"The war is over; pull back the troops. Once they return, make the farmers return to the fields immediately. Only leave a necessary number of them at the borders and use the rest to bolster the number of active farmers. The planting seasons isn't over yet, we will pull through. How long will it take for the armies to return?"
"About a month, Your Majesty."
"A month!?" Yun Lei asked, baffled. "Isn't the Wellspring Kingdom just on the other side of the Eight Rivers' Empire? Even an army hundred thousand strong should only take about a week and a half at most to get back."
"That is true, Your Majesty." The servant girl explained. "However, the Eight Rivers' Empire... They won't be cooperative. They already made a lot of fuss the last time our troops were travelling through their lands, claiming that the Armies of the Howling Fang disturbed their peace."
"Well then, how about sending them a diplomatic message?"
