Chapter 167: Emperor star, general star
The starlight shined down on the mountain range. The imperial guard army and Imperial Guards were camping around headquarters for the night, and Lin Mu Yu, Feng Ji Xing, and Chu Huai Sheng were sitting on a boulder behind the headquarters drinking wine. To the side, Wei Chou had built a group of bonfires and was currently roasting lamb legs. These were all spoils of war, so it could inferred how extravagant Ji Yang and Li Qian Xun normally lived.
“Commander!”
An one thousand man commander came beneath the boulder and said with cupped fists, “We have gathered all the women in the Swordsman Hall headquarters. There are a total of seven hundred and forty two people, they…..where should we send them?”
Feng Ji Xing asked, “According to the empire’s laws, where should they go?”
The thousand man commander said with a faint smile, “According to the empire’s laws, these women have been with rebels for a long time and have unclean bodies. After they are cleaned up, they will be sent to orphanage to be raised as camp women before being sent to the various garrisons.”
Lin Mu Yu knit his brows and asked, “Is there no other way?”
“This…..This subordinate does not know…..”
Lin Mu Yu looked up at Feng Ji Xing and said, “Big brother Feng, these women are all respectable women kidnapped from nearby villages, they had no choice but to serve the rangers. Big brother, you know what kind of place the orphanage is, I think……How about we just let these women go? If we send them to the orphanage, we’ll be sending them from one h.e.l.l to another h.e.l.l.”
Feng Ji Xing thought for a bit before saying, “Ah Yu, you don’t need to say anything. Big brother knows what to do!”
After saying this, Feng Ji Xing gave the order, “General Zhao, take a part of the gold coins we plundered and distribute them to the women, each person will get fifty gold coins. Then question each and every one of them, if they still have family, they will be escorted back by our soldiers. If they don’t have any family members left, we’ll take them back to the capital and give them to the workers department. We’ll at least let them work as maids, it’s better than letting lose their freedom and honour.”
The thousand man commander surnamed Zhao cupped his hands and said with a look of joy on his face, “Commander is wise, this subordinate will represent the women to thank commander for your grace!”
Feng Ji Xing waved his hand, “Stop speaking nonsense, just go do your job. Just remember to remind the imperial army brothers responsible for sending them back to come back. Humph……Whoever dares to not come back, I will catch them back one by one!”
“Ha, sir commander really knows how to joke, how could we dare not come back. This subordinate will go immediately!”
Lin Mu Yu raised his wine cup and softly touched it to Feng Ji Xing’s cup. With a deep voice, he said, “Big brother Feng, thank you.”
Feng Ji Xing gave a soft sigh and said with a smile, “Actually…..Ah Yu, last time you mentioned the matter of the orphanage, big brother Feng was secretly praising you. Perhaps…..it was your dragon courage that allowed me to do something like this…..Feng Ji Xing has always been cautious, not daring to overstep my bounds. Until I met you brat, I finally had the courage to do something crazy like this.”
“Really?”
Lin Mu Yu leaned against the withered pine tree behind him and raised his head to drink his wine. With a smile, he said, “There is a proverb in my hometown that says “the greater the power, the greater the responsibility”. You are the imperial guard commander, representing the authority of the emperor. There are unfair things in this world you cannot keep a closed eye to, you have to change the people of this world.”
Feng Ji Xing was stunned. A trace of wildness flashed in his solemn eyes, but it disappeared without a trace in the blink of an eye. With a smile, he said, “Stink brat, what are you saying. We are army men, following orders are our responsibility. Don’t say such crazy words to big brother in the future, otherwise I, Feng Ji Xing might become the second Wild General Lin Mu Yu.”
“Wild General?”
Lin Mu Yu was stunned, “Who gave me this nickname…..”
Feng Ji Xing gave a laugh and said, “Daring to challenge the G.o.d Marquis Palace because of a small matter in the temple, blatantly cutting off the trainer Zhao Jin’s arm on training day, questioning his majesty because of the orphanage, finally surviving after entering the Heaven Connecting Tower. Tell me, is there anyone else as wild as you in Orchid Goose City? Not to mention you not knowing, the entire garrison in Orchid Goose City is already calling you by this name. Wild General Lin Mu Yu, this t.i.tle truly suits you.”
Lin Mu Yu resentfully hugged his wine cup in his chest and said, “What kinds of words are these, I was just doing what I should do. Big brother Chu Huai Sheng, give us your opinion, who is right between me and big brother Feng.”
Chu Huai Sheng was using his sword to pick a piece of fragrant lamb meat and he lazily said, “Feng Ji Xing has a higher position than you, I feel like Feng Ji Xing’s words are reasonable.”
Lin Mu Yu had nothing to say to this.
The three of them ate the meat together and took care of a whole leg of lamb in a short period of time. They really were warriors, their appet.i.te were far above normal people’s.
Lin Mu Yu gave a burp and suddenly thought of something. With a smile, he asked, “Big brother Feng, this headquarters is already developed and there is the North Mountain not far to the north which had been occupied by a mercenary group. What do you plan to do with these two mountains?”
Feng Ji Xing considered it, “This place is pretty far from the capital, taking around six hours to ride over here. If it isn’t processed, it will be taken by Swordsman Hall again or another roaming mercenary group, which would not be good for the citizens. Ai, perhaps we should give this place to the government to process?”
Lin Mu Yu’s slanted brows raised and he said, “If this place was useful to the army, they wouldn’t have tolerated the mercenaries and rangers occupying this place, pillaging and killing everywhere.”
“Then what do you think we should do?” Feng Ji Xing had no ideas.
Lin Mu Yu revealed a smile, “How about giving this mountain to me?”
“Oh?” Feng Ji Xing was shocked, “Stinky brat, what do you need this mountain for, are you raising a concubine? If it is true, I’ll have to tell her highness Yin and Princess Xi.”
“Ca, big brother Feng, what kind of person do you think I am…..” Lin Mu Yu’s heart skipped a beat because of his words, but he revealed a look of righteousness as he said, “I want to train an army here, enough to scare all the mercenaries around this area and protect all the citizens.”
“Oh?”
Feng Ji Xing smiled as he laid back on the rock. Looking up into the sky, he said, “I heard that there was a new mercenary group in Orchid Goose City named ‘Dragon Courage Camp’. The commander is called Lin Mu Yu, is that you?”
“Ha, ha, big brother Feng’s intelligence network is very quick!”
“Nonsense, I am the imperial army commander, I know every bit of news in the imperial capital. Speak, you little brat, what are you raising this Dragon Courage Camp for?”
“I need power that belongs to me.” Lin Mu Yu raised his fist and a chill filled his eyes as he said, “I still remember the aggressive appearance Zeng Yi Fan had when he lead the Divine Battalion to attack the temple. If I had a powerful army, why would I need to fear Zeng Yi Fan? Big brother Feng, speaking honestly, I have my doubts about the strength of the royal army. If it continues like this, can we protect Orchid Goose City or Xiao Yin based on the strength of the imperial guards?”
Feng Ji Xing was stunned. After being silent for a few seconds, he said, “Ah Yu…..Big brother just wants to ask, is your training the Dragon Courage Camp for the imperial throne or for Xiao Yin?”
Feng Ji Xing was very straightforward. Lin Mu Yu was a bit stunned for answering without any hesitation, “I have never coveted the imperial throne, nor do I have any interest in it. I only established the Dragon Courage Camp out of worry…..I was worried that our current strength is not enough to protect everything. I trained the Dragon Courage Camp because I hoped one day that I can protect the people I care about with my own strength.”
“Ha, it’s like this……”
Feng Ji Xing let out a breath and said with a smile, “This is good, big brother Feng doesn’t need to worry that much. Since your Dragon Courage Camp is a junior imperial guard army, then I can only keep one eye closed about your Dragon Courage Camp. How strong your Dragon Courage Camp becomes depends on you.”
“Un.”
Lin Mu Yu nodded before asking, “Big brother Feng, you scared me just now. You thought that I was someone that wanted to compete for the imperial throne?”
“No.”
Feng Ji Xing took a deep look at him with a teasing gaze. He said with a smile, “But if you really want to compete for the throne, with your military and civil skills, you would be the most terrifying enemy to the Great Qin Empire.”
Lin Mu Yu couldn’t help taking in a cold breath, “I…..I……”
Feng Ji Xing gave a laugh. He reached out to pat his shoulder and said, “Silly brat, you are my, Feng Ji Xing’s brother, I, Feng Ji Xing will never harm you or fear you. Come, come, come, go to sleep early after finishing off this wine. Speaking honestly, big brother Feng is in antic.i.p.ation over how strong your Dragon Courage Camp will become. Perhaps…..it will be as you said. The royal army has been stationary for too long and has lost most of its strength. Even the imperial guards can’t compare to before, we do need some new blood.”
“Un.”
Raising his head to drink down the wine, a strong flavour that almost brought tears to the eyes came out. Lin Mu Yu wiped his mouth and looked into the stars in the sky. He was thinking, if the sky really was filled with emperor stars and general stars, what kind of star was his star? Was it an emperor star or a general star?
Perhaps he did not want to become an emperor, but if he didn’t become an emperor, would he be able to change the Fragmented Cauldron World just based on his own strength?
Hard…..The matters of the world was hard, but he had to take this path.
Forget it, he should go see the Dragon Courage Camp tomorrow when he returned to Orchid Goose City. He did not know how many people Luo Yu had recruited, but since he obtained this mountain from Feng Ji Xing, the Dragon Courage Camp’s base situation would be very good. This mountain did not even have a name, but it was very wide, with the barracks already constructed. It had s.p.a.ce for over ten thousand people, it was the best choice for the Dragon Courage Camp.
Feng Ji Xing laid on the giant rock with a pair of clear eyes looking into the sky. He looked down at Lin Mu Yu and Chu Huai Sheng and couldn’t help revealing a faint smile. When he looked back into the sky again, a meteor flew across the sky. He was a bit stunned and his eyes became serious.