Capítulo 777: Chapter 758 Eighth Prince Voices His Grievances (Extra 4)
After inspecting the soldiers’ training, Lin Yi proposed to visit the damaged Salt Warehouse.
Without hesitation, General Guan took Lin Yi to inspect the Salt Warehouse.
As expected, the damage to the Salt Warehouse was indeed caused by mountain torrents, just as the Eighth Prince had described.
‘The old fox, Eighth Prince, really didn’t deceive , but this terrain clearly is not prone to be hit by mountain torrents.’
Following the Salt Warehouse’s upstream, Lin Yi finally spotted the channel where the mountain torrents poured down, clearly sabotaged by soone.
In other words, the outbreak of the mountain torrents was deliberately caused by soone.
Thinking of this, Lin Yi felt puzzled; Eighth Prince knew sothing was connected to Sixteenth Prince yet he still covertly collaborated with him.
But why did he instruct to capture Sixteenth Prince on the surface? What was the reason?
After getting to the bottom of the salt shortage at Yun Pass, Lin Yi decided to return and keep an eye on Eighth Prince, to see if he could unravel the mystery and find the Sixteenth Prince.
Just as they were preparing to leave, news ca from ahead that the Eighth Prince was already on his way back to Yun Pass.
At that ti, it was naturally not possible for Lin Yi to leave.
So, he decided to wait for the arrival of the Eighth Prince.
The next day at noon, the Eighth Prince finally returned to Yun Pass with 30 stones of salt.
The Eighth Prince was astonished to learn that Lin Yi had already sent nearly 100 stones of salt ahead.
The 20 stones of salt he had were sold to him by Sixteenth Prince, out of so mutual considerations.
How did Lin Yi manage to get 100 stones of salt unknowingly?
“It’s quite a coincidence, I just happened to et a salt rchant from Tianzhu Country, so I bought the salt at a high price, and the rchant delivered the salt and left.”
Eighth Prince was very curious, “Is there really such good luck?”
“Bring soone, send people to guard the main roads all day, if there are rchants from Tianzhu Country or other countries passing by selling salt or transporting salt, buy all their salt!”
Eighth Prince was quite relieved, with these 100 stones of salt, he didn’t have to rush to use military forces to exchange salt from the Sixteenth Prince.
The soldiers at the border were like children to the Eighth Prince, and he was reluctant to exchange any military strength for this purpose.
Having ergency salt in hand, the Eighth Prince had so confidence, but what he didn’t know was that he couldn’t be as lucky as Lin Yi to “buy” salt from Tianzhu Country.
Now that Lin Yi was also at Yun Pass, the Eighth Prince wanted more than just salt.
“Lord Lin, you are unaware, Yun Pass is not easy to guard. I have watched over it for most of my life, and these old bones of mine are nearly worn out. Every ti the barbarians cause trouble, I can’t sleep well.”
Lin Yi listened quietly with a smile, without uttering a word to Eighth Prince’s complaints.
‘Heh, you still realize you are an old man. Since you can’t stand the strain, why not clear way for the power in your hands and provide more opportunities for the young to train?’
‘You are clearly clinging to power, holding on to an army of a hundred thousand unwilling to let go, coveting my little Emperor wife’s position; you’d deserve to be tired to death.’
After the Eighth Prince complained thoroughly, Lin Yi remained silent, which frustrated the Eighth Prince greatly.
The Eighth Prince hinted at Think Tank Sima Shu beside him, took a long sigh, and began to drink tea.
Knowing the Eighth Prince’s intent, Sima Shu began to go along with the act.
“Great General Lin, you are unaware, these cunning barbarians always use little tricks when they invade, draining our soldiers’ stamina.”
“But as soon as we ntion the new weapon of Great General Lin, they would retreat continuously, terrified by the news.”
“It has to be said, nurous tis we’ve scared them away without spending a single soldier or fighter, all by using your reputation.”
Lin Yi liked hearing this, and Ouyang Qian beside him liked it even more, gazing at her Prince Consort with an infatuated look and full of admiration.
In comparison, the Eighth Prince felt much more embarrassed. His own Think Tank was vividly praising another general for winning a battle just by reputation alone.
While he, a Prince guarding the border, couldn’t asure up to Lin Yi, wasn’t this pure embarrassnt?
However, in order to get the weapon from Lin Yi’s hands, the Eighth Prince had to swallow this bitter feeling.
So, he could only continue to drink water to alleviate the awkwardness.
“Great General Lin, our ‘cry wolf’ tactic has only worked three or four tis before it lost its effect. After all, when we couldn’t present new weapons nurous tis in a row, the barbarians ceased to be afraid.”
“If we truly possessed these weapons, the barbarians would certainly no longer dare to harass us.”
As Sima Shu spoke, he didn’t forget to watch Eighth Prince’s expression.
Noticing the Eighth Prince’s face, black as coal, Sima Shu halted, fearful of misspeaking. If he incurred the Eighth Prince’s bla, it would be a disaster.
Suddenly the atmosphere turned awkward.
Lin Yi felt obliged to make his stance clear.
“Think Tank praises too highly; the barbarians rely skirmish and don’t dare to truly march southward. Prince has guarded the Border for so many years, and Yun Pass has never once fallen.”
“This is the Prince’s greatest military achievent.”
At these words, the Eighth Prince’s mood suddenly beca much more comfortable, relieved that soone recognized his hard work and rit.
However, as pleased as he was, Lin Yi imdiately switched the topic to Official Salt,
as if Think Tank Sima Shu never ntioned new weapons.
On his rare visit to Yun Pass, the Eighth Prince naturally wouldn’t let Lin Yi leave so easily.
The Eighth Prince seized this rare opportunity to sway Lin Yi to his side.
“Grand Officer Lin, the Soldiers here have admired you for a long ti. You should stay a few more days and lead the Soldiers in drills to inspire morale.”
Facing the Eighth Prince’s request, Lin Yi certainly didn’t refuse. These were, after all, the Soldiers of You Country, and it was essential to get well acquainted with them.
‘Hehe, if I bring this army of a hundred thousand back to the capital, wouldn’t my little Empress wife be overjoyed?’
Thinking this, Lin Yi began to brew a bold idea in his mind.
“Alright, Prince, then I will take Inspector Ouyang for a little walk.”
As soon as Lin Yi stepped out of the tent, the Eighth Prince angrily slamd the table.
“Hmph!”
“This rascal must be doing it on purpose, obviously not wanting to hand over the new weapons!”
“You, go and find out how they arrived at Yun Pass, where all the entourage and carriages are along the way, and see where the new weapons are hidden?”
“And this Inspector Ouyang, how co I’ve never heard of him before? Investigate! Investigate everything for !”
The Eighth Prince was so furious that his beard was askew. How could he be content without obtaining Lin Yi’s weapons?
“Think Tank, what insights do you have?” The Eighth Prince was genuinely exasperated.
Sima Shu imdiately leaned forward, respectfully offering his advice.
“Eighth Prince, Lin Yi’s new weapons are ant to be used against Generals in battle, and for handling the barbarians.”
“If he refuses to hand them over voluntarily, then we must force him to present the weapons.”
“Force?”
The Eighth Prince was puzzled, but upon hearing Sima Shu’s entire plan, his grim face finally broke into a smile.
“Ha ha ha, excellent, excellent. Let’s proceed with the Think Tank’s plan. I refuse to believe that Lin rascal would sit by and do nothing.”
Atop Yun Pass, as Lin Yi and Ouyang Qian gazed at the endless desert, with the yellow sand flying across the sky, he still pulled out the Salt Mine Distribution Map.
“Right, this is good, there’s salt under that lake. Once I’ve taken the army of a hundred thousand back, we’ll dig for salt there, so the Soldiers won’t have to wait so hard for salt anymore.”
Ouyang Qian also peered over, looking at the map dotted with symbols, very puzzled.
“Prince Consort, are you a Feng Shui Master? How can you tell there’s salt?”
Lin Yi gently scraped Ouyang Qian’s little nose with his hand, and softly said, “I know a little.”
… End of chapter …
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