Chapter 71 Let the Court Give Me some Face

At this time, Feng Tianzong had no time to comfort his little maid. Wang Mingyuan came over so early in the morning, there must be something important.

"Let Wang Mingyuan come in," Feng Tianzong came to the outer living room and said to Aunt Lan.

"Lord, something happened in the Anti-Thieves Alliance. As you expected, the rebels refused to obey anyone and made a big fuss. After we spread the news that we could accept a group of family members, all the rebels started to fight. Said that a group of people would be sent over.

Because we leaked the location of the alliance to the court, the court sent a large army to encircle and suppress it. The court also sent a group of worshiping immortal masters. I heard that the two sides are currently fighting fiercely, but the court now has the upper hand.

Several rebel thieves around were worried about insufficient food. In order to save food, they told their subordinates that they would send their families to a safe place, and then drove all the old, weak, women and children in the territory towards our Liaoyuan City. There are at least tens of thousands of people.

With such a large number of people entering the country, firstly, we may not have enough food to eat, and secondly, it will easily attract the attention of the court. "Wang Mingyuan said with a frown.

He originally opposed the idea of ​​absorbing the old, weak, women and children who were rebels, but Feng Tianzong insisted on going his own way, so he did not persuade him. Now that there are so many people coming in at once, it is simply a disaster. Especially since the imperial court has imposed a blockade on them, even if they have money, they cannot buy food.

If the court's attention is attracted and the rebels are eliminated, wouldn't the next step be to clean them up?

Feng Tianzong thought for a while and said: "In any case, this group of people needs to be accepted first, so I will accept them in the name of accepting refugees. After accepting them, I will register them as my tenants."

As for the threat from the court, Feng Tianzong doesn't particularly care. It's already the end of the year. Now that he has taken in these old and weak women and children, he can collect a wave of taxes. The New Year will be celebrated in less than two months, and then the new year's taxes will be collected. .

As long as he persists until the New Year, his strength will undergo a major improvement. Even if your own strength cannot advance to the foundation building stage, you still have to improve the strength of your natal puppet.

With the foundation-building level of combat power, although one may not necessarily be able to defeat the imperial court, at least one has the ability to protect oneself in front of the imperial court and has the qualifications to be on the negotiating table.

By then, I will have some confidence in negotiating with the court.

For Feng Tianzong, improving his strength first is the most important thing. As for the food problem, once his strength is high, it will not be a problem. Whether buying or grabbing, there are many ways.

"The grain in all the grain depots is at your disposal. If we restrict large-scale transactions, can we last until the end of the new year?" Feng Tianzong asked.

"You also know that our area is not a grain-producing area. Counting the grain harvested this year, our Liaoyuan City can survive until next autumn's harvest.

But we don’t know how many people will come now. If the number of people coming reaches 30,000, they should be able to last until spring. Not only food, but also various materials for winter, wood, bedding, houses, etc.

If more people come, I'm afraid they won't be able to survive this winter. "Wang Mingyuan said calmly.

"People must be taken in, and they must be taken in. After the New Year, I will apply to the court for disaster relief. Then they should give me a face." Feng Tianzong said very clearly.

Wang Mingyuan looked up at Feng Tianzong's serious look, making sure that his master was not joking with him, and cursed in his heart: "You have such a great reputation?"

Although he didn't believe it in his heart, Wang Mingyuan didn't say anything. He would do whatever Feng Tianzong told him. Anyway, when people starved to death due to lack of food in the city, he wouldn't be able to starve.

When Feng Tianzong saw Wang Mingyuan agreeing, he nodded with satisfaction. Wang Mingyuan did a very good job in obeying orders, and he never made his own decisions and did whatever he was asked to do without any discounts.

Although he is a corrupt official, as long as he can get things done, Feng Tianzong doesn't mind if he gets some gold and silver, and he doesn't value this either.

"Aunt Lan, prepare to return to the city. The original autumn outing plan will be shelved." Feng Tianzong said with a little regret.

"Forget it, there will be plenty of time in the future, let's not miss this time." There is no way, since he wants the court to give him face, he must have strength.

His own strength cannot be improved for the time being, but he will work hard and make another two hundred ironwood puppets for two more months.

The ants will bite the elephant to death. The court heard that there are many immortal masters, but he is the only one here. Once the fight is too difficult, the only way to increase the combat effectiveness is through the number of puppets.

The most powerful thing about the Puppet Sect is the puppetry technique, which is used to establish the sect. Although there are not many people, once a fight breaks out, they are best at using the crowd tactics.

It's just that low-level puppets are relatively weak against high-level monks, and the materials required for high-level puppets are too precious. Therefore, it cannot be produced on a large scale.

As a result, the Puppet Sect is relatively weak in terms of high-level combat effectiveness.

But when low-level monks are fighting, puppetry is king. If you accumulate enough puppets, you can defeat not only ten but a hundred puppets with no problem.

Feng Tianzong once saw a senior brother. With a wave of his hand, the overwhelming bone spirit puppets were invincible in the Qi refining stage. Even when facing a foundation-building monk, he has the power to fight.

But later I heard that the senior brother had offended someone and was besieged. Most of the overwhelming bone spirit puppets were damaged. From then on, his combat effectiveness was completely destroyed.

The price of refining so many puppets is that he has no time to practice magic powers and no materials to refine magic weapons. All the time and money were spent refining the puppet.

If all the puppets are lost, he will have no fighting power. This is equivalent to a rich man who has lost everything. How easy is it to make a comeback? Even if he still has the ability, he doesn't have the time.

Feng Tianzong is different. He has a clear view of his own path. First, he has plenty of time to slowly accumulate puppets. Second, if other people's puppets want to be upgraded, they need to spend a lot of time to use mana to warm and refine them. This method is very slow and can only be used to upgrade the natal puppets.

But he is different. As long as there are enough people under his command, he can use time and mana to warm and refine all the low-level puppets.

Endless time, endless improvement. At that time, it is not impossible for him to use bone spirit puppets to fight Yuanying cultivators.

Think about it, when he waves his hand, there will be overwhelming powerful puppets flying out. Who in the world can resist it?

Feng Tianzong rubbed his face. It's enough to think about the beautiful future. The most urgent thing is to go home and work overtime. I will fight hard for another two months and force the court to give me face.