There are strict regulations on the title of nobility in the empire. Anyone who pays military expenses and donations below the rank of lord is a false title, and cannot inherit it without an actual fief. However, for any title related to the territory, even if it is only the viscount level, the regulations for conferment, inheritance and exercise of power are strict.
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Especially the feudal lords, who are hereditary and will not be surrendered, every word in the title is particular, and will never be randomly granted. Every feudal lord is initially granted a title because of the expansion of territory, and the price of hereditary refusal is the loss of the first inch of territory.
That is to say, he was demoted and transferred. At this moment, Song Zining asked for the title of Marquis of Xinjiang, and there was no specific area. The ambition represented by it was already obvious.
Song Zining wants to use his own efforts to open another high-grade family! Song Zining is like this, but what about Qianye? Lan Xincheng suddenly had an idea, and his heart skipped a beat: Is this Qianye trying to claim the throne?
?Great Qin is not the only country established by the human race.
Lan Xincheng glanced at Qianye and Song Zining, and felt excited in his heart. He immediately put the idea aside. Since the other party didn't say it clearly, he just couldn't hear it. Qianye currently has a delicate relationship with the empire, and there are too many forces involved in him.
Lan Xincheng is a soldier, not a politician, and there will be no benefit in getting involved.
As for Song Zining's three conditions, after careful consideration, there are many clues. Qianye has made it clear that he will not be under the empire's control in the future, but Song Zining seems to still intend to stay within the empire's system.
The feudal lord has a special status. If Song Zining obtains this title, he will officially enter the upper echelon of the empire, at least in terms of status, and is qualified to know secrets. At the same time, during the period of expansion, the feudal lord can develop his private army almost without restriction and expand externally.
Territory, and can seek support from the Imperial Army when necessary.
Song Zining's request for this title is extremely clever. It seems that the empire has not contributed any actual benefits at all, but if you think about it from another angle, when Song Zining makes this title worthy of the name, it also means that he has gained territory.
The ownership was recognized by the empire. Even if the imperial family wanted to save their own face, they would not easily allow other forces within the empire to invade Song Zining.
Therefore, the value of the title depends entirely on Song Zining himself. And this Seventh Young Master, who was once regarded as the future military god of the empire, has already proven his ability with several miraculous achievements in the Evernight Continent.
As soon as Lan Xincheng thought about it, he knew that the three conditions proposed by Song Zining were intertwined, and there was probably no room for bargaining.
However, one thing is not very clear, that is, what are those frigates used for? This kind of frigate is fast, flexible and has obvious shortcomings. Its defense and range are not very good. It can only move with the fleet and carry out tasks independently.
Limited. Especially in expedition fleets, frigates are even more limited due to their poor endurance. Therefore, in a fleet configuration focused on outer space warfare, destroyers and above are the main force.
This is why Lan Xincheng is confident in delivering the frigate even if a war in outer space is imminent. On the decisive battle battlefield in outer space, there is basically no room for frigates to play.
However, since Song Zining insisted, in Lan Xincheng's view, these were not unacceptable conditions, so he was naturally happy to agree. As an important member of the military, Lan Xincheng had a very high level of information that could be checked, and he had also studied Qianye and Song Zining's in detail.
Taking this as an example, the series of results that almost went against all common sense of war could only prove one thing, that is, the real combat power of Qianye and Song Zining was far higher than the data on paper.
In this case, Lan Xincheng gritted his teeth and agreed to all Song Zining's conditions. The next step was to handle the handover of the battleship. These general affairs would be handed over by Fang Zhan and An Huo, while Lan Xincheng himself traveled back to the empire day and night to submit Song Zining's participation in the war.
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The next day, Song Zining selected a group of mercenaries with crew experience from the Dark Fire mercenaries, and Qianye also transferred a group of crew members and Gaohu people from the Hall of Heroes to accompany Fang Zhan to receive the battleship.
When the aerostat Fang Zhan was riding on took off, Qianye suddenly said to Song Zining: "Are we really going to participate in this war?"
"You have already decided, haven't you?"
Qianye was silent for a moment and said: "I'm still hesitating, mainly because I'm not sure whether that plan was drawn up by... Lin Shuai."
"There will be no difference. This kind of plan that can accurately calculate all the factors, at least all the forces in the empire, can only be drawn up by Commander Xitang. If it were King Qingyang, I am afraid he would have been impatient and went to Fulu
I went to a duel with the dark powerhouse. But the others
, maybe we can also come up with a similar plan, but we can’t grasp the overall situation with such a broad mind, and we can’t handle the details so perfectly. This plan has a sense of balance to the extreme. Well, war is an art, Zhang
Teacher Jing, you really don’t bully me.”
Song Zining's previous analysis was quite serious, and the last sentence made Qianye's frowning eyebrows relax a little.
Song Zining looked at Qianye and said solemnly: "You don't have to participate in this war. You don't owe the empire anything at all, but the empire owes you. If you still feel in your heart that you want to do something to someone on the empire's side,
Make up for it bit by bit, and you have already made up for it in the maelstrom. You don't know what everything you did in the maelstrom means to the empire."
Qianye smiled faintly and said: "I don't do anything because I feel I owe something or make up for it. What I do is what I think I should do, or it's just what I want to do."
Song Zining remained silent.
"Will you join the war?" Qianye asked.
"Of course I want to participate. It's not so easy to get a feudal lord, so you have to give it some thought. You know, after the end of the empire's great development era, there were almost no new titles second only to the Duke. Even if Lin Shuai is like that
The character, the title of the king, the title of the king, the title of the feudal prince, but after all he is inferior." Speaking of this, Song Zining was quite excited.
Qianye looked at Song Zining's appearance of loving both power and money. He couldn't help but shake his head, and most of the gloom between his brows disappeared.
Song Zining added: "If nothing else, if you give me command all the way, it should save many lives in the empire."
Qianye nodded and said: "In that case, you are participating in the war, why don't I participate?"
Song Zining glanced at Qianye and no longer struggled with this issue, but asked: "There is a key point here. Do you plan to let the Hall of Heroes participate in the battle?"
Qianye said: "The first battle is the key, and the Hall of Heroes must be used. Now it has gradually become one with me, and it is almost impossible for outsiders to take it away."
Song Zining frowned slightly, relaxed it after a moment, and said slowly: "Okay, let it be shown to the world. If we lose this battle, then of course there is no need to mention anything. If we win, you and I have established a huge
Thanks to your credit, the empire will never take anything from you again. What’s more, even if someone dares to be greedy, it will probably not work. There are many people in the empire who are willing to help you."
The last few words made Qianye a little confused. Of course there are people in the empire who are willing to help him, but they also have to decide what to do and how to help him. When there are major interests involved, there are many constraints that affect the whole body. Now let’s talk about this
What's the use?
However, Song Zining always spoke only half a sentence, and was often so mysterious that no one knew anything about it in the end. Qianye was too lazy to chat with him and didn't ask any more questions.
Now that the plan to participate in the war has been decided, the focus of Dark Fire's subsequent operations has changed. Song Zining recruited sailors and gunners throughout the neutral land, and also continued to recruit experienced mercenaries. On the other hand, when the imperial army withdrew,
A large amount of weapons and equipment were left behind, which Song Zining took out from the warehouse and began to arm the Darkfire mercenaries in batches.
After taking down the stronghold on the other side of the floating continent, it still needs to be defended for a period of time, so the ground troops are very important. The individual mercenaries of the Neutral Land are powerful in combat, but compared with the dark races, they lose in military organization and overall equipment.
Now there are elite troops from the two camps on the floating land. Their individual combat capabilities are not inferior to those of the mercenaries in the neutral land. Their command and discipline and even the combination of arms are far better than the rabble that has never participated in a decent war. If both sides are in the wild
In an encounter, even if the number of mercenaries is doubled, they will be easily defeated.
On the one hand, Song Zining wanted to make up for the equipment gap, and on the other hand, he wanted to strengthen the discipline and tactical literacy of the mercenaries in the shortest possible time. Before the latter attacked Tingchao City, the Dark Fire mercenaries had received specialized training. After the battle, they had
A large number of veterans survived. Song Zining used the veterans as the basis to continuously expand the Dark Fire mercenaries and train day and night.
Qianye, on the other hand, received a special mission assigned by him to visit the Frost and Thunder Temple.
Carol from the Frost and Thunder Temple once had a relationship with Qianye. In several key battles, her support was also the reason why Qianye got through the difficulties. This time during the expedition to Floating Continent, Dark Fire’s biggest shortcoming was that there was no god
The general will be in charge. Although Qianye has the strength to rival a divine general, he is not a divine general after all. A real confrontation with a divine general is still very dangerous.
Qianye once promised Carol that he would seek a fiefdom for her. So this battle for the empire’s national destiny is the best opportunity. At least with the cooperation deal, the empire will not stand in the way when it occupies extraterritorial territories in the future. Otherwise, according to the empire
With the usual tactics implemented outside the region, proxy war alone can bring down a small country.
With this relationship, Song Zining asked Qianye to visit the Frost and Thunder Temple to convince Carol to help.
Carol is not the only general in the Frost and Thunder Temple. It is said that the strongest among them is actually Carol's younger brother, and his strength is far superior to Carol. If the Frost and Thunder Temple supports him, at least Song Zining and Qianye will be able to defeat him.
During the period of leaving to join the war, Nan Qingcheng will no longer be spied on by anyone.
Qianye soared into the sky from the Dark Fire Headquarters, went straight up to Yunxiao, flew out of the protective layer of the land mass, and entered the Hall of Heroes that had long been in the void.
The huge body of the strider slowly turned, and its tail swayed rhythmically, like a giant whale entering the water and swimming into the depths of the void.
Within half a day, a piece of land wrapped in silver appeared in front of the fleet. This land mass was much smaller than the East China Sea, and could barely maintain the level of a protective layer. Because it was tilted toward the sun, the climate was cold, and the entire body was covered with ice and snow.
Qianye hovered the Hall of Heroes above the ice and snow continent, jumped out of the ship, and shot towards the continent like a meteor.
There was ice and snow everywhere on the landmass, and the strong wind blew across the surface like a knife. Snow clumps the size of fists whizzed past in the wind, hitting the body like being hit by rocks. Ordinary people simply couldn't bear it.
Qianye was in the air, and through the wind and snow, he saw a high mountain in the center of the continent, with steep walls and several whirlwinds whirling around the mountain.
Qianye flew towards the mountain peak with the help of the wind. The legendary mysterious and powerful Frost and Thunder Temple should be on the mountain peak.
The cold wind was strong and powerful, blowing Qianye towards the mountain like a cannonball. Qianye adjusted his posture in the air, spread out his limbs, and clung to the mountain wall like a spider.
Not far away is a winding mountain road, covered with thick ice and snow. If you don't look carefully, you can't tell there is a road there.
Qianye was too lazy to climb up the stairs and simply climbed along the mountain wall. The storm around the mountain was a fatal danger to ordinary strong people, but it was not enough in front of Qianye who had the physique of an ancient vampire. Qianye was like a
The spider with long arms and legs moved swiftly upward and reached the top of the cliff in a moment.
The top of the cliff is another piece of heaven and earth.
There are no snowballs and ice whizzing around here. Instead, there are faint blue black ice that have existed for who knows how many years. Qianye stands on it, and his figure is refracted by the icicles. It seems that there are more than a dozen Qianye standing here.
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This is a breathtakingly beautiful world, but the temperature is so hopelessly low that even Qianye feels the slightest chill. A rough estimate is that the temperature at the top of the cliff is probably lower than minus 150 degrees. It is so extreme
At freezing temperatures, even steel will become brittle, making it impossible for ordinary life to survive.
Occasionally, colorful ribbons can be seen floating in the sky, often dyeing half of the ice peaks in brilliant purples and reds. However, these beautiful-looking ribbons are actually extremely dangerous. They are caused by the force of the void leaking out of the weak points of the space, and they can be transformed into black and white at any time without warning.
A space rift that can separate everything.
In the center of this beautiful but dangerous ice peak, stands a temple made of ice and snow. Twelve giant pillars tens of meters high shine in the sun. The main body of the ice temple is also nearly a hundred meters high, with a tower erected on the top.
I don't know what the three-shuttle icicle symbolizes, but the ancient and sacred breath blows in my face.