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July 25th. After six days of forced marching, Niu Ben led the 30,000-strong Qingzhou army into Yunzhou. At the same time, he received grave news—Chagatai's sixty-thousand-strong Mongol cavalry was fast approaching Jizhou. What was worse, a detachment of ten thousand riders had split from the main force and was circumventing Jizhou, heading directly toward Yunzhou. Within the military command tent, Niu Ben unrolled the map Prince Qi had provided and began to analyze the situation. Surrounding him were…-
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“Commoners can get a noble title?” In Zhu Family Village, Zhu Wuliu looked up and asked the reporter who had come to read the daily news. “Yes,” the man replied with excitement. “The newspaper clearly says that as long as someone makes a major contribution to Qingzhou, they can receive a noble title. And along with the title comes heritable land. Even the lowest-ranked baron gets 300 mu of land that can’t be reclaimed by the government. That land will be theirs, passed down through…
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Qingzhou Secret Intelligence Bureau. As soon as news arrived from Yongzhou, Wang Xuan rushed to the Prince’s Manor. While Prince Qi had been busy reforming Qingzhou these past couple of months, the situation in Yongzhou had taken a dramatic turn for the worse. The number of people rallying under the so-called “Azure Dragon King” had grown rapidly, and Prince Yong’s forces were losing ground fast. But that wasn’t the biggest concern. Worse yet, the Mongol general Chagatai had led sixty…
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Outside the Prince of Qi’s manor, Cao Zhengyang stared at the golden characters on the signboard, slightly dazed. Now that Yue Yun and the others had returned to Qingzhou, the Cao family had fulfilled their part of the bargain. Cao Zhengyang had come again to discuss opening the Cao family bank in the prince’s territory. He also brought with him two million stones of grain from Prince Chu, sold directly to Prince Qi. These were tangible profits—the Cao family’s way of showing sincerity. After…
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"Your Highness, I’ve assigned a team to each war chariot," Niu Ben reported, pointing to the soldiers standing around one of the Hussite chariots. These soldiers were specially selected to accompany the chariots. While cavalry couldn’t do much against the chariots directly, most armies would send heavy infantry ahead of a cavalry charge to destroy the vehicles. That’s why each war chariot needed its own protection unit. "Let me hear the details," Xiao Ming said. He was currently focusing on…
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Birdsong echoed from the woods outside the plantation. For a full hour, Xiao Ming explained the seed cultivation process to Kui Si and the others. "Kui Si, did you understand everything His Highness said? You’ll be in charge of the seed cultivation. If anything goes wrong, you’ll be held responsible," Pang Yukun warned him. In Pang Yukun’s eyes, this was a matter of great importance—it was directly tied to whether the people would have food to eat in the future. "Y-Yes, Chief S-Secretary...…
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"Lin Wentao?" Xiao Ming didn’t think the man was crazy—but to someone like Luluo, who lived in this era, the man definitely seemed like a lunatic. He turned to Zhao Long and said, "Go to Bowen Academy and find out if there’s really a student named Lin Wentao." "Yes, Your Highness." Zhao Long left, and Luluo continued, "This man even said that once he gets his scholarship, he’ll pay us for making his cloth bag. He spoke so seriously. Your Highness, could he really be a student from Bowen…
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Advanced chapter at patreon.com/caleredhair Inside the grand hall, Xiao Ming and Yue Yun sat facing each other. After a long while, Xiao Ming finally closed the notebook. He now had a general understanding of the current world. Overall, the European countries were still in the same places—they just had different rulers now. Aside from being slightly more advanced in technology, there weren’t many other differences. "Your Highness, the Dutch have also taken over Ryukyu. This blocks our navy from…
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Inside the palace in Chang’an. After reading the report from Qingzhou, Emperor Xiao Wenxuan immediately summoned Fei Ji. Inside the imperial study, the two men sat in silence for a long while. "Your Majesty, I also received some news from Jizhou. Just like Prince Qi said, there was indeed a drought last year around Bingzhou and Jizhou. Until now, not a drop of rain has fallen. The people in Prince Yong’s territory have run out of food. Their suffering is beyond words." "Bingzhou, Jizhou, and…
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"Your Highness, I’m back!" At the Prince of Qi’s manor in Qingzhou, civil and military officials had gathered. In the center of the grand hall, Yue Yun and the surviving sailors dropped to their knees, crying uncontrollably. Even Niu Ben and Lu Fei were moved. Of the more than seven hundred men who had set out, only two hundred and thirty-one returned. Two-thirds of the navy had perished in the vast sea. Xiao Ming stepped forward and helped the soldiers up one by one. His eyes were hot with…
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