Chapter 445

Outside Sha Man City, inside the training camp.

A group of martial artists gathered in twos and threes to chat.

Because there were no elixirs to replenish energy, training had been stopped for two days.

"You guys say, when will the Marquis of Jing'an be able to get the elixirs?"

"I think it's unlikely; after all, this is the Northern Territory, and the one who calls the shots is Prince Cheng. No matter how powerful the Marquis of Jing'an is, can he compare to Prince Cheng?"

"Then we won't have any elixirs from now on? What's the point of training then!"

"Will it delay me from getting paid?"

"Who knows, when the big shots above fight, it's always us little people who suffer."

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Having no training for two consecutive days, and Li Fei staying in the camp without any action, this naturally caused criticism among everyone.

The camp was in a state of panic.

Many people felt that this was Prince Cheng wanting to give Li Fei a warning!

In terms of cultivation, one is a Martial Arts Master, and the other is a Grandmaster.

In terms of official position, one just became a level 16 cabinet official, and the other has long been a level 18 martial officer.

In terms of title, one is a Marquis, and the other is a Prince!

In terms of power, the Northern Territory is Prince Cheng's base camp.

In terms of imperial favor, although Li Fei now has the Emperor's favor, Prince Cheng is the Emperor's own younger brother, and the Emperor has always trusted him deeply!

Comparing the two, there were not many people in the camp who were optimistic about Li Fei.

"Everyone assemble!"

A sharp whistle suddenly sounded in the camp, and a martial officer roared loudly.

After more than a month of training, the three thousand-plus martial artists had already formed a habit.

After hearing the assembly order, they quickly threw away the things in their hands and ran toward the playground.

A few minutes later, over three thousand people were lined up on the playground.

A figure in a gold robe walked onto the high platform directly in front; it was Li Fei, who had not appeared in front of everyone for two days.

Li Fei looked at the people below without any nonsense:

"Everyone, target Sha Man City, run forward!"

After the order was given, everyone present was stunned for a moment.

Is this to completely give up training and go home?

But the powerful impression Li Fei left on everyone that day was still there, and no one dared to raise any questions.

In the ranks, the martial officers began to organize the teams, giving orders separately, letting everyone line up and run out of the camp in turn.

A moment later, over three thousand people ran onto the main road, with a black car at the very front, and Li Fei was sitting inside.

"He took everyone back to the city?"

At the Military Department Command Post, Luo Xu, who received the news at the first moment, was a little surprised:

"What does he want to do?"

Zhuang Chen, who had the cultivation of a True Person, sat on the side, thought for a while, and gave a guess:

"Take people to the military supplies department to cause trouble?"

Luo Xu frowned: "He wouldn't be so reckless, would he?"

Zhuang Chen laughed: "Did you forget that he kicked the Crown Prince in the street?"

Luo Xu was startled, picked up the microphone on the table, and made a phone call.

Sha Man City, military supplies department.

This is the military supplies headquarters for the entire Northern Territory, occupying an area even larger than the Military Department, with several large warehouses and over a dozen small warehouses.

The security is also very strict, no worse than the Military Department.

The supervisor responsible for the military supplies of Sha Man City at the military supplies headquarters is named Zhang Anwu, forty-nine years old this year, with the peak cultivation of the Qi-Transformation stage.

He is not even in the Dao Foundation stage, yet he can sit firmly in the position of supervisor of the military supplies headquarters; Zhang Anwu's background is naturally extraordinary.

He is the eldest son of the head of the Zhang family in the Northern China Province, the province closest to the Northern Territory defense line.

Although the Zhang family of Northern China Province is not as prominent as the "Ten Great Families," the head of the Zhang family is a Garrison Commander of a prefecture, and also has a hereditary title of Count, so they can barely be considered a first-class noble family.

Besides that, Zhang Anwu also married the youngest daughter of Luo Xu, the Deputy Provincial Military Commander of the Northern Territory, and became his son-in-law.

These two identities combined are enough for him to sit firmly in the position of supervisor of the military supplies headquarters, and perhaps even have the opportunity to go a step further in the future and become the Transport Commissioner in charge of the entire Northern Territory's military supplies!

When Zhang Anwu received the news, he was sleeping at home.

"You said the Marquis of Jing'an is heading toward the military supplies department with over three thousand people?!"

Zhang Anwu was instantly wide awake, "You must stabilize him, wait for me to come over!"

He put down the microphone, quickly put on his official uniform, and then took a car to rush to the military supplies department.

The gate of the military supplies department is very wide, but at this time it had been completely blocked by the people Li Fei brought.

Li Fei's car broke a railing and rushed in directly, stopping in the open space inside.

He did not get out of the car, and a circle of guards from the military supplies department stood around.

These guards were looking at each other at this moment.

They had stayed in the Northern Territory for so many years, and this was the first time they had seen someone dare to break into the military supplies department like this.

On weekdays, various supplies needed by the border army are distributed by the military supplies department.

When to distribute, a little more or less in quantity, a little better or worse in quality, these can all be decided by the military supplies department.

So the martial officers of various teams would all build good relationships with the military supplies department, and not many people dared to offend them here.

This also made the people in the military supplies department used to acting like masters.

If it weren't for seeing too many people coming from outside, and each of them having an extraordinary aura, looking like martial artists, the guards present would have definitely taken action and flipped Li Fei's car away!

But now this scene was too unexpected, and these guards did not dare to act rashly.

Soon, several officials from the military supplies department came running over.

A middle-aged official with a sorrowful face came to the back seat of the car and saluted with his hands cupped:

"Greetings, Marquis of Jing'an."

Hearing this title, the guards present were shocked in their hearts, and immediately felt fortunate that they had not taken action just now.

The matter of Li Fei defeating Chen Fei, a Martial Arts Master of the Qing Shuang Army, had spread throughout Sha Man City in the past two days.

The car window in the back seat was slowly rolled down, revealing a young face.

Li Fei turned his head to look at this middle-aged official:

"Where is Zhang Anwu?"

This official's expression became even more sorrowful: "Lord Zhang should be rushing over."

"Alright, then this Marquis will wait for him."

Li Fei said indifferently, without any intention of getting out of the car.

At the same time, inside a building at the military supplies headquarters.

Zhao Hongcai, the Transport Commissioner responsible for the entire Northern Territory's military supplies, was playing chess with someone.

"Aren't you going to manage it, and just let the Marquis of Jing'an slap the military supplies department in the face like this?"

The person playing chess with Zhao Hongcai asked.

Zhao Hongcai had a very festive face, which made people feel close to him at first glance.

He laughed: "Everyone is a level 16 official, and he is both a Martial Arts Master and a Blue Patrol Special Envoy, and now he holds military power, how dare I manage him?"

The person playing chess with him looked at him: "Didn't Deputy Provincial Military Commander Luo just call you?"

Zhao Hongcai's expression did not change: "What call? I didn't hear anything."

"Are you sure?"

"Let's see the methods of this Marquis of Jing'an first."

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So this Transport Commissioner continued to play chess with people in the room.

In the entire military supplies headquarters, he was the only one qualified to talk to Li Fei on equal footing.

With him not showing up, the other officials were even less able to be tough in front of Li Fei.

So the car remained parked in the open space, and the gate of the military supplies department remained blocked.

When Zhang Anwu's car arrived near the military supplies headquarters, he saw the gate blocked tightly.

It even spread from the gate to the street outside.

This caused many vehicles that needed to enter the military supplies department to be blocked outside, and more and more were blocked.

Zhang Anwu couldn't help but feel his scalp tingle, and hurriedly got out of the car, taking his driver and guard, and squeezed inside by force.

"Make way, this is the supervisor of the military supplies department!"

"Make way..."

After a great deal of effort, Zhang Anwu finally squeezed into the gate of the military supplies department with his guard.

He saw the car surrounded by his subordinates at a glance, took a deep breath, and walked up with a stiff scalp.

"Supervisor of the military supplies department, Zhang Anwu, greets the Marquis of Jing'an."

Zhang Anwu came to the back seat of the car and saluted the open window.

"You are Zhang Anwu?"

Li Fei swept a glance at the other party, "You are quite majestic, not only wanting this Marquis to come see you personally, but also making this Marquis wait for you with so many people."

Zhang Anwu's body trembled:

"Did the Marquis misunderstand something? This subordinate has never asked the Marquis to come to the military supplies department to see me personally. I don't know why the Marquis brought people to block the gate of my military supplies department today?"

"The day before yesterday, I sent people to the military supplies department to collect supplies; what did your people say?"

Zhang Anwu's expression did not change: "This subordinate has many affairs to deal with every day, and I don't know which matter the Marquis is talking about for a moment; allow me to ask first."

After speaking, he turned to ask the sorrowful middle-aged man who had just saluted Li Fei:

"Wang Yankang, do you know about this?"

The middle-aged official named Wang Yankang hurriedly said:

"The day before yesterday, the Marquis of Jing'an did send people to collect the Yuan-Replenishing elixirs, but three days ago, Pan Shi City just sent people to collect a batch of Yuan-Replenishing elixirs, and the amount they wanted this time was large, almost clearing out the inventory, so this subordinate told the people sent by the Marquis of Jing'an that the inventory was tight, and there were temporarily no Yuan-Replenishing elixirs, and they needed to wait for some days."

"So that's how it is."

Zhang Anwu looked enlightened and turned to salute Li Fei:

"Marquis, you also heard it; it is not that we intentionally made things difficult, it is indeed that the inventory is tight. If the Marquis does not believe it, this subordinate can show you the detailed records of this batch of elixirs leaving the warehouse.

How about this, if the Marquis is in a hurry for Yuan-Replenishing elixirs, this subordinate will have people check the warehouse now and load all the remaining Yuan-Replenishing elixirs for the Marquis. After going back, this subordinate will definitely urge the rear to hurry up, and as soon as there are new Yuan-Replenishing elixirs in stock, I will send people to deliver them to the Marquis at the first moment!"

He put his posture extremely low, and his words were flawless, smooth enough that there was no way to start.

Li Fei looked at him expressionlessly:

"So, the military supplies department really has no Yuan-Replenishing elixirs now?"

Zhang Anwu nodded: "There is indeed no stock left."

With a click, the car door was opened.

Li Fei, who had been sitting in the car, finally got out.

He walked step by step to Zhang Anwu, looking at this supervisor of the military supplies department who was bowing his head:

"Zhang Anwu, do you know what the crime of embezzling military supplies is?"

Zhang Anwu's body trembled, and he suddenly raised his head to look at Li Fei, looking blank:

"What is the Marquis of Jing'an talking about? How could I do such a thing?"

Li Fei stared into his eyes:

"Zhang Anwu, this Marquis will ask one last time, does the military supplies department really have no Yuan-Replenishing elixirs left?"

Zhang Anwu stood straight in front of Li Fei and said decisively:

"I just said it, even if the military supplies department still has Yuan-Replenishing elixirs, it is only a small amount, absolutely not exceeding ten boxes!"

"Good."

Li Fei nodded and turned to look at the people outside the gate:

"Everyone come in!"

Whoosh—

Hearing this, everyone squeezed into the gate of the military supplies department one after another.

Li Fei passed by the officials of the military supplies department, looking like he was going to take over three thousand martial artists to continue rushing inside!

Zhang Anwu's face changed, and he said loudly:

"Someone!!"

As his voice fell, over a hundred guards rushed out immediately and blocked the front of Li Fei and the others.

He ran to the front of Li Fei: "What does the Marquis of Jing'an mean by this?"

Li Fei: "Since you said the military supplies department has no Yuan-Replenishing elixirs, then I will take people to search."

Zhang Anwu's face changed drastically:

"Marquis of Jing'an, you are too presumptuous!"

He suddenly erupted, which startled many people present:

"Today, this official has tolerated you again and again, but you are pushing your luck; what do you think this place is? This is not your Marquis Mansion, this is the Northern Territory military supplies headquarters!"

"You asked this official so many questions just now, now this official will also ask you, do you know what the crime of breaking into the military supplies headquarters is? Do you know that military law is ruthless!"

Zhang Anwu scolded loudly without any politeness.

It was not that he suddenly became arrogant, but if Li Fei really wanted to take people to break into the military supplies headquarters by force, then even if this matter was taken to Prince Cheng, he would still be in the right!

As long as Li Fei dared to really take action and break in by force today, he would have no place to stand in the Northern Territory from now on!

The group of martial artists following Li Fei also became restless, and many people showed signs of unease.

If Li Fei didn't have a justification and just took them to break in by force like this, they would definitely not dare to continue.

In the end, Li Fei might be fine, but they would be the ones losing their heads!

Li Fei looked at the righteous Zhang Anwu and laughed:

"Who said this Marquis is breaking into the military supplies headquarters by force today? This Marquis received a report that someone is embezzling military supplies, and I am here specifically to arrest people today!"

Zhang Anwu's face changed, staring at Li Fei:

"Who reported it? Who was reported? Is there solid evidence? Even if this matter is true, it belongs to the Military Law Department; what qualification do you have to interfere in the military affairs of our Northern Territory?"

"The one reported is you, Zhang Anwu!"

Li Fei's voice was not loud, but it could clearly reach the ears of everyone present:

"You embezzled military supplies, and the evidence is right here in the military supplies headquarters. As for what qualification this Marquis has to manage this matter? This Marquis is the Blue Patrol Special Envoy personally appointed by the Emperor, and concurrently serves as the leader of the inspection team of the Blue Patrol Pavilion; for all matters involving the Blue Patrol Pavilion, this Marquis has the qualification to supervise!"

The Blue Patrol Special Envoy supervises all officials, but cannot manage the army; normally speaking, Li Fei indeed has no qualification to manage the military affairs of the Northern Territory.

But now the Blue Patrol Pavilion has recommended over three thousand martial artists to come to the Northern Territory.

These three thousand-plus people have not yet been officially incorporated into the border army, and nominally still belong to the Blue Patrol Pavilion.

This gave Li Fei a reason to intervene!

He is the leader of the inspection team of the Blue Patrol Pavilion, and he has the qualification to manage matters related to the Blue Patrol Pavilion!

Zhang Anwu was a little panicked when he heard this, but still did not back down:

"This is the Northern Territory military supplies headquarters, a military restricted area; without the order of the Military Department, no one is allowed to break in!"

He raised his hand, and the over a hundred guards behind him drew their swords one after another!

The atmosphere was tense for a moment.

"Under the whole heaven, is it not the King's land! I don't care about your Northern Territory or Southern Territory; no matter how big military law is, is it bigger than the King's law?!"

Li Fei's voice was like thunder, resounding through the entire military supplies headquarters:

"This Marquis is enforcing the law according to the code today, executing first and reporting later, with special permission from the imperial power! Who dares to stop me?"

As he spoke, he stepped forward.

One step out, Zhang Anwu and the over a hundred guards behind him fell down one after another!

(End of chapter)