14. The Long Family

after the quarrels that happen in the royal palace, both parties RyoFui and El Sei decide its enough and defuse the on going tension.

Ryo Fui faction decide to leave after it with Moubu clearly giving glare while he walk towards Lingxu.

"Your Majesty, as the Ryo Fui faction left and his plan is nullified i believe he will be dormant for a bit until he lick his wound, I will be going back first to the Long estate to gather my force and plan for the future, you may use the Black Eagle to sent me a message incase anything happen that you may need me at your service" saying so Feng give the Black Eagle to one of the King attendant and bade his farewell.

going back to the Long Family manor took a whole month because along the way the Heilong unit become a marauding beast clearing any bandits camp or any hostile camp that are in the way from the Long estate to the Royal capital.

with that clearing Lingxu did lose some man because of a severe injuries and unforseen accident, but he also gain a lot of things like gold, silver, and jewelry which he can use as his fondation.

lingxu sent 3000 Gold to San who handle all of Long intelligence network to be used as fund for expansion and gave out the rest totaling 4000 gold to Sulan so that she can start managing a merchant party and once again fixing the connection with the Long Workshop and business all across of Qin.

by doing so, the financial and also intelligence network of Long are taken care of and by the next 3 month the Long Family would start to get back all of their financial situation taken care of and getting back on track.

not stopping there, Lingxu also spent another 300 gold after selling all the jewelry to use as a base so that Yue can start managing the Wall of the Long estate and hiring a guard to incase are needed.

by the time they arrive at the Long Manor all the plan are set in motion, with the batch of 3000 man including the one that will be trained as a sentry guard for the estate almost fill the Quota.

3 month has passed since they arrive at the Long Estate, the wall of the estate has been almost fully restored and the financial situation that has been one of the main problem of Long is getting better by the day

right now at the Long Family lord Training courtyard are seen 3 Man fighting, 2 against 1, one weild an iron glaive and the 2 weild a double sword while the other guy weild a spear in his hand

Taidu lunge forward at Lingxu with his spear which he counters with the handle of his glaive and kick Taidu which Taidu evade, at the same time Feng tried to swipe kick Lingxu legs but Lingxu turn his glaive and make it stand to block Feng kick

Taidu who have recovered after evading Lingxu kick send a barrage of thrust into Lingxu at which Lingxu kick one of Feng Hand which make him drop one of his sword and lingxu grab it midair to block against Taidu thrust

Feng not wanting to be left out use this moment to make a upwards slash from below but Lingxu turned himself kicking Feng sword and point his Glaive blade at Feng Stomach and his sword on the other hand at Taidu neck

Lingxu, Feng and Taidu has been fighting for a whole 3 hours and just now got beaten by Lingxu after gruelling fight Lingxu with sweat on his face and a bit out of breath while Taidu and Feng is much worse with Taidu have a cut here and there and Feng laying down exhausted beyond his imagination with a cut all over his body

"How... the... hell... did... you become.. a monster" asked Taidu between his breath and trying to gather his energy back again

"Training and not having a brain that out of baboons in my head" said Lingxu already gathered his breath and saying it slowly

"well my lord, good on you, that I am a loyal man, if not then maybe someone would hold a grudge because of a simple sparring resulting into almost life and death battle for me" said Feng while grunting after seeing all his wound

'his breathing method is getting better, in terms of combat and techniques he really is a genius' thought Lingxu after seeing Feng

'And it seems Taidu is at least mastered half of the Long Family spear art, he cn already make 3 consecutive strike and starting to use it proficiently' Lingxu commented again in his thought

"well enough of that, get yourself to the herb bath and then get those wound patched up" said Lingxu

walking out, Lingxu see Sulan waiting for him with a cold towel, and then giving it to Lingxu "Sulan you remember that there are two people having the name Long in this Family right, why did you only prepare 1 towel?" asked Taidu knowing why Sulan did so and wanting to tease the pure girl

"ah This.. I will get one for you Taidu-Sama" Sulan which don't know what to say immediately turned and wanting to get another towel for Taidu

"No need, go and care for my brother, I will have Feng serve me in the bathe ckckck, come feng carry me" Saying that Taidu jumped on top of Feng which surprised Feng

"ACK, TAIDU-SAMA... my Wound acckkk My wound" Feng despite the protest still walk with Taidu on top of him, making Lingxu chuckle at his brother attitude.

"Sulan have you eaten yet? walk with me" said lingxu while changing his training atire into a Hanfu that has already been prepared

Sulan seeing it instantly turned her head away because she is afraid that Lingxu might see her bright red Face, but after seeing that Lingxu already walked past her she gather her self and walk with him closely behind him

"How's the matter with the family business?" asked Lingxu

"it is getting better, I already changed 3 personel from the Long business because all of them have a corrupt nature, if its keep on going like this, I believe that by the new year we will already fully claim back all of Long business with someone who is more trustworthy" said Sulan explaining what she does for the past 3 month

"How about the recruitment plan? how many has we gathered?" Lingxu asked again

"by now, excluding the last 3000 man we have gathered, we have already gathered another 4000, around 1500 man are a worker and already been tasked with the most of it in the Long Family Quary and Long Blacksmith, with that also we have increased the durability of the Black Armor and already made the change to all of the current active Heilong unit of 4500 man with the last 500 are using specially made light armor by our Craftsman" said Sulan

"how about the training?" asked Lingxu once again

"the training of 2500 man are being done together with the building of Long War Camp south of the estate, we are training 1000 Heilong infantry, 1000 Heilong Cavalry and 500 Archer unit using the late lord Long Heida archery manual, we estimated that in the next summer all the unit will be ready to be deployed" explain Sulan.

"the treasury?" asked Lingxu lastly

"its getting tight with all the salary and all the stuff in plan by now we only have around 400 silver left after using the last income to buy the Qangxui Horse as you requested, while at it we also bought 1 Yinglo Horse that we already have put armor and will be your personal mount My Lord" said her, and lingxu start thinking once again after hearing the report from Sulan.

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To be continued