Domineering Female State Advisor

2Now, he had finally returned here and even brought Battle King here. His efforts were not in vain. It was not that he didn't want them, but rather that he had been pestered by important matters. Now, he had finally come.    

    

"It's already getting late, let's find a place to sit for a meeting. Uncle, you said that there's a small town two hundred miles away, so are there any villages along the way?"    

    

The mountains here were all bare, tall and big mountains connected to one another. The mountains were also not tall and lofty peaks or mountains filled with trees, but rather, the type of stones that were randomly exposed from within a pile of soil. The grass was also a little longer in the east, and was completely different from normal mountains.    

    

Generally speaking, mountains should have at least some big trees and stuff. Here, are all bald mountains, similar to those high mountains. This is really a poor mountain.    

    

"To reply Princess, yes, there's a village in front of us, about fifty kilometers away. There are more than thirty families in the village …"    

    

"What was the situation in the town when you came? Did the village in front suffer any disasters?"    

    

When I came to the town, there was no food to be had, and the people's stores were almost full." "I think, most of them are already doomed, wuu …    

    

Yan Wuzhan's expression was extremely cold. Even though he didn't say anything, it didn't mean that he was unmoved. He could imagine the scene of him being infected by the plague and not eating anything. He was blaming himself for not coming in time.    

    

"Has the Emperor sent anyone to inspect the local affairs of the people over the years?" Dongfang Ning asked again.    

    

"I heard that there was a eunuch three years ago and he even read out the imperial edict, saying that the Heaven's End City has been allocated to War Lord and Yan Wuzhan as the feudal fiefdom, and the taxes will all belong to the sect. Two years ago, Battle King sent someone to check the accounts, but after that, he never came to take office. The citizens are all looking forward to the arrival of Battle King."    

    

Dongfang Ning told the team to stop to drink and eat, and she also got off the horse to eat with the others. In the past few days, she never did anything special, and she didn't receive any special treatment because of being a girl. Yan Wuzhan's heart ached, but there was nothing he could do about it.    

    

After riding on a horse for so long, she had never cried out before. The carriage that was prepared for her, she had already taken it to pull out medicine.    

    

"Put down your things and let your horses graze. They've been tired out these past few days, so we'll set up camp here. We won't be leaving today, so let's discuss how we're going to enter the city."    

    

"Yan Wuzhan, don't let the horses go. Sit down and listen to Chen Xu talk about the specific situation. Tomorrow, we will enter the city and we need to have a complete plan. I think the people in the Heaven's End City must hate you now."    

    

"Yeah, the princess is really like a god. Originally, everyone was very happy to hear that Battle King had come to be the king, but who would have known that the King of Yan would never take over his position. The officials said that Battle King had come to this bitter and cold place on an all-nighter.    

    

Chen Jin did his best to tell her what he knew. The people who said it were serious, and the people who heard it were also serious. Mei Er was one of the two hundred soldiers and had already brought Dongfang Ning's favorite tea. The only special thing about Dongfang Ning was that she had private tea to drink.    

    

The few of them surrounded him, listening to his detailed description of the Heaven's End City. Luckily, this person was a merchant, if he was a normal person, he wouldn't have the ability to run to the capital to find Yan Wuzhan.    

    

"The government bullies men and women, the city is depressed, the Heaven's End City is not big, in one city and three towns, there are many villages, and everyone added up is about 370,000 or so. Princess, don't look at this kind of mountain, it is actually filled with many valuable stones …"    

    

"The mountains on the side of the sea are much better. They are filled with lofty peaks and towering trees. However, there are wild beasts on the mountains that ordinary people do not dare to ascend …"    

    

Dongfang Ning was curious again. How could there be a flood at such a high altitude?    

    

"Tell me everything you know."    

    

"Why did you only tell This King this after arriving here?" Dongfang Ning let him continue, but Yan Wuzhan suddenly interrupted her with an unhappy tone.    

    

"Battle King Rong, report!"    

    

The old man in soldier's clothes immediately got up and knelt down towards Yan Wuzhan. He was shaking non-stop. Yan Wuzhan was too aggressive. Dongfang Ning couldn't help but reach out her hand to tug on him. She glared at him reproachfully, signaling him not to speak.    

    

He then took Dongfang Ning's tea and drank it, waiting for the old man to continue.    

    

"Battle King, I'm guilty, but I had no choice but to go to the capital to meet Battle King. You haven't had any intention of going to Heaven's End for the past three months, so I'm afraid I won't say anything …"    

    

"Alright, get up and talk properly. He won't eat people." Dongfang Ning didn't like the sight of people kneeling and talking like this.    

    

"Half a year ago, City Lord Wu said that Phoenix Mountain had mines, he wanted to gather all of the citizens to go excavate them, and if they do not go, they will be killed, and not even the farmers will be left behind. In Heaven's End City, my Liu Family is also an Armament Family, we were born as blacksmiths, so we have a certain understanding towards minerals, and that Wu Family is also a large family that resides in the heavens for generations.    

    

"So he came to find me, but the Phoenix Mountain is connected to Dragon Mountain, and we can't easily dig that place. You will understand once you go there, once you start work, you will definitely have to dig the mountain road, and if you meet any big water, the flood will definitely fall straight into the city, so this old man will use this reason to explain to him, 'This mountain can't be moved,' he said that my Chen family was planning to rebel, and wanted to secretly take over this mountain mine …"    

    

Dongfang Ning basically understood the cause of the flood; certainly there must have been a mudflow. The heavy rain was endless from March to April, and those who were forced to dig in the mines definitely wouldn't be able to survive. She deeply sighed, once the natural resources were destroyed, it would be too late to remedy it.    

    

"Send someone to spy on him first." Dongfang Ning looked at Yan Wuzhan, who had been silent all this time. No one knew what he was thinking, but he looked depressed.    

    

"Don't worry, I've already sent someone over. Ning'er, don't worry. Are you tired?"    

    

"Battle King, I don't know if I should say what I want to say."    

    

Chen Xu couldn't help but feel that Battle King didn't seem to be here to rescue people, but he didn't dare to ask. Now that they were already here, there were some things that needed to be asked clearly before they could talk about others.    

    

"Chen Xu, just ask, no one will do anything to you."    

    

"Battle King might not know, but I think Wu Family is a big force here …"    

    

"You mean he will send troops to challenge Battle King's prestige?"    

    

"Princess, the Wu Family is the local tyrant here, you don't know it, but he raised tens of thousands of soldiers over the years. We are only a few people, and I'm afraid we can't beat him.