“Who dares to block this young master? Are you seeking death?!”
Nezha's small face was tense, his eyes filled with anxiety.
The relocation array at the South Heavenly Gate would never be wrong. This place must be near Zhao Village.
But he was trapped silently by someone, which was unbelievable.
Although Nezha could only retain the peak cultivation of a Golden Immortal, it didn't mean his strength was weak.
With his spiritual treasures and the three heads and eight arms divine powers that he had cultivated to a very high level.
Ordinary Taishang Jinxian couldn't last ten rounds in Nezha's hands.
Otherwise, how could he be known as the second war god of the Heavenly Court?
“乾坤 Circle, Golden Brick, go!”
Nezha, who had experienced the Conferred Gods War, was not completely ignorant of arrays.
There were two ways to break through an array.
The first was to use the law of mutual generation and suppression, finding the person who laid the array or the array's eye.
The second was to break through with force, using powerful strength and cultivation to forcibly break through the array.
The former took a long time and required extensive knowledge of arrays.
The latter required cultivation far beyond the array's creator, or powerful array-breaking spiritual treasures.
Fortunately, Nezha had such spiritual treasures.
The 乾坤 Circle was extremely rigid and yang, and the spiritual treasure Golden Brick suppressed the void, slowing down the array's operating speed.
Nezha saw a golden brick fly out from his hand, expanding with the wind, instantly increasing in size by a hundred times.
The Golden Brick pressed down, and a vast suppressing force poured out.
The void rippled in waves.
The 乾坤 Circle followed closely behind, transforming into a beam of golden light, blasting towards the place where the Golden Brick was suppressing.
Boom!
The temporary array Bai Qianli had set up was immediately shaken by the collision of the 乾坤 Circle.
Several Daoist runes shattered.
“This little brat is hot-tempered, just right for extinguishing his anger!”
Bai Qianli clapped his hands, without the slightest intention of repairing the array that was gradually disintegrating.
At Nezha's speed of breaking through the array, it would just be in time to send him to the bridal chamber.
“I wonder how this little brat will choose then?”
Bai Qianli stroked his chin, deciding to keep this show.
While Zhao Village was filled with joy, the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty, Li Shimin, was also greatly excited.
“Good, good, good. This Wei Zheng finally did something that made me happy!”
Li Shimin fell into thought for a moment, then commanded.
“Summon the Chief of the Ministry of Revenue, and the items sent together with this memorial, bring them to the Ministry of Revenue.
Order the Right Guard of the Palace to dispatch a thousand elite soldiers to guard the Ministry of Revenue, no idlers allowed in or out!
Also, summon the Grand Chancellor, and the Ministers of the Ministry of Works, Ministry of Revenue, and Ministry of War!”
“Yes, Your Majesty!”
An eunuch bowed, stepped back three steps, then turned and hurried away.
After giving the order, Li Shimin picked up the memorial in his hand and carefully looked it over.
“Saving half of the manpower, then the amount of land one person can cultivate will increase.
Chen Fan, is a talent, but attracting demonic cultivators with incense!”
Li Shimin pondered for a while, still unable to decide how to reward Chen Fan.
So he decided to wait until Fang Xuanling and the others arrived before discussing it further.
If he could really increase grain production significantly, such a great achievement, a noble title!
Since Li Shimin ascended the throne, he had started to reduce the number of noble titles awarded.
Li Yuan had awarded many noble titles when he was in power, and Li Shimin gradually began to abolish them.
But with Chen Fan's merits, it was impossible not to award him a title.
However, the specific level of the title was up for debate.
Furthermore, if the method Wei Zheng mentioned in the memorial were to be implemented, it would be…
“Greetings, Your Majesty, Your Royal Highness…”
“Alright, stop bowing. Xuanling, you all first take a look at the memorial sent by Xuan Cheng!”
Soon, Fang Xuanling, Changsun Wuji, and the others passed the memorial around for everyone to read.
Everyone fell silent for a moment.
Fang Xuanling took a deep breath, suppressing the excitement in his heart, and said cautiously.
“Your Majesty, although Xuan Cheng would not lie, but if we don't verify it, this minister is uneasy!”
As a senior official of the court, even the impulsive Wei Chi Jingde knew this was no small matter.
Fang Xuanling's choice was also to protect Wei Zheng.
There was no way, the method Wei Zheng proposed in the memorial was simply too hateful.
Li Shimin nodded slightly. Wei Zheng was a knife he had prepared.
Although this knife often spoke bluntly and criticized him regardless of his position.
But Li Shimin still couldn't bear to let this knife break so easily.
“Fang Aiqing is right. The Ministry of Revenue has already prepared to build this thing.
Let the Ministry of Rites prepare another ‘field plowing ceremony,’ and then take this thing out.
Jingde, I will leave it to you to take the lead, how about it?”
“This subject accepts the order!”
Wei Chi Jingde bowed, expressing that he had no problem.
Fang Xuanling could only smile wryly and agree.
It was not easy to persuade the old scholars of the Ministry of Rites to change the ritual.
Li Shimin arranged for things to be taken care of, nodded in satisfaction, and asked again.
“This curved-beam plough was made by Chen Fan, a villager from Zhao Village, what do you think is an appropriate reward?”
“Your Majesty, what are we talking about? With this tool, our Great Tang will accumulate enough food and supplies to support an army on a campaign against the Eastern Turks within two years at most.
Such a great achievement, it’s not too much to grant him the title of Baron!”
Wei Chi Jingde directly shouted, Fang Xuanling's mouth twitched.
Chen Fan acted too recklessly, daring to recruit demons and secretly trade incense.
Of course, while this was not a big deal, it also showed that Chen Fan did not have enough awe for the court.
Such a young talent, suddenly given a high position, might actually be bad for him.
“Your Majesty, he can be granted the title of a County Marquis, but he can also be given the position of a Third Rank Guanglu Doctor to show your favor!”
Li Shimin nodded when he heard this. The position of a Third Rank Guanglu Doctor was high, but it was actually an honorary position. Granting it would only mean an extra salary.
This would also show his generosity.
“Good, do it as Xuanling said, draft the edict!”
…
“Open up for this young master!”
A fissure suddenly opened in the void in front of Zhao Village. A child with three heads and eight arms, holding various spiritual treasures in his hands.
Leapt out from the fissure, took two deep breaths, and looked at the village draped in red silk.
“Damn it, don't let this young master find out who you are!”
A hint of ruthlessness flashed in Nezha's eyes, he put away his divine powers and spiritual treasures, and quietly suppressed his own aura.
Before leaving, he thought for a moment and threw out a beam of spiritual light that shot away.
Watching the spiritual light disappear, Nezha turned back and gritted his teeth.
“This young master will see what secrets are hidden in this Zhao Village!”