Chapter 440: Dong Fu

Zhang Fangtong need not die for now, lest it delay him as if he had lost his parents.

The newly appointed Governor of Dai Commandery thought the Great King still wanted to kill him, but only sometime next year; he begged pardon for not understanding the specific reason.

The Great King breathed a sigh of relief; although the Qingyu Commandery's team was rather shoddy, at least it existed.

On the night Tang Qian led his troops to arrive and the new governor took office, his recently quiet Mengmeng came to life.

【Confetti! Congratulations, my lord, on occupying the new territory. Confirm whether to occupy it as your new territory? Yes/No】

「Long time no see, Mengmeng—you can finally move! 」

The Great King happily clicked 【Yes】.

In the next instant, a new box popped up: 【Please, my lord, give the new territory a name: ——】

He was well practiced in this; the Great King happily wrote the three characters 【Qingyu Commandery】.

The instant the brush touched down, those three characters turned into three gleaming gold clerical-script large characters, then transformed into specks of gold light that scattered across the light board.

【Congratulations, my lord, on conquering the new territory—Qingyu Commandery. Now issuing main quest five: Please obtain as soon as possible the terrain, geography, population, etc. data of the new territory Qingyu Commandery.

Note: Within a hundred li around the lord is the effective range for automatic data collection. (Progress 78%)

Quest reward: Qingyu Commandery 3D full terrain map ×1; Qingyu Commandery basic city construction ×1;

Quest punishment: None.

Quest time limit: 30 days.】

This wasn't over yet; the Great King noticed a familiar side quest below.

【Side quest one: Upload the Qingyu Commandery household register.

Quest reward: b-level lottery wheel draw ×2.

Quest punishment: None.

Quest time limit: 30 days.】

Seeing this, the Great King gleefully went to the desk, pulled out a stack of paper, and said, 「A surprise? I've already finished it, hahaha~」

That fellow was arrogantly awful; after each battle he had Wei Ke and a few other literate men take cavalry to count the population of Shaodang, seeking out the Jinhui people who had been captured. Shaodang, after being slaughtered by the Great King, had less than twenty thousand households left, all living around Dayin Valley, and the Great King also notified them to send representatives tomorrow for a meeting.

He was smug, and while uploading he also felt nervous; in that short time he knew the statistics were just for the vicinity of Dayin Valley, he hadn't gone farther, and those nomadic peoples are everywhere anyway, so he simply counted the settlements.

He anxiously waited a moment, and then it was approved! 「Looks like there's nobody else in the other corners? 」

The Great King happily received two b-level lottery wheels; it's been ages since he last got some wool from Mengmeng.

He adeptly received two lottery wheel draws, adeptly rubbed the Great Divine Beast for luck, and adeptly went to the warehouse to fetch the lottery wheel.

【Congratulations, my lord, on drawing the medium-tier reward from the b-level lottery wheel: Infrastructure Bridge ×1, already placed in the warehouse; please check.】

【Congratulations, my lord, on drawing the top-tier reward from the b-level lottery wheel: Bright Mirror Dong Fu ×1, already placed in the warehouse; please check.】

The Great King arrogantly stood with arms akimbo, saying, 「Middle and top, my luck is great~ Bai Ze, you're still quite useful~」

A bridge, as the name suggests, is roughly like a checkpoint; the Great King couldn't think of where a big bridge was needed right away, and using this medium-tier reward in a minor place would be wasteful, so he chose to set it aside for now.

What he was more curious about was that top-tier reward.

It looks like a person?

The Great King remembered that Ling Yin came about like that—he was a swordsman Ling Yin—what does this Bright Mirror Dong Fu mean? Where does the name start?

【Bright Mirror Dong Fu, sleeves brushed by clean wind, millennia‑standing bones, the last backbone of the x dynasty. With the posture of a lofty bright mirror, to set the heart of heaven and earth, to set the destiny of the people. From county magistrate to minister of war, the upright righteousness can rival the sun and moon, a national hero as well.】

Producer: Myriad Worlds xx

Service life: twenty years.】

The Great King's mouth stayed open for a long time, 「How can it be only twenty years? Well, it sounds incredibly powerful; I suppose I have… a Grand Marshal?! Look, Minister of War, or the dynasty's backbone, a national hero? 」

That guy happily got up, spun around in place, then suddenly realized, 「Wrong! 」

Bai Ze curiously raised his head to look at him, 「He's so upright—could it be that his eight characters clash with mine? 」

Bai Ze: ……

「Take a look— in the Great Jin, no minister could be described with these phrases: millennia‑standing bones, the last backbone, upright righteousness rivaling the sun and moon, a national hero! Put together, isn't that terrifying? 」

「You're afraid he's an old fogey who'll affect your slacking off? 」

The Great King: 「……Some things actually don't need to be said. 」

Bai Ze pressed on, 「That's just the inferiority complex of a poor student—you need to improve, Great King! Shouldn't you be competing with him to be the dynasty's backbone? 」

The Great King flopped onto the bed, soft and limp, 「Let him have it then; I'm young and my bones aren't sturdy. 」

Bai Ze: ……