Tang Kingdom (2)

Li Qi was so shocked by what happened in the Tang Kingdom that he was speechless.

However, this is not the end.

The conversation continued.

His shocking statements completely overturned Li Qi's understanding of the world.

Reason Way developed many things, including the magnificent "Heavenly Palace" in addition to the "Mirror Flower Water Moon". These are Heavenly Palace stars that hang in the sky and can regulate the weather. They can also directly launch attacks that kill anyone below the seventh rank.

Artificial satellites? Space-based weapons?

Li Qi was completely bewildered.

There are also Earth Flow Chariot built on the earth's veins, which mortals can ride. They can travel three thousand miles a day, but they are very expensive to build. They need to open up the earth's veins and connect with the earth's energy. Moreover, each thousand miles requires an Earthly Deity to personally guard and suppress them to prevent possible earth energy disturbances and Earth Dragon Overturn.

For this reason, there is currently only one lane extending from the Tang Kingdom to the capital of the Song Kingdom.

Furthermore, the Tang Kingdom utterly detested the Heretical and Wild Gods and immediately destroyed all temples that worshipped humans, killing all the Mountain Spirits and Wild Monsters. Only those who were kind to humans, did not eat humans, and protected the local area were spared.

After the killings, there were imperial decrees bestowed upon them. Some were local benevolent gods, some were heroic spirits of those who died in the Tang Kingdom during the war, and some were the ghosts of respected local people who died peacefully in their old age.

Only when personally conferred by the Tang Kingdom Dynasty court, with a long scroll and a large seal, and stamped with the imperial decree, can one be considered a 'Orthodox God'. From then on, one must take the Tang Kingdom emperor as one's sovereign, work diligently for the people, obey the orders of local officials, bring peace to the people, and protect the land and water, in order to receive incense offerings.

All the Earthly Deity deities mentioned earlier are like this; they are all Orthodox God appointed by the Tang Kingdom, responsible for suppressing the thousand-mile- Earth Flow Chariot within their respective jurisdictions. They are diligent and conscientious, and never dare to abandon their posts.

Any Heretical and Wild Gods who are not among the 'Orthodox God' and are worshipped in a wicked or unorthodox way either flee, abandoning the incense offerings they have cultivated over time, or are killed directly and turned into resources.

After a period of purges, although there was some unrest, the system was eventually established.

After that came the massacre of the Shaman.

Without any mercy, all practitioners of Shaman Path who had reached a certain rank were arrested and imprisoned.

According to the Tang Kingdom, the existence of Shaman and Shaman Path is the root of the Heretical and Wild Gods. Anyone who practices Shaman Path will inevitably bring disaster to the country, so they must either sincerely repent or die.

Then came the implementation of the law.

All of the above actions are based on the law, and all actions are in accordance with the law, with absolutely no private punishment.

The laws of the Tang Kingdom were extremely detailed and contained many regulations. Although the people were protected and enjoyed good weather and abundant harvests without fear of oppression, they were absolutely forbidden from overstepping the bounds and breaking the law, otherwise the punishment would be extremely severe.

However, according to Jing Yan, although the law is humane, the punishment is ruthless. The people of the Great Deer Kingdom may find it very difficult to get used to. Initially, many people from the Song Kingdom were also not used to it and subconsciously broke the law.

Then, after six months of strict crackdown and legal education campaigns, nearly 10% of the population of the Song Kingdom, almost 100 million people, suffered imprisonment and punishment. The rest naturally became terrified and dared not commit any more offenses.

In short, Song Kingdom's life has undergone tremendous changes in the past two or three years.

For the Song Kingdom, Tang Kingdom was a completely new world, not even in the same league.

Li Qi felt a cold sweat break out just hearing this description.

Oh shit.

How can I hit him with my head?

Wushen Mountain can't hold out, can it?

That sounds pretty risky.

Did I accidentally latch onto the wrong powerful patron? Is it too late to switch sides now?

Fortunately, the conversation continued, and soon the focus shifted from describing the changes in the Song Kingdom to what had happened in Snake Tail County.

Li Qi suddenly thought of something and asked Jing Yan, "By the way, I've observed that Shopkeeper Jing is a kind and fair person, and he's very particular and methodical in his business dealings. Why did he offend the county magistrate and flee in such a hurry in Snake Tail County? He doesn't seem like the type to offend people."

At this moment, Jing Yan sighed, "Shopkeeper Jing is naturally kind to people, but I can't stand some dirty things. The matter of the county magistrate was caused by me."

"What's going on now?" Li Qi asked curiously.

"Nothing special. The son of the county magistrate of Snake Tail County wanted to forcibly take a family's daughters as concubines. I caught him in the act, then beat him up. That's all," Jing Yan explained.

"This kind of thing...should indeed be stopped, but you just left like that? After you left, isn't it the same as doing nothing? Instead, that girl has to suffer the county magistrate's malice for nothing, and she probably won't be able to escape it afterward." Li Qi's expression was subtle as he raised his eyebrows.

You beat someone up and ran away. You ran away, but what about the girl?

"I also considered this point, so I simply castrated him, then packed his luggage and brought the girl and the widow's mother with me to the caravan. That way, he won't be able to harm anyone else in the future, and he won't be able to find the girl again," Jing Yan said.

Li Qi wiped away a cold sweat.

Hey, sister, you really don't follow any rules when you do things! No wonder Shopkeeper Jing ran away overnight. Doing this kind of thing so openly, do you think you don't have enough trouble already?

However, it seems that the Jing family doesn't think there's anything wrong with this, and they haven't seen anyone neglecting Jing Yan.

On the contrary, although they all avoided Jing Yan and cheered for Li Qi during the betting competition, it was clear that no one really had any ill intentions towards Jing Yan.

In Li Qi's view, the Jing family had an excellent family tradition. They all seemed to be kind to others. Although, depending on their personalities, some were as fierce as Jing Yan, while others were as gentle as Shopkeeper Jing, they were all very united, gentle, reasonable, and not weak. They could make decisive decisions when faced with problems.

It was just like when Jing Yan stood up for someone, Shopkeeper Jing, upon learning of it, did not complain at all. He immediately arranged for people to run out of the city that very night, taking a side road to the ferry, before the other party could make any trouble or intercept them.

Only Lineage like that can expand its business overseas...

"Running away like this isn't entirely wrong. It's getting late, so I'll take my leave now and won't disturb your sword practice any longer." Li Qi glanced at the sky; it had gotten completely dark during their conversation, and it was time to go back.

"Okay." Jing Yan was also straightforward and immediately saw the guest out.

On his way back, Li Qi pondered whether he should also run away.

"I was recruited on the street... Although I was on the run overnight, someone must have seen me following the caravan... If the other party really is the county magistrate, will I be targeted?" he wondered to himself.

If the other party is truly petty, I might actually be targeted when I return to Snake Tail County.

But Old Ma is still over there.

Tsk, this is a bit tricky.