One and a half months!
The resettlement of 6.5 million people—an enormous population nearly one-fifth of the combined total population of North Sea and Le'an Commanderies.
To settle these people, officials at every level of Ye Zhen's Duke of North Sea Commandery's Residence had been run off their feet.
Commandery Governor Qiao Fu and Commandery Comfort Tang Liao, for example, had slept or rested for fewer than four days total over the past month and a half. Every official had grown darker and thinner by a full circle.
However, Ye Zhen had also been handing out all manner of rewards generously.
During this month, all officials received not only double monthly stipends, but additional benefits as well.
After all, even an emperor did not starve his soldiers.
This raid on the Golden Moon World had truly left Ye Zhen's coffers overflowing.
To say nothing of anything else, the 1.2 million Devil Race slaves sold to Five Immortal Island had started at one hundred High-grade Spirit Stones each for Dao Entry Realm Devil Race slaves, and fifty High-grade Spirit Stones each for Palace Opening Realm Devil Race slaves.
Of them, as many as 700,000 Devil Race slaves were at the Palace Opening Realm, while 500,000 were at the Dao Entry Realm.
From these Devil Race slaves alone, due to the slight price differences based on cultivation, Ye Zhen had obtained more than ninety million High-grade Spirit Stones from Five Immortal Island.
After repaying the debt of five million High-grade Spirit Stones, and paying at the average prices of one hundred thousand High-grade Spirit Stones for a Mountain Core and eight hundred thousand High-grade Spirit Stones for an Earth Meridian Core, Ye Zhen still had as many as thirty-five million High-grade Spirit Stones in hand.
It could be said that Ye Zhen