All the retainers looked ugly.

Qingtai Pass is one of the three most important mountains between the Qing clan and the Meng clan. It has been firmly controlled by the Qing clan for thousands of years.

Now, it has been lost!

Once Qingtaiguan is lost, it will be difficult to save the Qingling Ling Mine.

If the Qingling Spirit Mine is lost again, the Qing clan will lose 20% of its financial resources!

Is this okay?

The loss of more than 4,000 troops was the heaviest loss of troops and horses in decades.

The entire Qing clan has less than 50,000 troops!

What a heartbreaking defeat.

Jiang Yao was affected by everyone's emotions, and his expression became serious.

He is no longer a novice in the real world, and many things are clear now.

Even though there are hundreds of thousands of martial arts cultivators in the Qing clan, the Qing clan can support up to 50,000 armored soldiers!

A soldier's minimum level of cultivation is middle-level warrior. They want spiritual jade as military pay, spiritual food as military rations, armor made from real materials, thousands of miles of horses, and all kinds of equipment.

War horses also eat spiritual grass.

Raising the cheapest infantry will consume thousands of spiritual jade every year.

Raising a ten-thousand-mile horse will cost thousands of jade in horse feed money a year.

Once there is a war, the consumption will increase sharply.

The Qing clan has an army of 40,000 to 50,000, and its annual military expenditure exceeds 100 million spiritual jade!

Yu Kuan told him that in order to strive for hegemony and war, military expenditures by martial lords at all levels remained at more than 70% to 80% of total revenue all year round, and countless soldiers died in the five major regions every year.

The consequence is that most of the human race's resources are consumed due to frequent internal fighting.

The Qing clan suddenly lost one-tenth of its troops this time. If they wanted to recruit casual cultivators to replenish them, they would not have gone through military formation training, and they would also need to spend a lot of military expenses to recruit troops.

If Qing Clan were to die, the stable life he had just gained would be ruined again.

If he were to become a casual cultivator again, he would be able to kill himself and take away everything he owned by any Martial Lord on his own.

That feeling of precarious panic was really annoying, and Jiang Yao never wanted to live another day.

The Qing Dynasty cannot be destroyed at this time.

The feather fan in the young man's hand stopped swinging.

Even Ah Jiu on the snake staff no longer spits out the letter.

But I heard the plain and suffocating voice of Lord Qinghuang continue to sound: "Our Qing clan army is no weaker than the Meng army, and is even worse. But this time, it was defeated at Qingtai Pass Mountain, and Qu Kuang also fell.

"

Qu Kuang died...

The expressions on the faces of Han Cang, Lan Sheng and others were extremely ugly.

Qu Kuang was an important general in the early Wuzhen period. His cultivation was ranked third in the army, but he fell.

So, there are at least four or five martial arts masters who have fallen this time.

Sure enough, Lord Qinghuang said again: "Jin Dong, Jing Bi and other five martial sects also died in Qingtaiguan Mountain. I, the Qing clan's first-class retainers, actually lost nearly half of them."

"Lord!" Lan Sheng, the leader of the Junfu family, stood up and asked, "Why are the losses so great? How could the Meng army be so strong? Could it be that they received foreign aid?"

Lord Qinghuang snorted coldly, "That's right. If we hadn't received foreign aid, how could our Qing clan have suffered such a disastrous defeat this time? No matter how bad the situation was, we wouldn't have been unable to reach rescue."

"The Poison Mountain Tribe has fully supported the Meng clan. This time, the Poison Mountain Tribe has laid out a poison territory, covering hundreds of miles with poison. The defenders were caught off guard and their soldiers and horses were poisoned, making it difficult to fight effectively. The Meng army broke the formation in one fell swoop.

An army of more than 4,000 people was destroyed at the hands of a Ding tribe."

What?!

The retainers were shocked and angry.

"Dushan tribe, you want to destroy yourself!" Lan Sheng snapped.

Han Cang said sternly: "The Dushan tribe is so brave, I swear to destroy them!"

"Lord!" Fengji, the great tax orderer, stood up, "The situation is urgent, and I will order to levy additional commercial and military taxes and recruit casual cultivators as a new army!"

"No!" Another big minister stood up.

"My lord, the news of the defeat will soon spread throughout the three counties of the Qing clan. People are in panic. Can An Neng impose more taxes? The casual cultivators have already complained about the heavy taxes. If they want to impose martial taxes, even a piece of spiritual jade,

When they are angry, they may flee into the Meng clan and be used by the enemy. This is drinking poison to quench their thirst!"

The Grand Tax Order sternly said: "Then increase the commercial tax! Not only the property of the emperor, but also the industries of each family, and the industries related to each family, must increase the commercial tax!"

"My lord, nearly half of our Qing clan trading company is in the hands of your government. Please ask your lord to personally order additional conquests. Otherwise, my orders will not be able to leave Qinghuang City!"

"The Great Tax Order is right! We should not impose an additional military tax (poll tax), but we must increase a commercial tax!" Lan Sheng, the family leader, also agreed, "Every one of our families has a trading company, so it starts with us."

Everyone agreed to increase business taxes.

Qinghuang Jun's face looked much better.

The retainers still have a clear idea of ​​priorities.

"Okay. Then we will increase the commercial tax. All trading companies will be taxed twice as much! Recruit thousands of casual cultivators as reserve troops!" Lord Qinghuang ordered.

"Han Cang, go to Sanchuan Grassland yourself and mobilize 3000000-mile horses for backup."

"Ma Lang, as a humble person, go to the Dushan tribe and tell the feudal master of the Dushan tribe that as long as you no longer support the Meng clan, the Qing clan will not pursue him any further."

"Wen Xin, please go to the Jin Clan and ask the Jin Army to support the Qing Army. The Jin Clan is a second-class military clan and does not want the Meng Clan to rise. If the Jin Clan agrees, I am willing to become a vassal and pay tribute!"

"I will personally go out to conquer the Meng army!"

"This battle is bound to be protracted. You must cheer up and get through the crisis together!"

…

Lord Qinghuang issued a series of orders and made arrangements with his retainers in no time.

During this period, there seemed to be nothing wrong with the ginger medicine.

Jiang Yao suddenly stood up and said, "My lord, he makes a decisive decision and does not panic at every turn. He is honest and clear about his lord's style. However, with the help of the Dushan tribe, the Meng army is arrogant and the villain is proud of it. How I, Daqing, can restrain his poison domain is of great importance."

.”

As he spoke, he shook his feather fan.

Qinghuang Jun did not expect Jiang Yao to stand up and speak. He was more satisfied with Jiang Yao in his heart, "The poison field in the Poison Mountain Department is very powerful. Once the poison field is spread out, it will spread for hundreds of miles. It is a poison array that has been famous for a long time.

, Merely relying on the methods of a second-class pharmacist will not help."

Jiang Yao shook his feather fan slightly and said, "My lord, the so-called poison domain also has weak points. As long as you attack its weak points with detoxifying substances, you can break through the poison formation in one fell swoop."

Qinghuang Jun's supreme martial arts perfection, a rare opportunity for Yu Zun to degenerate, and a mere warrior later explained: "It's not that I, the Qing clan, don't have antidote to poison, but I'm not high enough to break its poison array."

Jiang Yao's expression condensed, and then he raised his feather fan and said: "It is the foundation of the minister to share the worries of the lord. My lord, I am willing to go out to find high-level detoxification products, and do my best for my Daqingmian! I will do my best and die!"

Everyone was stunned and thought to themselves, this Jiang Yaoshi, what he said is really beautiful, but is he trying to take advantage of the opportunity to run away, or is he really loyal?

Qinghuang Jun showed a playful expression, "Zhongda really wants to go out and look for an antidote?"

He also suspected that Jiang Yao was taking the opportunity to escape from the Qing Clan.

If this is the case, then this person must not be allowed to stay and can only be executed secretly.

Jiang Yao didn't know what these monarchs and ministers were thinking, so he solemnly said:

"It's just that although I have advantages in searching for elixirs, my cultivation level is very low. Going out to find high-level detoxification products is very risky. Your life is small, but I, Daqing, have a big gain and loss."

"Therefore, I sincerely request my lord to send experts to accompany you. If you find something useful, you can escort me back."

This was Jiang Yao's plan. Asking the Lord for help was a step that he and Yu Kan had agreed upon.

Otherwise, if he, a warrior, went to the Great Medicine Hill to look for high-grade spiritual herbs in the later stage, he would probably lose his life. Even if he found something good, he would easily be killed to steal the treasure.

Not to mention other things, even Lan Lan, once she leaves Qinghuang City, she will take the opportunity to send people to follow her and kill her in the wilderness.

Without the helpers sent by Qinghuang Jun to "escort" him, he would not be able to leave Qinghuang City at all.

After hearing this, Lord Qinghuang's doubts about Jiang Yao melted away.

Jiang Zhongda is indeed quite loyal.
Chapter completed!