Hearing Diao Chan's words, Lü Bu was somewhat moved, and his feelings grew complicated.
He wanted to retire on grounds of age, yet he could not quite bear to part with his granddaughter.
While he hesitated, a servant came to report, "Grand General, the Marquis of the Capital Township has arrived."
"Wenyuan?"
Lü Bu froze for a moment. Before he could speak, hurried footsteps sounded outside the study.
Zhang Liao strode into the study, his face beaming with joy. "Fengxian! Good news! Tremendous news!"
Seeing this, Diao Chan tactfully withdrew.
Zhang Liao sat down beside the table and poured himself a cup of wine, then said excitedly, "Guess who I ran into on my way to the military camp just now?"
"If you've got a fart to let out, let it out! Stop keeping me in suspense!"
Lü Bu was in a foul mood and spoke impatiently. He had no time to beat around the bush with Zhang Liao.
Zhang Liao rolled his eyes at him, then said, "I just ran into Guo Fengxiao on the road, and he let me in on some tremendous news!"
"After court adjourned, His Majesty gathered the Grand Secretaries for a discussion and decided to follow the Imperial Academy's example by establishing a place specifically for training military generals. It'll be called the Great Han Royal Military Academy!"
Lü Bu froze, looking bewildered. "A place specifically for training military generals? The Great Han Royal Military Academy?"
"Exactly!"
Zhang Liao nodded emphatically and said excitedly, "Now that the realm is at peace, haven't military men like us lost our chance to put our abilities to use?"
"So His Majesty has decided to establish an academy and assign generals with distinguished achievements to teach there, specifically to train military talent for Great Han!"
"His Majesty has