In the sixth month of Year 201, after more than a month of fighting, the battle between China and the Sindhu army finally ended with China's complete victory.
At the cost of 29 Foundation Establishment cultivators and above, 32000 soldiers, and 96000 militia, China had killed 12 Golden Core cultivators, 104 Foundation Establishment cultivators, and 870,000 Xiantian cultivators of the Sindhi army.
They had captured nearly two hundred Foundation Establishment cultivators, 4.5 million ordinary soldiers, and nearly eight million militia.
There were also countless warhorses, provisions, equipment, and other spoils of war. China began to reorganize the Sindhu coastline, placing the Four Great Armies in the northern region and starting to build ports and cities in the southern region.
As for the kingdoms in the mountains of Sindhu, China had no interest in them. They divided the captives into four categories. Those at the Foundation Establishment realm and above were locked up and controlled, while those at the Xiantian realm were recruited and given benefits, allowing them to lead the Sindhu captives.
There were more than two million Qi Refinement and Qi Transformation cultivators, and China established twenty captive battalions, using them as auxiliary troops to clear out the Desolate Beasts. Those who performed well would be rewarded.
Those below the Natal Opening realm were used as construction workers. China allowed captives to exist, and if China needed them, they could buy them, but these captives could not be brought back to China.
The war in the Pharaoh Kingdom was still tense, mainly because the difference in numbers between the two sides was too great. It was easier to travel by sea from Sindhu to the Pharaoh Kingdom, so China planned to establish a stronghold to the west.
Ever since the defeat of the Sindhu army, there had been a constant stream of people coming out of the northern mountains. As long as they entered China's territory, they would be captured and sent to captive camps. On the surface, they would start a new life here.
Once the southern coast of Sindhu gradually stabilized, Hua Kai boarded the treasure ship and led the Vermillion Bird Army and the Xuanwu Army back to China, along with three hundred thousand soldiers.
They returned from the Super Storm Zone and entered the southern seas of the Eastern Plains, where they began to kill monsters. By the time they reached Ryukyu Island, it was already the end of the ninth month.
The entire country of China was already mobilizing. Every year, Hua Kai would personally escort the fleet to Sindhu. The forests of Sindhu were rich in spirit herbs, and many people were envious of them. It was said that the price of slaves was very cheap, and many people had thoughts of going to Sindhu.
In the second year, Hua Kai continued to lead a huge fleet south from the Ryukyu Strait. Their main purpose was still to kill the sea monsters. Last year, they had cleared out most of the sea monsters, but this year, the number of sea monsters had increased again. Hua Kai knew that it was unrealistic to completely clear out the sea monsters in a short period of time. The Divine Eastern Continent was less than half the size of the sea, and it had already taken Hua Xia nearly a hundred years. The sea monsters were so huge that they could escape anywhere. Every year, many sea monsters in the sea would evolve into sea monsters, so it was unrealistic to kill them all.
The most effective method was to persist in clearing out the sea monsters every year and have more people participate. With fewer large sea monsters in the sea, the number of monsters in the sea would naturally decrease.
When they passed through the Super Storm Zone, everyone could sense that the storm this year was much weaker than last year. Hua Kai did his best to collect the black clouds in the storm zone. He could sense that the energy in the storm zone was weakening on its own. This was definitely related to the Heavenly Dao.
Tens of millions of people were transported to the southern seas of Sindhu. Hua Kai saw that cities had already been built here. Ships were constantly sailing out of the ports, and the people had already begun to fish.
In Sindhu, Hua Xia had left behind six Soul Transformation experts and more than one hundred Golden Core experts. They all had treasure ships, so it would be easier for them to clear out the sea monsters. If this region of the sea could be managed, it would solve a large portion of the food problem for the people.
Hua Kai came ashore and saw that many of the captives were rather satisfied with their current lives. In the various countries of Sindhu, the difference in status between the people of Sindhu was very large. After experiencing the lives of the people of Hua Xia, many of the people of Sindhu were extremely satisfied with their current lives.
After entering the largest city that had been newly built, Hua Kai only had a rough idea of the city. Many commoners had only built wooden houses to temporarily live in. Hua Kai saw an old man here, an old man in the Golden Core Realm.
When the old man saw Hua Kai being escorted into the city lord's estate, he lowered his head, not daring to look at him.
Hua Kai saw the old man stop and look at Hua Chengmin.
Hua Kai pointed at the Sindhu King and asked, "Chengmin, what's going on with him?"
"His performance this year was pretty good, and he even went out to sea with us to kill monsters. Let him move about freely in the city," Hua Kai said to Hua Chengmin.
"Mm!
If his performance is good, everyone can leave as they wish for three years. Our goal is to strengthen the human race and exterminate the monsters in the world so that the human race can stand at the peak of the world, not to persecute our own kind.
Everyone is the same. After three years, if his performance is good, he can leave or become a member of Hua Xia.
This batch of people has disembarked, and this year, I plan to return to the Ryukyu Strait and transport more people over. The people who have signed up to come to Sindhu are extremely enthusiastic, and there are already more than a hundred million people. This year, we will quickly build cities, clear forests, and increase our area of activity … "With that, Hua Kai left, paying no attention to the King.
In the sixth month of Year 204, Hua Kai had already moved more than sixty million people from Hua Xia to the southern part of Sindhu. Sindhu had already established more than a thousand cities of various sizes, and the people had already begun to cultivate the land here. All sorts of yellow spirit cows from Hua Xia had been brought over, and the people had already settled down here.
This year, more than four hundred thousand slaves had been freed from their status as slaves due to their outstanding performance.
The majority of them had chosen to become citizens of Hua Xia, but there were still ten thousand who had requested to return home. In the end, Hua Xia truly did not stop them.
In a tea house, four Golden Core cultivators had gathered together and quietly asked, "Did those people really go back?"
"They really did go back. The government didn't place any restrictions on their movements. It's just that they aren't citizens of Hua Xia, so they can't enjoy the treatment of first-class citizens. The next time they apply to become first-class citizens, they'll need another two years of observation.
Some of the people who became citizens left the cities, and the government didn't care. Many of them returned to their tribes and brought their families here, "a youth quietly said.
"So you're saying that they really did give us freedom!
When do the three of you plan to go back? "a middle-aged man asked.
"I plan to leave tomorrow. Before I leave, I'll go to the government and say that I want to bring my family here. Let's see how they react and if they'll really let the four of us go home," another person said.
The others nodded. They had not returned to Hua Xia for three years, and they didn't know what had happened back home. Hua Xia truly had not made things difficult for them, but if they wanted to obtain anything, they had to earn it themselves.
At the start, they had found it very difficult to accept, but now, they felt that it was only natural.
The four of them had returned to Hua Xia, and there had been no news of them for four years. Hua Chengmin, who was in Sindhu, did not seem to mind this at all.
In these seven years, more and more Sindhu citizens had returned to Hua Xia, and most of them returned after half a year. After seven years of labor in Hua Xia, they had finally returned, but they actually felt somewhat out of place with the families that they had yearned for day and night.
Seeing the difficult life at home, many of them had secretly brought their families back to Hua Xia. Even though they had not returned according to the rules, and their status had been demoted from first-class to second-class, they were still very willing.
Hua Kai saw that Sindhu was gradually stabilizing, and the people were also very willing to exchange their different cultures. Sindhu culture gradually appeared in the new cities of Hua Xia, and some Sindhu citizens even entered the government to become officials.
In Year 209 of Hua Xia, a small country finally submitted to Hua Xia, and Hua Xia began to build a new city in the mountains. Based on the jungle survival methods that Hua Xia had learned over the past ten years, they built flat roads, and the Ministry of Transportation began to build tracks here.
In Year 212 of Hua Xia, thousands of tribes submitted to Hua Xia. One of the four major countries of Sindhu, the Po Kingdom, submitted to Hua Xia, and Hua Chengmin gave them the treatment of a third-rank aristocratic family.
In Year 213 of Hua Xia, the other three kings also led their countries to submit to Hua Xia, and Sindhu was unified by Hua Xia.
Hua Kai spent most of his time on clearing out the sea monsters. Over the past few years, Hua Xia had built more than ten fleets, and more than thirty thousand ships sailed the seas. All sorts of ancient ruins had been found, but Hua Kai was no longer interested in these things.
The various fleets were in charge of large regions of the sea, and if they encountered any powerful monsters, they would ask Hua Kai to help. Hua Xia's 400 million people wandered around the Southern Sea region, and tens of millions of people died every year. However, there were still countless people joining, and the number of devil beasts in the Southern Sea region started to decrease.
In Year 213 of Hua Chengmin led six million soldiers out of Sindhu and headed towards Pharaoh Kingdom. By now, Hua Xia had already established a firm foothold in Pharaoh Kingdom. Many of the Pharaoh Kingdom's clans had close relationships with Hua Xia, and when the reinforcements arrived at Pharaoh Kingdom from the sea, the entire Pharaoh Kingdom's army was routed.
Pharaoh Kingdom's King led his entire family to submit to Hua Chengmin, and Hua Xia set its sights on Great Qin.
Great Qin now had three Soul Formation Realm experts, and it had become a massive Empire apart from Hua Xia. It had more than three billion people, and most of the devil beasts in the Earth Core Sea, Western Sea Region, and Northern Ice Plains had been cleared out.
Hua Chengmin had gone to Great Qin by himself, and he had never thought that the Emperor would be so sensible.
"Your Imperial Father is the ruler of the human race, and Hua Xia has 90% of the human race's strength, while Holy Lord has 50%.
Even though I'm only at the Soul Formation Realm, I know that the unification of the human race is more important than my personal gains. As long as Holy Lord can clear out the six Great Devils in the Northern Ice Plains and the 11 Great Devils in the Western Sea Region, I'm willing to hand over my authority to Holy Lord! "Great Qin's Emperor said to Hua Chengmin.