Chapter 801: First Volume_Chapter 801: A Bei Di-Style Heroes' Welcome

First Volume_Chapter 801 Bei Di Style Heroes' Welcome

This cannot be blamed entirely on Li Yong. After all, the Liang Emperor set a bad precedent. Since the Liang Emperor could seize power through underhanded means, why couldn't Li Yong do the same? That lofty throne holds infinite attraction for anyone.

Family affection, friendship, love—all can be openly priced before imperial power.

Qin Feng no longer dwelled on matters behind him, focusing his energy on what lay ahead. How much he could gain from this trip to Bei Di directly determined the upper limit of his future and how far he could go.

Bei Di Royal Capital and Shedynasty's capital naturally could not be mentioned in the same breath.

Whether in terms of city scale or prosperity, they differed by an entire tier.

A poem says: "Shedynasty's capital, a million households." Though this saying grossly overestimates the population of Shedynasty's capital, according to the data Qin Feng obtained from the Ministry of Revenue, there were still eight hundred thousand people.

As for Bei Di Royal Capital, the population was only around five hundred thousand. After all, this place was located in Sai Bei, sparsely populated to begin with. Moreover, the Bei Di authorities, in order to consolidate the capital's resources, restricted outsiders from entering, further fixing the capital's population scale.

No matter when or where, population is always the most important resource.

The capital of a nation having only five hundred thousand people left Qin Feng somewhat disappointed.

At this moment, the entire Wang Du Door had long been drowned by the tide of people. The news of Qin Feng's arrival, deliberately leaked by the garrison soldiers, had already spread through every street and alley at an astonishing speed. Many "Heavenly Son's Subjects" were converging toward the City Gate.

They were not here to welcome Qin Feng's arrival, but to seek Revenge and vent their hatred!

Back then, when Lü Li entered Shedynasty's capital, he was treated rudely by Qin Feng. Now that Qin Feng had come to Bei Di's territory, the other side naturally wished to return the courtesy.

The large contingent Qin Feng brought could not enter the city and could only be stationed in place outside the City Gate. Only Ning Hu and fifty-plus Tianji Camp Guards and Jinyiwei accompanied Qin Feng at his sides.

Almost the moment Qin Feng showed himself, deafening roars erupted from the scene.

"Look! Qin Feng is here!"

"Which one is Qin Feng?"

"Does that even need thinking? It must be the youth at the head. The streets have long spread the word—Qin Feng is young, unremarkable in appearance. In this group, only that youth fits the description!"

"Hmph, so this is Qin Feng? I thought he had three heads and six arms. Truly, seeing once is better than hearing a hundred times. Pah!"

"Qin Feng, how dare you come to our Da Di Royal Capital? Kneel and kowtow in apology at once!"

"Back then, you dog insulted our Pillar of the State. Now that you've come to our Da Di Royal Capital, you'd best tuck your tail and behave, or else the tens of thousands of Heavenly Son's Subjects in the city will surely beat you to death on the street!"

"You beat our Pillar of the State, now we beat you in return—perfectly fair and reasonable."

"Kneel at once!"

Some court Officials, mixed among the angry civilians, all stood by watching, with none stepping out to maintain order. Not because they were deliberately seeking revenge, but because Civilian Morale was boiling over now. Protecting Qin Feng at this moment would surely anger the people. When that happened, the spearhead would shift from Qin Feng to the court. Why bother?

More and more Wang Du commoners arrived at the scene. Shouting and cursing had become the norm, and some even went so far as to hurl rotten eggs and spoiled vegetables directly at Qin Feng.

Fortunately, Qin Feng had long made Preparation, having Ning Hu raise the Shield above their heads to fend off the Wang Du commoners' "enthusiastic" welcome.

Watching Qin Feng like a rat crossing the street, Jing Ci following behind couldn't help but find it amusing.

"Hmph, serves him right."

"Isn't this Qin Feng always fearless of heaven and earth? Why has he now turned into a shrinking turtle? Heh, looks like he too knows that public wrath should not be offended."

Jing Ci only felt that a great surge of Hatred had been thoroughly vented.

At the same time, Ning Hu, while fending off the "greetings" from the surrounding commoners, felt so aggrieved he wished he could die.

"Brother Qin, these Bao Tong are far too outrageous. We are Shedynasty's Diplomatic Envoys—how can they be so rude?"

"We clearly brought so many men, yet they're all left outside the city. If you ask me, we'd better order the entire army into the city to give these Bao Tong something to fear."

"Revenge! We must take Revenge on them—increase the War Reparations!"

Watching Ning Hu's exasperated state, Qin Feng couldn't help but find it amusing.

"This is nothing yet? You really lack patience."

"As the saying goes, public wrath should not be offended. Facing angry commoners, let alone you and me, even if His Majesty came in person, the treatment wouldn't be much better."

"With so many people here, their spittle alone could drown someone. At this moment, we can only keep a low profile, lower and lower. We absolutely must not have any verbal or physical conflict with the commoners, otherwise… we really might be beaten to death on the street."

"As for the troops we brought, they hold no meaning whatsoever against the commoners—they're only there to make the Bei Di authorities think twice."

"If we really bring the troops into the city, we might frighten away the angry commoners, but it would only deepen their hatred. When that happens, forget completing our objectives—whether we can leave Bei Di alive would itself be an unknown."

"If you cannot endure small things, great plans will be ruined. Never force the issue."

Hearing Qin Feng's explanation, though Ning Hu understood the principle that "public wrath should not be offended," he still clicked his tongue in wonder.

He didn't know whether to marvel at Qin Feng's ability to bend and stretch, or to say that Qin Feng was simply too shameless.

This whole journey had been earth-shaking—first the capture of Xiongying Ridge, then the annihilation of the Snow Wolf Brigade and two great generals Chen Mou and Chen Li. Even upon reaching Yucheng, a single "Po Zhen Zi" won him the admiration of countless literati.

One could say, the higher the profile, the better.

Yet the moment he entered Wang Du, he instantly became a different person, interpreting "tuck your tail and behave" to perfection.

What no one knew was that Qin Feng was secretly overjoyed.

He was not afraid of the Wang Du commoners' Bao Tong. On the contrary, if these myriad Heavenly Son's Subjects were all learned and reasonable, treating Qin Feng with respect, it would instead leave Qin Feng depressed enough to want to die.

Rudeness? Curses? Maledictions? Wonderful! It is true that public wrath should not be offended, but the crime of cursing a Foreign Diplomatic Envoy cannot be let off so lightly. When the time comes to meet the Bei Di Manager, Qin Feng will have an excuse to make a great fuss!

However, this measure must be controlled well.

The commoners absolutely must not be further provoked, otherwise "beaten to death on the street" is no empty threat.

Those barefoot fear not those who wear shoes—this is an unchanging truth since ancient times.

Just as Qin Feng was surrounded by the crowd, unable to move an inch, the news also reached Bing Bu DaTang.

Chen Si, who was drinking tea, spat it out in one gulp, his eyes wide open, full of shock: "What?! The commoners are surrounding Qin Feng? Damn it! Who let the news out!"

"Isn't the chaos enough already!"

Seeing Chen Si so furious, Li Yu beside him couldn't help but frown slightly: "General Chen, back then Qin Feng beat our Lü Zhu Guo. Now that he's come to Wang Du and is surrounded by commoners, it's merely returning the courtesy. Why bother caring?"