A mage's journey begins with a battle mage.

Chapter 515 A Chaotic Empire

"Have you heard? All the nobles have been wiped out!"

"Good riddance! I've been fed up with these nobles for a long time!"

"Haha, that's great, that's great!"

People gathered together and praised Jiang Shuzhou for eliminating the nobles.

Physical methods of elimination are very effective and produce remarkable results.

The remaining aristocratic forces were swiftly eliminated by Jiang Shuzhou, and the old order completely collapsed. With the participation of administrative talents from the Soth Society, everything transitioned smoothly.

"Tsk tsk tsk, these nobles are really rich."

As the saying goes, "A clean prefect for three years can amass 100,000 taels of silver."

These nobles had a terrible reputation; they were known for extorting money, demanding bribes, exploiting the people, and levying exorbitant taxes.

Furthermore, in addition to finding massive amounts of gold, silver, jewels, extraordinary materials, and food in these noble castles, there were also a large number of people imprisoned in dungeons.

These people are missing limbs, physically disabled, and suffer torture.

As for where their limbs went?

It can only be said that nobles are truly disgusting; they are capable of doing the most heinous and outrageous things.

Most of them were eaten. The nobles had no shortage of food; they just wanted to have fun and seek thrills.

Therefore, taking them all down was the best decision Jiang Shuzhou made.

Some people are not worth saving.

"Alas, Mahablay has had a difficult time. Here's what I'll do: pass on my order to exempt the farmers of Mahablay from taxes for five years, and then halve their taxes for the next ten years."

Jiang Shuzhou gave the order.

This is a traditional skill; the older generation all do it this way, so Jiang Shuzhou naturally followed suit and also planned to get it tax-free.

However, usually only a single type of tax is exempted, but Jiang Shuzhou's case is a complete exemption, though it is limited to farmers who cultivate the land.

As for the others? They pay their taxes, and they're not starving.

Moreover, under Jiang Shuzhou's rule, these people's lives will only get better and better.

In return, these people have to give up some freedom, but it's still better than before. They used to be slaves, living like they weren't even human, and now they're like cattle, exhausted like they're not even human.

At least they have enough to eat and wear, and can still have dignity; that's not bad.

As for being tired?

You're doing well enough, how come you get all the good things?

"That's really good."

Sitting on the large dragon throne, Jiang Shuzhou felt very good.

To match his current status, Jiang Shuzhou specially commissioned a dragon throne made entirely of jade, which he found quite comfortable to sit on.

"Master, when are you planning to...?"

Kosoroya, standing to the side, was somewhat uneasy; this was simply too outrageous.

"Let's keep this a secret for now; the empire will soon crumble into pieces."

Jiang Shuzhou waved his hand, indicating that Kosoroya could leave.

Having been snubbed by Jiang Shuzhou, Kosoro could only slink away. There was nothing he could do; he was truly someone he couldn't afford to offend. The other party was carrying a legendary mage on his left and a legendary warrior on his right, each with extraordinary strength. What was he to do?

"I have to say, sitting on the dragon throne with women on both sides really makes one look like a tyrant."

Jiang Shuzhou said.

"I think so too. And Master, could you please do something about this whale? It's shaking me."

"Admit it, you're just jealous."

Renodia stood to the side, chest puffed out and head held high, with a proud expression.

"Tch, you're just a music player. What use are you for research?"

"I can..."

"Alright, alright, stop fooling around. We need to speed things up and try to develop the secret technique as quickly as possible."

Jiang Shuzhou patted the two of them on the shoulder and then said.

"Master, I will."

"I'll listen to you."

Soon, Jiang Shuzhou took the two of them to study the mysteries of the alliance. He wanted to find out as quickly as possible how to use the alliance to increase their strength.

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Time passed slowly, and the entire Mahabre region embraced Big Brother, with every resident installing the management system.

Then they discovered that life was infinitely better than before.

You can just submit an application as you wish to do whatever you want. The administrative efficiency is many times greater than before. As long as it's not illegal, you can do whatever you want.

The tax revenue is so low that there's absolutely no need to worry about not being able to pay it.

It could be said that Mahablay at this time was like paradise on earth compared to the extremely harsh taxes in other places.

All of this is thanks to "Big Brother" Jiang Shuzhou.

People who are starving have almost no need for privacy.

After all, when people are starving, their only worry is not having enough to eat; they have no other worries.

Compared to Mahablay, other places are much worse off.

In just six simple words, "Great famine struck, and people ate each other."

Some people even openly buy and sell these items, becoming "vegetable sellers."

This chaotic world is becoming increasingly apparent.

However, to this day, the higher-ups still haven't realized it.

After all, this year is a bumper harvest, so how could anyone possibly starve to death?

Having been in a position of power for so long, they never even imagined that someone could set taxes so high.

However, things will get even more chaotic next.

At some point, a new secret technique was revealed.

Its name is "The Law of Conferring Kingship," and its function is simple: grant land to kings and bestow legendary power upon them.

This requires having a large enough territory and a large number of civilians to gain legendary power.

The downside is that their combat power is weak, and they are deeply tied to their territory. Once their territory is lost, they will die instantly.

However, for ambitious individuals, the "Law on Conferring Kingship" was a lifesaver, as they had previously been hesitant to act rashly due to insufficient strength.

Now, they lack nothing.

In an instant, war broke out across the empire, and the fabricated peace was completely shattered.

A massive rift was inevitable.

In response, the Senate could only send out legendaries to guard several important elemental nodes.

Elemental nodes are the points where elements converge in the prime plane. These nodes have extremely high elemental concentrations and can easily generate magical materials.

Element nodes are also divided into levels, generally into three levels: Legendary, Sacred, and High-level.

There's no need to go any lower.

It was precisely because of the output of these places that the empire was able to attract so many legends.

Now that the empire is in trouble, it's normal to go and protect this place first.

Then, in order to curb this situation from continuing, the Senate declared that the contents of the "Law on the Conferment of Kingship" would be completely banned and no one would be allowed to use it.

However, to others, this ban is nothing but a load of rubbish.

They would not give up this hard-won opportunity, nor the chance to become the new emperor.

The emperor is the one whose army is strong and whose horses are powerful.

Now that His Majesty has passed away, and this matter is suspicious, what is wrong with me raising an army to purge the court of corrupt officials?

This was all thanks to Jiang Shuzhou; it was just a research result, yet the entire empire was plunged into chaos.

Countless regions declared themselves independent, and legends were born only to fall just as quickly, like shooting stars.

Amidst the chaos, Jiang Shuzhou also revealed his true colors.

"Attack! Target Mendteke!"