Chapter 4-100: Alliance
"The Holy Son of Heaven reigns, and only all souls protect him. This sentence can only be a compliment on the earth. But in this world, this statement is true.
That's right, in theory, the Han Emperor had the power to command the ghosts and gods in the country. All beings that are not up to the rank of true gods, such as earthly gods, demigods, and heroic spirits, are under his control.
For example, as long as it has not become a true god, then theoretically, it is under the dual jurisdiction of the god system and the Han Emperor.
Of course, the emperor's jurisdiction over it is very limited, and in layman's terms, it is "listening to the tune but not listening to the announcement". But no matter how limited it is, it can be managed. Even if you don't buy a small thing, of course, a small thing can't bother it, but if you encounter a big event, such as a national war or something, the emperor's order can still take effect.
This is the power that makes the kings of other countries jealous, they don't have the qualifications to mobilize demigods, earth gods and the like, so people don't buy it. In the eyes of those beings, you mortal king is a bird!
Of course, whether the power of the Son of Heaven of the Han Dynasty is big or small has nothing to do with Su Ze, and he is not from the royal family.
What makes him more depressed now is that when he chose his own fiefdom from several recommended locations, he suddenly found that he had a big neighbor around him.
It's big, it's really big, and if you look at it a little visually on the map, you can clearly see that that neighbor's territory is at least ten times more than Su Ze's!
The great Han Rongjun is the marquis!
"Lord Liu, how could this Rongjun Marquis come here?" Su Ze was extremely surprised.
Of course he knows what Rong Jun Shanghou is, and he is one of the side branches of the direct divine descendant Yunye Kong Clan. However, the fiefdom of this family was originally in Rongjun County, Qingzhou, thousands of miles away from Su Ze. But I don't know why, this time it was actually moved to Yizhou and ran to Su Ze'er.
Lord Liu hurriedly explained: "Su Guiqing, this time Rong Jun is the marquis and their family has also made meritorious contributions. You also know that there is no vacant land on the Qingzhou side, and if you want to increase the fiefdom, you can only divide it from other places. But Hou Ye was unwilling to divide the territory into pieces, so he simply moved to Yizhou......"
"There's no empty space?well, that's true......" Su Ze looked at the map.
Qingzhou is located in the eastern part of the empire, bordering the Elven Empire. Since the relationship between the two countries is so good that you wear a pair of pants, although it is theoretically a border area, in practice it is basically a hinterland.
Although the overall atmosphere of the empire was dominated by martial arts and expansion, and many of them were war maniacs, there were still "peace-loving" people. These are mainly people who have earned enough wealth and are ready to enjoy it. Therefore, some "pacifist" aristocrats who did not want to continue to lick the blood with their knives rushed to Qingzhou. By now, all the fiefs that can be sealed out in Qingzhou have been divided.
The Kong family is one of the peace-loving families, and there are a lot of civil officials in this family, but don't count on military generals, there are only a few people who support the façade. However, this time, several generals in their family actually had good luck and made a lot of contributions in the battle against the rat people. So this time it was earned. However, the only way to increase the fiefdom is to go elsewhere.
This Marquis of Rongjun is called Kong Zhang, and he is a deputy governor of the Western Governor's Mansion, and he has always been at odds with another deputy governor, Yuan En. Since Su Xue and Yuan En had a good relationship, they naturally received his white eyes.
This is something that makes Su Xue more depressed, relying on a neighbor who doesn't deal with him well, it's not always a comfortable thing. Not to mention that this neighbor is still so big. Of course, with Su Ze's current identity, there is no need to worry about him looking for trouble, unless that Kong Zhang's head is kicked by a donkey, he will provoke a god's agent.
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However, no matter how uncomfortable it is, it has to be like this.
"Well, okay, Lord Liu. I'll choose this place......" Su Xue thought about it, and still felt that this place was the most suitable.
If you are not in your own country, will you go overseas where birds don't? But no matter how much territory there is, it is in vain to have no people. The Han Empire here is very different from the situation of China on Earth, where China is overpopulated and here is too populated. Even the local fiefdoms are understaffed, where can they take care of overseas?
Although the empire now occupies several large islands overseas, it has also opened a sub-base in a new continent. But the population there is pitifully small. Now the imperial court only cares about the land given to the high-ranking nobles, regardless of giving it to people. It's good to just give you the territory, and as for the population, you can find a way to recruit it yourself.
Like those old aristocrats, the accumulation of hundreds or thousands of years, even if they are poor, they are still helpful. But Su Ze is different, a new nobleman like him who was born in a Balang has no foundation at all, and he is very embarrassed in this regard. Where will the people come from?
No matter how big the overseas territory is, but a vacant lot is used for a bird?
In any case, if the fiefdom is in the mainland, it is easier to recruit people.
"Well, since Su Guiqing has been selected, then the next official will go through the corresponding procedures. Please wait a few days for Guiqing to ......" Lord Liu took the benefits, and the work momentum came up, and when he saw that Su Xue had chosen a fief, he immediately took the initiative to take the matter over.
"Then it's annoying Lord Liu......" Su Ze thanked with a smile.
The high nobles are different, this kind of knighthood-related matters, naturally someone will handle it, and they just have to wait. Unlike the nobles at the level of scholars and doctors, they have to run the procedures by themselves.
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Yuyuan Hotel.
This hotel is one of the high-end hotels in Xinluo, and you can live in it with Su Ze's current identity.
Now, Su Ze is in the courtyard he has chartered, discussing the fiefdom with several subordinates.
"My lord, the most important thing now is manpower. In the past, those people in our Golden Wind Drizzle Building were already understaffed. Now that the territory has expanded so much, this manpower is even more insufficient. ”
"Yes, there are not enough people in any area......"
The subordinates were talking about it, and the content of what they said summed up was four words: "insufficient manpower"!
Yes, the current Su Xue territory has too few people to master. Even if you count those alien slaves, there are only a thousand people. This little manpower, if it is only the dozens of hectares of land of the official doctor, is barely enough. But now it's a viscount fiefdom in 660 miles, what is this little bit of people capable of?
But Su Xue is also very helpless now, there is a shortage of people everywhere, where can he go to find manpower?
Now he is very envious of those old aristocrats, those families can pull out tens of millions of people casually. And the appeal of the people is also strong, even if it is the same recruitment, most of the personnel are willing to run to them.
At this time, an attendant came in and reported: "Report to the lord, the great grandmaster of the Lotte Sun clan is visiting......"
Su Xue was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly said: "Oh, Iron Fist Invincible Sun Chinese, okay, I'll go to meet ...... right away."
The visit of a legendary powerhouse, even the Son of Heaven cannot be neglected. Su Ze is not qualified to take a big deal now.
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Sun Chinese came to the door this time very politely and brought a lot of gifts.
After greeting the guests and hosts for a while, Sun Chinese smiled and said, "Priest Su, this time my family's martial arts have successfully ignited the divine fire, thank you very much for the help of His Royal Highness the Church Commander......
Su Ze smiled and said, "Hehe, you are too polite, this is His Royal Highness Sun Zhongwu's own relationship...... Oh, here I would like to congratulate His Highness Sun Zhongwu......"
The two talked for a while. During the conversation, Su Ze also touched the main purpose of the Sun family this time.
That "undefeated gambling saint" Sun Zhongwu has now successfully ignited the divine fire, and at the same time condensed the "gambling" priesthood. It is already a sure thing that he will become the only gambling god in today's Huaxia god system, or even in the multiverse.
However, Sun Zhongwu is a new god after all, and there are no allies among the gods at all. That's not a good thing!
"Wealth and Wealth" is not only the need for immortal practice, but also the need for Shinto practice. If you don't have a few reliable allies, it won't do you much good for future development.
Sun Chinese came this time to establish a relationship with the Siming Church and establish an alliance.
Although both sides are members of the Huaxia God System, like the mortal organization, within the God Department, in addition to the highest-ranking bigwigs, there are also many small circles. Although everyone is unanimous with the outside world when there is something, in normal times, there will be disputes because of certain interests. And it is not easy for a new god like Sun Zhongwu to squeeze into a small circle.
Whether it is a man or a god, it is difficult for newcomers to do it.
For this, the Sun family can't do anything, don't look at them as old aristocrats, but this kind of influence is only in the world. For the gods, a small Sun family can't even top the ball. I don't have the right to talk to people at all.
Therefore, when the Sun family hit a wall several times, they could only turn their attention to the Church of Order.
Everybody's a new god, always have to talk better. Taking care of each other and helping each other is good for everyone, isn't it?
The most important thing is that Sun Zhongwu's divinity was given by Si Ming, so Sun Zhongwu and Si Ming still have something to do with it.
For the olive branch extended by the Sun family, Su Ze was of course willing to accept it. It's always a good thing to have one more ally in the god system.
Seeing that Su Zhi had agreed, Sun Chinese smiled and said directly: "Oh, in order to celebrate Lord Su's promotion this time, my Sun family has a heart. I heard that the main priest is currently short of manpower, if I don't dislike it, my Sun family can support a group of manpower......"
"Oh, that's great. I'm worried about running out of manpower...... Grandmaster Sun is really a charcoal in the snow!hahahaha......" Su Ze laughed.
"Then, these 3,000 people can be regarded as a congratulatory gift from my family...... Sun Chinese changed his words, and said in a low voice: "Lord Priest Su, you should pay attention to the Marquis Rongjun in the future, he has some opinions about you......"
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