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A few days later, the imperial king Xia Ming left the Emerald City with an army of 40,000.
The time is the end of August of the bi-monthly calendar year 998. According to the year 999, there are only four months left.
Xia Han counted the time with his fingers, and the more he calculated, the more he became disheartened - the illustrated book showed that the time when the Orcs destroyed the Jade Empire was the beginning of the bi-monthly calendar 999, and there was not much time left.
The Demon Bone Desert is located on the southwest side of Qilin Continent, passing through the Chengxi Grassland, the Yulin Mountains, and after passing the Guangming Cathedral, it has to cross the Gale Wind Grassland, spanning nearly half of the continent.
"Are these troops enough?"
At the top of the Emerald City wall, Xia Han stood with the imperial princess Xia Yun, accompanied by some young nobles.
"enough."
Xia Yun answered in a cold voice. As soon as she finished her words, a noble next to her laughed and explained to Xia Han: "Little princess, every territory your majesty passes through during the expedition will provide troops. This journey is far away..."
He thought for a moment and estimated: "It is estimated that when His Majesty arrives in the Demon Bone Desert, there will be at least 200,000 troops accompanying him."
An army of 200,000 people was dealing with a foreign race. This was a serious situation. The scale could even be compared to two countries fighting. Xia Ming's approach could be said to have completely reassured everyone.
But no one knows whether he really takes the threat of aliens seriously or whether he cares about his own safety.
"Little princess, do you know what two hundred thousand is?" The young noble's attitude towards Xia Han was inconsistent. At this time, an angry young man walked out: "Your father buried all the elites of the empire in vain eight years ago.
...And because of what you said to the outside world, the empire has now sent another 200,000..."
"Shut up!"
Xia Yun suddenly turned around, and the young man's mouth suddenly stopped amidst her chilling murderous intent. At this moment, Xia Yun's face was as frosty, and her right hand was on the long sword, with a shockingly majestic aura.
[Level 6?] [No... at least a seventh-level warrior!]
Horror flashed through Xia Han's heart. Although human beings can practice very quickly, there are only a few people who can reach the seventh level of power before reaching adulthood. Xia Yun has always been famous for her ability to govern, but she did not expect that she is also a stunning beauty.
Genius warrior.
"How do you understand the cruelty of that war eight years ago? Not to mention all the elites, even the entire empire would have been hard-pressed to survive!"
She seemed to remember the battlefield she saw when she was a child, and her expression was livid: "Don't talk about this anymore!"
The young man was stunned for a moment, then realized...the eldest princess had personally witnessed that battle.
"Feel sorry."
He bowed and retreated.
"Isn't this topic very interesting?" However, Xia Han didn't seem to care about Xia Yun's face, with a slight smile on his face: "I also want to know what happened eight years ago, can you tell me
?"
Xia Han stared at Xia Yun.
He was experimenting, not for the answer from eight years ago, but to see how Xia Yun answered his question. Over the past few days, Xia Han found that Xia Yun's attitude towards him was significantly different from that of others.
【Does she still regard me as her younger brother as she did when she was nine years old?】
Xia Han inevitably had such thoughts, but he found it unbelievable - why would Xia Yun be so kind to someone who threatened his status?
"You...you shouldn't know."
Xia Yun glanced at Xia Han, but his attitude didn't seem to have changed much: "Have you never seen a battlefield with dead bodies burning in a prairie fire, blood flowing in the flames, and a battlefield full of the smell of blood..."
However, she still said something.
"I have seen the battlefield eight years ago. A man fought against an empire. The mountains and plains were filled with blazing flames. The people who were alive a moment ago turned into charred black in an instant..."
It was such a brief statement, but the information contained in it was enough. Xia Han was sure that his status in Xia Yun's heart was indeed different from that of others, and the difficulty of the task he expected might need to be reduced a bit.
【very good.】
Xia Han thought like this, and then started thinking.
"I have never seen a battlefield...but I know that in other places, human life is not much more valuable than a battlefield." Xia Han looked at the young nobles who were dismissive of him, and then changed the topic to them
On the body: "As far as I know, every year, including directly and indirectly, every noble will kill at least 2 civilians."
He didn’t have accurate data, so he just made a general guess: “There are more than 50,000 nobles of all sizes in the Emerald Empire, which means that hundreds of thousands of people die in this country every year—more than the number of deaths in the war.
.”
"What do you want to say?"
Xia Yun's heart tightened. In fact, Xia Han was exaggerating, but a large number of people in the Jade Empire did die of hunger, poverty, illness, and slavery every year. Most of the root causes of these evils could be placed on the nobles.
But this is the same thing in every country.
The lower the level of life in this world, the cheaper it is... Human beings, as the largest race in the world, are cheaper than any other race. This cheapness is not due to racial status, but because the number of deaths is too large... Human beings die every year
The number of people even exceeds the number of elves and Jingxue tribe combined by several times.
Fortunately, human beings reproduce at an alarming rate. As long as you are willing, you can make up for the loss no matter how big it is.
"nothing."
Xia Han was just exploring Xia Yun's true intentions - he couldn't see through her very well. Xia Yun, who had lived in a political environment since she was a child, rarely showed her true thoughts.
Special treatment for him.
However, her most critical question is whether she is on the side of the nobles or the people at the bottom.
Xia Han's plot mission cannot be given up, and his future is now heading towards the king. Regardless of its feasibility for the moment, Xia Han must make some preparations now.
The ultimate goal of practicing illustrated books is to gain the world's faith. However, the contradiction between human aristocrats and poor people has lasted for thousands of years and cannot be reconciled... Xia Han does not expect to resolve the contradiction. He is not that great.
Only the ordinary people's side is in line with his wishes.
Water can carry a boat and capsize it, and ordinary people are the foundation. In other words, Xia Han had to sacrifice his nobles to achieve unparalleled magic.
"Speaking of which, I heard an interesting story in Wind City. It goes like this: There used to be a poor Viscount who bought a few slaves and raised them on a small farm. When the Viscount's grandson was born, he
The family already has dozens of slaves...the small farm has turned into a large farm."
"Do you think what the Viscount did was appropriate?"
