Records of the Human Emperor Chapter 433: Plans for the Southwest!

Chapter 433: Plans for the Southwest!

Translated by: Hypersheep325

Edited by: Michyrr

The following year was to be a year of intense change for the empire. If Wang Chong's predictions were on the mark, in at most half a year, a large-scale battle would break out on the southwest border of the empire, one which would end in unprecedented defeat.

And this series of changes would incite the avarice of the powers surrounding the empire. The Eastern and Western Turkic Khaganates, Goguryeo, the kingdoms of the Western Regions, and even the distant Abbasid Caliphate and Charax Spasinu would start having ambitions.

'A roof will leak on the night of a downpour.' 'Blessings do not come in pairs but misfortune never comes alone.' Regarding relationships between empires, these principles were even more applicable.

The moment a break appeared, the pack of wolves would charge in and pick the prey clean!

Although Wang Chong had told Li Siye to wait for one year, Wang Chong did not expect to need this long. If the Great Tang could pass the entire year in peace, the catastrophe from his memories probably wouldn't descend.

If that really was the case, then Wang Chong would happily let Li Siye go.

If he didn't need to confront that future catastrophe, if he didn't need to respond to the calamities of the empire and the perils confronting the Central Plains, why would he need to rack his brains and spend so much energy obtaining the Hyderabad ore and Meteoric Metal?

And if the empire really could endure those calamities without a problem, what harm would there be if Wang Chong gave all those things up?

Wang Chong's forthrightness had clearly taken Li Siye by surprise. Wang Chong was actually willing to just abandon a fortune of one hundred million taels of gold. This was not something any normal person could do.

"Very well! Young Master Wang!"

Li Siye looked into Wang Chong's eyes as he addressed him respectfully for the first time. Wang Chong's words had stirred the heroic spirit within him.

"If your Wang Clan really can gi

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