Chapter 24: Chapter 24: Plan B
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Chapter 24: Plan B
It's a 2 day's journey from Province Jinmen (mc's base) to Province Kuwon (Hao Tai's base) as you have to cross the capital city in between
Hao Jiazhi could ask his mother's help in this but why would he do so?
Saving her or her land has nothing to do with him or she had anything that could make him want to save her
After 2 days long journey, Hao Jiazhi reached the house of Hao Tai
She lives alone with her servants; though her mother told her to live with her in the outer palace area of the imperial palace, but she refused and said that she doesn't want to depend on anyone
She wants to live her life in her own strength
The chariot of Hao Jiazhi stopped in front of Hao Tai's house and then Hao Jiazhi enters the house with a crow on his shoulder; he never forgets to take a crow with him
Hao Tai is at the entrance waiting for her brothers' arrival and after seeing that he is here, she gave a warm smile and welcomed her brother
Hao Jiazhi is not an emotional kid, so he just went straight to the point
"Big sister, you know that I don't have any power with me so why did you even bother asking help from me?" Hao Jiazhi asked as he walks towards Hao Tai
This open question made the smile of Hao Tai disappear and also made her attendant angry with him
But Hao Jiazhi is not done with his words
"But as you know that my mother is a rich personality and the one who holds money also holds power, there is a way that I can help you" Hao Jiazhi said to her
Hao Tai gave a confused expression
"I'll take a look around the city and if possible, I will try to find something that can make my mother think that it's worth to save this place" Hao Jiazhi said to her
"um" Hao Tai don't know what to say or do here as she doesn't have any political or business skills
She just nodded
As for her servant's, they all clearly hated Hao Jiazhi's way of speech and his attitude
Hao Jiazhi took his time and explored the capital city of Province Kuwon, Lingyi, and other districts also
And so far, he didn't get anything that could make him feel that it's worth his investment
One thing Hao Jiazhi did notice was that this whole Kuwon Province is really big and it has 4 districts (including the capital city/district)
Though the population is really low, only 50k, but the whole province is plain dry land.
Nighttime-
Hao Jiazhi came back from his journey around the province but he didn't really get anything
Dinner time-
"Did you find anything?" Hao Tai asked Hoa Jiazhi
Hao Jiazhi took a big piece of leg from the pig's meat and started eating wildly
He said "Nothing…. "
Hao Tai nodded silently and ate her food
While eating Hao Jiazhi asked about the border situation and also the size of the enemy
"At first we thought that the enemy army is in thousands but when we looked carefully, there were only 500 men or so…
All of them are land unit (swordsmen and horsemen)
It seems like the Liaohua Kingdom just wants to tease us, they don't seem to be really looking for war" Hao Tai said to Hao Jiazhi
Hao Jiazhi nodded and asked, "But they are moving towards the border right?"
She nodded to his question
"What about the father? Did you send this information to the imperial palace?" Hao Jiazhi asked
Hao Tai nodded and said "Yes, but I don't think they will provide any help, after all, Kuwon province is just a barren land to them so there is no use to fight over this place"
The enemy knows the internal conflicts and that's the reason why they send very few of their soldiers as they know they can win the war with this much
As for the soldiers in this whole province, it's barely 200 or even 150 as no one wants to get enlisted in the military and also because the province is covered with deserts and full plains only, only a few soldiers are enough to keep an eye on the border
This clearly shows that the emperor wants to cut this province from his kingdom, something Hao Jaizhi don't know why
The current size of the kingdom is already too small than other kingdoms and if this Kuwon Province is also cut then the size of the kingdom will get smaller
And also, the enemy will now be very near the capital city as after one more district, it's the capital city/province of Tengyuan Kingdom
The next day, Hao Jiazhi visited the army camp size and looked at the enemy size
Yep, they are very few of them
"Is this the regular state of soldiers?" Hao Jiazhi asked Yao Tu, general, as he saw soldier just down on the ground here and there
It is as if they don't give a shit about the enemy and have long accepted defeat
"No, prince Hao Jiazhi, actually they are just emptying their mind before entering the battlefield" Yao Tu said to Hao Jiazhi
Hao Jiazhi looks, with wide eyes, at the general
'You think I will buy that?' Hao Jiazhi asked Yao Tu in his heart
He didn't rekt his brain much and left the place, exploring the area around the border
From behind, came a female soldier and said "Please Prince Hao Jiazhi, help Princess Hao Tai in this dire need"
It's Bai Hong
"And who are you?" Hao Jiazhi asked jer as he walks around the area
While walking by his side, she told him her name and also that Princess Hao Tai had done a lot for her and many other orphan people
That's the reason why even though the war is ahead and people know that they will lose their home, they are still staying here
This information was different than what he had gathered so he doesn't know whether she is saying the truth or false
She also said that there are people who hate her but still the number of people who love her are more than those who hate her
"Even though I know that you respect her a lot and even if I want to save her, I can't…" Hao Jiazhi said to her
He continued his steps and said "I may have a big support of my mother but she only supports me not others and I also don't have my own military, so it's impossible to help he---"
Hao Jiazhi was saying something but he stopped as he saw something
He walked near a certain flower field and when he takes a closer look at the flower, his eyes go all wide and a big wide smile appeared on his face
"I guess plan B has to be implemented first than plan A" Hao Jiazhi said as he looks at the flower field
. . .
To be continued-
Chapter 25: Chapter 25: Nope
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Chapter 25: Nope
What did Hao Jiazhi found that made him change his plan?
Saffron, the world's most expensive spice
Hao Jiazhi, not even his wildest dream he ever thought that he will see saffron in this world and that too in a place where he never imagined it would be
And right now there are hundreds of saffron flowers in front of him as if all these flowers are saying "COME AND PICK ME NOW!!!"
Hao Jiazhi wasted no more time and went straight to Hao Tai's house
"Big Sister, I need to have talked with you right now" Hao Jiazhi said as he enters Hao Tai's room
But he changed his mind immediately and came outside
"I'll wait in the guest room" Hao Jiazhi said and went straight towards the Guest room
Inside Hao Tai's room-
"Such a lecherous man, he doesn't even know the manners of visiting a girls room" Pan Bo said in her angry tone as she held a beautiful dress
Beside her is Hao Tai half naked on her bed
She giggled a bit and said "it's ok, he is my brother so he can drop some formalities. Seems like he has something urgent to talk about"
After some time-
Hao Tai came to the guest room with Pan Bo (she is pulling the wheelchair)
"What's the matter?" Hao Tai asked Hao Jiazhi
With a smile, Hao Jiazhi came near Hao Tai and gets down on his knees to have a talk with her face to face
He said "I can help you in this situation but I have a condition"
Hearing that this whole war-like situation can be resolved, Hao Jiazhi became all happy and said that she will agree with all of his condition
This is good but still, Hao Jaizhi told her that in return for helping her, he would need land near the border area under his control.
Something Hao Jiazhi never did in his past life as he made sure to make people accept his deal without letting them know the condition, but here he told Hao Tai about the condition.
It seems like he has a soft spot for her, or is it just a pity
She will be the main head but all the power and work done on that land will be controlled by him
To Hao Tai, that land is nothing big as it's only barren land in her eyes, so she said yes.
And so Hao Jiazhi made his plan to solve this whole problem and how he will implement his Plan B
What is Plan B?
After taking control over his own Province, Hao Jiazhi wanted to take another province also and the first province he wanted to take is his big sister's province Kuwon
To others, Province Kuwon is just a barren plain land but to Hao Jiazhi; it is the biggest province that would be the future backbone of the whole kingdom
The land may not be fertile but if somehow, irrigation is done on regular bases and also manure used properly
Then the whole province could generate enough food for the whole kingdom that it can literally monopolies the whole kingdom's food on every table
It is a long process, according to Hao Jiazhi's calculation it will take around 2-4 years time to fully upgrade the whole province and a good amount of money will be also nodded
And this is Plan B
He wanted to first control his own province first then move on to the next but now that situation is grim, he has to begin his Plan B as he doesn't want his most expensive item to break or get burned in this war
But the situation is not that mild as Hao Jiazhi thought, its fucking much worse than he had imagined
Tengyuan Kingdom is like a golden parrot in a cage
Golden Parrot because this kingdom is full of natural resources like gold, soil fertility, water source, etc-etc
In Cage, because this kingdom is surrounded by 3 big kingdoms and they all want a piece of it
But, because each one is a superpower on its own, they won't share it. So all of them made a neutral pact with the Tengyuan Kingdom
They all only care about lands that have some resource, not the barren land so they don't care about Province Kuwon
And because Tengyuan Kingdom's is not so strong to face these big kingdoms, the emperor will avert his eyes away as he is not losing some big thing here
In the end, no one will help him, including his own mother.
Song Xia is rich but only in this kingdom, not one other kingdom, so her powers are limited
This made Hao Jiazhi full of worry as there is no way he can let his chance to become a billionaire go away in front of his eyes
So what to do now?
Hao Jiazhi himself knows that if he, as a prince, attacks the enemy army then for sure the whole kingdom will face a big trouble
He doesn't care about the people or kingdom but still, this kingdom is his money bag. So there is no way he can let situations go worst for his money bag
Hao Jiazhi kept on thinking as he moves around in his bedroom (guest room, night time)
"Let's call them" Hao Jiazhi said as he gets out of his room to the stable where his chariot is.
He goes inside the chariot and takes a birdcage out, and inside that birdcage is an eagle
He takes the eagle out and ties a letter on the leg of the eagle, and then he said "Be fast" as he sends the eagle away
A few days later-
The enemy is taking his own time as they are moving very slowly and slowly towards the border of Kuwon, as if they know it is their win
As the day passes by, the enemy came closer and closer. And now they are just in front of the border.
The battle will take place tomorrow or the day after tomorrow
Right now Hao Jiazhi is standing under trees, its morning time, and looking at the sky
From somewhere came a voice of an eagle and then an eagle appeared that came straight towards Hao Jiazhi
Hao Jiazhi has also sent a letter to Han Yachun with his crow, so right now he doesn't have his crow
The eagle came and sat on the shoulder of Hao Jiazhi
It had a letter tied to one of his legs
Hao Jiazhi took the letter out and gave a smile as he read what's inside it
He then took a letter out of his pocket and then tied his letter to the eagle, then sends it away one more time
"Prince Hao Jiazhi, Princess Hao Tai has called you for lunch" A servant said to Hao Jiazhi
Hao Jiazhi nodded and went inside the dining hall with her
While eating food, Hao Tai asked "Were you able to get any help?"
Hao Jiazhi smiled and said "Nope"
His smile clearly told Hao Tai that everything is done and he just don't want to expose thing, after all, if he really didn't find any help then why would he even smile
. . .
To be continued-
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