Believe it or not, seeing Song Zining speak so firmly, everyone was refreshed. Whether the eternal flame is present or not is really an essential difference. If he stays in a neutral place for a long time, then everyone doesn't have to do anything, just return to the empire honestly. But staying for three days and leaving is another matter. Even without Song Zining, many of the people present could come up with countermeasures.
Everyone was discussing quickly at the moment, and after a while, they came to a conclusion that all personnel fleets of the empire withdrew from Nanqing City and retreated 300 kilometers to avoid the front of the Yongye army. Wait until the Eternal Burning Flame leaves, and then deal with Yong Ye slowly.
The only pity is that the space channel has gradually stabilized in the past few days, and it seems that another group of people can be sent in in a few days. But at this time, the Yongye Allied Forces arrived, and the second batch of places could only be seen falling into Yongye's hands.
However, judging from the current state of the space channel, it should be usable for a while. The families are not particularly impatient, especially those that have already been included in the second batch of lists. Not everyone can go to the Great Maelstrom. According to the inference of Tianji Technique, this passage is still very dangerous. Those who are not warriors or above will definitely go there and never return.
In addition, Song Zining revealed a very important piece of information for free, that is, if you enter the maelstrom, young people will benefit more. And those who are already in their seventies and eighties, it is best not to go in, otherwise most of them will never return.
This news can be said to be extremely important. Some families originally thought that there would be a lot of places, and planned to send a few elders in so as to protect their talented children. After hearing Song Zining say this, they all dismissed this idea. For any aristocratic family, elders are a rare resource, and there is no elder who knows that he will enter the maelstrom even if he dies. After all, he doesn't know what's going on at the other end of the passage, and his death may be in vain.
If these elders were deducted, then the number of people entering the maelstrom would be quite generous. Although the latecomers would have fewer chances to explore for the first time, correspondingly, they would also have fewer unknown dangers. Many low-rank families are more willing to seek stability, as long as their children can come out of the maelstrom alive, it will be a great harvest. It would be best if you can bring some special products with you. As for earning more and earning less, it doesn't matter.
The plan was made, and each family immediately started to act. It only took two hours for the empire to complete the start-up work at the big camp outside Tingchao City. A large number of trucks merged into a steel dragon and began to retreat to Nanqingcheng. A little later, the imperial fleet was also loaded with important personnel and supplies, and returned to Nanqingcheng. In the entire Nanqing City, the empire also began to count the supplies, loaded the trucks, and prepared to evacuate.
Seeing the imperial army hurrying by, Ji Rui was both happy and worried. The joy is that the empire is finally leaving, and this Nanqing City is still his world after all. The worry is whether to take refuge in the empire. Although there is less freedom and more constraints, it has changed to a vast world. The layout of this neutral place is still too small to accommodate more characters.
In Nanqing City, the workshops of the major commercial firms were working in full swing as usual. The workshop set up by Song Zining did not move out either, and started working as usual. These commercial firms have long been accustomed to the conquests and attacks between the major forces, and whichever force becomes the boss will pay those taxes anyway, neither more nor less. All the forces have also formed a tacit agreement with the commercial firms, no matter how fierce the fight is, they will not touch the commercial firm's property. Moreover, the big trading houses themselves have heavy troops, which are also equivalent to a force, and they cannot be easily offended.
In the eyes of Shanghang, the Empire and Yongye are also a force, but on a larger scale.
Song Zining has laid an excellent industrial foundation for Nanqingcheng. The large and small workshops here are all for the purpose of making one thing: floating battleships. In a neutral land, the demand for floating warships is endless, and it can be said that as many as they are built can be sold. Moreover, the quality of the floating warships built by Ningyuan Heavy Industry is comparable to the cutting-edge warships of the empire thirty years ago. Not to mention the neutral ground, warships of this level are in great demand from various princes and small countries, and even the powerful families of the empire. If it really doesn't work, it can still be sold to Yong Ye.
Therefore, even if the Yongye Allied Forces came under pressure, the commercial firms in Nanqing City would never stop working.
One day later, the imperial army was no longer seen in Nanqing City, and the rest were the aborigines of the neutral land.
Not far from Nanqing City, Song Zining's flagship floated in the air. At this moment, the flagship has completed its camouflage again, and it looks like an old cargo ship, which may fall to the ground at any time.
At this time, two off-road vehicles drove up on the ground below, and the people on the vehicles signaled to the sky, and Song Zining's flagship slowly landed.
Song Zining walked out of the hatch, and three people got off the off-road vehicle and were waiting. An old man in the middle stepped forward a few steps, saluted, and said respectfully, "I've met Seventh Young Master."
Song Zining said happily, "There's no need to be too polite. Is your master okay?"
"Master has already left the Blood Throne, and we don't know where we are going. But before leaving, the master ordered that Young Master Qi can give us things. If you have anything, you can also tell me. The master will return to the Blood Throne from time to time, then You will know when."
Song Zining nodded, and said, "You can't be too careful when dealing with the Eternal Flame. Your master is right. The things are here, you can take inventory."
Song Zining waved his hand, and someone behind him handed over a small suitcase. The old man on the opposite side took it, opened it, and saw that there were mostly jewels, gold and jade inside, dazzling and dazzling, and it was difficult to distinguish the value for a while. He closed the suitcase and said, "How could there be a shortage of what Seventh Young Master promised? There is no need to count it."
Song Zining nodded, and said, "Another matter, how is your master thinking?"
The old man said: "The master thinks it is possible, but the conditions need to be slightly modified. The master wants a custom-made frigate in exchange for the full blow of the broken fleeting time."
Song Zining pondered for a while, then nodded and said, "It's reasonable. Go back and tell your master, I agree."
The old man showed joy and said, "I will take this good news back. My master wants to place more orders, but I don't know how much Qi Shao can satisfy here?"
"It depends on your master. If Nanqingcheng is disturbed less, it will naturally produce more. In addition, this time, you can't let the eternal flame do whatever you want. You have to put some pressure on him."
"My master will consider this matter."
Song Zining nodded and returned to the floating ship. The old man also drove away to Nanqing City.
At this moment, a guard next to Song Zining lifted his hood, revealing a fair face, and said, "I didn't expect the Blood Throne to have a confidant in Nanqing City, and it's still a human race."
This person has a white face and no beard, he is obviously Eunuch Zhang.
Song Zining smiled slightly, and said, "It's not surprising that he has been operating in the neutral land for hundreds of years. Among the blood clans who came to the Blood Throne, there must be Zhang Buzhou's dark son."
"Aren't you afraid that he will spy on your secret?"
Song Zining said calmly: "What are you afraid of? The things in Nanqing City are for them to see. Just to let them know what the surrounding parts are. It doesn't matter. They can't dismantle the engine. Even if they can, I don't have it. Even the alloy formula, they can't make it."
"But..." Eunuch Zhang obviously still has doubts.
Song Zining smiled and said, "Eunuch, don't worry, whether it's that one or Zhang Buzhou, even people like Spider Emperor, Wolf King, and Frost Thunder Temple are fine. What they want is the fleet, not making money. This is different from us!"
Eunuch Zhang smiled wryly, and said: "Our family has nothing else to think about, just waiting to make a small fortune with Seventh Young Master, so that we can live a peaceful old age."
Song Zining said: "Eunuch Zhang is joking, we have worked so hard to come to a neutral place, how can we only make a small fortune?"
The two looked at each other and laughed.
Back in the command cabin, Song Zining spread out the map of the East China Sea, studied it for a while, then pointed to the edge of the landmass, and said, "Go here first."
Eunuch Zhang watched from the sidelines, a little confused, and asked, "What's here?"
Song Zining said, "I'm going to meet someone, and return the favor by the way."
Eunuch Zhang is also a veteran, seeing that Song Zining was unwilling to speak out, he stopped asking. The flagship received the order, set sail immediately, turned around and flew towards the edge of the landmass. Halfway through the journey, a ray of light suddenly shot up from the flagship and flew into the void. Eunuch Zhang's eyes were sharp, and he vaguely saw two metal seals in Guanghua. This kind of envelope is generally used to load secret letters. He felt a chill in his heart, he never thought that Song Zining would use such methods now. It seems that although Song Zining is in a neutral place, he still has close ties with the empire.
Half a day later, the flagship sailed to the edge of the landmass. Song Zining ordered the flagship to wait here, flew to the ground by himself, and headed to the edge of the landmass alone. Eunuch Zhang watched Song Zining go all the way away from the deck, his brows were tightly frowned, his expression became more and more serious, and he didn't know what he was thinking.
The climate at the edge of the East China Sea is harsh, and there are void storms raging past from time to time. Qianye was also careful when walking here, Song Zining should have worked harder. However, his Three Thousand Floating Leaves Domain is best at taking advantage of various environments, the more extreme it is, the more places it can leverage. Therefore, he still walked calmly in the wind and snow, his folding fan swaying gently, indescribably chic and romantic.
He kept searching in the wind and snow. According to Qianye's original description, after searching for a long time, he finally saw the blood warship parked on the ground from a distance.
Just as Song Zining breathed a sigh of relief, a person appeared in front of him. He was dressed as a vampire, with a vigilant expression, and a pair of eagle eyes like knives, sizing him up and down.
Song Zining cupped his hands and said, "This should be the Marquis of Jialinan, right? Please also inform His Excellency Yetong that there is an old friend visiting."
Jialinan was taken aback, raised his eyebrows and said, "You recognize me?"
Song Zining smiled lightly, "The majestic Marquis of Calinan, how could I not know him?"
Jialinan looked up and down Song Zining, but still couldn't see through the details of this guy, hesitated in his heart, and finally said: "Please wait here for a while, and I will repay the master."
Song Zining smiled and said, "Please go ahead."
Kalinan returned quickly, came to the side of the battleship, and said, "Master Yetong, someone wants to see you, and they say it's an old friend visiting."
After a while, Yetong's voice sounded, "What kind of person?"
Gallinan hesitated for a moment, and said: "A young man from the human race, he knows your and my names. This man is not bad in appearance, but his strength is average. He still needs to hold a fan in a snowy day. unusual."
Yetong gave a rare chuckle, and said, "Can't you just call him an idiot?"