Chapter 310: Chapter 296: Fiefdom

The Left Demon Emperor is really thoughtful, this fiefdom is not bad!

Transforming into the demon wind, rising into the air, overlooking the earth, and with the aid of the Mountain Patrol Seal, the whole fiefdom is clear at a glance.

To the west is a large river, and on the east shore lies his fiefdom, extending five hundred miles eastward.

The overall terrain is just hills and plains.

A large portion of the area is plains, about one-third, mostly near the riverbank. It belongs to the alluvial plain, with fertile soil, plenty of water sources, vast stretches of forests, and—oh, there’s also plot after plot of Spirit Medicine Gardens. It seems this place was developed long ago.

As far as the eye can see, there are quite a few demons in this mountain forest. There are as many as three Third-Grade demons, twenty-eight Fourth-Grade ones, nearly a thousand Fifth-Grade ones, about three thousand Sixth-Grade ones, and a full thirty thousand Seventh-Grade ones.

They are all organized demon soldiers, currently gathered in the open area, waiting for inspection and handover.

Additionally, there are a large number of Eighth-Grade minor demons for work purposes. Yes, there’s not a single Ninth-Grade Little Demon. They aren’t qualified to enter.

This fiefdom, it likely belonged to some member of the royal family before.

The Left Demon Emperor is genuinely a good demon. Wang Wu is starting to admire him.

This, using people without being picky, welcoming talent warmly, this is what sincerity really is.

Instead of being a dog for the Human Race, might as well work for the Left Demon Emperor.

At this moment, Wang Wu was genuinely moved. What virtue or ability does he have?

Now looking again at the northeast and southwest of the fiefdom, these two places are mountainous, with peaks upon peaks, layers overlapping, undulating. The terrain is not complicated, but it’s definitely scenic. Standing from any angle, it’s a panoramic view!

Well, let’s leave the sightseeing for later. First, let’s proceed with the reception.

Suppressing the demon wind, Wang Wu landed, still transformed into a hairy, untamed, rough-looking barbarian. No need to risk the crime of deceiving the emperor; just make do with this image for now.

“We humbly welcome the king!”

Upon landing, those three Third-Grade Great Demons led tens of thousands of demon soldiers to let out a howl, their voices shaking the plains like a thunderbolt. If one didn’t know better, they might have thought this was an attempt to show dominance.

However, the title of king, tsk tsk, I like it.

“Stand up and speak!”

“Thank you, my king.”

“Good, and how do the three of you address yourselves? What are your roles? I’m new here and don’t want to deal with trivial matters. Let’s focus on the important stuff, starting with the original owner of this forest.”

Wang Wu scratched his ear, still feeling a bit unnatural. Haha, just a nouveau riche, try to understand.

At this moment, the most central of the three Third-Grade Great Demons clasped his fists and said, “Reporting to the king, we were previously part of the Celestial Demon Forbidden Guard of the Left Demon Emperor. My name is Leopard Bigfoot, he’s Lang Er Dan, and he’s Diao Sanmao. We were all assigned to this fief to guard Princess Lark. Now Princess Lark has transferred us all to the king, and we vow to follow the king to the death!”

“Princess Lark? How could this be permissible? Where is Princess Lark? I must go and apologize. I’m just a Little Demon from the wilderness, with no virtue or ability. How dare I occupy the magpie’s nest!”

Wang Wu beat his chest and stamped his feet, genuinely revealing his emotions. This can’t be allowed.

“Reporting to the king, Princess Lark already left this place half a stick of incense ago, leaving behind a maid to handle the administrative affairs with the king.”

“Uh, Princess Lark is truly magnanimous and noble in character… Where is the maid?”

Wang Wu looked around but couldn’t see any maid.

The next moment, from behind Leopard Bigfoot, emerged a burly, hairy, gorilla demon whose nostrils were as big as its mouth. Its arms could race horses, and its thighs could be racetracks for rallies. Its gaze was so deep it could make one suffocate.

This, is this the maid?

Princess Lark’s maid!

It’s picking its nose!

It has bad breath!

It’s farting!

It’s smiling at me!

Well, indeed, it’s a Female Demon.

“Nothing to coordinate! Everyone disperse, and don’t disturb me without reason!”

Wang Wu, with a righteous and indignant backward leap, eyes serious and radiating justice, turned and walked away.

“My king, are you sure you don’t want to coordinate the daily income of three hundred thousand dou of Spiritual Qi?”

This General Xingxing has quite a melodious voice, ugh!

But—

Wang Wu spun around like a whirlwind.

“How is it coordinated?”

“Reporting to the king, due to Princess Lark’s special status, she enjoyed tax exemption, whereas you only enjoy a Third-Grade tax exemption level. Therefore, of the daily income of three hundred thousand dou of Spiritual Qi, you must remit one hundred twenty thousand dou. Additionally, there’s the forest management tax, the demon people protection fee, the river lake water resource usage tax, and so on. You must also expend another forty thousand dou of Spiritual Qi, so the net income of your fiefdom daily is eighty thousand dou…”

“Wait, eighty thousand dou of Spiritual Qi, can I cut down some demon soldiers?” Wang Wu was shocked.

He is specially granted by the Demon Emperor, a descendant of a prestigious family, a hero with great merits, and even so, why is he still taxed so much?

Are you kidding me?

“Sorry, my lord, according to the laws of the Southern Wilderness Demon Race, and also to cultivate and expand the cohesion and centripetal force of the Southern Wilderness Demon Race, to maintain the strength of the Southern Wilderness Demon Race, every fief lord must ensure that there are no less than fifty thousand employment positions for the Demon Race within their fief! Also, you must provide them with the minimum standard of training for their daily cultivation…”

“Damn it, just tell me how much I’ll have left after deducting this part!”

Wang Wu rudely interrupted!

Is this a joke, he came to the mountains to become a king, and now it feels like he’s becoming a servant!

“Sorry, my lord, after deducting these, your daily net income is thirty-five thousand eight hundred Dou of Spiritual Qi!”

“Are you kidding me!”

“My lord, I’m not, mainly because there are three Third-Grade Celestial Demon Guards within your fief, and according to the standards, they take the lion’s share. Each of them has a daily cultivation standard of fifty thousand Dou of Spiritual Qi…”

“Damn it, can I fire them and send them away?”

“Theoretically, you can, but according to the law, you still need to pay a certain percentage of penalty and compensation. Please calm down, my lord. In fact, the biggest income in your fief is not here, but rather, you can lead demon soldiers to raid the Human Race Territory, and from the looted income, you can get at least half, and there’s no tax!”

The maid who looked like General Xingxing blinked her huge and deep eyes and threw Wang Wu a flirtatious look, yuck!

“Are you sure you’re not here to mess with me? I strongly request Princess Lark to replace this contact maid for me!” Wang Wu was very angry. He felt that he must have offended that Princess Lark somewhere, oh, what did the Left Demon Emperor say before, he has a daughter, let him think about it…

Hearing this, the maid who looked like Xingxing finally showed a satisfied expression, ’A child can be taught, you finally understood!’

“So, may I ask, if I personally go to apologize to Princess Lark, how much income can I get from this fief in a day?” Wang Wu asked sincerely, clenching his fists, as the saying goes, wealth cannot be lustful, and power cannot be bent, for a bit of money, anything goes!

The maid who looked like Xingxing tilted her head, carefully observing Wang Wu, confirming that he was indeed sincerely asking, and then said: “If that’s the case, your fief can have a net income of three hundred thousand Dou of Spiritual Qi a day.”

“Only three hundred thousand Dou?”

Wang Wu was shocked, almost disbelieving his ears, this is a fief of five hundred miles in radius!

“My lord, are you mistaken about something, this is the fact, the West Shore is the fief of Second-Grade Great Demon General Iron Waist, and with the same size, its daily net income is only two hundred thousand Dou.”

“Why is that? The taxes in the Southern Wilderness are too heavy!”

Wang Wu finally felt something was wrong. At Jade Mountain Manor, the area was only a hundred miles in radius, and with the surroundings, at most three hundred miles, Madam Yu could get about a million Dou of Spiritual Qi income a day after paying taxes. How could there be such a huge difference just a short distance away in the Southern Wilderness?

At this time, Leopard Bigfoot couldn’t help but quietly explain: “Reporting to my lord, the Spirit Essence falling every day is decreasing, and the two Demon Emperors also have no way out. Three thousand years ago, a five hundred mile fief could get at least five million Dou of Spirit Essence a day, a thousand years ago, it was four million Dou per day for a five hundred mile fief, and now, it’s only three million Dou income.”

“This situation is getting worse the further south you go. That’s why in recent years, the South Sea Demon Race has come ashore, almost merging the Southern Wilderness and South Sea as one, it’s not without reason.”

“Instead, in the areas occupied by the Human Race, the amount of Spirit Essence falling is almost twice that of the Demon Race.”

“So now, everyone is thinking about retaking the Great Wilderness, taking back the lands and forests that the Human Race has seized!” Lang Er Dan said viciously.

“That’s right, take us to plunder the Human Race, they’re the richest and have the most resources, they don’t lack Spirit Essence, while we are limited by Spirit Essence, making it impossible to grow and become stronger. If this continues, the Demon Race will be extinct sooner or later!”

Diao Sanmao’s statement was sharp and resounding!

So that’s how it is!

Wang Wu suddenly had a feeling, could the falling of Spirit Essence be something controllable by humans?

If so, there’s probably more to it than meets the eye.

Thinking of this, Wang Wu looked at that maid who looked like Xingxing again and solemnly asked: “What exactly does Princess Lark want me to do?”

“Simple, marry her as your wife, and promise to have five children, then she can support you to become the Southern Wilderness Right Demon Emperor in five hundred years!”

“What?” Wang Wu was stunned by what he heard, is it that simple and straightforward? Is this something that can be said directly?

“This is not appropriate!”

“What’s inappropriate about it, the Right Demon Emperor’s lifespan is near its end, in five hundred years he will undoubtedly die, and the Southern Wilderness cannot lack a Right Demon Emperor, so a most outstanding one must be selected. You, Xiong Wu, a direct descendant of the Bear Demon Emperor, the great hero of this battle, I support you to become the Southern Wilderness Right Demon Emperor, what’s inappropriate about that!”

“You—”

Wang Wu took a breath, retreating three steps, this maid who looked exactly like General Xingxing was actually Princess Lark, damn it, he was just saying how a mere maid could be so and so, what a disaster!

“Hmph! You figured it out, Xiong Wu, I’m telling you…” That General Xingxing, no, Princess Xingxing moved step by step closer, Wang Wu backed away step by step, just when he felt his chastity was at stake, finally, a cold voice came from afar.

“Sister, stop fooling around.”

Upon hearing this voice, Princess Xingxing transformed into a seven or eight-year-old, delicate and exquisite little girl, making a face at Wang Wu, and flew away with a whoosh.

A few seconds later, a proper maid who was about to cry came running hurriedly, kneeling without a word to plead for forgiveness.

But the owner of the previous voice did not appear.

“Get up, just keep it simple, just tell me how much Spirit Essence I can earn daily.”

“Reporting to my lord, Princess Lark said, if my lord is eager to cultivate, you can obtain fifty thousand Dou of Spiritual Qi daily, and any shortfall after deducting the fief income, she will make up for it.”

“But I don’t want to marry her, I already have a wife.” Wang Wu directly refused, offending is just offending, next he needs to focus on closed cultivation practice, and even if the daily income is only thirty-five thousand Dou of Spirit Qi, making do with it is enough.

“This—this servant cannot make such a decision, please spare me, my lord!” The maid was frightened to tears.

At this moment, a light laugh entered his ears.

“Xiong Wu, why make things difficult for my maid, my father didn’t really issue a decree, I just cherish talent, besides, we fought side by side before, this friendship you must acknowledge, in short, love it or leave it!”

“I’ll leave my maid to be the steward over there for you.”

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