Heavenly Dao Formula

The island of Yama, in the Izha Prefecture.

People are gathering together to discuss the government affairs of various places and the situation on the island.

Sitting at the head of the lobby is Chiba Oroko, the queen of evil horses. As the fifteenth generation, she has governed the evil horse for more than 20 years. Before Dongsheng publicly plotted chaos, the kingdom was considered stable. However, after experiencing the competition of various forces, she was clearly unable to do what she wanted. She had lost weight for a few rounds, and the number of times she spoke in meetings became less and less. Most of the time, she let trusted people make decisions for herself.

May Yao is one of them.

Although she had returned to her homeland a month ago, it was the first time she had returned to Izhe Mansion since she went to the mainland.

Compared with a year ago, there were significantly more people attending the meeting, and the voices were much louder, which shows that the situation is changing for the better—Dongsheng’s momentum is no longer what it was before, even if it can’t win completely in a short time , completely wiped out the rebel princes, but at least Yixie and the surrounding areas will no longer be threatened by the enemy.

However, there was no joy in her heart.

The topic soon turned to the issue of population migration.

"Your Majesty, I don't think this matter can go any further." A middle-aged man in a long gray coat spoke first, "Jin Xia asked to relocate 20,000 people a year, and thousands of people would be transferred to each town. If Sending them away, who will cultivate the fields? Who will defend the kingdom? What's more, Jinxia is only a city, can it really accept so many outsiders? The victim of the transaction, if something happens, I will be ashamed to face His Majesty."

Wu Yueyao set his sights on this person—Mashi Fujiwara, a major vassal of Yamaguchi, who manages the land of Bali to the north of Izhe, and is regarded as the core figure supporting the great witch.

After he took the lead, other participants also responded one after another.

"Yeah... It's hard to find thousands of people. The battle with Dongsheng lost a lot of young people, and now many places are deserted. Can we wait a few years before moving?"

"Will we not be short of people in a few years? I don't think this agreement should be signed at all!"

"Master Qi, this is a bit too much, after all, they did help us repel the enemy's attack."

"Why don't you ask Mr. May to talk to that side again, and add some silver taels as compensation?"

"Will you pay for the increased silver taels? I can't afford that much anyway."

There was an uproar in the auditorium.

The evil horse queen just sat on the sidelines and watched, and did not intervene in the disputes of the people. It seemed that in her opinion, such discussions were conducive to the check and balance of power.

At this time, an old man with white hair brought the topic to Wu Yueyao, "Master Wu Yue, what do you think?"

His opening silenced the discussion.

As the assistants of queens in the past, the Minamoto family has always been a prominent family in the Yama Kingdom. Although the current Patriarch Genkuji is old, he is still Chiba Oroko's most trusted minister.

"The connection with Jinxia depends on you alone. It can be said that no one here knows Jinxia better than you." He stroked his beard and said unhurriedly, "Do you think if we want to revise the alliance treaty, What kind of reaction will there be?"

Wu Yueyao couldn't help but think of everyone in Jinxia City.

Especially Master Xia who gave her a glimmer of hope when she was desperate.

There is no doubt that the other party is the friendliest ruler she has ever seen.

She couldn't imagine the scene where Jinxia would meet the evil horse in battle.

"Probably...you'll be very disappointed." Wu Yueyao said softly.

"Pfft—disappointment? What's that?"

"Ahem, didn't Lord Wuyue say that the other party would only sulk?"

There was a burst of laughter at the scene.

"That's it?" Yuan Jiu frowned, "Do you think they will not take any sanctions, or support Dongsheng or Anjia instead?"

"I think... the possibility is very low." Wu Yue said calmly, "Jinxia needs to deal with the pressure brought by the Privy Council of the other five countries, and has no energy to take care of the Yama Kingdom for the time being. Of course, such a breach of contract will also make us completely lose Continental allies."

After a moment of silence in the venue, a voice rang out, "Then what else do we have to worry about?"

This sentence was like the voice of the people, and instantly caused a wave of waves.

"But we can't express our attitude so straightforwardly. We still need to buy more weapons." Fujiwara cleared his throat and said, "Master May, I may need to trouble you to make another trip on this point."

"What about commercial ports? It's always a good thing to be able to do business."

"We can first send a group of envoys or monks to Qiguo to spread the word about evil horses. Now that the waterway has been opened, even if Jinxia cuts off diplomatic relations with us in the future, the merchants below will not be able to stop them."

Wu Yueyao looked at Her Majesty the Queen, "Do you think it's really good to do this...?"

"Hey..." Chiba Oroko finally changed her sitting position, and said with a long sigh, "Evil horses also have difficulties with evil horses. Repairing war-damaged towns requires money and manpower, and farmers also need farmers to cultivate the fields, and the money is not bad. Make room for some, but it is really difficult to get the manpower together. And you also mentioned that Jinxia is fighting with the Qi royal family, and the Privy Council of the neighboring country is also about to move, how can you make everyone feel at ease."

"What if I can convince everyone?"

These words were like a stone thrown into the water, causing ripples in the crowd.

Wuyue ignored those whispers, stood up and looked directly at Masashi Fujiwara, "Master Fujiwara, is it true that you can't get a thousand people from your territory? I didn't come to Izhe immediately after I returned to Yama, but went around I went around the area to check the situation on the ground. There are a large number of farmers who have lost their land in your territory, and the number is more than a thousand? It’s just that they are all controlled by big landlords and aristocratic families, and they are cultivating farmland that does not belong to them day after day. Are you wrong?"

"Master May, is there any problem with this? I can't force them to hand over all the people who bought it, can I? Besides, good land will be abandoned if it is not planted. In order to avoid famine, of course my territory must continue to maintain production. OK."

"But what I see is that the residents in the lower city are all pale and emaciated, and they don't seem to be satisfied with food and clothing, and the output of the farmland is even estimated to exceed all the needs of the Bali area." Wu Yueyao raised his voice, " May I ask where all the extra food has gone? They can't possibly disappear!"

Makoto Fujiwara's face darkened.

The two attendants behind him also stared angrily, showing the look of the master humiliating the minister to death.

But Wuyue Haruka was unmoved, and said to himself, "In fact, everyone here knows where the food has gone - because such things not only happened under the rule of Mr. Fujiwara, but are common practice of everyone. They all exist. In the granary surrounded by the high-walled compound, waiting to exchange for other more valuable materials, such as jewelry, such as guns and ammunition! What you lack is not people, but your own greed!"