Endless Winter: My Camp Upgrades Infinitely

Chapter 1526: Chapter 478: A Decade of Reform, Xue Zijing from the State, the Divide of Dragon and Python

As the most famous opulent brothel in Yanling City, the top tier of the Worldly Noble Tavern is not only reflected in the high background of singers, dancers, waiters, and servants, the high specifications of various top-grade wines and delicacies, or the extravagant expenses, among other aspects.

Its privacy is also exceptional!

The main structure of the entire building is made of Ten Thousand Forged Iron Materials, with a layer of Yellow Pear Wood applied inside and out, not only making it pleasing to the eye but also providing soundproofing. Even if the doors and windows are tightly closed, even if a person is pressed against the wall, they won’t hear any sound from within.

The private rooms on the third floor of the tavern have even higher specifications.

The walls and floor of the rooms are all plastered with Blood Jade Pine from North Zhuhe Ridge in Longxing City, which is said to be equivalent to silver in value.

The internal structure of this Blood Jade Pine is strikingly similar to human flesh and blood, and even after being chopped and cut, it still constantly produces Qi, usually sensed or peered into by the powerful through Qi Muscle movements. The unique structure of this Blood Jade Pine has inherently eliminated this possibility.

This ultra-high privacy is the core reason it can be valued as equivalent to silver.

At the same time as Xia Hong and Ji Hong’s conversation.

In another private room on the top floor, a middle-aged scholar with an elegant appearance, dressed in a Blue Jade Silk Robe and wearing a Black Hat, sat by the window, holding a wine glass and carefully observing the furnishings within the room.

“With Ten Thousand Forged Iron Materials as foundation, Yellow Pear Wood as decoration, and the value-equivalent-to-silver Blood Jade Pine, along with all the furnishings and decorations inside the building, just constructing this tavern would take at least a billion taels of silver. These Worldly Family scions spend money on singers, enough for a slave to save for decades. No wonder they say in the Four Vassal States Territory, everyone beneath the Worldly Noble are mere ants. This statement is not untrue!”

He is not alone in the room; there are five others present, among them three middle-aged individuals of similar age, all in black robes with weapons on their waists. The other two, a young man and woman, are dressed in green silk robes, with longswords at their waists.

Upon hearing his uncle’s words, Xue Wuhen could not help but say, “Uncle has the people in mind, traveling long distances to offer advice for Chen Cang, yet they are so ungrateful. In that case, why stay here? The Ice Abyss is vast, couldn’t we find a powerful vassal willing to implement your ideas?”

“It’s not that they are ungrateful…”

Bai Qingqing, the young woman next to Xue Wuhen, immediately countered, then paused and continued, “Landgrave Chu has the heart for reform, but is constrained from above and below, completely powerless to push forward. Among Commander Chen Cang, the Six Departments, the Five County Governors, the Two City Lords, only the Yanling County Governor Chu Tianxu agrees with reform, not even the Landgrave’s own family supports it. The Longxing Chen Family doesn’t need to obstruct anything; they can just wait to see the joke.”

“See a joke?”

Upon hearing Bai Qingqing’s words, Xue Zijing could not help but chuckle, turning to her and asking, “Qingqing, do you think the reform in Yanling will fail?”

Bai Qingqing didn’t answer immediately; instead, she bowed her head in contemplation.

Uncle Xue Zijing came to Moao River ten years ago, after four years of traveling, finally choosing to come to Chen Cang. A grand discourse on reform earned him Landgrave Chu’s appreciation, offering him a high position as Grand Master, allowing him to lead the government and gradually push for reform.

But reform, how can it be so easy?

The Landgrave’s Lineage of the Four Vassal States Territory at Moao River, along with those aristocrats and powerful families surrounding them, have inheritances ranging from one hundred to three or four hundred years. The supplementary Six-class System has been implemented for almost a hundred years. To talk suddenly of reform, the resistance is imaginable.