Douluo: The First Empire

At this time, the Shouxing Mansion was very lively, with people coming and going in a hurry.They all gathered in the Shofu Mansion and wanted to ask Mr. Shouxian to give them justice.

The shops in Tiandou City are only a small part of their assets, but the Imperial Guard really disgusts them. Report it to Emperor Xueye and explain how your shop came about first. If you don't report it, the Imperial Guard will harass them every day.

The servant came out pushing a wheelchair. Sitting on the wheelchair was an old man with white hair and beard. He was Cai Gongyan, the chief minister of the Tiandou Empire's cabinet.

He has been in this position for so long that all the important ministers in the room don't know how long he has been there. They only know that his father also served under him back then. In many cases, his words are even more weighty than Emperor Tiandou. Here it is. A small cabinet.

Seeing the backbone coming out, someone immediately couldn't hold it back and bowed forward and said:

"Master Chief Assistant, we must not allow the Imperial Guards to continue to act recklessly. You can hear their clatter everywhere now." He said while wiping tears, as if his family had been harmed by the Imperial Guards.

The old man sitting in the wheelchair took a deep breath of smoke, circulated it in his lungs, and slowly exhaled it. The people below did not dare to move, let alone urging them, and waited quietly for the veteran of the two dynasties to clear it for them. The fog points the way.

Seemingly thinking of a way, Cai Gongyan slowly said:

"Hand it over, hand over all the apparent property."

The people below who are waiting for the perfect solution from the Chief Assistant are all frightened. Why are they harassing us? If we don't fight back, even the store property must be handed over?

"Sir, are you kidding? Even if we don't teach the Imperial Guard a lesson, we should still warn the Imperial Guard."

Looking at the agitated ministers below, they would not be so excited even if the Star Luo Empire came over.

Cai Gongyan took another deep breath of smoke and said solemnly:

"The Tiandou Auction House and ancillary properties of the Balak Kingdom have been handed over. Do you think about it, which property is more important, or your wealth and life?"

We all understand that people die for money and birds die for food, but to simply ask them to hand over their property?Don’t you want to lose face?At least you have to put the knife to my neck and threaten me.

"That's it for now. I hope you guys will take it seriously."

After saying that, without waiting for them to ask any more questions, he asked the servant to push the wheelchair away.

Seeing the chief minister walking away without looking back, everyone looked at each other and said:

"What do you think? Is it really that simple to hand it over?"

"I choose to believe in Cai Shoufu. There is a reason why Cai Shoufu has been able to stand in the court for decades."

"I also believe in Mr. Shofu."

Although there are still some people who are reluctant to give up the small profits in front of them, most of them have chosen to give in. If they insist on alone, they will probably die worse.

In fact, Cai Gongyan had secretly met with Emperor Xue Ye last night.

The two white-haired old men were playing a game of chess, and Xue Ye was the first to speak:

"We haven't played like this in ten years."

Cai Gongyan also seemed to have recalled memories, and a smile emerged from the criss-crossing wrinkles on his face, and he said:

"When we first played chess, I was still Tiandou's teacher, and you were not yet the crown prince."

"Hahaha, that time I hit a student at Tiandou Royal Academy and you took me to reprimand me. I thought I would be lectured by you, but you told me that as a prince, you should not attack others, and you can do it even if you want to. No need to do it yourself.”

"From then on I understood the importance of power."

Cai Gongyan took over the topic with nostalgia:

"Then you arranged for me to enter Zhongshumen, and I became the chief minister of the cabinet all the way. I have been your chief minister for more than 30 years."

Emperor Xueye stopped his smile and said seriously:

"Then can your eyes still see?"

Cai Gongyan took Emperor Xue Ye's black chess piece and began to set up the chess board by himself, saying:

"The Wuhun Palace has maintained relative peace for ten years by relying on its own strength. At the same time, it has weakened and suppressed Tiandou and the Star Luo Empire, and supported the division of power among the major kingdoms. Now it has almost reached its limit."

He sighed and said:

"But it's a pity that we are all old and can't wait for that day."

Emperor Xue Ye opened his eyes wide, bloodshot eyes filling them:

"We are old, but there is still hope for the next generation. I saw the old me through Lu Yu's eyes. I, Xue Ye, also thought about destroying the kingdom and regaining the four provinces, but Wuhun Palace gave me a clear answer. a slap."

"I think Lu Yu can do what we couldn't do before, whether he is assisting the second prince or even sitting in this position himself."

Cai Gongyan placed the last stone, and the black stones surrounded and captured all the white stones.

"Then I will give my last effort to this country."

Lu Yu looked at the piles of store transfer certificates, and the transferees were all himself. He was shocked and speechless.

What the hell, I just wanted to make them sick, and they surrendered like that?Could it be that they wanted to use this to make me relax my vigilance and plot some conspiracy?

It doesn't matter if you surrender falsely, or if you really surrender, it's better.Anyway, it is impossible to change my plan.

The Imperial Guards took over stores one by one, and now most of the east city is owned by the Imperial Guards.

The people in charge of each store were beaten to death, but they never expected that the Imperial Guards who had been doing evil everywhere before would now directly become their boss.

Lu Yu personally went to a papermaking workshop. The Tiandou Empire now has papermaking technology, but it is expensive and can only be provided in small quantities to noble officials and the Tiandou Royal Academy.

But Lu Yu doesn't care. Isn't it just because the cost is high? If you let it go, you need money to expand?No problem, but the output must be increased in the shortest possible time.

Pick a store with a perfect address in Dongcheng and instruct Li Siqing to redecorate the entire store, making sure that people feel luxurious and noble at first sight.

Lu Yu returned to the Lu Mansion with the paper he had retrieved from the papermaking workshop. He cut the paper into quarter-sized pieces, filled the front page with ink, and wrote lines of bold and deepened fonts.

Do you want to lie down and count money without working?

Do you want to get rich overnight and become a master of Tiandou Ren?

Do you want to righteously yell at your boss who keeps oppressing you?

Later, no more. Originally, Lu Yu wanted to write a few more short stories about the Tiandou Empire in the future, such as the brave man defeating the dragon and marrying the princess, or the Emperor Tiandou meeting a commoner woman during a private visit incognito.

But he found that he couldn't do it. His mind was full of ideas, but he got nothing when he wrote.

Hey, if you still can’t do this by yourself, then go find a professional.

In fact, there is nothing in this world that can't be done with a small amount of money. If it can't be done, it means that the small amount of money is not enough.

The Imperial Guard recruited three people from Tiandou City who met Lu Yu's requirements. One of them was a bookstore administrator in the Imperial Guard's industry. There was no way, they gave them too much money, and now this is considered an internal promotion. That’s it.

Lu Yu went to the Royal Library and recruited the old director to take charge of the Tiandou newspaper office and serve as the editor-in-chief. Lu Yu was naturally the president. Without him, he would have less to do.

Immediately ask them to get out of the first page of the newspaper, write a few short stories that are exciting enough, and hand them over to a special person for printing. They are expected to publish them once a week, and the price is one Gintama Coin per copy, because the current literacy rate in the Tiandou Empire is still very worrying. Such a price would not be too high, and it would be enough to scare away people who do not have the ability to read.

The first edition of the Tiandou Bao was quickly sold out in Tiandou City, because this form of literary carrier has not yet appeared in the Tiandou Empire, coupled with the extremely contagious large characters on the front page.

However, due to the short time, only three thousand copies of the newspaper were issued. Lu Yu was still regretting that the printing speed was too slow, but found that the entire Tiandou City had started a discussion about those few sentences in the Tiandou newspaper.

It turns out that although newspapers are priced higher, they contain less content, so many people buy them and then resell them to others at a discount.

"How do you think I can get rich overnight? I really want to beat up my idiot boss."

The person next to him looked at him with contempt and said:

"No way, no way, no one really believes those words."

He was immediately punched by someone and his eyes were filled with stars, and he said viciously:

"I'll beat you to death with one punch. That newspaper is the territory of the Imperial Guard. Since the Imperial Guard dares to publicize it, it must be confident."

Although the people at the newspaper saw such good results and couldn't wait to publish the next issue, Lu Yu rejected them. Although the initial results were good, they still needed to settle down and stimulate their thirst for knowledge in order to achieve better results.

The task of expanding the newspaper's recruitment was handed over to them, and Lu Yu was relieved to be the hands-off shopkeeper. The newspaper was just a preliminary publicity tool, and it didn't matter even if it was defeated, as long as the publicity effect was achieved.

When Lu Yu found Tang San, he was helping Gu Gubo treat the remaining poison in Gu Gu Bo's mansion.

"Xiaosan, after the treatment, I have something important to tell you."

Lonely Bo became friends with Tang San because of Tang San's knowledge of poisons and drugs. He didn't show off to Lu Yu because of the unpleasantness last time, but he wasn't too enthusiastic either. Tang San still received Lu Yu as his master.

On the way back to Lanba Academy with Tang San, Lu Yu revealed the purpose of his trip:

"Xiaosan, I want to buy you the blueprint of the hidden weapon you used last time."

Hearing that Lu Yu wanted to buy the Tang Sect's hidden weapon blueprints, Tang San hesitated and said:

"Brother Lu, what do you want to do when you buy the drawings?"

Lu Yu had already expected it, took out the soul guide he had robbed before, and said:

"This is an offensive soul guide. It can launch soul power attacks comparable to those of soul sects, but only soul masters can use it, but the number of uses is very limited."

Looking at the hot-eyed Tang San, Lu Yu handed him the soul guide in his hand and said:

"Xiao San, your hidden weapon is extremely powerful and poses a considerable threat to me. It does not require the use of soul power. There are still several masters in making soul tools in the palace. I can ask them to help you improve the hidden weapon."

Looking at the weapon in my hand that is completely different from the hidden weapon, but the power is just as great. Stones from other mountains can attack jade. If I can understand the principle, wouldn't the Tang Sect's hidden weapon be one step closer?

If I can make the hidden weapon a step further, then this old hidden weapon won't matter anymore...

Firmly thinking in his heart, Tang San said:

"Brother Lu, I originally intended to sell the blueprints of hidden weapons, but what kind of one do you want, Brother Lu? Is it one that can be poisoned to achieve a fatal hit, or one that is extremely concealable?"

"Is there any powerful one?"

"Yes, there is, but I haven't had time to make it yet, so I can't demonstrate its power."

Tang San took out Zhuge Liannu's blueprint and handed it to Lu Yu, adding:

"Many of the parts are quite difficult to make and require craftsmen to learn from me for a period of time."

Lu Yu happily agreed and took out a card worth 100 million gold soul coins and handed it to Tang San. These were just the working capital that Lu Yu drew from the store, and they were not enough to affect the operation of these gold-eating beasts.

"This is the money to buy the blueprints. From now on, I will cover the funds for your research and development of new weapons. Let me see if you have any results."

Although he was shocked by Lu Yu's generosity, Tang San didn't think the price was too high. Tang Sect's top hidden weapons were all priceless treasures. If Lu Yu hadn't wanted them, there would have been a chance to make the hidden weapons even better. Even if Tang San died, I will definitely not hand it over.