286: Chapter 286 Taking Another Prefecture

The confiscation lasted until evening.

Inside the Prefecture office.

Chen Hu was having dinner with Nangong Hongyan.

A Puppet official came to report the results of the confiscation.

Chen Hu took the confiscation ledger and started looking through it.

It had to be said that the officialdom of the Great Yong Kingdom was rotten to the core.

Among the hundreds of officials of various ranks in this Prefecture City, there wasn't a single honest one.

As for the wealth confiscated, it exceeded one hundred million taels of silver.

Immediately, Chen Hu issued an order to post notices throughout the city.

Soon, Chen Hu's soldiers went into action.

Notices were posted in almost every conspicuous place within the Prefecture City.

The content of the notice was simple and straightforward.

First, it introduced that they were from the Fierce Tiger Army; second, it stated that they would return the head tax and military grain collected by the government recently at the Prefecture office at 7:00 AM tomorrow.

That night, Chen Hu and Nangong Hongyan stayed in the backyard of the Prefecture office.

After some Dual Cultivation, Nangong Hongyan's cultivation was close to a Breakthrough to Late-stage Bone Refining.

When it came to treating women, Chen Hu always believed in treating everyone equally.

Since he used his own magic power to wash and refine Luo Ningshuang's body, he naturally wouldn't leave out Nangong Hongyan and Liu Xiangyue.

Liu Xiangyue had only recently broken through to the Middle Stage of the Blood Refining Realm.

Therefore, even if Chen Hu washed and refined her body, it was impossible for her to have a Breakthrough within two or three days.

However, her combat power had improved significantly; even though she had just broken through to the Blood Refining Realm, she could sweep through the Blood Refining Realm.

On the contrary, Nangong Hongyan's cultivation was low, so her improvement was relatively fast.

Time arrived at the early morning.

Chen Hu pulled up the System panel.

His gaze fell on the number of underlings, and he discovered that the number of underlings had increased to 22.35 million.

As for the underling points, they had increased to over 54.87 million.

"Very good, only forty-something million left until one hundred million!" Chen Hu nodded with satisfaction.

Then he started opening cards.

As usual, he opened the good luck card first.

Today, he obtained a 4x good luck bonus.

Subsequently, Chen Hu opened all the material and object cards.

Next, he took out the connection card.

He silently recited to activate it, obtaining a D-grade connection.

He directly chose not to use it.

He activated the identity card.

He obtained the identity of a scholar.

Chen Hu directly used this identity and read the person's memories.

After reading his memories, Chen Hu found it quite interesting.

Because this scholar was actually an advisor to Yang Tian, the leader of the remnants of the previous dynasty.

This scholar was Yang Tian's confidant and held quite a few secrets.

For example, the people the remnants of the previous dynasty sent to the Yellow Heaven Sect controlled at least one-third of the Yellow Heaven Army's soldiers.

Moreover, both sides were in a state of cooperation.

It wasn't that Yang Tian didn't want to control more soldiers, but doing so would touch the bottom line of the Yellow Heaven Sect.

There was also the news that the Yellow Heaven Army had already taken the Feilong Prefecture.

They were already reorganizing their troops, and once that was finished, they would attack the Taiyi Prefecture.

What was even more interesting was that the Yellow Heaven Sect's control over the Yellow Heaven Army showed signs of slipping.

While this undoubtedly involved a power struggle, it naturally also included the pushing of the Yellow Heaven side.

Seeing this memory, Chen Hu shook his head in disdain.

Having only conquered one prefecture, they already started infighting; the Yellow Heaven Army was destined not to go far.

There was also the fact that Yang Tian had secretly trained an army of one hundred thousand.

However, this guy was also quite smart and had dispersed these one hundred thousand troops across Lingzhou and Yunzhou.

There were only thirty thousand troops left in Lingzhou.

However, because Governor-General Zhao Tianqing's fifty thousand troops were completely wiped out by him, Yang Tian and his subordinates were discussing whether to seize Lingzhou.

Most of them opposed it.

Because their goal was to retake the world, not to cause trouble for the Great Yong Kingdom.

Although the Great Yong Kingdom was on the verge of collapse, its overall strength still existed.

If they dared to seize Lingzhou, the Great Yong Kingdom would definitely not let them go.

But Lingzhou was a piece of fat meat.

If they gave it up just like that, they felt unwilling.

Consequently, someone suggested forming an Alliance with the Fierce Tiger Army.

Because the news of the fall of Yulong Prefecture had also reached Yang Tian and the others.

Moreover, the Martial Artist soldiers he possessed had been exposed.

This made Yang Tian and the others very envious.

After all, the army he revealed included one thousand Organ Refining Realm Great Snow Dragon Cavalry and five thousand Bone Refining infantry.

To facilitate the Alliance, someone suggested that Yang Tian marry Princess Yang Xianer to him.

However, Yang Tian was still considering it.

After restoring his original identity, Chen Hu continued to open cards.

He activated a technique card and obtained another top-grade technique.

He activated a soul weapon card and obtained a top-grade soul weapon.

Then, he used an enlightenment card to Cultivate this top-grade technique to Perfection.

Next, he activated a martial arts cultivation card and obtained 100 cultivation points.

After using it, Chen Hu's Saint Yuan increased a bit.

Chen Hu spent some more time opening the other cards.

Only one treasure hunting card remained.

He still went to the Royal Capital.

And through the treasure hunting card, he obtained a valuable Treasure Trove.

It seemed this Royal Capital had infinite potential.

He could open the treasure hunting card a few more times.

Once he finished opening the ownerless Treasure Troves in the Royal Capital, he would go to the Royal Capitals of other countries to open them.

Subsequently, Chen Hu activated the cultivation multiplier card.

He obtained a 10x cultivation effect.

He took out two soul crystals, held them in his hands, and began to circulate the Spirit Refining Art to Cultivate.

One hour later.

After absorbing and digesting the Soul Power, Chen Hu's Dharma Idol increased a little bit.

"Sleep!"

Chen Hu lay down, pulled Nangong Hongyan's delicate body into his arms, and began to sleep.

The next day.

Just after getting up, the twin sisters Chu Chu and Chu Xiang brought in washing tools and hot water to serve them as they got up.

After taking the Prefecture City yesterday, Chen Hu had returned to Yulong Prefecture City and brought them both to the Prefecture City.

After breakfast, Chen Hu arrived outside the Prefecture office and found that there were long queues at several tax refund points.

"Eh, why are there so many people?"

Chen Hu was a bit curious, so he sent someone to ask the civilians in line.

Soon, the Puppet official who went to inquire returned and explained the reason to Chen Hu.

It turned out that the deeds of the Fierce Tiger Army had already spread.

It was said that every time the Fierce Tiger Army conquered a city, they would first return taxes and grain.

Therefore, after the notice was posted yesterday evening, before 7:00 AM, many people had already come to line up and wait for the tax and grain refund.

Subsequently, Chen Hu purchased a Rank 6 Puppet civil official from the System Mall.

After appointing him as the city lord of this Prefecture City, he left him with 2,000 Tier 4 Black Armor Soldiers, and then he led the other 3,000 Black Armor Soldiers toward another Prefecture City.

Even without riding horses, the 3,000 Black Armor Soldiers marched very quickly.

In just over an hour, the 3,000 Black Armor Soldiers had arrived at the second Prefecture City — Tianhua Prefecture.

Tianhua Prefecture had clearly received the news in advance.

They had already closed the three city gates.

Indeed, Tianhua Prefecture was built against a mountain, with a large mountain at its back.

Therefore, there were only three city gates.

"Take two hundred men, take the city wall, and open the city gates!"

Chen Hu gave the order lazily.

Immediately, two hundred Black Armor Soldiers stepped out and rushed toward the city wall in front.

Although the Prefecture soldiers on the city wall were resisting frantically under the orders of the officials, they were killed on the city wall by the two hundred Black Armor Soldiers in just one encounter.

The Prefecture City wall was only over three zhang high; these Bone Refining soldiers could leap up onto the wall with a single jump.

Soon, the city gates were opened, and Chen Hu led his troops into the city.

The same old method.

He divided the 3,000 Black Armor Soldiers into three batches.

"What, they ran away?"

After conquering the Prefecture office, Chen Hu received news that the Prefecture Governor, along with some Prefecture City officials, had actually run away in advance.

Chen Hu was not willing to let them go.

Because these fleeing officials would definitely take away a lot of silver notes and treasures.

Therefore, they had to be caught back.