The first Flame Demon Council consists of a total of eight members, with Suo Mo serving as the chairman and Hei Zhou as the vice-chairman.
Suo Mo, Duoduo, Gou Li, Hei Zhou, Yuan Tan, Xie Li, Chihuo, and Chiyen are the first members of the Flame Demon Council.
Even in the future when the Flame Demon Empire is established, Lanling does not plan to restructure the council into a cabinet.
Perhaps a new cabinet will be built, but the council will certainly not be abolished.
From now on, the Flame Demon Council will become the highest authority of the Flame Demon Banner, and even the future Flame Demon Empire. It will have not only the highest political power but also diplomatic and military powers.
Not only was the Flame Demon Council established, but Suo Mo was also appointed as the City Lord of Flame Demon City.
In the future, three super cities will be constructed.
Among the five cities, the tribes of the four cities will continue to maintain the previous hunting production method.
Flame Demon City will serve as a special zone, adopting a new production model, shifting from hunting to farming, processing, breeding, fishing, etc. Not only will agriculture be developed, but also primitive industry, mysterious energy industries, and more.
Hence, during this conference, no one spoke; everyone was passively accepting, listening as Lanling issued one order after another.
All those who received orders had no choice but to swear in front of everyone that they would complete the tasks assigned by their lord, Lanling.
Most of these plans and orders of Lanling stem from his ideas; then Yin Ji’s team transforms them into actual plans.
While in the Human Kingdom, Lanling first served as a City Lord, then as a Governor, and finally became the Regent King of the Rage Wave Kingdom, gaining some experience in governance.
The Flame Demon Banner is almost a blank slate, and drawing a pattern on a blank slate is both the hardest and the easiest task.
Even if Lanling does a poor job, it will still be better than the previous nearly primitive society of the Black Demon Banner.
After a continuous ten hours, the first conference of the Flame Demon Banner concludes.
As for whether it was successful, it’s hard to say, as everyone is left holding documents of varying thickness.
They are filled with the tasks and goals that need to be completed, which they must accomplish.
If they fail to do so, they will be immediately dismissed.
And if they don’t act, they will be executed, without any room for negotiation.
The Flame Demon Council, the five cities, and one hundred and sixty-nine tribes comprise the three administrative levels of the Flame Demon Banner’s state machinery.
Though primitive and rough, it’s better than having nothing at all.
After the meeting ended, this crude state machine truly began to operate.
Undoubtedly, this is a significant moment.
And his 600,000 troops, or more accurately, the 30,000-strong Centaur Army, will become his instrument of violence.
Whether the Centaur Army is the Whips of World Extinction remains unclear, but it will undoubtedly be the sharpest whip of the Flame Demon Banner for now.
Next, a patrol unit consisting of over 5,000 Centaur cavalry will race day and night to inspect every tribe and military camp of the Flame Demon Banner.
Once any non-compliance with Lanling’s orders is detected, or the existence of any entity not executing tasks, they will immediately raise their knives, executing first and reporting later.
This 5,000-strong Centaur Army will act like a fearsome whip, driving the crude state machine of the Flame Demon Banner to spin continuously, just like a top.
For a full three days and nights, Lanling ceaselessly met with the chieftains and commanders, issuing one task after another.
For dozens of hours without rest.
Once nearly everything was arranged, he summoned the members of the Flame Demon Council for a closed-door meeting.
There was only one agenda: whether Lanling should go to Rakshasa City.
Apart from the three Centaur Khans, the opinions of the other five were unanimous: Lanling should not go to Rakshasa City, including the former Black Demon Banner Master Hei Zhou.
"I have significant knowledge of the Rakshasa Royal Family, and your actions have already touched their reverse scale. Once you reach Black Demon City, you will certainly be confined, with no return!" Hei Zhou said.
This was also the opinion of Suo Mo, Gou Li, Duoduo, and Yuan Tan.
Everyone agreed that if Lanling went to Rakshasa City, he would definitely not return.
The three Centaur Khans were displeased with such retreating attitudes; in their view, even if it was through a mountain of swords and a sea of fire, the great master would tread unhindered; no one and no place in the world could stop the master’s advance.
Cowardice and avoidance are absolutely not in the style of the great Moon Demon God and the great Sea Demon Fire God.
"Even if you don’t go to Rakshasa City, the Rakshasa Royal Family can do nothing to you," Hei Zhou said. "Even if you don’t marry Princess Sha Yan, Rakshasa City will not resort to force against you, and at the very least, they will tacitly accept your presence, even begrudgingly recognize your Flame Demon Banner."
If this were the past, Rakshasa City would send millions of troops to destroy Lanling.
But now, with the imminent demon race war, even while holding their noses, the Rakshasa Royal Family cannot stir up warfare, nor can they dispatch millions of troops to attack Lanling’s Flame Demon Banner.
The Tiancha tribe is keeping a covetous eye, and if a civil war breaks out in the Rakshasa Domain, the Tiancha King may very well take the Rakshasa Tribe as his first target of conquest; as everyone knows, one should pick the softest persimmon to squeeze.
Therefore, given the current situation, even if Lanling doesn’t go to Rakshasa City, the Rakshasa Royal Family will be powerless, only to settle accounts later.
"But, if the master doesn’t go, won’t that let the world look down on our great god?" Xie Li Khan angrily said. "Our master is supreme, omnipotent, how could there be a place he doesn’t dare to go?"
The rough words resonated with reason. If Lanling dares not go to Rakshasa City, only his reputation will suffer.
You’ve taken the Black Demon Banner territory, but you don’t dare go to Rakshasa City, then your accomplishments and prospects will halt at the region of the Black Demon Banner; that’s what it means to be content within a small corner.
"Why do you want to marry Princess Sha Yan?" Hei Zhou asked.
Lanling replied, "First, to make our Flame Demon Banner more just and legitimate. With the identity of being the Rakshasa King’s son-in-law, all citizens in the Flame Demon Banner territory will internally submit to me."
Hei Zhou said, "But according to your strategic deployment, after the completion of the first phase of missions, probably all people on the Flame Demon Banner would only recognize the lord, but not know the Rakshasa Royal Family."
That is certainly the case; Lanling’s violent indoctrination technique is nothing trivial.
One hand holds the knife, the other holds the meat.
If you are a citizen of the Flame Demon, you eat meat; if not, you get beheaded.
With the power of his newly established state machinery, within three to five years, the millions of citizens in the Flame Demon territory probably will only know Lanling, not the Rakshasa Royal Family.
"Second, after I become Princess Sha Yan’s husband, when the Rakshasa King dies, the Little Rakshasa King dies, and Sha Yan dies, and I lead the army to sweep through the entire Rakshasa domain, defeating all demon banners, then I will rightfully become the new Demon King of this region," Lanling said. "Just like before, I defeated Nai Shu’s million-strong army, conquered Black Demon City, but still couldn’t obtain the millions of square kilometers of the Black Demon Banner territory. Even if I killed most of the people in the Black Demon Banner territory, I still couldn’t gain their allegiance. Only by the Heaven Demon Blood Oath, only by having you, Black Demon Monarch, pledge loyalty, could I truly obtain the Black Demon Banner’s territory."
At these words, everyone suddenly understood. The source of thɪs content is 𝓷𝓸𝓿𝓮𝓵✶𝓯𝓲𝓻𝓮✶𝓷𝓮𝓽
Becoming Princess Sha Yan’s husband, a member of the Rakshasa Royal Family, is a tool for Lanling, a decorative tool.
It also provides a reason for the conquered to kneel and pledge their loyalty.
Thus, marrying Princess Sha Yan has become key.
"So, to Rakshasa City, I must go, and this woman Princess Sha Yan, I must marry," Lanling said.
Hei Zhou said, "But, once you go, you won’t come back."
Lanling said, "Orders!"
Instantly, all eight members of the Flame Demon Council stood up.
"Once I enter the Rakshasa King’s City, if I do not return in seven days, the 20,000 Centaur Army and 300,000 Flame Demon Army will immediately invade the western Blue Demon Banner Territory, putting on a show as if ready to attack Rakshasa City," Lanling said. "Seven days; if I don’t return, start the war. Don’t occupy any land, just slaughter all the way through, making it look as if a great civil war is about to erupt in the Rakshasa Domain."
"Yes!" replied all members of the Flame Demon Council.
This is the purpose of the Flame Demon Council.
It will become the brain of the Flame Demon Banner, and even if Lanling is not present for a short period, this brain can still maintain the operation of the Flame Demon Banner and carry out Lanling’s will.
Riding a three-headed Chimera Beast, Lanling set out for Rakshasa City to seek marriage!
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