Chapter 552: Head and Tail

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation  Editor: EndlessFantasy TranslationWhen it just became bright on the second day, Yan Liqiang took the four-wheeled carriage back to the Pingxi City gates. He was ready to leave and return to Yan Fortress…Now, it was only just daylight but the city gates weren’t empty.These few days were getting hotter. The Shatu bodies had to be cleared, so on the night while Yan Liqiang was enjoying a hot bath, the government personnel, as well as the city guards and high salaried- farmers were busy clearing bodies in the east city.Those Shatu bodies were thrown on carts and covered with cloth and then shipped out of the city into the wilderness for burial. Almost all the lime was bought out.Carts of bodies were pulled out while carts of lime were pulled in.The streets lacked people, forming a stark contrast to the busy onlookers from yesterday. Only a few hoodlums and young people looked at the carts with curiosity. Most people avoided it. After all, dead people weren’t good to look at for these citizens.Most of the Shatu people didn’t die in the city massacre. Most of them killed each other. Those disassembled and charred bodies were enough to give people nightmares. When the carts passed the streets, the putrid smell was enough to scare people away. The shops closed their doors tightly.One body shipping cart was shaking about right in front of Yan Liqiang’s carriage. He could still see the wobbling pairs of feet under the black cloth…Yan Liqiang sighed. If they knew about the results, why do it in the first place! Ge wasn’t a murderous person, but in the grand scheme of things, there was no room for compromise. The Shatu people were ambitious and they had become a tumor in Pingxi City. If he didn’t kick these Shatu people away, perhaps a few years later it would be the Han citizens wobbling bodies in the body carts. He wasn’t willing to see that no matter what.This time, Pingxi City unintentionally created the record for casting away the most number of the Shatu people in one go!The shockwave of the event yesterday wouldn’t just be in the city. Since Wang Jianbei and Lei Sitong took his two million taels of silver, they could do the rest. What was done was done and this time Wan Jianbei had quite a bit of evidence regarding the Shatu’s schemes. Plus, the huge chaos began as an internal conflict. They killed each other the most so this probably wouldn’t even cause much trouble in the Imperial City.The carts turned to another path of 100 meters after leaving the city and separated from Yan Liqiang’s carriage. Looking at the diverging paths, Hu Haihe who was manning the ride turned around and knocked on the carriage door, “Young master, should we go to Manufacturing Bureau or Yan Fortress?”“Yan Fortress!”“Alright!”With a few whips, the carriage sped up on the road.In the carriage, Yan Liqiang took out that black talisman arrow and studied it again and again. His eyes also grew deeper and deeper….In the afternoon, Yan Liqiang’s carriage finally reached Yan Fortress.At this moment, Yan Fortress had the title of the number one factory in the world. It was very popular and the streets were littered with people. The restaurant hotels on the big streets were very full. This was especially so at the door to the woolen mill where there would be large numbers of people coming every day. Of course, the golden banner that the emperor awarded was taken back by the Yan Clan that night. One could imagine the value of such a thing. No one would hang it outside to let it get rained on. Even without the banner, people came here incessantly.The news of Pingxi City probably just reached Yan Fortress now, but this was just news to them and didn’t have any other effects. Everyone still did what they did.Yan Liqiang went to the ironsmith workshop first and saw Yan Dechang. He greeted him before telling him what happened in Pingxi City. Then he left the place and went back to his home.“Young master, you’re back!” The little girl named Yu Qing was helping organize Yan Liqiang’s office. The sun was very high today, so the girl took out the books and let the sun shine on them.“You’re putting the books out in the sun again?”“Mhm, shining them in the sun will stop bookworms from growing and prevent corrosion!” The little girl said and tiptoed to bring the book to Yan Liqiang’s nose. “Young master, have a smell. There’s an ink aroma after shining it in the sun!”Yu Qing’s gradually developing busty chest was almost pressing against Yan Liqiang. Other than the ink from the book, there was the aroma of a young girl. Looking at her watery eyes, Yan Liqiang thought, how did this girl develop her body that fast? With her current level, it was almost as good as when he saw her in the Heavenly Realm. Was life and nutrition too good here…“Cough cough…” Yan Liqiang slightly retreated half a step to avoid the awkwardness, “You can let the other maids do this. Spend more time practicing the martial arts I taught you!”“Alright!” Yu Qin nodded seriously “I have been practicing what Young Master taught me every day. Other than that, organizing Young Master’s things is like a break for me…” Then, Yu Qin’s eyebrows moved. She sniffed Yan Liqiang’s chest like a puppy and raised a brow, “Young Master… you… why do you have the aroma of another woman on you… this aroma… it smells different from the young mistress of the Lu family…”Yan Liqiang lowered his head and smelled. Fuck, he really had a sliver of Zhong Ruolan’s smell on his chest. Of course, Yan Liqiang was never going to admit this and still said seriously, “Cough cough, there is no aroma, you probably got it wrong. Okay, after you finish sunning the books, go practice martial arts. Don’t waste time. You don’t need to wait for me for dinner. I’m going to the secret room for two days of solitary cultivation!”Then, Yan Liqiang quickly fled, leaving Yu Qin behind with pouted lips…After entering the bedroom and shutting the door, he moved a cupboard and opened the passage to the secret underground room. Yan Liqiang went in. As he walked, he sniffed his clothes and touched his nose, murmuring to himself, “Why is her nose so good? It seems I need to be careful next time!”The walls of the secret lair consisted of thick granite layers. Long-lasting lamps were hung on the walls. They were made with whale oil, and each lamp filling would last ten years. The lamp snot only lit up the room but also reminded people if air was flowing in the space.There was a soft cushion in the room for meditation and a few metal humanoid posts for practicing moves.Yan Liqiang didn’t sit on the soft mattress. Instead, he felt the wall and used his finger to draw a few lines quickly. The entire stone surface lit up and then the entire stone sunk in like a door, revealing a passage.The tunnel led to another secret room. This room was lit up with an array of different colors: red, blue, yellow, green and so forth. These lights came from the various beast cores and metals, all on a huge metal rack. The room wall was also metal and had small circle runes.If anyone who had knowledge came in here, they would be shocked. This was because this type of room was where a talisman master made talismans!Coming in here, Yan Liqiang waved his hand and the door closed. Then, the runes on the walls lit up…Yan Liqiang went to the metal rack and took out his black arrow. He played with it and said to himself, “Black Cloud Iron plus Yi Snake beast core dust. Quite a nice idea but these primary level runes are quite coarse…”