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No wonder back then, when he was by Jun Ting’s side, all the personal guards were surnamed Jun. Most likely, many of them had changed their surnames.
For it to have been a ploy by the Jun Family to obtain all the talented people, holding on to the highest position in Dong Fan’s military. With them gathering more talents, the number of people in the family would inevitably increase.
It was a family with no deep affections for one another that would only use their daughters as a way to attract talented officers. An example would be Jun Ting, who always had on a serious expression. She would randomly whip dozens of people in the middle of the day in order to ease her temper. He finally realized that Jun Ting, from a young age, was deprived of the warmth of a family.
Feng Ming sighed.
Zhuang Pu misunderstood the meaning behind his sigh, thinking Feng Ming was disappointed that Dong Fan had fallen. The Heavens had given up on Dong Fan, leading to the terrible plague that wiped out many of its outstanding military officers. The method of preserving and gaining new high ranking officers had come to naught.
Feng Ming secretly s.h.i.+vered.
The terrible plague had been caused by Rong Tian and him. The number of deaths of Dong Fan’s soldiers was not few. Even now, many people believed that the plague was G.o.d’s will. They never would have imagined that such a plague could be controlled by a human being.
Even though they had no other option at that time, a life was still a life. For Feng Ming, this matter had never been something he was proud of. Listening to Zhuang Pu suddenly bring up the subject, he felt guilty, as well as sad. He quickly changed the topic. “Although the Jun Family cherished these talented officers, they still ultimately failed to overcome the concept of a hereditary system. I believe that Rong Tian’s selection method is still more comprehensive. In the future, everyone will understand his painstaking efforts. Come… come, we have spoken a lot. Let’s refresh our throats with some tea.” He drank ceremoniously with his guests.
They all drank the tea and tasted the pastries, continuing their talk afterwards.
Most of Zhuang Pu’s topics revolved around his profession. Feng Ming was quite used to this. Back then, on the Aman River, he had nearly fallen asleep listening to Zhuang Pu talk about military tactics. However, he did not expect Wu Qian, as a member of royalty, to be interested in military affairs. Gaining victory in wars wasn’t the only thing he paid attention to, either.
What surprised Feng Ming was that Wu Qian constantly expressed his sympathy for the tragic conditions of ordinary soldiers. “When considering things such as body armour,” Wu Qian said, “the majority of soldiers who fight in the forefront of battles usually do not have any to protect themselves, making them p.r.o.ne to casualties. Whereas generals, who are surrounded by numerous guards and are far away from the battlefront, are allowed to wear armour.”
Feng Ming was surprised.
When he arrived at this era, he had always been provided with the best clothing, and there were servants around to wait on him. He also had many guards surrounding him. Rong Tian had always feared that he would meet with an accident and could not wait to wrap him inside 3 layers of protection. While still in Xi Lei’s palace, Rong Tian had sent him a numerous amount of beautiful body armour, every piece being very well made. Even Qiu Lan had personally helped him sew a few sets of leather armour.
