Endless Winter: My Camp Upgrades Infinitely

Three years ago, with Landgrave Chu’s support, Uncle barely managed to win the right to gather for slaves amidst all the criticism from Chen Cang’s upper echelons.

The successive growth in income from the Finance Department over the following three years fully validated Uncle’s grand discourse on reform. Yet, it also made the conservative backlash in Chen Cang even fiercer.

Using the event at the Lu River Valley Camp five days ago, the conservative faction devalued Uncle, saying the three-year consecutive growth of Finance Department income couldn’t compensate for the loss at Su Field in the Lu River Valley. Consequently, they attacked many of Uncle’s reform measures as worthless, even petitioning with Landgrave Chu to strip him of his Grand Master status.

“The rebellion at Lu River Valley further proves the urgency of reform. The Frost Ash Association knew that the uprising could not succeed, so why did they cause such a big stir? Because they’re afraid, afraid that as reform progresses further, the ground they survive on becomes less and less…”

Fortunately, Landgrave Chu is a discerning master; under Uncle’s arguments, he withheld the pressure from Chen Cang’s leadership and even took Uncle’s advice, strongly arguing against the majority. He let Uncle use Yanling as a pilot, with a ten-year period to implement comprehensive reform. Once reform is proven feasible and can strengthen Chen Cang, it will be fully promoted in Feudal Towns.

“Qingqing, do you think the reform in Yanling will fail?”

Her uncle always requires thorough inquiry and draws inferences. Simply answering that it will fail is inadequate, so she must think through the reasons.

Xue Zijing, knowing his niece was thinking, did not disturb her; he just waited quietly with a gentle smile, waiting for thirty or forty breaths before Bai Qingqing finally spoke.

“Of course, it will not succeed. There are three reasons:

First, the dual-family structure in Chen Cang makes the internal situation complex. Even Landgrave Chu himself is constrained from above and below, struggling at every step, let alone you, Uncle, an outsider Grand Master?

Secondly, the resistance to reform is too great. The decentralization of gathering rights, the successive growth in income of the Finance Department over three years, mostly due to the increased output of inferior Spirit Plant herbs, consequently lowered the price of inferior Spirit Pills. For major aristocratic families, who never lacked such things, the lower prices are useless to them and, moreover, will reduce the income for families that engage in this trade. Ultimately, the income benefits only the Landgrave, with the common people benefiting.”