Loser System and Berserker Me Chapter 178: Falsely Relaying an Imperial Edict

“It’s time to reclaim Suyab.”

Shu Yichao stared at the minimap with heated eyes.

On the minimap, the Anxi Protectorate’s territory spanned from Karasahr in the east to the Pamir Mountains in the west, Khotan in the south to Great and Little Patola in the north. That was a lot of land, encompassing almost half of the Western Regions.

But most of these lands were deserts.

The terracotta soldiers had been conquering towns and villages here and there, but these were a drop in the bucket. His tax revenue was still extremely low.

Shu Yichao’s knowledge of taxation was limited to games. To him, taxation was all about adjusting an in-game knob to decide the tax levels.

On top of that, he was also trying to expand his living population right now, so he had to keep taxes as low as possible. After all, high taxes always led to lower reproduction rates in games.

Apportionment? What’s that?

Corvée? Isn’t that for the undead?

Shu Yichao’s unintentional kind governance had helped to maintain internal stability within the Anxi Protectorate. That reinforced his rule, but this also meant that it was unlikely that he would have the means to raise an elite, regular army anytime soon.

Other than the incorruptible ghost horsemen, all undead troops had to be sustained with money and yin energy.

Since Shu Yichao wasn’t making progress on the southern battlefield, he decided to focus elsewhere first.

My terracotta soldiers can be summoned from a chicken’s carcass, whereas your combat puppets take months of work, from the mining of the ores to the shaping and enchantment of the puppets.

Even if I can’t beat you, I’ll make sure that you go bankrupt at the least!

Suyab was a fertile land with an abundance of water and sunlight, together with plenty of livestock. It was the perfect place for agriculture.

The Kara-Khanid Khanate and the Western Liao had cities in the vicinity. Later on, during the Soviet Union’s era, it was even dubbed as the world’s granary.

However, Shu Yichao knew it by another name—Kyrgyzstan.

We have to conquer that plac

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