infodatos Chapter 56: So Pissed Their Faces Changed Colors
Chapter 56: So Pissed Their Faces Changed Colors
Chapter 56: So Pissed Their Faces Changed Colors
Carter and Fez were on a ship. They had come here to reminisce about their old territory as they will soon be leaving the western lands.
"Ha ha ha..." Carter and Fez couldn't help but laugh when they saw all the wheat on the banks, attracting strange looks from other people on the ship.
"Lord father, these will all be our spoils of war 10 days later," Fez said, pointing to the wheat.
"Consider it as compensation for taking care of this territory for years. They won't blame us." Carter said with a cold smile. He knew that horse thieves were going to rob this place 10 days later. He had only come here today to reminisce about the place and then leave for a better life elsewhere. After all, people would always want to see the place they had grown up in when they grew old as it brings back some of their memories. At least, that was the reason he had given to others.
"Lord Father, is the information we got correct? Is that Liu Feng really rebuilding Xi Yang City? He isn't just trying to make things worse, is he?" Fez asked in a small voice.
"Although I don't understand why he's making a big move before the cold Winter, the killing of the food merchants and the commerce with Bei Feng City shows that Liu Feng isn't stupid- rather, he's a smart and ruthless person." The real reason he had come here was that he had felt that he could make a profit. There was no way he had actually come here to reminisce about the place as he was sick of Xi Yang City.
"Do you think that Bei Feng City caught wind of something?" Fez asked in a small voice as he looked around warily.
"It's possible," Carter said, nodding and looking at the dock of Xi Yang City. "If Bei Feng City gets news about the horse thieves, there's a high chance they will smuggle their supplies over to Xi Yang City, and then..."
Fez understood. If Bei Feng City really cooperated with Xi Yang City, then Xi Yang City would become a lot more valuable and they would be able to earn as much wealth as the horse thieves do when they rob Xi Yang City, especially since they didn't have to share the spoils with Omar. Of course, the premise was that their speculations were true. Only then would the riches be at their disposal after they took back Xi Yang City.
"Will Baron Omar notice anything? He might make a move against us if he doesn't get enough profit," Fez said worriedly.
"Yes, everyone is working for Lord City Lord," the commoner said with a smile, pointing to the people around him.
"Why are you so happy to be working? Does the city lord give you a salary?" Fez asked.
"Of course he does, Lord City Lord is a good noble," the commoner said, looking at Carter strangely. He didn't know why, but he felt that these people were familiar.
"Impossible! There's no way the city lord can afford to pay everyone to work!" Carter said angrily. He did not believe the commoner. "Are you lying to us? Or has the city lord tricked you?"
"It's true! Lord City Lord pay us with wheat! The Lord wouldn't cheat on us!" the commoner shouted. "You're not allowed to speak ill of Lord City Lord! He's the best noble in the world! Let me tell you, there used to be a noble called Carter. The only thing he did was exploit us! Not only did he only give us one bowl of wheat every day to work for him, but the bowl was also only half full! Many people fainted from hunger! And he would just pour cold water on everyone!"
"Lord City Lord is much better than Carter! He's a dozen times better than Carter! Not only did he give us food to eat, but he also killed the food merchants for us...." Then the commoner kept saying good things about Liu Feng, making Fez and Carter so pissed their faces changed color.
They were angry because not only did people speak badly about them, it was done right in front of them! However, they didn't dare to refute anything as there were a lot of civilians glaring at them with eyes saying that they will beat them up if they spoke badly about Liu Feng.
Author didn't write that, I added that sentence to make things less confusing.
Translator's Note:
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