World-Ending Demon Emperor
Chapter 158 - 158 118 The wedding is over the fierce battle got what was desired!_3

158: 118: The wedding is over, the fierce battle, got what was desired!_3 158: 118: The wedding is over, the fierce battle, got what was desired!_3 “So I deserve to have the whole of Tianshui City taken from me?” Suo Lun suddenly roared, “You already feel such heartache over a mere samurai’s territory, yet what I’m losing is the entire Tianshui City.”

“That’s because you deserve it; that’s your bad luck,” Gui Xingfu said harshly.

“The end of the Suo family has come!”

Then, this unusual father-and-son-in-law stared at each other fiercely, like two vicious wolves.

A full quarter of an hour later, Gui Xingfu asked, “Suo Lun, by ceding a piece of territory to me, what do you plan to do?”

“Rise again from the east, prepare the horses and the troops, take back Tianshui City within half a year,” Suo Lun seriously said.

Gui Xingfu looked at Suo Lun for a good while, then burst out into a thunderous laugh that was sharp and piercing, truly making one’s blood run cold.

“Ha ha ha, ha ha ha, ha ha ha ha…”

Gui Xingfu’s laughter was unending, as harsh as an owl’s, and he laughed for minutes on end.

Laughing until clutching his belly, laughing until squatting down, finally laughing until he collapsed into his own chair.

It was as if he had heard the most absurd joke in the world, one that couldn’t possibly be more ludicrous.

And Suo Lun, not at all angry, just stood by laughing with him.

Laughing until tears were nearly spilling, Gui Xingfu suddenly snapped out of it, wiped away the tears at the corner of his eyes.

“Suo Lun, how large is a senior samurai’s territory?” Gui Xingfu asked.

“How many people live there?”

“Around two thousand square kilometers,” Suo Lun said.

“The populous ones have forty to fifty thousand residents; the smallest have about ten thousand.”

“How much tax does a senior samurai’s territory collect in a year?” Gui Xingfu asked.

“The tax and territory’s output, how many soldiers can it support?”

“The taxes from the richer ones are two to three thousand Gold Coins, the poorer ones a few hundred Gold Coins,” Suo Lun said.

“Through taxes and output, you can sustain nearly a thousand soldiers at most, or a few hundred at least.”

Gui Xingfu then asked, “To take back Tianshui City, how many troops do you need, and how much military pay?”

Suo Lun said, “At least twenty thousand soldiers, a hundred and fifty thousand Gold Coins.”

Gui Xingfu slammed his fist down, shattering the solid desk, and laughed loudly, “So you want to carve off a piece of samurai territory from me, and then, with this dozens of miles of land, earn a hundred and fifty thousand Gold Coins within half a year, and raise twenty thousand soldiers?”

“Yes, to be more precise, five months,” Suo Lun said.

“Because in half a year, the royal army will have already stationed themselves in Tianshui City.

According to royal law, if a noble cannot suppress a rebellion, the kingdom is obligated to dispatch troops.”

“Ha ha ha ha… ha ha ha ha ha…” Gui Xingfu burst into wild laughter once more.

This time, he only laughed for less than half a minute before abruptly stopping, his expression once again becoming icy and ferocious, “Suo Lun, is it you who has gone mad, or is it me?”

“Of course, it’s me,” Suo Lun said.

“How could someone as rational as you ever go mad?”

He really must have gone mad, to think that with just a piece of land spanning dozens of miles, within half a year, he could earn a hundred and fifty thousand Gold Coins.

It wasn’t just madness; it was complete lunacy.

Do you know how much a hundred and fifty thousand Gold Coins is?

It’s the taxes of the whole Southeast Province for a year, covering nearly a thousand miles of land, with nearly two million inhabitants.

Do you know how substantial a force of twenty thousand soldiers is?

For Linhai City and Tianshui City, these top-tier nobles, it took countless years of accumulation to build twenty thousand elite troops, and that includes the combined forces of the main city and the samurai territories.

To earn three thousand Gold Coins in half a year from a senior samurai territory with a total area of two thousand square kilometers would already be defying the heavens, let alone a hundred and fifty thousand.

This Suo Lun wasn’t just wishfully thinking; he was completely out of his mind.

Suo Lun said with a smile, “Since that’s the case, my dear father-in-law, even if just to enjoy the show, you should sever a senior samurai territory to me.

Besides, there’s a ninety-nine percent chance that I will die a failure within six months.

Then when you take back the territory, won’t it be easy?”

Gui Xingfu remained silent, eyes closed.

Suo Lun said, “Trade a piece of territory to free me from my marriage to Gui Qinshao and give her back her freedom.

Completely dissociate from me, the disaster star, before Zhi Li and the entire royal aristocracy, and also become the foremost noble in Zhi Li’s eyes.

It’s a worthwhile exchange.”

Gui Xingfu still kept his eyes closed, not saying a word.

Suo Lun continued, “And as soon as I die, reclaiming that territory from me will be effortless, right?

Therefore, my dear father-in-law, just sign the agreement!”

A few minutes later.

Gui Xingfu suddenly opened his eyes and said, “Fine, I agree to it.

But there is one issue: now senior samurai lords each have their own jurisdiction, and I haven’t yet decided which piece of territory to cede.”

“That won’t do,” Suo Lun said.

“Are you telling me to wait for half a year if you don’t decide?”

Gui Xingfu said, “I can sign a preliminary agreement with you now.

Within three days, within the Linhai City Territory, I will cede a piece of land not smaller than two thousand square kilometers to you.

How about that?”

“Three days, and make sure to cede to me a territory not less than two thousand square kilometers,” Suo Lun said.

“Let’s sign the agreement now, then read it aloud before everyone, affix the great seals of the nobility, the earl, and the city lord, and swear before heaven and earth, the royal family, and the Dragon Temple.”

“Agreed,” Gui Xingfu said.

…

Half an hour later, before hundreds of aristocrats and senior samurai lords, all the guests.

Suo Lun and Gui Xingfu signed the sacred covenant publicly, promising to cede a territory not smaller than two thousand square kilometers within three days.

And swore oaths before heaven and earth, the royal family, and the Dragon Temple.

Once this covenant was formed, no one could violate it.

After the contract was signed, Gui Qinshao said with icy sarcasm, “Shameless Suo Lun, you’ve got what you wanted.

Now, what about what I want?

Give me back my freedom.”

Suo Lun had Ye Jingyu help him, pulling out a letter of divorce from his bosom.

Then, Ye Jingyu opened the letter and placed it in front of Suo Lun.

In front of hundreds of guests, Suo Lun read aloud, “Gui Qinshao, daughter-in-law of the Suo, is unkind, unjust, disloyal, unfilial, arrogant, tyrannical, rude, and disrespectful.

Because of my father’s dying command, I had no choice but to marry.

However, introducing such a shrew into the Suo family, we would never have peace, our family honor is at stake.

For preserving the purity and nobility of the Suo lineage, I hereby divorce Gui Clan’s Qin Shao, expelling her from the household.

Heaven and earth, ancestors of the Suo, bear witness!”

Having finished, Suo Lun, resisting the severe pain and weakness in his left arm, threw the letter forcefully onto Gui Qinshao’s face.

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