Chapter 462 New Elephant (2)
Ji Rong arrived at the edge of the Source Regeneration Pool and looked inside. Little White was already floating in the pool, with wisps of spiritual energy rising into the air, enveloped by the mist, shimmering with a faint golden light.
Therefore, Ji Rong calmed down and transformed the emerald-gold tree stump into a form by the pool, allowing Qing Pingzi, with its five tails swaying, to jump around the large tree stump.
Then, she sat down on the edge of the pool inlaid with large jade on her bird body, and stroked the warm texture of the jade with her wings and claws, and said with emotion: "Brother, your mountain is getting richer and richer, and you are starting to pay attention to things everywhere."
Jiao Jue squinted and smiled, "Thanks to you, I no longer need to split a spirit crystal into five parts, so I should treat myself better."
Upon hearing this, Ji Rong's eyes lit up. She pulled out a pile of empty storage rings from under her wings and said happily, "Good brother, what about all the treasures I've accumulated over the years?"
Jiao Jue narrowed his eyes, pointed with his tail towards the main hall, and said calmly, "Under those three tables are the important news and financial transactions that have occurred in Kyushu over the years. After you have read them, you will know how much treasure you still have."
Ji Rong looked at Jiao Jue, who was trying to appear calm but was not smiling, and knew something was wrong. She involuntarily got up and walked towards the main hall.
Looking at the three tall piles of books under the desk, Ji Rong took a deep breath and roared, "Just three pages of books, what's so difficult about that!"
She proudly raised her neck and laughed loudly, then manifested her celestial form.
Then the human figure in the sky said smugly, "Look, this Nine Provinces is in ruins, yet there are so many important matters. Only a great being like me, who can transform into three bodies with one breath, can become the ruler of all."
After laughing, the bird turned its head back and lay down in front of the table where Jiaojue had sat, rummaging around. It said, "That's right, let's get to work. We've been so poor these past few years that we've almost had to sell our feathers. We need to find our treasures and have some fun with them."
That day, he sat down at the table where Shan Shui had sat and began to read.
However, before the treasure was found, a huge pile of old debts was discovered. The bird-bodied Ji Rong became increasingly alarmed as she looked at it, and suddenly screamed, "How did I get to the point of owing money! No, no! I have to settle this properly..."
This observation lasted for five days. After five days, Ji Rong's bird form and celestial form both sighed heavily. They looked at each other and said in unison, "Come."
Then they saw the two of them approach each other, and a burst of golden light intertwined, and the bird's body and the tree's body merged back into one.
Upon reuniting, Ji Rong couldn't help but slap his head with his wings and claws, wailing, "Heavens! How can I be so poor? How can I be so poor! If this continues, I'll only get poorer and poorer!"
I never imagined that I, possessing the vastness of the Nine Provinces, would lack treasure. How am I supposed to travel to the Outer Heavens now? Sigh, I'll have to find a way to make money.
After Ji Rong went in, Jiao Jue, who had been eavesdropping at the back door for five days, finally heard this. He immediately clutched his stomach, squinted his eyes, and returned to the edge of the Source Pool, secretly laughing.
He thought to himself with delight, "Oh, colorful bird, back in the day when I was only in charge of the Danxue Mountains, I was so poor that I couldn't eat or sleep well; now that you're in charge of the whole country, if you're not poor, who is!"
He imagined Ji Rong asking him for treasure in a gentle and sweet voice, and felt an unprecedented sense of comfort, so he let out a triumphant roar.
The great roar caused all four dragons of power to return, and they roared along with the horned jade.
The continuous whistling startled Qingpingzi, who was immersed in the ocean of knowledge;
Ji Rong, who had intended to recalculate, stuffed the jade tablet under the table and then spread her wings and went to the back of the hall.
This startled Shan Shui, who rode Shan Wu and led Qing Guanzi into the Dragon and Phoenix Palace.
"Brother, what happened?!" Ji Rong, who arrived first, asked with a frown.
Jiaojue turned its head to look at Ji Rong, and immediately patted the heads of the four little dragons of the Quanbing that were still chirping with one paw. It smiled with narrowed eyes and said, "It's nothing. I was just very happy that you don't have to read the letters from all over the country after you come back, so I couldn't help but chirp a few lines." Then it pinched Xiaobai's mouth that was about to open and wrapped it around its paw.
Ji Rong looked at Qingpingzi and Shanshui rushing over one after another and nodded, saying, "Perfect timing, everyone is here. I have something I want to tell you all."
Upon hearing Ji Rong's words, Qing Guanzi immediately said, "They originally wanted to discuss important matters concerning the Nine Provinces. Shan Wu, that's their business. Let's go out first and follow their instructions when the time comes." Then he pulled Shan Wu and walked out.
Shan Shui then asked, "What is it?"
Ji Rong said with great distress, "Since becoming the ruler of this land, I have become poorer and poorer, while you have all become richer and richer. I demand tribute!"
Upon hearing this, Jiao Jue's eyes widened, and he was about to speak.
But Qingpingzi disagreed, saying, "Junior sister, why do you still want tribute? Since the Jade Void Palace dispersed, I have given you half of the treasures they offered every year, and had my nephew Gulin give them to that yellow-skinned tiger named Youdan."
If you want more, then take over the Jade Void Palace as well and manage it as well.
However, after I pass away, all my treasures may be bequeathed to you, my junior sister.
Upon hearing this, Jiao Jue, who had prepared a speech, swallowed it back down.
Shan Shui spread his hands and said bluntly, "Lord, our divine path has reached its end. We rely on your Source Regeneration Pool to sustain us."
Ji Rong then looked at Jiao Jue, who narrowed his eyes and sighed, saying, "I'll settle the score for Xizhou; you won't have to take the blame."
Ji Rong also squinted and said, "There's more."
Jiao Jue said irritably, "I didn't include the accounts of Buzhou in them. The Canglan Mountains and waterways have increased their revenue by half a percent over the years, so what do you want from the silver plate?"
Since the loss of Da Dan City, Liangzhou was already barely surviving; it was already a miracle that it could be self-sufficient.
As for Hezhou and Juzhou, those two places aren't easy to get either; they're already being kind by not asking you for anything.
Jiao Jue's words made sense, Ji Rong knew in her heart. The only problem was that the land had been damaged to an excessively barren state.
He personally set up literacy centers everywhere and provided relief to orphaned minor repairmen;
They also suppressed various ethnic groups and prevented them from engaging in the trade of flesh and blood.
It is precisely this situation: the old ways of making money have been blocked, and the new ways of making money have not yet yielded results.
This resulted in many states spending more than they received, and famine, caused by a lack of wealth, gradually accumulated like water forming a channel, barely surviving thanks to Ji Rong's private assets.
Ji Rong knew that he couldn't keep squeezing money from the relatively wealthy Canglan Mountains and waterways; he still needed to solve the fundamental problem of each state having no assets to generate wealth.
She said with a bitter face, "I understand, I'll go and think of a way to make money right away."
After saying this, she carried the large chair that symbolized the position of the supreme ruler and left the Dragon and Phoenix Palace for the Guardian Palace.
Then, she closed the gate of the Shoudao Palace, lay down on the large chair, and began to carefully examine the Kyushu scroll.
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