Branches of powerful families are another powerful force in the Evernight Continent besides the expeditionary force. They are basically very arrogant, and sometimes even the city lord and the expeditionary force don't look down on them.
Qianye was not in the mood to argue with this kind of person. He took out the jade ring and said calmly: "This is the emblem of the deacon of the prison. Please come out." The ring is not infused with force, and the crossed swords cannot be seen, but the Far East
Wei's eagle head relief is still clearly visible.
A guard said sarcastically: "We have never received a contact letter. Who knows where you got this thing from? How dare you come to the Wei family's territory and show off..."
Before he finished speaking, another guard next to him covered his mouth. Then the guard bowed slightly to Qianye and said: "Please wait a moment, I will ask the steward to come out. This emblem
No matter which level of elder's token it is, we cannot identify it."
Qianye nodded calmly. A top-class family such as the Far Eastern Wei Family has a strict family tradition and has strict restraint on its servants. In fact, just looking at the performance of the outermost members, you can roughly know what kind of situation the family is in.
The situation. If you can't even control the servants, it's not far from ruin.
The guard rushed in, and a moment later a strong man hurriedly walked out of the building. When he saw the simple jade ring in Qianye's hand, his eyebrows jumped. The deacon of the prison is the highest among the deacons outside the Wei family.
The level is several levels higher than the chief executive of a small branch in Duanhe City in the Evernight Continent. They usually have big things to do when they come down, so how come they don't even hear the slightest news beforehand?
The middle-aged man introduced himself to Qianye first. His name was Wei Cheng, and he was the second manager of the Duanhe branch of Far East Heavy Industries. He was currently in charge of the affairs. The first manager returned to the upper continent a few months ago to reconcile the accounts.
Wei Cheng respectfully invited Qianye into the hall, and then took the ring for inspection. He said, "The deacon seems to be a stranger. I wonder what business you are here for this time?"
Qianye has been observing Wei Cheng for a while. He seems to be respectful, but in fact he is shrewd. He is testing his intentions both inside and outside his words. He does not look like someone who is easy to deal with.
Hearing Wei Cheng's question, Qianye smiled and said, "Wei Qiyang gave me the emblem of the deacon of the Supervisory Academy, just to facilitate daily operations. If you need to use resources, you should be able to get this authority." He took off the silver necklace from his neck and put it away.
to the table.
Wei Cheng was shocked. Wei Qiyang was the name of the Crown Prince of Bowang Hou. Although his surname was Wei, he was too far away from the Crown Prince. Normally, Crown Prince Wei would never set foot in this small city in his life.
Wei Cheng put away all his thoughts at this time. He handed the ring back to Qianye, then took the necklace with both hands and injected a trace of force into the eagle head pendant. Then the array in the square card was lit up, and an image appeared on the eagle head.
The single-layer feather crown on top is the symbol of Hou Shizi.
"Yes, it is the crown prince's token! May I ask what your orders are?"
"I have a group of people who need to be resettled. Do you have a camp outside the city?"
Wei Cheng said hurriedly: "Young Master still has his followers outside the city? I will arrange for people to lead them into the city right now. Although Duanhe City is small, several houses can still be tidied up, and I guarantee that they can be settled properly."
Qianye shook his head and said: "There is no need to go into the city. It is best to arrange it outside the city. I have a lot of people with me, and I also need to prepare clothes, quilts and food."
"How many people are there in the young master's personal entourage?"
"About more than seven hundred people."
Wei Cheng was startled, but this time he had no intention of getting to the bottom of it. After thinking for a moment, he found a map, pointed to a location and said, "What do you think? Twenty kilometers away from the east of the city, there is a
A Wei family mine. There is a small town next to it. There is not much work in the mine at this time of year, and most of the houses in the town are empty. If it is squeezed, it should be able to accommodate these people, but the conditions are a little difficult."
"It doesn't matter, it's already good. That's right there." Qianye looked at the map carefully, habitually keeping all the surrounding terrain and road conditions in mind.
Wei Cheng immediately took action. He called in the stewards in charge of various supplies one by one, assigned tasks one by one in front of Qianye, and arranged the food, clothing, housing and transportation of more than 700 people very appropriately. He even
Taking into account the need for security, the armaments library was ordered to allocate a batch of guns and ammunition. Even though they were gunpowder weapons, they were enough to cope with general situations.
Although being able to allocate so many resources at once is a sign of the Wei family's heritage, Wei Cheng has arranged everything in an orderly manner in a short period of time, and is obviously very capable.
After settling this group of people, Qianye felt relieved. He also asked Wei Cheng to send a letter and tell Wei Potian the news about his stay.
Qianye decided not to allow this group of people to enter the city on the way. This batch of seeds was worth a lot of money, and the Heiliu City defense area alone could not produce such quantity and quality. He suspected that there might be other divisions of the expeditionary force behind it.
shadow.
Duanhe City is under the jurisdiction of the 10th Division of the Expeditionary Force. Far East Heavy Industries here is like a trading company. Although there are also large-scale elite private armies, they certainly cannot compare with the Expeditionary Force in terms of strength. Therefore, they rashly brought the seeds into the city.
Otherwise, you will fall into a trap. Even if the 10th Division is clean in this matter, there is no guarantee that there is any connection between these adjacent defense areas. Only after meeting with Wei Potian can it be considered truly safe.
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Qianye did not stay in Duanhe City for long. He left the city early the next morning and disappeared into the vast wilderness.
The batch of prisoners captured by Qianye were all taken in by Wei Cheng, and they promised to deal with them cleanly. Wei Cheng's treatment method followed the usual practice, most of them were sent to work in more remote mines, and a small number of them were vicious and unruly.
Those who are tame will be sold to slave merchants. As for these treatment methods, Qianye did not ask, and Wei Cheng did not say anything.
At this time, Qianye was doing something else. He spent three days alone in the wilderness, retracing the route he had taken to Broken River City. If there were dark races or other people following him, they would probably
He ran into Qianye's ambush. He didn't turn back to Duanhe City until he confirmed that there were no pursuers behind him.
Far East Heavy Industries occupies a total of six mines around Duanhe City, including four black stone mines and two metal mines. The people Qianye rescued were placed in a small town next to a black stone mine. After learning about these people
After finding out their identities, Wei Cheng sent over a hundred additional private soldiers, named for protection, but actually to keep them under guard, fearing that some of these people would run away while Qianye was away.
Except that they are not allowed to leave the mine, life is arranged in an orderly manner. Men, women and children all have their own homes, and the soldiers are organized into separate teams.
Since the miners usually live in the mining area, the town is for the managers and their families who come to supervise the work during the peak mining season, so it is not large. After more than 700 people are crammed into it, the living conditions are similar to those of a slave camp.
Therefore, starting from the next day, Wei Chenggong arranged for this group of people to cut down trees and build houses. It would not take long for the town to be doubled in size.
When Qianye returned, everything in the town was on track.
On the street entering the town, Qianye saw an unexpected acquaintance, Song Zining.
The seventh son of the Song Dynasty was with the children. He still looked as gentle as spring water and kept talking. The children gathered in a circle, raising their heads and listening intoxicated.
Qianye walked over quickly and called: "Zi Ning!"
Song Zining raised his head and saw Qianye. His warm and intoxicating smile was a bit more genuine. He bent down and said a few more words to the children and asked them to disperse. Then he met Qianye, hugged him, and said with a smile:
"I thought I was doing things quickly enough, but I didn't expect you to do it faster than me."
When Qianye heard what Song Zining said, he knew that the matter of tracking the source of the black crystal behind Wu Zhengnan was getting closer. He couldn't help but smile and explained a few words. He was not ready to take action at first, but he changed his mind when he saw that the trading commodity was a human being.
Got an idea.
Song Zining didn't take it seriously and said: "Actually, it doesn't matter. There are many variables in this kind of thing. You can do it as fast as you can, as long as Wei Potian doesn't wait too long."
Qianye looked around and said, "Let's talk in my room."
Wei Cheng naturally arranged the best small building in the town for Qianye. However, the town was simple and simple, and the best one was not much better.
Song Zining walked around the building and said loudly: "The dignified Wei family of the Far East arranges a place like this for their prince's friends? It seems to be no different from the foreman in the mine."
However, the Seventh Young Master of the Song Dynasty did not come alone. He gave an order and thirty or forty people of maids, attendants, and guards poured in from outside the town. The servants filed in, and in the blink of an eye, the house was destroyed.
The simple little building was cleaned and decorated in a presentable manner. Song Zining even brought two cooks with him, and now they were cooking in the temporary kitchen.
Seeing Song Zining's pomp, Qianye finally understood why he was willing to camp and wait outside the town instead of coming into the town. Maybe the conditions for his camping were better than those in the town.
Qianye shook his head helplessly and said: "It doesn't matter if it's a good place or a bad place. I want this place. I don't want to go to the city to avoid trouble."
Song Zining nodded and said: "It's right not to enter the city. You are outside the city, and the people of the 10th Division can still pretend to be stupid. If you bring so many people into the city with so much swagger, they will not be able to pretend to be stupid even if they want to."
Having said this, Song Zining glanced at Qianye and said: "With such a good batch of seeds and such a large quantity, the total price of the entire transaction is estimated to reach tens of thousands of gold coins. Just a seventh division is not like this
It's such a big move, maybe several nearby divisions will get involved. Your blow will hurt Wu Zhengnan."
Qianye suddenly said apologetically: "Zi Ning, it seems that things are getting more and more involved. I'm sorry for dragging you in."
When Qianye first came up with the idea of dealing with Wu Zhengnan, it was just a vague idea. In fact, he didn't know exactly how to do it. When he moved forward step by step with the help of his friends, he discovered that this was an implication.
A very wide whirlpool, and behind every thread pulled out, there will be thousands of strands of web. Of course Qianye himself is not afraid at all, the only thing that worries him is his friends.
Song Zining laughed and said nonchalantly: "No matter how troublesome it is, he is a civilian-born expeditionary force commander. Speaking of which, it is much easier than killing Gu Liyu."
ps: Thanks to the new leader Xiao Tu’s brother (--|||) and Jun Youqian (not seen for many years), I want to file a complaint against you (--|||)
I have to express my appreciation...the imagination of the alliance leaders in naming!
There is another update, but it will be very late. You can watch it together at noon tomorrow.