I have a porcelain palace surrounded by six-foot-tall iron spikes. I'm surrounded by bodyguards, and I have a special getaway carriage equipped with a small concealed cannon, and I can shoot arrows tipped with poison. I have several peasant wenches who wait on me hand and foot, and a chest filled with precious jewels and gold bullion. I am schooled in the gentlemanly martial arts and I am extremely well groomed. I am building a fighting force of extraordinary magnitude.
