Obtain the divine power at the beginning

Shi Tianyu let go of Luo Baozhong, reached out to take the breakfast prepared for him by Fu Ying from the system space, and sat cross-legged on the grass with Qin Zhengfang, Dudu, Yuchisong and others, eating breakfast together and chatting while eating, discussing how to fight a good battle to rescue the Lindan tribe.

"Dudu" and "Minmin" are looking for other delicious things on the grassland to eat, which is quite interesting.

The two of them also took the opportunity to look after the "Wind-Chasing BMW" that was foraging for food.

After breakfast, everyone and the dog rode on horseback, chasing after Wei Xueyan and the others.

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Kyoto.

At this time, Zhu Youxiao attended the morning court at the urging of Wei Zhongxian and Empress Zhang.

In the Golden Palace, the debate among civil and military officials on how to quell the rebellion had reached a fever pitch.

The rebels have occupied Kawanaka for several days, and all kinds of bad news continue to arrive in Kyoto.

However, Zhu Youxiao seemed indifferent.

In fact, it was not that he was indifferent, he just wanted to wait for Shi Tianyu to come back from the Lindan tribe and let Shi Tianyu take charge of the rebellion.

Although Ye Xianggao, Yin Youzhao, Feng Wu, Li Lang and others came to the harem every day these days, making Zhu Youxiao's ears calloused, Zhu Youxiao was always playing with his carpentry work and always said, "No hurry, let the remnants of the Mahayana sect jump around for a few days, and when they are tired of jumping around, I will send people to clean up these autumn grasshoppers."

As the cabinet chief, Ye Xianggao was so angry that he vomited blood three times, Yin Youzhao fainted twice, Feng Wu became seriously ill from anger and is still bedridden. Li Lang was so angry that he lost his appetite and had stomachache for three days.

Now, these civil and military officials in the Golden Palace have long been eating idle meals. Apart from discussing other people's faults in meetings and writing a few articles to persuade the emperor to reorganize the government, they are not very knowledgeable about the military and are just good at talking about it on paper.

Ye Xianggao, Yin Youzhao, Feng Wu, Li Lang and other ministers are indeed talented, but they did not attend the morning court today because they were bedridden.

~~
At this morning court session, Zhu Youxiao led Empress Zhang, Crown Prince Zhu Junkai, and Prince Xin Zhu Youjian to the Golden Palace. He asked Empress Zhang, Zhu Youjian and Wei Zhongxian to stand on both sides, while Zhu Youxiao and Crown Prince Zhu Junkai sat on the Dragon Throne.

Upon seeing this, all the civil and military officials were stunned, as if they had realized something: Zhu Youxiao wanted to train Crown Prince Zhu Junkai to take power!
Because in recent months, Zhu Youxiao often coughed up blood and fainted.

All the civil and military officials knew that Zhu Youxiao did not have much time left.

Some smart ministers have already guessed that Zhu Youxiao asked Wei Zhongxian to act so ruthlessly this time and wipe out a large group of Donglin court officials. It is probably related to allowing Crown Prince Zhu Junkai to ascend the throne and pave the way for Zhu Junkai. He may also let Prince Xin Zhu Youjian be regent.

Next, Zhu Youjian might fight Wei Zhongxian to the death.

Because no matter how smart Zhu Junkai is, he is only five years old. Even if he can ascend the throne as emperor, he cannot rule the country himself.

There must be a regent-general to assist Zhu Junkai in handling state affairs, and Zhu Youxiao's younger brother Zhu Youjian is definitely the only choice for the regent-general.

Of course, this is common sense. If Zhu Youxiao suddenly died one day, there might not be any will.

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The civil and military officials were stunned for a while, and then began to discuss politics again.

A group of so-called upright officials impeached Shi Tianyu and demanded that Zhu Youxiao sentence him to death.

In order to downplay the fact that Fu Xing married a concubine, Wei Zhongxian held a banquet, which led to the gathering of important officials from central Sichuan in Chengdu and was taken advantage of by the Mahayana followers. He also secretly ordered Wei Guangwei, Cui Chengxiu, Zhou Yingqiu, Gu Bingqian and other treacherous people to impeach Shi Tianyu for failing to supervise the personnel, in order to cover up Fu Xing's farce.

Anyway, I have already communicated with Zhu Youxiao in advance.

Before the morning court session, Wei Zhongxian had already put on the dragon robe for Zhu Youxiao while saying countless good things about Shi Tianyu in front of Zhu Youxiao.

At this time, letting Cui Chengxiu, Wei Guangwei and others talk nonsense in the Golden Palace would not hinder Shi Tianyu at all.

Prince Xin Zhu Youjian stood beside the dragon throne and dared not say a word.

He knew that he was a thorn in Wei Zhongxian's side, so he dared not speak lightly to avoid leaving any evidence against him.

He also knew the sinister intentions of Wei Guangwei, Cui Chengxiu, Zhou Yingqiu and others.

However, before coming to power, Zhu Youjian tried his best to conceal his inner world.

The depth of his cunning is unfathomable.

So far, no one has been able to guess what kind of personality Zhu Youjian has and what his abilities are.
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Empress Zhang wanted to speak several times, but the greedy civil and military officials in front of her, who only knew how to gossip about others, who didn't know how to fight a war or raise food and funds, all kept cursing Shi Tianyu and biting people like mad dogs.

There was no way to interrupt someone unless they started swearing.

Therefore, Empress Zhang was worried about Zhu Youxiao's illness, sad about Shi Tianyu's failure to supervise his staff, and heartbroken by the invasion of the Jin army outside and the rebel riots inside. She stood beside the dragon throne with a frown on her face and pain in her chest.

He was really afraid that the Ming Dynasty would continue to be in chaos and would be lost in his and Zhu Youxiao's hands, and would be cursed for all eternity.

~~
Bang! Zhu Youxiao suddenly reached out and slapped the armrest of the dragon chair, shouting, "Shut up, you bastards!"

He actually started swearing suddenly, which showed that he was extremely dissatisfied with the civil and military officials who were farting like that.

He wished that Wei Zhongxian would immediately arrest these civil and military officials who only knew how to do nothing and throw them into the East Factory Prison, so that these people could deeply enjoy the eighteen sets of torture instruments invented by Tian Ergeng, Xu Xianchun, Yang Huan and others.

Upon hearing this, all the civil and military officials were shocked and quickly shut up.

~~
Zhu Youxiao said: "Stop talking nonsense. I have tolerated you for a long time. Humph!

There is a god above my head, and I am speaking to him. My dear Lord Shi, there is no problem of failure to supervise the people you employ.

Shi Aiqing has always served as the co-director of the Jinyiwei. In the past two years, Shi Aiqing has raised 4 million taels of silver for the Jinyiwei Office and handed over more than 2 million taels of silver and 500,000 dan of grain to the Ministry of Revenue of the imperial court.

Tell me, what crime did Shi Aiqing commit? Isn't it just that his achievements are more dazzling than yours?

In fact, Lord Shi has always known that Chen Biao, Tang Guan, and Pan Dong are the remnants of the Mahayana Sect, and they often exchange information with the Jinyiwei Office. With the consent of Princess Changxiang, he reported it to me, so I allowed Chen Biao, Pan Dong and others to lurk in the Fucheng government office.

Lord Shi had deep intentions in doing this.

Later, when the court is suppressing the rebellion, the wisdom of Shi Aiqing's action will be highlighted.

Yesterday, I promoted Shi Aiqing to the rank of second-rank official, and conferred upon him the title of Dragon Court General, Chief of the Army and Grain, concurrently the Minister of Six Ministries, and gave him the imperial sword, with the power to execute first and report later.

At present, Shi Aiqing has represented the Ming court and led troops to fight outside the border to attack the Jin soldiers in order to relieve the siege of Lindan's tribe.

From now on, if I hear anyone talking about the loyal and brave Lord Shi, I will make sure he has his head cut off.

You who only know how to eat and fart, you should also reflect on your own mistakes, right? You receive salaries from the court, but you are all idle and sick. You keep talking about others all day long. Do you have the ability to raise food and money? Have you ever contributed to the court? Apart from occasionally attending court meetings, what else have you done for the country and the people? Ask yourself!

As a human being, you must live up to the conscience of heaven and earth, and as an official, you must have official ethics. "

~~
This was the first time that Zhu Youxiao got angry at a court meeting since he ascended the throne, and his words were very indignant.

All the civil and military officials blushed and were speechless.

There was an instant of silence in the Golden Palace; even a pin drop could be heard.

Zhu Youxiao also smiled triumphantly, finally showing off his power in public.

He then continued, "According to the suggestion of Prime Minister Ye Xianggao, after careful consideration, and in view of the fact that Minister Shi led troops to fight outside the border, I decided to transfer Yang Ting, the commander-in-chief of Shaanxi, to lead 50,000 troops from the northwest to Sichuan to quell the rebellion. I will order Pan Ruzhen to transfer 50,000 troops from Jing, and King Mu Jiliu of Yunnan to transfer 50,000 troops from Yunnan, and all of them will be under the command of Yang Ting to quell the rebellion. The money and food needed can be asked for from the general grain officer of the army in three days. In addition, I will order Wei Zhongxian, the Nine Thousand Year Old, to organize civil and military officials to revise the laws of the Ming Dynasty and abolish the clause prohibiting the development of industry and commerce. We must act quickly, for this is the move suggested by Minister Shi to stabilize the people's hearts." After that, he stood up and left.

Wei Zhongxian shouted loudly: "Withdraw from the court!" and then left in a huff. He did not get the military power, but the Donglin people took advantage of it.

All the civil and military officials bowed hastily and left the Golden Palace. A group of cabinet ministers quickly drafted an imperial edict and sent it urgently at a rate of 800 miles.

Wei Zhongxian, Wei Guangwei, Cui Chengxiu and others also hurriedly organized scholars to revise the laws of the Ming Dynasty.

~~
on the grassland.

As the sun rises, the fog dissipates, and the mountains and rivers near and far become clearer and clearer.

From north to south, many herdsmen rode horses, driving cattle and sheep, and migrated south with their children.

Although some herdsmen were able to carry some cattle and sheep, they had to leave the tents where they had lived for generations with tears in their eyes.

It’s hard to leave your hometown!
Shi Tianyu took out a dozen silver ingots, jumped off his horse, stuffed the silver to some refugees, and asked about the battle between the Lindan tribe and the Jin soldiers.

Because of the language barrier, some refugees gestured to indicate that the Lindan tribe had been defeated by the Jin soldiers and only the tank fort was left.

At present, the Jin soldiers are looting everywhere.

These refugees also forced Shi Tianyu and others to flee for their lives.

~~
Shi Tianyu then asked Luo Baozhong and others to quickly chase Wei Xueyan and others.

When Luo Baozhong met Wei Xueyan, he had a feint battle with the Jin soldiers in the tank fort, fighting and retreating to minimize casualties.

But Shi Tianyu stayed, opened the map, looked at it carefully for a while, and then moved the water dragons and their 20,000 soldiers down.

Some food, weapons, horses, saddles, horse shoes, bows and arrows also drifted down.

Let Zhu Shuilong lead 20,000 cavalry to attack the Black Mountain Fort, the westernmost part of the Lindan tribe.

Heishan Fort had been occupied by the Jin soldiers, but there were only a few Jin soldiers left, only three thousand, so it was easy to recapture it.

It also allows the brothers to experience a bloody battle, allowing the troops to better train and grow in the test of blood and fire, and after the water dragons capture the Black Mountain Fort, they have to take out some money and food to appease the people, showing that the Ming army is a mighty army as well as a benevolent and righteous army.

~~
Shi Tianyu also told Zhu Shuilong that he had been promoted to the chief grain officer of the whole country, and concurrently held the title of minister of six ministries, and that he had incorporated Zhu Shuilong's troops into the recruiting department of the chief grain officer's office.

Zhu Shuilong was appointed as a guerrilla general in the Recruiting Department of the General Office of the Army and Grain Bureau.

All 20,000 soldiers under Zhu Shuilong were recruited as exceptions and promoted to garrisons, and all 20,000 soldiers received garrison rank and salary.

Then, he took out the imperial edict and handed it to the water dragons for reading.

~~
After reading it, Zhu Shuilong was very excited and said happily: "My dear son-in-law, not bad! It's great to have you. My Zhuge family finally has a general. However, I don't want to stay in this hellhole for a long time. After this battle, I will follow you back to the Middle Earth."

Shi Tianyu nodded with a smile, and said, "Later, Xifang Liang and I will open the city gate to welcome you. Let father-in-law lead the troops to fight, just to kill the Jin soldiers' spirit. After father-in-law leads his troops to Black Mountain Fort, surround the three gates in the west, south and north, leaving the east gate open, so that the Jin soldiers can escape to Tank Fort to report to Huang Taiji. Go!"

Zhu Shuilong nodded, handed the imperial edict back to Shi Tianyu, then jumped on his horse, led his troops westward, and attacked Black Mountain Fort.

~~
Shi Tianyu then drifted the BMW "Zhuifeng", "Dudu" and "Minmin" back to the large garden of the system space, and he also went to the system space to meet Xifang Liang, talking about the rescue of the Lindan tribe and asking Xifang Liang for help in the battle. He also took out the imperial edict and gave it to Xifang Liang to read, stating that he could accept the Sun and Moon Sect members as officers and soldiers of the court, and he could also appoint Xifang Liang to some general position. Xifang Liang was not interested in becoming an officer and soldier of the court, or whether he could become an official.

However, Xifang Liang expressed his willingness to join the war, thus fully supporting his son-in-law.

He also said that he wanted to visit Flying Fish Island again, go sightseeing, and also visit his beloved daughter Xifangzhi.

Shi Tianyu nodded in agreement, and stated that after the war he would take Xifang Liang to Feiyu Island and Penglai Island to see if they could find the descendants of Xu Fu and the six hundred boys and girls, and see if there was a chance for them to participate in the cultivation of immortals.

So, Xifang Liang was very happy and excited.

~~
Shi Tianyu then brought over some good wine and tea to reward Xifang Liang and the others, and let them taste the tea and wine first.

Shi Tianyu flew out of the system space and flew to Black Mountain Castle.

This is a small castle similar to Songshan Fort, with more than 3,000 Jin soldiers garrisoned here.

The defending general Leng Lu led his generals Lie Ke and Wu Wang, feeling that it was a waste of Huang Taiji's talents to let these brothers guard such a small castle.

Leng Lu and his two brothers are the heirs of the "Wanpi Gong".

They were originally Khorchin soldiers, not pure Jin soldiers.

However, these three thousand soldiers were even more ferocious.

Those who have successfully practiced the "Wanci Gong" will have their bodies as hard as iron and steel, and will be invulnerable to swords and spears. When attacking the enemy, they will use their palms and claws at the same time and can tear the opponent into pieces in an instant, while the person who practices the Gong himself will not be harmed by ordinary swords and knives.

Even if the enemy uses a precious sword or a precious knife, you must wait until it has consumed 30% to 50% of its true power before you can hurt it.

At this time, Lenglu, Lieke and Wuwang were sitting on the top of the city wall, drinking and talking nonsense out of boredom.

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Suddenly, the sound of horse hooves was heard.

Wuwang hurriedly stood up and gathered the Jin soldiers. Along the city wall, they drew their bows and arrows outside the city, and ordered the drawbridge to be put away and the city gate to be closed. Lenglu said disapprovingly: "Brother, why are you so nervous? These are another bunch of Lin Dan's dog soldiers who are here to die. I can kill them with just a fart." Lieke said: "Brother, something seems to be wrong. There are so many enemy cavalry! It seems that there are more than a few thousand cavalry."

Upon hearing this, Leng Lu stood up and watched.

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"Kill!"

"Whizzing!"

It is customary to shoot arrows before attacking a city.

In order to create momentum, Zhu Shuilong ordered the soldiers to shoot arrows from a distance. He knew that his son-in-law Shi Tianyu had looted a lot of weapons and bows and arrows, so he was not afraid of any loss of bows and arrows. He ordered the soldiers to shout and shoot arrows from a distance to scare the Jin soldiers guarding Heishan Fort.

When Zhu Shuilong led 20,000 cavalrymen and approached Heishan Fort about a mile away, he ordered his cousins ​​Zhu Shuijie, Zhu Shuimao, and Zhu Shuihu to lead 5,000 cavalrymen each to surround the west, north, and south gates of Heishan Fort, leaving the east gate open for the enemy soldiers to escape and to report to Huang Taiji.

Zhu Shuilong led 5,000 cavalrymen to set up a central military tent outside the south gate of Black Mountain Fort, built a high platform, and commanded the battle.

When Wuwang saw the enemy approaching, he ordered his men to shoot arrows.

Suddenly, waves of arrows were fired at each other, and both sides suffered casualties.

However, the Zhushuilong tribe had more people and more arrows, and the Jin soldiers on the top of Heishan Fort suffered heavy casualties.

~~
Both sides fired arrows for a while.

Zhu Shuijie ordered five thousand soldiers and horses to pretend to push chariots and carry ladders, advancing step by step, as if they were going to attack the city.

On the top of the city wall, Wuwang commanded the soldiers to shoot arrows for a while, then ran over, knelt on one leg, clasped his hands, and said to Leng Lu: "General, the rain of arrows just now caused 900 casualties among our soldiers."

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Leng Lu was still very confident. He waved his hand and said, "I know. Wuwang, you should get up. That is the flag of the Ming court. The Ming army is going to attack the city. You should organize the soldiers and the common people to carry stones and logs to prepare to stop the Ming army from attacking the city."

"Yes!" Wuwang stood up and ran away in response to the order.

Lie Ke said worriedly: "General, our army cannot afford the casualties in such a tough battle. In the first place, we did not bring many soldiers to defend the city. A rain of arrows caused 900 casualties in our army. The enemy can shoot and kill all our soldiers in half a day. We really cannot afford the casualties! Moreover, this group of Ming troops came prepared and dared to shoot arrows from a distance, which shows that they came with sufficient armaments."

~~
Leng Lu said calmly, "It's okay. Junior brother, take your men back to the fort immediately, gather all the men, women, old and young in the fort, and have them wear our military uniforms. When we shoot arrows at the Ming army later, let the fake soldiers stand in front and shoot arrows, and our soldiers will stand behind them with swords in hand to supervise the battle. Later, let Wuwang lead the light cavalry out of the east gate to Tank Fort Huang Taiji to ask for reinforcements. We can survive a day or two here. Go!"

"promise!"

Upon hearing this, Lie Ke shuddered with fear and hurriedly followed the order. He led three hundred soldiers, walked down the city wall, returned to the castle, met Wuwang, and ordered Wuwang to lead the light cavalry out of the east gate to the tank fort to ask for reinforcements.

"Yes!" Wuwang received the order, holding up the mace, and ordered other soldiers to continue mobilizing the people to dismantle door panels, move stones, and climb the city walls.

However, Wuwang gathered several cavalrymen and rode out of the city through the east gate, rushing to Tank Fort to seek help from Huang Taiji.

~~
Lieke knocked on every door, asking the people of the Lindan tribe in Black Mountain Castle to come out and line up.

When Lie Ke led dozens of people to the center of the castle, Shi Tianyu floated down with "Dudu" in his arms and "Minmin" on his back, and at the same time, he also floated down three highly skilled martial artists, Xifang Liang, Xifang Hui, and Yang Song.

Xifang Liang didn't say anything. He just flicked his left sleeve and threw out an embroidery needle.

Whoosh! Suddenly, those embroidery needles pierced through the chests of dozens of soldiers beside Lie Ke.

These dozens of soldiers felt pain in their chests, and then they screamed in agony, fell backwards, vomited blood, and died miserably.

~~
Rieke was shocked.

Xifang Liang held a five-foot-long Miao Dao, leaped forward, and with a flick of his left sleeve, circled Lie Ke, instantly covering Lie Ke in the light of the sword. Lie Ke waved his iron fists, desperately blocking and parrying.

His iron arms and copper fists occasionally collided with Xifang Liang's Miao Dao, making a clanging sound.

Xifang Hui and Yang Song each held a five-foot-long Miao Dao and flew over to kill the Jin soldiers who had just knocked on the doors along the street.

The reason why Leng Lu was so confident was that he relied on his superb martial arts and his poison skills which made him invincible in the grassland. Seeing the Ming army pushing chariots and carrying ladders, coming towards the castle under the cover of rain of arrows, he reached out and grabbed a mace, ordered his personal soldiers to command the defense of the city, and then jumped into the air and pounced on the high tower of Zhu Shuilong.

Soldiers on both sides continued to shout and shoot arrows.

Suddenly, screams rang out one after another.

On the city wall, Jin soldiers were shot and fell from time to time, but after all, they were outnumbered by Zhu Shuilong's troops and their soldiers did not shoot as many arrows as Zhu Shuilong's.

From time to time, some Jin soldiers were hit by arrows and fell obliquely under the city wall, breaking bones and dying.

Soon, corpses were piled up like mountains under the walls of the west, south and north gates of Black Mountain Fort.

When Zhu Shuilong saw Leng Lu flying towards him with a mace in his hand, and even able to fly half a mile in the air, he realized that this man was the strongest enemy in his life. He did not dare to underestimate him, so he drew out the "Golden Snake Sword" with a curved blade, held the sword and performed the "Nine Swords of Dugu" to fight against him.

Click!

The tall tower couldn't withstand the powerful force exerted by Zhu Shuilong and Leng Lu at the same time, and immediately the wood broke and the boards cracked, and it collapsed.

Zhu Shuilong and Leng Lu also flipped in the air, landed on their feet, and then pounced on each other.

~~
At this time, Shi Tianyu had already climbed up the city wall, holding "Dudu" and "Minmin" on his back. Holding the Hongming sword, he waved his hand towards the top of the city wall. The Ming army immediately stopped shooting arrows and advancing, and shouted as Shi Tianyu had taught them before they marched into Black Mountain Fort: "Shi Lang's ingenious plan brought peace to the world, and he wore his golden armor after a hundred battles in the yellow sand."

Suddenly, the sound shook the sky, echoed in the heaven and earth, and was so powerful that it was quite intimidating.

Shi Tianyu then put down "Dudu" and "Minmin".

"Dudu" and "Minmin" each stood up, took out the long Miao Dao tied on their backs with their claws, and rushed towards the few Jin soldiers on the city wall with their left claws and right sword.

They each pressed the ground with their hind paws, leaped into the air, slapped with their left paws, swung with their right knife, and opened their mouths to bite. Every time they leaped into the air, three Jin soldiers fell down with screams, either dead or seriously injured.

Shi Tianyu flew past with a knife in hand and slashed with the knife.

Rows of Jin soldiers' heads flew out, and countless bodies fell to the ground with blood splattered on them.

The Jin soldiers who were a little further away wanted to escape.

Shi Tianyu slapped out a bunch of flaming knives with his left palm, smashing the Jin soldiers who wanted to escape into pieces and burning them to ashes.

After a while, the Jin soldiers on the city wall were hacked to death by Shi Tianyu, "Dudu" and "Minmin".

Shi Tianyu then flipped into the air and slashed at Leng Lu with his knife.

Leng Lu was sweating all over as he was killing Zhu Shuilong and was having difficulty defending himself. He was on the verge of death when he suddenly felt a whistling sound from the back of his head. He quickly swung his left arm and smashed it towards Zhu Shuilong to force him back. He then spun his body at a high speed and used his mace to block Shi Tianyu's flying knife.

Click!

Even if Leng Lu had a body of steel, he could not block Shi Tianyu's blow from mid-air.

Because the depth of Leng Lu's internal strength is far less than the tip of the iceberg of Shi Tianyu's profound internal strength.

Shi Tianyu took advantage of the momentum and pounced on him from mid-air, his sword being the precious Hongming sword weighing 120 kilograms.

Leng Lulian and his mace were split into two halves by Shi Tianyu's sword.

The two halves of the corpse fell to one side with a thumping sound.

"Great! General Shi is so powerful!"

"Shi Lang's clever plan brought peace to the world, and he wore his golden armor after a hundred battles in the yellow sand!"

All the soldiers cheered and applauded loudly.

At this time, "Dudu" and "Minmin" lowered the drawbridge and opened the city gate.

The water dragons and the soldiers cheered, rode into the city, took over the Black Mountain Fort, made a fire to cook, cleaned the castle, and delivered money and food to the people in the castle from house to house to appease the people and demonstrate that the Ming army was a benevolent and mighty army.

Of course, it’s mainly because Shi Tianyu is rich and generous.

~~(End of this chapter)