161: 119: Ruthless Suo Lun!
The cession of territory acquired!_3 161: 119: Ruthless Suo Lun!
The cession of territory acquired!_3 “Sweetheart, let me rest a moment, let me rest, I really can’t take it anymore…”
Suo Lun, Suo Ningbing, and Ye Jingyu, along with one hundred Samurai of their family, were camping just outside of Linhai City.
Since the City Lord’s Mansion did not welcome them, they could no longer stay in the heart of Linhai City, and thus had to make do with dining in the wind and sleeping under the stars outside the city.
“Master, will Gui Xingfu go back on his word and not cede the territory to us?” asked Suo Mu, the leader of the family’s Samurai.
“No, he will definitely cede it,” Suo Lun said.
“Only, he will cede a piece of land that is completely beyond expectation.
He thinks this will trap me for good on that piece of land, turning that vast area into my grave.”
“Then what should we do?” Suo Mu asked.
“Force them to change the piece of land?”
“No, the piece of land I originally wanted is that one,” Suo Lun replied with a cold smile.
“Fifteen thousand Gold Coins in half a year will just spring up from within it.”
At these words, everyone present revealed expressions of utter disbelief.
A two-thousand-square-kilometer piece of land producing fifteen thousand Gold Coins in half a year?
How could that be possible?
That was the annual tax revenue of an entire province.
Just then, a hundred-strong cavalry troop rode out from Linhai City heading straight for Suo Lun.
Leading them was a civil official, a handsome middle-aged man with a slender build, fair skin, and a dashing beard, truly a good-looking fellow.
“Lord Suo Lun, I am Neishi Yanting Yi from Linhai City, and I am in charge of overseeing the territory cession,” the middle-aged man said meticulously.
“Please come with me, I will take you to the land that is to be ceded to you.”
The Samurai of the Suo Family immediately perked up at his words.
For them, territory was the lifeblood of nobility.
With a piece of territory, you had roots, you had everything.
Moreover, ever since they left the royal city, they had been wandering without a place to settle.
With this land, they would have a home, even though it was not Tianshui City.
Suo Lun led his people onto their horses, following Yanting Yi’s party and galloped off toward the northeast.
On the way, Suo Mu couldn’t help but say, “Your Excellency, the contract your lord has signed cannot allow the ceded territory to be less than two thousand square kilometers.”
“Rest assured, it won’t be less than two thousand square kilometers, and in fact, it will be much more,” Yanting Yi replied.
The Suo Family’s Samurai were even more heartened by this, for the more land they had, the better—more land to recuperate and multiply.
In their eyes, their lord claiming to earn fifteen thousand Gold Coins in half a year, gathering an army of twenty thousand to reclaim Tianshui City, seemed utterly impossible.
So, if they had a piece of land, the lord could lead them to recuperate and build up over ten or twenty years, and perhaps by then, they might grow strong enough to actually reclaim Tianshui City.
But as they traveled, they kept going east until they reached the very edge, where there was nothing but the vast sea in front of them.
“Your Excellency, where is the territory you’re ceding?
Your lord had sworn an oath, before the heavens, the royal family, and the Dragon Temple,” Suo Mu said angrily.
Yanting Yi smiled and replied, “Get on the boat.
In four more hours, you’ll see.”
Then, a dozen ships sailed up, and Suo Lun and the others boarded and sailed to the northeast.
After more than four hours and traveling over a hundred miles at sea, they finally arrived at their destination.
After disembarking, Yanting Yi pointed ahead with a sarcastic tone, “Lord Suo Lun, here is your territory.
It’s big enough, isn’t it?
Don’t even mention two thousand square kilometers, there are three or four thousand, at least.”
Suo Lun and his people stood on this unfamiliar land.
Suo Mu, Ye Jingyu, and the others were completely stunned.
Was this the territory conceded by Gui Xingfu?
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