Chapter 143: The Goddess's Command is the Only True Imperial Edict

Bai Wei shook her head.

She must have misinterpreted it.

She and Xiao Moting were in different time-spaces, exchanging items only through a wardrobe; they hadn't even held hands, so what was he jealous about?

But regardless, she had to appease little Xiao first!

"Xiao Moting, don't worry, I won't let just anyone come to my home."

"I've installed a security door, I'm currently fixing the security guard booth, and I'm going to install anti-theft netting on the perimeter wall; it's very safe."

"By the way, how is the embroidery coming along on your end? I'm going to Yanjing in a few days."

Seeing Bai Wei's reply, Xiao Moting's tense heart finally relaxed a little.

For some reason, he didn't have much of a good impression of that Young Master Zhou.

"The embroidery will be finished in three days, and I will send it to you then."

"That's good."

Bai Wei also breathed a sigh of relief.

At the antique exhibition, the Roth Family had brought a large batch of Ancient Court Embroidery, which was already being hyped up online.

Huaxia was the land of embroidery, hailed as the "Pearl of Oriental Art," so it certainly couldn't be overshadowed by foreign embroidery!

The night grew deep.

Xiao Moting sat at his desk, holding the Tablet Computer, continuously flipping through photos of Bai Wei.

He had already watched the video on the Projector dozens of times.

Every smile and frown of Bai Wei was deeply imprinted in his mind.

Xiao Moting had not shown the videos or photos to anyone.

The world Bai Wei lived in was very peaceful, but Daliang was engulfed in the flames of war and was very unsafe.

In the past, Xiao Rui had even wanted to harm Bai Wei.

The fact that there was a "Goddess" in the Northern Frontier Camp could not be hidden, and it had already spread long ago.

Xiao Moting feared that if others knew what Bai Wei looked like, they would harbor evil intentions and want to hurt her.

Especially that one time when he returned to Shengjing, Bai Wei had actually traveled through time and space to come into the palace and save his mother's life.

Xiao Moting was both excited and worried!

This world was full of war, and even though he was the powerful Prince of the North, he could not guarantee Bai Wei's absolute safety.

Xiao Moting gazed at the photo of Bai Wei on the Tablet, a cold glint flashing in his eyes.

"Shennü Daren, no matter what, I will definitely keep you safe."

He had to protect Bai Wei and eliminate all factors that were unfavorable to her.

He also had to unify Daliang and forge a peaceful and tranquil world.

If one day Bai Wei could truly come to Daliang to meet him, she would be able to be as free and unconstrained, without any danger, just as she was in her own Farm.

"Prince, an imperial edict from the Imperial Court."

Qin Zhan walked hurriedly into the military tent and presented an edict.

Xiao Moting collected his thoughts and reached out to take it.

He glanced at it, and a cold sneer appeared on his thin lips.

"Yuan Canghai really went to file an imperial complaint; the Emperor has issued an edict ordering this Prince to return the Altai Snow Mountain Mine to the Yuan Family Army."

Qin Zhan frowned, "Then you..."

"Naturally, I will not return it." Xiao Moting stood up and brought the edict to the candle flame.

The flames ignited, and the edict turned to ash in an instant.

Qin Zhan was startled.

"Prince, privately destroying an imperial edict—be careful that someone doesn't accuse you of disrespect toward the Emperor."

"And what of it?" Xiao Moting gave a faint, cold laugh, cold light overflowing from his eyes, "To me, this edict is just a piece of waste paper! I listen if I want to, and I don't if I don't want to; what can the Emperor do to me?"

His features were stern, his gaze sharp.

The military expenses and supplies of the Northern Frontier... had already begun to be self-sufficient; it could be said that the Northern Frontier had become an independent dynasty.

The Imperial Court could no longer control the Northern Frontier!

As for the Emperor's decree.

In his eyes, it was worthless.

Only the instructions issued by Bai Wei were the true imperial edicts in his eyes.

Qin Zhan was stunned, then immediately showed a look of joy.

"Prince, whenever you wish to declare yourself king, the brothers will all follow you."

Xiao Moting sat down at the desk and looked up to ask.

"Does Yuan Canghai have any movements?"

"This subordinate has already sent scouts to Yannan. According to the scouts' reports, there is a great drought in Yannan, and rioters have appeared everywhere, even clashing with government offices. Yuan Canghai is busy sending troops to suppress the rioters and cannot spare any attention for our Northern Frontier at all."

Xiao Moting narrowed his eyes.

"If he could spare the time to cause trouble for the Northern Frontier, he wouldn't have gone to such great lengths to file an imperial complaint before the Emperor."

Qin Zhan said, "The Imperial Court also mobilized fifty thousand troops and lent them to Yuan Canghai to suppress the riots, killing countless rioters. Ruist scholars from all over the country ran to the General's Mansion in Yannan City, sitting in protest at the gates and even writing doggerel poems to mock Yuan Canghai."

Xiao Moting mused, "Yuan Canghai values martial arts over literature; even if this group of Ruist scholars sat there for three days and three nights, it would be useless."

"Isn't that so? These scholars cursed Yuan Canghai, saying he disregarded the people's livelihood. As a result, Yuan Canghai flew into a rage, sent troops to burn books, buried Ruist scholars alive, killed three hundred literati, and sent troops to hunt them down everywhere. Now the Ruist scholars in Yannan are all fleeing for their lives, terrified of being caught. This matter has caused an uproar in the Imperial Court, with civil and military officials splitting into two factions and cursing each other."

"This is a good opportunity." Xiao Moting smiled slightly, "Go spread the word: the Northern Frontier is establishing schools and widely recruiting men of talent! Let these fleeing Ruist scholars all come to the Northern Frontier."

Qin Zhan was stunned, "Prince, are you planning to take in this group of scholars?"

"Shennü Daren once said that knowledge is power," Xiao Moting said. "Right now, there are over a hundred thousand refugees in Beijiang, yet very few are literate; among the one hundred and eighty thousand soldiers, even fewer can read. Let these scholars come to Beijiang to establish schools and teach everyone how to read and write."

Qin Zhan agreed repeatedly, "That's great! Military Advisor Li has limited knowledge; he is fine for teaching primary school, but he cannot understand the current junior high textbooks. Things like junior high physics, chemistry... or alternating current, positive and negative terminals... they look like heavenly books to me, and the craftsmen understand them even less. Let these Ruist students come over and serve as teachers for the craftsmen."

Just as they were speaking, Xiao Moting suddenly saw Bai Wei's handwriting appear on the Wardrobe.

"Xiao Moting, quickly move the Wardrobe to an open space; I am going to transport cement and bricks over."

Xiao Moting gave orders immediately.

"Move the Wardrobe outside; Shennü Daren is going to send us cement and bricks."

Qin Zhan was stunned, "Cement? Bricks? What are these things?"

"They are for building roads in Beijiang."

Very quickly, the Wardrobe was moved to an open field.

Boom!

A "mountain of bricks" as high as a hill appeared out of thin air in an instant.

Countless bags of cement also appeared before everyone's eyes.

At the same time, Bai Wei also sent over a USB Flash Drive, which contained video tutorials on cement, building houses, and road construction.

Xiao Moting immediately gathered all the craftsmen in the camp to watch the videos and learn the methods.

He used his old method once again.

Whoever was among the first ten to learn it would be heavily rewarded with a bar of soap and a bag of laundry detergent; if they did not want those, they could be exchanged for rice, grain, or other supplies.

The craftsmen were very excited and learned enthusiastically.

However, the craftsmen of the Daliang Dynasty had limited knowledge; it was fine to have them learn wood carving, farming, or mining techniques.

But once they encountered construction knowledge, especially areas requiring calculations for foundations, steel reinforcement, and the usage of sand and stone... the primary school knowledge the craftsmen had learned was clearly not enough.

It was not until seven days later that a few craftsmen finally learned how to build roads through trial and error.

Xiao Moting immediately promoted them to foremen, tripled their wages, and put them in charge of directing and teaching other craftsmen how to build roads and houses.

The Northern Frontier Camp began constructing modern cement roads!