A report came from outside the tent, saying that someone from the Bone Clan wanted to see him.
Ma Xiaoquan opened his eyes and asked to come in.
The person who came was none other than the current patriarch of the Bone Clan, Gu Zhilong.
"I've been waiting for you for a long time~" Seeing Gu Zhilong, Ma Xiaoquan smiled slightly and poured the warm tea that had been prepared into the cup.
"Huh? Your Majesty the Prince knows that I am coming?"
"Of course~" Ma Xiaoquan handed the teacup to Gu Zhilong, who hesitated for a moment and drank the tea in one gulp.
"Then what should I do?" Gu Zhilong asked.
Ma Xiaoquan said: "I need you to count how many of the Bone Clan nobles are suffering from mild illness? How many men and how many women are there among them?"
"Yeah~" Gu Zhilong nodded.
"For the rest of the people whose illnesses are too serious, please give me a list and I can help you deal with them~"
"Ah? Solve it? How to solve it?" Gu Zhilong deliberately pretended to be stupid.
"What do you think?" Ma Xiaoquan choked back.
"Uh~~" Gu Zhilong breathed out, "Then it's hard work."
Ma Xiaoquan patted Gu Zhilong on the shoulder: "I have an idea. I wonder if you are willing to implement it?"
Gu Zhilong was stunned and thought, could it be that you want me to give up the position of clan leader to Gu Lai?
Jian Gu Zhilong was silent, and Ma Xiaoquan said: "Don't think too much, I want to strengthen your Bone Clan. Of course, if you accept my suggestion, the Bone Clan will no longer exist in Hongzhou.
clan on the mainland.”
"Uh, that's..."
Ma Xiaoquan looked at Gu Zhilong carefully and said, "Looking at your physique, I guess you don't have that weird disease, right?"
"Hmm~" Gu Zhilong said frankly, "Although I am a pure blood of the Bone Clan, I don't have that disease."
"Just because you don't have it, doesn't mean you don't have the blood of this strange disease in your body..." Ma Xiaoquan originally wanted to say "gene", but he was afraid that Gu Zhilong wouldn't understand, so he simply substituted "blood".
"Hmm~"
"So, from now on, I need to start with you to purify the bloodline of your Bone Clan, and all the people in your Bone Clan, starting from you, strengthen their bodies. I need you to continue to transport frontline warriors for me. Can you
Can you do it?”
Bone Zhilong nodded: "My Bone Tribe is warlike, so there is no problem, but I don't understand what the Crown Prince means."
Ma Xiaoquan explained: "It's very simple. From now on, the Bone Clan will no longer be on the Hongzhou Continent. Of course, what I mean is that from now on, the Bone Clan will move into darkness."
"Uh~~" Bone Zhilong nodded and said, "Then what does the Bone Clan need to do?"
"It's very simple. Send a message to all the clans in Hongzhou, saying that the Bone Clan will no longer participate in any Hongzhou affairs from now on. In fact, I did some research before coming here. The clan leader can be in office for so long, and it must be the same.
It took a lot of thought, but there will still be some objections among the Bone Clan, right?"
"Uh, that's right~ But they've already left."
"No!" Ma Xiaoquan smiled slightly, "Not necessarily all those who stay are supportive. It's just that they don't have enough power in the clan to challenge you, so I'm taking a wait-and-see attitude for the time being."
"Haha, I can't hide anything from you, sir, so what should we do?"
"Just do what I just said. Of course, the Bone Clan people who have left will definitely not admit that you are doing this. They will establish a puppet new Bone Clan with the support of other powerful clans in Hongzhou Continent...
..”
"Ah, then won't the Bone Clan be divided into two in the future?"
Ma Xiaoquan grinned: "But if you want to unify, others don't agree."
"This... is actually the truth."
Ma Xiaoquan struck while the iron was hot: "Sooner or later, your Bone Clan will split. Instead of them preparing to isolate you, it's better for you to strike first. As the saying goes, teachers have a reputation, and you have the upper hand. Even if they do it again later, some people will still not admit it."
"Okay, I understand~" Gu Zhilong nodded.
"Besides...the Bone Clan should change its name. From now on you can call it the Bone Clan."
"The Bone Clan...the Bone Clan...good~"
...
Later, Ma Xiaoquan and Gu Zhilong discussed the future development strategy of the Bone Clan. The two kept talking until dawn, and Gu Zhilong left with some reluctance.
After sending Gu Zhilong away, Ma Xiaoquan rubbed his temples. The night of brainstorming made him a little tired.
After a short rest, Ma Xiaoquan ordered the commander to reorganize the army, and Gu Zhilong, as the two discussed at night, quickly sent people to send secret messages to the tribes in Hongzhou Continent.
...
Two days later, Ma Xiaoquan integrated Princess Ting and other female family members into the Bone Clan.
After meeting Princess Ting, Gu Zhilong was very surprised. When he was very young, he went to the United Nations with his father, and also met the then king Zhao Yuntai and Princess Ting. Now nearly forty years have passed, and Princess Ting's
His appearance has not changed at all from before.
Princess Ting recognized Bone Zhilong and said with a smile: "You are the kid from the Bone Clan who went to unite for unification decades ago, right?"
A chill ran down Gu Zhilong's back, and he was a little frightened and didn't know what to do.
Princess Ting smiled and said: "Don't be afraid, I won't eat you, it's just that you have grown so big after so many years."
It would be inappropriate to say this to outsiders, but since Princess Ting has lived for more than a hundred years, there is nothing wrong with talking about Bone Zhilong like this. But from the appearance, Princess Ting looks like a newly matured woman.
Although she is a twenty-year-old girl, Gu Zhilong already has deep wrinkles and forehead lines on her face, which makes her look very strange, as if she is a daughter scolding her father.
Several Bone Tribe nobles became curious, and after whispering to each other, one of them boldly asked Princess Ting: "Princess Ting, you are over a hundred years old, so why don't you still marry the Crown Prince?
....."
Princess Ting smiled slightly and said, "He is older than me."
"ah?"
"Yes, he is over a thousand years old, much older than me." Princess Ting said.
"I..." Gu Zhilong had just picked up a cup of tea and was about to drink it. When Princess Ting said these words, he almost dropped the cup of tea.
The Bone Tribe nobles were also frightened. They all thought that it was a good thing that they did not continue to fight against the Union Army. Each of these two people was more monster than the other. Maybe there was a monster in the Union Army.
At this time, Ma Xiaoquan walked into the hall. The moment he stepped into the hall, everyone in the Bone Clan cast fearful eyes on him, which made Ma Xiaoquan feel a chill down his back.
"What happened?" Ma Xiaoquan asked Princess Ting.
Princess Ting held Ma Xiaoquan's hand and said: "They asked you how long you have lived, and I said more than a thousand years..."
"Uh~~" Ma Xiaoquan scratched his head in embarrassment. In fact, he was not over a thousand years old, but when chatting with Princess Ting, the two reached a tacit agreement that his age was over a thousand years old.
Ma Xiaoquan had done some research before he started to conquer Hongzhou. Although there were many tribes in the Hongzhou continent, all tribes generally had a sense of awe for those who lived longer and were older.
"Haha..." Ma Xiaoquan waved his hand deliberately and said, "I used to be the Wanshanhe of thousands of families in the Heiqing Kingdom. How can I be more than a thousand years old?"
Princess Ting said: "I have heard that Prince Shanhe rarely lives in the Wan family. It is said that he has inherited the skills of an extraordinary master. And that extraordinary master is more than a thousand years old, so as the successor
, Husband, you are over a thousand years old, but you are not yet over."
"Uh~~" Ma Xiaoquan scratched his head and said nothing. Princess Xindaoting is really good at making things up. Well, since she has made it up to this point, let's acquiesce.
After singing with Princess Ting, the Bone Clan members were not sure about Ma Xiaoquan's age, but they had seen his ability to control fire, so they all agreed that Ma Xiaoquan was actually over a thousand years old.
...
With Princess Ting's assistance, the subsequent transformation of the Bone Clan went smoothly.
Ma Xiaoquan is not in a hurry to move on. After all, joining forces with the Tubul tribe, cooperating with the Urula tribe of the Qian tribe, getting involved with the Katie tribe, and now incorporating the Bone tribe, all require a certain amount of time to digest.
The current land of the Bone Tribe is not very good. Growing food can only meet the needs of half of the tribe. Therefore, Ma Xiaoquan decided to survey here. If possible, it would be best to relocate. The advantage of this would be to stabilize the current situation.
Secondly, it is also to consolidate and stabilize the territory gained so far.
...
Two months passed in the blink of an eye, and the weather gradually became colder.
The Hongzhou Continent is different from the Heiqing Kingdom and the United Unification. The four seasons here are distinct, and areas with beautiful scenery and fertile land are always rich, while areas with barren land are always poor.
In the past two months, the Bone Clan has also received confidential feedback from other tribes in Hongzhou.
For the Bone Clan's decision to change its name to the Bone Clan and no longer participate in the disputes among various tribes in Hongzhou, some small tribes expressed their understanding, while several large tribes led by the Leng Clan and Tata Tribe expressed their rejection and protest.
Especially the Leng tribe and the Tata tribe. The two tribes clearly stated in the secret letter that if Bone Zhilong insisted on doing this, then the two tribes would definitely send troops to conquer, and they also supported the escaped Bone tribe nobles to re-establish a new one.
Bone Clan.
Bone Zhilong is very worried. With the current strength of the Bone Clan, contending with these two clans is equivalent to hitting an egg against a stone. But things have reached this point and the Bone Clan has no way out.
...
Ma Xiaoquan saw Gu Zhilong's worry, and comforted him: "Although the Leng Clan and Tata Clan are powerful, they may not be able to get an advantage after traveling long distances here. At present, we have already eliminated the small forces around the Bone Clan.
We have figured it all out. We must have confidence in ourselves and defeat more with less. Our coalition has already created this. I believe that together we can continue to create."
Gu Zhilong sighed. Although he was worried, there was nothing he could do. (To be continued)