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At this moment, someone was rapidly jogging toward this place.
It was not until he reached the foot of Feng Wentai that he hastily knelt to the ground.
His body trembled slightly.
His face was full of fear and unease.
Yet, Feng Wentai paid little attention to this.
He was silently observing the corpses of the farmers, ah, no, they should now be called refugees.
He couldnât help but sigh softly, a hint of helplessness appearing on his face.
The number of refugees was increasing.
Not just those pouring into Huai Shui County from outside.
Even many of the locals within Huai Shui County itself had become refugees under the terror of the drought and the disturbance of locusts.
This had been giving Feng Wentai quite a headache lately.
Especially as the reserves of food were diminishing.
Feng Wentai had been growing increasingly irritable in recent days.
âChen Family, Tang Family, and that Luo Family, how have they been doing lately?â
After a moment of silence, Feng Wentai suddenly inquired in a low voice to the officer following close behind him.
âThe Chen Familyâs situation is not much better than ours.â
âThe Tang Family, by contrast, has vast reserves of food.â
âSo, it seems they are not too worried about the drought and locust disaster.â
âAs for the Luo Familyâ¦â
As he spoke, the officer hesitated for a moment.
âWhat about the Luo Family?â
Feng Wentai turned his head, gazed at the officer behind him, and then pressed for an answer.
The officer swallowed hard, pondering for a moment.
After organizing his thoughts,
he slowly spoke: âThe Luo Family⦠itâs a bit strange. I donât know what method theyâve used, but the farmlands theyâve opened near Qingshi Town somehow maintain a certain level of moisture, and even the climate⦠seems more comfortable than here.â
Upon hearing this, Feng Wentaiâs brow furrowed slightly.
At first, he felt the officer behind him was spouting nonsense, deceiving him.
But after taking a moment to think,
Feng Wentai dismissed this notion.
The officer behind him wouldnât dare to fabricate lies to deceive him.
âSo, youâre saying all this is true?â
After thinking for a while, Feng Wentai asked the officer behind him once more.
The officer nodded with absolute certainty.
âIf thatâs the case, then there is indeed something curious about the Luo Familyâ¦â
Feng Wentai muttered to himself.
Soon, however, he stopped concerning himself with the odd phenomena of the Luo Family,
and shifted his full attention to the Tang Family.
Within Huai Shui County, if one were to say who had the most food reserves,
it would undoubtedly be the Tang Family, which had transformed into a major grain merchant in the past decades.
The Tang Family had so much food stored that even if the Chen Family, Luo Family, and his own reserves were combined,
it might not reach a third of the Tang Familyâs reserves.
So, if he wished to solve the problem of insufficient food reserves in the future,
he simply had to eradicate the Tang Family.
However, while it was easy for him to wish the destruction of the Tang Family,
if other familial powers, like the Luo Family or Chen Family, took this opportunity to severely damage his Feng Wentaiâs influence,
then that would pose some real troubleâ¦
âPerhaps, on this matter, I can form an alliance with the Luo and Chen families just this once.â
Thinking thus, Feng Wentai silently nodded to himself.
Although there were some disputes between Feng Wentai, and the Luo and Chen families,
it is known that in this world, there are only everlasting interests, not everlasting enemies.
On such an important matter,
the Luo and Chen families would likely not refuse Feng Wentaiâs proposal.
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After mulling it over for a long time,
Feng Wentai sent messengers to the locations of the Luo Family Ancestral Land and the Chen Family.
In Qingshi Town, at the Luo Family Ancestral Land,
inside the room where the Luo Family Patriarch resided,
the current Family Head, Luo Ping, was sitting in the masterâs seat in a state of quiet reflection.
Standing silently before him were Luo Yong, Luo An, and more recently the young master with a burgeoning interest in formations, Luo Chuan.
âSo, what do you all think about Feng Wentaiâs proposition?â
As silence gradually fell upon the room,
Luo Ping, who was sitting in the masterâs seat,
suddenly spoke, addressing everyone in the room.
âJoining forces with the three families to annihilate the Tang Family, I see no problem with thatâ¦â
Luo Yong, the one in the room commanding an army of over two hundred thousand, was the first to speak up.
âFamily Head, if we truly eradicate the Tang Family, how then shall the benefits be divided?â
After pondering for a moment, Luo An brought up this question.
Amidst the silence in the room, only Luo Chuan remained quiet throughout.
He silently listened, offering no suggestions of his own.
âChuanâer, what are your thoughts?â
Suddenly, Luo Ping, sitting in the masterâs seat, addressed his silent son Luo Chuan.
âFather, I believe that we, the Luo Family, can instead choose not to get involved at all.â
âWe can sit atop the high platform, silently watching the struggle between the three forces.â
Luo Chuan spoke calmly.
Luo Ping frowned slightly and asked in a low voice, âOh? And why is that?â
Luo Chuan simply smiled faintly,
and explained softly to Luo Ping: âFather, why do you think Feng Wentai would propose an alliance of the three families to collectively destroy the Tang Family?â
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