Chapter 129: Opening the Granaries to Distribute Grain, Harvesting Faith

The next day, Jerry woke up and looked at Zhuqing lying beside him; he had a massive headache!

Jerry still held the mindset of his past life, feeling that he was still young, not even 18 years old yet!

In this world, due to the absorption of Spirit Rings, development is accelerated; at eleven or twelve years old, people are basically the same as seventeen or eighteen-year-olds in his past life, and many Spirit Masters marry at fifteen or sixteen.

Since it had already happened, Jerry had to take responsibility; after all, this was Jerry's first time, his first woman, across both his past and present lives.

At this moment, Zhuqing also woke up, her eyes watery, staring at Jerry.

"Zhuqing, don't worry, I will take responsibility!" Jerry was still a green youth when it came to matters of the heart and didn't know what to say, so he could only say it very directly.

A simple sentence, yet it moved Zhu Zhuqing deeply; she hugged Jerry directly and said, "Senior Brother, I like you, but there are a few too many outstanding girls around you. I feel like I can't compare to them in anything. The wine yesterday was an aphrodisiac used by the royal family; I like you too much, that's why I came up with this method!"

"Silly Zhuqing, how could Senior Brother not understand? It's just that we are still young, and we must prioritize Cultivation. I have always not wanted to delay Cultivation because of emotional matters. Actually, I like you too. I want to lead everyone to become gods together, so I haven't expressed my feelings until now!" Jerry said.

"Senior Brother, I will definitely work hard at Cultivation!"

"Good Zhuqing, then let's do it one more time! I drank too much yesterday and don't remember anything!"

"Senior Brother, didn't you say we should prioritize Cultivation?"

"That's for later; today doesn't count!"

"Senior Brother!"

Two hours later, Jerry felt refreshed and invigorated. Zhuqing was tired and still sleeping.

Jerry went straight to the Cabinet, and the twelve Elders stood up one after another upon seeing Jerry's arrival.

"Greetings, Lord Jerry!"

"Hmm, show me the situation in the Star Luo Empire!"

"Yes!"

"This grain production is a bit low, and the prices are a bit expensive!"

"Lord Jerry, previously a large amount of grain from the Star Luo Empire flowed into Wuhun City, which caused a grain shortage and rising prices! We have already sent the supply request back to the Spirit Hall, but it hasn't been approved yet!"

"Fine! I will approve it for you now. You must arrange for the grain to reach the shops today and force the price of grain down for me."

"Lord Jerry, but the Spirit Hall has been supporting the Star Luo Empire with supplies, and there is really nothing here that can repay the Spirit Hall right now. Isn't our Spirit Hall suffering a bit of a loss this way?"

"You need to take a long-term view. The skyrocketing prices in the Star Luo Empire were actually caused by our Spirit Hall; now it is just a backflow of supplies!"

"As for the benefits you mentioned, the Spirit Hall needs prestige right now; you don't need to know anything more than that!"

"Once the grain reaches the shops, I will arrange for the Empress to arrive at the scene personally to announce the distribution of grain!"

"Yes!"

"How is the collection of Soul Guidance Devices going?"

"During this period, through house raids, auctions, and roadside markets, we have collected a total of 1,275 Soul Guidance Devices! There were many Storage Spirit Tools, so we didn't collect those!"

"That's fine, Storage Spirit Tools are indeed not needed right now; apart from special Storage Spirit Tools, the others are useless."

"I walked around yesterday, and there are still many basic industries in the Star Luo Empire that haven't been built up well yet; you need to speed up! The leaders of the clothing, catering, and daily necessities industries must be kept in the hands of the Empire."

"Yes!"

Jerry took a look, and seeing there were no major issues, he went to study the Soul Guidance Devices!

Jerry spent three full hours examining the over one thousand Soul Guidance Devices. Among them, several pieces were placed together, looking a bit like ancient battle armor. At this moment, Jerry suddenly thought of Battle Armor.

He hurriedly took these out and, looking at the patterns on them, felt they were like a set.

Two arm guards, one leg guard, and one shoe.

These pieces of the Soul Guidance Device could not be used because they lacked energy devices.

It seemed there should be a core chest piece, with all the energy stored in the chest piece.

Afterward, he found some materials, choosing silver-colored ones—truth be told, Jerry preferred the bright silver armor of ancient times. After selecting the materials, Jerry began to craft them according to his own measurements.

First, every part had to have a sturdy attribute. The leg part increased jumping power, and the shoe was also quite important; Jerry directly added suction and wear-resistant capabilities to the soles, made the surface hard, the lining soft, and added several air holes for ventilation.

For the arm armor, the left hand was for Ice Attribute attacks, and the right hand was for fire attribute attacks—the combination of ice and fire, just thinking about it was exciting.

In addition to storing energy, Jerry also added a Defense Shield function to the chest piece to prevent the core area from being attacked.

Originally, Jerry also wanted to make a helmet, but after looking at it repeatedly, he felt the helmet completely blocked his handsome face, so he didn't craft a helmet.

Wearing it all, it felt pretty good, but Jerry was currently quite delicate-looking, so he didn't look like a general even with the armor on.

An unexpected gain; he would craft them for the soldiers of the army to wear in the future.

"Report, the grain is ready! It was transported from the Spirit Hall Branch. Following your instructions, we didn't use Soul Guidance Rings to take it directly, but used carts to pull it over. As expected, there are many people surrounding the shops now!"

"Good! I'll go call the Empress; once we arrive, we will announce the grain distribution!"

"Yes!"

Jerry brought Zhuqing to the grain shop. Outside, it was already a sea of people, all chatting underneath, and no riots had occurred!

"Go ahead, Zhuqing!"

"Mm!"

Zhuqing walked to the front of the shop.

"The Empress is here, look, the Empress is here!"

"The Empress is so majestic!"

"Citizens, quiet down!" With Zhuqing's voice, everyone quieted down.

"Recently, the Empire has faced a grain shortage and rising prices, which has brought crises to many families. Therefore, the Spirit Hall has brought sufficient grain to the Empire this time, to ensure that every citizen can buy grain and afford to eat."

"Starting from today, the price of grain is reduced directly to 10 points per jin. Any shop that raises the selling price without authorization will be sealed. We are now starting the grain distribution; please line up and enter in order. Rest assured, everyone will be able to buy grain this time!" After Zhuqing finished speaking, she retreated to Jerry's side.

"Long live the Empress!"

"Long live the Empress!"

"Long live the Empress!"

……

Many of the subjects knelt down one after another, shouting, "Long live the Empress!" There were also some who shouted, "Long live the Spirit Hall!"

At this moment, Zhuqing felt that she had once again received a great deal of Faith Power.

"Senior Brother, I feel like my body is constantly changing right now!" Zhuqing said.

"Mm, the Faith Power you have now is still little. These people just can't buy grain, but they haven't reached the point where they can't live. Only when it reaches that time will the Faith Power be abundant. However, I am also unwilling to let the common people suffer; let's take it slow and accumulate it bit by bit!"

"Mm, Senior Brother!"

"Zhuqing, I feel like you need to change how you address me in the future!" Jerry said.

"What address?"

"From now on, call me husband, and I will call you wife!"

"Husband? Wife?"

"Mm!"

"What kind of address is this?"

"An address between a husband and wife!"

"Senior Brother, you are not serious!" They were originally talking seriously about the common people's affairs, but Jerry suddenly switched to the topic of husband and wife, and Zhuqing didn't react in time.

"Call me husband!"

"Husband!" Zhuqing called out shyly.

"The voice is too small, I can't hear it!"

"You are so annoying!"

"Hahaha."

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