"So..." Ma Xiaoquan continued to explain, "The Guards are used to protect you, not to supervise you. In other words, if you sit upright, who will be afraid of the Guards?
existence?"
After Ma Xiaoquan explained this, Gu Xin had no objection. She nodded and expressed that she was willing to be the first to accept the personal guard, but she needed to choose the person herself.
"Of course you can..." Ma Xiaoquan nodded, "But the personnel are rotated, so no matter how you choose, you will see everyone and take a turn."
Gu Xin hummed and stepped out respectfully.
...
Princess Ting came out. She had been listening to the conversation between Gu Xin and Ma Xiaoquan just now.
"Husband, have I gone too far?" Princess Ting was a little unsure.
Ma Xiaoquan hugged Princess Ting and said with a smile: "You are right, and you are not going too far. After all, the Shadow Clan developed from the Bone Clan. These current tribesmen must still have the bad habits of the Bone Clan in their hearts.
It will take at least twenty years to completely change them. Well, this is a long process. During this period, no one can guarantee whether these people will rebel... So even if you don't tell me, I
We will also look for opportunities to form a personal guard. You, you have done a good job in the defense measures in the valley."
Princess Ting pouted: "Of course I did a good job, and you did a good job too. I just don't understand why you trained with the soldiers."
"During the training process, I was observing, actually selecting people." Ma Xiaoquan nodded, "Uh~~ choose a few test subjects..."
"Experiment?"
"Yes, this month, I have unlocked some words about the secret method. Judging from the content described in these words, if you want to practice this secret method, you must make certain bloodline improvements."
"Bloodline improvement?"
"Yes, I have read the history of various tribes in Hongzhou this month. Well, I really want to thank Gu Zhilong for this. This guy likes to collect books, but never reads them. He just left a good one for me.
Gift... In Hongzhou, there are no less than a thousand tribes, large and small, but why are there strong tribes and weak tribes? Apart from the issue of resource allocation among tribes, the most critical thing is actually the people.
."
"Hmm~" Princess Ting nodded, "I heard from my father that if a tribe is to be strong, the most important thing is people, not territory."
"Yes, the Tuwu tribe used to occupy a very good territory, but then why did they gradually decline? It's because they mainly practiced intermarriage within the tribe. As time goes by, their tribesmen will become fewer and fewer. Strange diseases
There are more and more... For example, Ye Yang, that guy was born to his cousin and his cousin. Fortunately, there is nothing wrong with him, but if he marries a woman from the clan, it will be difficult to predict the next generation. Fortunately, Kai
That little girl from the Ti tribe fell in love with Ye Yang... Let’s talk about the Katie tribe. This tribe is actually not big, but why do all the big tribes in Hongzhou give some face to the Katie tribe and give the best to the Katie tribe?
A piece of land was left to them? It's very simple, because the Kaiti tribe's ethnic rules are relatively civilized. They do not object to intermarriage between members of the tribe and foreigners, but they require that one of the children of the intermarriage must become a Kaiti tribe member. Therefore, Tata of the Leng tribe
Among the nobles in the tribe, their parents, brothers and sisters are very likely to be of the blood of the Katie tribe, and the inextricable relationships among them have made the Katie tribe a subtle existence among these tribes."
Princess Ting hummed and asked, "What about the major tribes in Hongzhou?"
Ma Xiaoquan said: "The Leng tribe is good at killing and cannibalism. In fact, the Leng tribe is at the end of its strength. I checked the history of the Leng tribe. In the past, this tribe was very weak and did not eat people. It was just a certain opportunity for them to find
However, cannibalism will actually cause more diseases, and it is difficult to prevent them. Besides, the Tata tribe does not eat people, but they like to drink human blood. They are just like the Leng tribe.
It’s just a matter of foreign power and internal strength. Of course, a skinny camel is bigger than a horse. With these years of hard work and the fear of Hongzhou’s internal tribes towards them, as long as they themselves do not have internal strife, it will be difficult for foreign enemies to break them.”
Princess Ting became interested and simply sat on Ma Xiaoquan's lap, raised her chin and asked: "Where are the four major tribes in Hongzhou, as well as the Qian tribe and the Mi tribe. How are they?"
Ma Xiaoquan smiled and stretched out his hand to scratch Princess Ting's nose: "The Qian clan is scattered. It sounds like they are all Qian clan, but in fact they all work on their own. For example, the Qian clan Ulu La tribe and Ulu tribe are currently closely related to us.
Although La is considered a leader among the Qian clan, in terms of ability, he is not the strongest one. So when he agreed to help me and deliver supplies to me, he actually just thought that I, Ma Xiaoquan, was a good person to live in. One day, I really became unstoppable.
, he, Ulula, will definitely come to my door in person and ask for my benefits. So... From Ulula's side, it can be seen that the Qian clan is just an alliance of businessmen. This kind of alliance has nothing to do with it.
Righteousness can be said. In their view, they only value their own interests. So on the one hand, we must continue to have a good relationship with Ulula. On the other hand, with so many branches of the Qian clan, we have every reason to cooperate with other
Cooperate with branch offices, and even find branches that are not willing to deal with Ulula to cooperate, so as to contain Ulula to a certain extent."
"As for the Mi tribe..." Ma Xiaoquan said this and narrowed his eyes slightly, "This tribe is very strange and powerful. They are not the strongest, but they can compete with the Leng tribe and Tata with the strength of one tribe.
tribe... So I think that the Mi tribe’s heritage is actually the deepest in Hongzhou. If you have the chance, you must visit the Mi tribe..."
Princess Ting nodded: "My father and I once cooperated with people from the Mi tribe when we were fighting for unity..."
"Oh? How about it?"
Princess Ting thought for a while and said: "Their people feel very strange. They focus on interests, but they have a strong bottom line principle. As long as their bottom line is not touched, it seems that the Mi people can do anything."
"The bottom line? What's their bottom line?"
Princess Ting said: "Heiqing Country..."
"Heiqingguo?"
"Yes, Hongzhou has been separatist for hundreds of years, but why is it that every time the riots are the most violent, nothing happens... In the end, they are always suppressed. There should be people from the Mi tribe among them.
Credit goes.”
"What you mean by that is that...the Mi people think that they are from the Heiqing country?"
"Yes~" Princess Ting nodded, "My father and I have investigated and found out that the Mi people were a noble of the Black and Qing Kingdom a long time ago."
"Oh? Is there such a thing?"
"However, although they admit that they are from the Heiqing Kingdom, they do not recognize Yang Jie, the monarch of the Heiqing Kingdom."
Ma Xiaoquan smiled and said: "Because Yang Jie is not the real crown prince, right?"
Princess Ting nodded.
"This is difficult to handle. I am nominally appointed by Yang Jie, the king of Heiqing. If you follow me, you will be treated the same way. So one day, if we meet with the Mi people, there will inevitably be friction.
."
"Okay... Anyway, I'm not afraid of anything if I follow you!" Princess Ting said humbly, "By the way, is the blood relationship improvement you mentioned complicated?"
Ma Xiaoquan nodded: "I told you that I am not from this era, right? Your father, Zhao Yuntai, is also my father-in-law. He and I come from the same place, and his other
Have I told you my identity?"
"Well, I don't understand what biogenetics is about?" Princess Ting said.
"To put it simply, the field and direction your father studied is exactly the direction of this secret method. To put it more simply, it is called racial improvement. I heard that you have a nickname, called 'Thorn Female Rakshasa'
, when you and your father were fighting for unity, did you ever combine strong soldiers in the army with healthy women, and the children would continue to be soldiers?"
"Yes!" Princess Ting nodded firmly, "I think it's cruel, but my father said that this is the only way that does not violate the laws of nature. Although it takes a long time, for more than a hundred years, the unified soldiers have
It is indeed much more powerful in combat."
At this point, Princess Ting suddenly said: "You won't do the same thing, right?"
Ma Xiaoquan smiled slightly and nodded: "This is only part of it. Judging from the text I decrypted, it is indeed mentioned in the secret method, but the effect of this method is too slow..."
"Is there a quick fix in the secret method?"
"It is said, but I haven't deciphered it yet. These characters are too unfamiliar and there is no reference at all. Although I recognize the Baiyi Clan characters, these characters are like another kind of characters and are too difficult to decipher."
Ma Xiaoquan scratched his head and said with a smile: "But it's better to have a reference than not. It would be great if there was such a person to give me a reference."
As soon as Ma Xiaoquan reminded her, Princess Ting really remembered someone: "By the way, when Haida came here before, she brought a few followers with her. The one named A Da among them seemed to be particularly powerful. Haida told me something
, said that Ada used to be a member of the Bone Clan, and he was a particularly powerful one. Do you think that Ada is a member of the Bone Clan who has practiced secret techniques?"
"Isn't it possible? I asked Gu Zhilong, Gu Xin, and some older people about this matter. They all said that if there are clansmen who have practiced secret arts, they should have a list of them, and the ones closest to them should be
It was already sixty years ago that I was a strong Bone Clan warrior who had practiced secret arts. Could it be that Ah Da you mentioned is over sixty years old?"
"No, from the looks of it, he seems to be about forty years old."