Dou Er: You are an evil soul master, but a charity king?

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"Hmm...my waist is so sore." Xu Cheng hammered his waist.

After making a fuss for several hours, even his Soul Emperor physique couldn't take it anymore.

Looking at the sky outside the window, the sun is shining brightly. It is noon, and at around 2:00 in the afternoon I still have to teach the Shrek exchange students the principles of soul guides.

"Let's go..."

"Well... I won't look for you again." Zhang Lexuan moaned and woke up slowly.

Meimou glared at Xu Cheng unhappily.

The two of them went crazy for the whole morning...

Looking at the scattered soul guides on the ground.

He swept it off his desk to make room...

It feels a bit like a one-armed hero and a fairy.

However, he and Zhang Lexuan are not close relatives. The royal family respects strength. Some legitimate princes can become princes because of their strength, not because of blood. Therefore, Xu Baili's branch and his father Xu Zhen's branch can only be said to be one family five hundred years ago...

"Xu Cheng, get up quickly..." Zhang Lexuan snorted.

"What's your name?" Xu Cheng narrowed his eyes slightly.

"Teacher..." Zhang Lexuan blushed and turned away.

"Do you need to take extra classes?"

"No, no...make up lessons." Zhang Lexuan surrendered decisively.

This little rascal kept her awake all night. If she continued like this, she would be so embarrassed if someone found Xu Cheng's office.

Coincidentally, Wang Dong knocked on the door at this moment.

Zhang Lexuan almost jumped up and hurriedly covered Xu Cheng's mouth. Her fair jade hands tightly grasped Xu Cheng's arm and whispered, "Don't open it, don't open it! Just pretend you're not here."

"That's conditional..." Xu Cheng gently pushed away Zhang Lexuan's slender hand and pointed at his lips with a smile.

"..." Zhang Lexuan rolled her eyes at him, stretched out her slender arms as white as mutton-fat jade, and put them around Xu Cheng's neck. At the same time, she raised her white swan-like neck and blocked Xu Cheng's lips.

"Oh, that's strange. Isn't Teacher Xu Cheng here?" After a while, Wang Dong's suspicious voice came from outside the door.

Then the sound of footsteps began to fade away.

At the same time, Zhang Lexuan breathed heavily and let go of Xu Cheng.

Her face had a blush and a hint of coquettishness that only a beauty could have.

"Get out of here!"

Xu Cheng stopped pestering him and stood up quickly.

Zhang Lexuan breathed a sigh of relief, but felt empty inside.

I secretly glanced at Xu Cheng. After a night, I actually became somewhat dependent on him...

Xu Cheng smiled and said, "See, you won't be happy if I really leave."

"Let's go."

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Chapter 171 Today's Blocked

The writing is a bit intense, it seems I went too far, let’s see if I can release it tomorrow…

Chapter 172 Soul Guidance Science no longer exists (edited)

"Your Majesty, the way to sell soul guides in the black market of the Sun-Moon Empire has been completely destroyed. It seems that Xu Cheng has come into contact with some secrets in the Xingluo Empire..."

A minister looked embarrassed.

"Alas, after all, at that time, I never thought that he could leave the imperial capital alive, so I let him visit the auction. Who could have thought." Xu Jiawei had a hard time saying it and shook his head helplessly.

Ever since Xu Cheng broke through the defenses and returned to the Sun-Moon Empire, he began a large-scale purge of "traitors" and crushed all the clues they could have contacted in the Sun-Moon Empire's black market. In the past, they relied on selling the Sun-Moon Empire's cutting-edge technology from the black market to ensure that they would not fall behind, but now, they are completely in the dark...

"Is it possible that our own soul guide technology can never keep up?" Xu Jiawei asked with a hint of anger.

“Your Majesty, our soul guide technology is more than a little stronger than Shrek’s…” the minister said helplessly, “But the strength of soul guides is mainly determined by the number of high-level soul guides. For example, we and the other two countries, even with Shrek included, don’t even have a ninth-level soul guide…”

Xu Jiawei: "..."

He automatically ignored the latter part and was extremely happy about the first part, which was far better than Shrek.

"Ahem, alright." Xu Jiawei's anger instantly dissipated. "In the past, the funding for the Soul Guidance Department was not small. Now that the times are changing and the country is facing a crisis, let's double the funding..."

"Thank you, Your Majesty!!!" the minister said excitedly.

He is in charge of soul guides and is also aware of their research and development. Each scientific research achievement is made with hard work. Without money, there is no point in developing soul guides.

However, he did not expect that His Majesty would be so generous.

But he was so happy that the Finance Minister next to him was about to cry.

"Your Highness! The treasury is now in deficit. In previous years, more than 10% of the empire's income was invested in the research and development of soul guides. But now we want to catch up with the Sun-Moon Empire. How can we accomplish this in just a few years or decades? Just last month, a typhoon hit the southern coastal areas of the empire, and the people suffered heavy losses and are still waiting for relief food from the empire. In the northern Tianwen Province near the Star Dou Great Forest, an animal plague broke out the year before last, and that rotten hole has not been filled yet. I hope Your Majesty will think twice..."

There is only one word to describe the finance minister: poor. Anyway, you can't blame me if there is any trouble.

Xu Jiawei suddenly felt a bit overwhelmed.

What are the sources of income for a country? Imperial taxes, state-owned enterprises (Star Dou Auction House, Arena, ordinary soul guide equipment sales shops), land profits (very small, the food grown on the land is just enough for civilians, the main economic output is the flesh and blood of soul beasts), and the most important is the soul beast industry chain in the Star Dou Great Forest (soul rings, flesh and blood, fur, all in one).

The imperial cycle of the original Douluo Continent was deformed.

There are hundreds of millions of people in total, but the economic output depends entirely on a very small number of soul masters. Almost the entire country is used to serve these minority groups. Ordinary civilians... just need to stay alive. If during the Spirit Hall period, civilians could rely on their talents to change their fate and provide a steady supply of blood, then in recent years, with the nobles monopolizing the awakening ceremony, the entire country has become increasingly dependent on soul masters.

In the past, the soul master's training system was all about becoming stronger, which required hunting soul beasts, swallowing elixirs, purchasing soul bones, etc. This was a natural economic cycle and was also the main source of income for the three countries on the original continent.

But now, under the impact of soul guides, the traditional imperial system is obviously difficult to sustain. What soul masters can do, my soul guide can do, and what soul masters can't do, my soul guide can do too! Even at a lower cost.

In addition, Xu Jiawei's previous hasty promotion of soul guides and a series of reforms had seriously infringed upon the rights and interests of the nobles. Although they would not say anything, they were secretly making moves.

You're financially strapped? Then I'll just take in and not spend.

The hoarding of countless gold soul coins, food and other resources caused a panic in the entire Star Luo Empire.

"Your Highness, the civilians are also your people. Now they are living in dire straits..." The Minister of Finance really didn't want to bear this stigma, so he begged bitterly.

"Superficial! What if they go hungry for a few meals? As long as the empire's soul guides can be developed and keep pace with the Sun and Moon Empire, there will be plenty of meat to eat!" The minister in charge of soul guides said angrily.

He got the benefits with great effort, and you want to snatch it from me? No way!

Xu Jiawei was somewhat resentful. He was naturally aware of the secret operations of the hidden families of the Xingluo Empire, but he could do nothing about it.

Their power networks are complicated and intertwined. The aristocratic families are permanent, but the dynasties are changing. With the passage of time, no one knows how terrifying their power network is, and they are very united. He had thought about targeting one family before, but the next day, several heads of the families wrote to him and visited him, so he gave up the idea.

Therefore, the aristocratic families cannot be touched.

Then you can only...

"Forget it, let the people suffer, and I will bear the blame..." Xu Jiawei said helplessly. "Those disaster relief workers should all stop their work, and give them orders to deal with it on their own. They can eat wild vegetables and other things, as long as they don't starve to death. They can just dig a hole to live in, right?"

Everyone looked at each other: "..."

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Star Luo Palace.

"Brother, you are here."

Xu Jiujiu hurriedly stood up and respectfully performed a court salute to Xu Jiawei.

"Haha, let's see you."

Xu Jiawei glanced at Xu for a long time with a complicated expression, and sighed softly: "Still can't forget him?"

"Family and country always come before children's love affairs. Jiujiu understands this." Xu Jiujiu pursed her red lips and said softly.

"Ugh……"

Xu Jiawei shook his head.

Fortunately, the boy did not take Xu Jiujiu with him before he left.

Otherwise he would have lost both the wife and the army.

Originally, he was thinking of getting Jiujiu to marry him, or using the beauty trap, but he didn't expect that guy to be so slippery and just turned around and left. Instead, his sister was deeply involved and couldn't extricate herself.

However, Xu Cheng's strength easily crushed his peers, and he was also at the age of a young girl in love. When the two met...

Forget it.

“Jiujiu, you are my sister, and our future can only be a marriage of arrangement. There is no love at all. I once had someone I loved deeply, but she is in the inner courtyard of Shrek. We can’t pursue our love. The queen today is just a tool to stabilize the aristocratic families…” Xu Jiawei sighed.

"Yeah." Xu Jiujiu looked at the stars outside the window and said silently.

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"Marshal, I want to try..." Juzi half-knelt on the ground, staring at Huo Qing with firm eyes.

The latter looked hesitant. She naturally knew that Xu Cheng was confident in handing the orange to her because he intended her to be the future military commander. This showed how important she was. That was why she only dared to give her patrol tasks in the past, and treated any friction as training.

But recently the friction between the two countries has been quite intense, and there was even a tendency to cause a small-scale war. The number of casualties, including ordinary soldiers, has reached hundreds. Once Orange is released, what if he is captured by the other side...

"Aunt Qing, I need military merit." Juzi stared at Huo Qing with burning eyes.

The latter stagnated.

Orange's sincere words really moved her.

According to the current form of friction, as long as both countries have no intention of going to war, I am afraid that they will call off their troops in the near future, or even order the current battalions to return to Mingdu, and then replace them with other battalions to take over the defense, so as to reduce the degree of friction.

It will be difficult to achieve meritorious service at that time.

At this moment, the Fire Phoenix Soul Mentor Group's momentum has reached its peak, and with the addition of the Mecha Team, they are worried about having no place to grind their teeth...

"Don't run too far." Huo Qing hesitated for a moment, but finally agreed.

The Xingluo army on the opposite side is also a bit arrogant, so it would be good to put a damper on their arrogance.

"Thank you, Marshal!" Orange said with a smile.