Objectively speaking, Gao Bin was absolutely right.
No politician with a sound mind would choose Qinghe as the capital, unless his territory was limited to this one county...
But many times, humans are not completely rational creatures.
After the meeting, the brothers still refused to leave, so they sat quietly in the meeting room, waiting for Lin Hai to give an explanation.
Lin Hai looked at his brothers.
His brothers just looked at him like that.
In the past ten years, they had not sat together like this without any distractions for a long time, but suddenly they didn't know what to say.
Lin Hai knew very well that Shi Zhen'er would tell him about his brothers' recent situation every month. For the past ten years, no matter what Lin Hai was doing at the time, she would do it without fail.
But no matter how hard Lin Hai tried, he could not beat time.
Nine of his sworn brothers have already left him.
They were also buried in Jianshan Camp, next to the old captain's cenotaph.
Just like the formation when they went to war, their graves were not placed next to each other, but empty spaces were reserved for the living. The person in charge of this matter was the thirteenth brother Chen Tianxiong. After so many years, he still stubbornly believed that being with the old captain was the real reunion.
Lin Hai looked at his sworn brothers and suddenly felt that life was impermanent. When he first joined the army, he stood behind his sworn brothers every day, and he was able to survive because they protected him from the wind and rain.
Later, he stood among his sworn brothers, and together with their support, they completed the migration journey of thousands of miles from the central region to the southwest.
Later, he stood in front of his sworn brothers and, relying on his advanced knowledge, he and they fought for a way to survive in the wild mountains of the southwest.
Now, his sworn brothers actually sat opposite him, and no one came to touch his head anymore, yelling at Xiao Linzi to be obedient.
But is this really the path he led his brothers on?
Lin Hai did not dare to take credit for it.
If the old captain hadn't said that no one would follow a young boy, let alone a migration of thousands of miles,
When he first arrived in Qinghe, Lin Hai, who had no soldiers or food, still relied on his sworn brothers to act as vanguards with knives, and only then was he able to maintain peace in Qinghe in the southwest which was surrounded by bandits.
Later, several sworn brothers who could not hold on, that is, their original injuries had not healed, and they went on battles with injuries many times, and eventually they developed incurable diseases and passed away early.
Even today, half of Qinghe's armed forces are commanded by his sworn brothers. Shi Ming remains the best stonemason. Ninth Brother, whose medical skills are far surpassed by Bao Gu's, has taken the initiative to take care of his sworn brothers' health, saying he wants to make use of his remaining energy and save Xiao Linzi some trouble. And third brother Yin San, who can't do anything except dance, actually reported to Xue Tao on his own and shamelessly joined the art troupe, becoming its first male actor...
Thinking of this, Lin Hai stood up, moved a chair, walked quickly to Wang Liang's side, put it down, and sat down, just like he did back then. He looked at everyone and said, "Brothers, I have something to say."
Wang Liang saw that something was amiss and tried to dissuade him, "Little Linzi, stop talking. We all know the truth and we fully support you. Your Thirteenth Brother is just clueless. You know, when he went to war, he left his brain at home and forgot to take it with him..."
Wang Liang told a cold joke that only Lin Hai and his sworn brothers had heard. Together with the Thirteenth Brother in the joke, everyone laughed heartily.
Lin Hai smiled and said:
"Brother, don't worry. I trust you, brothers, and you trust me.
Regardless of whether we are wearing a beggar's tattered sack, a Daliang military uniform, or even a newly made dragon robe, I am still Xiao Linzi. Heaven and my adoptive father can bear witness to this."
Wang Liang looked at Lin Hai and nodded, then slapped Thirteenth Brother on the head with his backhand and said:
"Chen Tianxiong, you're the one who's always making trouble. The captain told us to listen to Xiao Linzi back then. You know military orders are as heavy as a mountain. Now you come out here whining and grumbling all the time about how we can't be together after we die. You're such a bad-mouthed person, I might as well just call you Brother Crow."
Lin Hai hurried to stop Wang Liang. Not to mention that Wang Liang was much stronger than Brother Crow. The fact that Brother Crow had been guarding graves in Jianshan Camp all these years while Wang Liang had been fighting meant that the two men's strength was incomparable. Although he knew in his heart that Wang Liang did not use much force, it was very likely that Brother Crow would accidentally go from being the one guarding the graves to being watched.
"Brothers, I have something to say."
Lin Hai spoke softly, and the scene fell into complete silence.
"For reasons I cannot explain, the war will continue even though we have defeated the Khmer Rouge. To put it simply, there will be many battles to be fought in the future, and the enemy will be strong."
Having said that, Lin Hai waved his hand to stop everyone from asking questions.
"I can't tell you why exactly. It's not that I don't trust my brothers, but I haven't told anyone, and I can't.
So I need a country. Only with the ruling power of a country can I integrate forces and have a chance of survival in the future great war.
This is why I am not humble at all. I even skipped the traditional three declines and said directly that I want to establish a country and become emperor.
And this is why the capital must be located in Jinguan City.
I know that my brothers are reluctant to leave this place, so after we set up the capital in Jinguan City, those brothers who are willing to go to Jinguan City can go with me, and those who are willing to stay in Qinghe can stay and help me guard the retreat.
Even if I become the emperor, I will not build an imperial mausoleum. When the time comes, I can only trouble my Thirteenth Brother to reserve a place for me next to my adoptive father.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading!
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com