Wu Sheng: I can adapt to evolution

Chapter 143 Crazy, simply crazy

"Master Chen, you have worked hard these days."

In the prison of Bingzhou Military Governor's Office, a group of officials released Chen Zhenyuan and smiled cautiously.

Lu Ming may not care about these officials from the court, but it is difficult to deal with the people under them. After all, they are military governors sent by the court and represent the face of the court.

"It's okay, Prince, it's just a routine matter."

Chen Zhenyuan took a deep look at everyone, but he did not see Lu Ming in the crowd.

When he spoke, he deliberately emphasized the word "Crown Prince".

Despite being in prison these days, he was still able to receive some news. The old marquis had died, and the imperial court had not yet issued the title, which meant that, nominally speaking, the position of Bingzhou Grand Commander was temporarily vacant.

This was a good opportunity for him. Since the Grand Commander was not in office, he, as the military governor, would be the most powerful person.

He could have taken advantage of this opportunity to establish his own authority.

Of course, the prerequisite is that the prince does not go crazy and acts according to the rules.

Otherwise, everyone will have to do it first.

"Let's go. Let's go to the government office first. I heard that the border troops were almost wiped out. We need to recruit again in the near future. Recruiting 100 people from each of the thirteen prefectures in Bingzhou will be enough. I will petition the court to recruit the rest from other states."

If the imperial court wanted to control the border troops, it couldn't recruit troops from the local area on a large scale. Otherwise, once they grew stronger, they would become local tyrants. Only by transferring troops from other places could they prevent them from taking root in the local area and truly be under the imperial court's control.

Unlike the previous border troops, 80% of them were from Bingzhou. Their families, young and old, were all in the local area, and many families even relied on the Marquis' Mansion for food, so they were naturally loyal to the Marquis' Mansion.

But Chen Zhenyuan would never allow this.

These days he was in prison, and he managed to figure out a lot of things by staying calm.

However, after he said this, the officials around him all looked strange.

"General...General..."

"The recruitment has concluded. The Marquis has recruited 35,000 men from the thirteen prefectures of Bingzhou. He also led his troops deep into the grasslands, captured over 10,000 men, and reorganized them into a guest army. Now the border army is fully staffed."

A military officer from the Governor's Office came forward to report.

Previously, the tribes and people on the grassland were almost wiped out by the [Constant Tank] and were no longer a force to be reckoned with. However, to the west of the grassland were vast wildernesses, and to the north were dense forests. In fact, there were also more primitive Hu tribes living here.

Life became even more difficult for these Hu people, and after realizing that their powerful enemies had disappeared from the fertile grasslands, they began to migrate south and east.

However, they ran into Lu Ming unexpectedly. Lu Ming directly arrested a large number of them, and then forced them to pledge their loyalty by using the power of [Trading], and then migrated them to a river valley near the border.

Now, the number of young and strong men capable of fighting under Lu Ming has exceeded 50,000.

And these 50,000 people are completely loyal to him.

"Nonsense!"

"This is pure nonsense!"

When Chen Zhenyuan heard this, even the composure he had cultivated all along could no longer be maintained. He slammed the railing next to him and broke it directly.

Bingzhou's population was not large to begin with, and Lu Ming took out more than 30,000 young and strong men in one go, which meant that almost every household had to provide someone. This was already a warmongering attitude.

Moreover, he filled the border troops entirely with local people. What was he trying to do? Was he planning a rebellion?
"Get me a horse. I'm going to the camp now."

Chen Zhenyuan was furious. He could tolerate Lu Ming working within the rules, even cooperating with him in his previous arrest and imprisonment, but he absolutely would not tolerate this kind of outrageous behavior. "General."

"I'm afraid it's not possible to go to the camp now. There's no one there right now."

The officials nearby did not expect that Chen Zhenyuan, who looked like a scholar, was so strong. They were all frightened, but they still had to speak.

"What do you mean?"

Chen Zhenyuan frowned and turned to look at the person who spoke.

"The Marquis... The Marquis mobilized all the border troops and even recruited people from the local area to build a tomb for himself... for himself."

……

“It’s really a Feng Shui treasure land.”

Lu Ming stood on a low hill, looking at the big mountain in front of him. The mountain was called Yushan. Its mountain range was nearly a thousand miles long and wide, rolling and undulating.

On the distant mountains, you can see countless figures holding pickaxes, working hard to chisel the rocks.

"It's still a bit slow. It would be much better if there were more warriors. Unfortunately, Bingzhou has limited manpower. I should probably go to other states to capture some warriors. It would be best if I could have a group of sixth-level warriors to work for me. Each of them is worth a hundred ordinary warriors."

Lu Ming looked at all this and felt a little better, but now was not the time to slack off, as the natural world-destroying star was still approaching.

If he wants to survive, he needs to frantically collect energy and increase his strength, and on the other hand he needs to rely on the mountains and keep digging underground. Perhaps as long as he digs deep enough, combined with his own special abilities, he can still survive the world-destroying crisis.

Lu Ming was thinking in his heart, but the sound of hurried horse hooves came from behind him.

"Lu Pingzhi, are you crazy?"

The sound of horse hooves soon stopped beside him. Chen Zhenyuan dismounted and started shouting.

"Quickly dismiss these people! If you continue like this, it will be a huge drain on the people of Bingzhou!"

Chen Zhenyuan felt that Lu Ming was really crazy. Not only did he devote all the newly recruited border troops and foreign soldiers captured by the tribe to build a large tomb, but he also continued to recruit personnel from the thirteen prefectures of Bingzhou. Even building the imperial mausoleum was not so exaggerated.

Is it necessary to make such a big fuss just for the tomb of a marquis?
"Hey, you're here. I remember the group of people you brought were quite strong. Pass on my order and bring them all over to repair the tomb."

Lu Ming was worrying about how to find some more advanced warriors, but then he thought of Chen Zhenyuan's personal soldiers, who had at least the strength of the third level of martial arts.

"Crazy, you are really crazy."

Chen Zhenyuan felt that the man in front of him could no longer communicate, so he rushed forward, ready to use his power as a military commander to order these people to go back to where they came from.

But just as he took a step, black air suddenly appeared beside him, and Lu Ming appeared in front of him in an instant.

"boom."

Lu Ming slapped down with one hand. He didn't even use all his strength. The terrifying force of a million pounds seemed to blast the void apart in an instant.

His speed reached an extreme speed. Chen Zhenyuan's brain seemed to explode. Sensing a strong sense of danger, he put his hands in front of him at the same time, and a layer of divine weapon light emerged.

"Boom."

The air exploded, and he flew backwards at an even faster speed, rolling over and leaving a long trail behind him until he was a hundred feet away.

(End of this chapter)