Chapter 48: Chapter 48 The Refugee Problem, The Idea of Army Expansion_1
The Jing Family of Qingshi Town, as one of the top families within the town.
Their ancestral land naturally covered a vast area.
Surrounding it completely would still require a considerable amount of time.
“Sir, the Jing Family has been surrounded.”
Standing beside Luo Yong, the vice general cupped his hands together, bowing slightly as he spoke.
Luo Yong, “Good, now that it’s done, follow me into the Jing Family…”
Armored Soldiers, “Yes.”
Now, the Zhao Family had fallen.
Within Qingshi Town, the Luo Family had successfully ascended to become the new king.
Luo Yong commanded nearly two thousand armored youths within the town.
Dealing with the Jing Family’s issue was merely a matter of flipping his hand.
Moreover, it was even less significant considering the presence of the Ancestor of the Luo Family, a formidable practitioner of the Organ Refinement Realm, within the Luo Family Ancestral Land.
Thus, under Luo Yong’s intimidation,
Jing Chenglong, the current Family Head of the Jing Family, had no choice but to obediently hand over control of the family’s gambling houses.
After all, the arm could not twist the thigh.
Even if the Jing Family stubbornly resisted until the last moment and did not hand them over to the Luo Family, what would that achieve?
The entire Qingshi Town was already under the control of the Luo Family.
It could even be said that everything within Qingshi Town had become the assets of the Luo Family.
If the Luo Family desired, those gambling houses would ultimately be forcibly taken by them.
Rather than clashing head-on, it was better to simply hand them over.
The reason why the Jing Family was initially unwilling to voluntarily surrender,
was mainly because Jing Chenglong wanted to gamble.
He bet that the Luo Family did not place much importance on the gambling business.
However, it now appeared…
that he, Jing Chenglong, had seemingly lost that bet.
“Father, did you really just easily hand over all of our Jing Family’s gambling houses to the Luo Family?”
“All the books in our family’s collection, as well as half of our assets, also given to the Luo Family?”
“Did you truly not resist at all?”
Within the Jing Family Ancestral Land, Jing Hongying, daughter of Jing Chenglong.
Upon hearing of the situation, she immediately confronted Jing Chenglong.
Her pretty face seemed somewhat dissatisfied.
The red-tasseled spear she held in her hand was being gripped tightly, emitting creaking sounds.
“Hongying, the Zhao Family has already been annihilated.”
“The Luo Family of Qingshi Town has ascended to the throne, becoming the new king; this has already become a fait accompli.”
“Let’s not even mention the more than two thousand armored youths in Luo Yong’s hands.”
“Just the Viscera Refinement practitioner within the Luo Family Ancestral Land is beyond what our Jing Family can cope with…”
Jing Hongying clenched her teeth, still unconvinced as she said, “Is Viscera Refinement, above Bone Refinement, truly that terrifying?”
Jing Chenglong sighed helplessly and spoke in a low voice, “Above Skin Refinement is Bone Refinement, and beyond Bone Refinement lies Viscera Refinement.”
“Becoming a practitioner of the Skin Refinement Realm is easy.”
“Although it’s somewhat difficult to break through from Skin Refinement to the Bone Refinement Realm, it’s not impossible.”
“But the difficulty of advancing from Bone Refinement to Viscera Refinement is unquestionably beyond your imagination.”
“The power of the Organ Refinement Realm is also inevitably far beyond what you expect.”
“I can say this, even if our Jing Family had ten masters at Bone Refinement Perfection, they would still be no match for the Ancestor of the Luo Family…”
As Jing Chenglong’s words echoed throughout the room,
Jing Hongying gradually became a bit stunned.
The hint of defiance on her pretty face
seemed to gradually dissipate as well.
“Father, if we have more than two thousand armored youths in our hands within Qingshi Town,”
“can our Jing Family encircle and kill a cultivator in the Organ Refinement Realm?”
Jing Chenglong couldn’t help but slightly lower his head at this.
After pondering for a moment, he replied, “If it’s just over two thousand sturdy, somewhat strong armored youths, they’re like ants before a cultivator in the Organ Refinement Realm, easily killed.”
“If these more than two thousand armored youths, however, were all practitioners in the Skin Refinement Realm,”
“perhaps, they might force a cultivator in the Organ Refinement Realm to exert a fair amount of strength.”
“If these more than two thousand armored youths were all practitioners in the Bone Refinement Realm, then there might be a chance to encircle and kill a cultivator in the Organ Refinement Realm.”
“It’s just… if our Jing Family truly had an army of more than two thousand, all at the level of Bone Refinement Realm,”
“why would we still bother with these small benefits in Qingshi Town, competing with other families?”
“With such an army, all at the level of Bone Refinement Realm,”
“it wouldn’t be impossible for our Jing Family to carve out a territory and establish our own kingdom in these chaotic times…”
After resolving the matter with the Jing Family,
the not-too-big-yet-not-too-small Qingshi Town finally returned to its former tranquility.
On the streets, people gradually dared to appear.
A massive group of refugees also started to flow into Qingshi Town again.
Placing a huge burden on the not-so-large Qingshi Town.
Qingshi Town, Luo Family Ancestral Land.
In the room where the Luo Family Patriarch was,
Luo Ping, the current Family Head of the Luo Family, sat quietly in the main seat.
As he flipped through documents about the family and various issues concerning Qingshi Town, his brow inevitably furrowed.
There were no problems on the Luo Family’s end.
They had even seen a significant improvement in comprehensive strength due to the absorption of assets left behind by the Zhao Family, as well as from the Jing and Hu Families.
However, the situation in Qingshi Town… appeared somewhat pessimistic.
As the gates of Qingshi Town reopened and time passed,
the number of refugees pouring into Qingshi Town grew increasingly.
Even the public security within the town began to deteriorate due to the influx of a large number of refugees.
Countless starving refugees, like swarms of locusts passing through, frantically looted any food they could lay their eyes on.
Some local family powers within Qingshi Town were better off, with plenty of guards at home to ensure their families were without worry.
However, for the massive group of ordinary people within Qingshi Town, they were somewhat out of luck.
Those who suffered losses were predominantly from these ordinary civilian groups.
In the past, Luo Ping only needed to manage the Luo Family’s affairs.
He could choose to turn a blind eye to those ordinary people who suffered losses.
But now it was different, now the whole of Qingshi Town belonged to the Luo Family.
With the civilians suffering losses, it would inevitably affect the subsequent development of Qingshi Town.
In such circumstances, Luo Ping naturally could no longer turn a blind eye as he used to do.
“Otherwise, let the third brother continue to expand the army and enhance the number of troops in Qingshi Town?”
“Then, gradually maintain the public order within the town?”
Luo Ping thought to himself and silently nodded.
It seemed that aside from this method, there were no better solutions now.
Just in time, the Luo Family had gathered a substantial amount of gold and silver from the Zhao, Jing, and Hu Families.
The Luo Family could use this money to increase the size of the town’s military force,
and slightly improve their control over Qingshi Town.