Esdeath, dressed in a white military uniform, gave a majestic report: "In this expedition, we captured two large islands, five medium-sized islands, and three small islands."

"Thank you for your hard work." Eric carefully handed the teacups to the two Valkyries who had returned from the expedition.

Also going on the expedition were Inigaki Kisame and Deidara. These two guys also got tired of staying in the Kingdom of China, so they went with the two women to wipe out the surrounding pirates.

Newcomer Zhang Liang didn't squint, looked at Eric's nose and nose, and didn't show any sign of Eric's flattering behavior. It was as if he didn't see it at all, and he still had a faint smile.

"Is this the famous General Esdeath?" Zhang Liang stood up and bowed: "I am Zhang Liang, the newly hired political officer of our emperor."

"Yeah." Esdeath nodded, her voice was clear and melodious like a young girl, but also soft and charming like a mature woman: "I don't care about political affairs. If you have any military matters, you can come to me."

"I sincerely obey Yi's decree."

Esdeath frowned and asked: "Yizhi? What does this mean?"

Zhang Liang explained in a gentle voice: "Queen, the imperial concubine's order is called Yi Zhi."

"Very good!" Esdeath pursed her lips and smiled: "If someone bullies you in the future, come to me and I will vent your anger for you!"

Eric was amazed by Zhang Liang's flattering tactics. Coupled with his handsome features and fair skin, Eric felt deeply defensive.

Seeing that the atmosphere had calmed down, Eric asked aloud: "You didn't encounter any trouble during this expedition, did you?"

"No, they are all self-righteous little thieves." Scathach sighed: "If you can't practice cultivation, you just want to go to the gym and kick it. There are basically no pirates with a bounty of over 100 million. They just want to dream of defeating a powerful enemy and then becoming famous.

Li Wan."

"The surrounding sea area has been cleared by us. If it is further away, it may come into contact with the territory of the Pirates and the Whitebeard Pirates, but we have not occupied it."

"In addition, I would like to ask Leonardo da Vinci to build more warships." Esdeath said: "The speed of wooden sailing ships is too slow. If you take Egil, it will not take three days at all, but only half a day to return.

The mainland of China."

"Let Leonardo da Vinci redesign the battleship!" Egil shouted: "It must not look exactly the same as mine!"

"But in my opinion, battleships are actually the same." Eric wondered: "Don't you want to lead a group of younger brothers and sisters on the battlefield?"

Egil glanced at him sideways: "You don't understand."

"Once a new design is adopted, it will definitely have better performance than your current one." Eric said: "You don't care about these?"

"In this way, their chances of survival will be greater." Egil lowered his gaze.

"What a good sister."

"But, Commander." Egil smiled: "I want to be the flagship of the Dawn Pirates."

"This is natural." Eric said seriously: "The flagship of the Dawn Pirates will always be Egil."

Zhang Liang was a little confused by the conversation between Eric and Egil, but after seeing the special abilities of Kuang San and Eric, he felt that anything in the world was possible, and he just had to wait for himself to slowly discover it.

"Is there enough money in the treasury to build new warships and ovaries?" Eric asked. The costs of building steel warships and wooden sailing ships are completely different. In addition, China is now vigorously developing grassroots construction. No matter how many

Money is not worth spending either.

Zhang Liang replied: "According to my calculations, if two warships are built, it will not affect the subsequent construction of the Shenzhou Kingdom."

"good!"

"In addition..." Zhang Liang thought deeply: "Due to His Majesty's policy of benefiting the people, China's current fiscal revenue cannot make ends meet."

"Pfft"

Eric felt like he was shot in the heart.

"I carefully looked through the income and expenditure accounts of the Shenzhou Kingdom. The income from merchant ship tolls, weapons trade, and selling sea floor stones is far from covering the cost of construction."

"Uh..." Eric looked away and scratched his cheek in embarrassment.

"I'm not blaming Your Majesty." Zhang Liang cupped his hands and said, "Even the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors have never done such a good deed as our Emperor. He spent his own money to buy food for the hungry people."

"Your Majesty's method of providing disaster relief through work is even more wonderful!" Zhang Liang praised: "It not only prevents the idle and indolent hooligans from taking advantage of the opportunity to eat and drink for free, but also allows the hard-working people to have enough food and clothing, and it can also prevent currency inflation. It is really

It’s an act that kills three birds with one stone!”

Eric put his arms on his hips and stretched out his chest, his nose stretched a few inches, just like Pinocchio.

"Stop praising him." Artoria said coldly: "Eric's nose has almost reached the sky."

"Haha" Zhang Liang chuckled: "The method my emperor came up with is indeed ingenious, and the laws he established are also for ordinary people, and he adopts a zero-tolerance attitude towards officials who take corruption and bribery. I have never heard of it.

An emperor who cares so much for the people!"

"Hahaha" Eric was so praised by Zhang Liang that he couldn't find anything to say. The more he looked at Zhang Liang, the more he liked him. Not only was he beautiful, he was humble and polite, and he also spoke nicely...

By the way, Zhang Hao looks like a time traveler. Aren’t the protagonists in those novels all handsome and well-spoken?

Eric fell into silence.

"Your Majesty." Zhang Liang's voice interrupted Eric's meditation.

"What's up?"

"I heard that there is a person with abilities in China, named Wendy Mabel, who can make the entire island float."

"That's right." Eric nodded in affirmation.

"The sites are too far apart. If a foreign enemy invades, we may not be able to rescue them in time, and the town will suffer huge losses. House reconstruction, disaster relief, and military pensions will cost the country a lot of energy and time."

"We can move the occupied islands closer to the mainland." Zhang Liang suggested: "This will not only strengthen our emperor's dominance, but also reduce the time spent on the sea journey between islands, and the support sent by the country can also arrive in time.

"

"Well..." Eric nodded in agreement: "It is indeed a good idea."

"In addition, I learned from Mr. Tom that the sea train can sail on the sea."

This chapter is not over, please click on the next page to continue reading! "Hmm." Eric nodded: "I originally planned to build a water track to connect all the occupied islands together."

"Please continue to build the offshore track." Zhang Liang said: "The residential areas, sightseeing areas, factory areas, and entertainment areas that His Majesty has set up in China have made me enlightened."

"We gathered the occupied islands near the mainland, and the islands were connected by sea trains. The islands suitable for human habitation were set as residential islands; the deserted islands were set as industrial islands; the islands rich in minerals were set as mineral islands; and the entertainment islands were set as sightseeing islands.

Island, etc.”

"Putting islands with different functions together will not only facilitate national management, but also benefit the use of resources. The construction cost of offshore tracks will also be reduced a lot."

"Okay!" Eric nodded in agreement: "I will work with Akin and Wendy to move the occupied islands back."

"But..." Zhang Liang changed the subject: "Please also ask my emperor to leave some small desert islands in a circle around the sea area. This is the sea area of ​​​​the Kingdom of China, and other countries are not allowed to enter and exit at will."

"It's useless to leave some desert islands." Esdeath said, "troops must be stationed on them to defeat the invading enemies."

"That's right." Zhang Liang continued: "But China currently has only five hundred soldiers..."

After saying this, Zhang Liang turned his attention to Eric. Privately recruiting an army was tantamount to conspiracy. Even if General Esdeath was the emperor's woman, some things still required the emperor's personal nod to do it.

"Well, then expand the army." Eric nodded: "Zifang, how many troops should I recruit?"

"Eight islands are set up on the periphery to defend the entire sea area. Each island is stationed with 1,000 people. Including rotating personnel and local troops, the total army needs 20,000 people."

Eric looked at Esdeath: "Esdeath, I will leave the army to you to train."

"Um."

"Scathach, Esdeath can't train so many soldiers." Eric asked: "Can you be responsible for the training of half of the army?"

"Anyway, I have nothing to do." Scathach nodded and agreed.

Zhang Liang continued: "After talking about the plan to reduce expenditures, how to increase revenue next?"

Everyone continued to discuss in the conference room and formulated the future construction policy of China.

Eric originally wanted to hold a banquet to celebrate the return of several members from the expedition, but Esdeath grabbed him and forcibly pulled him into his room...

…

The next day, Esdeath almost couldn't get up.

"Ara." Kuang San teased: "Isn't this the heroic and invincible General Esdeath? He actually lost so miserably?"

"..." Esdeath looked Kuang San up and down: "I don't believe your little arms and legs can withstand Eric's impact."

"Hmph." Kuang San snorted coldly and replied with a proud look on his face: "I just won."

"You, could it be..." Esdeath asked with a suspicious look on her face: "Did you use your own clone?"

Kuang San raised his eyebrows but did not refute, still smiling.

Esdeath asked in a low voice: "How much did you use?"

"..." After a moment of silence, Kuang San half-closed his eyes and replied: "Ten."

"Ha!" Esdeath seemed to have heard a big joke: "Didn't I win?"

Kuang San is like a cat with fried hair, and his black hair is all spiked: "They are all my past, my experiences, [me] that appeared in different timelines, these [me] are called me

What’s wrong?!”

"Having said that, [I] also lost~" At this moment, the shadow at his feet squirmed, and half of the crazy threesome emerged from it.

Kuang San stamped his feet and said: "Which gang do [I] belong to?!"

"[We] swarmed up and finally killed Eric Sangzha, but [I] only lasted half an hour..."
To be continued...