Zongman: Harem's Music

"No need!" Sidon and Hisoka said in unison.

Yes!

The two people who came to visit, no, it should be said that the two who returned were Sidon and Hisoka.

About half a year ago, Sidon left the royal capital with 150,000 shields.

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Nishimiya Siyi gave him two choices:

: Become a rich man within the Maria Wall with 150,000 guilders.

: Find Hisoka and work with him to gather orphans stranded in the Wall Rose area for 50,000 guilders, teaching them basic fighting techniques. They will meet him in the capital in six months; the exact time will be known by then.

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Chapter 71 Earl

Sidon was initially confused, but out of loyalty to the Nishimiya family, he chose the latter.

It was only yesterday that he understood the price of the first choice and the exact time to meet Nishimiya Tsuyoshi with the second choice...

Wall Maria has fallen... What would his situation be like if he had chosen to become a wealthy man in Wall Maria?

Become food for the giants? Or become one of those refugees?

You'll know the exact time Nishimiya Tsutomu mentioned that day. Was it referring to the fall of Wall Maria?

With fear, terror, and doubt, after settling many matters, Sidon and Hiso hurried back to the royal capital, and the scene at this moment happened.

"Ah~" Nishimiya Tsuyoshi yawned, propping up his head and looking at the two people who were fidgeting a little: "It seems that you chose the latter. How is it going?"

"Your Excellency!" Sidon bowed slightly. "In the past six months, we have taken in over 1,300 children, all orphans wandering the streets."

Nishimiya Tsukazu: "Hmm! How many are between 10 and 12 years old?"

"Probably... five or six hundred people!" It was Hiso who spoke.

"Well done!" Nishimiya Tsutomu nodded. "Xiton will continue to be in charge of this matter. I'll go there in person in about a month to find the specific address!"

"It's an old farm on the edge of the small town of Carron, north of Rose Wall. I bought it from a noble with the money you gave me."

"I know!" Nishimiya Siyi said, turning to look at Hisoka, "Wait a minute!"

Nishimiya Tsuyoshi hurried upstairs to retrieve the account book left by the old butler and handed it to Hiso. "This is where over 2000 tons of grain are stored within Wall Rose and Wall Sina! Set off immediately, hire some people, and deliver the grain to the main gathering place for refugees at Wall Maria in a month. All of it will be used to provide relief to the refugees!"

After that, Nishimiya Tsuyoshi added, "Remember, only distribute food after the government's food reserves can no longer withstand the pressure and 25 people are sent to the Wall Maria area to die. And don't be low-key. Let the refugees know who is feeding them, and let the government know who is helping them share the pressure! Understand?"

"I understand!" Hiso took the account book and nodded heavily.

Nishimiya Tsukasa nodded in satisfaction and continued, "I know you must have many questions in your mind, such as why I knew six months ago that Wall Maria would fall..."

At this point, Nishimiya Tsuyoshi raised the corner of his mouth: "I hope you can suppress your curiosity and do what I have entrusted to you... Understand?"

Sidon and Hiso: "Understood!"

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A month later, the government inside the wall launched a battle to retake Wall Maria!

This was a political choice made under the banner of justice. The 250,000 refugees in the Maria Wall area were all abandoned children. They were sent unarmed by the royal government into the mouths of giants... and died on the land that gave birth to them.

Their death ensured the survival of the remaining 50,000 people...

Just when those 50,000 people, most of whom were children, were living in poverty and struggling to survive with the government's assistance, the name of Viscount Nishimiya Tsuyoshi swept like a spring breeze to all the places where there were refugees from Wall Maria!

Originally, with a population base of 300,000 refugees, more than 2000 tons of food would only be enough to feed them for ten days. But if the population is reduced to 50,000 and the government still has spare capacity for relief... Nishimiya Siyi's more than 2000 tons of food will allow those who are starving and barely surviving to have enough to eat!

Yes! Nishimiya Tsukasa made sure they had enough to eat...

If the government's relief of refugees is an obligation, then Xigong Siyi's actions are undoubtedly a favor! Don't you see, other nobles have never done anything to help refugees.

This comparison made Nishimiya Tsuyoshi's reputation unparalleled among the people and within the royal government system.

However, this also made some nobles very dissatisfied with Xigong Siyi. As fellow nobles, everyone kept silent and was happy. You set a precedent for relief, your reputation improved, and our reputation was tarnished!

But justice is always justice, so they could only criticize him secretly, and on the surface they had to praise Nishimiya Tsuyoshi, making excuses that they had no surplus food. Behind the scenes, they interfered with Nishimiya Tsuyoshi's reward, which became an empty title...

"Count? Not only did he not receive an audience with the King, but his territory is also located in the Maria Wall area... The Royal Government is so perfunctory!"

Looking at the royal edict in his hand, Xigong Siyi curled his lips in disdain and added in his heart: No wonder he became alienated from the Legion and was completely abandoned by the Legion in the original book... He really deserved it!

Throwing the imperial edict aside, Xigong Si turned around and urged towards the second floor, "Mikasa, hurry up, it's time to go out!"

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Chapter 72 Raising troops!

North of the town of Carron, Rose Wall.

In the afternoon, when the sun was shining brightly, a small bird flapped its powerful wings, circled in the air several times, and then flew low over the sky and flew into a carriage that was moving at a constant speed through the window.

Nishimiya Siyi raised his right hand at the right time and extended his index finger to give Sparrow a foothold.

He closed his eyes as if deep in thought. When he opened them again, Nishimiya Tsutomu said to the coachman, "Go straight along the main road and turn right at the next intersection!"

"understand!"

After a month of repeated experiments on animals with simpler brain structures than humans, Nishimiya Tsuyoshi finally mastered [memory manipulation]!

Memory and thought are inseparable. By rewriting and deepening one's memory, one can directly influence one's thought. The coachman driving the carriage and the sparrow on the index finger are all by-products of the use of [memory manipulation].

By deepening the driver's existing impression of Nishimiya Tsuyoshi and rewriting his loyalty to the bottom line of logical thinking, an absolutely loyal warrior who would never betray even in death was born.

Because in his logic: loyalty to Nishimiya Tsuyoshi is above everything else.

The same applies to sparrows, but because sparrows cannot speak, all the information obtained by sparrows after reconnaissance needs to be understood by Nishimiya Tsuyoshi by reading their memories.

Nishimiya Tsuyoshi smiled and shook his finger. The sparrow standing beside the finger understood something, flapped its wings and jumped to the side. Mikasa, who was taking a nap on Nishimiya Tsuyoshi's shoulder, jumped a few times on his head.

"Hmm~"

Although the Sparrow's war trampling was small, the effect was significant because Mikasa woke up.

Picking up the book titled "The Art of Thick Black" placed on his knees, Xigong Siyi flipped to the bookmark with one hand and said, "You've been getting more and more lazy lately. You're almost like a lazy cat!"

Mikasa held the sparrow on her head in her palm, looked sideways and pouted, "Because there's nothing to do except sleep when we're on the road! I can't understand the words in your book, and you won't read to me!"

"Some things aren't beautiful when read aloud!" Nishimiya Tsutomu said with a smile. He thought to himself: For example, this book... the content about being thick-skinned and invisible, and having a black heart and no color, is not suitable for reading aloud!

"Hmph!" Mikasa snorted and stopped talking in anger.

Seeing this reaction, Nishimiya Tsuyoshi couldn't help but deepen his smile. When they were alone together, Mikasa began to show more and more of the temper that a girl should have. This was undoubtedly a good sign!

……

Not long after, a car of three people arrived at their destination, an old farm that had collected more than a thousand orphans.

The farm is surrounded by mountains to the west, a forest to the north, a small lake to the south, and a grassland to the west... In terms of geographical location, it is away from densely populated areas and can be said to be quite secluded.

The purpose of Nishimiya Tsuyoshi's trip was very simple, to ensure their loyalty to himself and to prepare for the establishment of a personal guard in the future.

Using [Memory Manipulation] to brainwash over 1,200 people one by one was undoubtedly a physically demanding task... It took Nishimiya Siyi three full months to finally etch the mark of absolute loyalty into the souls of over 1,200 orphans. However, this physical exertion significantly strengthened his [Memory Manipulation], significantly improving his mental strength.

After all this was done, the more than 600 orphans who had reached the minimum age of 12 to join the army were divided into four teams and headed to the four major cities of Rose Wall, where the four major training corps were located, in the east, west, south, and north, to join the army!

It would take at least three years to make these children combat-ready. The cost of feeding them for three years, providing them with weapons and equipment for training, and manpower to teach them would all cost a huge amount of money. There was also the risk of being discovered by the government and charged with raising private soldiers, which would inevitably lead to trouble.

It would be better to be frank. Earl Xigong once adopted a group of poor orphans, but because of the large amount of food disaster relief, he was unable to support them to grow up... so he sent them all to serve in the army!

Food, training, and various expenses are all covered by the government. Nishimiya Tsuyoshi only needs to wait for a few years to get a well-trained army... Why not do it?

As a result, the number of people on the old farm was reduced by half... and what remained was so small that it would take several more years before it could be used.

Nishimiya Tsuyoshi also thought about directly controlling the leaders of the world inside the wall, and then taking control of the entire royal government... but the current government structure inside the wall is too complicated!

What about the puppet monarch King Fritz, Reis who lost the [power of the Founding Titan], the four dukes who truly hold political power, the First Military Police Regiment that obeys Reis, the Military Police Regiment that obeys King Fritz (that is, the four dukes), the Survey Corps with extremely strong autonomy, the Garrison Corps with the largest number of people and the most dispersed power, and the Supreme Commander who has the right to command the corps but is subject to the control of the nobles.

Rather than looking for them one by one and then controlling them, it is more interesting to wait for some of them to be eliminated by the course of history, and then come out to reap the benefits. Maybe you can even add fuel to the fire and fan the flames!

This is what Nishimiya Tsuyoshi planned.

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Chapter 73: Sparring!

One year and four months later.

The backyard of the small manor in the royal capital.

Nishimiya Siyi, who is already thirteen years old, has become less childish and more heroic. He has indeed grown from a delicate little boy into a handsome young man of 162 cm in height.

"Come on, but stop at a certain point. I don't want to delay my trip to the training corps because of my injury!" Nishimiya Tsugumi held the wooden sword in his right hand and raised it horizontally towards Mikasa, smiling, but he looked like he was in a weak position.

With her black hair draped over her shoulders, the twelve-year-old Mikasa has lost the youthful and lovely appearance of a lolita, and her temperament is more inclined to develop in the direction of a tall and slender ice beauty; the deep red scarf around her neck is the second one that Nishimiya Tsuyoshi has tied for her personally.

Mikasa tilted her pretty face slightly and said dissatisfiedly: "You always say this, but I am always the one who suffers. I will not be fooled by you again!"

"The little fool has become smart!" Nishimiya Tsuyoshi's smile grew even wider.

Mikasa snorted softly and raised the wooden sword in her hand: "I'm going to start!"

"bring it on!"

bang——

As soon as Nishimiya Tsugumi finished speaking, there was a sound of explosion in the air. This was the explosive force generated by Mikasa's [Navy Six-style Shave] stepping on the ground several times in an instant, coming straight at her like a cannonball!

Faster than before, worthy of being Mikasa! Nishimiya Tsuji was startled and met the attack with his wooden sword.

Click!

The two hardwood swords broke into two pieces the moment they met... They both abandoned their wooden swords at the same time, and the next second...

Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!

The limbs of both men turned into afterimages at the same time. Amidst the muffled sounds, it was a crazy fight of fist against fist, palm against palm, elbow against elbow, kick against kick... every move hit the flesh and every strength hit the bones!

"Six-finger gun!"

"Six-finger gun!"

The two of them simultaneously gathered all their strength on their index fingers. At the moment when the strength used the finger tendons to harden the muscles and bones, they thrust out like a spear!

bang——

A burst of air-blasting gusts of wind swept outwards between the two of them...

Nishimiya Tsukazu suddenly changed his fingers into a palm and grabbed Mikasa's slender wrist.

"Shave your back and throw it!"

boom--

He stomped his right leg on the ground three times in an instant, and with the high-speed displacement of [Shave], he used his shoulder to press against Mikasa's collarbone, and threw his right hand, which was holding her wrist, downward!

With a shave and a shoulder throw, Mikasa was thrown out by Nishimiya Tsutomu...

But even in this state, Mikasa actually found her center of gravity. After her right hand landed on the ground, she used several flexible one-handed flips to relieve the force. Mikasa quickly turned around, half-bent her body, and looked at Nishimiya Tsuyoshi.

"Huhuhu~"

The two of them were gasping for breath, both of them were exhausted.

The [Ackerman bloodline] gave Mikasa bones a density far exceeding that of ordinary people, and her body was highly coordinated and freed from certain physical limitations, making her an ideal template for practicing physical techniques such as the [Six Styles of the Navy].

The only things Nishimiya Tsukasa can rely on in physical skills are the powerful self-healing ability of [Giant Power] and the technical advantage of [Talent Skill: Advanced Learning].

Therefore, in the field of physical skills, the gap between the two is narrowing rapidly... I'm afraid it won't be long before Nishimiya Tsuyoshi will be surpassed by Mikasa!

It seems I have to get Kenny Ackerman's [Ackerman Bloodline] as soon as possible! Nishimiya Tsutomu thought to himself.

Well, although his real trump cards are [Superpower: Metal Manipulation] and [Power of the Founding Titan], Mikasa is a natural fighter in the field of combat. He is using his own weaknesses to challenge Mikasa's strengths, and he has been able to suppress Mikasa for so long, which is something he can be proud of.

However, as a man...he would never allow himself to be weaker than a woman in combat! In a sense, he was an out-and-out male chauvinist.

"A draw, how about that?" Nishimiya Siyi spoke first.

"Yeah!" Mikasa nodded with a smile.

From her perspective, she naturally hoped that she could be stronger than Nishimiya Siyi, because only in this way could she protect him! From the long-term defeat to the current draw... she felt her own progress and was happy about it.

That pretty face with a cold temperament and a sudden and charming smile made Xigong Siyi slightly dazed... A fragrant grass in the wilderness, an icy beauty's charming smile, Xigong Siyi, who was suffering from a literary youth syndrome, couldn't help but say: "Across the vast expanse of white snow, a fragrant grass; dew on the tips of green leaves, shining in the morning light!"

"What?" Mikasa tilted her head.

Nishimiya Tsukasa said sincerely: "It's nothing... I just think that Mikasa, you are getting more and more beautiful!"