Chapter 359: Ten Thousand Heavenly Soldiers Doing Hard Labor

Chapter 359: Ten Thousand Heavenly Soldiers Doing Hard Labor

Chapter 359: One Hundred Thousand Heavenly Soldiers Doing Hard Labor

The Jade Emperor said impatiently, "The warehouses of the palaces and halls in the Heavenly Palace have their own fixed amount of supplies, all of which are collected by the Yellow Turban Warriors of each palace in the Desire Realm Heavens. Our palace's consumption is not enough, so how can there be any extra to allocate to you?"

"Then there is nothing we can do." Wen Rui spread his hands. "The initial development cost a huge amount of money. Even if the Yellow Turban warriors of the Tiangong Supervisor worked tirelessly to collect materials, they still couldn't meet the production consumption. I said that the entire army can be equipped within 30 years, that is, if there are sufficient raw materials. If there are insufficient materials... it will take at least 300 years."

Li Jing immediately discovered the problem. He was originally dejected, but suddenly he perked up. He jumped forward and pointed at Wen Rui and said, "Ha, I knew it. You are just good at talking! What about the Ruyi Immortal Soldiers changing the whole army's uniforms? It's really a bluff."

He hurriedly greeted the Jade Emperor and complained, "Your Majesty, please don't be fooled by him. He must be given 30 years to complete the task! If he fails to do so, he is deceiving you!"

As Wen Rui expected, the Jade Emperor followed his advice and said solemnly, "What Li Tianwang said makes sense. Immortals should be responsible for their words. I have already punished Xiao Sheng and Cao Bao for this, and you are no exception. If you cannot produce 100,000 Ruyi Immortal Soldiers within 30 years, I will punish you!"

"Even a saint has to be reasonable." Wen Rui frowned and said, "There is sufficient raw material. It will be completed in 30 years. Your Majesty, please allocate the raw materials and I will start the work immediately."

"The money in heaven doesn't come from the wind!"

The Jade Emperor narrowed his eyes, as if he saw through Wen Rui's tricks: "Are you really lying to me? The so-called lack of raw materials is just an excuse. You are using something that is impossible to achieve to embarrass me and excuse yourself?"

Wen Rui also restrained his expression and spoke in a stiff tone, "Your Majesty, if you can't get the raw materials..."

Originally, the atmosphere in the Lingxiao Palace had been gradually relaxing, but Wen Rui was so bold as to contradict the Jade Emperor, and the atmosphere suddenly became tense again.

Li Jing was secretly delighted, and could hardly suppress the smile on his face. He looked as if he was going to sit back and watch Wen Rui commit suicide, waiting for him to anger the Jade Emperor and be severely punished.

"It's not impossible..."

"You are such a bold lunatic, how dare you... huh?" The Jade Emperor was about to get angry, but he was also stunned: "What did you say, do you have a solution?"

Wen Rui spread his hands and said, "After all, there are always more solutions than problems. If Your Majesty cannot transfer the materials, then grant me a temporary power for a period of 30 years. I will use this special power to complete the collection of raw materials."

"What privilege? Are you allowed to requisition supplies from the palaces and halls of the Heavenly Palace at will?"

The Jade Emperor asked suspiciously, "Wouldn't you turn the Heavenly Palace upside down, search the sky and the earth, and disturb the immortals? No, absolutely not!"

Wen Rui had not expected that the Jade Emperor would guess what he wanted to say. He was slightly disappointed for a few seconds, then immediately took out a backup plan and said with a wry smile, "Your Majesty, you are worrying too much. I only need your special approval to command 100,000 heavenly soldiers and generals for 30 years."

Li Jing was happily eating melons, but he never thought that he would be eaten. He quickly said, "Why are you asking for the command of the heavenly soldiers and generals? Do you want to rebel?"

"If I really wanted to rebel, I wouldn't dare to use the heavenly soldiers and generals."

Wen Rui said with disdain: "It would be better to go to the lower world Dongsheng Shenzhou to recruit a group of monkey monsters and train them for a few years. One hundred thousand soldiers and generals were all wasted by you, a mediocre commander."

After talking back at Li Jing, Wen Rui turned to the Jade Emperor and said, "There are more than 3,000 Yellow Turban Warriors under my command in the Three Heavenly Guards. Even if we send them all out to collect raw materials, it is far from enough. The 100,000 Heavenly Soldiers are numerous, and each one is stronger than the Yellow Turban Warriors. They are not good enough for fighting, but they are more than enough for hard labor."

"Wen Rui, you are going too far. A soldier can be killed but not humiliated. How can the brave warriors under my command be treated as hard labor by you!" Li Jing was so angry that he was like a Buddha ascending to heaven and two Buddhas were born. He had never been belittled like this in his life.

He also admitted that there was a certain gap between him and military geniuses or prodigies like Wen Zhong and Wen Rui, father and son, in leading troops to fight.

These two, father and son, had taught him how to be a man many times on the battlefield five hundred years ago.

But he would not be ridiculed as leading a group of coolies.

If the Jade Emperor agreed to Wen Rui, where would Li Jing, the Grand Marshal of a hundred thousand heavenly soldiers and generals, put his reputation?
How disheartened would the soldiers under his command be?
Li Jing said with great sorrow: "Your Majesty, you must not agree to Wen Rui's unreasonable request. Soldiers value honor the most, and the soldiers will definitely not be willing to do hard work. If that happens, the morale of the army will be unstable and chaos may occur!"

"Your Majesty, I want raw materials, but you won't give them to me. As a second choice, I'll ask for some manpower to solve the problem of raw materials myself. If you still don't give them to me, do you really want me to conjure up 100,000 Ruyi Immortal Soldiers for you with my bare hands? Even if the world we live in is magical, this kind of emptiness is not very chivalrous!"

Wen Rui raised his eyebrows and said, "It's useless to keep 100,000 heavenly soldiers and generals anyway. They are getting worse and worse under the leadership of a mediocre commander. It would be better to implement the military settlement system, incorporate them into the Production and Construction Corps, and become self-reliant."

"It will only take me 30 years. I have already wasted hundreds of years. I can squeeze out a lot of surplus value by wasting 30 more years. Why not do it?"

"After 30 years, all the soldiers have changed their uniforms, and their combat power has not decreased but increased. This is a profit no matter how you calculate it."

After hearing these words, the Jade Emperor was really shaken.

It is really hard to describe the performance of the heavenly soldiers and generals over the years. Last time, Yang Jian, with a three-pointed, double-edged sword, chopped from the South Gate of Heaven to the Penglai Fairy Mountain. He killed gods and Buddhas... but he never met a Buddha.

In front of such a powerful enemy, the heavenly soldiers and generals were like chickens and dogs, or even worse than dogs. The Jade Emperor saw from afar that the thin dog raised by Erlang Shen chased the heavenly soldiers and made them cry for their parents and piss their pants in fear.

Maintaining the army every year consumes a huge amount of immortal jade military pay, and regularly replacing the damaged and outdated weapons and armor of the heavenly soldiers is another huge expense.

The money was spent, but not even a sound was heard. It seemed as if the heaven was giving the Jade Emperor a warning that the next time a strong man attacked the heaven, the heavenly soldiers and generals would still be unreliable.

The gods have their own natural sensitivity to seek benefits and avoid harm at a whim, and as the king of all gods, the Jade Emperor's sensitivity is even stronger, so much so that when he sees the heavenly soldiers and generals lined up, he feels a dull headache, as he always feels that he is going to be tricked by this bunch of rubbish again.

"My dear Mr. Wen, even if I grant you the right to command the heavenly soldiers and generals, how can you tame those arrogant and fierce generals?"

The Jade Emperor asked hesitantly, "As Li Tianwang said, soldiers all have a sense of honor. If you force them to go to the Desire Realm to dig pits and search for treasures, and do the work of the Yellow Turban Warriors, what will you do if they disobey your orders?"

"Don't worry, Your Majesty. If you don't have the right tools, you won't take on a job."

Wen Rui said confidently: "My family has a profound history of military training and the ability to lead troops is passed down from generation to generation. I have a plan to deal with this. The arrogant and brave generals are just a group of pampered soldiers. Once they are in my hands, I can train them and make them obey orders and use them as easily as my own arms."

(End of this chapter)