Chapter 174

Shen Tianxing, are you joking with me? President of the Shenzhou Chamber of Commerce—how could I deserve that? I can manage a small business, but I don't have the ability for that position.

Three Dog's eyes shone, but he lacked confidence in himself; he said that mainly out of modesty.

Still early—now is the time for you to work hard. After all, the Shenzhou Continent formation hasn't been fully taken yet; there are still three countries untouched. How long do you think it will take?

However fast, it will still take several years. That's plenty of time for you to accomplish many things. I have confidence in you; all you need to do is spread your business throughout the Great Zhou.

Once you secure the presidency of this chamber, it will naturally be yours. If you encounter any difficulties, you can come to me, and I will help you—of course, I won't just give you money for free.

Three Dog was about to cry from excitement. The first benefactor in his life was Shen Tianxing, and now Shen Tianxing is set to become his second benefactor—quite possibly his last.

You should know that, according to Shen Tianxing, if this succeeds, he will become the wealthiest merchant in the entire Shenzhou Continent.

Three Dog said, "I am willing to go through fire and water for Your Majesty, to spare no effort, and will certainly not disappoint Your Majesty."

Three Dog plopped down on his knees, unable to describe his excitement at that moment, so he could only kneel to express his inner excitement to Shen Tianxing.

What's the rush? If you don't achieve it, this position isn't yours. Hurry up and get up—we're brothers. Do you really expect me to kneel alongside you?

Upon hearing Shen Tianxing's words, Three Dog quickly stood up, smiling awkwardly all over his face.

I'm just too excited and don't know what to say, so I can only kowtow to you. Hurry up and eat; if it's not enough, there's more.

Surely he was excited—are Shen Tianxing and they lacking food and drink? Nevertheless, no one stood on ceremony; they all picked up their chopsticks and ate heartily, everyone enjoying themselves immensely.

After food and drink were plentiful, Shen Tianxing summoned Three Dog to the temporary palace in Jiangzhou City, which was originally built by the Great Zhou emperor in Jiangzhou City; earlier, Shen Tianxing had ordered the renovation of all Great Zhou temporary palaces.

Each temporary palace has a large open space, making it convenient for Shen Tianxing to place his villa there.

Upon entering the temporary palace, Shen Tianxing first set up the villa, then invited Three Dog to drink and chat until Three Dog was stumbling drunk, at which point he had him taken away to rest.

Shen Tianxing was lying on the villa sofa, planning to watch a movie and then sleep, when a homing pigeon that was tracking him flew up to him.

Shen Tianxing took the letter from the pigeon's leg, read it, and smiled. It was from the two grandmasters sent to the Tang Dynasty; they had performed excellently, and the Tang emperor was willing to surrender the whole country.

Of course, this was still somewhat surprising to Shen Tianxing, after all, the Tang Dynasty's national strength is not weak; although it has passed seven or eight generations, the emperor's ability is not lacking, so for the whole country to surrender so easily is still somewhat unexpected.

What are you looking at? Why are you so happy?

Xiao Yu and Yang Hongyue walked over, one on each side sitting beside Shen Pingxing; the one who asked that was Yang Hongyue, while the others either went to rest or went to the Dianjing Competition Room to play games.

The letter from the two grandmasters sent to Tang says the Tang envoys are about to arrive, having prepared the state letter to surrender; if true, this would naturally be a cause for joy, though we don't yet know if it's genuine.

When things go against the norm, there must be something fishy; the easier something seems, the more likely it is false—this is Shen Tianxing's view. Although the grandmasters have passed, they indeed have the capability to let Tang choose surrender.

That merely indicates capability, not guarantee of success; the grandmasters themselves are only relatively strong in strength, and may not surpass the Tang imperial family in strategy.

If they wanted to muster the nation's full strength against Shen Tianxing, as long as they don't speak of it, the grandmasters might not even know.

Then let's wait for them to deliver the state letter before we speak; whether true or false, we will inevitably have to send troops into Tang, take over its court, and properly arrange for those royal family members to be brought back.

Any step that goes wrong can be corrected; it's just that easy mode and hard mode differ, but for you now, it seems there is no hard mode, only a complicated mode.

What Xiao Yu said made sense; Shen Tianxing smiled and nodded. Just then, a homing pigeon happened to locate him, landing on his arm; Shen Tianxing took it down and looked.

This is news sent back by the two grandmasters from Chu, saying that Chu also wishes to surrender, mainly because Wu is about to be taken by Shen Tianxing's forces, and these two states are neighbors.

Shen Tianxing's offensive is proceeding too fast; soon he will reach them. If they don't surrender now, once he arrives they may not be able to defend, given that the two states' national strengths are roughly equal.

Wu can't beat them, and Chu likewise can't; with two grandmasters present, they naturally dare not act rashly, so they likewise choose to surrender and also send envoys to the capital.

Thus Shen Tianxing must return to the capital; note that these envoys have already set out—if fast, they'll arrive in one or two months; if slow, in two or three months.

Shen Tianxing himself doesn't mind; he can just switch over. But everyone else must return, and Shen Tianxing also needs to go back to change the state name.

This matter was already in preparation; now it needs to be put on the agenda. According to his earlier promise to Qin Mingyue, Shen Tianxing intends to change the state name to Great Feng.

This is another happy matter; why do you look worried? Have we returned?

This time the speaker is Yang Hongyue; I don't know why, but lately he has come to understand Shen Tianxing more and more. Shen Tianxing smiled and nodded.

Indeed, it's time to go back; we'll have to wait until everything is settled before we can continue traveling, but afterward the trip should just be a circuit around the whole Shenzhou Continent.

It's fine; we've had a good time this round, it's time to rest, and tomorrow we still need to hurry on the road.

Then Shen Tianxing was supported by Xiao Yu and Yang Hongyue, one on each side, and taken back to his room to rest—another pleasant night.

The group's return to the capital was still quite swift; they arrived in half a month.

When Shen Tianxing entered the study and saw Shen Tianzhen, he was also taken aback—disheveled, eyes bloodshot; upon seeing Shen Tianxing appear, he rushed over and grabbed his thigh in a hug.

Do you think there's a possibility that mistreating an avatar is also illegal? This past month I've been sleepless; just how huge is this workload?

Whether big or small, I have to make all the decisions; even if I am your avatar, you can't torment me like this. Hurry up and take me back, let me rest for a while, otherwise I'll die before your eyes.

Shen Tianxing was also somewhat torn between laughter and tears; his avatar is becoming ever more human, likely due to the torment of these state affairs, and is almost going mad.

Don't worry; I'll take you back now and erase the unpleasant memories of this period, of course preserving your ability to handle state affairs, and let you come out again after a while—would that work?