Chapter 300: Brother-in-law, who's the bad one—do you want to say it's bad, or are you just bad?!

All silent?

Gu Lie, a bit dazed, looked at Lu Yuan.

This is somewhat different from what Gu Lie thought.

What Gu Lie thought was that the nine great fleets would simultaneously reign over the Abyssal Continent.

By then, right? That momentum, that scene—how spectacular it would be.

This would surely scare those cultivators half to death, wouldn't it?

Lu Yuan, seeing Gu Lie like that, naturally knew what his brother-in-law was thinking.

After all, as I said before, Lu Yuan knew all too well the character of his own brother-in-law.

Immediately, Lu Yuan looked at Gu Lie, raised his eyebrows, and said:

"Doing things just to show off? Think about it—what are we even here for!"

Gu Lie, looking utterly confused, gazed at Lu Yuan and said:

"What are we here for?"

"Isn't it just to save South Qingling Province?"

Lu Yuan then raised his eyebrows and said:

"We're here to save South Qingling Province, but the most important thing is to make money—can we just come for free?!"

When Gu Lie had a face full of question marks, Lu Yuan raised his eyebrows and continued:

"Think about it—if you now take the nine great fleets over there and, at this moment, discuss prices with those cultivation sects, saying you want this and that, will those cultivators even bother with you?"

"You say you'll help them, then make them pay and give things—would they be willing?"

"They definitely wouldn't be willing!"

"So."

Having said that, Lu Yuan raised his eyebrows and glanced at Gu Lie.

Gu Lie blinked, as if he had understood something, and said:

"So..."

Lu Yuan then raised his eyebrows and continued:

"So, our people will first stay silent, wait in position, and wait until they can't hold their defenses."

"At that point, our nine great fleets will directly bring the accountant to negotiate terms with them."

"Then, at that point, no matter what we ask for, they'll be willing to give it!"

After Lu Yuan finished speaking, Gu Lie suddenly understood and looked at Lu Yuan, saying:

"Brother-in-law, if we're talking about being bad, isn't it you who's bad!"

Lu Yuan: "???"

Lu Yuan, having regained his composure, raised his eyebrows and looked at Gu Lie, saying:

"What kind of talk is this? You don't manage the household, so you naturally don't know how expensive firewood, rice, oil, and salt are. You think the money for your daily drills comes from where?"

"Isn't it all from me and your sister scrimping and saving every day?"

Gu Lie grinned, hehe-ing, and said:

"Yeah...... but...... what if they end up holding their ground and we don't need to intervene?"

Lu Yuan gave a slight shrug and said:

"Holding their ground would be even better, right? Then, as I said, we'll just treat this as an oceanic warfare training exercise."

"Training in oceanic resupply, oceanic combat, and seeing whether the Ministry of War, up and down, has enough command ability to deploy the nine great fleets simultaneously."

Gu Lie is someone nobody can convince, but he listens to his brother-in-law.

After Lu Yuan finished speaking, Gu Lie nodded repeatedly; just as he was about to say something more, suddenly, there was a sharp crack.

Gu Lie covered the back of his head, looking dazed as he turned his head backward.

Seeing Gu Qingwan standing behind him with a blank expression, Gu Lie cried out, feeling utterly wronged:

"What are you doing?!"

Gu Qingwan then glared at Gu Lie and said:

"Whatever your brother-in-law says goes—heaven knows why there's so much nonsense!"

"All these 'why's—where do you get all these 'why's from?!"

"When you bypassed the Ministry of War and directly ordered the Naval Headquarters to send the Seventh Dispatch Fleet, didn't you think about why?!"

"If it weren't for your brother-in-law smoothing things over at the Grand Court Assembly, do you have any idea how many people would have impeached you?!"

"You're how old already—can't you use a bit more brains when doing things?!"

As for Gu Lie's behavior, Gu Qingwan was really fed up.

Although, in the end, this matter was smoothed over because Lu Yuan opposed the majority at the Grand Court Assembly.

But, this isn't that kind of matter!

Gu Qingwan, after thinking it over, became so angry she panicked, also feeling that she had really spoiled Gu Lie too much.

But to say she really spoiled Gu Lie—she actually hadn't spoiled him that much.

After all, aside from dragging that guy out and chopping off his head, she had done everything else.

And yet this situation arose—it's entirely that guy's own fault.

Moreover, that guy absolutely knows what's wrong and what's right—after all, Gu Lie has been out there for the past two months and hasn't come back.

He's just afraid to come back and have her deal with him.

Look at that guy—does he piss you off? He knows what's wrong and what's right, yet he just goes and does the wrong thing for you.

You say, is he annoying or not?

Gu Qingwan is angry, you say we're born of the same father and mother, my own younger brother, how can he be so different from me?

You can't manage him, you can't make him listen.

At that moment, Gu Lie, clutching the back of his head, also realized he had made a mistake, and immediately admitted fault directly:

"Ah, okay, okay, I was wrong……"

As for Gu Lie saying he was wrong, Gu Qingwan was already numb.

My own little brother admits fault more than anyone, but no matter how sincerely he does so now, what comes next is still just doing what needs to be done.

It's not reassuring at all.

Gu Qingwan had also figured out her younger brother's temperament—saying more is just a waste, no need to say more; just hit him, beat him.

The next second, Gu Qingwan slapped him again, glaring at Gu Lie as she said:

"What are you standing there for?!"

"Make the Nine Great Fleets silently reach the designated position!"

Gu Lie also didn't dare say another word of nonsense; otherwise, his older sister Gu Lie would know.

Besides…… his older sister is now a quasi-emperor……

This slap really hurts!

Gu Lie, holding the crystal card, immediately went to Lu Yuan's position, then swiped the card, immediately gave the order, letting the Nine Great Fleets silently reach the designated position.

The so-called silence does not mean, like on Earth, silencing radio frequencies.

Because in this world, aside from the Great Zhou Dynasty, no other dynasty uses radio, so there's no possibility of being discovered, intercepted, or eavesdropped on.

The silence of the Nine Great Fleets means not letting cultivators' spiritual sense detect them!

In other words, the Nine Great Fleets' silence basically equals invisibility.

Cultivators' spiritual sense will absolutely not detect the Nine Great Fleets' traces.

Only the naked eye can see them.

After Gu Lie finished all that, he put his crystal card into his pocket and quickly walked to the door.

When he reached the door, Gu Lie placed his hand on the doorknob, then turned back to Lu Yuan and said:

"Brother-in-law, can't you control your wife? What kind of talk is this? When a man speaks, she just chatters on and on beside him, it's annoying to death—can't you discipline her?!"

Having said that, before Gu Qingwan could react at all, Gu Lie flung the door open and dashed away with a swoosh.

Watching Gu Lie run off so fast, Gu Qingwan actually ended up laughing from anger.

She shook her head, and when Gu Qingwan turned to look, she saw Lu Yuan walking toward her.

Having come to her senses, Gu Qingwan's face flushed red, and she then waved her hand and said:

"Ah, you're annoying, a minister still has to come in later to report~"

While Lu Yuan chuckled hehe and said:

"What's there to fear? Let them wait outside first~"

"Ah, the door isn't locked yet~"

The nearby grand eunuch, very perceptive, opened the door in the next second and stepped out, standing guard at the main gate, letting no one in.

Amid Gu Qingwan's coquettish scold, Lu Yuan was about to begin exercising his authority as head of the household! ~

(End of chapter)