Chapter 95 Revenge Has Come (Part 2)

  "Hahaha, I am Emperor Jun, I am Emperor Jun, yes! That's what I'll do, from now on, even if those three stupid kings see me, they have to treat me with respect, I've had enough of this nonsense!"

  Yang Xingzhong burst out laughing, as if he saw himself conquering the surrounding areas of Jun Lang mountain range and these scattered villages, making them pay taxes year after year, generation after generation, what a majestic style of an emperor!

  "Townsend is so angry, I like it, hehe."

  Long Mei, the beautiful woman, did her best to please him, smiling and laughing. Yang Xingzhong's eyes greedily lingered on her body, unaware of the disdain in his advisor Liu Zhongxing's eyes, while Long Mei herself felt disgusted but hid it deeply.

  Just as Yang Xingzhong was blinded by his interests, strategist Liu Zhongxing and beautiful woman Long Meimei exchanged a glance, and strategist Liu took the opportunity to say:

  "Mayor, when do we make our move?"

  "Zhong Xing, don't you understand me yet?"

  "Alright, let's get down to business, the sooner the better, lest we have too many dreams tonight. Please instruct us, Mayor!"

  "Haha, Zhongxing is indeed the person who understands Yang the most! Alright, I'll give you a token that can mobilize a thousand-man squad. This matter will be left entirely to your discretion, and I trust you won't disappoint me!"

  "Thank you for the town mayor's recognition, I will definitely do my best to handle this matter."

  "Go ahead, and if you encounter any difficulties, come back and report immediately!"

  "A group of rustic village men, what can they know!"

  Then came the loud laughter of two big men, and the beautiful woman Long Mei also laughed so hard that her body shook violently.

  After the strategist and the beauty left, in the town mayor's office, Mayor Yang seemed to be muttering to himself yet also speaking to another person:

  "This strategist thinks I don't know anything, huh? He actually dares to use me, but for a profitable exploitation like this, it's better for me to turn a blind eye."

  "Town Head Yang is wise and knows better than to offend either the Liu or Long families at this time."

  Suddenly, a faint black shadow flashed in the office, its face unclear, but giving people a gloomy and illusory feeling. Yang Zhenzhang was not surprised at all by the appearance of this black shadow, and instead smiled:

  "Heh heh, you still know me best, but aside from that, there are other reasons; we can be considered old friends of a thousand years too. I won't hide it from you, beneath the calm surface of Xingzhong Town, there are many undercurrents hidden!"

  "Of course, I knew that even if you didn't say it. The three empires around us and some local snake families all want to come here and take a share of the spoils. If you weren't an old friend with some strength and they didn't have each other to contend with, I reckon they would've made their move long ago."

  "Hmm, you're absolutely right in your analysis."

  "Old friend, just talking about high-end strength, now neither of us is afraid. I believe you must have other reasons, right? Is it because you've been calm for too long and want to stretch your fists and feet?"

  "Hahaha, still old friends who understand me the most. Hmmph, these local snakes, sooner or later I will trample them under my feet one by one, and crush them ruthlessly, especially that... Hehe, you know what I mean."

  "Haha, men, of course I understand, otherwise, well, let's just forget about the past."

  "Ah, old friend, don't be disheartened. One day we will return and that will be the moment when we avenge our past humiliation! The present is an opportunity, although I'm not sure what purpose the Liu and Long families are using me for, but this is also the first step in laying the foundation for our economy and sphere of influence."

  "Haha, I'll try to forget about it. You're right, strength, power, rights, economy and all that are all connected. It seems like old friends have big ambitions!"

  "Yes, I'm going to establish a prosperous empire, this is just the first step, and it's up to those two families to take care of it, humph."

  "Old friend, you're really sinister! Luckily we're friends, otherwise one day I'd be deceived by your appearance and wouldn't even know it. Haha, I'm sure in the future that strategist of yours will be quite brilliant!"

  "Hmph, this is what he gets for trying to show off in front of the Chongming people, what a clown!"

  "Are you really sure all villages don't have a backer?"

  "That's what I've been doing these past few days, and even if there were, aren't there still two scapegoats left? Heh heh."

  "Old friend, you're absolutely sinister, but I like it, haha."

  ……

  Long Mei and Liu Zhongxing obtained the token, they rushed to the barracks, mobilized a team of over a thousand people, divided into dozens of routes, and rushed to various villages under the jurisdiction of Xingzhong Town, starting to collect taxes, which were high.

  The origin of Xingzhong Town is that it is located on the outskirts of the Junliang Mountains, and there are often large and small beast tides attacking, so only a few indigenous people live here. The surrounding empires are also small countries, and no empire is willing to take risks to manage this land. As for some families with a bit of power, they are not willing to spend their energy on such a mess either.

  Until 800 years ago, Yang Xingzhong led a group of people to this place and lived with the local indigenous people. As time passed, Yang Xingzhong established his prestige and founded Xingzhong Town, naturally becoming the town head.

  After several hundred years of slow development, Xingzhong Town gradually developed its population and established some simple trading places, driving economic growth.

  As a result, some good places nearby also gradually established natural villages, and Yang Xingzhong took the name of providing protection to surrender these natural villages. Who doesn't want free bodyguards? So they were successfully surrendered to these villages.

  At that time, Yang Xingzhong had only one goal, which was to win people's hearts first, and then plan for other things. This is also one of the reasons why he can still turn around between three empires, of course, the most important thing is that his high-end combat power is strong, let's not mention it for now.

  However, on the other hand, taxation is the greatest guarantee of an empire's financial resources. Moreover, Xingzhong Town, due to its relatively remote location, can only be considered a third-tier small city in terms of prosperity. In terms of area, the region including Xingzhong Town and dozens of natural villages in the southwest direction of Junliang Mountain range is vast enough to rival that of a medium-sized empire.

  This is a special town, an awkward town: vast land and sparse population, rich products but lack of development, many forces are eyeing each other but also living in harmony...

  So Yang Xingzhong was able to utilize these mutually restrictive forces to achieve a balance and gain time and space for development, which he did.

  Now that he has grown in power and influence, his ambition is gradually being exposed; also, with the help of strategist Liu Zhongxing and beautiful woman Long Meimei's matchmaking, there was a decision to collect taxes.

  Unfortunately, he miscalculated this time. Firstly, he overestimated his own prestige and secondly, he mistakenly trusted Liu Zhongxing, which doomed him to failure.

  Just now wasn't it about collecting taxes? His intention was to let Liu Zhongxing, the strategist, first casually collect a little bit of money. Firstly, it's hard to get things started, and secondly, even a small amount is still something!

  However, to avenge my Liu and Long families will not be as he wishes. Liu Zhongxing and the beautiful woman decide to collect high taxes, they want to provoke the villagers to resist, as the head of the village, Dad will definitely come out, and then find a reasonable excuse to achieve the purpose of revenge.

  Why so troublesome? Of course, this is taking into account the rules of Tianjiao Academy: for any matter that occurs in the academy, one cannot privately take revenge on a student; there is only one way to resolve it, and that is through a life-or-death battle in the arena.

  However, there are policies from above and countermeasures from below. As long as the revenge has a reasonable excuse or reason, the college can't control it, so this matter is inevitable.

  More wonderful...