317 The Malignant Tumor Serves as the Vanguard (2/2)
Jun Mo Xie took his Third Uncle's gloom into account. [I've made a very shitty name for myself in the army's way of life. I've received three severe beating in just half-a-days' time. Moreover, there was no argument that I could've used in my favor to prevent these punishments. It would take about a month to reach Tian Fa. Whether I had lived or died… whether I had lost face or didn't… one thing was for sure — the Iron Butt would've reached miraculous heights.]
[I've been given the responsibility to be a trail-opener from this moment onwards. I'm not very proficient at opening roads, or bridging streams. But, any robber we encounter along the way will be dealt with effectively. Not a single shall remain!]
[This is such a great opportunity to train my troops!]
Jun Mo Xie accepted the orders since he feared a change of command from the Commander. Then, he quickly ordered his 250 men to strike camp the same evening. They then disappeared into the darkness like a sharp arrow… just as Commander Jun had ordered. The 250+1 men disappeared without a trace.
Two days later, Commander Jun Wu Yi discovered that it was a brilliant decision to send Jun Mo Xie as a vanguard. In fact, it was an amazing and wise decision that could make for a great legend.
The best way to employ a person's true talent is to place them in the right position.
The journey became extremely smooth. The army's march had started to seem like a site-seeing tour. They followed Jun Mo Xie's vanguard unit. So, there was no need for them to be frightened since there was no danger up ahead. As for the officials along the way — they welcomed the army heartily in fear of the reception not being satisfactory. And, they even came forward and gave some the military some supply materials. There was no case of embezzlement.
Jun Mo Xie initiated a thorough sweep to completely wipe-out the bandits. In fact, he even went 200kms beyond the official route to deal with them. This vanguard unit led by Jun Mo Xie wiped out all the bandits throughout the journey!
The entire journey was bloody; a hundred percent bloody.
The Young Master Jun's 'Heaven Destroyer Team' and 'Spirit Devourer Team' had used this bloody journey to accustom themselves to purely bloody conflicts.
These two-hundred-and-fifty men had been killing throughout the journey. Let alone Jun Mo Xie… even Jun Wu Yi could well-imagine the scene of the murderous aura that would be cultivated by the time they'd reach Tian Fa.
[Murderous aura and the bloody-lust are destined to become a part of those two platoon' souls!]
The passage through the first province was still acceptable to Jun Wu Yi. However, the passage through the second province was different. Jun Wu Yi looked at the Magistrate, and it literally seemed to him as if the man was a war-weary comrade who was about to start complaining about the women in the brothels.
However, the Magistrate looked at Jun Wu Yi with a strange expression in his eyes. It seemed as if he had just gotten to see his 'mother' after a long period of separation. No… it should be 'father'.
His face was full of tears and snot.
The Magistrate sounded a bit off as well. Jun Mo Xie's buttocks had started to ache from sitting on a saddle by the time he had reached the Magistrate's province. And thus, this Magistrate's parade had started…
First, the Young Master Jun wanted a carriage. What's more… he wanted it to be extremely luxurious. And, he wanted it completed in a days' time. Further, he wanted the work's progress-reported every hour. However, the Young Master didn't stop here. He also displayed the amazingly erudite accounting skills that he had acquired in his previous life. He settled the entirety of the Magistrate's accounts… accounts which had been compounding over the years.
This full-grown man of a Magistrate trembled in fear. He summoned artisans from near and far. He ordered them to build a carriage with the utmost caution and the harshest of adherence to standards. He ordered them to produce a carriage which offered the most comfortable ride and fast speeds. Thereafter, he was able to present an extremely luxurious carriage to Jun Mo Xie within the stipulated time.
Moreover, the material required to produce this carriage had been purchased with the money this Magistrate had coveted from the province's treasury over the years. In fact, the cost of production was so extravagant that the Magistrate was forced to borrow money.
The pitiful Magistrate trembled with fear as he came to Jun Mo Xie's vanguard unit to report the completion of the build. Jun Mo Xie was holding the accounts book at the time. In fact, he was treating it as a fan. He wished to educate that one man in all sincerity.
”I say Fei Zhu Chang…” This person's name was Fie Zhu Chang! It meant fat pig's intestines… The Young Master Jun found it hard to deal with this. He couldn't help clicking his tongue. [It's a big world, but there's nothing weirder than this name. This guy's parents must've been on a whole new level!]
”Aren't you too unprofessional? The so-called Heavenly Emperor had made you a Magistrate five years ago. And, you could only rake-in less than fifty thousand silver taels? This is extremely disappointing. Damn! Being corrupt will do you no good. No wonder… you're forty years old, and still a mere trash Magistrate! Five years of your greed and corruption has stained this land. Have you gobbled-up that carriage of mine as well? Is that what you're here to tell me?” Jun Mo Xie shook his head and sighed. It was evident that misfortune and fury was about to befall the man.
”I, yes… the General is right. This Magistrate is very incompetent,” the Magistrate replied. He wiped the cold sweat off his face as he trembled in fear. However, he complained in his heart. [My holy ancestors ah! The carriage and its wheels are made from a hundred year old red sandalwood. The interiors are inlaid with four types of pearls. And, I've paid for this with my own money. The red sandalwood I could purchase wasn't enough… So, you tore out my family's door and my bed's planks. What else do you want? Why do you still bring-up my acts of corruption? My Family has become poor and wretched, and my butt has been soaked in debt. Yet, you still won't allow me to live in peace?]