At dinner time, a thin and tall middle-aged man walked into the city lord's mansion.
Ji Rui had already prepared food and drinks in the side hall. The man asked his entourage to go down and wait. He sat down opposite Ji Rui alone, bowed his hands and saluted, and said: "City Lord Ji, long time no see."
With a smile on his face, Ji Rui returned the greeting: "General Lu, are you okay?"
General Lu smiled, but just moved the corners of his mouth, even if he smiled, he said: "Qianye has openly visited the city lord's mansion, how can I be fine?"
Ji Rui sighed, spread his hands and said: "There's nothing I can do about it! Think about it, he not only burned down my lumberyard; he sent thousands of people there, but less than half of them came back alive. They were all beaten like this,
How can I persist, I have no choice but to admit defeat! This Nan Qingcheng is full of young and old, but they still need to eat!"
Ji Rui spoke from the bottom of his heart, almost bursting into tears, but General Lu remained unmoved and just said: "Then the logging camp can't be built?"
Ji Rui immediately put away his frustration and said seriously: "How could it be possible? If it can be done, of course it can be done! Qianye came here this time just to negotiate terms. He has nothing to do with those native races, they just happened to get together. This matter
After that, he will no longer interfere with the affairs of the Black Forest, and our logging camp will be rebuilt immediately. The goods you want will definitely be available! It just needs to wait."
General Lu tapped his fingers on the table and said slowly: "City Lord, now we want one more thing: Qianye."
Ji Rui sneered, "General Lu, we have arrived at a neutral place. Making money is the first priority. Only by being friendly can we make money, don't you think? Besides, this Qianye"
He leaned forward, lowered his voice, looked around, and whispered: "I heard that the military department spent a lot of effort but failed to capture Qianye and let him escape to a neutral place. Think about it.
, that’s still in the empire itself, and the military can’t do anything to him. We’re all alone here, so why bother with this trouble?”
General Lu smiled and said coldly: "There is one thing that the city lord doesn't know yet. We were in the Zhao Clan's defense area at that time, and there were many constraints. The military department was worried about not wanting to fall out with the Zhao Clan, so it was accidentally killed by Qian Qian.
Ye escaped. Now we are in a neutral place. Although we have few people, Qianye is even more alone. Unless the Lord of the City is willing to help him? "
Ji Rui's face suddenly changed color, and he waved his hands repeatedly and said: "How is it possible? No matter how stupid I am, I can't let go of such a big customer as the Imperial Ministry and help that rootless boy. But, I'm sorry.
Let me speak frankly, General Lu
How many masters have you brought with you this time, can you be sure to win Qianye? That Qianye's combat power is far higher than his cultivation. In my opinion, maybe he has practiced some kind of method that can hide his cultivation. All in all
, you must not underestimate him."
General Lu was confident and said: "It is not easy to capture him. You don't have to fight him head-on. Of course, you also need the help of the city lord."
"Let me tell you, as long as I, Ji, can help, I will not refuse."
"Okay! I'm just waiting for your words. This time Qianye falls into the hands of me, Lu Saobei, it's bad luck for him!" General Lu smiled gloomily and said: "This is my plan, Qianye wants to transport those batches away
To power the sail, you have to use a large floating spaceship. This time, the general has brought three cutting-edge imperial warships. Then I will ambush in the outer space. I will just wait for his airship to take off and shoot him down in the air! By then, he will be dead.
If you die in the boat, you will not survive in the void."
Ji Rui was shocked. After careful consideration, he felt it was feasible, and felt conflicted at the moment.
Lu Saobei looked at him with a half-smile but not a smile, and said: "City Lord Ji, I have told you all my plans. Moreover, the news of Qianye's appearance in Nan Qingcheng has been sent back to the empire. If the news of this matter leaks out,
City Lord, you have nothing to do with it."
"How could it be? I, Ji, have always been the strictest!" Ji Rui hurriedly slapped his chest to assure him, then put on a flattering smile and asked: "If this thing comes to pass, General Lu will definitely rise in the sky, and then those timbers will
Business"
"As long as you kill Qianye, all the timber business in Southern Wilderness will be yours."
Ji Rui was overjoyed. He immediately ordered his servants to prepare songs and dances, and prepared to call out the most beautiful singers. However, Lu Saobei was not interested. He waved his hand and stood up to leave, saying that he would wait for Qianye to be beheaded before he could enjoy it again.
Not too late.
Seeing that his efforts to retain him were fruitless, Ji Rui had no choice but to personally send Lu Saobei out of the city lord's mansion. When Lu Saobei's car drove away, the eager smile on his face suddenly dissipated. He snorted and said to himself: "A mere fifteenth-level person."
Guy, how dare you be so arrogant!"
He meditated for a moment before returning home. He was lost in thought all the way, and no one knew what was in his mind.
Lu Saobei's off-road vehicle sped along and stopped in front of a small inn on the edge of Nan Qingcheng. The inn was very dilapidated and seemed to have been in decline for a long time, but there was something special after entering the door. Several warriors with tough expressions guarded the inn.
The door is heavily guarded.
The interior of the inn has been modified. There are mountains of supplies in the courtyard, and alarm devices are placed in every corner and hidden place with unusual vigilance. It seems to have been transformed into a secret stronghold.
Lu Saobei entered the inn and immediately ordered: "As a special secret report, send back the news of Qianye's appearance in Nan Qingcheng and ask for reinforcements from the military department."
"Yes, General!" The assistant lieutenant colonel received the order and was about to handle it.
"Wait a minute!" Lu Saubei stopped him, pondered for a moment, and said: "This matter is of great importance. You sent three people to deliver the news and set off in batches. One went to the imperial capital, and the other two went to Yuelu and Yue respectively.
Floating land in the void. Send the news to the military base there, and then have them send it back to the military headquarters."
It was rare for a lieutenant colonel to make such a solemn arrangement, so he immediately bowed and went to do it in a hurry.
At this moment, Lu Saobei felt more at ease. He called a major general and ordered: "Get our warships ready and wait for my order to set off at any time."
After leaving the City Lord's Mansion, Qianye went to Yunxiao Tower and saw Qingyue sitting in the lobby, looking restless.
Before walking into Yunxiao Tower, Qianye looked around and saw many tough-looking people on the street, wandering around as if nothing happened. In the lobby, there were also four or five people looking at the goods, but
Seeing that their eyes were barely focused on the goods, you knew they were just pretending.
These are Gaohu warriors. Even if they can disguise themselves, the traces of transformation on their bodies cannot be hidden from Qianye, who is as careful as a needle.
Qianye walked into the lobby, and Qingyue immediately greeted him, looking surprised and happy, saying, "You're back so soon?"
"Why, are you afraid that I can't get out of the city lord's mansion?" Qianye asked.
"A bit. But you can break out anyway, right?"
"That's natural. Ji Rui still can't keep me. These are all your people, ready to take over?"
Qingyue nodded calmly, "I am not well prepared, so I can only summon these people. If we want to attack the city lord's palace, there is no hope, but as long as you rush out, it shouldn't be a big problem for us to fight out of the city together."
Qianye smiled slightly and said, "When I die, don't you just become free?"
Qingyue puffed up her chest. At this moment, she looked directly into Qianye's eyes and said, "What I want is not freedom, but a stable life for my tribe. Only with your support can I defeat my opponents in the tribe.
Unify Gaohu. Only in your Hokuriku can my people get it.
A land of multiplication and survival. Now the ancestral land of the Gaohu people is small and barren, and cannot support so many Gaohu people. Therefore, most adult warriors have to leave their ancestral land, wander around, and make a living as mercenaries. This is forced
, it’s not that we Gaohu people like mercenaries who are precarious!”
Qianye smiled slightly and said thoughtfully: "It seems that we need to discuss the terms again. Tell me, what do you want and what can you give me?"
"I want a piece of land as the new ancestral land of the Gaohu people. I hope this land can support 500,000 people. In return, all the Gaohu people will become your subjects and fight for the country you will establish.
Not afraid of sacrifice. Apart from that, I am willing to do anything for you, no conditions, no restrictions, anything!"
"Wait, calm down first." Qianye had to stop Qingyue, otherwise he didn't know what she would say. "In my impression, the number of Gaohu people seems to be small. The whole clan does not exceed 100,000.
Bar?"
"About 80,000 people. Some clan members have lost contact. If it exceeds a year, we will consider them dead." Qingyue looked a little sad. As a precarious mercenary, if there is no news for a period of time, he basically died in the battle.
.
"But what you want from me is land for half a million people."
Qingyue raised her head, with pain and sorrow intertwined on her face, and said: "We Gaohu people are very fertile, very fertile. The boys and girls in the tribe will complete the task of reproducing offspring before they reach adulthood, and then go out to work as mercenaries. If it were not like this
, I’m afraid our clan would have perished long ago without a strong man at the level of a god general.”
Qianye was stunned when he heard this and had no words to say.
It's just that little Zhuji was heartless and asked on the spot: "Did Sister Qingyue give birth to many little ones?"
Qingyue blushed and whispered: "I didn't. I was selected as a warrior girl when I was very young, and was trained as a strong person to protect the clan in the future. Improving my combat power is my most important mission, and reproducing future generations is a matter for ordinary clansmen.
thing. So if you need it, I don’t have a problem with it.”
Qianye coughed twice quickly, not expecting the topic to turn directly to this direction. However, he would not be led astray so easily, and continued to ask: "You haven't explained the problem of half a million people yet."
"We Gaohu people can reproduce at the age of five and become adults at the age of ten. If there is enough food, water and minerals, the number of people in the tribe will reach hundreds of thousands within twenty years. By that time, you will have a
A large and elite army.”
Qianye remained unmoved and said, "What happens in the future? What will happen when this land cannot accommodate you?"
"We will fight for you and exchange military exploits for new lands. During the war, the number of clan members will also decrease."
"Okay, I promise you."
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