While the Mountain and Sea Alliance was holding their conference, the Yan Huang Alliance was also making their move.
Capital District, Handan County.
"Second Brother's appetite is not small at all!"
Di Chen was leaning against the window, his posture tall and straight, but his expression was a little lonely.
Outside the window, the white snow covered the land, and the land was clean and white.
The heavy snow last night had covered up the dirt of the world, and made the land spotless.
"You agreed to him?"
Peerless Elegance was wearing a white fur coat, sitting by the window, holding a cup of hot tea in his hand, his expression calm. The hot tea gave off steam, forming a thin layer of smoke in the air.
Under the light smoke, Peerless Elegance was like a celestial being, extraordinary and refined.
"Agreed to him? How is that possible! " Di Chen smiled coldly. "I worked hard to build up Handan County. My second brother, on the other hand, was just watching from the sidelines. Now that we've suffered a setback, he wants to seize power. How naive."
After venting his dissatisfaction, Di Chen let out a long sigh, "Grandpa is very disappointed in me!"
Di Chen's words did not seem to match, but it made Peerless Elegance silent. Thinking of that kind-looking old man, her calm face couldn't help but twitch, as if she was thinking of something unpleasant.
"Actually, it's not just Second Brother who's restless! This time, we were able to successfully unify the Xuan Hua Basin, if you say there's nothing fishy going on, I won't believe it even if you beat me to death. "
Di Chen could see the current situation very clearly, and he knew his brothers and sisters very well.
Peerless Elegance was startled, "What are you going to do?"
"Heh!" Di Chen laughed coldly, "They think they're doing it secretly, but they don't know that I'm also beating them at their own game. When that time comes, it'll be like drawing water with a sieve, and they'll be crying. "
Peerless Elegance raised an eyebrow, but didn't reply.
The current Di Chen was getting more and more shrewd, and sometimes even Peerless Elegance couldn't figure out his thoughts.
"The dragon must soar, and the dragon must soar." Di Chen looked up at the sky outside the window, and said in a low voice, "How can there be no clothes? Just you wait, our battle is far from over."
Xiangyang District, Danyang District.
Unlike Di Chen's brothers and sisters, Lord Chunshen had long since established himself as the sole successor of the clan. His operation to sweep through the Jingzhou had progressed extremely smoothly.
Even so, Lord Chunshen still could not feel happy.
Based on the family's tradition, those who cooperated with Lord Chunshen in managing the surrounding territories were all members of the family's branch family, or some members of the direct line of descent who were unsuccessful.
The true elites of the clan were all hidden in the various King Cities. They used their family's capital and business resources to set up merchant guilds in the various King Cities and did very well.
According to the rules, the major chambers of commerce had to hand over 30% of their profits to Dan Yang County every month to support the development of the main base. This kind of institutional arrangement was also the fundamental reason why Lord Chunshen had so much money in his hands.
However, following the end of the Lianzhou Battle, Lord Chunshen's terrible performance caused his prestige to suffer a serious setback. His ability was also questioned by all sides of the family.
Some chambers of commerce had already begun to falsify accounts under the hints of their masters in an attempt to reduce the profits on their books in order to achieve the goal of reducing the "offerings".
"They're hitting us when we're down!"
Lord Chunshen flew into a rage after listening to the Chief Steward's report, smashing the teacup in his hand to pieces.
Dan Yang County had suffered heavy casualties in the Lianzhou Battle and needed a large sum of money to rebuild the army. At this time, his brothers and sisters wanted to reduce the offerings. How could Lord Chunshen not be angry?!
"Young Master, please calm down!"
The Chief Steward's heart trembled. He hurriedly ordered the servants to clean up the floor.
Lord Chunshen's expression was gloomy. Gnashing his teeth, he said, "Since they are heartless, don't blame me for being unjust!"
"Young Master, what brilliant plan do you have?"
The Chief Steward played the role of a lackey appropriately.
"Hmph, I want to see Father and expose their shameful deeds." Lord Chunshen's greatest reliance was his father's absolute support. "Not only that, I want to send auditors to check the accounts of the major chambers of commerce."
The Chief Steward timely added, "It would be best if there were permanent auditors to monitor their accounts!"
In this way, the major chambers of commerce would be like a fishbone stuck in their throats. They could no longer hide their accounts.
"Not bad, this is a good idea!"
Lord Chunshen looked appreciatively at the Chief Steward. He thought to himself, "It seems that my heart is not ruthless enough. In the past, I was a little too lenient towards these brothers and sisters."
"Young Master, to tell you the truth, even if the major chambers of commerce pay the full amount of offerings, there is still a shortfall in funds. It will be very difficult for the territory to recover in a short period of time. "
Although the Chief Steward was a lackey, he was a very capable lackey. Otherwise, Lord Chunshen would not have trusted him so much and always relied on him as a confidant.
Lord Chunshen frowned and said, "How much more?"
Hearing this, the Chief Steward stretched out his palm and said, "There is a shortfall of at least fifty thousand gold coins."
"Fifty thousand? Are you sure you did not make a mistake?! "Lord Chunshen was shocked.
"There is no mistake. I have calculated it repeatedly."
The Chief Steward solemnly vowed and spoke with sincerity. Of course, he would not tell Lord Chunshen that for every offering the chambers of commerce paid, he, as the "Chief Steward", had to go through it and take advantage of it.
"I understand. You may leave!"
Lord Chunshen waved his hand, his expression grave.
"Yes!" The Chief Steward stood up and took his leave.
Lord Chunshen stayed alone in his study, but he was struggling in his heart. He was weighing the pros and cons. If he proposed to his father to raise the ratio of profits paid by the major chambers of commerce to forty percent, would it be acceptable?
Although his father absolutely supported him, he could not ignore the existence of his other uncles.
However, the huge shortfall in funds forced Lord Chunshen to take the risk out of desperation.
"I don't care anymore!"
A trace of viciousness flashed across Lord Chunshen's face. He stood up and left the study.
"Brothers and sisters, this time, I will let you lift a rock to smash your own feet." Lord Chunshen's expression was sinister. "Also, how can I say I have no clothes? The blood feud is as deep as the sea, and we cannot live under the same sky!"
Jian Ye District, Chi Xue District.
If one were to say who had lost the most face in the battle of Lian Province, it would definitely be the War Wolf.
Although Lord Chunshen's defeat was unsightly, the one who had truly formulated the battle plan was the Chi Xue District. Half of the responsibility for the defeat of Lian Province had to be borne by the Chi Xue District.
As the representative of the Chi Xue District, the War Wolf naturally could not escape the blame.
At the last moment, if not for Di Chen's rescue, he, the War Wolf, would have suffered the same fate as Sha Po and died. His subordinate general, Zhao Zhuang, was able to "reunite" with Zhao Kuo.
After the battle, the War Wolf locked himself in the study and did not come out for several days.
Even the command of the army to unify Qinghe Province was accomplished by the three generals, Blood Wolf, Vicious Wolf, and Ghost Wolf.
Bai Qi had taught the middle-aged general next to the War Wolf a good lesson.
How should one fight a war with cold weapons?!
The defeat of the allied forces was due to their arrogance and underestimation of the enemy.
If they had joined forces with the grassland army from the beginning and directly besieged Shanhai City with the momentum of a thunderbolt, they might have had a chance of winning.
In the end, they watched helplessly as the allied forces of the grassland were gradually nibbled away before they slowly made their appearance.
They divided their forces into two groups, but neither group was successful.
Sometimes, having a big appetite was not a good thing.
They were arrogant and underestimated the enemy.
They had underestimated Shanhai City's infiltration and surveillance of Lianzhou Basin. As a result, as soon as the allied forces appeared, they were discovered by Shanhai City's spies, which directly caused the opportunity to besiege them to be stillborn.
They had also underestimated the combat power of the elite troops of Shanhai City.
In the battle of Gushan County, Shanhai City showed the allied forces what an elite force was.
All of this made the War Wolf feel ashamed.
It was not until the end of the year that the War Wolf walked out of the shadow of war.
A fall into the pit, a gain in your wit.
The defeat of Lianzhou was not necessarily a bad thing for the War Wolf.
The current War Wolf had become more pragmatic. He chose to lie low and concentrate on training a true elite army. Next time, he would compete with Shanhai City.
The elite division trained by the War Wolf would all be equipped with chainmail, and the soldiers would all be retired soldiers who had changed professions to generals. They would be disciplined and orderly in battle.
The name of this army was: Red Blood.
Quanzhou District, Bawang County.
Xiong Ba had escaped in the battle of Lianzhou.
Other than losing some ordinary soldiers, Bawang County did not suffer any major losses. The strength of Bawang County had long recovered and even improved.
Similarly, Bawang County had completed the unification of Qu Prefecture.
Everything had its pros and cons.
There was a price to pay for doing something.
The price that Xiong Ba paid was to be suspected by the Alliance, and Lord Chunshen was the worst.
The close working relationship between him and Lord Chunshen had completely disappeared.
When the Alliance met, Lord Chunshen directly frowned at Xiong Ba and ignored him.
The relationship between the two instantly fell to a freezing point.
Xiong Ba did not mind this, because he was an ambitious person.
Taking advantage of the depression of the Yan Huang Alliance, Xiong Ba finally revealed his claws and teeth. He joined forces with Wandering Huan, who was also unharmed, to establish his own mountain and become the third pole of the Yan Huang Alliance.
Xiong Ba officially got rid of the shadow of Lord Chunshen and began to exert greater influence in the Yan Huang Alliance.
The competition between him and Di Chen also began to enter a white-hot stage.
If it was said that between Xiong Ba and Lord Chunshen, there would be a day when they could reconcile; then between him and Di Chen, there was really a natural enmity.
This enmity was not only limited to Xiong Ba and Di Chen, but it was a confrontation between the two families.
Because of this, although Xiong Ba had suffered a defeat in the battle of Lianzhou, his position in the family did not fall, but instead rose. This was because the family saw that in the competition with the Di Family, there was hope of winning.
The other three members of the Yan Huang Alliance were not lying low, but were really quiet.
Military Kill Ripper had suffered a great loss, and had become mortal enemies with Wandering Huan.
Moreover, their territories were both in the Xianyang District. This was going to be a good show.
The last member of the Yan Huang Alliance, Feng Tianlie, was still at the stage of being a bystander, not worth mentioning. (To be continued.)
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