One of the Twelve Kingdoms

Ascension to the throne is really a tiring job, but once compared with the next heavy things, Joshua would rather rehearse the process of that day every day.

It's a devastated country, and he's like a passer-by who's been dragged to the operating table, and the hell is everyone thinks he's a doctor.In the regular meeting every day, countless new questions were stuffed into his mind, and Joshya couldn't understand why he needed to make decisions on everything, no matter how big or small.

Restoring farmland, repairing houses, building embankments, clearing out Mingzheng remnants, expelling remaining demons, and selecting and dismissing officials basically focused on two key points in the end, money and power.

"Qiaoguo's treasury is running low." Gong Qi frowned, and the chief magistrate in charge of land taxation, Situ Zhufang, also had the same frown: "Because everyone fled to neighboring countries, the tax revenue has been decreasing in recent years. Plus the supply and demand of the army is always increasing..."

"But everyone has to have a place to live. They can't sleep in the cave and wasteland all the time." Joshua suddenly had a flash of inspiration: "How about we bring refugees into the palace?"

"Lord..."

"There are so many empty houses here that can accommodate thousands of people. Wouldn't it be okay to let them go back after the new house is improved?"

"My lord, people in the lower realms are not allowed to enter and leave the Yan Dynasty casually." Gong Qi turned to Da Situ, "Please keep the remaining money for as long as possible, and I will find other ways as soon as possible."

"Yes, Zaifu." Da Situ bowed and stepped back, Joshya said, "What do you want to do?"

Gong Qi sighed: "The King of Song is generous and kind, I think he will be willing to help us."

Joshua immediately came to his senses: "Are you going to play the country? I will go too."

"No, you have to stay in the palace."

"But as the king of the Qiao Kingdom, I would be sincere if I went to borrow the money myself."

Joshua was plausible, and Gong Qi was taken aback: "That being said, but..."

Joshua waved his hand: "That's the decision."

Seeing King Gong who decided to change clothes cheerfully without authorization, Yan Qi could only call out the order silently, Joshua, who was in high spirits, immediately sat up on his buttocks and said, "Let's go."

His bright blue eyes looked at the sky outside, and Yan Qi sat behind him, thinking about the King Yan that Yan Qi was talking about, and thinking that it might not be a bad thing to let the Lord walk out of this palace occasionally.

"This is a private meeting, my lord. Although it is said that King Song himself is an easy-going person, please pay attention to etiquette. Please let me stop things like last time."

"I know, I know." Joshua perfunctory absent-mindedly, last time he just kissed the hands of several queens as a respectful gentleman.

Joshua looked down at the ground intently, patted Jiao Wu's neck and said, "Fly there."

Adjusting the direction obediently, Joshua quickly saw the familiar hillside and woods, and when he found the wooden house he used to live in in the dense jungle, Sandio became significantly taller: "This is here, let's go to the ground. go up."

A little yellow dog jumped out of the wooden house and barked at them, and then a white tiger slowly came out.

"Hey, White Tiger!" Joshua ran over and hugged his head: "It's nice to see you."

"Qiao, Taifu Yu, shouldn't you be in the palace?" Baihu moved his beard, and his eyes narrowed happily.Joshua stood up straight and said, "We're going to borrow money from Zuo Guo, and I'm here to say hello to you."

"My lord, please don't tell others about this kind of thing casually."

"It's not that Baihu doesn't know that our money was taken away by that money-grubbing ghost Ao Dou." Joshua shrugged and walked to the bluestone board with Baihu: "I have to tell you that I saw Lian Lin, and returned Went home."

"Really? That would be great."

"That's right, thanks to your help." Joshua said, and then he fell silent at a loss for words.The reunion didn't last the excitement he had imagined, his emotions faded and became unsustainable, and saying goodbye seemed the only option: "I think I have to go."

Bai Hu was surprised: "So fast?"

Joshua pointed to Qi Qi: "Well, if you don't leave, this guy who came by boat from Pokerface Island is about to kidnap me with his eyes." Before stepping on the beast, he looked back at Baihu: "Goodbye. "

They flew up to the sky again, and the outline of the wooden house was quickly covered by trees. Cheng Qi couldn't see Joshua's expression, but he sensitively sensed that the other party's mood had dropped again, and he whispered: "My lord."

"Ok?"

"I know you are working very hard now. After the country stabilizes, you can go wherever you want."

"Thank you." Josh replied.

They flew to the capital of the kingdom of Song, and saw King Song in an orchard. The appearance of weeding and killing insects reminded Joshya of the farmer in the movie, and he and his unicorn were equally generous. The two met nothing. Obstacles come full circle.

"Prince Song doesn't look like a king at all." Joshya's tone was unbelievable, and Xi Qi wondered if you thought you were, so he hummed perfunctorily.

After Joshua gave up the driving rights, Yan Qi drove Jiao Wu to fly straight to Aoshuang Mountain.They passed through the towns of Qiaoguo on the road, the area bordering Zuoguo was complete and peaceful, while the place near the Yellow Sea was deserted, just like the villages of Daiguo he had seen before.In the desolate and dilapidated scenery, the army led the people to rebuild the city walls and houses. In the more delicate building in the center, several people were carefully shoveling out the dead wood in the central tree altar.

"The trees here are withered, and they are planting new ones." Gong Qi said, "The branch in their hands was cut from the one in the palace."

Before they were finished, several couples were already waiting there, holding elaborately woven bags and praying to heaven.

"There will be more and more people here." Qilin felt sincere joy at the birth of life, and Joshya sarcastically said: "You can also have a child with your beloved Qilin here."

Yan Qi didn't say anything immediately, but said after a while: "The Qilin only belongs to the king, and this life is for the king and the country. We are such creatures."

His tone was bland, unable to tell whether he was happy or angry, and Joshua couldn't help but look back at him. There was no sadness or helplessness in Yan Qi's eyes, but he was just telling a fact.

"Okay, I'm just kidding."

Dramatic fatalism, Joshua thought, as long as Xi Qi doesn't die like last time, everything will be fine.He has to behave well, and then ask Gong Qi to ask for Lian Lin's gate of time and space in exchange.

However, this idea is enough to support Joshya to survive the torture of the rebels and officials scrambling to recommend candidates for vacant positions. The good thing is that he finally understands the functional divisions and operating systems of the world's leadership—basically he It's an imperialist style where one person has the final say, but if you accidentally do something wrong, there will be thunder from the sky.

Joshya learned about some interested positions, such as technicians and craftsmen in charge of technology and construction, but he was disappointed that the technology here was only about the level of the sixteenth century on Earth.

"It's fine for others, I don't believe King Jing can endure life without electricity."

He urged Yanqi to take him to find the young queen, and Yanqi suspected that he was almost the favorite king of the twelve kingdoms, and Joshya just wanted to find some common language with other kings.

They flew to Jinbo Palace in Qingguo, and saw an entire bookshelf of modern bound books in the queen's study.

Water conservancy, planning, law, medicine, roads and bridges, psychology, there are so many kinds, and there are all kinds of languages, and Joshya can understand them all like a language genius.

"God, where did you bring so many books? Have you read all of these?"

King Jing smiled and explained: "Yanqi often goes over there to play, and I asked him to bring these over. In fact, the officials are watching them. I just look through them in my free time."

"This kind of place can't do anything else except read at night." Joshya nodded in agreement, "Don't you think about doing something? I mean, although there are six or seven hundred long-lasting Zou Guo and Yanguo, but they seem to have stagnated."

"I also thought about it, electricity, steam, trains, those modern and convenient tools. But the minerals and resources here are very different from our original world. Because all expenses are borne by the state, we can only transfer more All the energy is spent on infrastructure construction, step by step." King Jing lowered his head: "Like King Yan and King Song, just being able to maintain the current stability and prosperity is already very remarkable."

Her expression reveals her respect and longing for the two recognized sages, as well as her determination to govern a country well.

Joshua suddenly understood that they were different. He didn't have the consciousness of being a king. He just wanted to live and find a way to go home as quickly as possible.State domination is a condition of an end, not an end.

After they returned to Cuihuang Palace, Joshua became serious and hardworking, and Gong Qi never heard any willful requests that would embarrass him.He seems to be transforming into a real king, which comforts Xin Qi despite his rustiness.

Yan Qi looked at Wang, who fell asleep early, with his hairy golden head sticking out of the quilt, thinking that at this time in the past, Joshya was still running wildly outside on an emissary.

"Baihu, this is so delicious..."

The sudden sleep talk made Gong Qi stunned for a moment, then covered him with a quilt and left the king's bedroom.

As long as all the things Wang likes are moved into the palace, he won't be depressed all the time and want to go out again, right?

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