The rest of the trip went very smoothly, and no one dared to disturb Wang Hao and his group.
There was no other way. This time, in addition to asking Zhu Yuanzhang to order the dispatch of those ten Innate Realm eunuchs at the Innate Realm, Emperor Mingde also personally asked Cao Haisheng to transfer ten Grandmaster- level experts from the Eastern Depot to be at his disposal.
Ten Grandmaster- level experts stood on the ship, their auras radiating outwards without any concealment. Only someone with a screw loose would dare to provoke them!
Wang Hao did not slack off in his cultivation on the ship. He took medicinal soup and meals to accelerate the cultivation of his Innate Qi, while discussing the concept of the Celestial Person Transformation in the Sunflower Manual with the ten old eunuchs. In his spare time, he guided Zhu Ruoxue, Zhu Yijun and Princess Shaoyang in their cultivation. He had a very fulfilling time.
Because they were sailing south with the wind, and because the ship they were on was a warship that served the Da Ming Dynasty imperial family and was much faster than ordinary merchant ships, they only took ten days to cross the Grand Canal, then the Yangtze River, and enter the Jiangnan region, three days earlier than the agreed time.
Without lingering, the group took a boat directly to Jinling City, the Da Ming.
The Great Ming Dynasty was very different from other dynasties. Great Emperor Hongwu Zhu Yuanzhang once established the capital in Jinling, but Great Emperor Yongle later moved the capital to the northern capital, which resulted in two capitals.
Since Jinling was established by Zhu Yuanzhang, the emperors of the Da Ming Dynasty never dared to abolish this capital city system. Instead, they kept it, even leaving behind a system for court officials and using it as a retirement home for high-ranking officials.
It could be said that the court officials in Jinling City could form a small court, with a complete system in all aspects, and even the imperial palace was still preserved, only it was renamed the temporary palace.
Many senior officials stationed in Jinling City had already received the news and either sent people or came in person to welcome Wang Hao and his entourage into the imperial palace in Jinling City.
Wang Hao didn't stand on ceremony and naturally moved into the palace, enjoying the treatment befitting a crown prince.
Of course, he didn't waste his time interfering with the administration of Jinling City, but he did accept the gifts from the ministers.
It must be said that the officials of the Great Ming Dynasty were indeed quite greedy, and Jinling, located in the rich land of the Yangtze River and Jiangnan, was extremely wealthy, so the officials' family fortunes were naturally also very substantial.
After discussing this with Princess Shaoyang Princess Shaoyang, Wang Hao had her send someone to spread the word that one of their missions was to assess the performance of officials in various parts of Jiangnan, and then secretly reveal that Wang Hao had a penchant for collecting precious medicinal herbs.
On the second day, officials of all ranks from various places in Jiangnan sent a large quantity of valuable and precious medicinal herbs.
They weren't stupid; they naturally knew that those two pieces of information were deliberately leaked, but unfortunately, the initiative was in the other party's hands.
If they don't know what's good for them, they might actually be put on a performance review for the officials, and at least half of them would be eliminated.
Faced with such outrageous actions, they could only accept their fate and pay up to avoid further trouble.
"These damned officials, they've embezzled so much!"
Zhu Yijun stared intently at the precious medicinal herbs piled up in several large rooms, her eyes bloodshot, her heart burning with rage!
These precious medicinal herbs are all extremely valuable; if measured in monetary terms, they could be exchanged for at least hundreds of millions of taels of silver.
According to the official salaries stipulated by the imperial court, those scoundrels could never have such a large sum of money. Clearly, those scoundrels are corrupt officials, big corrupt officials, and parasites of the Great Ming Dynasty!
"Heh! Those people are no longer officials of our Old Zhu Household!"
With a cold laugh, Wang Hao had anticipated this.
He didn't know what the Great Ming Dynasty was like in modern society, but this Smiling Proud Wanderer World Great Ming Dynasty was rather tragic, as the power of the Da Ming imperial family had long been usurped.
Even the Ruthless Great Emperor Yongle was forced to move the capital to the north, and from then on, the Jiangnan region gradually broke away from the control of the Da Ming Dynasty.
Based on this, Wang Hao estimated that the reason why Emperor Chongzhen in the later period of "The Sword Stained with Sword Stained with Royal Blood " hanged himself after losing the capital instead of going south to Jinling to make a comeback was not only due to his own personality and the circumstances, but also because the officials in Jiangnan were not under his control.
Therefore, Wang Hao carried out this scheme with a clear conscience.
Anyway, those people are no longer officials of the Da Ming Dynasty's royal family; at most, they are just maintaining a nominal title. Rather than letting these parasites get away with it, it's better to take this opportunity to squeeze them dry.
After all, these people still need to rely on the name of the Great Ming Dynasty, and dare not rebel. With a great cause at their disposal, they can be suppressed to death.
However, Princess Shaoyang's methods truly opened Wang Hao's eyes. According to his calculations, he would be lucky to get a room full of precious medicinal herbs, but Princess Shaoyang managed to get several rooms full of harvests, several times more than he expected.
The most ingenious part is that these gains are precisely at the psychological limit of those officials, neither driving them to desperation nor causing them to suffer heavy losses.
This woman's control over people's hearts is truly masterful!
Wang Hao was very satisfied with this, because this kind of temperament was perfect for cultivating the Impermanence Sword Dao.
Although the Impermanence Sword Dao was created based on a move from the Ten Stances of Bloody Battle and the Sword Dao realm of Dugu Qiubai, its core concept is to Simulation the human heart.
The human heart is the most unpredictable thing in the world, almost impossible to control. The Impermanence Swordsmanship, which was developed from the Ziwei Soft Sword, is also impossible to control. Even Wang Hao cannot predict where the Impermanence Sword Qi he unleashes will strike; he can only roughly pinpoint a direction.
Therefore, to cultivate the Impermanence Swordsmanship, one must have a keen sensitivity to people's hearts. Only in this way can one quickly master the Impermanence Swordsmanship and evolve it to its peak.
Therefore, Princess Shaoyang is truly suited to inherit the Impermanence Sword Dao.
"After returning to the capital, find a flexible sword, the more flexible the better."
Looking at the precious medicinal herbs that filled several rooms, Wang Hao nodded in satisfaction, and then asked Princess Shaoyang to find a suitable soft sword.
Although these words seemed quite inexplicable, Princess Shaoyang and her brother Zhu Yijun were overjoyed.
Since this cheap cousin's Impermanence Sword Dao is performed with a soft sword, saying so is tantamount to promising to teach Impermanence Sword Dao.
This is a truly incredible opportunity!
"Thank you, Your Majesty. I will find a suitable divine sword as soon as possible."
Suppressing her excitement, Princess Shaoyang thanked Wang Hao Earthly Dao, while also displaying a hint of allure.
Although inheriting this cheap cousin's legacy is important, she would much rather have the person himself!
If she could win this person's heart, her status within the royal family would undoubtedly be greatly enhanced, and she might even be able to strive for that position.
You should know that she idolized and looked up to Empress Wu Zetian since she was a child!
She hadn't had high hopes for this, but the appearance of this man gave her hope.
Wang Hao was unaware that the woman in front of him had her eye on him and was looking for an opportunity to seduce him. If he had known, he definitely... would have cooperated silently, or even enjoyed it!
Although he is a new-era, principled, and upright gentleman who would never do anything despicable like forcing himself on women, well, except for that girl Dongfang Bai, since she is too difficult to win over and there is no way to do it through normal means.
Getting back to the topic, while he wouldn't resort to despicable means to force other women into sexual acts, he still wouldn't refuse if someone forced or even pushed him.
This is also the biggest difference between men and women, and in this respect, he is clearly a normal and ordinary man.
Unfortunately, Wang Hao was unaware of this, and Princess Shaoyang, not yet understanding his character, dared not reveal this bold idea, and could only silently ponder it in her heart.
"Your Highness, I have already made arrangements at Mount Qingyuan Mountain!"
Just then, a charming voice rang out, followed by a slender, alluring, and graceful figure walking slowly towards them.
The newcomer possessed an exceptionally beautiful face, with long, snow-white hair that added to her allure, and skin as white as Ruyu, enough to make most women in the world envious.
The only downside is that her chest area is flat and lacks definition, which lowers her score considerably.
However, with her beautiful face, perfect skin, and snow-white hair alone, she is enough to bewitch everyone.
As they gazed at that graceful figure, Wang Hao and Princess Zhu Yijun of Princess Shaoyang couldn't help but twitch at the corners of their eyes.
Because the other person isn't a woman at all, at least not in essence.
This woman—no, this person—was one of the ten old eunuchs who had come with him. Back on the ship, Wang Hao had been using those ten people to conduct experiments to perfect the ultimate concept of the Sunflower Manual — the Celestial Person Transformation.
The "Celestial Person Transformation" technique in the Sunflower Manual is essentially about controlling one's own Yin and Yang and Yang energies. This concept is very advanced, because even Peak Xiantian Grandmaster wouldn't dare claim to be able to achieve this, let alone those who break through by shortcuts.
Even the creator of the Sunflower Manual did not achieve the Celestial Person Transformation; he only proposed the concept of this step without a specific method of implementation.
However, Wang Hao did not come away empty-handed. Through these ten experimental subjects, he made a significant step forward in the process of transforming the Celestial Person Transformation into human beings and obtained a great deal of valuable data.
At the same time, his experiment also greatly benefited the ten old eunuchs, who completed the semi-finished transformation of the Celestial Person Transformation. The final result was that they became completely feminized, their body skeletons shrank and became slender like women, and even their old and wrinkled skin became as white Ruyu and as tender and radiant as pink under the stimulation of the Celestial Person Transformation.
What's even more terrifying is that this Celestial Person Transformation to human has a huge impact on the cultivator's temperament. Originally, although the ten old eunuchs were castrated and had cultivated the Sunflower Manual to make themselves appear effeminate, they could still be identified as men at a glance.
Even though they themselves do not consider themselves complete men, they are certainly not women either.
But now everything has changed. These old eunuchs have started to adorn themselves with rouge on their own initiative. One of them even shamelessly asked Princess Shaoyang for advice on women's dressing techniques. In the end, they even put on women's clothing, and some of them even painted their toenails pink.
At first glance, if Wang Hao and his companions hadn't witnessed the other person's gradual transformation, they probably wouldn't have realized that the other person wasn't a woman.
She's just so beautiful; if she were in modern times, she'd definitely be a goddess!