Love

Ling Zhi felt his younger brother's feelings and sighed, "When I was studying at the Imperial Academy, I was no different from those dandy noble children. I pretended to be elegant and was our hobby. But when I arrived in the north, the foundation of our family, and after the fief of Chuckner, I felt that the customs and people there were far more open than the imperial capital, and the atmosphere was better than that of the imperial capital. The people there were simple, kind, and very simple. They cursed and used big bowls to drink and eat big meat. Even the local aristocratic gentry had the same style as me. People also thought that it was justified and would not be strange. Moreover, soldiers, on the battlefield, you cannot expect them to speak to the enemy's civilized words."

Listening to Ling Xiao’s sincere and unexaggerated narration of the customs and peoples in the north, a feeling suddenly arose in his heart. Having such a brother seemed to be a very good thing!

The two found a small tavern. It was not big, but it was very clean. The owner of the tavern didn't seem to expect that his small shop would welcome two guests who were very noble when they saw their identities. He hurriedly greeted him. Ling Zhi said gently: "Boss, you don't have to be so nervous, just treat us as ordinary guests!" After that, he smiled at Ling Xiao: "My soldiers never need them to harass civilians!"

Two distinguished guests came, and the owner of the tavern cooked himself. In a short time, he prepared a few side dishes. Ling Zhi asked for another plate of cut meat with a knife and a pot of warm wine. The wine smelled strong and slightly turbid. It was a grain wine brewed by farmers. In Ling Zhi's eyes, it was much better than the rare wines that the nobles drank.

"Hehe, this wine is a good thing. It is not easy to grow grain in the north, so the price of wine is very high. For example, this kind of grain wine that only needs one copper plate to drink in the imperial capital can be sold for 100 copper plates, which is ten silver coins in the north. Hey, I didn't expect it?"

Ling Xiao was a little sensitive to gold coins recently and asked: "If someone had poured out wine and sold it, wouldn't he have been rich long ago?"

"Turn over?" Ling Zhi showed a hint of mockery on his face: "The terrain in the north is dangerous, the traffic is inconvenient, and bandits are rampant. Even if a northern overlord like the Bauhinia family, their caravans will bring a large number of guards every time to ensure safety. Who else can have such a courage?"

Ling Xiao was stunned for a moment and did not ask any more questions. There was no need for his brother to lie to him. It seemed that the Blue Moon Empire did not want to be as peaceful as those nobles in the imperial capital, which was so peaceful that they would not pick up the road and not close their doors at night.

"Why is the big brother coming back this time...?" Ling Xiao didn't hear any information about Ling Zhi coming back in advance. When he suddenly saw him coming back today, he felt a little strange. In addition, Qin Jian was also from the north, and it seemed that he had known his brother for a long time, so he was wondering if something happened in the north when they returned to the imperial capital at the same time.

You should know that a large area outside the northern border of the empire belongs to a borderless land, and that area is even one-third of the size of the empire! The Blue Moon Empire did not want to occupy it in the past, and the Zichuan Empire did not mean to occupy it, because that place was very barren and the temperature was very low all year round. More importantly, there were a large number of beasts living on that land!

Unlike the orcs living in the Pences swamp in the south that have not appeared in front of humans for hundreds of years, the orcs in the north are always harassing the borders of the empire!

This has nothing to do with the empire's statement that whitewas the peace during the Carnival of the Flame Lion King every year, and ordinary people could not imagine it at all. Just in their own country and the northern border, the beasts were actually threatening the safety of the empire at all times!

This has long been reached between the Zichuan Empire and the Blue Moon Empire, that is, to do everything possible, and not allow the orcs to step across the border!

Therefore, although there have been occasional minor frictions between the two empires over the years, they have been surprisingly consistent in the general direction, which has disappointed the countries that are always waiting for the two empires to make mistakes.

Ling Zhi took a sip of wine, smashed his mouth, and then said, "Have you heard that the imperial capital will hold a military elite competition in another month, that is, within the entire empire, both officers and soldiers and private soldiers can participate. Those who win the top thirty places in the competition have the chance to be awarded the title of aristocratic! The most tempting thing is the reward of the top ten, and they can also get a local sword skills and baron title..."

Speaking of this, Ling Zhi glanced at Ling Xiao and smiled and said, "But no one has the good luck as you, and he was actually named Viscount!"

Ling Xiao smiled faintly. No one knew the real reason for his title. It was just a deal between him and the old king. The old king was grateful to Ling Xiao for curing his illness. He wanted to completely win over this young man, so he did not hesitate to offend those big families and conferred himself against the opposition. However, there is no need to say such a thing.

Ling Zhi continued: "Actually, I don't want to come, but I heard that you have done so many earth-shaking things. Haha, I can't help but want to come back to see you. I'm a little worried. The format in the south is not very good. This competition about soldiers must be related to the beast race. Perhaps... the beast race that has been silent for many years is a little bit, and I want to move."

Ling Xiao experienced the invasion of the beast clan and had a very intuitive understanding of the strength of the beast clan. Overall, the physical quality of the beast clan is far better than that of humans. Some powerful orcs are not much worse than human great sword masters or even crazy sword masters. The only disadvantage is that the beast clan has no organization and loose discipline. If it can be implemented like the orders of the human army, then... they will become an extremely terrifying force!

"Beast clan, if there is a clever commander, his strength is really terrifying!" Ling Xiao also took a big sip of wine, but choked, forgetting that his body was still a teenager. After coughing for a long time, Ling Zhi came over and patted Ling Xiao's back and said with a smile.

"Haha, I forgot that you shouldn't drink. Slowly, this thing will easily choke if you drink it in a hurry." After Ling Xiao calmed down, Ling Zhi sat back and said, "Those wild beasts are really scary. I have dealt with them a lot over the years. I guess the group of beasts you met in the south at that time were specifically used by the beast tribe to eliminate low combat power."

"Huh?" This was the first time Ling Xiao heard this statement, and he couldn't help but turn his doubtful eyes on Ling Zhi.

"The living conditions of the beasts are difficult, but their fertility is very strong. Many orcs have several children in one child, so it is naturally impossible for them to grow into elite warriors. Those orcs with ordinary strength will become burdens for the beasts. They have a great appetite, especially orcs. They have to eat a lot of food for every meal. The beasts have to support them, so they naturally need a lot of food and meat. But these two things are okay, is the latter? Is the food... not that easy to get. Therefore, every few years, the beasts always do this, for the name of robbing human wealth. In fact, it is to eliminate those orcs with low strength. Those who can go back alive are naturally strong orcs. In this way, the entire beasts can always maintain a strong momentum!"

Lingzhi had a deep understanding of orcs. After graduating from Imperial Academy, he entered the fiefdom of the northern family and began to lead troops, fighting no less than a hundred battles with the northern orcs, big and small!

"Then why haven't the Southern Beast Clan come to the Blue Moon Empire for hundreds of years?" Ling Xiao asked with a puzzled heart.

"First, because we have always had powerful defenders in the south for hundreds of years! Those wild beasts were afraid that they would not even be able to return to elite soldiers! Second, there are two countries in the south, Fez and Mengdira, and their national strength is much worse than us. The other end of the Penzes swamp is next to those two countries. Even if they fight Qiufeng, they can't beat us!"

Ling Zhi's words made Ling Xiao suddenly realize many puzzled things. He is worthy of being a top student at the Imperial Academy and has been training in the army for several years. Now Ling Zhi has basically become a qualified general, and his future achievements should not be worse than General Ling Tianxiao.

Ling Xiao thought, and said with a smile: "Father told you that I am no longer a Heavenly Veiner, and I have also obtained something that can improve my strength. You can participate after improving your strength. I guess no one can surpass you!"

Ling Zhi smiled and said, "You should keep this kind of thing yourself. I came back this time and brought 500 people. You are still young and don't know the danger. The most threatening thing in the south is not the beast tribe. They are all those people who scare themselves. What you really need to pay attention to is the first one is the King of the South, and the second one is the Lord of the Pengzes. If you go there, it is equivalent to driving him away. As the Lord of the Pengzes City for many years, the wealth he has accumulated and the connections he has in the local area are far from what you can compare to. What's more, that man has royal blood and has worked with the King of the South for many years. The relationship between the two is definitely not bad. If you don't have enough strength around you, you will definitely be bullied. My brother can't give you more people. These five hundred people are the elites in our Tiger Roar Commando! Now stationed outside the city, and take them with you when you leave!"

"How can this be done? Give them to me, brother, what should you do?" Ling Xiao didn't know that in order to train the soldiers of the Tiger Roar Commando, Ling Zhi worked countless hard to make a private soldier that was not even a ninth-rate unit. He used a few years to gradually eliminate it and became the elite force today. Now he has left one sixth of the entire strength of the Tiger Roar Commando.

"What's wrong, third brother, men don't want mother-in-law and mother. Isn't mine yours? You should keep your thing yourself, you have close friends around you, so give it to them! Your brother, don't be too strong, but it's not easy for them to beat me, hey, it's not easy!" Ling Zhi said, with a proud look on his face!

"If the eldest brother doesn't accept it, I don't want the five hundred people either!" Ling Xiao said firmly. Ling Zhi was right. The two of them are brothers. Just the word "brother" can beat everything!

Ling Zhi was stunned for a moment and picked up the wine bowl: "Okay, the third brother has grown up, haha, our Ling family is all good boys!"
Chapter completed!