Two months passed in a flash.
During these two months, the Ten Directions Empire gained over five million Saint Realm soldiers, far exceeding the Emperor’s Road mission requirement of one million above the Saint Realm! To date, two of the three objectives for the first stage of the Emperor’s Road mission have been completed, with the remaining one being to expand the Ten Directions Empire’s territory to 80%.
After more than three months of conquest, apart from the First Army of the Human Race, all other armies have split into two, simultaneously conquering two star domains. Ye Yun has now fully controlled over fifteen hundred star domains! This has also brought Ye Yun boundless wealth and resources!
The empire’s daily income is no longer in gold coins, but in spirit stones! If calculated in gold coins, the numbers would be astronomically large.
Across fifteen hundred star domains, the fiefs granted in the form of enfeoffment alone have exceeded one hundred thousand! Furthermore, powerful clans requested the empire to directly enfeoff planets as their territories at an exorbitant price! Thus, Ye Yun has enfeoffed over four thousand planets.
Ye Yun welcomed this, as the empire, at its current scale, could not possibly manage such vast territories.
“Your Majesty, this is the ‘tax’ collected from various regions this month, totaling 22,372 billion spirit stones!” Ye Yun sat on the imperial throne, his aura suppressing the surrounding space to collapse.
To save manpower and to aid the development of the enfeoffed territories, Ye Yun changed the fee collection from once daily to monthly. This is why the spirit stones collected each time were so immense.
It is important to note that three months ago, Ye Yun’s daily collected fief taxes were merely over a hundred billion gold coins, whereas now, the average daily collection is over seventy billion spirit stones! This month’s income is almost equivalent to Ye Yun’s weekly income on the New Mortal Continent.
And this is from only fifteen hundred star domains. Furthermore, according to the initial agreements and the daily enfeoffment of new territories, this number has been skyrocketing by one to two percent daily!
Ye Yun believed that with the empire’s current trend, it would soon reach a daily income of a trillion spirit stones!
“Indeed. Distribute it. Also, it’s time to let those fellows from the Dragon Palace get some practice.” Currently, of the nearly ten million Human Race soldiers in the four legions of the Dragon Palace, there are close to 1.7 million Saint Realm powerhouses. Even their Centurions and above have all reached the Great Saint realm, and in no time, they will enter the Divine Lord realm!
This is unavoidable. With Ye Yun’s biased resource allocation, it is difficult for these individuals not to rise rapidly. It can be said that the strength of the four legions of the Dragon Palace is currently unmatched among the six armies! The only slight weakness lies in the shortage of high-end combat power at the Extreme Realm.
“Yes, this old minister will relay the order!” Qin Zhan took the Sumeru Ring from Song Ji, within which lay the spirit stones that their military department could allocate.
At this moment, they all appeared relaxed. After all, although the empire’s soldiers were still somewhat inferior to the Fu Tian Empire, they were practically invincible within the Tenth Universe!
Since the establishment of the empire, there have been sixty-two powerhouses at the Extreme Realm! Although almost all of them are in the early stages of the Extreme Realm, they are infinitely close to the standard of the Fu Tian Empire!
The number of Monarch Realm individuals has reached over three hundred and thirty. The vast majority of these individuals were promoted from the Divine Lord realm, with more than half originating from the Seven Clans.
There are a total of over three thousand seven hundred Divine Master realm powerhouses, an increase of over a thousand. It can be said that their strength has truly exploded!
Of course, the most terrifying surge in strength naturally belongs to Ye Yun.
During these two months, Ye Yun did nothing else, apart from his daily routine of three cups of fine wine and occasionally accompanying Ding Yi on strolls.
The remaining time, Ye Yun spent refining the law fragments brought to him by the Black Ants.
After Ye Yun devoured the tenth law fragment, his spatial law successfully reached the minor accomplishment stage. He could freely traverse between major star domains within the void. His speed was significantly faster than the Blink skill.
Of course, the most important aspect is that by utilizing space, he could act without leaving a trace. Ye Yun could even use the law of space to directly control a portion of void collapse, causing widespread destruction to enemies.
Unfortunately, after his spatial law reached minor accomplishment, Ye Yun consumed nearly a hundred law fragments in these two months without achieving the profound techniques for major accomplishment.
Although his comprehension of space deepened, he always felt something was missing!
“How is progress with the Poison Sting?”
“Your Majesty, the Poison Sting has now captured two star domains near the Fang Gate. Due to the slow follow-up of management personnel, the pace of advancement is somewhat sluggish.” Qin Zhan glanced at the two old partners responsible for this aspect and said with disdain.
The military department was responsible for expanding territory and suppressing rebellions in regions, while public order and star domain management were handled by the Left and Right Chancellors, assisted by two Grand Ministers.
“Your Majesty, this is unavoidable. The empire’s territory is expanding at a rate of over ten star domains captured daily. Our current talent pool simply cannot keep up. Behind-the-scenes management involves all aspects, which is something you roughnecks can hardly understand!” Xia Xingchao cupped his hands. Since he had shed his wheelchair, he exuded a new vitality.
With over ten star domains captured daily, those responsible for the rear were as busy as dogs! The projects they handled daily were countless. Even the assistant teams of the four of them in the imperial capital numbered over a thousand.
Although they did not need to execute, with the empire newly established and for the sake of stability, many crucial decisions required their confirmation and approval.
War does not always mean the front-line soldiers are the busiest.
With the great era undergoing immense change, many things were demolished and rebuilt.
“Roughnecks?!” Qin Zhan’s eyes widened upon hearing Xia Xingchao’s words.
“Elder Brother Xia, don’t forget that you were the biggest roughneck among the five of us before!”
“Just tell me, out of the empire’s fifteen hundred domains, isn’t there no less than a hundred rebellious star domains? Without our riot suppression teams, you couldn’t establish any order!”
What is meant by killing the donkey after it has served its purpose? Xia Xingchao, after transitioning from being the number one big shot in the military of the Hua Yi Nation to becoming the Left Chancellor of the empire, now calls his former profession roughnecks? Is this still a person?!
Qin Zhan, as the Grand Commandant and Governor, was not only responsible for supervising the army and battles but also for internal inspection.
“Chancellor Xia, are you short of manpower?” Ye Yun’s voice rose, devoid of emotion.
“Your Majesty, this is also something I wished to report to you. The empire’s territory is expanding too rapidly. Even though we have implemented the system of the former Hua Yi Nation, it still cannot meet current demands. Therefore, I request Your Majesty’s authorization to allow those Westerners to participate.”
Xia Xingchao also had his grievances. When the nation was established, Ye Yun’s first requirement was that Western forces were not to participate in the Ten Directions Empire’s internal affairs system. Thus, all seven hundred million internal affairs personnel of the Ten Directions Empire were exclusively from the Hua Yi Nation! Only grassroots management personnel were allowed to be foreigners.
“For the enfeoffment of territories, over three hundred million of the two billion people from Hua Yi Nation followed. After deducting children and the elderly, the available manpower is scarce.”