Many children, many blessings; a stunningly beautiful wife is given to you right from the start.

Who is more suitable for this job than Feng Niang?

In terms of management, she could manage a place like Chifeng Hall, which was a melting pot of all sorts of people, in an orderly manner.

In terms of shrewdness, she can navigate between various powerful figures and has connections in both the legitimate and underworld circles.

In terms of loyalty, this demon has now given him her whole body and soul; she's definitely one of our own.

perfect!

They're simply the chosen one!

"It's settled then!"

"Let's go back to the manor!"

Lin Mo was instantly filled with energy and shouted to the coachman outside the carriage.

……

Meanwhile, a hundred miles outside Blackwind City.

A majestic pass, like a crouching behemoth, lies between two mountains, dividing the area inside and outside the pass into two separate worlds.

This pass is the first barrier to entering the northern border of the Great Xia Dynasty—Iron Wall Pass.

Inside the pass, there were well-ordered military towns.

Beyond the Great Wall was a chaotic and uncivilized land regarded by the Great Xia Dynasty.

At this moment, inside the garrison commander's residence.

The aroma of meat filled the air, and the smell of alcohol was overwhelming.

Wu Zhong, the garrison commander of Tiebi Pass, was holding a bowl of wine and listening impatiently to the scout's report.

"General, Blackwind City has truly changed overnight!"

"I saw it with my own eyes: the collapsed city wall was repaired overnight, and the streets are as clean as new!"

Before the scout could finish speaking, Wu Zhong smashed the wine bowl in his hand to the ground with a "crack," splashing wine everywhere.

"Bullshit!"

"Are you fucking drunk on horse piss? Why are you spouting nonsense to me?"

"Blackwind City is a godforsaken place; even a dog would starve there. You think it'll change overnight?! Do you think I'm a three-year-old?!"

The scout was so frightened that he knelt down with a thud and kowtowed repeatedly.

"General, please calm down! Everything I said is true! I even brought the person here!"

As he spoke, he hurriedly waved towards the door.

Two soldiers immediately dragged in a family of three.

A dark-skinned man, a woman with a frightened expression, and a emaciated child huddled in his mother's arms.

"General, this family wanted to leave the pass for Black Wind City today, but we stopped them! Ask them, they just came back from there!"

Wu Zhong glanced sideways at the three people kneeling on the ground from his elevated position.

That look in his eyes was as if he were looking at a few ants that he could crush with a flick of his wrist.

"You, tell me, what kind of dog-like state is Blackwind City in right now?"

Wu Zhong let out a burp and pointed at the man on the ground, who was trembling like a leaf.

The man was so frightened by Wu Zhong's menacing aura that he could barely speak.

"Reporting to the General... Yesterday, I went hunting in the mountains and passed through Black Wind City. I saw golden light shining into the sky, new houses everywhere, and officials in black clothes arresting bad guys..."

The man described it haltingly.

"They're even distributing free food in the east of the city; you just need to register to receive it..."

What golden light? What new house?

That sounds like the nonsense of a country bumpkin who's never seen the world!

However, Wu Zhong's focus was on something else.

He pointed to the woman and child behind the man, his tone carrying a chilling, playful edge.

"So, you've come all this way, hoping to take your wife and kids and leave this Iron Wall Pass to enjoy a life of luxury in Black Wind City?"

Wu Zhong's words sent a chill down the man's spine, making him break out in a cold sweat.

He understood the meaning behind Wu Zhong's words, and was so frightened that he shook his head repeatedly and kowtowed desperately.

"No...no, General! I...I'm going to visit relatives! Yes! I'm taking my wife and children to visit relatives!"

"Go visit your mother's relatives!"

Wu Zhong slammed his fist on the table, enraged.

"Do you think I'm stupid?! I hate being lied to! Guards!"

He couldn't even be bothered to look at it again.

"Drag this man and that kid out and chop them up! They're fucking an eyesore!"

"A woman..."

Wu Zhong's gaze swept over the withered woman, and he curled his lip in disgust.

"Let's share this with the brothers and have some fun!"

"No! General, spare me! Spare me!"

The man and woman both let out heart-wrenching cries, and the child was so frightened that he cried even louder.

The family desperately kowtowed and begged for mercy, but two fierce-looking guards came up, grabbed the man and child, and dragged them out.

"General! We'll never dare to do it again! Please..."

The heart-wrenching cries were dragged outside the door, and soon, accompanied by two muffled thuds of sharp blades piercing flesh, the cries came to an abrupt halt.

In the courtyard, only the woman's heart-wrenching, desperate wails and the unrestrained jeers and lewd laughter of a group of soldiers remained.

Wu Zhong picked up a bowl of wine again and spat it on the ground with disdain.

"Hmph, a bunch of idiots! They believe in this kind of nonsense!"

In his view, the so-called miracle of Blackwind City was nothing more than a trick by some swindlers to cheat people out of money.

He's seen it all before, how could he possibly be believed?

But seeing that Wu Zhong still didn't believe him, the scout reluctantly approached again, his voice trembling.

"General...this matter is probably true..."

"Reports have come from the city gates that in just one day, no fewer than three hundred people from within the pass have left with their families, heading towards Black Wind City!"

"What?!"

Wu Zhonggang almost spat out the mouthful of wine he had just taken a sip of.

He stood up abruptly, a look of surprise flashing in his eyes for the first time.

Several people said it might be fake.

But hundreds of people are running to that awful place, could it be... true?

impossible!

Absolutely impossible!

He fought on the battlefield for more than 20 years in Wuzhong, wading through mountains of corpses and seas of blood countless times.

Having personally killed countless charlatans, I never believe in such superstitious nonsense!

Just as Wu Zhong was filled with doubt and uncertainty, a young general suddenly stood up beside him.

"Brother, in my opinion, who cares if it's true or not? I'll lead a group of men over there and take a look, then we'll know everything."

The speaker was Wu Zhong's younger brother, Wu Liang.

Relying on his relationship with Wu Zhong, he served as a captain in Tiebi Pass and was always arrogant and domineering.

Wu Liang leaned closer to Wu Zhong and lowered his voice to continue.

"And by the way... let those lowly people know that in this northern borderland, their lives belong to us, the Wu family!"

These words were exactly what Wu Zhong wanted to hear.

He slowly sat down and nodded.

Although Blackwind City was abandoned by the Great Xia, its geographical location is a major obstacle, and it must not be allowed to slip out of our control.

"Alright, then take five hundred cavalrymen and go take a look."

"By the way, if there really is something lucrative in that city..."

"My brother understands!"

Wu Liang immediately understood and responded.

"Um."

Wu Zhong nodded in satisfaction, then gave a perfunctory instruction.

"Remember, don't make too much of a commotion. We're soldiers of the imperial court, not bandits from the mountains, understand?"

"Understand!"

Wu Liang excitedly clasped his hands in a fist salute, then turned and strode out.

Staying in this monotonous place in the pass, he felt like his bones were rusting, and he longed to go out and relax!