Yes, you read that right.

With a large number of arcane spellcasters and mage towers scattered across the country, Zuo Sican was so crazy that he set up permanent portals at all important strongholds.

Want to rely on the advantages of inconvenient transportation and remote location to become a local emperor behind closed doors?

Want to create a gentry model in which imperial power does not go to the countryside?

Stop dreaming!

Imperial supervisory agencies, military, bureaucrats, and law enforcement officers can use these portals anytime and anywhere to reach any village within three days.

Note that this is a village, not a town.

Therefore, the West Coast Empire's terrifying advantages in grassroots organization and dominance are simply not comparable to any other country in Faerûn.

Of course, there is another more important reason for choosing to locate the administrative center in Calimport, which is that it has a very high literacy rate and educated population, as well as countless professional colleges of various types, which is very suitable as a base for cultivating bureaucrats.

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In addition, Zuo Si was too lazy to bother building a palace symbolizing status and power in a place like Askatra, where land was so valuable, he could just use the ready-made one in Calimport.

After all, this palace was built during the Xia En Empire. It is quite good in terms of scale, appearance and architectural style, which is very suitable for his appetite.

"Your Majesty, with the popularity of airships, propeller ships and heavy magic carriages, trade within the empire has quadrupled in a short period of time, and tax revenue has also doubled.

Although we have established many new departments and expanded the number of people in the bureaucracy in accordance with your instructions, there is still a considerable surplus after paying their salaries and the expenses of the army.

My personal suggestion is that if you have no plans to build a new palace or purchase other luxuries, it is best to invest more money in water conservancy projects.

Although we have currently launched six irrigation water conservancy and irrigation projects, it is obviously far from enough compared with the huge territory of the empire.

The last thing is about unifying official texts and languages.

According to your request, we unanimously decided to choose the common language with the highest popularity rate at present.

If nothing unexpected happens, the corresponding books and teaching materials will be distributed to each city in up to one month, and will be taught by local public schools.

As for the issue of universal basic education, we can only do it in urban administrative units.

Fortunately, the Church of the God of Knowledge said it would help.

They said they would open some free small classes in areas with temples and shrines.

I think this should save a lot of money..."

There is no doubt that from the report alone, it can be seen that Shaud Talovan is definitely a qualified prime minister.

Although he himself had the bad habit of accepting bribes and forming cliques for personal gain when serving King Shane VII, he was able to keep the Shane Empire in good order after having just experienced a war.

And after Zuo Si came to power, this guy was very smart and immediately got rid of all his previous problems. He never accepted anyone's money again, let alone promoted his own party members for personal gain.

Because Shawd Tarovan knew very well that he was different from Shane VII who only wanted to maintain the stability of his rule.

The new emperor cannot tolerate a grain of sand in his eyes.

He knew this early on when he studied Luskan's legal and political structure.

Coupled with the example of the big Amn family in the north being played to the point of death by the "favor order", Shaud Tarowen, who had finally climbed to the position of prime minister, did not want a similar situation to happen to his family.

After all, unlike the monogamous Amn, all the powerful men in Kalin Shirt have more than one woman.

If there are more women, there will naturally be fewer heirs.

Which family head who lives to middle age does not have a dozen or even dozens of children?

Usually, except for the designated heir, other children will not receive any property at all.

You can only go out with a little money provided by your family and become a businessman, or a wandering adventurer, or a mercenary.

If this were to be the case, all the wealth would be divided equally among the children, and the entire family would cease to exist.

Therefore, every one of the rich and newly wealthy people who survived the great purges of freeing slaves has unimaginable respect for the emperor Zuo Si, and they do not dare to make the slightest mistake.

No matter what kind of policy is adopted, they will rush to cooperate, for fear that they will be included in the legendary blacklist if they are slow.

"Very good. If we continue to implement the original plan, I think the entire empire will look different in a few years.

As for building water conservancy projects, it's best to discuss it with the local magic academy.

With the help of magic, many difficult construction projects will become much easier.

Finally, there is the issue of traffic roads.

Although we have a magic carriage that will not easily fall into the mud, the roads still need to be repaired.

At least make sure there is a smooth road between town and country that can be driven at high speed.

Let’s start spreading it in areas with denser population.”

Zuo Si gave the instructions without raising his head.

Because the entire bureaucratic and administrative system has been set up, and the judicial system and two supervisory systems, one clear and one dark, have also been online at the same time, he no longer needs to handle most government affairs personally, he only needs to give a general direction.<

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Shaud Tarovan hurriedly bent down and bowed deeply: "Understood, I will make arrangements right away."

Just when the imperial prime minister was about to turn around and leave, Zuo Si suddenly stopped him from behind: "Wait! There is one more thing. Send an army and enough officials to take over Saraduxu later."

"Saradush? Aren't the Sons of Baal rioting there? Are you sure you want to recapture it at this time?"

Shaud Tarovan was slightly stunned.

"Don't worry, the Sons of Baal have just been driven away by a group of dragons and monsters. I don't think they will stay there for too long. Just send some people to receive them directly."

Zuo Si raised his head and gave the other party a meaningful smile.

Shawde Tarowen was so smart that he decided to devote all his life to following the emperor when he met Shane VII for the first time. He immediately understood the subtext and nodded without thinking: "I know, I'll do it right away."

In the name of the cabinet, a thousand troops and fifty officials were dispatched to Saladuxu."

He didn't ask for specific details, nor did he want to know what happened. He just obeyed without hesitation.

He proved with practical actions why he could stand firm in front of two emperors.

What monarch wouldn’t like such a minister who is smart, capable, and knows how to position himself correctly?

……

While Zuo Si was secretly controlling the Sons of Baal chicken competition and continuing to vigorously develop his west coast empire, he had no idea that the first batch of elite players released had already given the world a small "fourth natural disaster"

Shocking.

To be precise, after these guys disbanded on the spot, they quickly poured into several surrounding countries and unceremoniously started the natural disaster mode.

In less than a week, the monsters that originally posed a huge threat to human villages and towns began to decrease at an incredible speed, and some places were even subjected to genocidal massacres.

You must know that the players were originally human beings, so when facing enemies who were also human beings in the previous world, they did not choose to go on a killing spree, but adopted a policy of basically giving preferential treatment to prisoners as long as they surrendered.

The only ones who are really constantly being consumed and slaughtered are those nobles and slave owners who are accustomed to being aloof and do not treat civilians as human beings.

But now, when it comes to facing non-human races, their most terrifying side finally breaks out.

That is, you can kill anything that can give you "experience points" and "trophies" without any psychological burden or guilt.

No matter whether they are intelligent goblins, ogres, or unintelligent dog demons, basilisks, demon wolves, giant snakes, giant crocodiles, tree men, giant insects, and flying dragons, none of them escaped in the end.

Especially the Tob Forest, which is close to the kingdom's border city - E-Rantel, has simply suffered a disaster.

When many local adventurers enter this area, they will inadvertently find a large number of corpses abandoned on the roadside, in the woods and grass.

Some even piled up into a hill, exuding a pungent stench, and among them were some high-level monsters that had established regional hegemony.

Some of their heads were smashed with blunt objects, some had sharp arrows stuck in their eyes, and some were burned beyond recognition by unknown powerful magic.

Some monsters and beasts had their bounty-receiving parts or valuable skins peeled off, and their corpses looked bloody and terrifying.

Such a strange phenomenon made everyone in the entire city of E-Rantel, from the noble lords to the common people, feel deep fear.

Among them, the Adventurer's Guild has even offered a high reward, hoping that someone can investigate what is going on.

After all, they are really afraid that a powerful and invincible monster will suddenly appear in the forest, and then it will rush out and raze the entire city to the ground.

Don’t think this is a joke!

After all, it has only been a few hundred years since humans in this world escaped being enslaved by other races.

Except for the Slane Theocracy, which has a large number of player legacies, several other human countries have no power to resist at all when faced with real threats.

Therefore, whenever there is a big commotion and something incomprehensible happens, the nearby human nobles and commoners will tremble in fear.

You don’t need to ask to know that all of this is the work of the players.

But if you think that only monsters in the wild are unlucky, you are totally wrong.

How could they, who directly wiped out the entire aristocratic class from the physical level in the previous world, let go of the aristocrats of this world?

What's more, the nobles of the kingdom are notoriously selfish, greedy, corrupt and evil-doing, so there is no psychological burden at all when they are killed.

Less than five days after arriving in this world, more than thirty notorious noble families were wiped out, and all family property and valuables were looted.

Even those protected by dozens or even hundreds of elite guards are no exception.

By the time they were discovered, the corpses on the ground were already rotting and smelly.
To be continued...