Douluo: Law of Heaven and Earth

Chapter 1051 Heaven Dou is really doomed!
Upon hearing that Tang San had conquered the Heaven Dou Royal Academy, Zhou Qing praised, "Not bad, Tang San, you do have some strategic vision."

With the Heavenly Dou Royal Academy, the more than 10,000 members of the Crimson Society no longer needed to set up camp elsewhere. Moreover, the area was beautiful with clear waters and abundant resources, so even if the food in the academy ran out, they could still sustain themselves for about half a year by gathering resources.

"Shouldn't you call me Commander Tang?"

Seeing Zhou Qing arrive in person, Tang San smiled slightly. "By the way, what brings you here?"

"Of course, it's to deal with these noble scions in the most appropriate way." Zhou Qing's gaze fell on Xue Beng, and he said with a grin, "Not to mention, there's an unexpected bonus."

Avalanche trembled, his lips quivered, his eyes darted around, and he said, his voice trembling with fear, "Do you know who I am? If my father finds out, you'll be in deep trouble!"

"It's precisely because we knew that it was such a pleasant surprise!"

Looking into Xue Beng's trembling eyes, Zhou Qing realized that the guy was indeed afraid, but he didn't forget to pretend, deliberately speaking in a spoiled tone.

Or perhaps, through years of disguise, avalanche has ingrained caution into its very being?
unknown.

Zhou Qing was only slightly curious about Avalanche, who had been faking it for almost half his life. He didn't really care what Avalanche was thinking. He simply said to Tang San, "Commander Tang, in order to put some pressure on Emperor Xue Ye, we will attack the city tomorrow and breach all four gates of Tian Dou City!"

"and then?"

Tang San knew that their goal was not to conquer Tiandou City. What should they do after blowing up the city gate?
"And then—"

Zhou Qing looked at Xue Beng and the others with a smile, "These aristocratic students can fetch a good price!"

"Too."

Tang San smiled, feeling that Brother Qing was no different from before, still as thoughtful as ever.

Selling to the nobility?
These are not slaves who have been stripped of their noble status, but nobles in their entirety!
This is the first time in history!
"But we need to be careful."

Zhou Qing added, "We can't ask for Soul Coins directly. Instead, we should ask those nobles to provide valuable calligraphy and paintings, antiques, works by masters, as well as precious minerals and treasures."

"Why don't you want Soul Coins?"

Xiao Lan had just settled the three education committee members whose soul power had been sealed when she came over and heard that Zhou Qing didn't want any money, which she found quite incomprehensible.

"It's very simple. If we directly ask for Soul Coins, the nobles and royal family in the city will most likely shift the pressure onto the common people. And the supporters of the Crimson Society are the common people, the common people of Heaven Dou City, who also potentially yearn for the society under the order established by the Crimson Society."

Zhou Qing explained, "In order to prevent most of the people in the city from secretly opposing us after we actually take over Tiandou in the future, we must be careful."

Paintings, calligraphy, and antiques may be worthless during wartime, but they are very helpful for understanding the past.

As you, mistress, once said: "By learning from history, we can understand the rise and fall of dynasties."

This concerns the future.

As for ores and treasures, I need to say even more, right?

Tang San and Xiao Lan both nodded.

"You actually..."

After listening to the whole story, Xue Beng's eyes widened, revealing both his fear of being sold off the next day and his realization that their goal this time was not to actually seize Tian Dou City.

He is not stupid!
The word "future" that Zhou Qing mentioned is the best proof!

But what exactly is their purpose?
The avalanche is unclear...

"Now."

Zhou Qing interrupted Xue Beng's thoughts, "Please tell me, you young masters and ladies who have been pampered since childhood, what treasures are hidden in your homes, otherwise—"

clap clap!

Tang San clapped his hands, and hundreds of tall, burly Red Turban soldiers walked over. "I hope you understand that we are very polite to commoners, but we treat nobles, especially those of extremely bad character, quite differently."

"I said!"

One woman felt her scalp tingle from being stared at, fearing she would be defiled, and hurriedly revealed the calligraphy and paintings, precious treasures, and special metals she owned in her home.

And once one is mentioned, two will follow; before long, more than 80% of the people had said it.

It must be said that these young nobles really lacked backbone.

The remaining 20% ​​were initially very stubborn, but after being threatened and intimidated, they confessed everything...

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"Brother Qing, why did you bring up part of our plan in front of the avalanche?"

After ordering his men to take Xue Beng and the others away, Tang San inquired about the matter.

“He had close contact with us, and after Qian Renxue bought him back, he will definitely be questioned.” Zhou Qing looked at the struggling figure of Xue Beng and said quietly, “You can see it, right? He has been pretending all along in order to survive.”

"Trying to play dumb to fool others? If you play dumb for too long, you'll become a real pig." Tang San didn't approve of this kind of behavior.

"Playing dumb to fool the enemy has a prerequisite: you have to actually have the ability to 'eat the enemy.'" Zhou Qing said calmly. "Avalanche doesn't have that prerequisite in terms of strength."

However, considering that after Qian Renxue impersonated Xue Qinghe, all of Xue Ye's other talented sons died, leaving only Xue Beng, a纨绔 (a spoiled, dissolute young man), who survived...
As the saying goes, a tiger father begets no dog son.

Avalanches are not stupid.

However, the reason he survived was most likely not because he was pretending, nor because his uncle Xuexing helped him, but because Qian Renxue spared his life.

It would be too cruel if he died.

To obtain the position of crown prince or emperor, one can be ruthless, but never poisonous.

Xueye knew very well why the prince had died: it was because of fratricide.

Tang San was surprised: "Xue Ye really knew?"

“Otherwise, why would the Heavenly Dou Empire only have one prince, Xue Xing?” Zhou Qing asked with a smile. “Don’t tell me you’re willing to believe that Xue Ye’s father only had two sons, him and Xue Xing, instead of Xue Ye persecuting his other brothers when he was young.”

Tang San didn't believe it at first, but after Zhou Qing's reminder, he realized how cruel the change of the throne could be!
"And what will be the Red Society's position from now on—"

Seeing his concern, Zhou Qing shook his head and said, "Our standard for inheritance is thought and belief, not bloodline."

At least the two great empires, Tian Dou and Xing Luo, have already told us one thing:

Not reliable!
And that's outrageous!
A system of inheritance based on bloodline will inevitably decay and degenerate. Future generations also have their own independent thoughts and cannot perfectly inherit everything we have.

Therefore, it is extremely important to have many avenues to explore.

Tang San was thoughtful.

"Let's get back to business."

Zhou Qing pulled his wandering thoughts back. "In order to survive, Xue Beng will inevitably analyze the information I deliberately revealed to 'Xue Qinghe'."

After our scare, and given the current dire situation in Tian Dou, he had no choice but to put aside his open and covert struggles with his "good older brother."

After all, besides us, the Star Luo Empire has also sent troops! If Xue Beng had any sense, he would have confessed to Xue Qinghe and pledged his loyalty, even swearing an oath with his martial soul.

Because he was leading troops into battle on a snowy night, if he continued to pretend and was not of one mind with his 'good older brother'—

Tian Dou is truly doomed!

(End of this chapter)