Eternal Life Begins with Taking a Wife

Editor: Henyee Translations

If you want to be rich, build a road first. Although this was a transcendent world with all kinds of powerful people entrenched here, the Hundred Schools of Philosophy, the God of Incense, demons, ghosts, and so on, no matter how many people there were, population was still the number one productivity. Shen Ping had modern thinking and knew this too well.

Only when the population increased could more geniuses be born and gather more incense offerings and power of faith. The mountain gods, the river gods, Dragon Gods, and the others of the incense divine path would also become stronger.

Without people, what’s the use of having immortals? Therefore, when they focused on nurturing and development, the main direction of Changzhou and Jinzhou was to build roads, advocate fertility, develop the economy, and other troikas.

With Shen Ping holding down the fort, the demons and heretics did not dare to infiltrate at all. At the same time, he would not involve other state capitals and develop his territory steadily.

As land, water, and relay stations became more and more developed, the number of people pouring in from various provinces increased day by day. In just a hundred years, the Jinzhou Prefecture alone exceeded two million, and this was because there was too little farming in the Jinzhou Prefecture.

Fortunately, commerce was developed, allowing many commoners to maintain the most basic food and clothing. However, ancient agriculture was the main focus, and even the supernatural world was no exception. They had to fill their hunger. Even those demons still know how to squeeze into places with a lot of people.

Therefore, Shen Ping directly used his supreme divine power to open up a continent in the world that rewarded magic treasures and used it to grow various crops to increase the production and supply of so many people.

Other than Jinzhou, the population of a large province in Changzhou was even more exaggerated. After a thousand years of recuperation and reproduction, it had already exceeded the ten million mark. This was a province, equivalent to one-sixth of the population of the Nine States!

Among them, Changzhou City was even more lively and prosperous than the Imperial Capital. It had a permanent population of more than four million. The city had expanded again and again, but there were still many commoners coming over.

Shen Ping could only build the acropolis to facilitate this huge population.

Another 200 years passed. It’s been 300 years since the road was built. In the entire Jinzhou, the transportation in Changzhou was incomparably developed. There were roads from the state capital to the towns and even to the tourist attractions of the various mountain ranges. There were daily patrol guards to maintain them. There were mountain gods, river gods, and land.

The experts behind the other state capitals were not stupid. They immediately realized how terrifying this phenomenon was, so they kept sending soldiers to attack and imitate it.

However, they were not like Shen Ping, who did everything himself and was friendly to the commoners. Hence, they only learned to put on airs. The more people there were, the more they exploited them. In the end, they benefited Changzhou and Jinzhou.

And as the population grows, more and more cultivation geniuses were born. The Daoist temples of Song Guan, White Cloud, Qing Lin and Shui Yun had more than 5,000 Spiritual Masters alone. There were fewer Perfected Lords, only a hundred of them. However, even in the Imperial City, there were less than a hundred Perfected Lords.

As for Earth Immortals, he did not have any at the moment. The main reason was that he had too little time. They aren’t like Shen Ping. They all cultivated step by step. No matter how talented they were, they still needed time to accumulate.

Princess Jinzhen was enjoying the familiar meat roll as she reported on the navy in the two prefectures and the development and nurturing of the army. “Husband, the population of the people has increased. The number of the army has soared to 500,000, and the navy has maintained at 300,000. Together with some auxiliary soldiers, patrol teams, government offices, and so on, the total number of people has exceeded a million. The annual rations are not a small expense! The finances are falling apart!”

Shen Ping said casually, “Then give loans. The merchants in the territory are all rich. Don’t let them only save money and not spend it.” As he spoke, he kept stirring at the palace door.

After such a long time, Princess Jinzhen had long adapted to Shen Ping’s power. Her eyes lit up. “Yes, why didn’t I think of that? These merchants like to save money. We have to let them spend it. Only then can we increase the financial tax. Husband is still the smartest.”

Shen Ping smiled faintly. However, he knew that as the population continued to rise, this move would not work. He had to prepare to devour the other prefectures. After all, he had to use the soldiers he had raised for so long.

So 20 years later, he launched a war and began to attack the prefectures near Changzhou. The imperial court sent an envoy to inquire. Princess Jinzhen retorted, saying that she was exterminating the demons, so the imperial court had nothing to say.

This was the advantage of having the royal bloodline. The war went on for 100 years. The three prefectures near Changzhou and Jinzhou were directly devoured by Shen Ping, greatly relieving the pressure of the soaring population and continuing to recuperate.

When the mighty figures of the other continents saw this, they all panicked. They also developed their economies, but unfortunately, they were a step slower.

Another 500 years passed.

Shen Ping, who had occupied the territory of the four states, had already become a big shot. The number of navy soldiers in the territory added up to more than two million. There were more than ten thousand Spiritual Masters, more than a thousand Perfected Lords, and three Earth Immortals!

The Mountain Gods, River Gods, and Dragon Sovereigns were nourished by the incense and power of tens of millions of people. All of them condensed their Dharmakayas and their strength was comparable to the Dragon King of the East Sea.

With such a terrifying foundation, the mighty figures behind the other five states knew that it would probably be difficult for them to fight for the dragon this time. The Imperial Court finally could not sit still and sent an army to suppress them. But Shen Ping, who had two million soldiers, was not afraid of the Imperial Court at all.

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