When Hunjun begins to make elixirs

On February 1, the eighth year of Shengtong, the first generation of alchemical airships developed jointly by the Shenji Workshop and the Tianshujian appeared. Li Shun personally experienced it and gave it a high evaluation of the "imperial weapon".

The airship is like an aerial fortress that can accommodate nearly 10,000 troops. It is decorated with nearly 100,000 formation runes of various sizes and is equipped with thousands of large-caliber alchemical cannons. It only takes one day to travel from the southernmost to the northernmost part of Dayin.

Li Shun asked Fang Ji, one of the responsible persons: "How many ships have been built so far? How much did it cost?"

Fang Ji replied, "Three. Each ship costs nearly eight million taels of silver."

Li Shun's temples bulged, and he felt heartbroken. "It's enough. No need to build more. Focus on developing small airships. Pursue speed and strive to achieve shipborne capabilities. Based on this large airship, we will form an air force fleet."

Fang Ji knew that the emperor had objections to their research and development policy of "seeking big and powerful", and that the number of three ships was reduced from ten. He also understood that taking too big a step could easily lead to failure, and the country was in a state of disrepair and could not support their construction of large ships.

Li Shun added: "Within ten years, all research and development will focus on integrating existing technologies. Within five years, you must thoroughly understand the Gu technique brought by the Dalong sorcerer and combine it with our country's alchemy to form a certain combat power. Lord Fang, we don't have much time left."

Fang Ji recalled the detailed intelligence about Jiaya Fairyland that the emperor had distributed to the court a few days ago, and understood the opponent's strength and determination to invade. "I understand, and we will never let the emperor down."

Li Shun nodded slightly: "Let's go to the Shenji Workshop to have a look."

The Shenji Manufacturing Office has become the most mysterious institution in Dayin, where almost all of Dayin's high-level sorcerers, including the Dalong sorcerers, gather. The sorcerers' strength is defined from level one to eighteen based on Dayin's original sorcerer level classification.

Li Shun did not come here to give advice on technical research and development. This matter should be left to professionals.

He was doing this for another big thing, something that only he could accomplish.

On the third day after he returned, he ordered the Internal Affairs Office to secretly select suitable talents for cultivating immortals from all over the country and send them to the Shenjiwei for training.

These people are divided into three categories according to their physique. The first category is given the complete inheritance of the Jiaya Fairyland Sect, the second category is given special secret methods, and the third category is personally operated by Li Shun and granted cultivation.

They are the undercover agents that Li Shun will send to the Fairyland of Jiaya.

At this time, they had already learned the etiquette, customs, and even the accent of the Jiaya Fairyland from the royal and noble women brought back by Li Shun.

"Long live my emperor, long live the emperor!"

Following Li Shun's lead, 3,000 young Dayin men in the Shen Ji Wei training ground knelt down and bowed to the supreme ruler of the empire. Li Shun raised his hand slightly in front of the crowd and said, "Stand up."

He glanced around the young men and said emotionally, "I come to see you today with a heavy heart. You are the future of our Great Yin. You should have stayed in our homeland, served the country, and benefited the people. However, the country is in a difficult situation, and powerful enemies are all around us. Those immortal cultivators will not allow us to exist, and are sharpening their knives, determined to destroy our country and our race. At this time of national crisis, you must go to a foreign land, endure humiliation, and fight bloody battles. You will face thousands of difficulties and dangers on this journey, and your life and death are unknown. Leave your parents and brothers behind, and I will treat them well."

Those young men all looked at the emperor with determined eyes: "The human race will not perish! The way of heaven will last forever! We are willing to sacrifice for Dayin! We are willing to die for the emperor!"

Li Shun was very satisfied with the results of the education. These three thousand people were only the first batch. The first batch would be sent to the first-class sects to lurk, the second batch would be the next, and the third batch would go to various kingdoms. After that, there would be the second batch, the third batch, and so on. Starting from Jiaya Fairyland, other fairy-cultivating kingdoms would be gradually infiltrated. The candidates for these undercovers would also gradually expand from the human race to the demon race and even the spirit race. They would be his tentacles to manipulate the world.

Li Shun used spiritual silk to carve a mark deep in their souls that was difficult for others to detect as a countermeasure. Once they were tempted by the immortal way and lost their way and betrayed, Li Shun also had a way to take their lives.

Fang Ji lowered his head and kept silent, not commenting on the emperor's move. Being an undercover agent is a kind of damage to the enemy, but it is also a loss to one's own side. What will happen if these talents are used to practice sorcery? However, he also understands that the enemy is strong and we are weak, and taking an unconventional approach is also a helpless move. Dayin has a large number of people and resources, and can withstand this consumption. So no one stopped the emperor's plan.

On the other hand, while Li Shun and his officials were busy carrying out new policy reforms and anti-enemy plans, on the front line, the battle between the Empire's new army and the Warlock Alliance and the southern rebels and the Undead Legion was proceeding in a strange way.

Emperor Li Shun of Shengtong and Emperor Taizu Li Guorui tacitly controlled the scope of the war that determined the ownership of the highest power in the empire to the extent that it would not interfere with the production and life of the people, because both sides understood that what they wanted was not a devastated ruin, but a complete empire. Therefore, the people could hear the whistling wind from the sky every night, lightning and thunder, ghosts crying and wolves howling. The people could also see that in the desolate wilderness, the new army of the empire set up countless cannons, and the soldiers raised their new alchemical guns to fight against the undead army, while the rebels held the line behind. Warlocks served as mobile force support.

This war is not a battle of manpower, but a battle of hearts and minds, a struggle for orthodoxy. It is a war between Li Shun and Li Guorui. Both sides hold high-end military forces that can destroy the entire Dayin. No one wants to suffer a loss unless they are at the end of their rope.

Since both sides have exercised restraint, Li Shun can continue to complete his new policy reforms with peace of mind.

In this battle for people's hearts, Taizu has the advantage. People always like to reminisce the past, glorify the dead, and place their expectations for the future on the souls of the past. They use the past to satirize the present. Most of the gentry and some of the people have hope that Taizu will return to the throne.

Li Shun had a bad reputation, but he was the current ruler, and the entire bureaucracy was in his hands. Most of them did not want Li Shun to fall. First, they were taught by the dogma that they disdained "supernatural powers", and second, Taizu's restoration would not do them any good. No matter how ridiculous the Emperor Shengtong was, at least he was a real person, better than that old monster who had been dead for two hundred years and appeared out of nowhere.

Moreover, Li Shun had selected a large number of officials who were loyal to him after two imperial examinations, and now his throne was quite stable. The implementation of the new policy offended a group of people, but also won over a group of people. A large number of scholars and candidates were admitted to officialdom through exception, and all of them praised the emperor's great grace. The displaced people were allocated land, and they praised the emperor Shengtong for his benevolence and wisdom.

The matter of the Shenji Zaobanchu was over. On the way back to the palace, Li Shun was near the palace gate when he heard a commotion in the distance. The palace guards stopped a disheveled woman.

The woman was holding a sword in her hand, which made the guards extremely nervous and they all took defensive postures.

She shouted loudly: "Li Luoyi, the daughter of King Changheng, who was conferred the title by Emperor Shizong, requests to see the emperor!" (End of this chapter)