"A barren land!" Feng Yuheng lamented her bad luck. She finally got a fief, but it was still barren. But she soon calmed down and said she could accept it. Just like Wang Chuan said, if it was a rich land, how could the royal family reward it? You know, theoretically, the fief that was awarded can never be taken back! Unless it was taken by force, that would also be detrimental to Dashun.
"Miss." Huang Quan also said, "You may not know what barren land means. It is a place where crops cannot grow and it is impossible to farm. But there are mountains around, and I have studied it before. There is a mountain range within our fiefdom. Two of the peaks are ours. They are not barren mountains!"
"No problem." Feng Yuheng waved his hand and said, "I, your daughter, never thought of going there to farm. Besides, I don't know how to do it. It's good to have a mountain. At least we won't starve to death if we rely on the mountain for food. That side is close to the jade mine, so we should take good care of our own business."
The two girls were relieved. Their mistress had her own ideas and had never made mistakes in these years. As long as she said it was okay, it really was okay. After all, they were not short of money and could still make ends meet.
Feng Yuheng packed up and prepared to leave the house. She had an appointment with Xuan Tianming today. The two of them would meet outside the city. At the same time, Xuan Tianming would bring two empty carriages. After she arrived outside the city, she found an excuse to sit in the empty carriage and transferred all the guns and ammunition in the space to the carriage.
When the three of them left the house, it was just daybreak and there was no one on the street. In the first month of the year, every household did not work, and the people in the capital were relatively wealthy, so most of them were having a feast or playing cards. No one would get up too early in the morning. When Feng Yuheng was leaving, he remembered something, so he called Ban to go and said to him, "Go to the Lian Mansion and ask Feng Zhaolian if she wants to go to the camp with us. We'll be waiting for you in the palace carriage, so go quickly and come back quickly."
Ban Zou was puzzled: "That monster, why take him there?"
"There are 100,000 troops in the camp outside the capital, but they are his. Do you think it is necessary to take him with you to take a look?" Feng Yuheng said nothing more and squatted into the palace carriage.
Huang Quan saw that she looked a little strange, and was a little worried about Ban Zou. He couldn't help but say something more: "Ban Zou just doesn't treat himself as an outsider. Miss, please don't be angry with him."
Feng Yuheng shook her head, "No problem." After being with her for so many years, how could she not understand. But Ban Zou was just like Huang Quan said, he was familiar with her and didn't treat her as an outsider, so that when she said something, he would have some doubts and questions, and couldn't immediately and unconditionally execute it. Of course, such secret guards were also more humane, unlike those around Xuan Tianming, who were all very mechanical and unreasonable.
Ban Zou acted quickly. They waited in the imperial carriage for no more than two quarters of an hour before the other party came back. However, he came back alone. When he arrived in front of Feng Yuheng, he spread his hands and said, "That monster is not coming."
Feng Yuheng nodded. This result was not surprising. She asked Huang Quan to tell the driver to leave, but Ban Zou was still standing in the carriage, staring at Feng Yuheng and asked, "Master, do you want to know why he is not going?"
Feng Yuheng raised her eyebrows: "Then why don't you tell me, we have nothing to do along the way anyway."
Ban Zou twitched his lips, and his face was full of contempt and disgust when he talked about Feng Zhaolian: "That monster has been running to Prince Chun's Mansion every day recently, bringing all kinds of good things. The things he brought are enough for food, clothing, housing and transportation, just to meet the Seventh Prince. As a result, he runs into obstacles every day and can't even enter the mansion, but he still enjoys it. My subordinates went to find him and told him about the master's proposal, but he rejected it very happily. He asked his subordinates to bring a message to the master, saying that since those soldiers have been given to you, they are your private soldiers. It is no longer his business whether they are kept in the barracks to waste food and grass, or pulled out to the battlefield to fight the enemy. He is no longer the commander-in-chief of those soldiers, so naturally he will not show off his ability today." After Ban Zou finished speaking, he turned around and disappeared.
Feng Yuheng was touched by Feng Zhaolian's words. No matter what, giving up power and troops required great courage for anyone. Feng Zhaolian was able to do this, and both she and Xuan Tianming were grateful.
"Miss." Wang Chuan saw what Feng Yuheng was thinking and said, "This is also the choice of King Lian himself. Since he wants to come to Dashun and be an ordinary citizen, then we should just follow his wishes and let him live a peaceful life in the future. This can also be regarded as fulfilling his intention when he left Qian Zhou."
"Wangchuan." Huang Quan was very entangled, "Are you going to persuade Miss to help the Lotus King get close to the Seventh Prince next?"
Wang Chuan glared, "How is that possible?"
"But that person's mind is all on His Highness the Seventh Prince. Apart from this, is there anything else that can make him feel comfortable?"
Wang Chuan had no answer to this, but Feng Yuheng said, "One hundred thousand soldiers and horses can't buy his freedom. He just didn't want to fight at the beginning, but it was just a battle. Sooner or later, he would be defeated. So don't think of using this to help me help him get close to Brother Seven. I can't betray Brother Seven just for one hundred thousand soldiers and horses. That's absolutely not possible."
The two girls nodded. That was right. They should follow such a master and never tolerate him. They should never lose their principles just for the sake of so-called gratitude. They should turn against him when it’s time to do so, no matter who he is. The two girls agreed with Feng Yuheng’s description of Feng Zhaolian as a “defeated general”!
The carriage left the city very quickly. Xuan Tianming was waiting for them five miles outside the city. When he saw the imperial carriage coming, he immediately stepped forward. Feng Yuheng left two maids in the carriage and got off to talk to Xuan Tianming in private. After talking for a while, the two got on one or two ordinary carriages. The others didn't know why, but after all, the two masters must have their purpose together, so no one asked.
The convoy continued to move towards the Barrier Mountain. After Feng Yuheng and Xuan Tianming entered the carriage, they did not delay for a moment. Feng Yuheng kept taking out the types of guns she had selected from her sleeves, while Xuan Tianming was responsible for helping to arrange them neatly to ensure that the two carriages could be filled with everything Feng Yuheng needed.
After one cart was loaded, the two stopped the team and went to another cart to continue loading. The two drivers felt that the weight of the cart had changed, as if it was full of things, but they really didn't understand what was going on, and continued to drive the cart with a puzzled look on their faces. All the way to the bottom of the Barrier Mountain, Xuan Tianming unexpectedly chose to take a long detour instead of using Qinggong to climb the mountain, which puzzled Wangchuan Huangquan and Bai Ze. Even Ban Zou, who had already appeared, looked strange.
But no matter how strange it was, if it was Feng Yuheng alone, they might be able to ask, but now that Xuan Tianming was also there, they did not have the courage to do so. They had to take a long detour and spent several more hours before entering the camp outside the capital.
Feng Yuheng hadn't been here for a long time, and the soldiers guarding the camp were very friendly when they saw her, calling her "Princess". She was not stingy either, and had already taken out a lot of chocolate from the space before going out and prepared it in the palace car. In this cold weather, both patrolling and training were very hard, and having chocolate on her body and eating a piece from time to time could also enhance her physical strength.
Of course, she didn't have the energy to prepare chocolate for more than 100,000 people. She only prepared a few packages and gave them to the camp guards she met. Then she asked them to pass them to everyone. Whoever saw them would get a share. Those who didn't get any would always have the opportunity to make up for it elsewhere in the future.
Xuan Tianming did not announce Feng Yuheng's arrival. He just called the two generals of the Shenji Camp, He Gan and Xi Fang, then nodded at Feng Yuheng, led his men into the camp, and left Feng Yuheng to talk to the two generals.
Wangchuan and Huangquan also followed Xuan Tianming. It was not their first time here, and they knew the rules here. Naturally, a young lady had serious business to attend to once she entered the camp, and she could not be like a delicate young lady with two servants. Of course, Wangchuan and Huangquan were masters among masters. Every time they came, there would always be soldiers who had nothing to do to fight with them. Soldiers who fought in large-scale battles were naturally not as sophisticated as the specially trained masters like them in terms of martial arts, so they usually received some guidance from the two, which was also a gain.
As for Feng Yuheng, He Gan and Xi Fang led the Shenji Group and Tianji Group respectively. Perhaps from the moment Feng Yuheng established the Shenji Camp, Xuan Tianming's image as the chief commander was no longer as tall as before in their hearts. Instead, it was replaced by this little woman who selected them from tens of thousands of people. All their abilities benefited from Feng Yuheng's true teachings. To them, Feng Yuheng was not only the chief commander of the Shenji Camp, but also their mentor.
The two knelt down in front of Feng Yuheng and performed the master-disciple ceremony. Feng Yuheng did not refuse and accepted it calmly. When the two stood up, she smiled and stuffed a purse embroidered with the word "Fu" into each of them. After all, it was money. Each purse was filled with 1,000 taels of silver notes, which was considered as the New Year's money she gave to the two generals. Anyway, she had gained so much in the Sheng Palace, and she was now a local tycoon. This little money was really nothing to her, but for He Gan and Xi Fang, this was the military pay that they could not earn back after serving as soldiers for many years.
Feng Yuheng's surprises were not over yet. She told the two of them, "I can't afford the bounty for hundreds of thousands of troops, but I must prepare the bounty for the thousand people in our Shenji Camp. I brought silver notes here today, one hundred taels per person, not much, it's the New Year, let's ask for a good start." Xuan Tianming estimated that the gold ingots stolen from the Sheng Palace were worth 30 million taels. Feng Yuheng really didn't take it seriously now, as he was giving each of the thousand people one hundred taels of silver. Besides, leading troops to fight is like this. It's not long-term to conquer the soldiers by relying on personal charm. What are people doing in the army? Isn't it to have a job to do and to get a salary to subsidize their families? Dashun did not recruit only sons for conscription. Their salary had to support their families and brothers and sisters, so the task was heavy. She is now the commander-in-chief of the Shenji Camp. As she said, she can't manage hundreds of thousands of troops, but she must manage a small Shenji Camp.
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