Chapter 357: The Cripple's Expedition to the East, the Foreigners

The breeze and drizzle are falling.

Although the true god would not feel cold, the old cripple still subconsciously tightened his purple robe.

Yes, a purple robe, a very luxurious purple robe.

It is said that this is a custom of a certain ancient country. All "Augustus" must wear purple robes, otherwise it is not authentic...

Taking into account the local customs and habits of Xiniu Hezhou, Lin Liu carried out various changes in customs in order to gain as much support from the people as possible. However, he did not change the customs among the immigrants or the folk customs, but instead changed his own.

Now that he holds titles such as "Pasha", "Sultan", "Pharaoh", "Great Khan", and "Augustus", he must really live up to these titles:
For example, he put on the purple robe of "Augustus", leaned on the snake staff of "Pharaoh", wore the golden crown of "Chanyu", became the "Sultan" with the integration of politics and religion, and used the legion eagle flag of "First Citizen".

He also built a pyramid for himself according to the custom of the "Pharaoh", and kept many cats and lions outside the pyramid. He imitated the "Khan" in riding a horse and hunting, and gave the cats and lions the prey as food...

He even promised his ministers that when this body died of old age, he would make it into a mummy according to the custom of the "Pharaoh", tie a cross to the mummy, sprinkle holy water and holy oil on it, fill a coffin with scarabs, and solemnly bury it in the pyramid...

It’s full! It’s really full!
But even so, people in the ancient cultural areas were still not satisfied, thinking that just one "body of the saint" was not enough.

When the great "Augustus" replaces more bodies in the future, those bodies will have to be held in a grand ceremony according to the customs of each family, with one body given to each family, so as to show the "Pasha's" openness to all...

"Why do these people always pick on corpses?"

Lin Liu was speechless. He didn't know what kind of strange cultural environment Xiniu Hezhou was. Although the customs were completely different, they were surprisingly consistent in dealing with the monarch's remains:
Anyway, it's just a physical act of pouring out your heart and lungs, or hanging it up to dry...

"If I hadn't really replaced countless bodies in this life, they would have really run out of room..."

Shaking his head, Lin Liu sighed.

Yes, at this moment he was still in the physical state. The old cripple's physical body was nearly seventy years old, and he had no intention of shedding it, at least before it died of old age.

Previous experience had already told him that a Dharmakaya divine body without a physical body could not use Pangu's divine power at all, so in order to maintain the qualification to use it, Lin Liu could only settle for the second best and keep changing his physical body.

Anyway, the Dharmadhatu is immortal, so as long as the physical body is constantly replaced, it is equivalent to the physical body being immortal...

Just as Lin Liu was sighing, a monk suddenly stepped forward enthusiastically and reported:

"Great Pasha! The ship is ready!"

Lin Liu nodded with a smile:

"Thank you for your hard work."

"It's not hard! It's an honor for us to serve the Pasha!"

As he shouted enthusiastically, Lin Liu's eyes also looked at the thousands of warships in the distance that had strange styles and were completely different from the customs of Dashun...

[You ordered your subordinates to build these warships. The shipbuilding process was mainly completed by mortal craftsmen, and only in some really difficult places did the monks use their divine power.]

[Even though you have divine power, you still wantonly use the people's power. This has caused you to be privately criticized by your subjects for a long time. They say you are "going against the will of heaven and abusing the people", "abusing the people's power", and that you are a tyrant who plays with mortals, etc...]

[But only you know that this is stimulating the development of mortal shipbuilding and related economy and technology! ]

[You have long recognized the truth that mortals cannot be bound by divine power, so what you want in this life is to let mortals be self-reliant and develop independently.]

[Not only the shipbuilding industry, you have also launched many other industries. You have placed large orders in various industries, including shipbuilding, iron smelting, steelmaking, agriculture, animal husbandry, military industry, literature and art, etc.]

[Mortals are not unintelligent machines. They are capable of independently creating a peaceful and prosperous world. The reason they were not created before was mainly because there were no opportunities and conditions. So what you need to do is to guide them to exert this power.]

[For this, the simplest way is war! ]

[War can stimulate almost all demands, and demands will stimulate the economy and technology. As long as you do a good job of macroeconomic regulation, Xiniu Hezhou will be able to achieve an industrial revolution and crush Dashun and the other two continents with the power of mortals.]

【So, this life is the age of mortals! 】

【…】

[When the warship is ready, you can start recruiting soldiers immediately! ]

[“Be the Pasha’s soldier! Eat the Pasha’s food!”]

【“Sultan will lead us to a bright future!”】

[“Augustus has a powerful pill. After taking it, you will be invulnerable to swords and guns, and immune to water and fire! Don’t be afraid of death, Augustus will protect us!”]

[“Great Khan! Great Chanyu! We all respect you!”]

[“…”] [Since you can protect them from death with your divine power, even though everyone complains that you are a tyrant who abuses the people’s power, they are still very enthusiastic about signing up. After all, everyone wants to make achievements, and it’s a good idea to take advantage of free military merits!]

[So, in just a few months, you have recruited a million-strong army! ]

[After a brief training, you sat on the flagship with the eagle flag painted black and gave the order: "Eastern Expedition!"]

[Tens of thousands of warships, millions of troops, crossed the sea and headed straight for the divided and war-torn Southern Continent...]

[In the first year of the New Heaven Court and the 150th year of Dashun, the Pasha, Sultan, Augustus, Khan, and Great Chanyu of Xiniu Hezhou... Lin Liu, in order to realize his ambition of "spreading military power throughout the world", held the eagle flag, rode on a black ship, and led a million-strong army across the sea to expedition to Goguryeo... to expedition to Dashun with his seven true gods and countless monks under his command! ]

[In the history books of the New Heaven, this battle is called: "The Western Army's Eastern Expedition", "The Great Expedition", "The Great Voyage", and "The Eight Immortals Crossing the Sea". ]

[In the history books of Dashun and various rebel armies, it is called: "The Western Barbarians Invading Dashun War", "The Black Ship Incident", "The Cripple's Eastern Expedition"...]

【…】

[When your army of millions crossed the vast ocean on tens of thousands of warships and arrived at the Western Regions of Dashun, the road was filled with ships and boats, and the flags covered the sky... The scholars accompanying the army praised it highly and wrote "Journey to the East" to record their experiences along the way, calling this expedition "the grandest military expedition in recent history, unprecedented in history!"]

[This terrifying scene indeed immediately attracted the attention of the local government of Dashun! ]

[Looking at such a scene, the "Liangzhou Mu" who was in charge of the military and political affairs of the Western Regions was so frightened that his legs began to tremble. He hurriedly organized his troops to prepare for battle, but looking at the pitiful army of only tens of thousands of people under his command, the Liangzhou Mu's heart sank...]

[For a while, Liangzhou was divided into two factions, and a fierce confrontation ensued over the question of "surrender" or "not surrender"! ]

[At this critical moment of the internal confrontation, a letter of persuasion from the head of the Western Barbarians was placed on the desk of the governor of Liangzhou...]

"The first citizen of Xiniu Hezhou, the first archon, the head of state, the pasha, the sultan, the pharaoh, the great khan, the great chanyu, Augustus... Lin Liu, please come in person from the governor of Liangzhou..."

Liangzhou Mu: ...

I can’t remember so many names/there’s not enough room for so many people!
Liangzhou Mu was so tired that he was bored. This long list of names alone took up nearly half of the article. What kind of boss unit was this? !
And then look at:

"…Sixth, I wish to go hunting with the governor of the state in Shun…"

Liangzhou Mu: ...

After a moment of silence, the governor of Liangzhou closed the letter of persuasion and said slowly:
"Judging from all these titles, this... this crippled sultan is very likely to have conquered the entire Xiniu Hezhou, and even claimed to be the [Conqueror of the World]... This time, the million-strong army is attacking, I'm afraid it's not just to plunder, but to conquer our entire Dashun."

"Everyone, if you have anything to say, just say it..."

[Say? Is there anything to say? ]

[The bureaucrats looked at each other in bewilderment…]

【Seeing that no one was talking, the Liangzhou governor decisively made the decision: "Vote!"】

【…】

[In the second year of the New Heavenly Court, the 151st year of the Dashun Dynasty, the Cripple Sultan led a million-strong army to the east to attack the Dashun Dynasty. The governor of Liangzhou in the Western Regions of the Dashun Dynasty knew that he could not defeat the enemy, so he decisively slid down to his knees, opened the city and surrendered! ]

[The Sultan was delighted and entered the city...]

[After conquering Liangzhou, facing the frightened local soldiers and civilians, you did not show any arrogance and greed of a conqueror, but instead issued many new decrees that benefited the people's livelihood.]

[For example, he abolished miscellaneous taxes and only collected low taxes. He also used divine power to interfere with celestial phenomena, so that Liangzhou had good weather and good harvests. He also punished corrupt officials and landlords, redistributed land to the people, and provided high-yield seeds and advanced technology for free...]

[Under your combined efforts, Liangzhou, which was originally in dire straits, has suddenly been transformed! ]

[And in order to support the army, you adopted the method of cultivating farmland, so the million-strong army on the Eastern Expedition did not fight much, but instead became soldiers cultivating farmland. ]

[However, under your reasonable distribution system and iron-fisted suppression, although everyone complained, they didn't have too many complaints. They just farmed...]

[At first, the people of Liangzhou were quite afraid of you, the people of Xizhou, but as you governed diligently, the people gradually became bolder and began to spontaneously interact with the people of Xizhou.]

[After a while, both sides gradually got used to each other's existence, and you were also full of confidence and prepared to continue to conquer more land in the hope of annexing Dashun! ]

[But things don’t go as planned. Your Eastern Expedition plan encountered force majeure...]

[Over a hundred true gods found you together, and they didn’t say too many polite words, just one sentence when they met.]

[“Foreigners! Get out of Dashun!”]

……

(End of this chapter)