"My eldest brother once went to the mountains to pick herbs for Mother. It was very late and he didn't come back. Then, the entire village went to look for him. Guess what happened?”
In a small courtyard in the mountain village, an eleven or twelve-year-old girl was telling the story of her elder brother to another thirteen or fourteen-year-old girl.
The thirteen or fourteen-year-old girl sat at the side, her hands supporting her chin as she listened attentively.
The 11 or 12 year old girl was Yi Feng's younger sister, Yi Baixue, while the 13 or 14 year old girl was Yi Feng's mother's slave, Xiao Yu.
At this moment, Yi Baixue was wearing a brand new snow-white dress, and although Xiaoyu was still wearing coarse clothes, they were also new without any patches.
Ever since Yi Feng received a reward the last time, his family no longer had to worry about food or clothing.
They didn't even need to spend money to buy them. Many people would take the initiative to send them over.
Their house was as crowded as a market every day. The villagers from all over the country would come to visit if they had anything to do. Even the three elders of the village would often run here and ask about Yi Fengniang and Yi Baixue's well-being, asking if they needed any help.
Aunt Shan and Aunt Hu from the village, as well as Xiao Yu's mother, often came to chat with Yi Feng's mother.
If anything happened to Yi Fengniang or Yi Baixue, they only needed to inform Uncle Hu and Uncle Shan.
Yi Feng's mother was also very clear in her heart that the reason Uncle Shan and Uncle Hu were like this was all because of Yi Feng.
"I don't know!" Xiaoyu shook his head.
"When we found my eldest brother, he came back with seven wolves.”
"He said that he picked it up from the mountains. Now that I think about it, it's very likely that my eldest brother killed it.”
"My big brother is amazing, right?" Yi Baixue continued.
When Xiaoyu heard this, his eyes widened in shock.
Yi Baixue enjoyed Xiaoyu's shocked expression very much. He looked very proud and looked very cute.
"Yi Feng's mother, you're really lucky to have given birth to a child like Yi Feng.”
On the other side of the courtyard, a group of people surrounded Yi Fengniang and looked at Yi Fengniang with envy.
Now, Yi Feng's mother could be considered to be noble because of her son. Even the three elders of the village and even the officials of the county would come to Yi Feng's house to visit Yi Feng's mother from time to time. It could be said that she had a lot of face.
Yi Feng's mother only smiled at the side and didn't say anything. However, her face was filled with pride. She was proud to have a son like Yi Feng.
"Yi Feng Niang, Yi Feng Niang, the county magistrate has come to report good news again. Your Yi Feng seems to have made a great contribution again!”
At this moment, Aunt Niu from the village ran in panting and shouted excitedly at Yi Fengniang.
"Is there any news of Eldest Brother?"
When Yi Baixue heard that, she immediately ran towards the village entrance.
"Miss, wait for me." Xiaoyu was stunned for a while before he reacted and chased after her.
"Let's go to the village entrance and take a look.”Yi Feng's mother's face lit up when she heard this. She then stood up and walked towards the village entrance.
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"Good news! Good news!"
"Yi Feng fought two battles at the front line and killed a total of 15,000 enemy soldiers. He led his 1,000 men to kill a total of 42,000 enemy soldiers. He has made great contributions, so he was given the title of Young Master. He was given 15 hectares of fertile land, 15 houses, 200 servants, and 100 gold coins.”
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When Yi Baixue and Yi Fengniang arrived at the village entrance, the county magistrate personally brought the county government's bailiffs to report the good news. He beat the gongs and drums while shouting.
"My god, Yi Feng killed 15,000 enemy soldiers by himself and even led a 1,000-man team to kill 42,000 enemy soldiers.”
When the villagers who had come to watch heard these two numbers, their eyes and mouths widened in disbelief.
Just hearing the two numbers was enough to make their scalps go numb, let alone killing so many enemies.
Even Yi Baixue and her mother were stunned after hearing it.
Not to mention the villagers, even the county magistrate and the officials were dumbfounded when they saw the two battle reports. They could not help but feel a chill in their hearts. It was simply too terrifying.
What shocked them even more was Yi Feng's rocket-like advancement speed.
As the county magistrate here, Yi Feng's three awards were all personally given by him.
The first time he leveled up four times, he went from a commoner to a no-change. The second time, he leveled up four times as well, from no-change to a public ride.
The third time was even more terrifying. He directly went from a public servant to a junior servant. That was a level 15 noble title, and he had risen seven levels in a row.
He had never heard of such a speed of advancement before.
However, he was lucky enough to witness it with his own eyes this time. He was the one who personally came forward to be in charge of rewarding the reward.
A fourteen-year-old young master, this was definitely the youngest young master in history.
Moreover, he had used his battle achievements to advance step by step.
Even though he knew Yi Feng's future was limitless when he first saw Yi Feng's battle merits, he didn't expect it to come so quickly.
Only he himself knew that he had not only brought the reward for his military achievements, but also the reward and reward personally issued by the King of Qin.
This meant that Yi Feng had already entered the Qin King's field of vision and was even deeply doted on by the Qin King. Just look at that commendation order and you would know.
How many soldiers could have the honor of receiving a commendation from the King of Qin?
That's right, this was the reward that Ying Zheng, Li Si, and the other ministers had come up with in the end.
One was the reward of military merit and title, which meant that he had been promoted seven levels in a row and was promoted to the position of a junior. It was already a reward that a junior should have.
This Young Master Zao was already at the fifteenth rank of nobility, and in the Qin country's military merit nobility system, there was only a total of twenty ranks of nobility.
To be honest, this Young Master Zao was already considered a very high noble title. It had even surpassed Wang Jian's current noble title.
Wang Jian had just been appointed not long ago, so he did not have many battle merits.
After Wang Jian destroyed the other few countries, the title would naturally rise.
The other was a reward given by Ying Zheng, which was also the commendation order that he personally gave to Yi Feng.
Ying Zheng also felt that based on Yi Feng's military achievements, if he were to be awarded according to the system of military achievements, he would definitely be promoted to more than just seven ranks. However, in order to avoid the situation where he could not be awarded in the future, he could only suppress Yi Feng's title of nobility and make up for it with other rewards.
And this commendation order was personally issued by the King of Qin, Ying Zheng, which was already very important.
"What rank is this Young Master Zao?”After a long time, everyone finally recovered from their shock and turned their attention to the title.
" Alright, it seems to be level 15!" Immediately, someone started counting on their fingers.
"Level-15?" When the others heard this, they were once again shocked speechless.
They had never seen such a high title in their lives. Just hearing it was scary enough.
"Madam, this is a reward from Young Master Yi.”The county magistrate saw Yi Feng's mother in the crowd and hurriedly dismounted. He took the land deeds, house deeds, and various other rewards and handed them to Yi Feng's mother.
This time, his attitude was much more respectful than before.
Because the current Yi Feng was no longer the Gongcheng from before, but had already become the Shaoshang Zao who was deeply appreciated by the King of Qin.
Even as a county magistrate, he had to be respectful when facing the young master.
This was because in this era, social classes were very distinct.
"Thank you, my lord!" Yi Fengniang received the rewards and thanked the county magistrate.
"Look, isn't my big brother very powerful?”Yi Baixue looked at Xiaoyu, who had a dumbfounded expression, and couldn't help but pat Xiaoyu's shoulder as she proudly boasted.
"Very powerful!" Xiaoyu nodded in agreement.
The other people in the village looked at Yi Fengniang with envy and deep respect.
The higher Yi Feng's status was, the more respect the commoners had for him. This was caused by the inherent class mentality in the commoners 'hearts.
"Madam, you're too polite. There's also a commendation order from the King of Qin.”The county magistrate smiled faintly, and then took out Ying Zheng's commendation order.
"Qin, Qin Wang's commendation order?" After the villagers heard this, they were even more shocked.
Who was the King of Qin? That was the ruler of their entire Qin country.
They did not expect that even the King of Qin would specially issue a commendation order. It could be seen how much Yi Feng was favored by the Emperor.
After a moment of shock, everyone knelt down. Then, the county magistrate began to read out the King of Qin's commendation order.
"Yi Feng fought bravely on the frontlines and made meritorious contributions. Yi Feng's mother taught her son well and was rewarded with a thousand gold, ten thousand bolts of cloth, a hundred oxen, a hundred servants, and a large house.”
As soon as the magistrate finished reading, the people kneeling on the ground immediately boiled over.
This reward was too generous. Just the money alone was a thousand gold. There was also so much cloth and cattle. There were even a hundred servants. It was simply too considerate.
And that large manor was not the kind of ordinary manor that Yi Feng had when he was conferred the title of nobility. Instead, it was the kind of large manor that could accommodate up to a thousand people.
Perhaps it was because Ying Zheng had read Yi Feng's letter to his family that he had rewarded Yi Feng's mother with so much money, servants, and a mansion.
He knew that Yi Feng wanted his mother and sister to live a good life, so he would help Yi Feng achieve it. With a mansion to live in, servants to serve them, money and cloth, it should be considered a good life.
Ying Zheng was never stingy with his meritorious subjects.
"Thank, thank you, Your Majesty!" After Yi Feng's mother heard this, she spoke with an excited expression. Even when Yi Feng was conferred the title of Young Master, she had never been so excited before.
Yi Feng's mother's hands trembled as she respectfully received the commendation order personally issued by the King of Qin. She was so excited that her tears could not be controlled.
It could be seen how important the King of Qin's commendation was in the hearts of the people.
The villagers looked at the commendation order in Yi Feng's mother's hands, and each and every one of them was extremely envious.
With the King of Qin's commendation order, it was equivalent to having half a death-exemption gold medal. Even the government had to be respectful when they saw it.
"Madam, please rise." The county magistrate helped Yi Feng's mother up and then asked people to carry up all the rewards from the King of Qin.
Boxes of money and cloth filled the entire village entrance. Behind them were a hundred servants and a hundred cows.
After Yi Baixue saw the 100 cows behind them, she stood there and giggled.
"The big house that the king bestowed is in the county town. These are the deed to the house and the deed to the land.”The county magistrate continued.
"This is the leader of the 100 slaves, called Zhang Ming. If you have any orders, just ask him to do it.”The county magistrate then pointed at an old man behind him and said.
There were 50 female servants and 50 male servants.
These male servants could not only do some physical labor, but they could also guard the house.
Then, the county magistrate helped to send these rewards to Yi Feng's house.
Fortunately, Yi Feng obtained quite a number of mansions later on. Otherwise, he really wouldn't be able to put so much wealth.
Those servants had now become Yi Feng's family servants. Their lives were all in the hands of Yi Feng's family.
Moreover, these servants were bestowed by the King of Qin to Yi Feng's family. They were all recorded in the government, so they did not dare to escape or have any disloyalty.
With these servants, Yi Feng's family and property's safety was also guaranteed.
Moreover, Yi Feng had just been promoted to the position of Young Master and had also received a commendation order from the King of Qin. It was estimated that no one would dare to come to Yi Feng's house to commit crimes. In addition, there were Uncle Hu, Uncle Shan, and the others in the village, as well as the government to take care of them. Even if they knew that Yi Feng was rich, no one would dare to have bad intentions.
At the same time, other than Yi Feng, Zhang Xiaoshan, Zhao Xiaohu and the others also advanced to the fourth rank, from the original Zan Xiao to the seventh rank Physician Gong.
Although he was still far from Yi Feng, he could still be considered a true noble in this area.
Uncle Hu, Aunt Hu, Uncle Shan, Aunt Shan, and the others were all laughing so hard that their mouths couldn't even close.
That night, Yi Feng's mother specially paid respects to her ancestors. Their family's Yi Feng could be considered to have brought honor to his ancestors this time.
Very soon, the news of Yi Feng being conferred the title of a level fifteen junior high official and receiving the King of Qin's commendation order spread throughout the entire ten miles and eight villages. Each and every one of those villagers was endlessly envious.
This time, Yi Feng's family successfully ascended to become the true upper class of the State of Qin.
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Ye City, Qin army camp.
Yi Feng was currently leading his 10,000 strong army in training.
These few days, he had been following the 10,000 soldiers under his command, training and familiarizing themselves with them. The main thing was to practice and cooperate with the array.
The reason why an army was strong was because they could work together and fight together.
Otherwise, what was the difference between fighting alone and a mob?
The tacit understanding and cooperation between soldiers needed constant practice, not innate.
With this 10,000 strong army, coupled with this formation that Yi Feng thought of, if they coordinated well, Yi Feng felt that even if he faced enemies several times his number, he would still dare to fight.
"Do you know why I train you guys every day?”
"I want you to survive on the battlefield in the future!”
"Sweat more during normal times, and bleed less during wartime!”
Yi Feng said loudly to the soldiers who were sweating profusely from training.
"I don't want to see my comrades die in front of me on the battlefield one day.”Yi Feng continued to speak.
Yang Duan He had walked over at some point in time. Seeing Yi Feng training the soldiers and the words he had just said made him like Yi Feng more and more.
"Why haven't I met a general like Yi Feng?”Yang Duan He couldn't help but mutter when he thought about how this Yi Feng would have to be returned to Wang Jian at that time.
"No, with Yi Feng's current status as Young Master, it's also impossible for him to return to Wang Jian's side.”Then, he seemed to have thought of something, and his mood couldn't help but become happy.
Because Yi Feng's battle merit rewards for these two times had already come down, he had also just received it, so he specially ran over to tell Yi Feng.
"Young Master, congratulations!" Yang Duan He walked forward and cupped his fists towards Yi Feng after he saw Yi Feng finish lecturing the soldiers.
"What?" Yi Feng was confused and did not react for a moment.
"Congratulations on being promoted to Young Master.”Yang Duan He once again spoke to Yi Feng, his eyes filled with envy.
The current Yi Feng had already surpassed him in terms of nobility.
More importantly, Yi Feng was only fourteen years old this year!
A fourteen-year-old young master, this was definitely the youngest young master in history.
Moreover, Yi Feng's advancement speed was also shocking. From a new recruit to a level 15 junior, how long had it been? It hadn't even been four months.
However, with Yi Feng's ability and battle merits, it was only natural for him to be promoted to junior high. He was also sincerely convinced.
More importantly, with his connections in Xianyang City, he had also heard the King of Qin's evaluation of Yi Feng: "This is my Bai Qi!"
Just from that sentence, one could tell that Yi Feng would definitely be put in an important position by the King of Qin in the future.
"Is that so?" After Yi Feng heard, his face could not help revealing a smile.
Yi Feng's smile was especially brilliant, filled with sunshine, as if it could dispel all the haze.
He was also very satisfied with this noble title, which had been promoted seven levels in a row.
When Zhang Xiaoshan and the others heard that Yi Feng had been promoted to junior high, each and every one of them was stunned at first, clearly extremely shocked.
But soon, they cheered. They were happy for Yi Feng.
After this battle, Zhang Xiaoshan, Zhao Xiaohu, and the others had also advanced to Level 4. They were all satisfied.
Very soon, the news of Yi Feng becoming a young master spread throughout the entire camp. All the Qin soldiers in the camp were shocked.
That was a level 15 young master! They estimated that they would never be able to touch the title of nobility in their entire lives, but Yi Feng, this youth who was only fourteen years old, had achieved it in less than four months. It was truly too shocking.
After another few days, Yi Feng felt that his 10,000 strong army was more or less ready.
In addition, the soldiers in the army were also stimulated by his promotion and requested to fight.
Hence, Yi Feng requested Yang Duan He to fight.
In fact, Yang Duan He was also anxious. Wang Jian, Huan He, and the others had all advanced this time, but he had not obtained anything.
Therefore, when he heard Yi Feng take the initiative to request to fight, he readily agreed and then let Yi Feng lead his 10,000 strong army to attack. He even gave Yi Feng the right to make his own decisions.
This was the greatest trust he had in Yi Feng.
So, early the next morning, Yang Duan He sent four 10,000 troops to attack Ye City in four directions.
He would personally lead the remaining troops to guard Ye City.
After Yi Feng led his 10,000 strong army out of Ye City, they headed directly towards the north of Ye City.
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