Distant Mountain Battle Song

Are all the characters in Chapter 234 talented?
When Liang Kun returned from Xiangcheng, his face already showed signs of frost.

Xiangcheng is said to belong to Yun Ce, but there are many things that need to be addressed if Xiangcheng is to truly become Yun Ce's property.

After carefully reading the document Liang Kun handed over, Yun Ce closed it and said, "So, those people still think my Yun family is an easy target, and they've been trying to take advantage of us?"

Liang Kun said, "There's nothing we can do about it. Xiangcheng was severely damaged by the war, and with everything in ruins, we can't afford to worry about so many things. Other people's caravans took the opportunity to get involved. Although it sounds unpleasant, it has made up for many of Xiangcheng's shortcomings."

"I have come to see you, my lord, because I have heard that someone has suggested that you expel all the merchant caravans from Xiangcheng. I believe this is inappropriate. We should keep the caravans and allow Xiangcheng to prosper first."

Yun Ce laughed and said, "Once they settle down, it will be too late to drive them away."

Liang Kun smiled and said, "I believe that business matters should ultimately be handled with business methods, and it is not appropriate to use the emperor's prestige. The emperor's prestige diminishes with each use. If we need to use the emperor's authority for everything, I believe our future will be bleak, and we will be unable to grow bigger and stronger."

Yun Ce asked, "Can you guarantee that in the initial stages, without my involvement, the people of Xiangcheng won't suffer?"

Liang Kun smiled and said, "That depends on Your Majesty's decision. After all, at the right time, I will not allow the merchants of Xiangcheng to act lawlessly."

Yun Ce smiled without saying a word. Under what circumstances do merchants prosper the most?

The answer is that it thrives best in a state of disorder.

The so-called disorder refers to the absence of rules and government oversight. In such a state, the power of commerce is most evident because businesses automatically develop a set of rules that are most advantageous to themselves, ultimately becoming the kings of this land.

What Liang Kun wants now is to make Xiangcheng prosperous first, and after the merchants have invested their capital in Xiangcheng and taken root, and the market is prosperous, he will take back control by taking advantage of Yun Ce's victory in killing three thousand people.

This is the famous "closing the door to beat the dog" theory.

This theory is widely criticized in the ancestral land, but many people have not considered that the nature of businessmen is to pursue profit. They will go wherever there is profit. If they are not offered a sufficiently large prospect of profit from the beginning, they will not come.

Since they've come and invested money, it means there are sufficient profits to be made here.

Ordinary people shouldn't feel unnecessary sympathy for the tragic ends of high-ranking officials and dignitaries; now, this same applies to businessmen.

The reason Liang Kun left his busy work to come and ask Yun Ce if his plan was feasible was actually to inquire whether Yun Ce could help him complete the strategy of "closing the door and beating the dog" and ensure that he would not suffer a backlash from those merchants.

Yun Ce felt he could manage it. After all, his martial arts skills were still improving rapidly. Once he was able to face Shen Tingyu head-on, Liang Kun's request would be a trivial matter.

Liang Kun's strategy of letting dogs into the city would need to be maintained for at least three years in order to retain more dogs.

Three years is enough time for Yun Ce.

When people are planning, time always seems to fly by. However, when they see the crops in the fields still growing slowly, time seems to drag on endlessly. Anyone who has ever grown crops knows that sowing tonight and harvesting tomorrow morning is the best agricultural model.

Every night, Eji would expose her belly and stare at it without blinking. She was a severe patient who felt that time was passing too slowly.

Seeing that her belly hadn't changed much, she carefully got out of bed, put on her slippers, and went to the next room.

A moment later, Yun Ce heard Zhang Min, who lived next door, loudly telling E Ji to get out of there.

Sure enough, Eji returned quickly. She left with a worried look on her face, but when she came back, she was all smiles. She said to Yun Ce with a cheerful smile, "My lord, I just lifted Zhang Min's clothes and looked at her belly. It's as flat as mine."

Yun Ce, who was reading "The Legend of King Huo," didn't want to deal with such boring things. As Zhang Min walked in angrily from outside, she snuggled into his arms and complained that E Ji had bullied her. He closed his book, took out the Three Kingdoms strategy game that Gouzi had just made, and prepared to get through the night.

Three Kingdoms Chess is a very fair board game where three players attack each other on the board. Sometimes two players join forces, and sometimes all three players fight each other, which is quite interesting.

Unfortunately, he forgot one thing: all board games test a person's intelligence, and Eji lacked intelligence, especially in matters like war, which had nothing to do with her, she played terribly.

As soon as she entered the arena, she focused all her energy on attacking Zhang Min, ignoring Yun Ce's attacks. When Yun Ce captured one of her cities, she praised him highly, saying he should capture more of her cities. In the end, she utterly annihilated Zhang Min.

After playing three rounds, Eji was still in high spirits, but Zhang Min was furious because she was killed every time and had nothing left. She kept cursing Eji as an idiot.

Seeing that the two were fighting in a very disciplined manner, without any intention of attacking each other's abdomens, Yun Ce decided to go out and check on the chestnut horse, to see if it was getting along well with its equally chestnut-colored wife, and whether it was kicking or biting her.

"You should marry another wife, so you'll have a comfortable place to sleep at night," Gouzi suggested immediately, seeing Yun Ce's annoyed expression.

"You saw the Three Kingdoms strategy game just now, didn't you think it was perfect for three people to play?"

"That was originally something for three people to play with."

"If one more comes, I might have to leave the game." "It seems that it's better to marry one. But Zhang Min's figure is really tempting. When I was treating her, I was thinking of getting some minor adjustments while her skin was being repaired, but in the end, I found that she was at her most beautiful in that state."

"Speaking of which, you married her out of lust, didn't you?"

Yun Ce stopped and looked at the sky, thinking to the dog, "You shouldn't have a gender, right?"

"I can define it myself."

What do you think about the gender of supermarket garbage bags?

"No, I still prefer being a man. If one day I can appear in human form, I will definitely chase after all the beautiful women in the world..."

Yun Ce finally saw the chestnut horse through the low wall. It stood there with its head held high in the very clean stable, looking at the full moon like a poet.

The mother chestnut horse lay on the hay, nibbling at it intermittently. Several times she snorted, hoping the chestnut horse would join her, but the horse ignored her, seemingly more attracted to the things on the full moon.

If Yun Ce hadn't had sharp eyes, he wouldn't have been able to see the blue-faced devil, Shu Tuo, standing in the shadows. Seeing that Shu Tuo was carrying a bundle of grass, Yun Ce asked, "Isn't it a bit early to add night grass now?"

Tree-like creature trembled as it approached, its voice high-pitched and distinctly beautiful as it said, "It's not too late. The chestnut horse will be grazing after watching the moon."

Yun Ce entered the stable and pulled a plump eagle out of the haystack. Just as he was about to ask Shu Tuo why he was there, the chestnut horse seemed to wake up from its reverie of gazing at the moon. It rescued the cawing eagle from Yun Ce's hands, put it back in the corner of the stable, and finally snorted at Yun Ce, as if complaining about his meddling.

"Have you become a spirit?" Yun Ce asked the chestnut horse.

"If you become a spirit, you must tell me. I also want to see if you can develop internal energy."

Yun Ce said two sentences in a row, and seeing that the chestnut horse still looked confused, he sighed, took the hay from Shu Tuo's hand, and spread it evenly in front of the chestnut horse.

He realized he had been too presumptuous.

When he returned to the bedroom, the two women had long since stopped fighting and were even sleeping in the same bed. Zhang Min held Eji in her arms, and the two were sleeping peacefully.

As dawn broke, Yun Family Manor awoke once more from its slumber, like a rusty machine. It stirred slightly at first, and then, with a mournful bird cry, the manor began to stir again. First, the hungry cattle, horses, and sheep started to bellow, and then the large flocks of chickens raised by Eji flew up to the treetops and joined in the loud clucking.

Then, the sun peeked over the mountaintop, and a new day began.

When Yun Ce went out, he unexpectedly saw Huo Liao.

He seemed to have been waiting for a long time. When Yun Ce came out, he took out a book from his pocket and showed it to Yun Ce, then said, "Are you sure this is a profound subject?"

Yun Ce glanced at the cover and saw the words "Advanced Mathematics" written on it. He nodded and said, "This is a secret of the Yun family that is not passed down to others."

Huo Liao nodded and said, "Feng An told me about it when he gave it to me, but I just couldn't understand it."

Yun Ce laughed and said, "It's normal not to understand. I would be surprised if you could understand it."

Huo Liao asked, "Is it difficult?"

Yun Ce said seriously, "It's very difficult. Do you need me to explain it to you?"

Huo Liao frowned at Yun Ce and asked, "Your insights?"

Yun Ce nodded and said, "Master taught me before, but I've almost forgotten it all."

"Is everything your master taught you necessarily correct?"

"It should be right."

Huo Liao glanced at Yun Ce with disdain, then stuffed the book into his pocket, turned around and left, as if he would be overwhelmed by the foolishness emanating from Yun Ce if he stayed any longer.

"Without my explanation, you won't understand this book," Yun Ce shouted.

"As long as it's a subject of study, I will definitely figure it out. But you, who just parrots what others say about this subject, aren't you afraid of being struck by lightning?"

Yun Ce rubbed his face vigorously. It was such an undeserved calamity to suffer like this so early in the morning. Mathematics is something you either know or you don't know. Anyway, he didn't believe that a big native man who didn't even understand the various symbols in it, who hadn't even studied "Basic Mathematics", could understand "Advanced Mathematics" without a teacher.
Anyway, he absolutely doesn't believe it.

(End of this chapter)