newbobooks Chapter 317: Conferring the City God
Chapter 317: Conferring the City God
After all, if you can have a future, who would be willing to go to the underworld and enter the cycle of reincarnation with an unknown future?
After understanding the thoughts of these ghosts, Jiang Li asked them to return to their respective jars and wait patiently for two days, and then he went to check the construction progress of the Conferred God Platform.
Two days passed in a flash, and the Conferred God Platform was successfully built. The four mountain gods, including Mo Ying, arrived as promised with their subordinates and some newly gathered ghosts.
Seeing that the sun was shining brightly in the sky and the time was just right, Jiang Li didn't say anything more and went straight to the Conferred God Platform, took out the Xuanyuan Sword and smashed it on the ground.
"I, Jiang Li, joined the army because I saw warlords fighting each other and the people were living in misery. Over the years, I have fought in many places and formed a team!"
"We conquered a piece of territory and helped some people, but unfortunately, we encountered a natural disaster. We wanted to stop the fighting and help the people and improve their livelihood."
"But the Japanese pirates were determined to do it. They sent hundreds of spies to use counterfeit banknotes in Guangdong, Guangxi, and Hunan provinces, trying to cause the economy under my rule to collapse, so that the people would return to the primitive state of bartering, paving the way for the invasion of China."
"For this reason, I am determined to appoint the ghost soldiers, the land gods, and the city gods to find all those spies in order to destroy their evil ambitions. I hope that heaven and earth will be my witnesses!"
As he spoke, he raised the Xuanyuan Sword high up and said, "The enthronement ceremony begins now. An Hong, come forward and listen to the enthronement!"
An Hong, who was wearing a special robe under the stage, was already impatient at this time. After hearing Jiang Li's call, she immediately strode onto the Conferred God Platform and knelt down several feet in front of Jiang Li.
As for why he had to kneel down several feet away, it was naturally because the pressure of the Xuanyuan Sword was too strong and it could not penetrate Jiang Li's body at all.
Jiang Li saw it coming up, so he pounded the Xuanyuan Sword into the ground again, "I, Jiang Li, as the actual controller of the three provinces of Guangdong, Guangxi and Hunan, would like to appoint An Hong as the City God of Guangzhou. Are you willing?"
An Hong originally thought that being able to become the City God of a small county was already a great achievement. She never expected that she would become the City God of Guangzhou. How could she be unwilling at this time? She agreed immediately.
"I, An Hong, am willing to be the City God of Guangzhou. From now on, I will enforce the law impartially and properly handle matters in the city, making sure that those wandering ghosts, spies and villains will have nowhere to hide!"
After it finished speaking, a beam of light shot out from the Xuanyuan Sword, and then An Hong felt the pressure on her body lighten, and she was no longer suppressed by the Xuanyuan Sword.
Not only that, it seemed that there was a golden light protecting its body, making it no longer afraid of the sun.
It was still carefully observing its own changes, but Jiang Li shouted again, "Thank Youqian and Xie Youkun, come forward and listen to the seal!"
Dabao and Xiaobao, both dressed in golden armor, immediately went up to the stage to listen to the conferring. As they were now the guardians of the mountain gods, they were not afraid of the sunlight at all and could get closer to Jiang Li. They knelt on one knee about two feet in front of him to listen to the conferring.
"You two have done a great job in protecting the mountain gods. Today, I would like to confer the title of Changsha City God to Xie Youqian and the title of Guilin City God to Xie Youkun. Are you willing?"
Jiang Li had already asked them before and knew that they were willing to separate, so he made this arrangement.
Naturally they would not refuse at this time and agreed immediately.
"I, Xie Youqian, am willing to be the City God of Changsha, and I, Xie Youkun, am willing to be the City God of Guilin. From now on, we will protect the people of this area and will not allow those villains to take advantage of us!"
As they finished their words, two golden lights shot out from the Xuanyuan Sword again and landed on them.
Now the capital cities of the three provinces all have City Gods. Later on, the gods of the Five Immortal Mountains will be appointed as City Gods of other county towns.
As for the remaining hundreds of ghosts, the elves were named land demons, and the stupid ones were directly named gods' messengers. Of course, there were less than a thousand ghosts.
Of course, this is not enough to fill the entire local god system, so the city gods in various places can only recruit ghost officials on their own, and then report them to the Supernatural Bureau and ask them to submit them for approval.
That’s right, Jiang Li merged the Earth God System and the Supernatural Bureau. This way, he no longer had to worry about the local City Gods messing around, but there would be no one to supervise them.
The entire ceremony of deifying lasted only half a day. It’s not that it was really that simple, but it was so eerie.
As for the judges who parade the gods day and night, and the generals at all levels and departments, just let them arrange it themselves. When the time comes, I only need to make the final judgment.
After doing all this, Jiang Li officially issued an order, "Now that the city gods and land gods have been appointed, I will have people build a temple for you. When the temple is completed, you will return to your positions immediately."
"Then assign duties to your subordinates while keeping an eye out for those sneaky people. Cooperate with the local supernatural bureaus to find all those rats in the dark!"
"Have I expressed myself clearly?"
Upon hearing this, the city gods and land gods naturally had no objections and expressed their understanding. Then Jiang Li dismissed everyone.
After giving Mo Ying a few instructions, he left Daxian Mountain by car and headed towards Nanxi County.
Because news came from Nanxi County that Chen Yulou had brought over 20,000 to 30,000 people and was waiting outside the city to be recruited and resettled by Jiang Li.
Jiang Li knew the details of these people. Not only did they rob tombs, they also did part-time robbery. They were not good people, so he had to make arrangements early to prevent them from causing any trouble.
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He quickly entered Nanxi County from another direction, and then asked someone to invite Chen Yulou in.
When he saw Jiang Li, he knelt on one knee and saluted, "I, Chen Yulou, have fulfilled my mission and brought all the brothers from Xiangling here. Please give your instructions, Commander!"
Jiang Li stepped forward and helped him up, "Captain Chen, there is no need to perform such a grand ceremony. Kneeling is not a norm in our army. Just salute from now on!"
Then he asked Chen Yulou to sit on the chair and said, "I heard that there is an epidemic in Xiangxi. I wonder what the situation is like now?"
"Thank you for your concern, Commander. You dispatched medicines and doctors in time, so the epidemic is now under control. Otherwise, I wouldn't dare to take people around!"
Jiang Li nodded with relief when he heard it, "It's good as long as it's under control, it's good as long as it's under control!"
Then Chen Yulou carefully asked Jiang Li, "Commander, when are you going to reorganize my brothers into an army? They have been eyeing the military uniforms for a long time!"
Hearing this, Jiang Li comforted them with a few words, "There's no rush for this. You've worked hard on the journey, so settle down and have a few good meals first. I'll start as soon as I'm ready!"
When Chen Yulou heard this, he thought something had changed and asked about it immediately.
Seeing his expression, Jiang Li knew that if he didn't explain, he might overthink it, so he patiently explained, "Captain Chen, there's something you don't know!"
"The rules in our army are very strict. You should know what kind of people your brothers are. I need to carefully identify them and properly place them to avoid any more chaos that will make things difficult for both you and me!"