Fish swimming around the world

Jiang Fan said calmly: "In that case, do you think I will tell you my thoughts?"

Feng Chen nodded: "Theoretically, no, unless you want to use me. Of course, even if you want to use me, I may not tell the truth. It depends on your ability and my needs. In any case, I told you these things today. I hope you understand that since Taiyue has surrendered to the sky and has been resurrected, it may mean one thing."

"A heavyweight celestial being has come down." Jiang Fan said slowly.

Feng Chen smiled: "Ordinary celestial beings can't do this."

"And you, you don't want me to die too early, so you have to remind me."

Feng Chen said: "Indeed, although I want you to die, I have to choose a time. Now is absolutely not the time. You should take care of yourself. I think since the celestial being is investigating you, he may be ready to kill you."

Jiang Fan did not have any worries or panic. Instead, he was silent for a while and muttered to himself: "Killing me is inevitable, but I'm afraid there are more important things..."

Feng Chen said: "Cooperation with Taiyue is not considered?"

"Cooperation... Cooperation..."

Jiang Fan's lowered eyes flickered, as if he was realizing something, but the darkness in his eyes became more and more intense...

Feng Chen did not stay for too long. After saying this, he briefly told Jiang Fan about the war.

As expected, Wei Liao and Long She were dragging their fight with Wei State in a lukewarm manner. The reason for this is that Feng Chen felt that this was enough at the moment and that Wei State should not be completely angry, otherwise it would easily fully support Xia State. As for Feng Chen himself, it was a battle across the Jin State, and the food and grass supply channel had not yet been completely stabilized. Without the territory behind him, Feng Chen had to wait for the right time to launch a full-scale offensive.

Jiang Fan did not deny this, but he did not say anything affirmative, just because he understood that if he were Feng Chen, he would make the same choice.

As for Taiyue's troops, Feng Chen also told Jiang Fan what he knew.

According to the star surveys spread all over the world by the Feng family, and the observations and analysis at Guanyue Peak all year round, Feng Chen and Feng Qianqiu both believed that Taiyue could mobilize a lot of troops. Although the current number was close to 250,000, they could expand rapidly as long as they needed it.

The origin of these troops was similar to the analysis of the empress, and they came from Taiyue's hundreds of years of operation. Generally speaking, there are three main channels.

First, the high-ranking officials and generals in the temples of the five countries. Taiyue actively placed officials in the five countries. In addition to the political world, the military world paid more attention to it. According to Feng Chen's estimation, in the past hundred years alone, more than a thousand high-level and low-level officers have been placed. It seems a lot, but for a giant like Taiyue, it is actually a minority. After all, their disciples have a deep background, so it is easy to do such things.

But why there are not many, the reason is also very simple. Taiyue needs them to be able to respond to the imperial edict of the Holy Land at any time. In this case, they need to be absolutely loyal, so the screening becomes extremely strict. At the same time, for these absolutely loyal people, they must have no worries so that they can do their best. Therefore, Taiyue also arranges their families in a safe environment. No matter what happens, at least these people don't worry about their families becoming a hindrance. Of course, this has also become a soft means for Taiyue to control them in disguise.

So, just like the previous 200,000 troops assembled, Taiyue only issued an imperial edict, and countless officers and officers led their trusted troops to directly abandon the monarch and surrender. In fact, this is the root cause of all the vassal states' special fear of Taiyue.

The second source of troops is simpler. In addition to several major overlords, there are countless large and small forces in Huayu, such as countless aristocratic families. Because they are deep-rooted, they may belong to a certain country, but they have great independence. There are also countless independent forces that are fundamentally independent. Taiyue has never stopped conquering and infiltrating, and these have become the source of their combat power.

As for the third type, it is what Taiyue usually adopts, using its own status to borrow troops from various vassal states. But these are only effective in specific circumstances. Unfortunately, the world only knows this third type, so some vassal states are not so afraid of Taiyue.

With troops, military supplies are needed. Taiyue, who is in charge of the temple, certainly understands that this is the top priority. Without money and food, everything is empty talk.

Then there are also three sources of money and food that have been noticed.

The first type is that although the holy land seems to be out of the world, Taiyue has encouraged his disciples to run various industries outside since three hundred years ago. Because of Taiyue's background, it can be said to be prosperous and rich. Apart from other things, according to the investigation of Anchao Xingluo and Jilecheng, there are more than 100,000 shops directly or indirectly operated or controlled by Taiyue disciples, covering almost all industries. The two largest categories are grain and carriage and horse business.

Take grain for example, Taiyue has the largest granary and the largest number of grain shops in the world. It is uniformly managed by the Tycoon Grain Store, and the head of the Tycoon Grain Store is Changsheng himself, but the actual operators are his two brothers from the secular family. As for shareholders, there are too many to count, including princes and super families. Jiang Fan knows that the King of Jin, who is good at business, and the King of Xia, who is trying hard to curry favor with Taiyue, are among them. As for the partners such as the Jiang family, the Xie family, the Wang family, and the Cao Gang, there are too many to count.

They have the largest grain store and the largest carriage and horse business to cooperate with. This carriage and horse business is called Datong Horse Business, and the person in charge is another brother of Changsheng and a direct disciple. Ji Le once counted that there were 200,000 vehicles and 3,500 stores in Datong, covering almost all large and medium-sized cities in the world. This perfectly guaranteed the transportation of Taiyue's materials.

The second source of money and grain comes from Taiyue's rich accumulation. The inventory accumulated over thousands of years is enough to make people dumbfounded. Of course, in addition to war, politics, and offerings, there is another big source of accumulation, which is refining. Taiyue has the largest group of famous masters in the world. There are countless magical weapons and elixirs that are hard to come by for warriors. For thousands of years, people have gone to Taiyue for pilgrimage. Naturally, all kinds of gold, silver, treasures, and materials exchanged for Taiyue are in large quantities.

The third source of money and grain is the offerings of the princes. This is also a well-known one. It is not cheap even on the surface. Moreover, since Taiyue has deteriorated, there are countless transactions in secret. Feng Chen said that he roughly estimated that Taiyue has made hundreds of millions of silver in profit from buying and selling officials alone. Not to mention the income from doing things for others through countless disciples. And the real biggest head of it is the benefits and filial piety obtained from coordinating the major vassal states in political and military relations.

Therefore, although Taiyue's only direct territory is Daizhou, Taiyue can fight and support soldiers.

As for marching, there are very few obstacles. Unless the vassal states passing by are determined to go to war with Taiyue, otherwise, facing the holy army, they can only welcome them with lines on the road, or at least ignore them and let them pass. Moreover, many city officials are originally Taiyue's people.

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