Crown Prince of the Empire, I quit!

Fang Yuanjian felt that what he had been doing was just to make the entire dynasty richer and better developed.

But in Hua Yunhong's eyes, it had a completely different meaning.

"Is not it?"

"Don't think I don't know what you guys are thinking. Although my father is seriously ill, it will still be a few years before I ascend the throne. In those few years, anything could happen."

"Don't you think I don't know how powerful those new technologies are? Of course I do, but if I were to introduce them to the Shenmu Kingdom, how could those people there possibly obey me?"

"Don't forget, I haven't ascended the throne yet."

At this moment, Hua Yunhong finally said what had been hidden in his heart for a long time.

When he is in this position, he has no choice but to do many things.

Most of the powerful people in the court are conservative old officials. They are unwilling to support the introduction of new technologies and even resist it.

Hua Yunhong, who has always enjoyed their support, naturally would not go against them.

Even if he knew that this was a good thing, he couldn't use it in the entire court at the moment.

Once new technologies change the court's industrial structure, the interests of these conservatives will be affected.

These senior officials are Hua Yunhong's base and must not be shaken.

If he had lost his base before ascending the throne, he would definitely not have had a good ending.

There are still many people in the court who are eyeing him covetously.

They are just waiting for him to have a disaster one day, and then they will attack him in groups and tear him to pieces brutally.

Having come this far has already reached a hundred feet.

We must take another step forward.

Otherwise, once he retreats, he will fall into an abyss with no support.

Therefore, in his eyes, everything Fang Yuanjian did was to shake his foundation.

There is no difference between him and those who are eyeing his throne.

"you……"

Fang Yuanjian fell silent. This was the first time Hua Yunhong spoke to him about this matter.

"You can't accomplish anything with just passion."

“Nothing in the world goes straight. Sometimes, those who take a long detour to reach their destination may not be stupid, but simply have no choice.”

Hua Yunhong looked at Fang Yuanjian sadly.

"I'll give you a chance. You can go your way."

“But my position remains unchanged.”

Fang Yuanjian had thousands of words in his heart, but when the words came to his lips, they turned into a sigh.

"gone."

Turning around, Fang Yuanjian waved to Hua Yunhong with his back to him.

Without saying anything more, he left.

Looking at his departing back, Fang Yuanjian's eyes were calm, with no sadness or joy on his face.

Over the years, he has encountered too many storms.

Even the separation between brothers would not cause any waves in his heart.

This is the necessary cultivation for those who will ascend to the throne in the future.

"Your Highness, are you just going to let him go like this? He's a traitor."

At this time, Du Zi came up from behind and asked Hua Yunhong hesitantly.

Behind him, hundreds of heavy crossbowmen were stationed on the city wall.

As long as Hua Yunhong gave the order, Fang Yuanjian would be pierced like a hedgehog by the crossbow arrows.

However, this order was not issued by Hua Yunhong. It was Du Zi's idea to gather so many people.

"No need. If I could defeat them just like this, it would be too low of my status."

"Now it's a battle between nations. I want to defeat Qin Ming on the battlefield."

As a king, Hua Yunhong has his own persistence.

Especially at this time, the general situation has been determined. Even if he killed Fang Yuanjian here, the troops under Fang Yuanjian would still exist, and they would still have generals in the army commanding soldiers to fight against him.

Therefore, it is meaningless to kill Fang Yuanjian here.

"Yes!"

Seeing this, Du Zi said no more.

After spending nearly two days, Fang Yuanjian finally brought Chu Ying back to the military camp.

When they came back this time, the troops had already moved towards the territory of Western Shu.

They received news from Cao Chuan a few days ago.

Tell them to unite to resist Changsun Huo's attack.

Changsun Huo's troops were extremely brutal this time.

There were as many as 100,000 people gathered, all of them were elite soldiers.

Only the Shenmu Dynasty could afford such a large army equipped with extremely sophisticated equipment.

"You should rest here for the time being and recover from your injuries."

As soon as he returned here, Fang Yuanjian arranged a place for Chu Ying to live.

Within the sphere of influence of Yuanwangling, Chu Ying will not be threatened in any way.

After hearing what he said, Chu Ying forced himself to stand up.

"The smuggling mission is almost over, and I have to go out for a while in the next few days."

"If I get caught again, it won't just be an injury."

Seeing Chu Ying was so persistent, Fang Yuanjian couldn't help but speak up to remind him.

"I know."

Chu Ying cannot participate in too many wars now.

Now they are all extremely professional top generals and have poured into the battlefield.

Cao Chuan, Fang Yuanjian, Fang Cai, and the elite troops of Western Shu all entered the scene.

For Chu Ying, who had only commanded the Chamber of Commerce militia, this scale of battle was no longer of any use.

But he also knew that he had to make certain contributions to the entire Datong sect, or under Qin Ming.

This is related to what kind of position he will get after the Western Regions are pacified.

At this time, we naturally need to take advantage of the ongoing chaos and put in more effort.

There is a saying that goes, "Adding icing on the cake is not as good as helping someone in need."

Once they have taken over the Western Regions, no matter how much we contribute, it will be of no use.

What he is doing now is to provide timely assistance.

Seeing how persistent he was, Fang Yuanjian naturally said nothing more.

He nodded, asked several of his men to take good care of Chu Ying, and then quickly left the place and went to the outpost at the border to find Fang Cai.

A key figure has arrived at the outpost on the border with Western Shu.

He is Cao Chuan.

"I have met His Highness."

Seeing Fang Yuanjian coming over, Cao Chuan, who was discussing the defense plan with him just now, immediately stood up and saluted him.

Cao Chuan had heard about Fang Yuanjian's situation and admired his behavior.

Therefore, when meeting someone, the etiquette is extremely thorough.

"General Cao, there's no need to be so polite. I heard your troops have arrived. I wonder how you plan to fight this battle?"

"If you have any ideas, Fang Cai and I will definitely support you with all our strength."

Fang Yuanjian knew that the other party was praising him very much, but he did not really think that he had a high status based on this.

Instead, he spoke very humbly, expressing his intention to give up command.

Hearing this, Cao Chuan invited him to the side of the map and pointed to several cities and said:

"I plan to take these passes and then pour concrete to form an impregnable fortress."