"Ahem~~" Princess Ting, who was standing next to Ma Xiaoquan, suddenly poked Ma Xiaoquan's waist with her finger and whispered: "Have you seen enough? Have you seen it so hard that you can't take it out?"
Ma Xiaoquan smiled awkwardly, quickly retracted the greedy look in his eyes, and swallowed back the saliva that was about to flow out.
Princess Ting rolled her eyes at Ma Xiaoquan and secretly decided that she would give him a hard time tonight to stop him from thinking...
Ma Xiaoquan didn't know what Princess Ting was thinking. He coughed twice and the whole place fell silent for an instant. Then he pointed to Gu Xin who was already standing on the stage and said: "Gu Xin will become the first Valley Master of Echo Canyon!"
As soon as Ma Xiaoquan finished speaking, the tribesmen began to object.
If Princess Ting becomes the owner of the valley, everyone can reluctantly accept it, but if Gu Xin becomes the owner of the valley, then everyone will never accept it.
Why? First, she is a woman. There are hundreds of tribes in Hongzhou, and the leaders of most of the tribes are men. Women can become elders, but if a woman is allowed to be the owner of the grain, how is this possible?
What kind of joke is that? Secondly, how can Guxin be so good? She is only thirty-three years old. If a woman of such an age can’t give birth to a baby and take care of her children, why would she run away? Thirdly, although the Bone Clan has changed its name
Shadow Clan, but some of the old rules within the clan cannot be easily broken... For various reasons, in short, Gu Xin cannot be the Valley Master of Echo Canyon.
Ma Xiaoquan did not expect that this nomination would be so criticized. He looked at Gu Xin, who had an ugly face but remained silent.
Princess Ting came close to Ma Xiaoquan and asked in a low voice: "Do you want to help Guxin? After all, it was you who nominated the patriarch. If the patriarch's first nomination is rejected, it will be difficult for you to establish the prestige of the patriarch in the future.
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Ma Xiaoquan hummed, as he had this intention, he walked to Gu Xin and patted Gu Xin's shoulder gently.
When Gu Xin saw Ma Xiaoquan, a look of help appeared in her eyes. Ma Xiaoquan chuckled and stretched out his hand to signal everyone to be quiet.
Slowly, the place became quiet.
"Everyone should know very well that we are now the Shadow Clan, not the Bone Clan, let alone the Bone Clan... The Shadow Clan has its own rules of the Shadow Clan. Of course, some of the good rules in your clan are originally
We can still keep it as a reference. We will discuss this matter later. As for me, the reason why I proposed Gu Xin as the first valley owner of Echo Canyon is because of her efficiency and ability. I know many of you have the same idea.
If you are not convinced, this is easy to do. If you are not convinced, and there are people who want to compete for the position of the owner of the Echo Canyon, you can go to the elders to register. The conditions for registration will be announced after the elders agree."
Ma Xiaoquan waved, and the five elders came forward respectfully.
"Today is the first thing you do for me. I hope you will work together, put aside your prejudices against anyone, and draw up a selection plan for me as soon as possible. Well, it must be written that there is no limit to men and women, and those who have the ability will be selected.
Well, you also need to do a preliminary screening to prevent those who fish in troubled waters from coming in. Remember, don’t mess with Xiao Jiujiu, otherwise I will find out and will not only take away your title of elder, but also drive your whole family out of Echo Canyon."
The five newly promoted elders nodded quickly and responded: "Yes~"
...
Within an hour, the selection plan was drawn up. Ma Xiaoquan read it over, put forward a few points that needed to be revised, and immediately ordered someone to publish the list.
It has to be said that the position of Valley Master of Echo Canyon is even more attractive than the position of elder. Not counting the clan leader, the Valley Master is nominally the highest administrator of Echo Canyon.
The five elders regretted it very much. If they had known earlier, they would have gone to compete for the position of Valley Master. Alas~
...
The next day, after statistics and preliminary screening, a total of twelve tribesmen met the selection conditions, and Gu Xin was also among these twelve.
Princess Ting looked at the list, frowned slightly, and said, "In this case, what if Guxin can't be the owner of the valley? You also know that she doesn't seem to have an advantage in the valley now."
Ma Xiaoquan chuckled: "Gu Xin is not a simple woman. In order to achieve her goal, she will use everything she can."
Princess Ting was stunned: "What she can use now is her body..." Princess Ting stopped before she finished speaking, and then rolled her eyes at Ma Xiaoquan and said, "Tell me, are you also from
Did she get any benefit?"
Ma Xiaoquan raised his hands and begged for mercy: "I have been with you since I came back. We fought for 300 rounds last night. How can I have any extra strength?"
"Humph, you know what's going on, but isn't this unfair to Gu Xin?"
Ma Xiaoquan smiled and said: "What is unfair? As long as things between men and women are consensual, there is nothing fair or unfair. Gu Xin will naturally have to pay some price to get what she wants. I think this is also
Probably one of the reasons why I want to support her as the first valley owner of Echo Canyon."
"I can't tell, you think quite comprehensively, but now there are twelve people, how can Gu Xin win the final victory? The questions you asked are not easy to complete at all, especially for Gu Xin
It's even more difficult for such a woman. By the way, do you want to take a look at their assessment process?"
Ma Xiaoquan shook his head: "No, I will just wait for the results. If you are interested, you can go and have a look."
...
In the evening, Princess Ting came back. When she saw Ma Xiaoquan, Princess Ting said with great interest: "What do you think the result was?"
Ma Xiaoquan chuckled: "I can tell from your expression that Gu Xin won."
Princess Ting nodded and said with admiration: "I didn't expect Gu Xin to be so skillful. She didn't have the advantage at first, but then she gradually caught up. I have to say that I looked carefully later.
After thinking about it, it seems that the three questions you asked were specially tailored for her."
Ma Xiaoquan smiled slightly and did not admit it, but he did not deny it either.
"You did a great job~" Princess Ting put her arms around Ma Xiaoquan's neck and kissed him on the face.
Ma Xiaoquan was a little alert: "What do you want to do?"
Princess Ting blushed: "What do you think?"
"No, it's very tiring to fight continuously..."
Princess Ting looked at Ma Xiaoquan lovingly: "Who cares if you are tired or not, kiss me..."
...
Gu Xin became the first valley owner of Echo Canyon. As a valley owner, she naturally had to train her subordinates. This was considered a small benefit that Ma Xiaoquan gave Gu Xin.
Gu Xin did not disappoint Ma Xiaoquan. According to Princess Ting, her talent selection skills were even better than Ma Xiaoquan's. Especially her promotion of non-aristocratic people in the clan without sticking to trivial matters impressed Princess Ting.
With the help of these people, in just one month, Guxin completed the project ahead of schedule that was originally planned to take two and a half months.
This achievement did not surprise Ma Xiaoquan, and it even puzzled the five elders. In their opinion, Gu Xin was just talking, but why could so many things be easily solved in Gu Xin's hands?
Five elders had asked Ma Xiaoquan for advice on this issue. In fact, Ma Xiaoquan did not know, but as the patriarch, he had to know. After briefly explaining his views, Ma Xiaoquan asked a seemingly irrelevant rhetorical question,
Answered this question.
On the other side, Princess Ting, as the "Minister of Defense" in Echo Canyon, has indeed done a good job. In addition to personally supervising the training of the soldiers every day, she also established a personal guard specifically to protect important people in the clan.
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Gu Xin once protested, because in her opinion, the guard army established by Princess Ting was actually to supervise the Shadow Clan nobles, so it would definitely be opposed by the Shadow Clan nobles.
Princess Ting did not argue with Gu Xin. After all, the original intention of establishing the Guards was indeed to prevent division, speculation and rebellion within the Shadow Clan.
Sure enough, as Gu Xin said, some nobles in the clan protested, and their reasons were exactly the same as Gu Xin's judgment.
Forced by desperation, Princess Ting finally reduced the personal guards to only protect a few important people who were willing to be protected. As for other unwilling people, she did not force them, but... she would never allow herself to cultivate them.
Personal Guard, if discovered, will be expelled from ShadowClan.
That evening, Gu Xin found Ma Xiaoquan and reported to Ma Xiaoquan about Princess Ting's formation of a personal guard.
After listening to the report, Ma Xiaoquan smiled and said: "If I say that I agree with you, but...if there is no systematic personal guard to protect the important figures of the Shadow Clan, then everyone will
Can you be killed? You are just in Echo Canyon now. For the past month, everyone has been peaceful and comfortable. But you also know that the Leng Clan and the Tata Clan have suffered a lot in our place. They are so easy to let go.
Can you surpass us? Moreover, there will be a day when the chassis of Echo Canyon will be perfected in all aspects. At that time, in order to develop, we will definitely seek greater space for development? You are the owner of Echo Canyon now, what about the future?
Or do you just want to be the owner of the canyon?"
Gu Xin lowered her head and did not speak. Ma Xiaoquan could see that she was thinking and weighing. Indeed, for a woman like Gu Xin, one day the small platform of Echo Canyon would not be able to hide her inflated heart. By then, if not
If it can give her a bigger stage to perform, this woman is likely to betray. Although she has promised not to betray, judging from Ma Xiaoquan's past experience, the so-called betrayal is just that the enemy does not give enough chips. One day
The Leng Clan, the Tata Clan, and the others offered generous terms that Gu Xin could not refuse. Ma Xiaoquan was sure that Gu Xin would rebel. Then, things would really be in trouble.