Chapter 543: It’s Almost Time

Lin Xun settled down in the palace of the Ice Snow Country.

Originally, Lin Xun wanted to stay in the outer palace.

But.

Staying in the outer palace would be quite inconvenient.

Because Lin Xun needed to meet with the Ice Snow Empress frequently.

Therefore, Lin Xun eventually followed the Ice Snow Empress’s suggestion and stayed in the inner palace.

To prevent people from gossiping, Lin Xun specifically requested to stay in a relatively secluded courtyard.

Otherwise, Lin Xun worried that one day rumors would spread about him and the Ice Snow Empress.

And then the Ice Snow Empress’s reputation would be tarnished.

In the end, if he were forced to marry the Ice Snow Empress, he would suffer a massive loss.

Wait, it wouldn’t exactly be a massive loss.

But it would definitely be a hassle.

Regarding the first issue of stimulating the Ice Snow Country’s birth rate, Lin Xun considered various subsidy policies.

He referenced the Island Country from his previous life.

After all, the Island Country’s low birth rate and aging population problems were famous in his past life.

The Island Country had introduced various policies to subsidize childbirth.

These were actually somewhat useful.

At least the Island Country’s low birth rate issue was much better than before.

However, rather than those kinds of subsidies, Lin Xun felt they were still far from enough.

Lin Xun felt that something more substantial was needed.

The best way was to make the men and women of the Ice Snow Country feel an impulse to become fathers and mothers.

To create this impulse, there had to be a certain environment and conditions.

To create this impulse and these conditions, one needed to start from the aspect of soft culture.

After all, this was a subtle influence that played a pivotal role in solving the problem.

Thus, Lin Xun made some slight modifications based on some novels he had read in his previous life.

The novels Lin Xun created perfectly fit the background of this era.

Then, he wrote all sorts of stay-at-home dad novels within three days.

The stay-at-home dad novels Lin Xun wrote covered a very wide range of levels.

Of course, besides stay-at-home dad novels, there were also stay-at-home mom novels and child-rearing novels.

Anyway, they were all about father-daughter and mother-daughter relationships, family warmth, and so on.

They mainly focused on the warmth between father and daughter, that kind of kinship where they look out for each other.

No matter which kind.

Be it the pure and fresh novels for girls.

Stay-at-home dad novels.

Or the stay-at-home dad power fantasies for boys, they had everything.

Lin Xun believed that these stay-at-home dad novels would surely sweep across the entire Ice Snow Country, sparking a stay-at-home dad craze.

His second move was to design all sorts of clothes from his previous life.

These included Lolita fashion, bunny girl outfits, sailor uniforms, pleated skirts, as well as black and white stockings, and so on.

These clothes were quite excellent!

To want to have children, one must first be inspired with the thought of having children.

Not only were these clothes beautiful, but when worn by women, they could also bring out their infinite charm.

Not to mention that the women of the snow spirit clan generally had extremely well-proportioned figures and outstanding looks.

The effect of wearing them was simply unparalleled.

Therefore, to fundamentally change the fertility issue, one still had to start from external aspects; in short, after slightly modifying these garments, many problems could be resolved with ease.

At least when the men of the snow spirit clan saw those women and then looked at these clothes, their inner impulses would stir with a bit more restlessness to applaud for love.

“Pass down my Imperial Decree: accelerate the printing of these books and quickly manufacture these clothes to be placed in various shops of the snow spirit clan.

Furthermore.

Anyone who purchases these clothes will enjoy tax reduction policies.”

“Yes.”

Hearing the Ice Snow Empress’s words, the maidservant complied and went to announce the policy.

And on the very day these clothes and books were released.

There was a frantic rush to buy them.

Although these clothes and books looked extremely strange.

But truth be told, these clothes alone looked incredibly beautiful.

Once some women put them on, the charm of the snow spirit clan women was fully brought out.

Especially seeing how the men couldn’t take their eyes off them, it further inspired other women to scramble to buy them.

As for the books, they became best-selling products among the snow spirit clan.

It could be said that in just three days, every house in the Ice Snow Country seemed to be vibrating.

Sometimes when Lin Xun walked in the outer palace, he could feel the ground faintly vibrating.

One must know.

Ancient contraceptive measures were not as advanced or convenient as modern ones.

As long as that natural happy event of applauding for love occurred.

Then, basically, there was a high possibility of pregnancy.

And as long as they became pregnant, they would naturally contribute to the Ice Snow Country’s birth rate.

Seven days later, when the Ice Snow Empress received the statistical report, the members of the Council were all grinning from ear to ear.

Originally, these councilors thought Lin Xun’s actions were too absurd.

But they didn’t expect the results to be so good!

Following Lin Xun’s line of thought, the Ice Snow Empress drew inferences and established another institution called the Pavilion of Erotic Raiment.

This institution was mainly for developing clothes that could satisfy women and make men’s blood boil.

After all, with those dozens of outfits as a reference.

It would be no problem at all for the Pavilion of Erotic Raiment to take a step further based on that.

As for those stay-at-home dad novels, stay-at-home mom novels, and various warm, healing stories, Lin Xun also provided similar outlines for them to continue writing.

Lin Xun had only proposed these few suggestions, yet they had an immediate effect on the snow spirit clan’s birth rate.

Although these descendants of the snow spirit clan had only just begun—perhaps they were still just fertilized eggs.

But!

They believed that before long, the Ice Snow Country would see a population explosion.

Actually, Lin Xun felt that the fertility issue of the snow spirit clan was the easiest to start with.

Because Lin Xun had quite a bit of experience with things like fertility from his previous life.

But.

If it involved the Legacy from thousands of years, Lin Xun found it much more troublesome.

The snow spirit clan was an extremely stubborn race.

This stubbornness was famously deep-seated.

Furthermore, the second reform also involved core aspects of the snow spirit clan.

Completing the second reform would definitely not be easy.

Therefore, if he wanted the snow spirit clan to give up their original weaponry and equipment, the best way was to let them see better weaponry and equipment and then have them replace the old ones.

Otherwise, forging a typical Frost Ice Bow for the snow spirit clan would take as long as several hundred years.

A shield would also take several hundred years.

If a major war broke out, the snow spirit clan’s capabilities would definitely be insufficient.

But then again, the snow spirit clan was indeed a rather unique race.

There were also Cultivators within the snow spirit clan, just like in the Human Race.

However, the vast majority of the snow spirit clan’s commoners were still unable to become Cultivators.

The common residents of the snow spirit clan could use some innate talent skills, such as Thousand-Mile Aiming and resistance to toxins, and so on.

Furthermore, even if they couldn’t cultivate.

Members of the snow spirit clan could still have a very dense magic power within their bodies.

However, they were unable to put this magic power to use.

Other than that, there wasn’t much difference between the snow spirit clan and ordinary humans.

So, in Lin Xun’s view, it would definitely take some time for the entire snow spirit clan to be armed.

Surprisingly, however, the Ice Snow clan had a special type of iron ore.

Moreover, these iron ores were extremely easy to enchant.

With these minerals, and if Lin Xun designed a Magic Formation for them.

Then the snow spirit clan could transform their spiritual power into weapons.

Simply put, the snow spirit clan could use external objects to channel their spiritual power and deal damage to enemies.

Lin Xun felt that the best method was not to forge them into traditional weapon styles, but to create long spears and things like sniper rifles.

Because the snow spirit clan’s spiritual power could serve as bullets for the long spears.

To train a top-tier archer would definitely take a lot of time.

But as for pistols and rifles, you could completely master them in at most two or three days of learning.

Lin Xun handed over all the design blueprints for these long spears and pistols to the Ice Snow Empress.

Seeing these strangely styled weapons.

The Ice Snow Queen was also very shocked; she didn’t know how Lin Xun could have come up with them.

Or rather, what kind of brain Lin Xun had to be able to think of such things.

However, there was no doubt that if Lin Xun could turn these things into reality.

Then it would definitely be the greatest possible enhancement for the snow spirit clan’s armament.

As for the Ice Snow Empress, what she needed to do was to persuade the councilors in the Council to accelerate the mining of those ore veins.

And then forge these weapons.

But wanting some councilors to fully let go and support the Ice Snow Empress’s actions was definitely not an easy task.

But Lin Xun didn’t care about that.

He had already given the Ice Snow Queen these methods; as for what the Ice Snow Empress would do in the future, it would all be up to her.

The third problem was the issue regarding the Conservatives and the Radicals.

Regarding the issue of the Conservatives and Radicals in the Ice Snow Country, Lin Xun actually wanted to delve into it the least.

Because the two sides were like a debate where each claimed to be right, and neither could convince the other.

And no one could prove themselves wrong until the very last moment.

But if it really came to that last moment, the snow spirit clan wouldn’t have a second chance.

The entire race would either survive or perish.

Therefore, the Ice Snow Empress had to reconcile these two viewpoints herself.

This seemed extremely simple, but in reality, it was the most troublesome and complex, and might even incite hatred from many people.

Furthermore, if the Ice Snow Empress herself didn’t have any leaning.

Or if her methods weren’t the least bit sharp, then the arguing over this matter would never end.

So in Lin Xun’s view, what this matter really depended on was the Ice Snow Empress herself.

This Ice Snow Empress had to make a decision herself.

“I wonder what Your Majesty thinks? Regarding these two factions.”

One day, in the court of the outer palace, Lin Xun asked after the Ice Snow Empress finished the morning session.

“Is Young Master Lin referring to the matter of whether to build a new city underground or to form alliances with other continents to resist foreign enemies together?”

“Yes.” Lin Xun nodded.

“In my view, if you don’t support one of the factions, then this matter will never end.

Which one do you think is better, Your Majesty?

Choose one side to support, and then go all out without leaving any room to suppress the other group.

Only in this way can you lead the snow spirit clan in a new direction.

Otherwise, if things continue like this, the snow spirit clan will likely split,

Or even truly head towards the path of destruction.”

Hearing Lin Xun’s words, the Ice Snow Empress fell into a slight contemplation.

She knew that what Lin Xun said was absolutely correct.

And she had already realized this herself long ago.

It was just that she had never dared to truly face it.

And Lin Xun naturally knew that the Ice Snow Queen had actually realized this long ago.

As a Queen, she did have at least that much political acumen.

However, although this Ice Snow Empress had high cultivation, in terms of political tactics, she was definitely not mature enough.

Not just immature.

In Lin Xun’s eyes, this Ice Snow Queen was even a bit weak.

If this Ice Snow Queen could make up her mind and properly support one direction or faction.

Then these matters would have been resolved long ago.

“Young Master Lin, could you let me think about these matters carefully?”

The Ice Snow Queen raised her head and looked at Lin Xun timidly.

She knew she could no longer escape; she had to make a decision.

But before that, she still wanted to think it through carefully.

After all, every choice the Ice Snow Queen made concerned the entire future of the snow spirit clan!

If the snow spirit clan were to go extinct because of her choice, then the Ice Snow Queen would be a person nailed to the pillar of historical shame.

And as for the Ice Snow Queen’s hesitation, Lin Xun naturally understood.

Not only would Lin Xun understand, but he also wouldn’t interfere in any way.

To Lin Xun, whatever she did was her business; he couldn’t control that much.

What he needed to do now was to head to that Forbidden Land.

And by his reckoning, it was almost time.