1400 penalty, you also made a mistake
Feng Qingchen repeated to the Ninth Prince what Feng Liyou had said, and of course did not forget to mention the one-month training agreement.
"Time is very tight. It will take you more than a month to prepare. I will send people to help you." The group of beggar soldiers were well-trained, so a month would be enough.
Feng Qingchen refused without thinking: "I can do it myself."
"What are you going to do? What those soldiers lack is not training, but venues and food. Do you have them?" The Ninth Prince didn't want Feng Qingchen to exclude him. This feeling was really terrible.
Feng Qingchen had finally learned to rely on him, but now he has changed again.
"Don't worry, I will not waste my connections. If I need others to help me with such a small matter, I would be a failure as a person." Feng Qingchen is a proud person, but she did not have the power and status to match her pride, so she had to suppress herself, endure herself, and choose to do nothing in many things.
"Okay, if you need my help, send someone to the Ninth Prince's Palace to tell him." The Ninth Prince did not force him. He understood the so-called test very well. Even if Feng Qingchen did not do well, she would still be the legitimate daughter of Feng Li. However, he did not say that all the clan members would respect her and everyone in the Feng Li clan would obey her.
Besides, Feng Qingchen is not just the legitimate daughter of Feng Li, she wants to be the King of Feng Li.
"Thank you, Your Highness. It's getting late. Take care." Feng Qingchen smiled sweetly, but the Ninth Prince had a bad feeling.
"Qingchen you..." still angry.
"What's wrong with me?"
"Are you still angry with me?"
"I said, we'll settle our accounts when we get down the mountain. Let's start now." Did he really think that she was so dizzy from the kiss that she forgot about directions?
"Ahem... Qingchen, I have admitted my mistake." The Ninth Prince's ears turned slightly red and his eyes flickered.
"Admit your mistake? Your attitude for admitting your mistake is really good." Feng Qingchen pursed her lips, reminding the Ninth Prince how he admitted his mistake.
"It is a great virtue to know one's mistakes and correct them. Qingchen, you can't hold on to the past." The Ninth Prince spoke seriously, and Feng Qingchen laughed softly twice: "You have a point, but if you make a mistake, you must be punished. How do you think I should punish you?"
"You are also wrong. You went up the mountain knowing that it was dangerous. You deliberately made me worry."
"That makes sense. I also made a mistake, so I accept the punishment. How about this, for your mistake, you are not allowed to see me or talk to me for five days. For my mistake, I am not allowed to see you or talk to you for ten days. That's it..."
"Are you punishing yourself or me?" The Ninth Prince's face darkened. Is there any punishment like this?
"We both made mistakes, so we both have to be punished. My mistake was more serious, so the punishment should be heavier." Feng Qingchen looked righteous, which made the Ninth Prince very angry.
"You can be fined, but this punishment is too severe. Three days, it will be fine in three days." He will go back and rest for three days, and he will probably be able to get out.
"Fifteen days." Otherwise, the Ninth Prince would really treat her as a glutinous rice ball and knead it however he wanted.
"Fifteen days is too long, five days, at most five days. The mistake I made is more serious, so I will be punished for three days. The mistake you made will be punished for two days." Although he was being punished in the end, he had no choice but to accept it.
"One month is fine then." Feng Qingchen spread his hands and acted like a rogue. The Ninth Prince had no choice but to compromise: "Fifteen days is fifteen days. After fifteen days, you can't be angry anymore. We have to be reconciled as before."
"Let's see after fifteen days. What if you make a mistake again, or I make a mistake again within these fifteen days?" Feng Qingchen was always very happy to be able to make the Ninth Prince feel embarrassed, even happier than getting the recognition of the Fengli clan.
Humph... Do you really think that Feng Qingchen can't survive without Dong Lingjiu?
"This king will not make mistakes. If you make a mistake,
The number of days of silence will be reduced." The Ninth Prince was determined not to let Feng Qingchen cheat.
"Okay. Starting from tomorrow." Feng Qingchen waved his hand, indicating that the Ninth Uncle could leave.
"No, it has to start from tonight." The Ninth Prince refused to give in. Feng Qingchen nodded in agreement and added before leaving: "Except for the few secret guards who turned into light guards, please take away all the other people who are monitoring me."
She didn't say anything before and said she didn't care, but no one likes being watched every day.
"They exist to protect you." The Ninth Prince would never admit that it was surveillance. He only occasionally asked about Feng Qingchen's whereabouts.
"I have enough people around me. It's getting late, so I need to rest first." Feng Qingchen walked in without any reluctance, leaving the Ninth Prince standing outside the house alone.
Alas, my master is so pitiful. The secret guard looked up at the sky silently.
We are the poor ones. We are despised again and we are miserable again when we go back. Another secret guard also looked up at the sky.
So fucking sad!
You can't become fat in one bite, so Feng Qingchen didn't rush to think about training troops. Instead, he went back and had a good sleep. When he woke up in the afternoon, the first thing he did was to announce that he would return to the imperial city.
After returning to the imperial city, Feng Qingchen officially became busy.
She remembered Feng Liyou's words, that Feng Li's daughter did not need to lead troops, she just needed to understand, so... what she had to do was not to be a coach, but a commander and decision maker.
To train soldiers, once we have the soldiers, what remains are the venues, instructors, training plans, and most importantly, food, clothing and weapons.
Soldiers don't need to show off their appearance, but they must at least have a good mental outlook and be clean and tidy.
"Bring me the map." Feng Qingchen searched on the map all night and barely found a place that looked acceptable and could be hidden from the emperor. The next day, he went to find Xuan Shaoqi.
"Shaoqi, sell the village below Xuanxiao Palace to me. I will arrange housing for the villagers and give them an equal amount of land in exchange." Feng Qingchen used the demolition method, and what she paid was far higher than what she got back. She exchanged high-yielding land for barren land.
"Sure. I'll have someone arrange it and give you news within three days." Xuan Shaoqi took a look and knew that there were not many people in that village, and the land was barren. The villagers did not live well, and most of them were willing to move to another place.
“Thank you.” The venue was solved. With the protection of Xuanxiao Palace, the emperor could not send anyone to investigate. After all, it was no longer Dongling’s territory.
"No need to be polite. If there's anything I can help with, just let me know." Although Feng Qingchen did not tell Xuan Shaoqi her identity, she did tell him about the military training.
"Well... I'm going to start arranging those people now to move there as refugees. If possible, can you help me look after a few of them to avoid any accidents." Ten thousand people, even if they were walking in batches at night, would easily attract attention. It would be a good thing to have Xuan Shaoqi to help cover for a few.
After agreeing on the training venue, Feng Qingchen did not have time to rest. She was busy looking for Su Wenqing to order clothes, quilts, shoes and socks, as well as basic daily necessities.
The amount required for ten thousand people is not a small number. Su Wenqing's face almost turned green. It's not that it's not profitable, but it may not be able to be consumed.
"One month is too rushed." Su Wenqing swore that he was not raising the price.
"I'll add an extra layer of silver. You can hire a group of female workers and I'll pay their wages." Feng Qingchen was very generous. Su Wenqing owed her a large sum of silver anyway.
"Deal." Su Wenqing thought about it and decided that he could only rob some from Yuwen Yuanhua and give it to Feng Qingchen first.
You'd be a fool not to make money.
"Swindler." Feng Qingchen didn't have time to greet Su Wenqing. After agreeing on clothes and quilts for ten thousand people, he went to Wang's house to find Wang Jinling.
If she didn't ask the Ninth Prince for weapons, she could only ask Wang Jinling. Even if she had money, she couldn't buy iron weapons on the market!