Erlang Shen heard Fang Jian's voice and immediately turned to look at him. Fang Jian immediately reported, "I am following the order of the Great Lord to transfer 800,000 heavenly soldiers from the four major heavenly gates. They have been sent to the General Commander's Mansion for the True Lord to dispatch."
Erlang Shen nodded slightly, then waved towards Fang Jian and said, "Fang Jian, come here."
Upon hearing this, Fang Jian immediately walked around the jade table and went to Erlang Shen.
Erlang Shen turned around and pointed at the jade screen map and asked, "Is the Southern Continent big?"
Fang Jian glanced at the cloud screen map, then nodded and said, "Big, very big."
"So, 2.8 million heavenly soldiers are far from enough, so I plan to report to the Grand Envoy to expand the heavenly soldiers, and you will be in charge." Erlang Shen said to Fang Jian.
Fang Jian was startled when he heard this and asked, "Expand the Heavenly Army?"
"Yes, at least another five million celestial soldiers." Erlang Shen continued to Fang Jian, "If I had eight million available celestial soldiers, I would be incompetent to allow the Buddhist and Xuan sects to remain in peace in the Southern Continent for two years."
Fang Jian believed Erlang Shen's words without a doubt, but... "I'm afraid there aren't enough suitable soldiers."
This is not a war fought by mortals. You can't just grab someone, put a knife in his hand and send him out to kill people. The heavenly soldiers have standards for their understanding and physical realm.
It doesn't matter if the aptitude is poor, but the comprehension of the heavenly soldiers must be good. Otherwise, if there is a mistake in the formation when going into battle, it will be a big problem.
These heavenly soldiers now are elite soldiers that the Heavenly Court has carefully trained for many years. They are not comparable to ordinary immortal cultivators.
"That's why I've handed this matter over to you," Erlang Shen said. "I believe in your ability."
Fang Jian gave a wry smile. This was the reality. The more capable you were, the more valued you were, and the harder the tasks assigned to you became. Sometimes, being mediocre allowed you to relax and avoid shouldering such heavy responsibilities.
But he only gave a wry smile, and then Fang Jian said with a determined face: "If the Grand Master orders me to expand the Heavenly Army, then I will definitely live up to the trust of Master Erlang."
Erlang Shen's brows relaxed, and he looked at Fang Jian with a smile and said, "Okay." After that, Erlang Shen bowed to Fang Jian very solemnly and said, "Then this important matter will be fully entrusted to you, Master Hongqing."
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Two days later, the Emperor Qinghua of Dongji approved Erlang Shen's memorial and decided to expand the Heavenly Court's celestial soldiers by 5 million. The recruitment and training of these 5 million celestial soldiers would be under the full charge of Fang Jian, the chief inspector of Taixuan Province, and all the immortal officials of Tianshu Province.
After receiving the decree, the first thing Fang Jian thought of was the demon tribe in Uttarakuru.
But he quickly rejected it. The monsters of Northern Juluzhou had already formed the Northern Juluzhou Demon-Slaying Commandery, and now they were fully responsible for guarding Northern Juluzhou and Dongsheng Shenzhou, so they could not spare much time.
Forces joined the battle.
So Fang Jian next thought of the Four Seas Dragon Clan. After so many years of operation, the Four Seas Dragon Clan was no longer comparable to the Phoenix Clan.
Because the dragon clan has now become a large clan that can be compared with the demon clan, and its sons and grandsons are spread across the four continents.
Therefore, Fang Jian immediately went to the Immortal Registration Institute of the Taixuan Division to retrieve the information of the true immortals of the Four Seas Dragon Clan from the Immortal Registration Institute.
Three days later, the information of all the true immortal dragon gods of the Four Seas Dragon Clan had been sorted out by the Tianshu Province. Fang Jian immediately transferred 10,000 thunder soldiers from the Thunder Department, and then ordered the immortal officials of Wuying Palace and Tianshu Province to hold his own decree and go to the Four Seas Dragon Palace to recruit them.
Ao Guang, the Dragon King of the East China Sea, sat in the magnificent Dragon Palace, which was decorated with gold and jade.
He had already known that the Heavenly Court was conquering the Southern Continent and that the war had already begun, but the affairs of the Southern Continent had nothing to do with him, the Dragon King of the East China Sea.
However, the Heavenly Court is in need of all kinds of elixirs and precious materials right now. Ao Guang is thinking whether he should offer a batch of elixirs and precious materials to the Heavenly Court in advance to show his loyalty.
The Heavenly Court has stipulated the quantity and deadline for offerings to the Dragon Palaces of the Four Seas. No offerings can be made privately before the deadline.
This is just like the tax collection in the mortal dynasties. The imperial court will stipulate when and how much tax the local governments should pay to the court. This is the rule, and local governments cannot pay the tax at will.
If this loophole is opened, then local officials will certainly levy arbitrary taxes on the people under various pretexts in order to exploit them. ….
Similarly, the wealth of the Dragon Palace of the Four Seas was also obtained from the four seas, and even from the creatures of the four seas.
Therefore, the Heavenly Court has regulations on when and how much to offer, and it is announced to all living beings in the four seas. Even if the Dragon Palace of the Four Seas wants to exploit the living beings in the four seas, it can only exploit them once in a period of time under this name.
Moreover, the Heavenly Court allows creatures from all over the world to report. Once the Heavenly Court discovers that the Dragon Palaces of the Four Seas are oppressing the creatures of the Four Seas, then... Ao Ren, who had just been skinned and had his tendons pulled out, will have something to say about this.
However, just as Ao Guang was hesitating, Prime Minister Turtle suddenly rushed into the hall and reported, "Your Highness, Dragon King, Master Hua of Gougongchu, the Taixuan Province, has arrived. He said he has a decree from Master Hongqing, requesting an audience with the Dragon King."
Ao Guang was immediately shocked when he heard this. "Master Hongqing's decree?" Thinking of this, he hurriedly raised his hand and said, "Quick, please come in!"
Prime Minister Turtle immediately accepted the order and departed. Not long after, Master Chu Hua, with his head held high and his chest puffed out, strode into the main hall. He then bowed to Ao Guang, the Dragon King of the East China Sea, who was seated at the head of the hall, and said, "This subordinate pays respects to the Dragon King of the East China Sea."
The Dragon Kings of the Four Seas are super-rank immortal officials, so as a first-rank immortal official, Master Chu Hua naturally has to pay his respects to the Dragon King of the East Sea.
Ao Guang quickly extended his hand and said, "Master Chuhua, there's no need for formalities. Please take a seat." Then, Ao Guang addressed the East China Sea fairies standing nearby, saying, "Quick, serve Master Chuhua the finest spiritual tea."
But after taking his seat, Master Chu Hua said, "No need to serve tea. I'm here to convey Master Hong Qing's instructions. After delivering them, I must oversee their implementation. Time is very tight, so I really don't have time for tea."
When the Dragon King of the East Sea heard this, he first waved his hand to signal the water fairies who were still standing to continue making tea, then looked at Master Chu Hua with a solemn and serious expression, waiting for him to read out Fang Jian's decree.
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