Douluo: A Century-old Legend I Am the Second Uncle Chenxin

Chapter 1704 Control and Madness

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In addition, the Chen family also highly values ​​Tianfeng Academy under the Si family.

The academy itself ranks in the second tier in the province, especially known for training various types of flying-type soul masters, and has a certain foundation and reputation in related fields.

The Chen family's plan is to invest heavily in and expand Tianfeng Academy, making it a core educational base within the Chen family system specifically for training flying-type Soul Masters.

If this plan comes to fruition, the academy system framework built by the Chen family will appear quite comprehensive:
Core Leader: Chang'an College (a top-tier comprehensive university).

Four distinctive core colleges:

Xia Yun is in charge of the Five Mountains Academy, which focuses on cultivating plant-based martial souls.

The Qinglin Academy, overseen by the Yang family, focuses on training spearmen and soul masters.

The Tianfeng Academy, under the jurisdiction of the Si family, has been upgraded to a core base for flying soul masters.

The Sirius Academy, which Ma Zhaoyang is in charge of, consists of students who have voluntarily joined the academy, specializing in wolf-type martial spirits and excelling in land warfare.

The developing Auxiliary Wing Academy:

They are also focusing their infiltration on three key institutions: the Tide Sound Academy, which specializes in water-based Soul Master training; the Three Mountains Academy, which focuses on training defensive Soul Masters; and the Starfall Academy, which excels in recovery abilities.

This system is sufficient to cover most mainstream combat soul master types, and its layout is quite complete.

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With the establishment of Tianfeng City as a strategic foothold, the Chen family's overall layout in the five southern prefectures will be further consolidated.

Tianfeng City is located in the northeastern part of the five southern prefectures, and its strategic significance is not limited to this one place.

More importantly, the five southern counties connect to the Alps, and there are only three main roads that can support the large-scale flow of people and goods.

Through prior planning and layout, the Chen family has already placed pieces at key nodes of these three routes: Sanshan City, the central hub of the official road under the jurisdiction of Chang'an County; Tianfeng City, controlled by the Si family; and Tianlang City, located in the northwest.

These three important towns will all become strategic strongholds controlled by the Chen family.

These interconnected elements, along with Chang'an, Wushan City, and even the future Starfall, together form a transportation network covering the entire southern five prefectures region. At the same time, it is also a robust military support system, essentially encompassing the entire Wuling region (with Chang'an Prefecture as its core) within a relatively complete elliptical force area.

Its far-reaching influence has brought the main power networks and resource flows among the people under the control and coordination of the Chen family.

The layout of Tianfeng City and its subsequent chain of impacts mentioned above are all long-term plans made by the Chen family from the perspective of the overall family's macro strategy.

For this reason, after considering the overall situation, Chen Xun realized that the Chen family's layout within the five southern prefectures still needed to be deepened, especially in several key potential stronghold areas.

For example, in Sirius County, although there is already a commercial center centered on the forging market and Sirius Academy as military support, he felt that it was not stable enough.

Similarly, although the Starfall Academy in Southern Starfall City and the Three Mountains Academy in Three Mountains City have taken root, the supporting facilities and potential development of these core hubs are clearly insufficient.

In these places, relying solely on a single market or academy is insufficient; it is also necessary to introduce powerful, established forces from the underworld.

Whether it's a sect or a family power—only by joining as a vassal and filling this power map can one truly establish roots and gain control.

Chen Xun's gaze was fixed on the unfolded giant map, his fingertips moving along the mountain ranges, finally landing precisely on a marker at the border between Wushan County and Xingyun County—Qinglian City.

He tapped the sign twice with his finger, thinking to himself, 'Hmm, Qinglian City… this location is a bit tricky.'

It is strategically located at the crossroads of Wushan and Xingyun counties. The city's terrain is crucial, allowing for the flow of people between the two counties and controlling the vital passage through the mountains from west to east.

As a key node connecting Wushan and Xingyun and filling the network layout of the five southern counties, it has great potential... It is indeed worth planning carefully and including it as a candidate for the next step.

The thought crossed my mind: Qinglian—the Mu family!
The Chen family has deep ties with other families in Wushan County. Let's see how they choose.

It also includes the opinions of my second aunt, fourth brother's wife, and cousin.

His gaze did not linger there for long before turning to the northwest.

Uncle Zhaoyang cannot stay in Tianlang County for too long.

The Netherworld Blood Wolf – The Dangerous Family!
This family has a keen sense of smell and a clear mind; it's yet another family like the Si family.

Its tail has been wagging really hard lately.

Next, to the north!

There, the marker indicating the location of Sanshan City stood out starkly.

This is the gateway to the official road leading out of the mountains in Chang'an County, and it used to be the territory of the Zhanlong Sect.

However, with the collapse and complete annihilation of the Zhanlong Sect's power (his mind flashed back to the briefing on the suppression of the remaining rebels that had been handed over a few days ago), this core transportation route unexpectedly became the biggest "gaps" in the power map of the five southern prefectures!
The remaining forces of the War Dragon Sect were like scattered, frightened birds, leaderless and fighting their own battles, making the entire region as chaotic as a pot of boiling porridge.

The intelligence reports he received constantly revealed various small-scale conflicts, resource plundering, and breakdowns of order occurring there.

However, after scouring through the intelligence files and counting the various forces currently scrambling for scraps in the center of the chaos, it turned out that... not a single decent, mid-sized family or sect could be found that could stabilize the situation!
Chen Xun's brows furrowed slightly.

The current chaos in Sanshan City cannot be resolved by relying on these insignificant local small fry or speculators from other places to integrate themselves, restore order, and form a new force.

It's nothing more than a fool's dream.

That would be tantamount to condoning the spread of chaos, ultimately damaging the safety and commercial value of this strategic passage.

Is it...

A somewhat ruthless, yet also vexing thought uncontrollably surfaced: 'Do we really have to be forced to... personally get involved and completely clean up and take over this mess?!'

His fingers unconsciously traced the chaotic markings of Sanshan City, and his gaze deepened.

If external forces cannot provide support, taking over personally means that the Chen family will have to shoulder an additional burden on their already heavy list of tasks, a piece of land that urgently needs to rebuild order—the resources and management costs required are far more complex than simply supporting vassals.

He quickly calculated the cost and feasibility of this matter in his mind.

Okay, making money isn't his responsibility, his son does; he only cares about spending it.

All of these arrangements are currently focused on strengthening the five southern counties, which serve as the family's foundation and core territory, making them more solid and invincible.

In Chenxun's strategic blueprint, the family's expansion will never stop here.

For the four neighboring counties in the central region and the four counties in the north, the relevant penetration, expansion and influence building plans also need to be promoted simultaneously and actively.

Uh, the Crystal Palace and Azure Glow Academy in the provincial capital, and the Pure Water Lotus Pond Wei family in Lyon County!
It can be said that Chen Xiaojun's previous strategic planning and maneuvering with Xia Yun in the provincial preliminary rounds is now being implemented and solidified by him from the rear.

This can be considered a strategic window of opportunity. We need to make more arrangements before the Heavenly Dou Royal Family reacts or officially 'abandons' Fasno.

(End of this chapter)