Chapter 233: [Boxing of Death]


    Trantor: TYZ Editor: Book_Hoarder


    "Eh? Why is it giving off light?"


    "It doesn''t even produce any smoke!"


    Shi Qing, Shi Kouhai, Tong Zhenye, Qin Chuan, Tu Wan and a, few other officials were inspecting at the floormps at Yangxin Pce Hall while eximing in admiration.


    The empress was standing in front of a mirror, ignoring thempletely.


    "This thing stores sunlight and then releases it as energy. Therefore, the floormps don''t need oil to burn, and they don''t produce any smoke," Ren Baqian exined to those country bumpkins.


    "This is indeed a treasure!" Everyone nodded upon hearing Ren Baqian''s exnation.


    "Deputy Prefect Ren, do you still have any more of this treasure?" Tong Zhenye asked.


    "Of course I don''t have any more." Actually, it wasn''t at all difficult for Ren Baqian to bring each of them a sr energy umtor, but he simply did not have any intention to do so.


    In these people''s eyes, the floormps were like magical treasure. Things might go wrong if he gave every one of them a floormp.


    He gave them the walkie-talkies because they were of great use to them.


    Things like the electrical umtors and floormps were not of any use to these people, therefore Ren Baqian felt it was unnecessary to give them these things.


    Those people revolved around the floormps and eximed in admiration for a long period of time,pletely satisfying the empress''s desire to unt.


    Ren Baqian felt that the empress invited so many people to have lunch with her so that she could unt her new toy.


    Even though this type of floormp could be found in abundance on Earth, it was considered magical and exquisite in this world. Previously, all of these officials doubted her choice of husband. Now that she saw them getting fascinated by the floormps, she felt extremely satisfied.


    While having lunch, everyone sang great praises about the imperial pce''s food as well. Tong Zhenye and Qin Chuan even shamelessly licked the tes clean.


    Everyone was aroused by Ren Baqian''s spices.


    Even though some spices had been nted in the beast park, it would still take some time for them to be fully grown. Furthermore, only a small amount of them was nted.


    Now, they could only wish Ren Baqian could nt more spices as soon as possible.


    After lunch, Tong Zhenye pulled Ren Baqian to one side and asked, "Deputy Prefect Ren, I heard that you want to buynd? I have a few plots ofnd that I can give you, what do you think?"


    "Sir Tong, I''m not the one that''s buyingnd, Her Majesty is the one that wants to buynd," Ren Baqian immediately corrected him.


    Ren Baqian was very surprised that Tong Zhenye was so well-informed. It was just two days ago that he sent Teng Hulu and Tie Dao to spread the news.


    Actually, Ren Baqian himself did mention that he wanted to look fornd to cultivate spices previously at the beast park. It was just that he hadpletely forgotten about it.


    "It''s the same," Tong Zhenye replied frankly. The imperial family had never bought anynd from anyone before. Therefore, everyone knew whose idea it was when Her Majesty suddenly wanted to buynd.


    "Sir Tong, how many mu ofnd can you give me? What do you want in return?" Ren Baqian asked. He did not believe Tong Zhenye would be willing to give a few plots of hisnd to the empress for free immediately after hearing that she wanted to buynds.


    "I can give you fifty mu ofnd. In return, I want at least ten mu ofnd worth of spices. I''ll pay you a sum of money as well," Tong Ye immediately bargained.


    Ren Baqian felt Tong Zhenye''s offer was a good deal. Fifty mu ofnd was a huge amount ofnd. This morning, Teng Hulu just told him some bad news. Thend surrounding Lan City had all been given to those meritorious soldiers that founded Dayao. Even though the harvest each year wasn''t plentiful, not many people were willing to sell theirnd. Even if they could buy thend, thend they were able to buy was scattered. This was far from Ren Baqian''s requirement.


    "I can only sell it to you for three years," Ren Baqian added.


    "What if I give you one hundred mu ofnd?" Tong Zhenye said after thinking about it.


    "Alright, I will sell you twenty mu ofnd worth of spices for five years. There''s no need for me to sell you spices for more than five years. By then, the production of spices should be huge enough and you will be able to obtain them easily," Ren Baqian capitted. Actually, if Tong Zhenye nted the spices himself, it would take less than five years for him to achieve self-sufficiency in spice production.


    However, Ren Baqian couldn''t allow them to grow whatever the empress was growing. Otherwise, they were basically stealing profits from the imperial family.


    Therefore, Ren Baqian felt that five years were a reasonable amount of time.


    After thinking about it, Tong Zhenye nodded his head and agreed to Ren Baqian''s offer. Other than his personal consumption, he intended to sell the spices to Great Xia and the Yun Nation as well. He reckoned that he would be able to make a huge profit off these spices.


    One had to admit that Tong Zhenye was a shrewd businessman that had his potential limited by the Ministry of Works.


    There weren''t many business-smart people in Dayao but that did not mean there were none at all. Tong Zhenye was one of such people.


    "I shall take my leave first," Tong Zhenye said. Following which, he looked at Tu Wan and nodded his head.


    Tu Wan had the same intention as Tong Zhenye. Ren Baqian offered him a simr deal to what he offered Tong Zhenye.


    One had to admit that these Dayao officials had very little amounts ofnd.


    Rank 3 officials like Tong Zhenye and Tu Wan were already considered high-ranking officials. However, to Ren Baqian''s surprise, they did not have muchnd. Had Ren Baqian not listened to them personally, he wouldn''t have believed it.


    Let''s not talk about the actual amount ofnd they had. Just the amount ofnd they offered Ren Baqian was far too little.


    It was most likely that they were speaking the truth.


    Aboriginals did not really care about utilizing theirnd. They wanted to preserve thend surrounding Lan City was for the sake of glory. After all, these plots ofnd were awarded to them for their meritorious services during the founding years of Dayao.


    ...


    In the afternoon, Ren Baqian and the empress were on a ring in the pce.


    Ren Baqian did not know that such a ce existed within the imperial pce.


    Many stone dumbbells and stone balls were ced around the ring.


    "Pay attention to my movements." After finishing her sentence, the empress began to disy a boxing technique to Ren Baqian in her red dress.


    The moment the empress began to move, Ren Baqian immediately ced his focus on her stance.


    Austerity.


    This was the first impression Ren Baqian got.


    As the empress started moving, Ren Baqian felt an aura of death arise in his surroundings. He felt as though he was on a battlefield.


    Powerful.


    The empress''s movements weren''t fast orplicated. However, every punch she executed created a loud boom in the air, appearing as though her punches had exploded the air.


    Most importantly, the empress exuded the might of tens of thousands of soldiers even though she was just disying a boxing technique. Ren Baqian could not even stand still in front of her. Subconsciously, he took a few steps back away from her.


    "Boom!" As the empress unleashed a punch, roughly seven stone bs in front of her exploded into smithereens at the same time.


    "Your Majesty''s martial arts are unparalleled, you''re the best martial arts expert in this world!" Ren Baqian woke up from a daze and yelled immediately.


    "Humph!" The empress''s voice was slightly arrogant yet attractive at the same time. Following which, she calmed down and asked, "Have you taken a good look at it?"


    Ren Baqian, "..."


    "Your Majesty, I am enthralled by your elegance," Ren Baqianughed sheepishly and said.


    The empress raised her eyebrows and stared at Ren Baqian.


    "I personally disyed this boxing technique for you, how dare you did not pay attention?"


    "All I could see just now is an aura of death, and I felt as though I was on a battlefield. I''m really too stupid to learn this technique," Ren Baqian quickly said.


    "This was a military-used boxing technique, it''s called [Boxing of Death]. It was created by General-in-Chief who Supports the Nation, Hong Wu. It has a total of eight moves. I want you to remember these eight moves in three days'' time. On odd-numbered days, you will practice the technique for six hours. On even-numbered days, you will practice the technique for two hours and spar for two hours," the empress coldly instructed.