June 10th.

Early in the morning, Chen Hao rushed over. As soon as Su Yu opened the door, he hurriedly said, “A Yu, something’s happened!”

“Take your time.”

Su Yu remained calm; it wasn’t the end of the world.

What big deal could Chen Hao possibly have?

In the past two days, he had mastered the Thunder Yuan Blade, and Su Yu was busy familiarizing himself with it and accelerating the unification of his Yuan Qi. He didn’t have the mind to pay attention to Chen Hao’s big news.

He opened the door and let Chen Hao in, then turned to eat the noodles he had just cooked for breakfast.

With his father not at home, he had been eating very frugally lately.

And he didn’t have much money on hand either. He had to save 30,000 yuan for attending the Civilization Academy.

Going to school wasn’t free.

Although the registration fee for the Civilization Academy wasn’t expensive, it still required paying over 10,000 yuan upfront. Plus, he would need money for food at the academy.

Chen Hao saw him eating noodles and swallowed his saliva. He had only eaten a little in the morning and was feeling hungry after running.

Su Yu pretended not to notice; there was only one bowl of noodles, and none for him.

“A Yu…”

Chen Hao sat down opposite him and, no longer looking at the noodles, hurriedly said, “My dad said there might be some changes in Daxia Prefecture this year, and the number of students admitted to various universities may decrease.”

“Mm.”

“Decrease the number of students admitted!”

Chen Hao emphasized again.

Su Yu helplessly looked up, “Does that have anything to do with me? As for you, although you’re still in the fourth level of Kaiyuan, you’ll be at the fifth level soon, plus 30 bonus points. Even if they reduce the number of students, it shouldn’t affect you much, right?”

Su Yu really didn’t care much and said speechlessly, “Surely Nanyuan won’t admit no one? If Daxia Prefecture dares to do that, Nanyuan would dare to secede from Daxia Prefecture’s control and directly join Daming Prefecture!”

Nanyuan wasn’t far from Daming Prefecture, less than 300 li to the north, which was within the jurisdiction of Daming Prefecture, making it one of the cities closest to Daming Prefecture.

Although small, Nanyuan still had a million people.

And over ten thousand combat soldiers!

Plus retired veterans, Nanyuan could mobilize tens of thousands of battle-ready soldiers at any time. No matter how much Daxia Prefecture reduced the number of students, Nanyuan wouldn’t be affected much.

They didn’t admit many to begin with, and Su Yu really didn’t care. He said weakly, “Whether this news is true or false, those who should be crying are in Daxia Prefecture. They admit the most students, so they’re the ones who will have their numbers reduced.”

Su Yu looked indifferent, while Chen Hao wore a mournful face and said, “I know, my dad said the same thing, but he also said… if they do this, some people in Daxia Prefecture who could have been admitted this year won’t be, and those with some family background might run to smaller cities!”

“…”

Upon hearing this, Su Yu was slightly stunned. He realized that he hadn’t thought things through as much as Chen Hao’s father had.

That’s right!

If they reduced the number of students, it would definitely mainly affect those in Daxia Prefecture, but what would those in Daxia Prefecture who felt they couldn’t pass the exam do now?

Come to smaller cities!

Nanyuan was one of the 28 cities, after all, and although the number of students it admitted wasn’t large, it still had some spots.

They might not be the most outstanding in Daxia Prefecture, but if they came to Nanyuan, Daxia Prefecture wouldn’t have high expectations for Nanyuan.

For example, Nanyuan could send over a dozen students to Daxia Civilization Academy each year, and no matter how much the numbers were reduced this year, that quota wouldn’t change much, because… it couldn’t be reduced any further.

Any further reduction would cause public outrage.

Nanyuan students were weak, not because they were truly lacking, but because the environment was different. Yuan Qi was insufficient in this place, cultivation wasn’t as fast as in Daxia Prefecture, and resources were scarce. You couldn’t expect the people of Nanyuan to be on the same level as those in Daxia Prefecture.

So Nanyuan’s quota was almost fixed, it wouldn’t increase, and it was difficult to reduce it.

Su Yu frowned slightly and looked at Chen Hao, “Both the War Academy and the Civilization Academy are reducing?”

“Yeah!”

Chen Hao said worriedly, “Isn’t it all thanks to that Houye’s doing! The Prefecture Lord is in seclusion. If he weren’t, he definitely wouldn’t do this! That bird Houye, never does anything right, just knows how to make money!”

Chen Hao looked depressed; he felt he was in danger.

Su Yu chuckled; he knew who the Houye he was talking about was.

Houye Xia, Xia Longwu’s uncle, the son of the Great Xia King.

In Nanyuan, in Daxia Prefecture, and even among the human race, he was a well-known figure.

The Xia Clan Merchant Guild was opened by him!

No one knew if Houye Xia’s real name was this, but everyone called him Houye Xia now. This was what he himself had requested; his father was the Great Xia King, so he should be considered a Houye.

So a long, long time ago, that person was called Houye Xia.

“How does this have anything to do with Houye Xia?”

“Don’t you know? It was his order!” Chen Hao said depressedly, “I heard that Houye Xia thinks the various universities spend too much, so Daxia Prefecture’s funding will be cut by 30% this year.”

“That’s not all…” Chen Hao said with a bitter face, “I heard, no, my dad heard, that Houye Xia is actually selling spots!”

Chen Hao looked like he was about to collapse, “That person, he’s actually selling spots, not university spots, but 28-city household registration spots! To take the assessment in other cities, you need local household registration, so those who want to come to take the assessment have to spend money to buy household registration!”

“Buying household registration isn’t enough, you have to buy a house! So added together, it’s a house, household registration, at least over a million!”

“Haven’t you seen, a lot of people have been selling houses these days, and house prices have gone crazy, even over here, it’s 11,000 per square meter now!”

“…”

Su Yu was stunned for a moment. There was this trick too?

Then his house could sell for a million now?

Before, he had been planning to sell it for 500,000!

“Don’t you think he’s being immoral? Everyone in Daxia Prefecture is scolding him now!”

Chen Hao was still complaining, but Su Yu couldn’t help but laugh, “Houye Xia is really interesting. Originally, everyone was running to Daxia Prefecture, but with his actions, he’s driving people to small cities instead!”

“What’s so interesting about it? Isn’t this increasing our competition?”

Chen Hao said dissatisfiedly, “With one or two million, you can get household registration. There are so many rich people in Daxia Prefecture, they’ll flock here in droves!”
Su Yu laughed, “It’s not that exaggerated. Those who are really rich and powerful don’t lack money or Yuan Qi liquid for their children. They are competitive even in the Great Xia Prefecture. Those who run to small cities are mostly middle-class families. Do you think everyone can take out one or two million?”

“In the end, even if there are more people, it won’t be that many.”

Su Yu understood, but Chen Hao was right, it did increase the difficulty of the Southern Yuan student assessment.

The average students in the Great Xia Prefecture might be at the fifth or sixth level of the Opening Yuan Realm, but in Southern Yuan, they would be top students.

If their families are really well-off, most of them will come.

As a result, the assessment difficulty will be much higher.

Of course, Southern Yuan will definitely make money this time, such as selling houses. Selling houses now will easily earn several hundred thousand.

Su Yu could only say that Marquis Xia’s operation was… unparalleled!

“If I were Marquis Xia… I would build a few residential areas in advance and stipulate that people can only buy houses in those areas, easily selling hundreds or thousands of units at a million each without any bargaining, earning hundreds of millions or billions immediately.”

Su Yu sighed, feeling a bit emotional, “If one city is like this, 28 cities can earn hundreds or thousands of billions. If it happens every year, and people who bought houses this year are not allowed to transfer them within ten years… then we can continue to reap another wave next year.”

Chen Hao was dumbfounded and said with a bitter face after a long while, “A’Yu, I came to talk to you about something, not to ask you how to make money! What are you thinking?”

Su Yu laughed and said, “It’s okay, don’t worry too much. This matter won’t be that simple. Do you think Southern Yuan can agree if all the places in Southern Yuan are taken up? If nothing else, there will definitely be other policies to compensate.”

“Really?”

Chen Hao still trusted Su Yu more, but he was still uncertain, “Will it affect me?”

“Probably not.”

Su Yu was also unsure, but guessed, “If I were Marquis Xia, there might be some other policies, such as… Southern Yuan recruits a total of 20 people, then 15 locals and 5 outsiders. In this way, money is earned, outsiders have opportunities, and Southern Yuan people don’t lose anything.”

“And these people could have been admitted in the Great Xia Prefecture anyway. All in all, the number of students in the academy might not change in the end, but tens or hundreds of billions more are earned. As for the money, it’s the parents’ own willingness to spend. If you have the ability, take the exam in the Great Xia Prefecture yourself, so you won’t be complained about.”

Su Yu laughed and said, “In general, it’s forcing a group of middle-class families who didn’t need to spend money to spend money to solve the problem. They spend tens of billions, Marquis Xia gets it, and then spends it out. One in and one out, that’s hundreds of billions.”

Chen Hao didn’t understand, wasn’t it hundreds of billions?

How did it become hundreds of billions?

Su Yu didn’t explain it to him, comforting him, “Don’t worry, the people above aren’t stupid, are they really going to cause a lot of complaints? The Prefecture Lord is just in seclusion, it’s nothing else. Are they not afraid of the Prefecture Lord coming out of seclusion and causing trouble for them?”

He was sure that Marquis Xia wouldn’t really cause big trouble in the Great Xia Prefecture. If Marquis Xia was that stupid, how could Xia’s Merchant Guild monopolize the cultivation resources of the entire Great Xia Prefecture?

Of course, it’s related to the Xia family, but without some ability, other big families wouldn’t agree.

“A’Yu, then tell me, why is Marquis Xia doing this, making so much money? Many people in the Great Xia Prefecture want to beat him to death!”

“His Xia’s Merchant Guild makes so much money, buying something casually costs tens of thousands.”

Su Yu shook his head slightly, “No one thinks they have too much money. Maybe Marquis Xia just likes counting money, and there’s nothing you can do about it.”

At this moment, no one knew that the Great Xia Prefecture’s treasury was about to be empty.

Even if Wan Tiansheng said so at the meeting, everyone thought it was fake, just scaring people.

What a joke!

The Great Xia Prefecture is one of the most powerful prefectures of the human race, with clouds of strong people, a developed economy, people living in peace and happiness, and invincible in the frontline war. How could it be short of money?

If there’s no money, could Xia Longwu spend money so recklessly?

Now, even if Xia Longwu himself stood up and said that the Great Xia Prefecture was short of money, I’m afraid many people would laugh and say, “The Prefecture Lord is joking.”

How could that be possible!

Su Yu couldn’t imagine it, and Chen Hao couldn’t imagine it even more. After being comforted by Su Yu a few times, he felt much more at ease and exhaled, “That’s good, as long as it doesn’t affect us. My dad even said that we should consider selling our old house this time…”

Su Yu cursed inwardly, you rich dog!

This guy’s family had a house before, in Su Yu’s neighborhood, which they hadn’t sold. If they really sold it this time, it would be a million in profit.

Su Yu touched his chin and brought up the old topic, “Haozi, do you think… is it really worthwhile to sell a house now?”

A million!

When Su Long bought this house, it was very cheap because he was a soldier, only about seventy or eighty thousand.

Now the transaction restriction period has long passed. Before, the house prices in Southern Yuan were okay, but the value was only about 500,000.

In the blink of an eye… it doubled!

Too scary!

With this news, Su Yu wanted to sell the house now. He would make a fortune!

Chen Hao looked at him suspiciously and whispered, “A’Yu, are you still thinking about this? Uncle Su will really beat you to death when he comes back. If you don’t have money, let my dad lend you some.”

“What are you thinking about?”

Su Yu laughed and said, “Just talking about it casually, I can’t sell it. Even if I sell it, I have to get my dad’s consent. It’s a pity, this opportunity is really too rare!”

Chen Hao didn’t think there was anything special about it. He didn’t know the cost of living, he didn’t have much of a concept, and he didn’t lack money to spend.

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Continuing the previous topic, Chen Hao was still a little nervous and said, “Even if it doesn’t affect us, there will probably be a lot more people from the Great Xia Prefecture on the day of the assessment. I heard that there are many, many geniuses in the Great Xia Prefecture, a lot of them at the fifth or sixth level of the Opening Yuan Realm, and not a few at the seventh or eighth level. A’Yu… do you think they will laugh at us then?”

Su Yu didn’t care, “Laugh at what? If you throw them into Southern Yuan, they may not be as good as you! Our starting point is different, but everyone is the same when they get to the Great Xia Prefecture. At that time, their progress will definitely not be as fast as ours.”

He didn’t overestimate the people of the Great Xia Prefecture, nor did he underestimate the people of Southern Yuan City.
It’s a bit harder to get started in smaller places, but once you get to Great Xia Prefecture, everyone is treated equally. As long as you stay focused and work hard, there are plenty of opportunities to make a name for yourself. It’s not like it hasn’t happened before.

“Alright then!”

Chen Hao stopped talking about it and quickly asked curiously, “Ah Yu, what are you planning to do these next few days? The academy will be on vacation in a few days. How about we go out and have some fun?”

“No interest.”

Su Yu was busy with many things these days: repairing his “Thunder” little brother, practicing the Thunder Essence Saber, preparing to kill a mid-stage Ten Thousand Pound Realm cultivator, reading books, and increasing his willpower. He had endless things to do, so he didn’t have time to play around.

“You should focus on your cultivation and not go anywhere! I’m just speculating; it doesn’t mean that Nan Yuan will definitely have the same number of spots as before. You’d better reach the fifth level of the Opening Origin Realm. That way, you’ll have a better chance. Otherwise, it’s normal for some underachievers to be eliminated, and if they reduce one or two spots, it might be you!”

Su Yu hadn’t used a single drop of the three drops of Origin Qi liquid that Chen Hao’s father had given him.

However, he had consumed too much energy practicing the Thunder Essence Saber these past few days and couldn’t recover. Moreover, he hadn’t opened his Baihui Acupoint yet, so he couldn’t actively absorb Origin Qi, which caused Su Yu to be severely depleted.

He planned to devour a drop of Origin Qi liquid in the next two days to replenish himself. It would be better for Chen Hao to cultivate here.

“Alright.”

Chen Hao looked dejected; he had to study again. He knew he shouldn’t have come to Ah Yu’s place.

…

At the same time.

Nan Yuan City Lord’s Mansion.

City Lord Wu Wenhai, Dragon Martial Guard Commander Xia Bing, Liu Wenyan, the old Mansion Head, the Wind Chasing Hall Master… many high-level officials gathered.

After Wu Wenhai and the others sat down, he went straight to the point: “Everyone knows about the matter. The Great Xia Prefecture’s idea is one person, one household. That is to say, if a family has two children coming for the assessment, they have to buy two houses, each over 100 square meters. Anything less than 100 square meters doesn’t count!”

The old Mansion Head tugged at his beard and gasped, “The Marquis is… too greedy!”

Wu Wenhai pretended not to hear and continued, “Also, the assessment is coming up soon, so we’ll open a special channel for processing, with an additional 10% tax!”

“…”

This time, even Liu Wenyan couldn’t help but complain, “Is this money for Nan Yuan or Great Xia Prefecture?”

“Great Xia Prefecture and Nan Yuan split it 50/50!”

Wu Wenhai smiled, “It’s a good thing. Anyway, Marquis Xia is taking the heat, and we’re just collecting money. It has nothing to do with us. It’s the people in Great Xia Prefecture who are complaining. If you have the ability, don’t come. It’s only beneficial to Nan Yuan, not harmful.”

The old Mansion Head frowned, “I’m just afraid that they’ll end up taking our spots.”

“It won’t happen. The higher-ups mean that the number of recruits will be roughly the same as before, with not much difference up or down. Maybe one or two people, but not a large reduction all at once.”

Wu Wenhai reassured him and added, “This is actually beneficial to us. Originally, Great Xia Prefecture was going to reduce the number of recruits across the board, and even if it was spread out to us, we would still lose a quarter of the spots. Now, not only are we not losing spots, but we can also earn a sum of money. Nan Yuan isn’t rich, so we can take this opportunity to earn some money, and we’ll be able to get more funding in the future.”

Everyone nodded in agreement. Seeing this, Wu Wenhai continued, “We’ll leave it at that. It’s useless for us to object. The main reason I called everyone here this time is to tell the students not to feel pressured or get chaotic. The higher-ups won’t act recklessly without considering our thoughts.”

“Also, Great Xia Prefecture will definitely be a bit chaotic recently. There will be a mix of people, so the Wind Chasing Hall and the City Guard Army should be prepared for security and defense, in case the Myriad Races Sect tries to fish in troubled waters. We must also be vigilant against them inciting trouble and manipulating public opinion!”

Wu Wenhai said seriously, “Some people don’t understand and spread rumors. If the people of Nan Yuan feel that outsiders are taking away the spots and benefits that belong to them, it will definitely lead to some chaos. We need to be vigilant about this!”

Everyone quickly agreed. Wu Wenhai breathed a sigh of relief and smiled, “Also, the higher-ups mean that we should try to keep these guys in Nan Yuan as much as possible. They’re all rich, and Nan Yuan’s development isn’t fast, resources are limited, and the economy isn’t developed. This is a free opportunity… no, a money-giving opportunity!”

“If they stay, Nan Yuan will be able to develop better in the future. Also, the academy… has an additional money-making plan.”

“What?”

Wu Wenhai smiled, “The Marquis said that all assessment participants must be affiliated with the academy! In other words, those who come to Nan Yuan must enter a middle-level academy to be affiliated with the academy’s list. How much for each spot… you can decide for yourselves, just don’t be too outrageous!”

Liu Wenyan gasped, “That fatty… cough cough, Marquis Xia is taking everything he can get! An additional tax, affiliation with the academy, buying houses to register… he won’t stop until he’s squeezed a few million out of each family!”

Wu Wenhai also smiled bitterly, “Marquis Xia is just like that. He also said that you can spend it if you want, he didn’t force anyone to spend money. If you have the ability, you can pass the exam in Great Xia Prefecture yourself. He didn’t give anyone a hard time, so… what can anyone do to him?”

“The Marquis’s means of accumulating wealth…” The old Mansion Head clicked his tongue and said after a long while, “I wonder if the old Great Xia King knows about it. If he does… he’ll beat him to death!”

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“That’s not our business.”

Wu Wenhai said insincerely, “As long as Marquis Xia can handle it himself. Of course, he’s used to it. Let them scold him, it’s not like it’s the first time. A few years ago, Marquis Xia secretly opened a black market, trading a large number of merit points, scamming hundreds of billions from wealthy households in Great Xia Prefecture. In the end, didn’t it just end?”

As soon as these words came out, everyone had different expressions.

Merit points have a ranking system. Some people may not be able to buy certain things even if they have money.

As a result, a black market appeared in Great Xia Prefecture a few years ago. As long as you had money, you could buy anything!

Of course, the price was ridiculously high.

Moreover, the transaction was made with merit points. The price of one merit point in the black market was speculated to be over 100,000, and that wasn’t all. The price of the things you bought was also twice as expensive!

One inverse and one repeat, that’s more than ten times the difference.

Even so, many wealthy households flocked to it. In the end, it was shut down by Marquis Xia!

The merit points bought by the wealthy households were all wasted!

Xia Longwu personally took action!
They didn’t confiscate merit points, but could only trade with merit points normally. What couldn’t be bought still couldn’t be bought. Some people had hundreds of thousands of merit points on their accounts, but their merit level only allowed them to purchase goods worth a few hundred points. They had money but couldn’t spend it!

They also couldn’t secretly trade with others, because these people were all on Xia Longwu’s list. Who would dare to trade secretly…? They wouldn’t want to be trading with someone from the Ten Thousand Races Sect, would they?

After that incident, Marquis Xia kept a low profile for a few years, and now he’s back out there making money!

They say he made tens of billions that time, maybe even more. As for where that money went, nobody knows, and nobody dares to ask. Anyway, it wasn’t anyone else’s money; it was all willingly spent by some rich tycoons.

When Wu Wenhai brought up this matter, Liu Wenyan and the others remained silent. If Xia Longwu hadn’t been so stern and iron-blooded, they would have suspected that it was entrapment.

Anyway, the only ones who lost out in the end were those wealthy families, so it didn’t affect others much, and not many people discussed it.

However, during that period, Marquis Xia was heavily criticized by the wealthy families. His nickname “Xia Pighead” also originated from that time.

When Marquis Xia was mentioned, everyone cheered.

Liu Wenyan was also laughing, but as he laughed, he couldn’t help but sigh in his heart.

That Xia fatty, who knows how many black pots he’s taken the blame for. Now, probably few people remember the dashing young Marquis Xia of the Xia Clan from fifty years ago.

Half of the sky of the Great Xia Prefecture is supported by that guy called Pighead.

What a pity, people are foolish and parrot what others say. How many people know these things?

With the face of a pig, but a brilliant mind, that’s what they say about this Marquis Xia, who is constantly being criticized.