Chapter 147: Living is not easy, dying is easy

The competition in the Star Luo Empire was in full swing. At the same time, the news that Zhu Zhuqing took out six soul bones as rewards for the Star Luo Empire's preliminaries also spread to the Tiandou Empire.

Everyone who heard the news was impressed by the wealth of the Xingluo Queen.

Dai Mubai's face turned pale when he heard the news.

Ever since the Star Luo Empire stopped allocating resources to him, he has been living on thin ice every day.

In addition to studying, this rich young man also has to find ways to earn enough living expenses for himself.

It’s not that Shrek doesn’t provide food and accommodation, it’s just that his consumption is a bit high, and Shrek doesn’t include everything.

And now Zhu Zhuqing actually took six soul bones as rewards. If he had the soul bones to give to those people as rewards, he would have no money for him to eat, drink and have fun.

Originally, the Xing Luo Empire's preliminaries shouldn't have caused such a big commotion, but who asked Zhu Zhuqing to take out six soul bones in one breath?

With the help of six soul bones, the competition of Star Luo Empire has attracted great attention.

"The Tiandou Empire is so stingy. They only gave me a title, but no other rewards."

In the box, the seven Shrek members who were originally celebrating the first place in the Tiandou Division suddenly felt that the reward was not so attractive after learning the news exposed by Ning Rongrong.

Look at the rewards of other people, and then look at the rewards of your own. They are all empires, so why is there such a big gap?

"The modes of holding the qualifiers in the Xingluo Empire and the Tiandou Empire are different. They adopt a unified selection, so the selected teams will be more substantial. However, Tiandou City only selects five teams, and the other ten are not selected in Tiandou City, so the rewards have always been inferior to those of the Xingluo Empire.

However, although the rewards given by the Star Luo Empire in the past were generous, they had never reached the level of this year.

The fact that the Xing Luo Empire can produce so many things this year is probably related to the empress of the Xing Luo Empire.

After all, she had committed many murderous sins before she ascended the throne.

After ascending the throne, his policy towards the Xing Luo Empire was to adopt a forced suppression policy, so it is reasonable that he has accumulated quite a few soul bones. "

Seeing that everyone was in a state of anxiety, Yu Xiaogang couldn't help but analyze the differences between the two empires for them.

But we can’t let them feel that the Tiandou Empire is worse than the Xingluo Empire.

When Tang San heard this, a fierce light flashed in his eyes. There were so many soul bones in Zhu Zhuqing's body, he didn't believe that there was not a single one from the Haotian Sect.

When Tang San thought of Zhu Zhuqing using the Haotian Sect's soul bones to reward the Xingluo Empire Academy team, he felt furious.

"That bitch!"

Dai Mubai slammed his fist on the table.

Zhu Zhuqing's identity had long been exposed.

With the exposure of Zhu Zhuqing's powerful strength, no one would believe that Zhu Zhuqing's innate soul power was only at level five.

Especially after Zhu Zhuyun personally admitted that Zhu Zhuqing had concealed her talent in order to prevent the sisters from being entangled in internal strife, everyone admired Zhu Zhuqing's character even more.

Everyone praised Zhu Zhuqing as a good sister.

However, no one cared what Dai Mubai, who could have gotten away with it, thought after hearing the news.

after all……

What are his talents and strengths?
Is it worthy?

What Dai Mubai is thinking now is that if Zhu Zhuqing had not concealed her identity at the beginning, then Zhu Zhuqing would be his fiancée.

In that case, why would he need to flee the Star Luo Empire?

Even if Zhu Zhuqing was his fiancée, then he would be the emperor of the Xing Luo Empire now!

Speaking of the Emperor…

Star Luo Empire Palace.

As the competition ended, the sixteen teams participating in the finals were selected.

After the competition, Zhu Zhuqing personally presented the awards to the top three winners, and the audience cheered "Long live!"

Although there is no difference between first place and being chosen as the internal candidate, they were not fighting for first place in the first place.

What they have been fighting for is the second and third place, the soul bones, no matter whether they are a thousand years old or ten thousand years old.

Even a hundred years old is rare for them.

After the soul bones are awarded, there will be half a month of rest and half a month of travel, and then you have to rush to the Spirit Hall to participate in the final finals within a month.

And today is the second time in history that Zhu Zhuqing has attended court.

"Long live my emperor! Long live!"

Zhu Zhuqing sat on the throne, and all the ministers knelt on the ground.

Zhu Zhuqing waved her hand, and then the ministers below began to report on the situation in various parts of the country this year. Generally speaking, the country was peaceful and the people were safe.

"Your Majesty, I have a plan to tell you!"

Just at this moment, the treasurer took a step forward.

"explain."

Zhu Zhuqing didn't have much impression of this financial director, mainly because the black shadow soldiers didn't find any signs of corruption on his part. There were some minor corruptions, but no major ones.

"Your Majesty, since ancient times, the Spirit Hall has relied on the financial support of our two empires to pay out subsidies to spirit masters. Although we are always mentioned when distributing subsidies, only a few people can remember us.

What's more, the Spirit Hall relied on our money to expand its own influence, and even lied about the amount of subsidies and embezzled a huge amount.

Although our Xingluo Empire had some complaints in the past, we had no choice but to supply them due to our lack of strength.

The funding requested by the Spirit Hall this year is even more terrifying, 20% more than in the past, directly accounting for about 30% of all tax revenue this year.

If this continues, it may become a serious problem!"

The chief financial officer knelt down directly.

The Spirit Hall has been asking for a lot of money from Xingluo and Tiandou in order to provide subsidies to spirit masters.

Although the money is collected every time based on the number of soul masters who have ascended to the throne, not all soul masters go to collect the soul master subsidy every month. There are even many soul masters who refuse to collect the subsidy because of soul hunting.

The amount of money that Spirit Hall spends on subsidies from these people alone is already quite large.

In addition, after the Spirit Hall began to plot to seize the entire Douluo Continent, it began to increase the funding required for soul masters year by year.

This year it is 20% more than last year.

In the past, they did not have the strength to resist the hegemony of the Spirit Hall, but this year the financial director felt that they could give it a try.

After all, why should the money and reputation be earned by the Spirit Hall?
Zhu Zhuqing frowned slightly. This financial director was the first one to report bad news.

But is the Spirit Hall so cruel?

Just 30% tax?
She understood what the financial director meant. The Spirit Hall basically wanted to suck blood from Xingluo and Tiandou. She definitely couldn't let them suck blood from them anymore. The Xingluo Empire was hers now.

But if we don’t give it, how can we solve the chain reaction that will occur?
"Tell me what you think."

Zhu Zhuqing didn't bother to think and just asked directly.

"Your Majesty, I dare to say that although the Spirit Hall has ulterior motives, we cannot completely cut off ties with it for the time being. We can give money, but we can't give so much. I suggest giving 60% of it.

The current infrastructure of the Xingluo Empire is basically inseparable from the Spirit Hall.

For example, the awakening of rural martial arts spirits, the support of the Soul Hunting Forest, and the distribution of subsidies to soul masters are basically inseparable from the Spirit Hall.

I also understand that if we now rely on officials from various cities to complete these tasks, I am afraid that the money will be embezzled as soon as it is sent over.

Therefore, we cannot cut off the funding to the Spirit Hall for the time being, but it is impossible to give the Spirit Hall as much as it wants. The Spirit Hall asked for a 20% increase, and I think it is reasonable to directly cut it by 40%.

This number is about right, and there will even be some left over if it is used for the construction of the Xingluo Empire."

The financial director felt as if he understood everything after he finished speaking in one breath. Then he knelt on the ground and looked at Zhu Zhuqing expectantly, waiting for the answer.

Zhu Zhuqing's eyes lit up when she saw the elderly financial director, he was a talented person.

It's a pity that she is a little old. It would be better if she could improve her strength and live a few more years so that she can shine for a longer time.

"Okay, just say it was my request, and tell them not to be too greedy, otherwise if I kill Bibi Dong once, I can kill her a second time."

Does Zhu Zhuqing still need to make a choice when faced with this problem?
Why don't you approve the work report of someone who is supposed to concentrate on his work?
"Your Majesty, Holy Might!"

The joy on the finance director's face was beyond words. He kowtowed three times, then stood up and stepped aside.

The other ministers were also delighted when they saw Zhu Zhuqing's gesture.

This is the difference between having strength and not having strength.

When they didn't have the strength, they couldn't always compromise in the face of various threats from the Spirit Hall, but they could basically only postpone them. However, this was the first time that someone directly and domineeringly refused like Zhu Zhuqing did.

This feeling...

A little cool.

"Your Majesty, I have a plan to tell you!"

At this moment, a minister turned his eyes and moved to the middle and knelt down.

"Say!"

Zhu Zhuqing took a look, and the Black Shadow Commander sent news about the whole person.

He is from the human resources department. He is not a very good person, but he works hard. He has some flaws, but they are acceptable.

"Your Majesty, as the saying goes, a country cannot be without a ruler for a day, nor a mother for a day. Since Your Majesty ascended the throne, he has never taken..."

Bang!
Before the HR manager could finish his words, Zhu Zhuqing slapped him in the air.

The HR manager was slapped in the face and flew away, spitting out blood in mid-air. After falling outside the hall, he fainted after spitting out blood.

This scene made all the ministers silent.

The entire hall seemed to be in an environment where one could hear a pin drop.

"You should be focusing on state affairs, and don't get involved in things that shouldn't be so busy, and don't have any ideas. Otherwise, living will be difficult, and dying will be just as easy.

Understand? "

Zhu Zhuqing's expression returned to indifference, and her eyes swept across the entire audience like a knife.

"I will obey His Majesty's decree!"

(End of this chapter)