- 185: 181: n Assembly (3)


    - 185: 181: n Assembly (3)


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    A so-called strong nation, its baclebone is inevitably its prosperous poption; without a prosperous popce, how can a nation be strong?


    The Tang family in Xiling is so strong, yet why do they only upy the smallnd of Xiling? It is nothing more than theck of warriors or more specifically, given the current number of top-level fighters in the Tang family, the annual ’ influx of hundreds of Martial Hall peak Mortal Realm fighters and dozens of Fierce Realm warriors is simply not enough to divide amongst themselves.


    This is why the leaders of the branches of the n feel that they do not have enough skilled people in their purview to actualize their ambitions. After all, even the n’s leader sometimes has to serve as a warrior. How can there be talk of development?


    Thus, this new Five Acres rule is the foundation of making Xiling strong. Those sitting in the n Assembly are the true heads of the Tang family. However, their thinking is limited. They always feel that only those of the Tang surname are truly of the Tang family. The emergence of the Wancheng Treasure Ship has further strengthened this unhealthy mentality in the Tang family; they feel that what is scooped up without the worry of reprisals is the best deal.


    They have also dismissed and ignored the role of themon people due to their mighty martial prowess. Or to put it differently, in their view, ordinary people are just like vines clinging to arge tree, not worth lingering mention.<div>


    If we govern by yourw and mandate, then, several generations down the line, Xiling will certainly have a poption in the tens of millions. How then should the Tang n handle such a situation?” Tang Hongjun, the second elder, had read Tang Luo’s note. He knew that this was a populist measure. The problem was that among the popce who would benefit, the Tang n didn’t stand to gain any sweet pie!


    Low taxes will lead to a decline in the Tang family’s ie. This would mean that the Tang family would lose several hundred million in gold every year for no reason. Assuming a generation is twenty years, then the Tang family would miss nearly ten billion, a loss nearing twenty billion! Even if one didn’t calcte this way, using these billions to purchase Spirit Beasts would yield results that are not weaker than the increase in force due to a huge poption. What’s even more terrifying is when the poption of Xiling really expands to the tens of millions. The Tang family would still be able to easily govern in the short term because of the current number of branch leaders in the Tang family. They can easily absorb even twenty million people, let alone ten million.


    But what about three generationster? Underneath thisrge poption base, naturally some geniuses will stand out. If Xiling gives birth to over a hundred Fierce Realm strongmen, whether the Tang family can still easily control them is questionable.


    Therefore, he felt that Tang Luo’s Five Acres rule is not advantageous.


    The words of the second elder touched the hearts of the people. While the Five Acres rule and the beautiful vision of tens of millions of people in Xiling look promising, they couldn’t immediately see the benefits this policy would bring, not to mention the potential problems it would cause in a few generations.


    Tang Luo responded with a carefree smile, “If we rule ordingly, three generationster, our Tang family can be worry-free!”


    “Absurd!” Tang Gaomin said loudly, “Provide them warmth, and they will have lewd thoughts; when they grow strong, they will harbor greed and resentment. If you give thesemon people generous conditions, it’s like fostering wolves by your bedside; when the lord is weak, they will bite your throat. How can your rules make our Tang family safe!?”


    “Poverty breeds cunning, while wealth engenders a kind heart!” Tang Luo’s gaze hardened as he solemnly responded, “Gentlemen, think carefully. What level of prosperity can an individual’s five acres ofnd produce? It’s nothing more than being well-fed and warm! As for fostering wolves, if our Tang family is so weak that we’re surpassed by a bunch of civilians who have only practiced martial arts for under a hundred years, then such a family deserves to be overthrown and destroyed!”


    These words struck Tang Gaomin’s heart. He fell silent; indeed, if they can’t even control a group of newly-trained civilians, such a n deserves to be exterminated.


    You must know that the martial prowess of n warriors is several times that of the same-level vagrant fighters. Geniuses are only a tiny minority, so leading on arge scale is the n’s duty.


    But the effects of thisw take too long to manifest. It takes a whole generation!” Tang Qi, holding the proposal, was somewhat moved, because he had realized that if thisw was implemented, the leaders of the branches would benefit the most. They should fully support it because it essentially drained the wealth of the n to reserve warriors. But thisw might take too long to bear fruit.


    Because in his view, before Xiling’s poption explodes, thisw could only result in outflow with no inflow.


    “The biggest benefit of abolishing the Prohibition on Cultivation and implementing the Five Acresw is not the poption explosion in Xiling.” Tang Luo answered with a smile, “It’s the people’s hearts!”


    Although we, the Tang family, have good rtions with the other ns, the efforts have always been rtively futile. The reason is simple; these family-centered ns operate mainly for their own benefit. Though they settle in Xiling and bolster its strength on the surface, their motives never change. If you want to talk about wolves by your bed, these are the real ns.


    “But isn’t giving thesemonersnd and letting them nurture their children to be warriors the creation of a new n?” Tang Qi wasn’t impressed by the talk of winning people’s hearts, because he didn’t think something intangible like this could be useful to the family. But Tang Luo’s threat theory about the ns was indeed useful to him. However, considering the Five Acres rule he wanted to implement, wasn’t this just a means to cultivate ns?


    “The ns and these soon-to-bendowners are not the same.” Tang Luo said calmly, “Even if thesemoners grow into ns, they are ns that have grown under the Tang family’s rule, inherently obeying the Tang family’s orders. If one day the Tang family needs to wage wars and conscript warriors, a single directive would be enough.”


    This is surely not a temperament of benevolent families who would rather be wronged than dispute with others, but that of a martial arts n. Why do they care for strong martial arts and study martial arts techniques? Is it just for self-protection? Judging from the current development of martial arts, in the future, it will not just be powerful families like the Tang n that will wage wars, even those sanctified grounds will have to fight as well.


    So, he provides for the people; the people pay back. It’s fair.


    But even so, Tang Gaomin shook his head and said, “Putting aside whether or not this draft summons order is feasible, I just want to ask where does the Tang family’s benefite from?”


    He didn’t care how many people or warriors Xiling has; he only knew that once thisw is implemented, the Tang family’s ie would decrease significantly. If it cannot bepensated, it would be a loss to the n’s wealth. He absolutely could not support thisw.


    Tang Luo looked around the table and said lightly, “Actually, the Tang family doesn’tck money at all.”


    “Only by transforming wealth into real martial power can a n be strong. Don’t you see how the Yun n, once the richest in the world, was so proud, only to be annihted in just one month?”


    There was once a Yun n in Longzhou Chaochang, which was richer than any other and wealthier than everyone else. They were always involved in business. Among the legendary merchants in Longzhou, seven out of ten came from the Yun n. It was said that the Yun n, at its wealthiest, could use gold to build an entire city.


    Even such a legendary merchant family was uprooted within a month, which was a deep-pitched sorrow. The cause was very simple: having a lot of money but not having the corresponding martial power is a path to death!


    Allying with warriors? Useless, because when others want to annihte your family, they won’t inform you for preparation beforehand. By the time the warriors who had past dealings with the Yun n arrived in Chaochang, the city of merchants had already be a sea of mes, and all the men of the Yun n were lying in the blood pool..