Flowers Bloom from Battlefield

After the court was dismissed, Yan looked at Ming Hui and Soujin, ”We might not meet each other for a long time after this. Take care of yourself, Ming Hui.”

”I’m not like you who cannot take care of yourself, third brother,” Ming Hui snorted in disdain, ”Anyway, why did they suddenly strike? The report is not that complete.”

On the side, Shu felt that this prince was blaming him. In any case, he was not the one writing the report. He was only announcing the important point, so they could know the gist of the situation. If they wanted the complete report, it would be the one handed to the emperor and prime ministers.

Yan shrugged, ”blame Nanglong Souka if you want. He’s the one preparing for the report.”

”Where is that old man?” Soujin hadn’t seen his grandfather for a long time. Usually that shameless old man number two would be pestering him to no end and complained about Soujin’s attitude towards him. Not that Soujin would listen, though.

”I told him to amuse that princess and Tang Xuan. The negotiation hadn’t over yet,” Yan answered.

From all the officials in court, why must you send that shameless old man to keep the princess and Tang Xuan busy? Soujin knew that his grandfather must be making fun of himself while trying to keep the princess and Tang Xuan busy from noticing this matter.

The two of them will be kept in the dark about the matter first. They would be the first one to complain if something happened in the Yuan Kingdom because it would affect the negotiation greatly. Since they came from the Yuan Kingdom area, it would be hard for them to return if the rebels were not pacified first.

”Let’s return to the topic, why did they suddenly rebel?”

”The emperor had announced that he would step down after the matter was over. However, there are some people who against him giving the kingdom to other people outside of Yuan Kingdom. Not to mention that Yuan Kingdom has become a subordinate kingdom, which greatly ashamed them.

Thus, they have been planning to launch an attack on us. I have captured some of them before this, but the plan goes on and they finally strike us a few days ago,” Yan explained through fully.

Soujin nodded his head. Their act of unifying the entire land was not completely supported. There would still some people who against this idea across the entire country. If the number was a lot, they might join hand and launched an attack together.

”What about those nobles on the northeast, why are they still alive?” Soujin narrowed his eyes.

Yan sighed, ”We didn’t kill everyone on the court when we conquered the area because some of them are quite capable. However, I have neglected the people who supported the slave system, allowing them to be free and collect their supporter in order to change the system again.”

Among the previous five kingdoms, Kai Kingdom was the only one who used the slave system without payment and the slave basically has no right. They used the orphan to become slave since a young age and made them unable to work by themselves. Ever since Yan managed to take a hold of the kingdom, he had been sending them to learn about things like farming or anything else. He wanted them to live a better life and even if they were to become a servant, they would be paid and have a good living condition.

Soujin nodded his head. He knew that they must have wanted to use the manpower for free without caring about their condition. If they used the same way with the other country, there were still servants, but their living condition was far better. Besides, the servant might get out of the residence if they were to be married away or they have someone paid for them.

”What about the orphans?”

”I have built an orphanage for them,” Yan shrugged, ”Most of them ended up become servants, but the contract stated that they must be provided with an acceptable living condition and not being abused without reason. Though I doubt it’s going to work.”

Their fate would depend on their master. If they got a good enough master who provided them shelter and food every day, they would be lucky. After all, most of the servants in that area cannot even life enough and they looked even worse compared with people who lived in rural areas.

”The one who rebels should be those who have enormous business previously, right?” Soujin asked.

Yan nodded his head, ”Shu, the list.”

Shu handed them the list, and Soujin read them carefully. Indeed, most of them were people who had enormous profit every month. Now that they had lost the free slaves and changed it to servants, they needed to pay more attention to the living condition, reducing their overall income. For those greedy people, these new arrangements were unacceptable.

”They are greedy like Yan,” Ming Hui commented as he looked towards the list.

”Your brother is not greedy,” Yan retorted in disagreement.

”Right, you’re not just greedy but super greedy money grubber,” Ming Hui nodded his head with a mischievous smile.

Yan ignored his infuriating brother and turned his attention back to the paper before him. ”Do you think Ming Hui can lead the soldier, Soujin?”

”Not at all,” Soujin answered. Ming Hui nearly toppled out from his chair once again. This young general was seriously ridiculous, if he thought that he couldn’t do it, why did he utter out his name in the first place? Come on, it shouldn’t be a problem to go there by yourself, except the fact that he would miss his wife’s deliver.

”I don’t need him to handle the soldiers. My men would be enough to handle them. What you have to do is talking your way with them and show them that the Yuan Kingdom will thrive under Long Kingdom,” Soujin looked towards Ming Hui, ”You can do it, right?”

Ming Hui sighed to himself. That was more acceptable but can’t this man said that matter in the first place and not saying things piece by piece? He nearly made people fell down from their chair twice today.

”Don’t worry. If it’s about leading people, I can do it,” Ming Hui answered confidently, ”At least, it would be better compared with third brother.”

Yan genuinely wanted to throw his brother out from the window. He glared at his brother, but Ming Hui just walked out calmly to prepare for his departure. Soujin shook his head at these two antics and went out to find his grandfather too.