The Gaohu people were in a commotion again. They didn't expect Qingyue to have such a high opinion of Qianye. According to the standard of the Neutral Land, the bigger the body, the stronger the combat power. Qianye looks like a thin pretty boy, no matter how you look at it,
It doesn't look like he has great power.
But since this is Qingyue's decision, they will accept it. And too many incredible miracles have happened to Qianye.
The renovation work of the Hall of Valor is proceeding in an orderly manner. The Gaohu people are all masters of mechanics. Many tools can be installed directly on their arms or bodies. The portable power furnace makes it difficult for them to feel tired, allowing them to work day and night.
With.
When Qianye walked into Nan Qingcheng again, the night was already deep. It had been half a day since he left the Hall of Heroes. For such a long time, he had not felt the power left by the Zhiji King.
is triggered.
Qianye smiled, Qingyue passed his test again. Not everyone can face temptation. Even if many people know that it is a trap, as long as the temptation is big enough, they will still be unable to control themselves.
Qianye didn’t know what the power left by the Zhiji King was. He only knew that once it was triggered, it would be enough to instantly kill Qingyue and all the Gaohu people on the ship. If this thing really happened, it would be incredible.
It's a small regret, after all, Qingyue has played a great role during this period of time.
And now, Qingyue has finally won Qianye's trust, although not all of it.
Nan Qing City is still as depressed as ever, and the pain caused by the disbandment of a large mercenary group is not so easy to heal. The city guards also suffered heavy casualties during the battle, and various pensions, compensation, and recruitment of new soldiers may be necessary.
It is carried out openly or secretly. And Qianye's last visit to the City Lord's Mansion is no longer a secret. This means that City Lord Ji Rui has admitted defeat, and it also means that Nan Qingcheng has to swallow the bitter consequences of this battle.
People in the neutral land are very realistic and only value strength and interests. Now that they have been defeated, the next step is to silently repair the wounds. There may be hatred, but it will only be buried deep in the heart until one day in the future, when there is a chance to retaliate.
It erupted like a volcano.
Compared with the last time I came here, some ordnance stores in the city have regained some of their vitality. On the one hand, the orders placed by Qianye gave them a chance to make profits again, and on the other hand, Ji Rui began to purchase large-scale trucks and construction machinery. These
The order made the merchants understand that the Black Forest Lumber Camp would be restarted. This was a big deal, and every merchant did not want to miss it, so they began to recruit more people, search for supplies, and expand their stores.
Qianye walked through Nanqing City and came to the city lord's palace. He said to the guard: "I am Qianye, and I am here to ask for an audience with City Lord Ji."
The guard naturally recognized Qianye and rushed inside to report. Within a moment, Ji Rui greeted him personally with a smile on his face. As soon as they met, he took Qianye's hand very affectionately and said: "Oh, General, you
Why are you back so soon? You didn’t even tell me in advance so I could arrange to pick you up!"
Qianye smiled and said: "I originally planned to come back in two days, but now that I think about it, it would be better to come to see the city lord earlier. Some things are the same whether you say them early or later."
The fat on Ji Rui's face trembled slightly, but it was well concealed and his smile remained unchanged. He said: "No matter if you have any questions, you can come to me at any time. Come and sit in the house! These guards are ignorant, why?
Can I ask you to wait at the door?"
Ji Rui held Qianye's arm, led him into the study, and ordered his servants to prepare the best refreshments. Once everything was ready, he waved his servant away, and then said: "General, you are looking for me this time, but you have something to do? Come up.
Are you satisfied with those goods?"
"The goods are good and of good quality. The city lord is interested."
"That's good, that's good." Ji Rui breathed a sigh of relief.
Qianye took a sip of tea and said, "I came here this time to trouble the City Lord with two things. One, I want to purchase a new batch of goods. Here is the list. The City Lord will take a look at it first."
Ji Rui took the list, read it carefully, then breathed a sigh of relief and sighed: "General, you want to build a fleet!"
Qianye smiled and said, "How can I have such great ambitions?"
Ji Rui put down the list and said: "I can get most of the things on the list, but some of them are out of stock and need to be purchased from Yongye or the Empire. This will definitely take some time. However, I do have a
I don’t quite understand why there are no weapons here?”
Qianye said: "I have relatively high requirements for weapons. I wonder if the city lord can get the ballista from the empire or the Yongye vampire clan?"
Ji Rui was slightly startled and muttered: "This is a bit difficult to handle. It is difficult to make crossbows, raw materials are not easy to obtain, and the annual output is very limited. Whether it is Yongye or the empire, it is not enough to supply their own fleet, so how can it be sold to outsiders?
Even if we offer a high price and use some old connections from the past, we can probably only get one or two units, and they are not new."
Qianye also knew this situation and immediately said: "Just two, buy them first. Try to get as many crossbow arrows as possible."
"I'll try my best." Ji Rui smiled bitterly.
Qianye looked at him at this time, half-smiling but not smiling, and said slowly: "There is a second thing, I almost forgot to tell the city lord. That is the people from the Imperial Ministry. The city lord doesn't have to wait any longer. They
Won't come back."
With a bang, the teacup in Ji Rui's hand suddenly fell to the ground and shattered into pieces.
However, he was a treacherous person after all. Although he lost his composure for a moment, he immediately regained his composure and said with a smile, "General Qianye is joking."
Qianye laughed and said: "Since the City Lord doesn't believe it, just wait."
Ji Rui said: "It's not that I don't believe the general's words, but that I don't have much to do with them, and I'm not waiting for them."
"Oh, really? But the city lord's reaction just now seemed a bit strange."
Ji Rui leaned over and personally picked up the broken pieces of the teacup on the ground and cleaned them up. Fang calmly said: "To tell you the truth, these people in the Empire are the big patrons of buying Black Forest timber. The reason why I go to such great lengths to open a lumber mill is also
Because of their order. General Qianye, this is my biggest source of wealth recently. It’s normal to feel a little distracted when I suddenly heard about it. I wonder if I can ask General Qianye, where did this news come from?”
"It's very simple. They prepared three warships to rob my cargo in outer space, but I shot them all down."
Ji Rui felt a slight sweat on the tip of his nose. He knew the weight of three imperial warships in a neutral place, and he also knew the strength of Lu Saobei's people. But they were all destroyed by Qianye in such an understatement?
"Is this alive?"
"No."
Ji Rui felt relieved immediately.
Qianye asked again: "Where are the other people now?"
"General, what do you want?"
"Kill them all."
Ji Rui grimaced and said helplessly: "I'm afraid this is not good, right? Since the chief culprit has been killed, the rest are just servants who are just following orders. Killing them will not benefit the overall situation, so why bother?"
"
Qianye did not answer, but asked: "What does the city lord mean?"
Ji Rui pondered for a moment, then gritted his teeth and said, "I still want to continue this timber business. The only customers right now are them. And I haven't figured out yet what exactly they want from the timber from the Black Forest."
Qianye nodded and said, "What does this business mean to the city lord?"
"This is the biggest business in recent years, and it may change the pattern of this area."
Qianye smiled and asked: "Is there a divine general behind the city lord?"
Ji Rui suddenly looked a little embarrassed and said: "This is not available yet. But with this financial source, it is not impossible to recruit a divine general."
"Okay, then I will let those people go. However, I need their list, position and purpose of being here."
"This matter is not difficult to handle. Just wait for my news in a few days."
Qianye nodded, agreed on the details of the deal with Ji Rui, and then stood up and left. After he left, Ji Rui returned to the study, his face as gloomy as a black cloud, the panic look completely gone, replaced by
He was silent for a long time, thinking silently.
At this moment in the Void Floating Land, the war situation is in a stalemate, which has been going on for a long time. With the Unfallen City as the center, Zhao Clan manages the entire defense zone like a carefully crafted iron barrel, without leaking.
After experiencing Qianye's rebellion, the Zhao family reacted violently and the toughness of their methods was beyond everyone's expectation. They took action several times overtly and covertly, and successively dismissed several officials in the court for various reasons. These people were not high-ranking, but they were
They are all in important positions and are the core figures of the imperial party. As soon as these people lost their positions, from the right prime minister on down, they immediately felt that everything was not running so smoothly.
Moreover, the Zhao family released irrefutable evidence through the officials in the court and sent one of them to prison, waiting for the queen to be executed. The right minister tried his best to rescue him, but there was no result, which surprised all the officials in the court.
In addition, in just one month, there have been several accidents inside and outside the empire, including a car falling off a cliff, an aerospace ship disintegrating in the air, etc. These accidents happened all over the world and seemed to have no connection.
, but anyone with a discerning eye can clearly see that one or two imperialists will die in every accident. These people also belong to low-ranking but powerful positions, and are considered to have great future.
Only then did the high officials in the DPRK remember that the Zhao Clan was located on the border, with two provinces under its control and a large number of troops. Such a clan had a deep foundation and secretly controlled many unknown forces. This time, they killed several imperialists one after another.
The important person is to make it clear that killing one person will serve as a warning to all parties, what kind of things the Zhao family can do if they use unscrupulous means.
The people of the Right Prime Minister's lineage were naturally frightened and angry, but other than speaking passionately in the court, they had no other good means for the moment. After thinking about it, they seemed to have no hope of victory except sending troops to attack the Zhao clan.
This made the imperial party really feel ashamed and angry, and many people started to operate the military department, hoping that the military department would come forward to put pressure on the Zhao clan. Such crazy behavior would naturally have no consequences, and the imperial party just wanted to let the Zhao clan know,
It's just how determined they are.
However, in the face of such a strong conflict, especially when the Zhao family's actions were close to touching the default bottom line, the imperial family was unexpectedly silent, as if nothing had happened. The Changsheng King, who kept his words in the military headquarters, practiced in seclusion, and finally
He is indifferent to political affairs and his attitude is quite strange.