300: Chapter 300 Split the Mountain with a Single Sword

Time flew by until noon.

Secretary Kong Wanwan, who had just taken up her post, dined with Chen Hu.

However, she ate rather quickly.

It was mainly because she had never tasted such delicious food before.

Chen Hu's cultivation had now reached the seventh level of the Golden Core, and he could easily practice inedia.

Yet, he still ate on time.

After all, a habit maintained for decades could not be changed just like that.

Chen Hu quite appreciated a girl as genuine and unpretentious as Secretary Kong Wanwan.

After the meal, Chen Hu pulled up the System interface.

His gaze swept over the number of his minions.

He couldn't help but frown slightly; from midnight last night until now, the number of minions had only increased by 120,000.

However, after a brief moment of thought, he understood why.

His territory currently consisted of only five prefectures: Linjiang, Yulong, Chenchi, Dalin, and Baoqing Prefecture.

The total population of Baoqing Prefecture did not even exceed three million.

Thus, the total population of the five prefectures was only about fifty to sixty million.

Now, having over fifty million minions meant that most of the civilians in his territory had already pledged their hearts to him.

To gain more minions, he had to seize more territory.

Thinking of this, Chen Hu contacted Luo Ningshuang via sound transmission gu.

Chen Hu: "Ningshuang, how is the situation with the Yellow Heaven Army?"

Luo Ningshuang: "After the reorganization of the Yellow Heaven Army, it has been divided into the Heaven, Earth, Profound, and Yellow armies. Currently, the Heaven, Earth, and Profound armies have already marched into Taiyi, Tulong, and Jiangxia prefectures. The Heaven Army is quite efficient and has already taken one commandery city. The Earth Army has only taken one county town, and the Profound Army has just entered Jiangxia Prefecture and has already arrived before a commandery city; they should directly attack that commandery city today or tomorrow."

Chen Hu: "Alright, I understand. How many people are under your command in the Brocade Guard?"

Luo Ningshuang replied: "There are currently 8,000 people, and we are still recruiting."

Chen Hu: "Then send a squad of the Brocade Guard to Baoqing Prefecture."

Luo Ningshuang replied: "Alright, understood."

After ending the call, the highly motivated Kong Jing found Chen Hu.

He proposed a policy for reclaiming wasteland.

In the past, the government of Baoqing Prefecture had not failed to issue policies for reclaiming wasteland.

However, they were always sabotaged by the Barbarians.

Because the mountain forests were the best hiding places for the Barbarians, if the forests were reclaimed as farmland, their living environment would be compressed.

But in fact, Baoqing Prefecture was vast, with over ninety percent being mountain forests.

The total number of Barbarians was less than 100,000.

Even if fifty percent of the mountain forests were reclaimed as farmland, it would not affect their living environment.

But the Barbarians were stubborn; they simply wouldn't listen to reason.

If you dared to reclaim the forests into farmland, they would dare to jump out and cause trouble.

After many attempts, the officials gave up.

Chen Hu said: "Didn't we capture over two thousand Barbarians? Make them go chop trees and clear forests, and I will send 200 Black Armor Cavalry to act as overseers!"

Originally, Chen Hu intended to have the Barbarians build roads.

However, now that he was directly carving passages through the mountains, the Barbarians were no longer needed for that.

Upon hearing Chen Hu's proposal, Kong Jing's eyes lit up.

These Barbarians were all strong and sturdy; using them as labor was perfect.

However, Kong Jing offered another opinion: "If Baoqing Prefecture wants to develop, we must deal with the Barbarians. Otherwise, them constantly running out to cause trouble is a troublesome affair!"

Chen Hu's heart stirred, and he asked Kong Jing: "How do the common people of our Baoqing Prefecture perceive the Barbarians?"

Kong Jing said: "Not a single commoner likes the Barbarians. First, they steal the people's food. Second, they prevent the people from gathering mountain goods and logging. Furthermore, they are violent by nature; although they do not slaughter the people on a massive scale, they will resort to violence at the slightest disagreement, and many commoners have been beaten by them to the point of being unable to care for themselves!"

"Since that is the case, I have a way to eliminate the Barbarians!"

Chen Hu said: "We can issue a Slaughter Barbarian Decree in the name of the Fierce Tiger Army. For killing one Barbarian, one can receive a bounty of 100 taels of silver at the Prefecture City or commandery city!"

One hundred taels of silver per head; 100,000 Barbarians would be worth 10 million taels of silver.

"Would that be a bit cruel?" Kong Jing asked, feeling somewhat unbearable.

Chen Hu said: "Those who are not of our race must have a different heart. Whoever dares to hinder the development of my Baoqing Prefecture, I will kill them."

Kong Jing thought about it, felt that Chen Hu's words made sense, and nodded in agreement.

Thus, the Slaughter Barbarian Decree was issued in Baoqing Prefecture City that very afternoon.

Chen Hu also made a trip to Yunshui Commandery and Shanshui Commandery to have both commanderies issue the Slaughter Barbarian Decree as well.

100 taels of silver was not a small amount.

Therefore, after the Slaughter Barbarian Decree spread, many Martial Artists were tempted.

Not to mention Martial Artists, even those Tendon Refining noble families in the city were tempted.

After all, killing 100 Barbarians would earn 10,000 taels of silver.

It had to be said that the temptation of silver was still very great.

By the evening, a squad of Martial Artists returned with the heads of 7 Barbarians.

Although three of them were Barbarian children, the prefectural government still accepted them and readily handed over 700 taels of silver.

As this news spread, many Martial Artists who were still watching the wind were moved.

Inside the Baoqing prefectural government office, Chen Hu said to Secretary Kong Wanwan: "Secretary Kong Wanwan, you may get off work now."

"Commander, are you going to carve out passages tonight? Can I go and see?" Secretary Kong Wanwan looked at Chen Hu pitifully and requested.

"Sure!" Chen Hu didn't mind and agreed directly.

Then he invited Secretary Kong Wanwan to eat.

After the meal, Chen Hu summoned his top-grade Spiritual Artifact Flying Sword. With a thought, the Flying Sword expanded to three meters long and one meter wide.

He took a step and stood on the Flying Sword, which was hovering one meter in the air.

"Come up!" Chen Hu pointed to the space in front of him.

Secretary Kong Wanwan immediately jumped onto the Flying Sword excitedly. Then, a light barrier appeared, shrouding both the Flying Sword and the two of them.

The next moment, the Flying Sword shot towards the sky.

Because the Flying Sword flew upwards at an angle, caught off guard, Secretary Kong Wanwan fell directly into Chen Hu's arms.

Feeling her back pressed tightly against Chen Hu's solid chest, two blushes of red couldn't help but fly across Secretary Kong Wanwan's face.

"Stand steady!" After the Flying Sword flew into the sky and was flying steadily, Chen Hu helped Secretary Kong Wanwan stand upright.

"Thank you!" Secretary Kong Wanwan said in a low voice. However, after leaving Chen Hu's solid embrace, she felt a little bit of reluctance in her heart.

But immediately, she was attracted by the scenery high in the sky.

Before she could enjoy it enough, the Flying Sword stopped.

At this moment, Chen Hu threw out a small blue shield. Under his control, the small shield expanded a hundredfold and hovered in mid-air.

Chen Hu took Secretary Kong Wanwan and moved onto the small shield, and held the Flying Sword in his hand.

"Slash!" The top-grade Spiritual Artifact Flying Sword, which had expanded dozens of times again, carried a sword radiance of hundreds of meters and slashed down towards a mountain below.

The dazzling sword light flashed and vanished.

The next moment, a passage over 800 meters long was cleaved through the middle of that mountain.

After seeing this scene, besides being shocked, the only thought in Secretary Kong Wanwan's mind was: "I want to cultivate immortality, I want to cultivate immortality too!"

Putting away the shrunken top-grade Spiritual Artifact Flying Sword, Chen Hu steered the blue small shield and flew towards the second mountain.

Soon, arriving before the second mountain, Chen Hu followed the same pattern and slashed out another 1,200-meter-long passage.

Then, the third, the fourth, the fifth.

It simply left Secretary Kong Wanwan numb with amazement.

However, the look in her eyes as she gazed at Chen Hu became increasingly admiring.