Chapter 1168: Missing Out on Military Merit

"Alright, Fan, stop thinking about why the Suiren Clan would do such a thing for now. In any case, the matter is already done. Once you arrive in Huaxia, you will know everything. You find it hard to believe, and everyone else finds it hard to believe too, but this is indeed how it is."

"You have been away from Huaxia City for nearly a year, so it is only natural that you don't know about many things. Furthermore, let me tell you another piece of news: our Changle Prince has gotten married!"

Fan opened his mouth wide and couldn't help but exclaim: "My Heaven! How can there be so many major events? Which family's daughter did Changle Prince marry? She must be quite good, right?"

Although shocked, to Fan, this matter was very reasonable. Changle Prince was already such a grown man, so wasn't it normal for him to get married? If he hadn't married in these few years, that would have been what made people anxious. Everyone had been keeping an eye on the Prince's marriage.

The King had few children to begin with, and these two sons had been unwilling to marry, so who wouldn't be anxious? Someone as intelligent as Baifeng should have more children, so that there would be more and more intelligent people in Huaxia.

And Huaxia needed intelligent people like Baifeng to rule and manage it, so that in the future, everyone would live better and better; it is much better than being ruled by fools.

Changle and Yulong were both intelligent and capable. Yulong had married and had a son, which had settled the hearts of the Huaxia people. It would be best if Yulong had more children in the future, so that the future of Huaxia would be guaranteed. He must not just have this one; if something were to happen, who would inherit Huaxia?

However, Fan's thinking was the same as all Huaxia people; they all assumed that Changle must have married someone from Huaxia. But then, Zisheng shocked Fan again: "No, that woman is not from Huaxia. She is a princess from the Jiuli. Our Changle Prince is impressive; he went out on a trip and, at the Xuanyuan Tribe, found a Jiuli princess to be his wife. What do you say to that? Hahahaha!"

Fan's eyes widened: "General Zisheng, you cannot be lying to me. I haven't returned to Huaxia for so long; have there been such big changes now? Have we become entangled with the Jiuli?"

"Yes, you heard me right. That is exactly how we have become involved with the Jiuli."

"Alright, your mission for this year ends here. Let's return to Huaxia early and hurry to load the Sulfur onto the Boat. You might not come here next year, but wait for the King's arrangements."

Fan sighed: "Sigh, I don't want to come here either, but for the sake of this merit, I have no choice but to do so. Otherwise, if I don't come here to suffer, how can I build a career? I don't have your strong abilities, General, nor do I have such good luck."

"On the water, your ability is the most unique, so Huaxia cannot do without you, but there are too many Soldiers like me in Huaxia."

Zisheng sympathized with Fan and patted his shoulder lightly: "Alright, alright, don't think about these things for now. You have finished two years of hardship. When you go back, your merit will be evaluated. You might even get a First Class Merit. Even if not, you must be given two Second Class Merits. That will be enough for you to take a big step forward."

"There is one more thing: it is now much simpler to build a career and earn Military Merit because we have completely gone to war with the Shennong Clan. If you want to leave Huaxia next year, you can go join the army."

Fan almost stumbled: "What, what, what, what, what, what? We have gone to war with the Shennong Clan? When did this happen?"

"You don't know?"

"Oh, I remember now. You wouldn't know. At the time when we discussed with the Xuanyuan Tribe that we were going to start the war, you had already left Huaxia City. Sigh, you missed this major event too."

Fan sat directly on the ground, covered his head with his hands, and couldn't recover for a while. The impact of this news was too great, making it hard for him to accept.

Especially the matter of the war with the Shennong Clan; if he had known this would happen, how could he have possibly come here to mine? Wasn't earning Military Merit better?

Danger is danger; at worst, one just dies. Anyway, one would die from inhaling too much Sulfur here, so it would be better to die in battle. If he died, even if he couldn't hang the plaque of a Pillar of the Nation, there would still be a full chance for a Special Class Merit or a First Class Merit.

Once he died, the many children at home would have an easier life, and they could successfully obtain Nobility and a surname. His family would righteously step into the Noble class. His current bit of merit might not necessarily earn him Nobility or a surname; he hadn't had any great merit before and had only reached his current position bit by bit through accumulation.

If what he had done could be rated as a First Class Merit, that would be almost enough to reach the rank of Baron. But if he didn't get a First Class Merit, he would still be a little short of obtaining Nobility. This was something Fan had pursued for so many years, and he felt it was very hard to obtain.

If he could really get it, then even dying would be nothing. Anyway, he didn't know how many years he could live. If he weren't in Huaxia, even eating would be a problem. But in Huaxia, if he died for Huaxia, then everything he wanted, his children could obtain. What was wrong with that? Moreover, the Huaxia people would remember him and would even perform sacrifices for him. This was truly worth risking his life for.

"General Zisheng, tell me in detail what exactly is going on. This, hey, this matter really shocked me too much. Perhaps I just don't have the luck to earn Military Merit, having to be sent to this place where even birds don't want to stop to take a dump."

Zisheng then sat down next to Fan, pointed at the barren Liuhuangdi, and said: "You think this is a wasteland where birds don't want to come to dump, but this was the former territory of our Consort Chinv. This is the home of Consort Chinv, a holy land for her people, which one cannot just enter casually. You have even set up a home here now; what else are you dissatisfied with?"

"Hahahaha, General, the way you put it, if Consort Chinv heard you, wouldn't she be very angry? Mainly, one shouldn't say it like that, right? It's precisely because this place is so bad that their tribesmen couldn't just enter it, right?"

"But this place is really strange. At first, it was the home of our Consort Chinv, her territory, then it was occupied by the Suiren Clan, and now we have occupied it. Round and round it goes; even the Suiren Clan is ours now."

"Why do I feel like everything has always been revolving around this Liuhuangdi?"

Zisheng nodded in agreement: "Hmm, that makes a lot of sense. It is like this now, and it might be even more so in the future. This place is so important; it is not impossible that everyone will revolve around it in the future. It just depends on when the Xuanyuan and the others discover what use Sulfur has."