When the first ray of dawn illuminated Nanqingcheng, the fire gradually extinguished. The leaders of the large and small mercenary regiments in Nanqing City are all gathered in the ice wolf's base at this moment, most of them are bruised and swollen, and some were even carried in.
Although there were quite a few people present, they were all silent, not even a single breather. Everyone's eyes were full of fear, and they didn't even dare to look at the witch.
Ji Tianqing directed several leaders of the mercenary group to build the platform, and the Ice Wolf was among them. He was still a prominent figure in Nanqing City the night before, but today he had to carry a log and work there in disgrace.
There were many warrior-level powerhouses working, and a simple table was set up in a blink of an eye. Ji Tianqing ordered someone to put a big chair brought from nowhere on the stage, and then waved to Qianye: "Come up!"
Qianye stepped onto the stage dumbly, and was pushed into a chair by Ji Tianqing, facing the mercenary leaders, big and small, in the audience.
Ji Tianqing took a step back, stood behind Qianye, and said loudly: "From today onwards, what is the name of our... mercenary group?"
"It's sunny." Song Zining replied expressionlessly.
"No, of course it's Seventh Young Master!"
"Bah! I don't want such a rotten mercenary group!"
"If you don't want it, you have to!"
"That's Qianye's mercenary group, why should I?"
Ji Tianqing patted his forehead, "That's right! Let's call it Qianye Mercenary Group!"
"No." Qianye finally couldn't bear it anymore.
After a lot of noise, it was finally decided to let the dark fire mercenary group reappear in the neutral ground. The name of this mercenary group was "Dark Fire".
Ji Tianqing immediately raised her voice and said: "From now on, you are all members of the Dark Fire Mercenary Corps. I will give you half a day to deal with the matter and come back to report in the evening. Whoever dares not to come will bear the consequences. Anyway, role models will be given to you." you have seen!"
All the mercenary leaders are obedient, how can anyone dare to say no
Ji Tianqing was very satisfied, patted the back of the chair, and said, "This Qianye will be the head of the mercenary group from now on."
She pointed at herself again, and said, "I am the adjutant of the head of the regiment, do you all remember?"
All the leaders bowed together and said loudly, "Master Adjutant!"
This lineup, this momentum, seems like Qianye is Ji Tianqing's adjutant. The Seventh Young Master next to him couldn't sit still any longer, so he took a step forward and said loudly, "My young master, Song Zining, will be the chief strategist of the mercenary regiment!"
All the leaders looked at each other, none of them had heard of Song Zining's name, and they didn't know where this person came from.
Satisfied, Ji Tianqing shouted, "Let's go back to work! Gather here on time at six o'clock in the evening!"
"Yes! My lord adjutant!" All the leaders responded loudly.
In a blink of an eye, the courtyard was completely empty, and there were only the Frost Wolf and a few senior deacons from the original Ice Wolf Mercenary Corps. Qianye sat on the high platform without saying a word, like a statue, staring blankly at the empty courtyard.
From beginning to end, nothing happened to him. Apart from the title of head of the regiment, it has no other role. All the leaders didn't even look at him a few times, as if the leader was nothing but air.
In fact, he knew that Qianye had a lot of mercenaries, and he also knew about his record. It's just that the status of these mercenaries in Nanqing City is really low in the mercenary world. Even the ice wolf has only a few people who can participate in the battle of the Black Forest. They had only heard about Qianye's strength, but had never seen it with their own eyes. But Ji Tianqing had just beaten up each of them severely, and with a single slap, seven or eight of them could be sent flying. In contrast, it is natural that Ji Tianqing is more afraid.
The next step is to renovate the courtyard. Anyway, there are strong men headed by Frost Wolf as coolies, and the construction process is extremely fast. Qianye stayed on site to oversee the work, while Song Zining booked a nearby hotel as a temporary residence. Meanwhile, Ji Tianqing ran around to see if those mercenary leaders dared to act obediently, slack off behind their backs, and refused to obey her orders.
If you are so busy, it will be evening in the blink of an eye. All the big and small bosses returned to Ice Wolf's base one after another, but only two did not arrive.
The leaders present all carried the roster of the mercenary regiment, the list of property and armaments, and the title deed of the residence. This is like going bankrupt. It is more like being robbed than being incorporated. However, losing one's wealth is better than losing one's life. Last night, Ji Tianqing had already taught them this truth.
Ji Tianqing casually clicked on a few bosses, and counted them by category. She herself divided these people into several groups and divided them into classes at will. It is nothing more than the first, second and third ranks of deacons, each of whom can command different soldiers and horses.
Her grouping seems casual, but it is actually quite mysterious. There is a group of capable and obedient, and they have the highest status. Those who have no strength but are obedient come next, those who have strength are not very obedient, and finally those who have no strength and are not very obedient are directly beaten to the end, only a little higher than ordinary mercenaries.
The last group of people were naturally unconvinced, but when Ji Tianqing slapped the leader to death, no one dared to say anything more. At this moment, they finally understood that maybe Ji Tianqing was waiting for them to jump out, otherwise how could there be an excuse to kill them
Noisy and noisy until midnight, the new dark fire mercenary group was sorted out. The upper and lower structure, the composition of high-level deacons, how to dismantle and reorganize the various mercenary regiments, and the distribution of the resident are completed one by one. What finally appeared in front of Qianye was a behemoth with four thousand members and nearly ten members. In terms of strength alone, it far exceeds the dark fire of the day.
With so many complicated affairs, I am afraid that it will take ten days and a half months to get it done with someone else. But in Ji Tianqing's hands, big and small things passed like flowing water, without any hindrance. She wasn't bragging. In terms of the adjutant's talent, there might not be many people in the entire empire who could compare with her.
On the one hand, it was because of Ji Tianqing's talent, and on the other hand, it was also because of her arbitrariness. All the bosses were terrified of being beaten. As long as it was something she decided, no one would dare to say no.
From the beginning to the end, Qianye just watched quietly from the sidelines, without a chance to speak at all, and just sat there all night.
After the plan was finalized, Ji Tianqing sent everyone back to count the supplies, hand over the garrison and reorganize the troops. This process can take a few days.
After finally getting a vacancy, many leaders of the mercenary group found the City Lord's Mansion through various channels, hoping that Ji Rui could come out and uphold justice. No matter how big or small the mercenary regiment is, they used to be kings on their own one-third of an acre of land, and they were the boss behind closed doors. How could they bear the sudden addition of three overlords on their heads
However, Ji Rui stayed behind closed doors, didn't see anyone, and turned a blind eye to what happened right at the gate of the City Lord's Mansion, pretending it never happened.
In this way, everyone understood what Ji Rui meant: he couldn't afford to offend these three people.
In an instant, all the big and small bosses suddenly felt that it was dark.
Losing Ji Rui as a big backer, some unwilling and self-reliant people brought their cronies, rolled up their clothes, and sneaked out of Nanqingcheng while the moon was dark and the wind was high. Most of the mercenary regiments were self-aware and understood that they did not have the ability to survive outside Nanqing City, so they swallowed their anger and accepted the fact that they had been merged into the dark fire and had to bow their heads and surrender.
For those mercenary groups who wanted to leave, Ji Tianqing didn't make things difficult on purpose and let them go. These people will always have two hearts if they stay, so it's better to throw them out.
For several days, Song Zining and Ji Tianqing did not sit idle, but negotiated with one after another to discuss cooperation again. The biggest source of income for the large and small mercenary groups in Nanqing City is to provide protection for these commercial firms. The security in the city is basic. A powerful mercenary regiment will send mercenaries to follow the caravans of the merchants and provide protection along the way. The stronger mercenary regiments will even accept combat missions, such as ambushing the caravans of enemy firms.
Now the dark fire has almost wiped out all the mercenaries in Nanqing City, becoming an unprecedented giant, and even Ji Rui can't get ahead, so the negotiation with the trading company will naturally have to be restarted.
At the beginning, all the business owners were worried. Similar incidents have happened more than once. After a certain mercenary group monopolizes a place, it often raises the price on the ground, increases the protection fee several times, and even simply flees the robbers by itself. This will only rob a lot of floating money, and the business houses have suffered a lot, so they will naturally avoid these places. And no matter how powerful the mercenary group is on the surface, it will inevitably fall apart in the end.
There are many precedents, too numerous to enumerate. However, even if this kind of mercenary group disappears in smoke in the end, those trading houses are the worst in the early stage of their evil. Therefore, the principals of the chamber of commerce are all preoccupied and anxious.
However, after getting in touch with them, the principals of the firm were surprised to find that Dark Fire's behavior was completely different from other mercenary groups in the neutral land. Song Zining did not rely on overwhelming power to raise prices arbitrarily and exploit the trading houses. Instead, he lowered prices on many miscellaneous and sporadic items, and combined many items that were charged separately in the past. On the whole, the cost that the commercial bank needs to pay has been reduced a lot.
This move surprised the principals of the firm, but no one would refuse such a good thing. Surprised, many people are secretly planning, when the situation is clear, they will consider increasing investment in Nanqingcheng.
Next, Song Zining came up with another plan. As long as they set up weapon workshops, rare material shops, and high-end floating ship equipment in Nanqing City, they will provide mercenary services at half the price. Even after the workshop is built, he is willing to contribute 20% of the shares.
This made the principals of several large commercial firms feel excited, and hurriedly asked for details. Although many small commercial firms are not strong enough, they have more or less access to floating ship equipment, so they are also concerned about the standard of "high-end floating equipment". After all, in a neutral place, all kinds of arms are hard currency.
Song Zining had been prepared for a long time, and immediately took out a copy of the materials and distributed them.
When everyone saw it, most of them were disappointed, but there were quite a few people who were thoughtful. Song Zining's standard is indeed a bit high, and all types of equipment must reach the level of the empire's second-tier combat readiness fleet.
This kind of shipboard equipment is not common in neutral lands, but it is not impossible to get through the eternal night or the empire.