan's character, but the age gap with Su Yao was a little more, and Dugu Yuan was five years older than Su Yao.

"Older, how much older?" Yu Nishang hurriedly asked.

"Five years old. Chu Chen glanced at Su Yao and spoke.

"Stinky boy, what is five years old?

After everyone chatted for a while, Chu Chen asked Qin Yanran to come over and sit beside him, retreated, looked at his family with a solemn face, and said: "Grandpa, father, mother, sister, Su Yao, Ling'er, it's time to confess something to you, after you listen to it, don't say anything to outsiders, otherwise, it is very likely to bring disaster to our family." ”

"Chen'er, what makes you so heavy?" Chu Bufan couldn't help frowning slightly when he saw Chu Chen's appearance: "If it's something that can't let us know, you don't have to tell us." ”

"Actually, it's not a big deal, it's just better not to let outsiders know. Chu Chen said: "I guess everyone wants to know why my martial arts are so powerful, right?"

"Yes, Chen'er, my father has never seen you practice martial arts, what you said before to practice martial arts secretly, my father naturally doesn't believe it, but when you grow up, there are some things that your father doesn't want to ask, as long as you are safe and sound, you are better than anything else. Chu Xiong nodded.

"Actually, I'm not the martial arts master you say, but a real cultivator, that is, the immortal you call in your mouth. Chu Chen said: "In a few years, I will leave this world, so before leaving, I will pass on your true cultivation method, and after I leave, you will have the power to protect yourself." ”

"What, son, what do you mean by you leaving this world?" Yu Nishang asked in horror when she heard that Chu Chen was leaving this world.

"Mother, you don't have to be nervous, when I say leaving this world, it's not that I'm dead, but that I'm going to a world higher than this world, which is more suitable for cultivating truth. Chu Chen smiled bitterly and hurriedly explained to his mother and everyone.

"You stinky boy, my mother still thinks you're ......" Yu Nishang glanced at Chu Chen, and said with some tears and laughter.

"Chen'er, how did you know that there are so many worlds outside of our realm?" After listening to Chu Chen's explanation, Chu Bufan asked, according to what Chu Chen said, it was as if he had been there before.

"I can't tell grandpa about this for the time being, but when I come back to pick you up later, you will naturally know. Chu Chen said, he didn't want to say that he was reborn, otherwise he would have to scare them, after all, what he said just now had already surprised his grandfather.

(End of chapter)