Since ancient times, founding a state and conquering the realm generally took five to ten years at most.
By the later stages of a campaign, once you held over half the territory, the rest could be settled with a proclamation.
It was similar to Records of the Three Kingdoms. The opening was the hardest part; once you made it through the early and middle stages, all that remained was to delegate everything automatically.
Wenren Sheng had now passed the opening stage, but he had yet to reach the middle stage.
Food was indeed one factor limiting his expansion.
But it was not the main one.
There was no shortage of food in the realm.
Nor was there too little food to feed everyone.
It was merely all hidden away in cellars and warehouses... never brought out onto the market.
Those without land had no way to obtain it by selling their labor; thus, they could only obtain it through violence.
What Wenren Sheng needed to do was use every possible method to ensure that it entered the market.
Lu Empress Dowager had actually done quite well in the past.
With a single bottle of poison disguised as a Longevity Elixir, she had gained money and provisions while tearing apart the great clans. It had served multiple purposes at once.
A master need not be stronger than his disciple, nor must a disciple be inferior to his master.
Today, he too would borrow Lu Empress Dowager's idea...
The Hero Network was already complete, and he could wipe memories as well. Even if he could not replicate Lu Empress Dowager's idea perfectly, he could reproduce eighty percent of it.
Just think about it. Scammers in his previous life could swindle hundreds of billions with nothing but smooth talk, without investing a single