Chapter 358 He will return like lightning!

On the black ship flagship, the seven Xizhou True Gods stared at the more than one hundred True Gods sitting opposite them with caution and anger:

What a shame! What a shame!
How dare you call our great Augustus/Sultan a "foreigner" and tell him to get out!
The seven gods secretly swore: they will repay you a hundredfold!
Unlike the anger of the seven Xizhou True Gods, the old cripple, the protagonist of the incident, remained calm from beginning to end, as if he had anticipated the current situation...

[“Foreigners! If you don’t get out of here, don’t blame us for being ruthless!”]

[The true god on the other side rebuked. ]

[“That’s right! This is our Southern Continent’s private affairs. It’s not your turn as an outsider to interfere!”]

[“Foreigners! Get out of Dashun!”]

【“…”】

[Faced with the gods' scolding, the seven gods dared not speak out, but only clenched their fists tighter...but you nodded calmly. ]

【"good."】

【That’s right! 】

[After giving you a deadline to withdraw your troops, the gods left with satisfaction.]

[After the gods leave proudly, you will instruct the Seven Gods to pass down orders, take the harvest from the past two years of farming, and organize a million-strong Eastern Expedition Army to withdraw from Liangzhou...]

[When you were the only one left on the flagship, you finally sighed: "Sure enough, it is impossible to attack Dashun by force..."]

[In fact, you had anticipated the reaction of the Dashun gods. Although they were divided among themselves, they were still in agreement on the ownership of the Southern Continent: the meat could only rot in the pot! ]

[Any armed intervention from outside the continent will cause them to unite against the outside world. Even if you tell them that you are from the Dashun family, they will not recognize you...]

[So from the beginning, you didn't expect to conquer Nanshanbuzhou in one go. This expedition was just a test of Dashun to verify your guess... Of course, if the gods don't care about you, then you really plan to take it over this time! ]

[Be prepared for both situations and adapt to changing circumstances. This is what you should do... and now that your attempt has failed, you can only follow your original plan and withdraw from Southern Continent.]

【As for the strong attack? 】

[It's impossible. Even though their war is currently limited to the mortal level, once you make it clear that you intend to attack, they will not give you any moral principles. When the time comes, they will definitely come out like a true god and kick you out first, and then continue the mortal fight against crickets...]

[And so, a helpless but expected withdrawal began.]

【…】

"What? You guys are leaving?"

Upon hearing that the Xizhou garrison troops were leaving, the people of Liangzhou, who were still going about their daily lives, were stunned:
"What shall we do if you leave?"

This is no joke!

The people know their own business. Although being occupied by Xizhou is not a good thing, since Lin Pasha from Xizhou came, the originally heavy taxes were basically cut all at once!

In addition to taxes and land, Lin Pasha also redistributed the land, punished landlords and corrupt officials, and even used divine power to dispel floods and droughts, making Liangzhou a brand new place.

Although it has only been two years since we got together, and Xinliangzhou has not yet become prosperous and peaceful, it is indisputable that it is making progress in a good direction...

And now you tell me that you are leaving soon?!
No, Pasha, if you leave, the local tyrants and corrupt officials will come back!
The people were horrified and tried to keep him.

The Eastern Expedition Army didn't want to leave in the first place. After all, life had just started to improve. If they left again... wouldn't it be a waste of time?
But they couldn't disobey Augustus' order, so they could only give away the military farms that had just been reclaimed for two years to the locals for free, pretending to be a good person...

[Soon, with a lot of reluctance and requests to stay, the million Xizhou garrison soldiers left their new home where they had lived for two years, taking only some food with them, and boarded the departing warships with their heads down.]

[Until they disappeared into the distant sea, the people of Liangzhou who came to see them off remained in a daze, as if they were in a dream...]

[In just two years, you have not left many traces on this land. Even as the Dashun court and various rebel armies took over, those few traces will be erased again and again until they are reduced to ashes.]

[But you seem to have left some indelible marks on this land...]

[“Dad, will Lin Sultan come back?”]

[The young child asked cautiously.]

[My father opened his mouth. In fact, he wanted to say, "I probably won't be able to come back in my lifetime." But when the words came to his lips, they stopped...]

[“Yes!”]

【Father nodded and said in a deep voice.】

[“The Sultan will return like lightning!”]

【…】

[In the second year of the New Heavenly Court, the 151st year of the Dashun era, the lame Sultan Lin led a million-strong army to the east to attack the Dashun era. Without sacrificing a single soldier, he conquered the land of Liangzhou! ]

[However, in the fourth year of the New Heaven, the 153rd year of the Great Shun era, you, who had just established your foothold here, were expelled by hundreds of true gods. With your powerlessness alone, you were forced to give up this piece of land in the Southern Continent.]

[But your footprints have been silently remembered by the locals. They believe that you will return like lightning...]

【Grasp the key numbers: one, four, five, three! 】

【Grasp the key words: return like lightning! 】

[Catch the key figures again: Augustus, Sultan!] [The case is solved, 1453 Jing Luo is in tears... No! How can you be Augustus and Sultan...]

【…】

[In short, you were forced to leave Southern Continent.]

[However, if you just go back like this, that's obviously not what you want: after all the trouble you've gone out, you can't end up with nothing, right? ]

[After careful consideration, you decide to continue sailing...]

[Four years into the new heaven, you led tens of thousands of warships to leave the Southern Continent, which you had been managing for two years, and then continued to move eastward.]

[The following year, you arrived at Dongsheng Shenzhou...]

[Unlike the Southern Continent where many True Gods gather, the Eastern Continent does not have a large number of True Gods. At most, there are only a few idle people who are the local tyrants here. ]

[Faced with your eight true gods and a million-strong army, the small island nations of Dongsheng Shenzhou have no will to resist at all. Often, as soon as your black ships reach the seashore, the other side will come to surrender tremblingly.]

[Occasionally, a few troublemakers dare to fight back, and you will crush them mercilessly! ]

[The million-strong Eastern Expedition Army, which has the "immortal" buff, is not an elite force, but with the pure human wave tactics, it can already crush all resistance forces below the level of a True God. ]

[So, the army, who had been holding back for the whole journey, finally had a very enjoyable game of human-machine welfare, with all kinds of invincible skills and all kinds of howlings...]

[With a million people, we can even tear down the entire island nation! ]

[And the few true gods you occasionally encountered were no match for you eight immortals. You beat them one by one until they were on their knees, and then sent the Blood Godsons away one by one in front of their horrified eyes...]

[After you have completely conquered Dongsheng Shenzhou, you will begin to govern. The governance policy is still the same old one: abolish heavy taxes, distribute land equally, punish corrupt officials, and prevent floods and droughts... Simple and crude, but very effective! ]

[Afterwards, you left a group of people to maintain governance, allowing Dongsheng Shenzhou to maintain its development trend... As for you, you continued to lead the fleet to the expedition to Beijuluzhou. ]

[Soon you arrived in Uttarakuru, and then the classics were reproduced. So before long, Uttarakuru was also effectively governed. ]

[So far, you have taken over all the land except for the Southern Continent. After destroying the old era for them, you personally led them into the new era! ]

[However, these jobs are actually what you have done in your previous life, so even if you succeed, you won’t feel much of a sense of accomplishment.]

[You have even done worse in this life than in your previous life. After all, in your previous life, you abused your divine power in various ways and used the maximum welfare policy... Unlike this life, apart from using your divine power to dispel floods and droughts, all you have done are things that mortals can do...]

[But no matter what, after your governance, the three continents except Dashun are indeed better off than before. For this reason alone, your career is beneficial! ]

【…】

[After five years in the New Heaven, you have traveled around the world and returned to the base camp in Xiniu Hezhou, which you have not been to for five years.]

[As soon as you came back, you announced to the people the gains and achievements of your trip: From now on, the New Heavenly Court owns the land of three continents! ]

[As soon as the news came out, people were surprised: Is it really possible?! ]

[To be honest, no one really paid much attention to your expedition. We just thought that you, a tyrant, would be back after a few trips out. But now it has become...]

[Before everyone could think about it, you said: Since the newly added Beijuluzhou and Dongsheng Shenzhou are both very poor, they will require a lot of manpower and material resources to build.]

[As long as you do a good job of land reclamation, getting rich is not a dream! 】

【Get rich? 】

[The crowd, who originally didn’t pay much attention, suddenly pricked up their ears…]

[“Dongsheng Shenzhou has many islands rich in spices, while Beijuluzhou is vast and sparsely populated. There are large tracts of fertile land that no one has cultivated. There are also gold and silver mines there…”]

[Under your deliberate guidance and promotion, everyone's enthusiasm has gradually increased! ]

[With the "spice dream", "gold dream" and "manor dream" in their hearts, countless people began to excitedly set out to sea, following the safe route you provided, heading for the distant promised land...]

[Of course, it is not enough to allow only private individuals to carry out development. You must also use official power as a "visible big hand" to carry out all-round development and construction in various places! ]

[So you stopped the development plan of "using war to stimulate industry" and started the plan of "opening up the ocean to stimulate industry".]

[To this end, you placed many orders in various industries, further promoted the development of various industries, and even used your divine power to conduct scientific research, doing your best to support mortals and ensure that they would move towards independence. ]

[Time flies by, and the world is developing rapidly. Although it is still far from reaching the peak of the previous life, it is obviously better than before...]

[You also devoted yourself to it, constantly bringing valuable new discoveries to everyone: steel, food production, machinery...all kinds of things.]

[You are so devoted that you really don’t think about the “eternal chaos” anymore, as if you have never been a protagonist and have never known about the “eternal chaos”. You even forget about the monkey who practiced the “magic method of cultivation” in Lingtai Fangcun Mountain...]

[It's as if you guys have never lived in the same worldview. ]

[But... can I really forget everything? ]

[You lower your head silently and continue your research...]

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(End of this chapter)