Jiangzhou Prefecture City.
A tavern.
Several drinkers were gathered together. One picked up a piece of meat with his chopsticks and sighed. "To think that nowadays, eating a banquet even requires us to pay extra salt vouchers. What a marvel unheard of under heaven..."
"And precisely because of that, King of Liang has found it so easy to investigate hidden households... They say it was an Imperial Academy student who came up with the idea."
Another man sighed as well. "Those Imperial Academy students—every one of them used to be commoners or even beggars, yet after a year they become capable officials. That truly is strange..."
They had no idea how much effort Aaron had put into properly running the Imperial Academy.
To speed things along, he had even buried the formation array of the Tower beneath the Imperial Academy. Though it was extremely weak, far from enough to awaken Wisdom in animals, it was more than capable of improving concentration and efficiency while studying.
"Jiangzhou Prefecture is peaceful enough these days. I only hope war doesn't break out..." The common folk of ancient times did not care who ruled over them; all they wanted was a peaceful life. Now they were all worried. "King of Liang and King of Wu are at war. I wonder how it's going?"
"Victory! Victory!"
Just then, a lone rider galloped past outside, shouting at the top of his lungs, "The Chancellor has won a great victory! King of Wu has been slain in battle!"
"We won?"
"We won?"
"Haha! It's a joyous day—come, drink!"
"They actually won?"
In another lofty building, a richly dressed middle-aged man heard the rider's cry, and his expression shifted slightly.
After shutting the window, his face sank like water. "Damn it!"
King of Liang was exceedingly harsh