Chapter 314 Tsk tsk, Jiang Gong really did his best!
On the first day of the first lunar month, Jiang Yao bid farewell to Liu Danling, took Jiang Xiucheng and Jiang Cai, and left Mu clan to return to the Western Regions.
Accompanying us are Uncle Lang, Aunt Huan and other guards.
Liu Danling was worried, so he called two powerful Mu clan warriors to protect the safety of Jiang Yao and his sister.
In addition, Liu Danling also gave two billion spiritual jade to help Jiang Yao recruit troops and form Jiang Army.
This made Jiangyao's worth reach six to seven billion again after it was wiped out due to recruitment.
A group of people took the teleportation array and arrived at Jiangdong City in the Western Region. Jiang Yao looked at the Yaoding family emblem fluttering in the wind on top of the city and couldn't help but sigh with emotion.
Jiang Zong has recovered, and the Qing Clan's reform is in full swing. This time he returns with great honors, and his strength has greatly increased.
The Charming Tapir Army invaded the south, and the Shenzhou camp faced greater pressure. Because of the "Northern Territory Alliance" newly signed by the three tribes, the anti-demon camp retreated to the Northern Territory.
The internal and external situation has become favorable to the reform, and it is time to let go.
Brother and sister Jiang Yao returned to Jiang Zongjun's Mansion in Jiangdong City, and were immediately given a grand welcome by Jiang's surviving family members and retainers.
The heads of the three cities in Jiangdong all rushed to Jiangdongcheng.
Jiang Sansheng, the head of the clan, and Zhou Tai, the head of the retainers, led three thousand clansmen and retainers to the emperor's palace to pay homage to the leader of the Longcheng clan.
This is one of the two major teams of Ginger Medicine.
The other big team is, of course, the Qing Clan reform officials.
After everyone entered the palace to pay their respects, they all looked excited when they saw Jiang Longcheng sitting on the sect leader's seat.
They could not have imagined that the sect leader arrived in the Central Region and participated in the Young Expert Ranking Competition. He actually defeated Xuan Song and others and won the fourth place. Not only did he rank among the top ten in the Herringbone Monthly Votes Ranking, he ranked eighth!
The sect leader is only a young man in his early thirties, but his talent in both martial arts and medicine has shocked the world, making him famous in Shenzhou, and he has become one of the most dazzling and promising young men!
With such a sect leader, why worry about the Jiang family not being revived?
Ever since the little sect master became famous all over the world, heroes from the three counties of Jiangdong came to join him every day, and many people were willing to be loyal to the Jiang family.
Jiang Jun's recruitment also went more smoothly.
Jiang Yao felt the high spirits in everyone's eyes and felt very at ease in her heart.
"Sect Master, this is the newly refined Jiang family's seal. Please refine it." Jiang Sansheng presented a golden seal.
This Jiang Zong seal is as high as level seven, and it took hundreds of millions of spiritual jade resources to refine it.
Jiang Yao took over the brand new Jiang Zong seal and said with satisfaction: "Thank you for your hard work, third uncle."
With the Zong Yin, we can better control the power of Jiang Zong, especially the military power.
The commander-in-chief of the new army, Jiang Qiu, and his deputy commander-in-chief Jiang Wei stood up together, presented their commander's seal and said: "Sect Master, 30,000 martial soldiers have been recruited, and the military formation has been trained for more than half a year."
"This is the seal of the commander of the army. It has condensed the spirit of the warrior. Please use the seal to bless it."
Jiang Yao said: "Very good." He took over the commander's seal, incorporated the military spirit and fighting spirit in the commander's seal into the clan master's seal, and then returned the commander's seal to Jiang Qiu and Jiang Wei.
In this way, the sect leader's seal can be regarded as dominating the commander's seal, and can communicate the military soul thoughts of the soldiers through the seal.
Jiang Xi, Jiang Zi, Jiang Zuo, Jiang Yan and other generals with martial arts cultivation all held their respective general seals and came out and said: "Please give me the blessing of the sect leader's seal!"
Jiang Yao collected the general seals of Jiang's generals, blessed them one by one with the clan leader's seal, and then returned them to the generals.
Then, he used the idea of the big seal to bless military symbols, command arrows, military flags and other objects.
In this way, Jiang Jun has officially recovered.
After the most important military affairs are dealt with, it's time for civil affairs.
Zhou Tai, the lord of Jiangnan City, said: "My lord, the Shenzhou Camp signed the "Northern Territory Alliance" with the demons. In the name of jointly fighting the Charm Tapir, the sixty-seven counties west of Tongshan in the Northern Territory will be ceded to the demons."
"This caused the human race in the sixty-seven counties west of Tongshan in the Northern Territory to be displaced and had no place to go. The Lord took the initiative to send people to recruit the refugees in the Northern Territory. This increased the population of our Jiangdong land by more than six million. Jiang
There are also tens of thousands of immigrants on the various islands in the water, all of whom are poor families in the northern region."
As he spoke, he dedicated a jade household registration book, "These nearly 20 million refugees in the Northern Territory depend entirely on the Lord for their resettlement."
Of course Jiang Yao had known this for a long time. Taking advantage of the "Northern Alliance" to cede land, Jiang Yao sent people to the 67th County west of Tongshan in the Northern Territory in advance to promote the Qing Clan and Jiang Dong, focusing on the Qing Clan.
For this reason, Jiang Yao used his billions of windfalls to resettle the refugees, attracting poor families from the Northern Territory who had lost their hometowns to cross the river to the Western Region, and go to the territory controlled by Jiang Yao in droves.
In order to allow the refugees to arrive smoothly, Jiang Yao ordered the Qing clan court and Jiang Zongjun's mansion to make the reception of the refugees their top priority, and spent money on this.
In more than half a year, Qingba, further south and farther away, attracted 15 million refugees.
The Jiangdong area and Jiangshui Islands, which are closer to the north, have attracted 20 million refugees.
Among them, the Jiangshui Islands controlled by the Nine Ghosts of Jiangshui have absorbed more than 10 million monks from poor families. With such a large number of refugees, even the Nine Ghosts of Jiangshui dare not make trouble.
Today's Jiangshui and its outer islands are no longer desolate. There are newly built caves and moved monks everywhere.
Only the islands deep in Jiangshui remain deserted.
Jiang Shui was originally the territory of the Jiang Sect. With the arrival of large-scale immigrants, Jiang Yao relied on the power of immigrants to regain control of Jiang Shui from the Nine Ghosts of Jiang Shui.
Jiangshui Jiugui was helpless in the face of an army of tens of thousands of immigrants and the resurgent Jiang Zong.
Under the guise of sharing the worries of the Shenzhou camp, Jiang Yao relied on the endorsement of the Mu clan and the Yu clan to enable large-scale immigration, and even the Western Region warrior clans did not dare to stop it.
Nowadays, the population of martial arts cultivators in the four Jiangyao jurisdictions of the 20 counties of Qingva, the three counties of Jiangdong, Jiangshui Islands, and the three counties of Damingshan has reached 60 million!
The population size of a first-class powerful vassal!
Zhou Tai continued: "However, the two billion spiritual jade resettlement expenses allocated by the lord personally have been consumed! Fortunately, the time for spending big money has passed."
When Jiang Yao heard about the money, her heart ached a little.
The windfall that would have been gained by destroying mountains and rivers has been completely spent.
Fortunately, he gained 40 million refugees in the Northern Territory and more than 200,000 wishes.
Moreover, the willingness brought by these refugees will continue to increase.
Jiangxi City Lord Jiang Diechu said: "Sect Master, I have sent people to the islands in Jiangshui to appoint acting island owners. I also asked the Sect Master to review it. This is the appointment list of the island owners."
Jiang Yao glanced at the list and said: "Fourth Aunt is doing things safely, I naturally believe it. All these island owners should be formally appointed. As long as they are Wuzhen monks loyal to Jiang Zong, they are qualified to be island owners."
"But we must also tell them that there are powerful ghosts in Jiang Shui, and ask them to be careful not to cause trouble with ghosts, and not to conflict with ghosts easily."
After Jiang Yao finished speaking, he looked at Guo Huai, the security envoy of the Public Security Department, "How is the Public Security Department?"
He made a promise to Shenzhou Camp and various forces not to implement reforms in Jiangdong. Therefore, he did not implement the Qing Clan policy in Jiang Dong. The Qing Clan was still ruled by the Wu family aristocrats, but this Wu family aristocracy was headed by Jiang Longcheng.
That's all.
Therefore, this Department of Public Security is the only new thing.
Guo Huai said: "Returning to my lord, I have recruited one hundred Wuzhen and one thousand Wuzong according to the regulations set by my lord. Everything is normal now. Since the establishment of the Public Security Department, the order in the three counties of Jiangdong has improved a lot. People can kill and rob at will."
Things like that are gone now."
Jiang Yao knew it well. The current public security environment in the three counties of Jiangdong is definitely better than that of other martial arts clans, but it is definitely far inferior to that of Qing clan.
Because the public security management of the Qing clan is based on law. The "Da Qing Law", an important result of the reform, clearly stipulates that killing someone without authorization is a crime, and it is often a death penalty!
There are laws to follow.
However, Jiang Dong could not change the law or issue laws to convict people. The Department of Public Security could only punish murderers and robbers on the grounds that they violated morality and caused trouble.
The intensity, breadth, and depth of these two types of law enforcement are of course not the same.
Wen Luan, the Chief Tax Officer, said: "My lord should be happy about the taxation matter. The three counties of Jiangdong and Jiangshui are already important areas for finance and taxation. Last year, the tax revenue of your government was as high as 900 million."
"Now that there are immigrants in Jiangshui Islands, the production of fish and shrimp will definitely flourish. It is estimated that this year, with the development of industries in various places, the government's income will be at least 3 billion."
Three billion!
Jiang Yao felt relieved.
The Jiang family's hometown is indeed one of the richest places in the Western Regions.
Where is this? We will have 3 billion in revenue this year.
This is actually not surprising. Transportation hubs, fish, shrimps and pearls in Jiangshui, and spiritual tea and herbs on the island are all very profitable.
As long as the Jiang family is stabilized, tax revenue will continue to increase.
The family leader Hu Ying said with a smile: "All tax revenue has been sealed, and the key to the formation is here."
After saying that, he presented the array key to the treasury.
Jiang Yao handed the array key to Jiang Xiucheng, "Let my sister keep the treasury."
"Okay." Jiang Xiucheng took several array keys.
Jiang Yao then looked at Jiang Wei, who was in charge of training the new recruits and had a talent for military training, and said: "Bo Yue, you need to recruit... 50,000 Wuzun troops and 3,000 Wuzong troops among the refugees."
What?!
The tribesmen and retainers were startled. Even Jiang Wei, who did not mind the large number of soldiers, was also stunned.
Last year, 30,000 Wu Zun soldiers were recruited, 30,000 Wu Zun soldiers!
Tens of thousands of martial warriors, this is the configuration of an average first-class warrior.
And Jiang Zong now exists as a second-class force.
Jiang Wei said: "Uncle, now that we have attracted 20 million refugees from the Northern Territory, we don't have to worry about soldiers. But this military expenditure
…If we recruit another 50,000 martial masters and three thousand martial masters, it will cost an extra billion this year just for war horses and weapons!"
"Then after next year, the military expenditure of our Jiang family's troops will be three billion every year."
Everyone nodded. Is it worth spending three billion in military expenditures to support troops every year?
This military expenditure is the card of a powerful vassal, but it is the territory of dozens of counties!
How much territory does Jiang Zongcai have?
Jiang Wei continued: "The training of soldiers in the battlefield consumes a lot of resources. The consumption of Wu Zun soldiers is more than ten times that of Wu soldiers. Including military pay and military rations, a Wu Zun soldier consumes more than 10,000 spiritual jade every year."
"These are just soldiers. There are also war horses, ordnance, horse materials and other military resources..."
"So, my nephew reminded my uncle, are we really going to recruit so many people?"
Jiang Yao said without hesitation: "Here! The more Jiang's army, the better. Within five years, there will be at least 100,000 Wuzun soldiers and 10,000 Wuzong soldiers!"
"And..." Jiang Yao gritted his teeth and said, "The military salary is twice as high as other martial arts clans, and the pension is doubled! However, you must have second-class qualifications to join the army."
"I'm not afraid of spending money, I'm just afraid of recruiting unqualified soldiers!"
As soon as these words came out, everyone's hearts skipped a beat.
Military pay is doubled, and death compensation is doubled!
This, this is really a belligerent, a belligerent force with no bottom line!
How much does that cost?
Moreover, only those with second-level qualifications can serve as soldiers, which means they are only one in a hundred. Is this threshold for recruiting soldiers too high?
The young sect leader has such high requirements for the qualifications of his soldiers. It seems that he hopes that the soldiers will improve their cultivation as soon as possible, so that the future Wuzun army can be upgraded to a Wuzong army or even a Wuzhen army!
What does he want to do that requires such a strong military force?
Jiang Yao stood up and said: "Charming tapirs are invading from the south, demons are forcing each other, and the Divine Continent is restless! Our Jiang Sect is located in the Western Region and is greatly threatened by demons. It is not far from the Northern Region. Without a powerful army, it is difficult to protect the family temple!"
"Secondly, by whom was my Jiang clan destroyed? Who is the enemy? Will they take action against my Jiang clan again? There are internal and external troubles and many crises. How can we not spend a lot of money to recruit warriors and forge strong soldiers to protect ourselves?"
Jiang Yao's words were sonorous and powerful, showing his incomparable determination.
"Well said!" Jiang Sansheng clapped his hands and said, "The words of the sect master are shocking, and it is true! We support the sect leader in raising strong soldiers and protecting the country!"
"It's just," Jiang Sansheng changed the topic, "As a result, our sect's military expenditures will be an astronomical figure every year, and I'm afraid it will be unaffordable."
No one here objects to raising a large army, but the question is, where is the money?
With such a huge expense, even if all the annual income is used to support the army, it will not be enough!
Jiang Yao suddenly turned around and shouted in a low voice: "My Jiang Zong was so rich back then, but in the end, I took advantage of the enemy who wiped out the entire clan! What is the use of money? Money is the bastard in Jiang Shui!"
"The money will support you for two years first. When you are exhausted, it will not be too late to raise money. The big deal... you have an army at your disposal, are you still worried about running out of money?"
"There are many medicinal materials in the ginger water, and many islands are suitable for growing medicinal herbs. I plan to do a big business with the Medicine Dao Shrine. The Medicine Dao Shrine has a lot of money..."
When everyone heard about the Medicine Dao Shrine, they all felt a lot less stressed.
Because Yaodao Shrine is too rich.
If you ask about the power that generates the most revenue every year in the world, the number one spot is definitely not the Medicine Dao Shrine.
But if you ask about the force with the most savings and the largest balance in the world, it must be the Medicine Dao Shrine!
If the young sect leader can really convince the Medicine Dao Shrine to use Jiang Shui's resources to do a big business with the Medicine Dao Shrine, it will greatly ease the Jiang Sect's financial pressure.
What they didn't know was that Jiang Yao already had a complete plan.
Cooperate with Jiang Zong through Daozi Master Luo Xianzi of Medicine Dao Shrine.
Whether the project is good or not, whether the Medicine Dao Shrine is worth investing in, is it not Li Daozi who has the final say?
Besides, this is not a fake project, nor is it simply a scam for the Yaodao Shrine.
Well, let’s get 10 billion flowers first.
The resource base of the Yaodao Shrine, the Light Spirit Jade is worth seven to eight hundred billion! As for other resources, I don’t know how many there are! The Spirit Jade is still small!
Medicine Dao Shrine is not the one that makes the most money every year, but it is the one with the most remaining resources.
Therefore, it is actually the richest.
Such a massive resource cannot be used up no matter what. There are so many pharmacists and their families, one family after another is extremely rich, but there is still no way to spend them all.
Massive surplus resources are lying idle in warehouses, sleeping in vain!
And they continue to accumulate huge wealth every year!
This is...the greatest sin in the world!
Therefore, Jiang Yao has long drawn up a series of "investment projects" to help the Yaodao Shrine, which has endless resources.
With Luo Xianzi as a Yaogong Taoist, Jiang Yao is still worried about not having enough money to raise troops?
Don't be afraid!
Therefore, ginger medicine is very confident.
………
After staying in Jiangdong for a few days and focusing on arranging the recruitment of troops, Jiang Yao returned to Qing clan.
As soon as Jiang Yao arrived in Qinghuang City, hundreds of Jiang Party courtiers greeted him ceremoniously, and they also performed the etiquette of the reform.
"We sincerely welcome the regent back to the capital!"
Chu Heng, Zhu Yan and others led the civil servants on the left, and Feng Ke, Ling Du and others led the generals on the right. They all dressed in court clothes and saluted together.
On the top of the city tower, trumpets and cannons were blaring, drums were playing loudly, and flags were flying. Tens of thousands of monks from the city spontaneously came to the city gate to greet him.
The scene was very grand.
"Welcome Taifu back to Beijing!"
"The Prime Minister has returned to Beijing!"
When everyone saw the familiar figure holding a snake staff, they couldn't help but cheer.
Jiang Yao left Qing Clan less than a year ago, but everyone welcomed her with great grandeur.
As Jiang Yao reached the top five in the Junior Master Competition, he reached the top ten in the Herringbone monthly voting list, and became famous all over the world. This made his prestige among the Qing Clan reach an unprecedented level.
It can be said that among the 30 million martial arts cultivators from poor families in the twenty counties of the Qing clan today, including immigrants, who does not have great respect for Jiang Yao?
Looking at the welcoming crowds, Jiang Cai, who had long been used to it, was relatively calm, but her younger sister Jiang Xiucheng was not calm anymore.
In the past few years, she had mainly stayed in the Mu Clan in the Central Region, and she never expected that her brother's prestige in the Qing Clan had reached such an extent.
Jiang Yao got off the spaceship with a smile and said to the court officials and humble cultivators who welcomed him:
"It has been less than a year since I left Qinghuang alone. Now I see that many acquaintances have made great progress in cultivation. I am very relieved!"
Everyone saluted together and said, "Thanks to Taifu Hongfu, we are here today."
Jiang Xiucheng couldn't help being shocked when he saw so many people showing respect to his brother.
My brother has been so supportive of his reform over the years. Looking at the expressions of these people, it seems that they really admire him from the bottom of their hearts.
Jiang Yao entered the city surrounded by ministers and people. Instead of returning to the Taifu's Mansion, he went directly to the palace.
The Jiuxi ceremonial guard produced by the reform was ready. Jiang Yao generously boarded the chariot and drove directly to the emperor's mansion.
"The commander-in-chief of all military affairs at home and abroad, the Duke of Ming Dynasty, the great general and great Sima, and the regent Jiang Gong have arrived——"
As the palace officials sang and shouted, a young man in black robes and jade crown emerged from the low-key and gorgeous chariot of Grand Tutor Jiang Gong.
Mr. Jiang has clear eyebrows and a face like a crown jewel. He is only in his early thirties, extremely young.
However, he has a snake staff in his left hand and a feather fan in his right hand. This unique dress also adds a bit of mature and dignified temperament to him, which greatly dilutes the frivolity of the young man.
The young Taifu entered the palace with no name, strolling in the courtyard, and walking straight into the palace, just like he was in his Taifu's house.
"Slave Qinglu, please pay homage to Taifu!" Master Qing immediately knelt down when he saw Jiang Yao.
Fortunately, there is no one else in this secret hall, otherwise if others saw it, their eyes would probably fall off.
"Douduo..." Jiang Yao leaned on the snake staff and walked straight to the main seat deep in the hall, and then sat down with a golden sword.
Then, the young man looked at Qingzhu who was kneeling on the ground, and said with a playful smile:
"Qinglu, you are really good. You have already reached the level of Martial God. Within three to five years, you are probably going to break through to Martial Immortal, right?"
Jiang Yao said this, but became wary in her heart.
After Qinglu ate the Marriage Spirit Pill refined with his daughter's heart and soul, he obtained his daughter's Taoist qualifications, and his cultivation speed greatly increased. In just a few years, he reached the level of the God of Martial Arts.
If this beast breaks through to Wuxian, the "Xin Shui" poison will have no effect on him, and he will immediately get rid of the control of Xin Shui poison and wake up.
In other words, he must be killed before he becomes a Martial Immortal.
But now, he still has value.
Qinglu said with a smile: "Taifu is joking. Although my cultivation speed has improved greatly now, martial arts is a big pass. I have just cultivated to the perfection of martial arts. If I want to break through to martial arts, it will take decades."
What he said is true. Although his qualifications have been upgraded to Tao Fei, Martial Immortal is second only to Martial Saint after all, and it is not so easy to break through.
The hard work of time is by no means the result of just a few years.
Will it take another few decades? Although Jiang Yao knew this was reliable, he did not dare to use this time.
Breakthroughs also depend on chance. Who knows if Qinglu will break through within ten years?
Five years. At most five years, I will have to take action against Qinglu.
Five years later, Qing Vale is almost ready.
Jiang Yao observed Qinglu until he was sure that everything was normal, then left the secret hall and came to the front hall to attend court.
"My lord cannot come out of seclusion, so I will just host the court meeting."
Jiang Yao said to the ministers of the Manchu Dynasty.
He walked up to the regent's seat with a snake staff and sat down. He looked at hundreds of courtiers and said, "Your Majesty, you don't care about anything now, you just focus on cultivation."
"It doesn't matter, my lord, I don't care. I'll have to work harder alone."
"When I came back this time, I saw that the New Deal was more effective along the way. The difference between my Qing clan's twenty counties and other martial clans is getting bigger and bigger, which shows that the reform policy is right."
"The refugees have been resettled well, which shows that the court and local government agencies are resolute and efficient. I am very satisfied!"
Jiang Yao said a few words in an outline, affirmed Baiguan's work achievements, and then said straight to the point:
"Today at the court meeting, I have to do three important things. Please listen to me."
"First, recruit 70,000 second-class Wu Zun soldiers and 3,000 Wu Zong soldiers from the newly settled Northern Territory refugees and send them to Mingshan for training."
"second…"
"The treasury doesn't have enough money. If I spend another two billion alone, money is actually not a problem..."
All the officials didn't know what to say.
Over the years, the regent has spent billions of personal resources on reform and for the poor family.
Is there anyone in the world who is so dedicated to serving the public good?
This time, the Tutor actually wanted to spend another two billion in personal resources.
How lucky the Qing clan is to have a Taifu!
Among the hundreds of officials, Zhi Cheng, the minister of Zhen Dao Temple, Ou Yiyan, the young minister of Qidao Temple, and Mo Shu, the young minister of Fudao Temple, also looked at Jiang Yao with respect.
For these three spirits, ginger medicine is not only a gift of knowledge and support, but also a life-saving gift.
Therefore, the three of them worked very hard. Jiang Yao solved their worries and provided various resources to make their progress rapid.
Now, Zhi Cheng is already an Immortal Formation Master.
Ou Yiyan broke through to the weapon god.
Mo Shu also broke through to Fu Shen.
These three people are all geniuses who are fully qualified to be Taoist disciples of the three major shrines, and now they are all officials in the Qing clan dynasty!
When Jiang Yao saw these three people, he couldn't help but feel extremely proud.
Talk about luck and dominance. In this dynasty, all four spiritual bodies are present, who can compare with me?
After listening to the speeches of the ministers, the regent said: "Now, the charming tapirs have invaded the south, the demonic forces have also invaded the northern region, and the anti-demon camp has also been transferred from the western region. This is not only the autumn of life and death, but also a world that is conducive to our Qing clan's reform. Trend!"
"This is an opportunity that never comes in a million years. I hope you all will work together to create an eternal great cause!"
All the ministers said together: "Let's create great achievements for all eternity! Let's create great achievements for eternity together!"
Only a few people, including Lan Sheng, stood there with pale faces.
After Jiang Yao finished speaking, he finally announced the end of the court meeting with satisfaction and returned to Taifu's Mansion.
Let us also say that when Mr. Jiang returned to Taifu's Mansion and saw the "Ghost Deng Lady" who had taken away Lin Chan'er's body again, he became much more courageous.
He has top-notch life-saving magic weapons, and he has also practiced the Great Wilderness Ghost Sutra. With the ghost seal, he is no longer afraid of the ghost lady.
The three disciples greeted Jiang Yao, but "Lin Chan'er" didn't notice anything strange about Jiang Yao.
Jiang Yao returned to his quiet room and sat down to review the backlog of memorials from various ministries and counties in the imperial court. These memorials were important matters and must be personally reviewed and approved by the regent.
Therefore, he read each book carefully and thought carefully before writing the instructions, and he was really meticulous.
Before I knew it, it was already late at night.
When Jiang Yao was having a good night's sleep, he suddenly heard a voice saying: "Tsk, tsk, Mr. Jiang is really doing his best."
This voice sounds very young and nice at first, but it also has an indescribable oldness to it.
Jiang Yao turned around in shock, only to find that at some point, an ethereal woman in gray clothes was standing there.
This woman has gray hair, an elegant demeanor, and her charm is still there. She seems to be looking at herself with a smile but not a smile.