Vol 18 Chapter 3 (2/2)
Leaving the palace with Lord Changping in tow, they were celebrating Li Si’s stroke of good luck With only a few sentences, he has ain Xiao Pan’s co Shaolong went as far to predict that Xiao Pan the future Qin shi+ Huang’s unwavering trust of Li Si may have arisen from these few lines
Both ates and turned into thethe e residences of various i officials, rand and i environment
He could not help but sigh
Lord Changping co has just come back from Chu and should know about their latest develop our Qin far of Bashu, there is no e can compete with them However, it is also due to their wealth that will be the cause of their downfall”
Xiang Shaolong was interested in this topic and slowed down the horse speed He was curious: “Wealth is better than poverty Why would it be the cause of their downfall?”
Lord Changping lamented: “The abundant lands of Chu provides its people with sea salt, bronze, leather, abalone, bae and the population is li and excess rivers for fishi+ng There is no lack of firewood, fresh water or seafood One can earn a good living with little work as the land is extrerows easily Without any natural calae inwar, the soldiers have no will to fight Their arenuine capabilities Otherwise, they would have conquered the world long ago”
Xiang Shaolong agreed with everything Lord Changping mentioned Li Yuan is indeed a fla too He took the chance to ask about Zhao who as Dong Horse Fanatic, he had used the analogy of Northern Horses and Southern Horses to differentiate between Zhao and Chu
For soreatterritory too but most of the land isHu where the people are strong and fierce S and Wu Yuan are all conquered by Rongdi The people are good hunters but are weak at far such as Han Xin, Tai Yuan and Shang Dang, there are all occupied by the descendents of many ex-ainst one another and seek faant life For exa numbered more than a hundred and they are all dressed in expensive clothes The aristocrats indulge in wine, meat and women They may produce the best soldiers on land but they are not able to utilise talented men In fact, they are jealous of talent; otherwise, Zhao Gua will not replace Lian Po and directly resulted in the loss of the Battle of Changping”
Xiang Shaolong did not expect Lord Changping to have such insight and his opinion of him improved He praised: “These words described the essence of Zhao What about the other states?”
After being praised by Xiang Shaolong, Lord Changping is even more spirited: “Yan is situated in the north east and it will mostly made up of poor ard them Han is in dire straits and row crops If not for Zhao and Wei supporting theo”
Xiang Shaolong has yet to visit Yan and Han so he does not know the details But re to borrow grain, he was sure that Lord Changping is telling the truth
Lord Changping continued: “Wei has always been our arch enemy Once, that year, General Wu Qi fortified themselves west of the river and we lost incalculable battles there They allied themselves with everyone and limited our eastern expansion plans Fro, the distance is over ten thousand miles and protected by three hundred thousand soldiers Fortunately, Wei has grown arrogant and incurred the wrath of Handan City and the people of Zhao, inciting widespread anger against the Even their top general Pang Juan was captured by the enemy Since thatin their present circumstances”
Xiang Shaolong res of Zhao: The people of Wei cannot be trusted That year, King Anli of Wei sent uised as horse thieves Wei deserves the retribution of being annihilated in the future
He nodded: “Lord has analyzed every state in the east except for Qi”
Lord Changping thought for so knohat is the favourite pasti empty talk?”
Xiang Shaolong responded: “Hoill I know? Tell me quick!”
Lord Changping laughed: “I may have been pro so everyone is treating me like a normal friend Ha! But I like it this way”
Xiang Shaolong knows that he is easy to get along and broke out into a wide grin
Lord Changping divulged: “Currently, theThe richest loan shark is a shadyHe is even richer than Lu Buwei in the past I don’t think anyone can match his wealth From this, you can tell how shallow the people of Qi are The rich spent all their ti racing The poor are generally hoe portion of the population Otherwise, based on their seafood trade, salt resources as well as their capable business strategies, how come they were nearly conquered by Yan? If not for the rise of Tian Dan, Qi will be in trouble”
Xiang Shaolong sincerely professed; “This is called: Talking to a wiseIt is a nice coincidence that we have promoted a talented man like you to be the Left Premier”
Lord Changping burst out laughing: “Shaolong need not tease me I don’t kno you did it but sister has been convinced to xie Even if you land a few punches on ladly”
Xiang Shaolong finally understood the reason for his joyfulness He was about to say so when chaos broke out On the roadside, everyone was trying to run away froroups of swordsht
Lord Changping bellowed: “Surround them!”
The Eighteen Guardians and Lord Changping’s personal escorts hurriedly got down their horses and advanced forward
The two groups of swordsroup has thirty odd roup only has five roup of five men
Their ly high
This man is around twenty five years old and is tall and handsome When he moves, his footwork is like the wind and his attacks are ruthless Every ti weapon will be struck away or an injury will be inflicted There is no way to resist his attacks Even the larger group of swords to run for their lives
But the group of five swordsmen refused to let them off and were hot behind their heels
However, they showed mercy in their attacks No one was killed and only injuries were sustained, causingunable to climb back up
As they fought along the street, a line of injured men can be seen as they were struck down
When Jing Shan and the others arrived in front of theh they were confronted by official soldiers, the five men remained defiant
Froroup ofClustered in a group, their eyes are fla with hatred as they stared hard at the five swordsmen
Xiang Shaolong and Lord Changping exchanged a glance Both of thehast at what they saw
Noticing the uniforroup, they can be identified as family warriors of Premier Mentor Who are the five swordsmen who have the audacity to attack the subordinates of the Premier Mentor?
assessing the expert swords coldly breathed: “This xie’s”
Xiang Shaolong nodded once and brought his horse forward, barking: “How dare you people fight on the streets? Is there no regard for the law? Report your names!”
The handsome expert swordsman stood as erect as an ihtly towards Xiang Shaolong, showing his disregard for hi has happened, he simply replied: “I a their status as Premier Mentor’s followers, these er to drink ith the down so I take it upon myself to teach them a lesson”
Jing Shan and the rest could not bear with his arrogance and wanted to force hi that he is with Lao Ai, they hurriedly sed their words
Lord Changping ca’s side and whispered: “Han Jie is froot to know him when he was in Han He is the number one swordsman of Han and it seems like he deserved this reputation”
Xiang Shaolong recalled that Xiao Pan didQi who is Lao Ai’s advisor Zhu Ji had wanted to promote both of them
A spokesperson ca to the Preer; he did not even paid his respects and proudly denied: “Official Xiang and Left Premier, please do not listen to one side of the story Han Jie is lying We brothers are just drinking and having fun but these men from the Inner Custodian Residence tried to interfere with our private affairs We will report this e for us”
Han Jie coldly snorted: “Losers! What audacity! Let’s see what you’ve got!”
He bowed slightly again to Xiang Shaolong and Lord Changping before turning around to leave
Like a bunch of sore losers, the other group proceeded to assist their injured co spirit gone
The Guardians and the escorts glanced at one another by the side as neither Xiang Shaolong nor Lord Changping has issued any order
For the first tiance and defiant attitude of Lu Buwei and Lao Ai’s fah, and can only wait patiently for the day of the Black Dragon sighting
On the other hand, he was secretly happy Now, Lu Buwei and Lao Ai’s disagreement has escalated to a level of irreconcilability
Finally, he can enjoy some days of peace!