Feng Yu Jiu Tian - Volume 14 - Chapter 4.2

FENG YU JIU TIAN VOLUME 14 CHAPTER 4.2

Dong Fan’s capital, Ping Xi.

Overlooking the top of the wall, Lie Zhong Liu could see Rong Tian leading ten thousand troops inside the gates. Although Lie Zhong Liu usually displayed a calm demeanor, he was relieved.

At this time, every nation was on high alert. To secretly bring such a large amount of troops safely across several nations to Dong Fan was not an easy task.

Once the soldiers reached Dong Fan, his important preparation could begin – training the soldiers.

Which nation wouldn’t think the more troops the better? After his subordinates greeted and escorted the troops, Rong Tian immediately met with Lie Zhong Liu.

“Your Majesty.”

Spending several days on the road, Rong Tian was slimmer than before and the contours of his face were more angular. Once Lie Zhong Liu stood in front of him, he held out his hand to stop the arms that were about to greet him. Rong Tian laughed heartily, “I’ve finally reached this place. Prime Minister does not need to waste time in these ceremonial greetings. I believe Prime Minister has reached Dong Fan many days ago, so you must have made lots of implementations”

“Your Majesty, allow Lie Zhong Liu to report each one to you.”

“Hopefully it will not take long.” Rong Tian walked into the room alongside him. Despite the busy schedule, he took off his cloak and placed it on the back of his chair, “Prime Minister, please go ahead, I’m listening.”

“The first thing, Dong Fan has workshops to create weapons. There are a total of twelve workshops, all of them are run by the military. I have consolidated the twelve sites to five, concentrating all the skilled craftsmen together, along with the materials. The number of workshops are fewer, but now on a larger scale so they can be easier to manage.”

“Good.” Rong Tian said, “By doing this, the production of weapons will be more efficient.”

“Second, to promulgate the Grace Order, I have assigned people to copy the Grace Order and post them throughout Dong Fan. Those who are literate will be asked to read it to others, hoping to bring more awareness to the Grace Order.”

Rong Tian added, “Not just spreading awareness, we also must establish some official posts tasked with recruiting talented people. As for those within the army, regardless of their commoner’s background, as long as they have made accomplishments, they should be commended.”

Lie Zhong Liu glanced at Rong Tian, slightly curving his lips.

His attitude was more serious than before, he could be regarded as being neatly dressed, looking very much like a Prime Minister. Still facing Rong Tian, he smiled - however, he only pretended to be not as serious as he looked on the outside.

Seeing that Lie Zhong Liu was only smiling for show, Rong Tian knew what he was really thinking. Not bothering to care, Rong Tian read over the stack of documents Lie Zhong Liu handed him.

“I’m upset that I can’t immediately sign all of these documents for you to take care of them right away, so you can’t really blame me. Since you have agreed to become the Prime Minister, you have to understand the challenges waiting for you. Just like the suggestion of having Feng Ming travel to different nations, that was your idea.”

Rong Tian handed one document to Lie Zhong Liu, changing three days to two days one barrel of rice. “If you want the soldiers to fight battles, you need to give them a full meal, also having extra food supplies in times of emergency. Three days one barrel is not enough. Two days one barrel. Hand this to Dong Fan’s Little King and have him stamp it and issue the order.”

He continued looking over each document without making additional changes. While doing so, Rong Tian admired Lie Zhong Liu’s sense of thoroughness, he couldn’t find any other places to fix.

After signing the last one, he handed it back to Lie Zhong Liu. Lie Zhong Liu received it with open arms, but Rong Tian didn’t let go; he looked deeply into Lie Zhong Liu’s eyes and said, “These past days, it’s been hard for you.”

Lie Zhong Liu tried hard to keep his calm demeanor, but he couldn’t help from revealing a wry smile. “What’s so hard about completing these little things? However, to report to Your Majesty about the bad news is a difficult job for me.”

Rong Tian was surprised, “What bad news is causing the Prime Minister to have a headache?”

LZL: I just received news about it from Li Kingdom.

RT: Ruo Yan?

LZL: Ever since Long Tian murdered the Fan Jia Royalties, Fan Jia’s morale has been weakened, their people no longer have the will to fight. Ruo Yan relied on his army’s power and therefore did not encounter much resistance. Thus, Fan Jia has fallen into the hands of Li King not long ago.

Rong Tian loosened his grip, allowing Lie Zhong Liu to take the documents.

RT: Fan Jia’s defeat was expected.

LZL: However, after Li army’s victory and occupying Fan Jia’s capital, Ruo Yan ordered for Li General, Zhuo Nian, to look after Fan Jia, while Li King’s own carriages immediately headed back to Li Kingdom.

RT: Headed back to Li Kingdom? There might be a reason for it. Unlike Fan Jia, Li Kingdom is Ruo Yan’s main territory. He has been unconscious for awhile and to immediately head to Yong Yin after waking up, then to Fan Jia, it wouldn’t be strange for his people to feel unrest without their King. If Li Kingdom experienced any trouble, Ruo Yan would meet with disaster so wouldn’t it make sense for him to hurry back to the capital?

LZL: If he headed back to Li Tong (the capital), then I wouldn’t be so worried. Ruo Yan ordered for Miao Guang to take charge of the daily affairs of Li Kingdom. If there are any important matters, then she is to send the news quickly to him. Do you know where Ruo Yan was headed to?

Rong Tian felt an uneasiness inside, he looked silently at Lie Zhong Liu.

Lie Zhong Liu requested him to look at the large map hanging in front of the hall. Pointing to an area within the map, without blinking an eye, he said, “Here.”

“Tian Yin?” On Rong Tian’s extraordinarily handsome face surfaced a trace of sensitive doubt.

If he wasn’t filled with ambition to conquer the world, countless years of studying each nation, then he wouldn’t have immediately known the name of this town.

This town couldn’t be any more ordinary. Ruo Yan should be in dire need to appease his people, so why is he not within the palace, but instead chose to rush to such a small town?

Rong Tian lifted a finger, gently caressing the little dot on the map. This town was located at the edge of Li Kingdom, a junction point of Li Kingdom, Yong Yin and Bo Jian. It had been repaired since a war had taken place long ago, but then abandoned. Ruo Yan choosing to take shelter there and not in his cozy comfortable capital of Li Tong means that he must’ve used some number of troops to guard him. This location was detrimental to managing both Fan Jia and Li Kingdom’s affairs, unless he is …

Thinking of a possibility, Rong Tian’s face slightly changed, “Is he waiting for news? Or waiting for someone?”

Those were the only two possibilities.

The position of Tian Yin was very unique. The advantage it could bring to Ruo Yan was that any person bringing news in and out of Yong Yin or Bo Jian would reach him the fastest.

No news could get past Li King.

Speaking of which, who could possibly make Ruo Yan loosen his complete focus on Fan Jia and Li Kingdom’s affairs and rush tirelessly to Tian Yin?

Bordering Yong Yin…

“Feng Ming.” Rong Tian’s tone turned cold, his eyes filled with murderous intent, “He dares to lay a hand on Feng Ming again?!”

“And…” Saying up to this, Rong Tian was filled with hate as he tried to restrain himself. It almost seemed as if Ruo Yan was strangling his heart, but Rong Tian took a deep breath and forced himself to calm down. His eyes glanced over at Lie Zhong Liu, analyzing the matter as he spoke calmly, “According to Mian Ya’s report, Feng Ming has entered Tong Kingdom. If Ruo Yan’s current destination is Tian Yin, then he’s still a far distance from Feng Ming. What exactly is his intention?”

“Now does Your Majesty understand the bad news I’ve mentioned?” Lie Zhong Liu shrugged his shoulders, he took a sigh and gave a bitter smile, “Receiving bad news is the most terrible thing on the battlefield, to be more precise, it is not knowing what your enemy is thinking.”

“No matter what his intentions are,” Rong Tian turned to the back side of his chair, taking the dust covered cloak, he re-buckled the silver buckle at the neck, with resolute eyes he said, “I’ll be leaving immediately, I’m heading to Tong Kingdom.”

Once he reaches Tong Kingdom, he will have to fiercefully embrace that young man he has been thinking of intensely. Embrace him tightly until he is crushed. And just like in his thoughts, easily crushed up Xi Lei King’s heart.

To tightly hold him, scrunch him up, to savor and swallow him whole while never needing to regurgitate him for an entire lifetime.

Only in that way, he would no longer be as scared as he was.

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