221 Leading the Wolf into the Room (1/2)
After the discussion, the members of the Sky Blade Alliance all left unhappily and brought their various troops back to their territories.
This result forced Heise Pifeng up the cliff. He had no choice but to directly write a letter over to Di Chen. He promised that as long as Di Chen was willing to help, Yongye Town would become a vassal of Handan.
Handan County, lord's manor.
Di Chen passed Heise Pifeng's letter over to Fenghua Juedai and asked, “So, what do you think?”
Fenghua Juedai took the letter and scanned through it, “This lord's motives are obvious. He wants to use us to protect his base.”
”That's right, but this is also a chance for us. A chance to lock up Shanhai County, right? As long as we nail down this nail, we will gain control over future events,” Di Chen had seen through everything.
”The situation isn't clear, and it isn’t easy to make a move. If we provoke a lion, we must have confidence in killing it. If not, it might retaliate and bite us—even swallow us.”
Di Chen frowned, “Your idea is to join up with the rest of the Yanhuang Alliance and work together?” The military power of Handan County was definitely not enough to go against Shanhai County, let alone destroy it. As for Yongye Town, it was not even part of his considerations.
Fenghua Juedai shook her head and said, “No, if we use the strength of the Yanhuang Alliance, this could turn into a large scale war between their alliance and ours. Now is not the right time to have a full-scale confrontation with the Shanhai Alliance. We should only fight when the time is right. If we fight now, only the smaller territories will benefit.”
”Then, what is your idea?” Di Chen couldn't understand.
”It's very simple. We can't show ourselves in this, so we need to let another person go ahead.”
”Sha Pojun?”
”That's right! He has already developed a deep hatred toward Qiyue Wuyi. If we let Heise Pifeng meet up with Sha Pojun, they will immediately click. With this, Handan County will be totally uninvolved, and we will remain unaffected whether they succeed or fail. If it succeeds, it’s naturally a happy thing. But if it fails, we could take the chance to understand their strengths.” Fenghua Juedai's tactic of using another to kill her target was incredibly scheming.
”Amazing!” Di Chen was delighted, “We still need to plan the specifics so that it will be enough to hurt that Qiyue Wuyi.”
Fenghua Juedai kept quiet and didn't say anything.
8th month, 30th day. Shanhai County collected 8,500 gold in the latter half of the month. In addition to the 4,500 gold that the 1st regiment acquired from raider camps, and the deduction of the class change costs, Shanhai gained a total of 11,500 gold. The Financial Department sent an official to bring four thousand gold to rush to Tianshuang Town and build the Four Seas Bank branch.
Ouyang Shuo kept a thousand gold and passed the remaining 6,500 to the Financial Department. As various projects came to an end, the construction costs would have to be paid on time. The sum that he passed to the Financial Department was totally not enough. Ouyang Shuo was looking forward to the east raider operation to acquire another sum to pass to the Financial Department.
Based on the final calculations, it cost 2,000 gold to build Xinan University, the five bridges cost 500 in total, and the inner city roads also cost a large sum. Even though these roads weren't completed, the invested amount wouldn't be less than five thousand gold. As for the big bridge that connected Shanhai County, Qiushui County, and Friendship County, it cost 1,500 gold.
As the profits from the wine workshop and the colored silkworms increased, the profits grew more and more optimistic. Every month, it already brought in 500 gold. The Four Seas Bank interests rates were also rising, and the monetary help they needed had lessened. If not for that, the profits from the mine and the saltpans alone could never sustain the expansion and growth of the territory.
This round of Shanhai County's basic buildings cost over 10 thousand gold in construction fees. Ouyang Shuo also wanted to start the plans on the outer city roads after the inner city structures were completed. The building of the roads was a bottomless pit, so this wasn't something a normal territory could afford.
Gaia first year, 9th month, 1st day. It was the start of the school season.
”World Notification: the holidays are over, and classes are officially opened. Kids of age can choose whether or not to go to school. They can freely choose their standard and when they go to school, as well as the subjects they will take. Each subject will have tests and marks will be given. The grades will affect their achievement value. As for the specifics, players need to explore for themselves.”