Sun Fei nodded slightly.
He knew that these foreign warriors were the raiding squad that the Cold-Blooded Witch Paris had mentioned. Originally, in Paris's plan, Chambord City would have no power to resist at all. After she successfully assassinated Princess Zhan on the summit of East Mountain, she would kill Sun Fei and the others on the mountaintop, then plunder the treasures of the wealthy, nobles, and royal family in the city, destroy the city, slaughter the remaining civilians, and wipe Chambord City off the map of the Zenit Empire. In this way, the shocking case of the murder of the imperial princess would be impossible to investigate, and the plundered wealth could be used as military funds for Prince Dominguez to expand his power in the competition for the throne.
This tactic is something Paris is very familiar with; it seems she's done it countless times before.
Legend has it that King on the Azeroth Continent was so poor that he resorted to robbing people on the road. So, it's not Sun Fei that Dominguez, as the second prince of the empire, secretly harbored a group of bandits to plunder his wealth. True nobles do exist, but most of them are actually hypocrites who want to have their cake and eat it too.
Sun Fei pondered for a moment, recalling the sight of flames and thick smoke billowing into the city from the summit of East Mountain, and Earth Inquiry unease, "Hmm... aside from Viscount Louis and these large merchants, has there been any other damage in the city?"
"The royal palace was also attacked by these thugs, but they were repelled. As for other places, they were not attacked..." Brook said with a hint of doubt, "What's strange is that these guys seem to know very well the distribution of power and wealth in the city, so they didn't attack the civilians' houses at all!"
Sun Fei laughed loudly, "They're professionals at burning, killing, and looting; it would be strange if they didn't know these things... Haha, have all these guys' limbs and shoulder blades pierced, chain them up, and lock them in the [ Little Black Room ]. If someone comes to ransom them, release them each for one hundred gold coins. If no one comes to ransom them within a month, throw them all into the Zuli River to feed the fish!"
"Yes, sir!"
Brook was very efficient; soon, fifty or sixty foreign warriors were shot through the limbs amidst screams and taken to the [ Little Black Room ].
"Your Majesty's methods are indeed... brilliant!"
The usually silent, pale-faced Best looked at the Viscount Louis's mansion, now reduced to ashes, and suddenly sighed. For the first time, his gaze towards Sun Fei became more serious than ever before. This handsome old man, who rarely showed his emotions except for the time he was bitten by the Big Black dog, had a complex look in his eyes, a mixture of relief, doubt, reassurance, surprise, and... a trace of fear.
Sun Fei simply smiled and didn't say anything more.
He knew what his future father-in-law meant.
Indeed, the downfall of Viscount Louis and some of the city's nobles and wealthy families was within Sun Fei's calculations.
In fact, at the first expanded leadership meeting of Chambord City after repelling the Black Armor Army's attack, Sun Fei clearly knew that the old-fashioned noble group represented by Viscount Louis would never work for him, and would even become a cancer on Chambord City's future development. Sun Fei would never allow such a thing to happen, so he had already begun to consider how to remove these 'rotten flesh' from the 'fresh flesh' of Chambord City. Later, after Viscount Louis and others openly defied Sun Fei's orders time and time again, and did things that harmed the interests of the country and the poor, Sun Fei finally decided to kill these forces and had to purge them out of Chambord City.
This was the [ Purge Plan ] that Sun Fei had been planning and preparing for a long time.
Sun Fei originally planned to have Elena and the other female Rogue cleanse this 'rotten flesh,' but as the storm approached, Sun Fei's premonition of danger quickly told him—it was unnecessary.
This assassination attempt atop East Mountain presents a perfect opportunity.
An opportunity to use someone else to do the dirty work.
Although Sun Fei didn't know in advance how the danger would arrive, it didn't prevent him from making some arrangements based on the overall situation. When Sun Fei ordered the civilians in the city to temporarily evacuate to the camp on the south bank of the Zuli River, Viscount Louis and others disobeyed orders, which suited Sun Fei's intentions perfectly. Therefore, Sun Fei did not forcibly drive these people away at the time, but instead allowed them to stay... Sure enough, things developed as Sun Fei expected. Chambord City was indeed attacked, and the plan to kill with a borrowed knife was almost perfectly realized.
Now, the old aristocratic forces in Chambord City have been completely wiped out by Paris's raiding squad.
All the looted wealth fell into Sun Fei's hands. Since the various nobles and wealthy families had no heirs, according to imperial law and Chambord City tradition, this wealth would be added to the royal treasury and become royal property. For Sun Fei, everything that happened at the summit of East Mountain was an astonishing money-making adventure. By the time the poor Prince who participated in the assassination were redeemed by their fathers, and by the time the promised financial support from the princess was truly implemented, the wealth accumulated in Chambord City far exceeded the total wealth accumulated over the previous two hundred years.
More importantly, Sun Fei purified the 'revolutionary ranks'.
From this day forward, Chambord City truly belonged to Sun Fei. No one dared to openly oppose Sun Fei's orders, nor would anyone dare to outwardly comply while secretly carrying out sabotage. Sun Fei had become the sole voice of Chambord City, and the subsequent development plans could proceed with complete confidence.
Time flies, and soon, the vast darkness of night enveloped Chambord City.
The following day, the Zenit Empire's investiture delegation departed from Chambord City.
God of War Andrei Arshavin," didn't even bid farewell to his host Sun Fei. He led a pair of elite soldiers and left Chambord City in a hurry. Although the journey back to the capital was likely to be fraught with danger, considering that his secret of leaving Saint Petersburg had been exposed, time was of the essence, Emperor Yassin's health the Storm Riders deteriorating day by day, and the situation in the capital was turbulent and unpredictable, Arshavin, as the most likely Prince to inherit the throne, would inevitably be at a disadvantage if he stayed here to recuperate, as his rival, the Second Prince Dominguez, would seize the opportunity to move back to the capital. Therefore, he had to risk going back.
Fortunately, the half-bottle of [ Rejuvenation Potion ] left behind by Sun Fei had already healed most of his injuries.
Surprisingly, Princess Tanasha, Arshavin's most indispensable strategist and most trusted advisor, stayed in Chambord City for the time being.
However, none of these things concerned Sun Fei.
For Chambord City, change had finally arrived—the military and political reform plan, which had been brewing for a whole month, was finally being implemented.
It was after ascending the throne that the First King's decree was finally issued amidst the anticipation of the people.
This is a military decree.
Chambord City formed two major legions--
The Saint Corps.
And the Chambord City Urban Management and Defense Corps... abbreviated as -- Urban Management.
If the former name was easy for the leaders of Chambord City to accept, then the latter name, ' Urban Management,' was a merciless test of their imagination. The meaning of this tongue-twisting name was something they might never know, because it was the result of a former otaku's quirky sense of humor once again—or, for Sun Fei, it was a reminder to himself of the kind of world he had once lived in.
Second update.