Hua Kai and Zhao Dan rode on their horses. Family Head Jia and the rest had no horses, so they could only run behind them.
Due to the limited space on the ship, only a few Foundation Establishment cultivators and guards from the Hua family brought along a hundred horses.
The location chosen by the Jia family was on the other side of the island. They ran for two hours before arriving at their destination. It seemed to be a small basin with an area of only a hundred acres. The surrounding forest was dense.
As soon as they arrived, the Jia family saw a few spirit herbs outside the array. This was a good sign.
Hua Kai asked everyone to wait outside the array. He entered the array and found a strong spirit energy filling the space. There was a blue plant beside a big rock. It looked very special.
Hua Kai saw that it was a first-grade will-type spiritual treasure. There were many spirit herbs in the valley. Hua Kai looked around and saw several seventh-grade and above spirit herbs.
He used the Eye of Truth to check and found that the will-type spiritual treasure was the core of the array. Four seventh-grade and above spirit herbs were the base of the array. This spiritual array had not been formed for a long time, and there were no beasts in it.
He pulled out a seemingly ordinary spirit herb, and the entire array burst like a bubble. The situation inside the array was revealed to everyone outside the array.
Family Head Jia saw the environment suddenly change. He looked at Hua Kai and walked into the array after getting his approval.
"You are in luck. There are no beasts in this array, but there are many spirit herbs. There is also a will-type spiritual treasure," Hua Kai said.
When Family Head Jia heard this, he hurried into the array. He saw the spiritual treasure at a glance. Everyone in the Jia family jumped with joy.
It was rumored that someone had bought a will-type spiritual treasure for a million gold coins, but who would sell a will-type spiritual treasure?
It represented a Foundation Establishment cultivator. It was rare for aristocratic families below the third-grade to come into contact with will-type spiritual treasures. This time, the Jia family had made a fortune by exploring this restricted area.
"The array has been broken. I should leave too!
Explore this place carefully. There will be many gains. "Hua Kai said to Family Head Jia and left with Zhao Dan.
As they walked, Zhao Dan seemed to have something to say. Hua Kai looked at him and asked, "Does King Zhao have something to ask me?"
"The King of Huaxia is so righteous. Why did you let others explore after breaking the restriction?
Since you can break the restrictions, won't these places belong to the Hua Xia Kingdom sooner or later?
Give them half of the benefits for free! "King Zhao asked in confusion.
"They are Hua Xia's fourth-rank aristocratic family. How can they be considered outsiders? Moreover, they have to give half of everything they get to the Hua family," Hua Kai said with a smile.
"If the aristocratic families become more powerful, the Hua family's influence will inevitably weaken. You are planting a seed of disaster for the Hua Xia Kingdom. Perhaps because the Hua Xia Kingdom has just been established, you don't know much about the power struggle between the aristocratic families. When they become more powerful, they will want more things. At that time, the entire country will be divided up by these aristocratic families.
Zhao Dan was more than 600 years old. When he led the Zhao Kingdom to its strongest state, Qin Zheng wasn't even born yet.
When Hua Kai heard Zhao Dan's question, he couldn't help but smile in his heart. He wasn't afraid of Zhao Dan's thoughts or how powerful he was. As long as Zhao Dan was willing to communicate with the Hua Xia Kingdom, Hua Kai was confident that he could pull Zhao Dan to the Hua Xia Kingdom. One more Golden Core Realm cultivator meant one more strength for the human race. Moreover, it would greatly improve the reputation of the Hua Xia Kingdom.
"In the Central Plains, the Royal family's power is restrained by the aristocratic families. Many people advocate that the aristocratic families and the Royal family rule the world together. However, the Hua Xia Kingdom is different," Hua Kai said with a smile.
"Oh?
I haven't returned to the Central Plains for seven years. King of Hua Xia, please enlighten me! "
Zhao Dan's face was full of disbelief. Which aristocratic family didn't have ambition? The Royal family could only choose the aristocratic families to rule the country. The conflict between the aristocratic families couldn't be resolved. They could only find a balance.
"Here are some books for you to read. These are the general regulations of the Hua Xia Kingdom. These are the positions of the various departments of the Top Three Academies. These are the laws passed by the Ministry of Public Affairs in the past few years …" Hua Kai didn't explain to Zhao Dan and threw him a pile of books. These were all books on the legal system of the Hua Xia Kingdom. In the past few years, they could be bought in various bookstores in the Hua Xia Kingdom.
"Not bad, interesting!
According to your general regulations, not much of the Royal family's power is left. All of the country's income has to be divided among the three major departments. The Hua family can only get less than 5% of the country's income. Then what is the point of the Hua family being the Royal family of Hua Xia?
The aristocratic families' power has also been reduced to the minimum. Even the commoners can decide the direction of the country's development. This is because you can enforce it. You can protect the Hua Xia Kingdom in any way. Right now, no one in the Hua family is against it. The aristocratic families aren't against it either. What if there comes a day when you can't protect the Hua Xia Kingdom anymore? "Zhao Dan looked at Hua Kai with a trace of admiration.
The general regulations put the Royal family's duties first. The aristocratic families and scholars also had to abide by the Hua Xia Kingdom's rules. However, the ones with the most power were still the commoners. This way, the Royal family and aristocratic families' power was too much for the commoners. In Zhao Dan's opinion, this wasn't a good thing.
"King Zhao, what do you think is the most basic thing for a country?" Hua Kai suddenly asked Zhao Dan.
"Is it safe?
Only when the country is safe can everyone live a normal life. Most of the efforts of the country are for its own safety. Only when the country is safe can the population grow and become stronger, "Zhao Dan said after some thought.
"I think it's the people's livelihood!
What was the livelihood of the people? Food, clothing, housing, and transportation. Only when everyone in the country can solve the basic problems of food, clothing, housing, and transportation can a country have the energy and ability to prosper.
The Qin Kingdom moved the commoners to protect them from being killed by wild beasts, but every year, tens of thousands of commoners died from labor and military service. Countless people starved to death. The Qin Kingdom was strong, but that was only on the surface. Everyone knew that the Qin Kingdom was declining.
The Qi family was very powerful, and the commoners were much richer than other countries. However, no one said that the Qi Kingdom was a strong country. It was now one of the five counties of China.
All of this showed that the power of a country was in the hands of a small number of people. The conflict couldn't be resolved. Only when the majority had the right to speak and make decisions could a regime be stable.
Only then can the world be truly peaceful. There are many ways to give everyone power. The Hua Xia Kingdom just found a way to survive. "Hua Kai looked at Zhao Dan and said.
"The commoners are weak and ignorant. How can they be compared to the royal family, aristocratic families, and scholars? If the commoners are given power, the scholars will seize the opportunity to control the hearts of the people and overthrow the rule of the king. Without a king to rule the world, who will exterminate the Demonic Beasts in the world? What future does the human race have?" Zhao Dan said with a tone of asking for advice.
"If the commoners are weak, why can't the king make them stronger?
There are hundreds of academies and schools in China, and thousands of children's schools. There isn't a single person in the country who can't read. The various schools of thought debate for the truth, and the commoners know what's right and wrong. They might not be able to fight the Demonic Beasts on the battlefield, but the herding, farming, workshops, and markets of the Hua Xia Kingdom cannot be separated from them. They made the Hua Xia Kingdom prosperous, and made it a place that everyone yearns for. "Hua Kai said to Zhao Dan.
"Perhaps you are right. Only a king with selfless feelings can lead the entire human race to glory.
Qin Zheng might be stronger than you, but he is far from you in terms of thinking about the future of the human race.
No one knows what the future will be like, but if you all continue on your path, I have a feeling that you will become the greatest king of the human race! "Zhao Dan said sincerely.
Hua Kai smiled and ignored her. He knew that if he tried to recruit Zhao Dan now, she would very likely join the Hua Xia Kingdom, and the Hua Xia Kingdom would be one step closer to becoming a dynasty. However, he wasn't anxious at all. With so many spiritual herbs and strange stones, the Hua Xia Kingdom would only need five years to become an existence that even the Qin Kingdom would fear. A Golden Core Realm cultivator didn't mean much to the Hua Xia Kingdom.
Zhao Dan returned to the base with Hua Kai with a heavy heart. Only a few members of the Hua Xia families had returned. Hua Kai ate Sky Blue Whale meat for lunch. Although the Spirit Qi in the Sky Blue Whale meat wasn't as abundant as in the flood dragon meat and didn't have any special effects, the taste was very good.
After sending the spiritual herbs and strange stones they had accumulated to the [Family Secret Realm], many core members of the Hua family were busy organizing them. Hua Kai saw that some of the family members had already started to use their points to exchange for precious weapons and precious pills. Only with these could they go to more dangerous places. Hua Kai let the core members of the family complete the transactions with them first. After this treasure hunt, the strength of the various families would definitely increase greatly.
After leaving the [Family Secret Realm], Hua Kai was about to lead the Hua Xia Foundation Realm cultivators to explore other forbidden areas. Suddenly, someone returned to the base and reported that someone had fallen into a forbidden area and lost contact with them. Hua Kai quickly went to save them.
This forbidden area was marked by Hua Kai as an area for those at the peak of the Foundation Realm. It meant that only those at the peak of the Foundation Realm could enter safely. A few families in the Hua Xia Kingdom had three Higher Heaven Realm cultivators with more than ten Qi Realm cultivators to search for treasures nearby. When they saw the light of treasures, many of them took the risk to approach and fell into it.
When Hua Kai entered this forbidden area, he saw that many Qi Realm cultivators had died on the ground. Only two Higher Heaven Realm cultivators were fighting each other.
They had obviously fallen into an illusion.
Hua Kai used the [Eye of Truth] to investigate this formation and found that it was an illusion created by a Rank Eight poisonous frog. The frog had been hiding in a swamp. It wasn't in a hurry to kill the two people. Otherwise, Hua Kai wouldn't have been able to arrive in time.
It wasn't that easy to kill the poisonous frog quickly.
Hua Kai used his [Will Power] to imprison the two Higher Heaven Realm cultivators and brought them out of the formation. The poisonous frog seemed to want to attack Hua Kai, but it didn't attack in the end.
When they returned to the base, it was already night time.
More than two hundred people hadn't returned today. No one knew if they were trapped or dead. The news that more than ten Qi Realm cultivators and Higher Heaven Realm cultivators had died in the illusion spread quickly among the family members. This made everyone realize the importance of the map in their hands. If they weren't confident, they shouldn't go near the forbidden area.