Qianye turned his head and looked at his subordinates. For the rest of their lives, everyone was wounded, and nearly half of them were unable to move. Those who were seriously injured were still lying on the boat and would have to be lifted down later. Many mercenaries are usually unkempt, and it is even less likely to care about them when they are injured. Looking at the past at this moment, it looks more like refugees than mercenaries.
Since he was injured, he couldn't show much momentum. A wounded beast is no good compared to an intact one.
Ji Rui is an old man, and in order to show that he is not flattering, he smiled and said: "My lord, the Great Qin Empire is full of talents, and they are probably ordinary in comparison. But in our neutral place, this is rare. In my opinion , I am afraid that half of you people have the potential to break through to the generals. The dark fire at that time was different."
Qianye immediately understood what Ji Rui meant. From Qianye's point of view, although the old fox's words were still a bit exaggerated, about one-third of the mercenaries were indeed likely to break through.
If the resources are sufficient and most of these potential mercenaries break through, there will be dozens more warriors in the future. Even the top ten main armies in the empire serial number are nothing more than that. Even those who have no potential to break through, their combat power can be raised to another level.
The mercenaries in the neutral land do not lack blood and fierceness in their bones, what they lack are resources and environment.
Looking at it this way, it is true that as Ji Rui said, everyone is a talent. It's just that these hundreds of talents crawled out of the corpse pile of 40,000 people.
"Go back to the city, how is the situation in the city now?"
Ji Rui immediately said: "What else can I do? Those businesses and families are very honest! Now that I hear the news that you have returned with a big victory, how can there be anyone who dares to jump around? Even if there are dishonest ones, last time It was all cleaned up by you."
Qianye nodded and said, "That's good."
The situation in the neutral land has not changed much. Although the dark flames are pouring out, both Nanqing and Tingchaocheng are still stable, and no one has the courage to jump out and grab the class and seize power.
The last time Qianye came back, he taught those restless people a good lesson. Even Zhang Tianwang's nephew was detained by Qianye, and in the end he even paid a fee to listen to Chaocheng. Who dares to mess around
The news of the final victory of the Empire in the Battle of Floating Land has also spread. Although Dark Fire suffered heavy losses and nearly wiped out its entire army, it was the winning side after all, and it would soon regain its vitality.
Where there are resources, there is manpower, and where there is manpower, there is strength. No matter how tragic the number of casualties is, it doesn't seem so thrilling to put it on the entire neutral land, or even on the continent where all races are struggling to survive.
The off-road vehicle was already waiting at the side, and Ji Rui personally opened the door for Qianye, waiting for Qianye to get in the car, acting like a servant. At least in name, he is still the Lord of Nanqing City, and his personal strength is not weak. It is really surprising that he lowered his figure so much.
"City Master Ji, isn't this bad?"
Ji Rui smiled all over his face and said, "Okay, why not? As you are, I would not be ashamed to be your entourage. The false name of city lord should be gone. If you are thinking of old friendship, then I am secretly Just get a job in the fire and do it."
Qianye frowned and said, "This is too much for you."
Ji Rui put away his smile and said: "What you said is out of the question. In fact, we have known each other for a long time. I have seen how you grow up with my own eyes, and I have also seen how you treat Brother Dark Fire. And single-handedly changed the entire Nanqing industrial structure."
"It's Zining's credit for changing the industrial structure." Qianye didn't want to take the credit.
Ji Rui said: "Zining is your brother, but in fact you are the pillar of the whole dark fire. With all due respect, if I fight with you now, I'm afraid it won't last long, right?"
Qianye thought about it seriously, and then said with sincerity, "It's still possible... that, for a long time."
Ji Rui laughed, and said: "Don't show me old Ji! If you want to miss the old love, then give me a deputy head, but as long as the job is empty, I don't want to care about anything. You can fight Call me."
Ji Rui was so knowledgeable and interesting that Qianye couldn't refuse, so he nodded.
Ji Rui waited for Qianye to board the car, and sat in the adjutant's seat in the front row by himself, with a perfect posture. On the way, he suddenly asked again: "Lord Qianye, tell me the truth, how long can I last?"
Ji Rui asked so earnestly that Qianye thought seriously, with hesitation on his face, obviously not knowing what to say.
Now that his blood energy has reached the Marquis of Glory, he is equivalent to crossing the barrier of a god general for the human race, and there is a qualitative gap with Ji Rui in terms of cultivation level. Moreover, most of Qianye's methods are extremely powerful, one-hit deadly.
Since Ji Rui asked, Qianye first thought of the original spear. Needless to say, the advanced version of the pale black light feather, if Ji Rui hits it, he will die. The original gun can't kill the Duke, and it's no problem to beat the human race who hasn't arrived. It seems that Ji Rui can't afford the ordinary version of the original gun.
The next step is to bury the heart, whether this gun is in the hands of Zhao Jundu or Qianye, it seems that it can instantly kill the gods.
If you don't use both, then it's Dongyue, which can fix all directions with one style. Now Qianye can slash seven swords in a row, and if they concentrate on a small fan, Ji Rui can't hide or die.
The last is the plundering of vitality. With the current coverage area, Ji Rui can't escape. Although he won't die after being hit, his combat power will be reduced by seven or eight. A few more bloodlines are more likely to directly damage the root.
After thinking about it, he hoped that Ji Rui could last longer. The so-called long time is nothing but the failure of the first move, and the failure of the second move. However, vitality plunder is a killer weapon in group battles, and Qianye is not very good at using it in duels.
There is also an indirect method, which is to release little Zhuji. The little guy sprayed poison, probably Ji Rui would be disabled even if he didn't die.
Seeing the change in Qianye's face, Ji Rui already knew it, and his smile was a little embarrassed, and he laughed at himself: "It seems that I don't need to say it, I probably know it, and I am lucky to survive a trick under your hands."
"One move is still possible!" Qianye hurried to remedy the situation, and as soon as the words were out of his mouth, he realized that he still said the wrong thing.
The body of the driver collapsed instantly, and then slowly relaxed. Only then did Qianye notice that the driver was actually Guan Zhongliu. The former commander-in-chief of the city guards has also put down his figure now.
Ji Rui couldn't make a move under Qianye's men, let alone Guan Zhongliu. At this moment, his heart is complicated, and it is manifested in his body.
Ji Rui said: "Master Qianye, it seems that I am still going to be the deputy head. Just be a little boss!"
Qianye hurriedly said: "How is this possible? The deputy head has no problem."
Ji Rui was overjoyed and said, "I will try my best!"
The convoy passed through Nanqing City and soon arrived at the Dark Fire headquarters. Ji Rui sent Qianye downstairs before returning to the City Lord's Mansion.
On the off-road vehicle, Guan Zhongliu couldn't help but said: "City Master, it seems that we don't need to be so wronged?"
Ji Rui shook his head, "Grieved? Do you really think so?"
"Qianye is powerful, I admit that, but you are the lord of a city after all, we will go to conquer the world and build a foundation."
Ji Rui sighed, and said, "Old Guan, you think I've been wronged. But do you know who are the deputy heads of Dark Fire?"
"Aren't there just two young people?..." Guan Zhongliu's voice trailed off in the middle of speaking.
There are only two official deputy heads of Dark Fire, one is Song Zining, the other is Ji Tianqing, and Li Kuanglan may barely count as half of them.
Although Guan Zhongliu didn't know Ji Tianqing's true identity, he still had some understanding of her combat power.
Ji Rui said slowly: "I won't mention that Seventh Young Master. As for Miss Ji, who can have such combat power at this age, do you think her background will be simple? Judging by Seventh Young Master's attitude towards her, maybe the real background will be as big as Scared us to death. As colleagues with these two, I am actually the one who has climbed the ranks. Think about it, in a few years, when they have all passed the gate of the gods, how can there be a place for me?"
Guan Zhongliu opened his mouth wide and said after a while, "It's not that easy."
"It's not easy for us, but for them, I'm afraid it's another matter."
"but… "
"Old Guan, we are all very old. For more than a year, I have been a nominal city lord, and I think it's not bad. I don't want to go out and fight anymore. Find someone to follow and live a simple and easy life. Are you having a bad day?"
Guan Zhongliu opened his mouth, but couldn't speak. He suddenly discovered that the attraction of a stable life was becoming more and more attractive, even if he was inferior to others, it didn't seem completely unacceptable.
"Then Qianye..." After the words were out of his mouth, Guan Zhongliu couldn't continue.
Ji Rui smiled and said: "Lord Qianye is generous and has a great future, and his current strength has far surpassed us. Now I can't help but tremble in front of him. Isn't this the most worthy of following? people?"
Guan Zhongliu knew that his words made sense, so he could only sigh in the end.
Darkfire Headquarters, a new building has been built next to the original command building. Its height can be called the crown of Nanqing, and it is far higher than the main building of the City Lord's Mansion. The interior of the building has not yet been fully renovated, and a large number of craftsmen are busy.
A few attendants led Qianye up the stairs to the top floor, and said respectfully, "My lord, this is your new office."
"What's going on here?" Qianye didn't remember such a building.
The attendant said: "After you and Master Zi Ning left, City Lord Ji felt that the dark fire headquarters was not big enough and did not match your status, so he built this new building. The entire building was paid for by the city lord, and the craftsmen were also sent by the city lord. In order to catch up with the construction period, the city lord and Commander Guan personally went to the construction site to supervise. It’s just that the time was too short and the work was not fully completed. However, the offices of you and Lord Zining are ready.”
Qianye pushed the door open and entered, his eyes were full of antique decorations, simple and grand. Every decoration in the house is obviously carefully selected and has extraordinary origins. It seems that they are all treasures collected by Ji Rui himself.
The office occupies almost half of the floor, and the space itself constitutes a kind of beauty. Standing in front of the floor-to-ceiling windows, one can overlook the entire Nanqing City, even the City Lord's Mansion.
In such a scene, the spirit is born by itself.
Qianye nodded, and said, "The city lord has a heart."
The attendant asked: "As long as you like it, do you want to help you move all the things here now?"
"Wait, are you all from the City Lord's Mansion?" Qianye recognized that most of the attendants in the building were not from the mercenary group.
The attendant said: "We were all working in the city lord's mansion. Mr. Ji said that he doesn't plan to be the city lord in the future, and we don't need so many people. For the sake of our years of doing things safely, let us come to the dark fire and do something for you Chores."
Qianye nodded, not doubting whether Ji Rui wanted to put eyeliner beside him. These attendants are capable and quick, and they are very easy to use.
After Qianye sat down, someone sent a thick stack of documents, which covered the operation of Darkfire during this period, and the operation of Nanqingcheng's major workshops affiliated to Darkfire.
Qianye pulled himself together, opened the file, and read it carefully. After reading all the documents, it was already dark before I knew it. He only felt that his eyes were a little sore, and he felt a long-lost feeling again. It turns out that it is not easy to deal with official duties every day.