Peerless Taoist

Soldiers, money, and power had always been the three most important elements.    

Now, the Wang Family had already taken control of his military and political power. When that time came, he would probably only become a puppet.    

"The previous commander-in-chief of the left army, it is said that he is already a count, but he was actually poisoned to death. I was still curious before, but in a place like this, it's not strange for him to die. "    

Lu Yu checked the supplies that Zhuge Ming was in charge of.    

After a few transfers, only 30% of the supplies were left in the hands of the soldiers in the Snowy Sun Pass.    

Lu Yu pointed to one of the "offerings" and asked, "I remember military supplies. I'm afraid there is no such thing. When did you add it?"    

Just this tribute took up more than 50% of all the supplies!    

The total value of the assets of millions of soldiers was an astronomical figure. Even if it was 50%, it was already hard to imagine.    

Zhuge Ming sighed and said, "I don't know when it started, but the Left Military Court has a lot of thieves. Those thieves are very brave, they even dare to rob military ships. Helpless, they could only pay for 'offerings', as long as they paid tribute. Thieves will not attack military ships."    

When Lu Yu heard this, he could not help but laugh.    

Great Yu's army actually had to pay tribute to thieves.    

If such a thing was heard in the imperial capital, perhaps it would only be a joke, and no one would believe it.    

"This is also a helpless action. The frontline is already in a tight situation. In order to gather military strength, the Divine Might Marquis even personally went to the Tempest Temple to uncover the Decrees of the Deceased Emperor. Let the Buddhist League participate in the war. Fighting with these bandits would only weaken their forces. Let the situation become even more chaotic."    

"The only way to deal with this group of bandits is to appease them for now. There's no other way."    

Zhuge Ming shook his head and sighed.    

This was also a helpless move.    

Back when the Emperor of Taiqian was still in power, the Imperial Court had great control over all the surrounding powers and evil sects.    

But now, it was no longer the same as before.    

Lu Yu said, "This can only mean one thing. He, Wang Muzhi, is a trash. This local snake can't even manage the bandits that appeared in his territory. I'm afraid he won't be able to do anything else."    

"I'll remember this. You continue to collect information about your salary. Pass it to me after the collection is done."    

"Yes, my lord."    

...    

The next day.    

At the harbor of the Snow Sun Pass, a spaceship stopped steadily.    

A group of soldiers had arrived early to welcome them.    

The cabin door opened and Wang Kang and a group of geniuses from the West Liang Ranking walked out from the cabin.    

They were here to participate in the Martial Arts Competition.    

"Greetings, Young Master Wang."    

A group of officials immediately surrounded him.    

Many of them were high ranking officials in the Xueyang Pass and would not appear easily.    

However, Wang Kang was the son of Wang Muzhi. If he did not please him now, when would he appear?    

"Alright, alright. There's no need for formalities. Is our accommodation ready?" Wang Kang asked impatiently.    

He was also the target of the crowd in Western Liang City, and it had annoyed him a long time ago.    

"Don't worry about that. They are all the best guest rooms in the Snow Sun Pass. They have long been prepared for you." The official said with a smile.    

Then, someone was in charge of the statistics.    

In this competition, both sides had 50 people each, and they needed to record their names in advance.    

A few of the small officials counted for a while, then suddenly said in surprise: "That's not right, why is there one less person?"