At dinner time, a thin and straight middle-aged man walked into the City Lord's Mansion.
Ji Rui had already prepared the food and drink in the side hall, and the man asked his followers to go down to wait, and sat alone opposite Ji Rui, bowed his hands and said, "Master Ji, long time no see."
Ji Rui smiled all over his face, and said politely: "General Lu, are you here all right?"
General Lu smiled, but only the corners of his mouth twitched, and he said, "Qianye has publicly visited the City Lord's Mansion, how can I be safe?"
Ji Rui sighed, spread his hands and said, "I can't do anything about it! Just think about it, he not only burned down my lumber camp; he sent thousands of people there, and less than half of them came back alive. It's all done like this, How can I persist, I can only admit defeat! This Nanqing City is full of young and old, but they still need to eat!"
Ji Rui said it from the bottom of his heart, he was about to burst into tears, but General Lu was unmoved, and just said: "The lumberjack can't be done?"
Ji Rui immediately withdrew his frustration, and said seriously, "How? It can be done, of course it can be done! Qianye came here this time to negotiate terms. He has nothing to do with those native races, but just happened to get together. This matter Afterwards, he will no longer interfere with the affairs of the Black Forest, and our logging camp can be rebuilt immediately. The batch of goods you want will definitely be available! It's just... just need to wait."
General Lu tapped the table with his fingers, and said slowly: "City Master, now we have one more item: Qianye."
Ji Rui sneered, "General Lu, we are all in a neutral place, and getting rich is the first priority. Harmony can make money, don't you think? Besides, this Qianye..."
He leaned forward, lowered his voice, looked around, and said in a low voice: "I heard that the military department spent a lot of effort but failed to capture Qianye and let him escape to a neutral place. Think about it , that is still in the mainland of the empire, and the military has nothing to do with him. Here we are alone, why bother?"
General Lu put on a smirk, and said coldly: "One thing the city lord is not clear about. At that time, he was in the defense area of the Zhao Clan, and there were many constraints. The military department was afraid of falling out with the Zhao Clan, so it was accidentally killed by thousands of people. Ye escaped. Now in the neutral land, although we have few people, Qianye is alone. Unless, the Lord City Lord is willing to help him?"
Ji Rui's face suddenly changed color, and he waved his hands again and again: "How is it possible? No matter how stupid I am, I can't let a big client like the Imperial Army refuse, and help that rootless kid. But, forgive me To be blunt, how many masters has General Lu brought in this time, can he be sure to take down Qianye? Qianye’s combat strength is far above his cultivation. In my opinion, maybe he has practiced some kind of method that can hide his cultivation. Maybe. All in all, don't underestimate him."
General Lu was confident, and said: "It's not easy to take him down. You don't have to fight him head-on. Of course, you need the help of the city lord."
"Let's talk about it, as long as I, Ji, can help, I won't dare to refuse."
"Okay! Just wait for your words. It's bad luck for Qianye to fall into the hands of me, Lu Saobei!" General Lu said with a dark smile, "My plan is this, Qianye wants to transport those batches away. Power sails, you have to use a large floating spaceship. This time, the general brought three cutting-edge warships of the empire. At that time, I am in ambush in outer space, and I will shoot him down in the air just waiting for his airship to set sail! Died in a ship, and cannot survive in the void."
Ji Rui was startled, but after careful consideration, he felt that it was feasible, and he felt conflicted at the moment.
Lu Saobei looked at him with a half-smile, and said, "Master Ji, I have told you all about my plan. Moreover, the news of Qianye's appearance in Nanqing City has already been sent back to the empire. If news of this incident leaks out, City Lord, you can't get away with it."
"How could it be? I, Ji, have always had the strictest mouth!" Ji Rui quickly patted his chest to assure, and then smiled flatteringly, and asked: "If this happens, General Lu will surely be promoted. Business… "
"As long as you kill Qianye, all the timber business in Nanhuang will be yours."
Ji Rui was overjoyed. He immediately ordered his servants to prepare for singing and dancing, and prepared to call out the most beautiful singers. However, Lu Saobei was not interested, waved his hand, got up and said goodbye, and said that it would not be too late to come and enjoy after Qianye gave the head.
Seeing that it was fruitless to persuade him to stay, Ji Rui had no choice but to personally send Lu Saobei out of the City Lord's Mansion. When Lu Saobei's car drove away, the eager smile on his face disappeared immediately, he snorted softly, and said to himself: "A mere fifteenth-level guy dares to be so arrogant!"
He pondered for a moment before turning back to the mansion. I was lost in thought all the way, and no one knew what was in my mind.
Lu Saobei's off-road vehicle drove all the way, and stopped in front of a small inn on the edge of Nanqing City. The inn was very dilapidated, as if it had long been in a state of depression, but after entering the door, there was something strange about it. Several sturdy soldiers stood guard at the door, heavily guarded.
The interior of the inn has been modified, and the materials in the courtyard are piled up like a mountain, and alarm devices are vigilantly arranged in every corner and hidden place. It seems to have been transformed into a secret stronghold.
Lu Sao went north into the inn, and immediately ordered: "Use a special secret report to send back the news of Qianye's appearance in Nanqingcheng, and ask the military for reinforcements."
"Yes, General!" The lieutenant colonel, as an assistant, took the order and wanted to handle it.
"Wait a minute!" Lu Saobei stopped him, pondered for a moment, and said: "This matter is very important. You send three people to deliver the news and set off in batches. One goes to the imperial capital, and the other two go to Yuelu and Void floating land. Send the news to the military stronghold there, and then they will send it back to the military headquarters."
It was rare for the lieutenant colonel to make such a solemn arrangement, so he saluted immediately and hurried to do it.
At this moment, Lu Saobei felt more at ease, and called a major general, and ordered: "Get all our warships ready, wait for my order, and set off at any time."
After leaving the City Lord's Mansion, Qianye went to Yunxiao Tower again, and saw Qingyue sitting in the lobby, looking restless.
Walking into the Yunxiao Building, Qianye looked around and saw many tough-looking people on the street, wandering around pretending to have nothing to do. In the lobby, there were also four or five people looking at the goods, but seeing that their eyes were basically not on the goods, it was known that they were just pretending.
These are all Gaohu fighters, even if they can pretend to be, but the traces of transformation on their bodies cannot be hidden from Qianye who is as careful as a needle.
Qianye stepped into the lobby, and Qingyue immediately greeted her, looking both surprised and happy, and said, "You're back so soon?"
"Why, are you afraid I won't be able to leave the City Lord's Mansion?" Qianye asked.
"... A little bit. But you can rush out anyway, right?"
"That's natural, Ji Rui can't keep me. These are your people, are you going to take care of them?"
Qingyue nodded calmly, "I'm not prepared enough, so I can only summon these people. There is no hope if we want to attack the City Lord's Mansion, but as long as you rush out, it shouldn't be a big problem for us to fight out of the city together."
Qianye smiled slightly and said, "I'm dead, so you just happened to be free?"
Qingyue puffed up her chest. At this moment, she looked straight into Qianye's eyes and said, "What I want is not freedom, but a stable life for the clansmen. Only with your support can I defeat the opponents in the clan. Unify the Gaohu. Only in your Northland can my people get a place to multiply and survive. Now the ancestral land of the Gaohu people is small and barren, and it is impossible to support so many Gaohu people. Therefore, most adult soldiers need to Leaving the ancestral land, wandering around, living as mercenaries. This is forced, not that we Gaohu people like to be precarious mercenaries!"
Qianye smiled slightly, and thoughtfully said: "It seems that we need to renegotiate the conditions. Tell me, what do you want, and what can you give me?"
"I want a piece of land as the new ancestral land of the Gaohu people. I hope this land can feed half a million people. In return, all the Gaohu people will become your subjects and fight for the country you will build. No fear of sacrifice. Other than that, I am willing to do anything for you, no conditions, no restrictions, anything!"
"Wait, calm down first." Qianye had no choice but to stop Qingyue, otherwise she didn't know what she would say. "In my impression, there seems to be a small number of Gaohu people. The whole family does not exceed 100,000 people, right?"
"About 80,000 people, some clansmen have lost contact. If it's more than a year, we will think they are dead." Qingyue's expression was a little sad. As a precarious mercenary, if there is no news for a period of time, he basically died in battle.
"But what you want from me is the land of half a million people."
Qingyue looked up, with pain and sorrow intertwined on her small face, and said: "We Gaohu people are very fertile, very fertile. The boys and girls in the clan will complete the task of procreating offspring before they reach adulthood, and then go out to become mercenaries. If it is not like this , I am afraid that our clan without a general-level powerhouse would have perished long ago."
Qianye was startled when he heard that, and said nothing more.
It's just that little Zhuji was heartless, so she asked on the spot: "Then sister Qingyue gave birth to many little ones?"
Qingyue blushed, and said in a low voice: "I... no. I was selected as a war girl at a very young age, and trained as a strong person who will protect the tribe in the future. Improving my combat power is my most important mission. Reproducing offspring is an ordinary Clan business. So, if you need it, I... I have no problem."
Qianye hurriedly coughed twice, but unexpectedly the topic turned directly in this direction. However, he would not be led astray so easily, and continued to ask: "You haven't explained the problem of half a million people."
"Our Gaohu people can reproduce at the age of five, and they are adults at the age of ten. If there is enough food, water and minerals, the number of people in the tribe will reach hundreds of thousands within twenty years. By then, you will have a A large and elite army."
Qianye was unmoved, and said, "What about in the future? When this land can't accommodate you, what will you do?"
"We will fight for you and exchange military achievements for new land. During the war, the number of clansmen will also decrease."
"Okay, I promise you."