Endless Winter: My Camp Upgrades Infinitely

Chapter 1224: Chapter 409: The Dilemma of Two Towns, the Longyou Model, Golden Order Prison Warden, Lin Kai’s Reminder

"Originally, I thought it would require thirty percent, didn’t expect we could save some, hahaha!"

After sending off Xiahou Zhang and Murong Chui, Qiu Peng’s anger vanished instantly, and he turned around to walk back into the hall, looking at Xia Chuan above, his face was full of smile.

Of the more than six hundred people in the hall, only a little over thirty remained.

Upon hearing Qiu Peng’s words, everyone realized he had been acting, and couldn’t help but smile.

"A business that yields huge profits, even if they get half a percent, they are making money. If it weren’t for the smooth merging of these two towns later, how could the Lord possibly give them such favor? I hope these two will understand after they return!"

Upon hearing Xia Chuan’s words, Qiu Peng immediately nodded and said with a slight vibration in his voice, "According to the Lord’s plan, as long as these two towns agree to merge, being annexed by our Great Xia will just be a matter of time!"

Upon hearing this, everyone in the hall immediately became excited.

Yuan Cheng, who was more impatient, felt a thrill for a moment, then suddenly remembered something, and looked at Xia Chuan to ask, "Annexing Muyin Jiangxia is no longer a problem, but what about the other Six Towns? Minister, the Lord should have plans for the Six Towns as well, right?"

Of course!

Upon hearing Yuan Cheng’s question, Xia Chuan recalled previous conversations with Xia Hong, turned to look at everyone in the hall, and replied softly, "Longyou Model."

Longyou Model...

Yuwen Dao, Qiu Peng, Yuan Cheng, Li Tiancheng, and more than thirty other people in the hall, upon hearing these four words, immediately lowered their heads and fell into deep thought.

Li Tiancheng was the first among them to react; he looked up at Xia Chuan and asked, "Does the Lord intend to imitate the time of Longyou, using the pretext of jointly resisting external enemies to ally with the Six Towns, letting Great Xia become the leader of Moao South Slope just like Long Mountain back then?"

He was originally from Long Mountain, and Li Tiancheng himself was an executor of the Longyou Model, so he immediately understood the meaning of Xia Hong’s four words.

He started, and everyone else suddenly saw the light and immediately understood.

Yuwen Dao nodded heavily, agreeing, "The banner of jointly resisting external enemies, whenever raised, is never passé; especially now, the Moao South Slope Territory, should apply even more than the Longyou of those days."

"Cough, cough..."

Li Tiancheng felt somewhat embarrassed upon hearing this statement and promptly coughed lightly twice.

He naturally understood the meaning in Yuwen Dao’s words. Back then, when Long Mountain raised the banner of resisting external enemies, Longyou didn’t really have any strong enemies, but even so, eleven giant camps obediently followed orders;

Now, in Moao South Slope Territory, there are genuinely strong foes from the Outer Domain coveting this place. As long as the Six Towns understand this point, Great Xia raising this banner shouldn’t encounter significant issues.

Moreover, the Six Towns are probably aware of the Cai Qiu Feudal Town.

Great Xia has truly set foot in the Nine Towns Territory for only five years but can trace the fox’s tail of Cai Qiu Feudal Town through faint clues. How could the Six Towns, having been here for decades, know nothing about Cai Qiu?

"Cai Qiu Feudal Town is still hidden in the dark and hasn’t surfaced. If our Great Xia directly initiates a war now and annexes the Six Towns, it might easily provoke the other party. Even if successful, in the end, we’ll be easily deprived of our victory. The Lord’s use of the Longyou Model to slowly approach is wise!"

Xu Ning thought even deeper, and as soon as he spoke, the crowd immediately fell silent, then slowly revealed a touch of surprise on their faces.

"Indeed, we have only caught a Cai Qiu so far. Who knows if there are stronger ones hidden secretly? We definitely cannot rush things, and rashly initiating a war may push the Six Towns to unite again with destructive internal strife, ultimately benefiting others."

"Didn’t the Lord say that the matter of Hongmen City today was caused by someone setting us up, apparently to provoke internal strife among the Nine Towns of Southern Slope? Now I’m somewhat suspicious, thinking it might be the Cai Qiu Feudal Town that did this!"

Upon hearing Lin Kai’s guess, a peculiar light immediately crossed Xia Chuan’s eyes.

"This round of population migration in Bashang, will end at the end of the month. By then, Xia City’s total population will soar to over 2.5 million. Completely assimilating this population will take a long time, not to mention upcoming matters involving Jiangxia and Muyin towns, so there’s no rush regarding the Six Towns.

Cai Qiu Feudal Town is in the north, and having Northern Three Towns upfront is beneficial to us. Next, we must endeavor to create an alliance among the Nine Towns, first putting a restraint on the Six Towns, to prevent them from turning to Cai Qiu or other Outer Domain forces!"

"Precisely!"

"This is the true intention behind the Lord proposing the Longyou Model."

"I see, now I understand."

......

After hearing Xia Chuan’s final words, everyone suddenly realized the true meaning behind Xia Hong proposing the Longyou Model.

"Therefore, next, we need to fully expose the matter of Cai Qiu Feudal Town to make everyone on Moao Mountain’s South Slope wary, preferably resentful, so we can rally for resisting external enemies and regardless of coercing or persuading, we must unfold the Nine Towns’ covenant, ensuring none of them turn to Outer Domain forces!"

Yuwen Dao directly stated the next step.

The crowd’s faces immediately sparkled.

"Isn’t there just such a matter?"

Xu Ning suddenly spoke. Others were initially somewhat unsure, but upon seeing him cast his gaze on Yuan Cheng, Yuwen Dao, and Qiu Peng, they immediately realized, their faces full of joy.

"Exactly!"

"We can conveniently pin the death of the Three Towns Chamber of Commerce members on Cai Qiu!"

"Yang Zhun said in person during the day that he too suspects someone is secretly stirring up issues among the Nine Towns; transfer this blame to Cai Qiu, it fits perfectly."