The man pulled out a map, which was marked in great detail, even better than the military maps of the Expeditionary Force, and only a little worse than the maps in the hands of several senior officers of the Dark Fire.
He looked to the northwest of Heiliu City. In the newly merged area, there were several mines distributed, basically all of which were black stone and ordinary iron ore and copper mines. This kind of mine is not worth a lot of money, and the freight to transport the ore to the core county of the Yongye Human Race control area far exceeds the price of the ore itself.
The man murmured: "Mine, mine... Could it be that they found rare ore veins over there in Wolf City? This is big news!"
The woman sighed after hearing this, and said, "It's a pity that Wolf City is not allowed to enter and not to leave. Only the most direct troops of Dark Fire can come and go. I haven't been able to win people from those troops. Do you want to use those dark lines? "
The man smiled slightly and said, "It's completely unnecessary. It's not the only way to know what they're transporting out. You go for a trip and let the adults in the rear closely monitor the airships leaving Heiliu City. Especially speedboats. Those grown-ups know how to do it."
Two days later, at the Dark Fire headquarters, Song Zining was sitting upright, listening to Song Hu's report.
"Young master, although after two rounds of cleaning, there are more and more eyeliners inserted by various forces. Even if we conduct another cleaning, those rats will not be wiped clean."
Song Zining nodded, and said, "Let them go, just guard our core area. We can't drive away all the suspects. As long as they stay honest, they don't need to be bothered."
With the rapid expansion of Darkfire, it is inevitable to recruit a large number of low-level mercenaries and adventurers. When these guys arrive in the city, they often turn into rascals. But it is undeniable that these people are not weak in combat power, and with a little training, they are qualified fighters and can be sent directly to the battlefield.
After several wars, there are more than 10,000 mercenary adventurers recruited before and after Dark Fire. Naturally, the forces of all parties took the opportunity to plant a lot of eyeliners in. This is a common move among powerful families. In most cases, these people only collect information and will not make outrageous actions.
The measures Song Zining took were to disperse these people and put them in various unimportant positions to do some post guarding and patrol work, or gather them together for training. As for the key points of city defense and the newly built wolf city, all of them are in charge of the dark fire veterans.
In the newly built Wolf City in the former Earl of Stuka, the news is strictly sealed, and no mercenary caravan is allowed to approach. Once an outsider enters the cordon, no matter what their identity is, it will be regarded as a war and provocation.
Song Hu reported a few more things, all of which were daily affairs. Song Zining only nodded to express his understanding. At this moment, he should have been leisurely and calm, but suddenly his face became a little strange.
In the blink of an eye, Song Hu knew the reason. A little girl appeared from behind Song Zining, grabbed his hair and climbed neatly to the top of his head, then lay down like a kitten that had found its nest.
Song Hu tried his best to hold back his smile, turned a blind eye to Zhu Ji, and continued to report military affairs.
But Song Zining listened impatiently. He took off Zhu Ji from the top of her head, pressed it on her leg, raised the fan handle and tapped her little butt, and said, "How many times have I taught you, don't go any further." Climb on my head!"
Zhu Ji swiped her hands and feet a few times, tried her best to turn her head, looked at Song Zining with an aggrieved face, and called out, "Mom."
Just as Song Hu stopped to take a sip of tea, he spit it all out in one gulp.
Song Zining's face turned black, and he covered Zhu Ji's small mouth. But then he yelled loudly and retracted his hand, only to see a row of small teeth marks on his palm, one by one clearly.
Song Zining's expression was brilliant, he couldn't laugh or cry. He had already picked up the Force Gauntlet, but it was still bitten through by Zhu Ji, leaving a neat row of small teeth marks. This is not the first time, and Zhu Ji is also very particular about her mouth. No matter how much the original force protects Song Zining, she will bite through the original force and leave tooth marks, but she will never really penetrate his skin and bite. bleeding.
At this time, the matter could no longer be discussed, and Song Zining cut the long story short: "When will the next batch of goods come out?"
"It should be in three days."
"Three days, I can't wait that long. The official transfer order from the military department has come, and I have to go to the floating land battlefield tomorrow. You are in charge of the goods behind, remember to be careful."
After a few words of advice, Song Zining told Song Hu to retreat. Immediately he grabbed Zhu Ji, pressed it on the table, the handle of the fan fell down cracklingly, and said angrily, "I want you not to change your mind!"
After a severe beating, Song Zining lost his temper when he saw little Zhu Ji who was enjoying herself with narrowed eyes. He didn't hold back the punishment just now, the strength he used could break a grown man's leg, but this level of strength was just enough to make little Zhu Ji feel a little bit, it was equivalent to a light massage.
Song Zining wiped the sweat from his forehead, tapped Zhu Ji's forehead with a fan, and sighed, "How do you think you look like a juvenile spider demon now? Even if it's an adult spider demon, I can't beat it just a few times." Enough to break their legs."
Zhu Ji opened her big eyes and looked at Song Zining blankly, not knowing what a spider demon was.
Song Zining could only smile wryly. Zhu Ji shed her shell once when she was born, and she shed her shell for the second time not long ago. All the attributes of her body have gone up to a higher level. I don't know which racial standard to use to judge her. .
However, Zhu Ji's mind has not grown significantly, and she still looks like a three- or four-year-old human girl. She has neither the racial inheritance of the awakened nerubian nor the sign of accepting the blood inheritance.
In the early morning of the next day, Song Zining boarded his private high-speed floating battleship. Apart from his sidearms, the only piece of luggage he had was Zhu Ji.
The current Zhu Ji, the generals and below may not be able to restrain her, and only a few people such as Nan Hua can suppress her in the dark fire. But Zhu Ji's growth is completely beyond common sense. Even the dark race in the adulthood has never heard of such an awakening speed. However, the most worrying thing is that her mind does not seem to change when her power is awakened.
Song Zining also couldn't predict which race's inheritance memory Zhu Ji would get when she finally awakened, so of course he didn't dare to just put her in Heiliu City. For this matter, Qi Shao didn't know how many times he scolded Qianye for letting go.
Two days later, another airship left the black stream and flew towards the hinterland of Yongye.
In the control room of the ship, the weathered old captain was nervously observing the surrounding airspace. The young and vigorous deputy next to him smiled and said, "Uncle Liu, I don't know how many times we have run this route, and there has never been an accident."
"What do you know! When will the place of Yongye ever be peaceful?" the old captain scolded.
The deputy didn't take it seriously: "If those bandits can get one or two airships, they will be thankful. As far as their broken ships are concerned, they can't do our warships. Don't mention them, those in the hands of the expeditionary force have been used for almost a hundred years. The antique warships, even three or four ships are not our opponents."
The old captain remained unmoved and continued to observe the surrounding airspace.
The deputy glanced at the heavily armed dark fire officers in the control room, lowered his voice, and asked, "Uncle Liu, what do you think we are transporting? We need so many escorts?"
The old captain gave him a hard look, and said, "Did you forget Seventh Young Master's rules? Don't inquire about things you shouldn't know!"
The deputy was obedient, and retreated somewhat embarrassingly.
At this moment, an officer suddenly shouted: "No! Someone is following us!"
The old captain's expression froze, he grabbed the porthole and looked out. I saw several floating warships rushing out of the clouds at the side and rear, and rushed towards them, obviously with malicious intentions.
Just looking at their speed, everyone in the control room knew they couldn't escape. The leading airship has a slender hull, with long stalks protruding from both sides like fish fins. It turned out to be the empire's cutting-edge high-speed destroyer. This warship alone can easily kill their armed merchant ship refitted from an old warship.
The old captain had a firm face and shouted: "Get ready to fight!"
"But, but..." The deputy's face was ashen at the moment, and before he finished speaking, the floating ship slowly turned under the control of the old captain, aiming its side at the incoming fleet.
A moment later, thick smoke billowed in the airspace, and the airship bearing the dark fire emblem fell to the ground burningly, scattering wreckage all over the place.
The high-speed destroyer landed slowly, and a man in his early thirties stepped off the ship.
He glanced at the two large holes emitting black smoke from the ship, sighed, and said, "It's such a broken ship that can beat me like this. I really want to meet this opponent."
But when he turned his head and saw the wreckage in front of him, he shook his head again. During the whole process of the two sides receiving fire, no one in the dark fire boat came out, and it was obvious that there were no generals in it. The airship fell like this, and the people inside would definitely not be able to survive.
He pointed forward and said: "Go and search for me carefully, and don't let go of any suspicious things!"
Hundreds of soldiers poured out of the destroyer and scattered to the battlefield, rummaging through the wreckage one by one. They have a sturdy aura and are well-trained in their actions, but they don't have any military ranks or emblems on their battle armors, obviously they don't want people to know their identities.
A moment later, an officer came up to the man and said, "General, we found this."
Behind the officer, dozens of soldiers walked over carrying six boxes. These six boxes may not seem big, but they are actually extremely heavy. Each box requires the joint efforts of six senior soldiers to lift it, at least a thousand kilograms.
The cargo box itself is made of high-grade alloy, and it was not damaged even in the disaster of the airship crash, but the surface was bumped and uneven, and there were some deformations.
The man stepped forward, pulled out the dagger, and with a slash of force, he chopped off the lock of an alloy box. Then he opened the lid of the box, took a breath, and immediately closed the lid.
"General, what's in it?" Several officers next to him didn't know why.
"You don't need to know. Well, our mission is completed. Lift all the boxes to the ship, clean up the scene, and let's go."
At night, in a secret room, several people were sitting around a table, staring at a piece of ore in the center with hot eyes.
After a long time, a young man let out a sigh of relief and said: "Such a high-grade crystalline iron raw ore is indeed rare. Crystal iron can only be produced under conditions of high temperature and pressure and strong force. Generally speaking, the higher the grade, the higher the ore veins. The greater the reserves. This ore lode is amazing!"