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Chapter 734 - 734 734 The Broken Rule

734: Chapter 734: The Broken Rule 734: Chapter 734: The Broken Rule It turned out that the Prince really did not obey the King’s orders now.

The King had issued dozens of orders within a single day, but none had the slightest effect.

His own army was now very far from there, and it would take several days to reach.

In this situation, his side simply couldn’t provide rescue in time, and the old King didn’t know what exactly the Prince was planning.

Meanwhile, Zhao Guang was also having a headache facing the issues at hand.

“You’re saying our population will reach tens of millions in the near future?

That’s too much.”

Zhao Guang was somewhat surprised, “Isn’t it said that most people from Bo Yan have entered the surrounding territories?

There shouldn’t be too many coming over.”

“We didn’t expect that these people aren’t from there, but from nearby areas.

Or rather, those who are affected by the war and chose to flee the war zones, not to mention our conditions are too good here.”

Xi Fei also felt a headache looking at such a multitude of people.

With the size and richness of her territory, feeding ten million people was easily manageable.

In fact, even ten times more wouldn’t be a problem, but the territory hadn’t been developed long enough, and most areas had not even been developed yet.

She was firm and cautious with every step taken.

Similarly, because of this reason, the development pace hadn’t reached the maximum speed.

The effectiveness of the Magic Network in improving the whole territory hadn’t reached its peak either, thus a major problem arose now—there wasn’t enough food.

The territory’s food reserves weren’t plentiful.

The previously modified crops had been harvested only twice, with the first time on a small scale.

Currently, the food reserves in the territory were absolutely insufficient until the next abundant harvest.

“So, can we buy enough food from the surrounding territories?”

Zhao Guang wasn’t short of money; after all, the Empire’s aluminum currency was supplied by him.

Money was plentiful.

“No, we can hardly buy much, because they are all boycotting us.”

Zhao Guang was somewhat surprised, “Turning down money?

That’s not like them.

Why are they boycotting us?”

Xi Fei said somewhat helplessly, “It’s because of the recent war.

The Prince is about to win.

They all know he has a bad relationship with us.

Coupled with Coruas’ hints, they have started boycotting us from all aspects.”

Xi Fei continued, “Besides, our investigations suggest that the Temple is also behind this, doing something secretly.” The Temple, well, that was to be expected.

With the Temple involved, and now with the force of the Prince, such a situation was quite normal.

Zhao Guang sighed.

These Lords were really fickle as the wind.

“Alright, I understand, I’ll solve the food issue.” It didn’t matter if there wasn’t enough food here, Earth had plenty.

The modified seeds had also produced a good yield there twice before, but that place was large.

For a moment, the country planted a lot of crops, and not being able to consume all was an issue.

Indeed, the price of meat was rising, but if not for the state controlling it, the price of grains would probably have plummeted.

If he bought a large amount of food now, it would definitely relieve the country of a burden.

It was a good opportunity to spend the excessive money he had.

It was unexpected that there would come a day when he would worry about having too much money.

However, this was actually very risky.

After all, moving a large amount of food would definitely attract attention.

A slight carelessness could reveal their plans.

No, it was inevitable that these people would notice something.

But there was no choice; without taking some risks, his territory might collapse.

He couldn’t just block out all the refugees, other Lords could, but Zhao Guang couldn’t just stand by and watch so many innocent people starve to death outside, especially when he had the ability to save them.

Forget it, his strength was now not something he needed to hide; he would proceed with the plan.

Xi Fei breathed a sigh of relief.

If the territory really became unstable, then her peaceful days would be over.

Xi Fei didn’t care about the life and death of ordinary people, but she cared about her own and her master’s peaceful life.

Next, Zhao Guang urgently contacted Hu Yan to take care of purchasing large quantities of food.

As for what the food was for, although those above were curious, they wouldn’t pry too much.

And at that moment, another piece of news arrived.

“What, the Second Prince is dead?

Did he die in battle?” Zhao Guang receiving the news was completely unexpected, knowing that although the Second Prince wasn’t bright, he was very cowardly and afraid of death.

If he hadn’t run directly to the front lines, he couldn’t possibly have died there.

Could it be that the Prince’s men killed him and then claimed he died on the battlefield?

This was very plausible; after all, history was full of such incidents.

“No, not that.

According to intelligence, the Second Prince was captured by the Prince.

Then, for treason and betraying the Empire, the Prince personally ordered his execution,” Qiao Miya was also shocked by the report.

“The Prince personally ordered it?

Why would he do that?”

Zhao Guang couldn’t understand, and neither could anyone else.

To become King, one would normally strive to have a good reputation.

Even tyrants often had great reputations before they took the crown.

Carrying the reputation of killing his own brother was hardly beneficial for him.

What was the Prince thinking?

Was his mind really degenerated to this extent?

“And what about Coruas, didn’t he stop it?”

“According to our intelligence, Coruas did try to stop it, and the two even had a big argument about it.

But in the end, the highest Commander was still the Prince, so…”

So that’s the case.

It looks like Coruas was still very rational.

The irrational one was only the Prince.

However, since this news leaked so easily, it seemed to be deliberate on Coruas’ part.

The Prince causing such a stir, his chance at the throne was probably slim.

And as long as Coruas showed he had attempted to stop it, his reputation would remain unharmed, and he could return to being a Lord.

The rights and status of a Lord were very high, and without special circumstances, even a King wouldn’t lay hands on a Lord.

“Along with the Second Prince, Lord Bo Yan also died.”

Zhao Guang was speechless; this completely broke the rules.

Eliminating a Lord without proper procedures—if he could do that, would the other Lords still support him?