Durin's Diary

Chapter 1000 Strange Flames and Cold Waters

Bring her here?

It might be a good choice, but she is ultimately her mother's daughter, and Dulin needs to ask her mother carefully about her decision.

However, he still had time, so Dulin felt he could let his mother consider his sister's future again: whether to leave her in the troublesome Western Continent or have her come with him to Changtang and let the elders help arrange a better future for her.

As for Dulin's mother in this life, Dulin can understand her love for her father. She has remained single all these years because she doesn't want to forget him.

Dulin respected her choice because she hadn't betrayed anyone like the people in the stories he knew. She had never betrayed her father; on the contrary, she even gave birth to their last child. In Dulin's time, such stories were almost unheard of.

That's why Dulin was willing to respect her choice.

As for moving his entire family to Changtang, Du Lin felt that if he became an unknown figure, and the people of Xilu would forget his existence, then his girls should stay in Xilu—it was too chaotic. It would be better to come to Changtang, where there was Old Pang, Mr. Yan, Little Old Man, and Lady Qi. With them around, their children wouldn't cause trouble, and the prosperity of the region for hundreds of years could be preserved.

As for those who have preserved them for hundreds of years, if their descendants still fail to take off, then Dulin feels that it doesn't matter whether such descendants are kept or not.

After hearing everything Dulin said, Anta smiled with relief: "You really are easygoing."

“Of course, children and grandchildren have their own blessings.” At this point, Dulin sighed again: “Speaking of which, I don’t know how Old Pang and his emperor will help me get land. Although I have decided to give up everything in the Western Continent, if I don’t have enough territory in the Eastern Continent, I think Ixu will probably be reluctant to give it up. If he doesn’t come… then I will have to let my brother’s child inherit the title of duke.”

“Isn’t your brother a believer in Northernism?” Anta asked with great doubt, “Would he agree to let his child inherit the dukedom?”

"Wouldn't it be good if the secretary of the Faror Republic had a son who could rule the union of Switzerland and Austria and have the title of duke? Besides, you've come to Changtang, so you should know that there's even room for improvement in Northernism, right?"

In response to Dulin's question, Anta nodded.

“There’s room for improvement, so let me ask you, do you think they will accept the changes?” Dulin asked.

Anta thought for a moment, then shook his head vigorously.

"That's right. History teachers always say that civilization should get better and better, but they forget that for history, every step of civilization does not have to be progress. The cycle of war, life and revolution does not lead civilization to new heights."

The moon waxes and wanes, and Dulin had a deep understanding of this—if every step of civilization is progress, then after 15,000 years of history, it must have taught later generations many lessons.

Unfortunately, later generations knew this, but they said one thing and did another.

No one had dealt with them before, which is why Dulin wanted to become an anonymous figure and give every fool a big surprise.

“It’s up to you, and I’ll absolutely trust you,” Anta said, putting her arm around Dulin’s neck.

This greatly pleased Dulin.

………………

Prime Minister Lin looked at the old Grand Tutor Pang sitting in front of him, who was looking at him with some impatience.

"This is a very difficult matter."

Prime Minister Lin shook his head. It wasn't that he didn't respect the old Grand Tutor in front of him; on the contrary, everyone in Changtang knew that Prime Minister Lin could disregard everyone else's face, but if Grand Tutor Pang uttered a word, the Lin family would have to risk their lives for this great benefactor.

However, all of this is ultimately too difficult.

Making a young man from the Western Continent a king of a different surname with a fiefdom is just too difficult.

"Why is it so hard for you to sign a joint letter?" Old Pang's face turned red. "Prime Minister Lin, think about it, who else in this world can crush three out of four evil gods?"

“That’s true. If he’s willing to stay in Changtang, then the Lin family will do everything in its power to protect his family’s descendants. But Grand Tutor Pang, have you ever considered that in all the provinces of Changtang, there’s no place left to accommodate Du Lin’s family?”

Prime Minister Lin looked distressed. He had considered it, but where would he find vacant land in the provinces of Changtang? It was all royal land. If he dared to let a foreigner from the Western Continent become their king, he could lose his head if things went wrong.

“Don’t we now have land outside of Changtang?” Grand Tutor Pang countered.

"How can land outside of Changtang be used as a reward for heroes?!" Lin Xiangguo got angry when he mentioned this: "Let me do the math for you guys. First, take the north. Land where the temperature can drop below zero in summer. Do you think this is a place for people to live? You want Du Lin's descendants to live in that godforsaken place where your urine freezes? I'd like to see which of you old geezers would dare to do that!"

"That's true, but aren't there other places?" Old Pang nodded, but he still felt that this matter could be discussed further.

"Alright, let's talk about the area outside Yumen Pass now. Everyone says that the area outside Yumen Pass is all sand. You should know more about this than I do. Do you think it's a good thing to send their whole family there to eat sand? It's true that it's not cold outside Yumen Pass, but do you think people can live there?" Prime Minister Lin asked again.

Grand Tutor Pang was silent for a moment: "What about Shishima?"

"You have no shame! These four islands are all factory ruins, there's not a damn thing about people living in harmony with nature. Although they do look like several large islands, and Dulin could have them all without any problem, do you think they're good places for people to live?" Lin Xiangguo retorted.

“Then what should we do?” Grand Tutor Pang frowned. “We can’t just give the Indochina Peninsula or the Southeast Islands, which are also part of the continent, to Dulin. It’s very hot there, and I really don’t recommend people living there. Besides, the Southeast Islands have so many resources. Are you willing to accept that?”

Faced with Grand Tutor Pang's questioning, Prime Minister Lin sighed: "I think the Four Islands are no problem. We can help Dulin's family clean up those abandoned factories and find usable machinery and lathes. But the problem is, what does His Majesty the Emperor say? If Dulin really wants to go to the Four Islands, will he give it to him?"

"That's why I'm asking you to sign the petition. Will you sign it or not?"

Faced with the pen handed to him by Grand Tutor Pang, Prime Minister Lin sighed.

He finally took the pen and signed his name on the paper. In fact, everyone who was qualified to answer had already signed.

Do you really think it will work?

"The princess is already married, so why not have a child with royal blood? What if Dulinbie's wife's descendants can return to the royal family in the future? That old emperor will be rolling in money."

After Grand Tutor Pang said that...

Lin Xiangguo felt that what was said was correct.

Well, let's see what their emperor thinks tomorrow.

(End of this chapter)