Female Novel
Chapter 189
Chapter 189: Chapter 185: Clan Council (End)
Everyone left one after the other, their gazes extremely complex every time they passed Tang Luo, a youth who had reached thepeak of transcendence. It was a sight hard for them to believe. Comparing him to themselves, they felt inferior and self-doubt.
Tang Luo respectfully nodded in farewell to each person, behaving like a well-mannered young man. His previous arroganceseemed to have been a mere illusion, now he showed his true nature.
Afterward, Tang Zhi also made the council hall a quiet place by sending away the warrior group, only Tang Luo and he remained.Tang Zhi approached Tang Luo and said,” Please have a seat, Elder Luo.”Tang Luo respectfully replied,” Clan leader, please sit down, feel free to call me by my name.”
While he was left behind, the head of the clan and the mountains were not, indicating that it could not be about drafting neworders. Certainly, the clan leader had something to entrust him with. Preferably, it would be best for them to not address eachother by their status, as after all, he was the younger one to Tang Zhi.
Tang Zhi smiled gently, sat down, and said, “Surely with your wisdom, you must know why | asked you to stay.”“You wish to tell me to refrain from taking action against others as much as possible,” Tang Luo responded.
Aglint of surprise and delight flashed through Tang Zhi’s eyes, it was reassuring that Tang Luo was clever enough to grasp thesituation immediately. With the extraordinary talent of a young boy who had reached the peak of transcendence after greathardship, desire for competition was inevitable. However, engaging himself in disputes was just as pointless as dressingflamboyantly for a night-time outing.
The family’s perception of Tang Luo was that he was an exceptional loner who looked down upon the rest of his clan members.Tang Zhi originally thought he would have to persuade him further, hence he dismissed the crowd. Yet he was astonished byTang Luo’s initiative.
“What do you think?”, Tang Zhi asked.novelbin
Tang Luo nodded and said, “I will follow the head's orders. However, | do have some confusion, may the clan leader unravel myconfusion?”
Looking at his respectful demeanor, Tang Zhi felt comforted. He smiled and asked, “You are wondering, why hasn’t the TangClan massively developed the wasteland and controlled the grain market yet?”
Tang Luo, who had painstakingly arranged the Five-Acre Farmland Act, was clearly not doing so for the prosperity of the TangClan, but for the political sake of benefiting the entire population at the expense of the Tang Clan. The reason behind such greateffort primarily pertained to the high grain prices in Xiling, which were unaffordable for the common people. Just last winter, morethan a hundred commoners starved to death on the city streets. This winter, the number of people struggling to survive withoutgrain will undoubtedly increase.
The Tang Clan had accumulated hundreds of thousands of refugees from Chengzhou but concentrated on the construction ofthe new city. They were capable of cultivating wasteland but remained indifferent to the idea, which is why the Tang Luoproposed the Five-Acre Farmland Act. Tang Zhi understood this as soon as he saw it.
However, he knew that Tang Luo must have been full of doubts. Tang Zhi had ample manpower available for farming, yet he hadbeen delaying the deployment of his agricultural plans. Even if not for the common people of Xiling, the Tang Clan suddenly hadhundreds of thousands of refugees to feed, creating pressure on grain reserves. The outcomes for the Tang Clan and Mi Clan,due to different refugee-relief strategies, were vastly different.
When the Mi Clan led the people to Chengzhou, they used illusory methods. The majority of martial artists on board were onlyable to eat stale grain, and some even resorted to eating bran to get by. This type of deception caused complaints, so when themartial artists of Chengzhou were brought to Xiling, the new city of the Mi Clan began to experience several public disturbances.However, the fleeing martial artists were quickly discovered by their spiritual beasts and were killed on the spot.
In contrast, during the Tang Clan’s treasure ship voyage to Chengzhou, they were loaded with both old and new grain, attractingvoluntary martial artist refugees. These people, who were at peace, brought their families to Xiling and were easy to manage.Despite this, Tang Zhi didn’t issue an order for agricultural development.
Tang Luo had been somewhat suspecting Tang Zhi, but after hearing the latter state his doubts clearly, he became more certainof his belief. A wise person who knows everything and doesn’t do something they obviously should, is not simply due tonegligence, but because they have a bigger plan. He was curious about Tang Zhi’s intentions and asked, “Could the Clan Leaderkindly explain why?”
“For the Tang Clan, to establish an unparalleled hegemony!” Tang Zhi crossed his arms against his back, his gaze piercingthrough the void as though scrutinizing the long river of time. A wave of growing ambition gushed out from within him!
Despite being a mere young man at the highest stage of transcendence, his intimidating aura was no less than that of a FierceRealm practitioner.
This made Tang Luo secretly startled, but not because of the overwhelming aura. Rather, he couldn’t connect the two topicstogether which is why he asked, “Could you elaborate?”
“Elaborate?” Tang Zhi chuckled and shook his head. Remembering that the person in front of him was only a fifteen-year-old boy,even if highly intelligent, he couldn’t understand the situation fully. Hence, Tang Zhi decided to reveal some parts of his plan.
Not because he desired to share, but because he recognized the potential in Tang Luo. With Luo’s talent and diligence, he couldbe the pillar of the Tang Family in the near future. If Tang Zhi could lay this ambitious foundation, the one to propel the family tothe peak would indeed be this fifteen-year-old boy! “Without the Mi Clan, do you think that the Tang Clan is capable of unifyingboth shores of Lingjiang?” Tang Zhi asked.
Tang Luo immediately understood that by ‘hegemony’, Tang Zhi was targeting the Mi Clan, which lined up with his suspicions!However, he couldn’t figure out what the decision to cultivate fields had to do with Mi Clan.
Moreover, if both clans were to engage in a battle, no matter how intact the Wancheng Treasure Ship might be, who knows howmany would survive the conflict, let alone unifying the three-thousand-mile-long shores of Lingjiang. Even retaining thedominance of Xiling would not be certain.
Therefore, he asked, “When will the battle between the two clans occur?”“Wait.”
“Wait for what?” Tang Luo frowned, still confused.
“Heaven's Will, Geographic Advantage, and Unity of the People.”
As the most popular entertainment inXiling, the battlefields were naturallya significant source of profit for theTang Clan that they did not wish toignore. The battlefield pavilions jNorth City weregin, sarad way drahother. Sally owned by the TangClan. Ownership was essentially anarrangement to collect protectionmoney, as a percentage of eachyear's earnings would be handedover to the Tang Clan for theiroperations. Moreover, the AsuraMartial Arts Hall, one of the fourmajor establishments in Xiling, was aproperty of the Tang Clan, and wassituated right in the center of theNorth City along Golden Avenue. Thecontent is on NovelDrama.Org! Readthe latest chapter there!
Old Man Xu's ‘Sword Challenging theWorld’ began in this hall.Unfortunately, he couldn't set up aprivate meeting venue, Theregganwas sing! >Re aastetter short offunds. He thought that severalmillions of gold would be enough, butrealised that it would still fall short ifone wished to rent a venue for along-term basis. Moreover, he had tofrequent the brothels daily, so hecouldn't afford to spend money onthis. The content is onNovelDrama.Org! Read the latestchapter there!
Therefore, Old Man Xu had to seek out Xu Shuhui in a girlish manner, pleading, “Aunt, please stand up for your nephew.”
In actuality, there was no need for him to ask. Xu Shuhui had already started making arrangements. The venue was the AsuraMartial Arts Hall and the stand-in fighter arranged for Old Man Xu was Yuan Quan.
Yuan Quan had been a servant of XuChangfeng, Old Man Xu’s father, inthe past, he was even held by-YyenQuan gpe was dd Id. By havingYeahtouan fight as his substitute, itnot only helped to deter martialartists of mediocre skills, but it alsoensured that the glory rightfullybelonged to the Xu Clan. The contentis on NovelDrama.Org! Read the latestchapter there!
“Young Master!” As soon as Yuan Quan saw Old Man Xu, he bowed deeply, filled with excitement.
Although he had been in Xiling for more than ten years, he had always viewed himself as a warrior of the Xu Clan. That wasbecause when Xu Changfeng had sent him here, he had been told that if Tang Sen failed to treat Shuhui right, Yuan Quan had tohurry back to tell the Xu Clan without delay..