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Chapter 489: Mobilization, the Ambitions of the Elites
Chapter 489: Mobilization, the Ambitions of the Elites
"The efficiency of the imperial court is truly remarkable. Students from academies across the land have been promptly conscripted and assigned to military camps, and all the sects have responded to the call."
"Most of the noble families have also been pressured to contribute a significant portion of their martial forces as honored retainers."
"Speaking of which, it's really quite a coincidence that the Huang family and Xiao Fan have been assigned to the same military camp. This is sure to set the stage for some dramatic conflict."
Qin Muye muttered, already knowing what would follow. The Huang family would use their status as honored retainers to continuously oppress Xiao Fan, even sending him on suicide missions.
In the end, Xiao Fan would narrowly survive, find an opportunity to turn the tables on the Huang family's honored retainer, and then achieve a great feat, allowing him to move on to the next stage.
The process would be more or less the same, and he could repeat this pattern to eventually become a powerful figure.
But who was Qin Muye? Would he let such a pattern play out so easily? What would he do if the other party succeeded in this cycle?
He was planning to accelerate Xiao Fan's growth with hormones, and if Xiao Fan managed to grow on his own, the subsequent experiments would be impossible to conduct.
"The first step is to deal with the Huang family. I have someone infiltrated in that military camp, so it should be easy to find an opportunity to transfer Xiao Fan to another camp."
"Killing them all wouldn't be appropriate. After all, they are a noble family, and they have contributed both manpower and resources. It would be risky if someone with ulterior motives were to investigate."
The reason noble families have the status of honored retainers is that they have been forced to contribute a significant portion of their martial forces and resources.
This status is a form of recognition, but not because the imperial court is honoring them. Rather, it is they who are honoring the imperial court by providing their resources.
Of course, this status comes with certain privileges, such as the ability to act as military supervisors during wartime or to make decisions on the spot. However, these privileges are not explicitly stated and are often not available when needed.
In essence, it's a matter of saving face. If the noble families lose their influence and are not even given this face-saving status, the pressure might lead to a backlash.
The mobilization plan was successful, and morale has been significantly boosted, but there is one small issue.
There are no enemies to fight. So, they have surrounded Bai Jingzhou for now, as the Mad Blood Spirits appeared there previously, and they naturally assume they will reappear there.
"The numbers seem insufficient. Even if we count the cooks, the troops stationed in Bai Jingzhou only number around two hundred thousand," Qin Muye noted, finding the disparity with the expected one million troops significant.
The troops surrounding Bai Jingzhou are only a part of the total force, with the rest still in the process of mobilizing. After all, they are a race, not easily defeated.
Just look at how many Eighth Rank cultivators have already fallen.
"Sir Wang, the village entrance is recruiting soldiers. It's people from the state capital, saying they need troops to fight the demons," a constable panted as he ran over to report.
"Recruiting soldiers? What's the situation?" Qin Muye knew about the recruitment but didn't expect it to reach this small village.
However, he quickly realized that they were likely recruiting the young and able-bodied men from the village, not him.
He had initially thought he might be conscripted as well.
"I'm not sure, but they say the military pay is one tael of silver per month, and they get a meat meal every three days. Many people are tempted," the constable said after catching his breath.
As a constable, he was exempt from conscription and labor duties, and this recruitment seemed to be voluntary rather than forced.
"Ah, what do you think about it?" Qin Muye asked leisurely.
"What can I think? It's a death sentence. Bai Jingzhou is much larger than our Nan Liangzhou. If Bai Jingzhou falls, how many people from our small Qing Song Village will return?" The constable was rather indifferent.
He earned one tael of silver a month, and although he might be shortchanged, his life was still better than that of an ordinary person. He would never give up his position as a constable to join the military.
"Hmm, I understand. We won't interfere. If they want to seek a future, who knows, they might come back with military honors and become our superiors. I'll provide some silver for the village head to host a few feasts for those willing to go. It's a way to form good karma," Qin Muye thought that if they were going to their deaths, they should at least be well-fed before they left.
Others might not know, but he did.
The constable heard this and his expression changed, “What a fine man, this is a fine man!”
“Alright, I’ll go find the village head right away.” The constable’s eyes darted around, and he hurriedly ran out.
This chance, as a constable, he could also take a share of the military pay. This position was certainly not bad, at least he would have wine and meat. So, he would certainly do it better, more decently, to not lose face in front of Sir Wang.
“Tsk, these people, all so smart.” Qin Muye complained.
Little people have the wisdom of little people, even a sharp-eyed person could see that this battle was not easy to win.
“Large-scale recruitment, and the welfare benefits are bound to continue to improve, it’s just that how much of it will be implemented is another matter.” Qin Muye naturally knew what was going on. It was just that they were to be cannon fodder.
“Perhaps not only that, but there are people in the court preparing to enhance their own fame.”
In an instant, Qin Muye also understood a matter, people would die, but before and after death could be different.
This world, after death, could become a spirit hero, and the potential of the spirit hero depended on one’s reputation. If this time they could complete the great feat of the annihilation of the spirit race by overcoming the spirit tribulation, then the one sitting on the dragon throne in the court might have the hope of becoming a spirit hero with the potential of the imperial level after death.
Others also harbored this ambition to add a line in the history books. At that time, even if not at the imperial level, the royal or the princely level would be enough.
“Danger and benefits are equal, it’s a pity. The spirit tribulation is fake.”
“Moreover, the matter of whether there will be a spirit hero afterward is another matter.”
By Qin Muye’s actions, once something was done, it would leave no room. He would have to take the entire world.
“Xiao Fan’s matter is to first monitor his destiny data for now, at least before the Heavenly Pavilion opens, there should not be much change.”
“First, find out what the spirit tribulation is about.”
He must first figure out what the spirit tribulation is, and then decide what kind of world-class structures to create.
It would certainly be matched according to the nature of the world; otherwise, if he were to jump in without thinking, it might result in a loss.
This world was not as peaceful as the realm of the gods, but rather had tribulations.
And the spirit tribulation was no ordinary matter, the summoning masters had certainly experienced it more than once, yet there were no records of it.
If there were records, Qin Muye’s pretense of the spirit tribulation would have been exposed long ago, and it would not be possible to say that no one had broken through to the present day.
The monsters had already infiltrated the upper echelons of the imperial court, and a large amount of documentation had been copied and uploaded to the Demon Network. Even the imperial palace had been thoroughly investigated by them, yet no records related to the spirit tribulation had been found, at most only the mention of the existence of the spirit tribulation.
Qin Muye suspected that the spirit tribulation might have something to do with the Spirit Hero Land. Anyway, Qin Muye had not found anything related to it, as his perception had repeatedly scanned the entire world dozens of times, and not a single clue had been discovered.
He did not believe it did not exist, but he had not found it.
“So now, I have to turn my head and think of a way to crack the Spirit Hero Land’s firewall?”
“If not to allocate additional computational power from other projects in the constellation, it might take a considerable amount of time.”
Currently, the computational power he had at his disposal was limited, and cracking the firewall of the Spirit Hero Land was not a small project. Unlike the protagonist observation project, which did not require much intervention, it needed manipulation through the intelligence department.
If he were to take action against the firewall, it would be like targeting the core of the world, which was not a simple matter.
“If not, we can start, and once the subsequent artifact territory characteristic projects are completed, we can shift some computational power to this.”
Qin Muye felt that idling was also idling, and it might as well conduct the experiment.
The progress might be a bit slower, but there would be progress, or else, really, it would be a waste of time, and nothing would be accomplished.
“Multitasking is refreshing.” Qin Muye quickly began the cracking work. Although the computational power share in his hands was small, it was still targeting the entire constellation, and if it corresponded to the 8th rank, it would be far beyond its 8th-rank computational efficiency.
No matter how, the entire constellation was also a world-class architectural wonder.
(End of Chapter)
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