Fearing being killed for his overwhelming merits, the empress decided to marry him.

In recent days, waves of scions of prominent families have come to persuade the railway authorities to cooperate.

But their plans never succeeded when faced with the workers who were gradually coming to their senses.

After all, although railway work is hard, it pays well, which is something you can't get by being a tenant farmer or doing hard labor for those big landlords. Only someone who is really stupid would go back to being a beast of burden.

A famous person once said: Those who have experienced the light do not wish to return to the embrace of darkness.

Enlightening the people doesn't always require the indoctrination of a large amount of knowledge; it's enough to let them know the differences between the present and the past.

For example, everyone says the Soviet Union was great, but no matter how hard or tiring life is for every Russian, they would never want to give up their current life and go back to that so-called great era.

Distinguishing between remembrance and reality is the correct embodiment of values.

The scions of prominent families in Shu County kept lobbying along the railway, but despite wave after wave of arrests, no one backed down.

That's because once those lobbyists are arrested, Wu Jie will issue a release order within a day or two at most, posing no threat or harm to them at all, but instead emboldening them.

Inside the General's residence, Wu Jie sat at the tea table, playing with a pot of Kung Fu tea, while Fang Lin paced anxiously to the side.

He kept scratching his head and cheeks: "Old Wu, those workers simply don't listen to us, what should we do?"

Wu Jie replied, "What can I do? I have already taken the risk to create an opportunity for you. I have protected all the troublemakers. It is just that those big shots are incompetent."

Fang Lin sat down next to him and whispered, "Why don't you just mobilize the army and force the railway project to stop? What do you think?"

Upon hearing this, Wu Jie slammed the purple clay teapot heavily onto the tea table: "Send troops? Are you hoping the imperial court will notice something amiss and dispatch a large army to Sichuan?"

Fang Lin was startled: "Old Wu, I was just saying, why are you so agitated? Calm down."

"Humph."

Wu Jie snorted coldly and picked up the purple clay teapot again to start brewing tea.

Fang Lin said to himself, "It seems that method is not working. We have to think of another way."

"Do you have any other ideas?"

Fang Lin stood up and took two steps, then suddenly turned back: "Why don't we occupy the Bayu Arsenal first, and then just start making a move?"

"joke!"

Wu Jie was amused by Fang Lin's naiveté.

"The Ba-Yu arsenal belongs to the imperial court and is not under my jurisdiction. How can you expect me to take it over?"

"You command a large army!"

"I can't even guarantee how many people in the army are planted by the imperial court. I dare not say anything else, but I will only say one thing: if something happens to the arsenal, Jinling will definitely take action against Shu County immediately."

"Then let's fight them! What's there to be afraid of!"

Fang Lin looked completely indifferent.

"They have guns and cannons, and so do we, with martial artists assisting us. Are we afraid we can't defeat them?"

Wu Jie sneered: "You don't know anything! If it were that easy, why are there so few successful rebellions in the world?"

With our troops in Shu Commandery, deterring villains and defending Xiawei and Zang is no problem.

But against the well-trained and well-equipped central army of the imperial court, rivers of blood would be the least of their worries.

Fang Lin said angrily, "This won't work, that won't work, so what should we do?"

"I really don't know what you're in such a hurry for." Wu Jie took a sip of tea and frowned as he replied, "Isn't everything arranged by your Shushan Sword Sect?"

We'll just do whatever they say; why should we worry about all the other messy stuff?

Upon hearing this, Fang Lin realized that there was some truth to it, so he stopped arguing with Wu Jie.

"Report~"

Just then, a guard entered the hall.

"General Wu, this is a document issued by Nanjing. Please take a look."

"Put it here."

Wu Jie picked up the document and glanced at it, then looked at Fang Lin standing to the side.

"What's wrong? What happened?"

"See for yourself."

Wu Jie handed the document directly to Fang Lin.

"This……"

Upon seeing this, Fang Lin was so shocked that he immediately stood up.

Wu Jie then asked, "Do you think the current situation is suitable for raising an army?"

At this very moment, the Shushan Sword Sect welcomed an uninvited guest.

The head of the Tantric sect is Khwarazm.

Upon seeing Dugu Yun, he angrily demanded, "Sect Leader Dugu, you'd better give me a reasonable explanation!"

My disciples of the Tantric sect were invited to travel thousands of miles to Jinling to participate in the resistance against the Empress's tyranny because we are all fellow practitioners in the martial arts world, which is why we decided to lend a helping hand.

However, I truly never expected that my sincere assistance would be met with such a heartless betrayal from your Shu Mountain Sword Sect.

The seven disciples I sent to Jinling were all killed by your Shu Mountain Sword Sect's Seven Star Sword Technique.

As the sect leader, you must give a satisfactory explanation to the entire Tantric sect today regarding this matter.

Upon hearing this, Dugu Yun calmly replied, "Sect Leader Ke, there must be some misunderstanding. How could a disciple of the Shu Mountain Sword Sect do something so disloyal to his fellow practitioners?"

Wu Yuanying also said, "Yes, someone must have imitated my Shushan Seven Star Sword Technique to kill your sect's disciples and then harm my Shushan Sword Sect."

I urge Sect Leader Ke to see this clearly and not fall into someone else's treacherous scheme.

Kehans sneered: "Is that so? Although my Tantric sect is located in the snowy region, we rarely pay attention to the affairs of the Chu Kingdom."

However, I do have some knowledge of what has recently happened in the sects within the Great Chu Kingdom. I've heard that quite a few sects within Chu Kingdom were rallied by your Shu Mountain Sword Sect to rebel against the Empress.

But now, they have all been inexplicably wiped out, all dying under the Seven Star Sword Technique. Could someone imitate the sword moves so perfectly?

"They've wiped out so many sects, all using imitated sword techniques?"

Jiang Mohan said, "Sect Leader Ke, this precisely proves that this matter has nothing to do with my Shushan Sword Sect. My Shushan Sword Sect has so many unique techniques that we can use..."

Why use the same sword technique to kill people? That doesn't make any sense at all.

Khans: "I don't understand your convoluted ways, I only know that..."

My Tantric disciples died because of the inner sect sword techniques of your Shu Mountain Sword Sect. You must give me a proper explanation for this, otherwise…”

"What else?"

Before he could finish speaking, a Taoist priest in black robes jumped out from the right.

"Our Shushan Sword Sect hasn't even asked your Tantric Sect any questions yet, and you're already questioning us?"

"My Sword Sect Elder Li Changfeng had his head taken by your Secret Sect's Blood Droplets. Don't you have an explanation for that?"

Kehans frowned: "Master Hao, are you questioning the actions of my Tantric sect?"

Hao Dayou's face turned ashen: "Besides your Tantric sect, who else in the world would use such insidious weapons?"

"That's utter nonsense!" Khan Si shouted angrily. "My Tantric sect has never even met Li Changfeng, so how could we have killed him?"

Although the Flying Guillotine is a weapon of my Tantric sect, it is not difficult to imitate if one is willing to do so. This cannot be said to be the work of my Tantric sect.

Jiang Mohan: "Since Sect Master Ke himself said that there is no enmity between us, then what reason does my Shushan Sword Sect have to kill the disciples of the Secret Sect?"

Sect Leader Ke, this matter must be the Great Chu Empress stirring up trouble and creating discord within our sect. The most urgent matter now is...

The key is to avoid being taken advantage of; working together is the best strategy.

Upon hearing this, Khahans fell into deep thought, seemingly accepting the explanation.

Just then, a disciple came to report: "Reporting to the sect leader and elders, there is new news from Jinling."

"explain."

"The Empress of Great Chu issued an edict, appointing Elder Sun (Sun Yuwang) as the fourth-rank governor of Shu Commandery and granting him the title of Marquis of Ten Thousand Households."

"what!"

These words immediately shocked the entire room.