Witch Wind

Chapter 55 Sharp Confrontation
Palace of Marseille.

Inside the restaurant.

Xing Tianli drank tea and ate buns with June yellow filling leisurely.

It must be admitted that you get what you pay for. The owner of the Marseille Palace is able to provide such authentic Eastern-style meals in his own restaurant. Xing Tianli feels that his hard work was worth it as he led the pursuers to the Dongyun people's territory last night and avoided a direct battle on Fontainebleau Street.

Such a good hotel that knows how to adapt to local customs should not be destroyed by war.

As for the heavy losses suffered by the Dongyun people last night!

"I am also a victim. I lost a car!" Xing Tianli took a sip of tea, ate a mouthful of the fragrant and delicious crab roe bun, and sighed with satisfaction: "Besides, Dayu Dynasty did not invite them to their territory. If they encounter any natural disasters or man-made disasters here, it is their own fault!"

He didn't feel the slightest bit of guilt in the first place, and after Xing Tianli consoled himself, his heart became even purer, like the blue autumn sky, spotless.

Tom and Jerry hurried in and placed a file bag made of kraft paper in front of Xing Tianli. They took the tableware, poured themselves some tea, poured some balsamic vinegar into the vinegar dish, picked up the chopsticks, picked up the buns in the steamer and ate them.

"Boss, this is what you asked for. It's some information about the Bliss Fragrance in the Dark Forest." Tom swallowed two buns and then exhaled cold air to relieve his tongue that was burned by the soup. "The profits are amazing, which makes many people excited, but the Dark Forest has won over many big shots, and no one wants to be the first to come forward."

Xing Tianli put down the teacup and took out the secret information of the East Country Investigation Office from the file bag.

The intelligence was not very detailed. After all, the East Country Investigation Office had limited manpower, and Bliss Incense was not a key target of investigation. The intelligence only vaguely mentioned that the Dark Language Forest had a wide network of contacts and powerful means. The sales network of Bliss Incense had spread throughout the Jiangdong Province. The traces of Bliss Incense also appeared in the three neighboring provinces of Chutian, Yunmeng, and Liangjiang.

According to estimates by the East Country Investigation Office, in the Dayu Dynasty, in just these four provinces, the number of lower-class people who smoke the ecstasy incense is nearly 10 million.

"Ten million people, each person spends an average of thirty taels of silver on this every year." Tom exclaimed in a low voice: "This is basically the total annual income of an ordinary family in the East Country."

Xing Tianli quickly flipped through the files, and the numbers listed in the last summary box made his heart twitch.

Nearly ten million people smoke it, and billions of silver are consumed every year.

Moreover, according to the judgment of the East Country Investigation Office, the number of users of nearly 10 million is due to the limited "production capacity" of the Dark Language Forest, which restricts the growth of the number of users. If the production capacity of the Dark Language Forest can be improved, the number of users will soar further.

As for the dangers of smoking ecstasy, at least it doesn't seem to be very serious now.

Apart from the fact that it is extremely addictive and difficult to quit once you are exposed to it, it now seems that it does not cause much harm to the body.

After all, the establishment of the Dark Language Forest was only about 20 years ago, and the appearance of the Bliss Incense was only about 10 years ago. The first batch of smokers were thinner, weaker, and weaker, except that they became furious when they could no longer smoke, but no greater harm was manifested.

The files of the East Country Investigation Office also list some important figures involved in the trade of bliss incense.

The Forest of Secret Language is just the overall source.

Below the Secret Language Forest, there are several extremely powerful underwriters. They are all large chambers of commerce among the top 100 countries in the Far West, with extensive connections and wealth that can rival that of a country.

No one dares to provoke these few big underwriters in the huge Dayu Dynasty, so they can act with impunity.

The people who escorted the sales of Ji Le Xiang were the governors of several provinces and the sheriffs of dozens of counties. Even in the Ji Le Xiang smoking shops in various places, the people who guarded the doors and courtyards were the constables of the local government offices!
"Except for the Consulate General of Farus, our Consulate General of England also has officers who have a small share of it." Tom lowered his voice: "After all, this money comes too easily, hundreds of millions of taels of silver every year, and the cost is negligible."

Xing Tianli stuffed the information back into the file bag and handed it back to Tom.

He nodded slowly, picked up the teacup, and said nothing.

He hated Dayuchao more and more. From head to toe, there was no part of her that he liked.

If he still had the celestial cultivation from his previous life, he would have headed straight for the capital city of Fentian without saying a word.

But he didn't.

"In this world, we can only go with the flow!" Xing Tianli raised his teacup, took a sip of tea, and said these words expressionlessly. It was impossible for him to just go with the flow. He had to do something within his ability.

"Was it very lively over there with the Dongyun people last night?" Xing Tianli changed the subject.

"Heavy casualties!" Tom and Jerry laughed at the same time, with an undisguised gloating in their smiles.

"There have indeed been heavy casualties." Xing Tianli remembered the raging fire in the Dongyun settlement area last night, the terrible massacre in the military camp, and the huge explosion that ended everything. There had truly been heavy casualties, and he couldn't even estimate how much the Dongyun people had lost yesterday.

Just as I was about to ask Tom and Jerry how the concession was going to deal with what happened to the Dongyun people last night, Maria, surrounded by four girls and leading two Pekingese dogs, slowly walked into the restaurant.

Maria stood at the door of the restaurant and with a casual glance, she saw Xing Tianli sitting by the window.

She handed the dog leash to the girl beside her, walked over lightly, and stood next to Xing Tianli.

"Ms. Maria, your paintings were auctioned for a good price yesterday!" Xing Tianli raised the teacup towards Maria: "Haven't you had breakfast yet? Let's eat together? I think you should pay the bill, after all, you made such a fortune last night!"

Xing Tianli smiled brightly.

Tom and Jerry looked at Maria with stern faces.

After all, they are professional intelligence officers, and they have already received detailed information about what happened last night - Maria put the blueprints of the most advanced battleship of the Kingdom of Ingish up for auction last night.

Maria even publicly announced that the information came from the Royal Navy of the Kingdom of England.

This despicable and shameless female thief auctioned the empire's confidential information in public and sold it for an astronomical price. Then, she appeared calmly in front of two... no, three imperial officers!

Maria looked down at Xing Tianli, her eyes flickering: "You have caused us a little trouble. Your previous unfriendly behavior towards us has caused us to suffer a certain amount of losses."

"But, thanks to you, we got an extremely unexpected reward last night."

"According to our calculations, our gains last night far outweighed the losses you caused us. And the price we need to pay to eliminate you far exceeds the rewards that eliminating you can bring us."

"You are lucky. Your name has been deleted from our destruction list." Maria said coldly: "Perhaps, you can consider working for us? Think about what you want from us. You can come to my room to find me anytime."

Maria raised the corners of her mouth, revealing a smile without any hint of laughter, then turned and left without hesitation.

Tom and Jerry looked at each other, speechless.

This woman, is she openly trying to "rebel" Xing Tianli?
Yes, she seemed to mean that?
But how can you do things like subversion and bribery in public? Moreover, even if you want to do such things in public, you should take out the most basic real money, right? You come here, say such incomprehensible words, and then turn around and leave?

Is your brain broken, woman?
Xing Tianli narrowed his eyes and watched Maria and her group sit down in a corner in the distance. He called the waiter and skillfully ordered a large number of dishes.

Her words just now left Tom and Jerry confused, but he heard them clearly.

That night, the pit bull was forced to self-destruct, causing Xing Tianli and the big black dog to be on Maria's "destroy list". But after a hunt last night, they found helplessly that the cost of using conventional methods to "destroy" Xing Tianli and the big black dog was a bit high.

And yesterday, because of Xing Tianli, they seized the strange "Little Five Gongshi" and the bronze long spear it used. After their measurement and judgment, these two things were worth more than Xing Tianli itself.

So, after comprehensive calculations, Xing Tianli was lucky to escape the destruction list.

Not only that, Maria and the others even felt that if Xing Tianli could be used by them, it could bring them far greater benefits than destroying Xing Tianli!

So, Maria ran over early in the morning, so stiffly and unfamiliarly, and said such dry words in front of Tom and Jerry.

Perhaps, in Maria's logical thinking, she has already explained the cause and effect very clearly.

She even stood at the "height of absolute advantage" and expressed a certain amount of goodwill towards Xing Tianli.

"Her place is different!" Xing Tianli pointed to his temple and whispered, "She and her people have different brains than normal people. That's why they act crazy and talk nonsense. Who among the serious people can understand what they mean?"

Tom and Jerry also pouted at the same time.

"Scientists from secret organizations? There are some weird guys like this in our country too. They are all crazy. Normal people can't understand their thoughts at all, and can't communicate with them normally!"

Jerry sighed, "Just like the technical data they auctioned last night, how could they have thought of contacting so many countries and auctioning them publicly? They even took out the battleship data belonging to the Empire so openly. Aren't they afraid of becoming an enemy of the Empire?"

Xing Tianli asked curiously, "Finally, who took the bid for the super-dreadnought-class battleship's information?"

Xing Tianli came back late last night. When he returned to the hotel, the cocktail party had ended and the top leaders of various countries had left. He really didn't know what the final result would be.

Tom and Jerry showed extremely strange expressions at the same time. They lowered their voices and exclaimed in unison: "The Dongyun people! They used the three gold mountains and twelve silver mines in the country as collateral to get the blueprint."

Xing Tianli took a deep, deep breath.

People from Dongyun!

Can understand.

Crazy island nation, they absolutely cannot resist the temptation of a new battleship whose combat power absolutely crushes all current battleships. Buy the design, and then, they will go all out to build this battleship.

Kill all your own citizens.

Or kill all enemies.

Xing Tianli could imagine the madness of this group of people without any need for brains.

"It's the order of Mr. Joe Peter." Tom lowered his voice again: "Keep a close eye on Maria and the others. Find their boss behind the scenes. We will try to get all the information and all the transaction funds."

"If anything unexpected happens, then the primary goal is to track down their boss behind the scenes."

Tom picked up the teacup and raised it to Xing Tianli. "His Excellency Augustus, the plenipotentiary envoy, has ordered us to cooperate fully with the Kingdom of Saint Norman in this operation. Even if we have to turn the International Concession into a battlefield, even if we have to raze the International Concession or even Pinghai City to the ground, we will do it at all costs."

Customers came in one after another, and soon the restaurant, which could accommodate hundreds of people, was full.

Among the guests that come in, few are serious.

Many of them are like Tom and Jerry, burly, strong, tough, alert, with eyes as sharp as wild beasts, and bulging waists, clearly young men carrying firearms.

They had different hair colors and eye colors, and they all spoke in the official language of the Great Yu Dynasty, but with a strong foreign accent. In particular, no matter what they said, their eyes never left Maria and her group.

Xing Tianli knew.

The auction ended last night, but the data has not yet been handed over, and the officials of various countries who bought the data have not paid Maria and her team the required precious metals.

It seems that everything is over, but in fact everything has just begun.

"Their brains are broken." Xing Tianli pointed to his temple again and frowned, "What are they doing? Don't they know that what they are doing is enough to start a war?"

Tom and Jerry shook their heads and smiled bitterly at the same time.

At the next table, several low-ranking officers from the British Consulate General also shook their heads and smiled bitterly.

Xing Tianli's expression suddenly froze. He slowly raised his head and looked at Maria and the others - starting a war? What if the original purpose of these guys was to start a war?

So unscrupulous, so arrogant and domineering.

They are publicly auctioning high-tech data that could change the balance of power among nations, and even publicly auctioning battleship blueprints stolen from the Kingdom of England. What if the ultimate purpose of these guys is to start a war?
Xing Tianli had a gloomy face and told Tom and Jerry his guess.

The faces of both of them turned ugly.

At the next table, the faces of the Yingji officers who heard Xing Tianli's whispered words became extremely distorted and stiff.

Thirty years ago, the smoke of the war that swept across hundreds of countries in the Far West and almost reduced the West to ruins had not yet dissipated. Tom, Jerry and others, as the first generation of young people born after the war, grew up listening to their elders' descriptions of the war.

That horrific war with hundreds of millions of casualties was, in the eyes of their elders, pure hell.

Maria and the others want to start a war?

Yes, powerful new explosives, new alloy formulas, new steel torrent designs, new "vacuum tube" technology, and even battleship information stolen from Ingish.

What else can these things be used for besides military purposes?
Will it be used to benefit the people?
joke!

The two young British officers stood up hurriedly and ran out of the restaurant in a slightly embarrassed manner.

They had to tell the top leaders of the consulate about Xing Tianli's terrifying inferences, and they had to pass these terrifying speculations on to the British Embassy and even to the top leaders in the country as quickly as possible.

Why would anyone want to start a war?
Are they tired of living?

At the same time, in a lavishly decorated room on the top floor of the Whisper Forest, an elegant white-haired woman was lazily lying on a soft couch, smoking a hookah, squinting at Consul General Farus standing in front of her.

"Count de Gouverneur?" The white-haired woman blew out a smoke ring nonchalantly, "What a rare guest. We are both the most orthodox and most distinguished nobles of Faroese. We are both in the distant East, and we are both in the small International Concession. But in the past twenty years, have we met ten times?"

The elderly, bald Consul General of Faroese, Dai Gao, looked at the white-haired woman with a complicated expression.

He was silent for a long time before he slowly bowed to the white-haired woman and said, "I'm sorry, Your Highness. If you hadn't taken away all the funds in the treasury, we might have had a chance to turn the tables. At least the guards who received sufficient military funds would not mutiny in the middle of a battle."

The white-haired woman smiled calmly and said casually, "You want me to give those lovely gold and silver to those lowly soldiers? Impossible!" Dai Gao was so angry that his face turned red. He clenched his fists and stared at the white-haired woman for a long time. He finally said angrily, "What they said is true. His Majesty must have been bewitched by you, so he gave you such great power, and in the end, you betrayed all of us!"

"Your Majesty, it's your father!" Dai Gao roared, "How could you watch him and your brothers and sisters being sent to the guillotine one after another?"

The white-haired woman blew a smoke ring frivolously: "But to me, they are not worth even a gold coin!"

"As for your Majesty?"

The white-haired woman's expression became extremely strange. She chuckled and said, "Yes, I cast a spell to make him hand over most of the power of the kingdom to me, and I betrayed you casually. Yes, I did it. What can you do to me?"

Dai Gao took a deep breath and nearly fainted from high blood pressure. He staggered back a few steps and sat heavily on a soft chair.

He panted for a long time before slowly saying, "Okay, let's not talk about what happened more than 20 years ago. Your Highness, Farus needs your help."

The white-haired woman raised her eyebrows. "You're asking me for help? That's rare. How can I help you?"

Dai Gao's eyes sparkled: "We need a large amount of cash, gold, silver, or precious metals of equal value. In the International Concession, you are the only one who can help us at this moment!"

The big black dog walked into the restaurant with his head held high, slid to Xing Tianli's table, and threw him a wink.

Xing Tianli grabbed a basket of crab roe buns and stuffed them into the big black dog's mouth. He picked up the teacup and took a big sip. He took out two banknotes and put them under the teacup. He patted the big black dog's head hard, gestured to Tom and Jerry to tell them to keep an eye on Maria, and then the big black dog, who was grimacing in the heat but reluctant to spit out the hot bun, strode out of the restaurant.

The big black dog took Xing Tianli and went straight out of the hotel.

After leaving Fontainebleau Street and turning two alleys, Xing Tianli came to a quiet path lined with sycamore trees. In a tavern with a closed sign, he met his old acquaintance, Eunuch Lianxi.

In Xiaolongqiu Town, the arrogant eunuch Lianxi, at this moment, was like a well-behaved Pekingese, with a smile on his face, slightly hunched back, standing respectfully behind a tall woman in beige plaid Western men's clothing.

The woman was dressed in men's clothing, with a head full of shiny black hair, as thick as a waterfall, tied into a simple ponytail at the back of her head. She was tall, with beautiful features, and a pair of watery phoenix eyes that were extremely fierce. Occasionally, when she raised her eyes, a chilling sense of oppression from years of pampering and having the power of life and death in her hands came roaring out.

The woman sat quietly on a high stool in front of the bar, with an open glass in front of her, filled with liquor. Her hands were deftly disassembling a black pistol. With a 'click', the pistol fell into a pile of parts, and then in the blink of an eye, her ten fingers created a shadow and reassembled the parts.

As soon as Xing Tianli walked into the tavern, the woman raised her head and her eyes as sharp as knives swept over him.

Suddenly seeing Xing Tianli, who was handsome, tall, yet elegant and cheerful, the woman's eyes suddenly lit up, and the color of her eyes became more charming. She suddenly sighed, "How could such a handsome man be a stinky man?"

Xing Tianli's steps suddenly froze.

The eunuch Lianxi behind the woman had already started to chuckle, and hurriedly said, "If the master dislikes this boy as a stinky man, why not let this servant kill him with a knife and become your personal eunuch?"

The woman's eyes moved around, seeming hesitant.

A trace of evil in Xing Tianli's heart rushed straight to his forehead, and the Tongtian Miaozhu touched the ground with a "ding" sound, and a trace of cold air rose around his body.

'Humph'!
Behind the woman, in the dark corner of the tavern, a man who was nearly seven feet tall, with a full beard and a very heroic spirit, and a strong and sturdy body like a wild bear, took a step forward. The man was wearing a dark purple dragon robe, a jade belt around his waist, and a thick whip wrapped around his neck. With just one step, the air in the tavern with a radius of more than ten feet was shaken violently, and the walls were vibrated by the shaking air with a "hum" sound.

The corners of Xing Tianli's eyes twitched violently, and his heart seemed to be squeezed by an invisible hand. He felt dizzy and almost fainted.

This guy, this guy...

Xing Tianli clearly sensed that this fellow was following the path of pure physical cultivation, and his true realm was definitely higher than when Xing Tianli ascended in his previous life.

The guaranteed one is also a physical cultivator at the celestial fairyland!
This world has fallen into the Dharma Ending Age. Compared to this man, the whole world is like an endless desert with no vacuum, and he is like an extremely deep and wide pool that suddenly fell into this desert.

Even though he used secret methods and built a high dam beside the deep pool to prevent the water from leaking out, the high temperature outside and the extremely dry environment caused the water to continue evaporating and dissipating layer by layer.

Xing Tianli restrained his spirit and didn't dare to show any abnormality.

Although this guy is a physical cultivator, he must have also condensed his soul, and he is definitely not weak. If Xing Tianli dared to show the power of his soul in front of him, he would definitely be caught alive by this guy.

Even though he had restrained his soul, Xing Tianli still felt that this man was like a flesh-and-blood sun floating in front of him, constantly emitting a mighty breath of blood and essence to the outside world. Xing Tianli could even feel that in the acupoints and key buildings of this man's body, there were strict and solid blood and essence shackles, trying their best to block his own majestic and surging energy.

It’s just that this is the Dharma Ending Age.

No matter how this guy restrains himself, as long as he appears in this world, his energy will continue to leak out.

According to Xing Tianli's judgment, even if this guy's physical body has reached the realm of celestial immortal, if he dares to stay in this Dharma Ending Age for more than three years, if he does not get enough replenishment, his cultivation will be lost and he will become a mortal.

This was the result of his great efforts to restrain his energy.

If he dared to use all his strength and fight with all his might, then in three to five days at most, he would lose all his energy and become a mortal.

He is not like Xing Tianli, who can continuously refine acquired things and trace back to the primordial Qi in this Dharma-Ending Age, and still vigorously and diligently practice the fundamental method of improvement in this Dharma-Ending Age!
“Xiao Yihe, do you want us to help you pluck the bird off this kid?” The bearded man laughed grimly, “Just now when Xiao Lianzi was talking, this kid actually had the audacity to kill me. Hey, he’s another slave who can’t be tamed!”

Xing Tianli tightly grasped the Tongtian Magic Bamboo, raised his head with great difficulty, and stared at the bearded man straight despite the terrifying pressure brought by the powerful essence leaked from the bearded man.

"Alas, old Murima, even if a stinky man is circumcised, he is still a stinky man, isn't he? How can he be as innocent and lovely as a girl?" The tall woman shook her head, nodded at Xing Tianli, and smiled, "Besides, this boy is capable. He can even sneak into the Yingjishi Consulate General and flirt with them. In the future, Yihe will have to rely on him to work for Dayu."

The bearded man Murima chuckled strangely and glared at Xing Tianli fiercely.

Xing Tianli felt a heat in his chest, as if he was hit by a sledgehammer. He was so shocked by Murima's gaze that he lost his balance. He staggered back several steps and almost broke through the door of the tavern and fell out.

"Xiao Yi and you are a kind-hearted master. This is a good thing, but it is not a good thing either." Murima sighed, "For the good thing, a grateful servant will risk his life for you. For the bad thing, some sneaky servants who are accustomed to colluding with outsiders will inevitably have evil intentions and do something evil."

Waving his hand, Murima slowly stepped back, sat on a big chair, crossed his legs, picked up a bottle of strong liquor, and drank it all in one gulp. He burped with satisfaction and said with a smile: "But it doesn't matter. A slave is a slave. If a disobedient slave, the ancestor will help you twist off his head!"

Xing Tianli took a deep breath.

Is this knocking?
That's the knock!
Hey.

What a despicable and lowly trick that leaves people speechless. However, no matter how low the trick is, combined with the terrifying strength of the bearded man Murima, this is the most unsolvable trick in the world!
Facing Murima, who was so powerful that he could easily kill his body, Xing Tianli was silent for a moment. Just as he was about to speak, the big black dog had already rushed out and barked at Murima: "Murima, old man, this kid is protected by my bloodline. Are you trying to hit him? You are slapping our ancestors in the face!"

Before Murima could speak, the big black dog was already wagging its tail and smiling obsequiously at another corner of the tavern: "Grandfather, don't you think this is the truth? This kid is following us!"

In the corner, an old man was chewing a bowl of big bone sticks. The old man was thin, with black hair and beard, and was wearing a black robe with oil stains all over the cuffs and hem.

Xing Tianli exhaled. It was another monster, and it was even stronger than Murima!

After hearing what the big black dog said, the old man raised his head and gave Murima a stern look: "Is it fun to bully a little kid? What the little Huanglong said is right. This kid is protected by our Sun Swallowing Clan. Do you want to touch him?"

Murima stood up and angrily said to the old man, "Yang Tianji, you old dog, why are you looking at me?"

Xing Tianli's heart skipped a beat. Big Black Dog had introduced that their lineage worshipped the "Sun Devouring God" Xiaotian Dog as their ancestor, and used "Heaven and Earth, Black and Yellow, and the Universe, Wild" to rank the generations of their clansmen. Big Black Dog was of the "Huang" generation, and Yang Tianji was of the "Tian" generation, which was at least six or seven generations higher than Big Black Dog!
The old man Yang Tianji dropped the big bone stick in his hand, stood up, and blinked his small eyes desperately: "What's wrong with you?"

"Why are you looking at me?" Murima took a step forward.

"What are you looking at?" Yang Tianji stepped forward.

"Why are you looking at me?"

"What are you looking at?"

As the two old guys responded, the two of them quickly came together, chest to chest, eyes glaring, rubbing their fists, as if they were about to fight.

"Oh, two old ancestors, we are here to do serious business. You two are precious bodies, so please don't be impulsive. If you hurt a hair, even if Yi and I are broken into pieces, it will not be enough to compensate!" The tall woman hurriedly dropped her pistol, ran to the two men, and persuaded the two old guys who made a lot of noise but did nothing to return to their original positions with gentle words.

Taking out a handkerchief and wiping the unnecessary cold sweat from her forehead, the tall woman Yihe chuckled, "Captain Li Li, I'm looking for you here for something serious."

Xing Tianli took two steps forward and bowed to Yihe in a neither humble nor arrogant manner: "I am Li Li, your humble servant, and I am honored to meet Princess Yihe. We are all officials of the Dayu court, and the princess is the chief minister of the weaving department. If you have anything to say, just tell me."

After a slight pause, Xing Tianli sighed, "It's just that Li Li is still young, has little knowledge, and his talent and ability are really limited. He was just lucky enough to have some connection with the Yingjishi Consulate General, and had a slight relationship with them."

"If what you want to order is too difficult." Xing Tianli shook his head and said, "It doesn't matter if Li Li is torn to pieces, but I'm afraid that it will delay the important affairs of the country. Even if I die a thousand times, it will not be enough to atone for my sin."

Murima sneered at the side, his eyes gleaming with ferocity.

But he didn't speak.

Princess Yihe, a tall woman, is the niece of the current Empress Dowager who is in charge of the government of the Dayu Dynasty. She controls the key weaving department of the Imperial Household Department for the Empress Dowager. In addition to making money, she is also responsible for monitoring the country, especially the important duty of monitoring any disturbances in the core financial and taxation area of ​​Jiangnan.

Nowadays, in Jiangdong and the four neighboring provinces, among the many dignitaries in the Dayu Dynasty, Princess Yihe's power is firmly ranked first!

After listening to Xing Tianli's story, Princess Yihe gently waved her hand to stop Eunuch Lianxi's scolding, and chuckled, "I understand, so what I want you to do is not difficult."

"Can you find a way to get some of the things Maria auctioned?"

Princess Yihe said softly, "Even if it is a very ordinary blueprint of a steel plant, it is excellent and will be of great use to the country."

Princess Yihe sighed, sat back at the bar, picked up the wine glass, and took a big gulp: "You know, the foreigners are powerful now, and the national strength is not to be compared with the founding emperor. At that time, those foreigners were just slaves."

"Today, the country's fortune is declining day by day. Even the slaves of Dongyun Island dare to bully us. It is really hateful and infuriating. It is also shameful for us, the descendants!"

"If we can get a few copies of those blueprints and materials, we might be able to reinvigorate the country and give it a new lease of life. We can also add some color to the world and let those foreign barbarians and slaves know what the style of the 'Celestial Empire' is!"

Xing Tianli interrupted Princess Yihe's chicken soup and pointed at Murima frankly: "This Lord Murima is like a god or devil, and his strength is extraordinary. If he takes action..."

Princess Yihe frowned slightly and said softly, "The two ancestors can take action, but they cannot act easily unless they are absolutely sure. If it weren't for the appearance of Zhao Song's Jiazi Walking, how could the two ancestors Murima and Yang Tianji, who were so devoted to cultivating in their ancestral land, take such a huge risk and get involved in the secular world?"

"My two ancestors, this is the most precious treasure of our country. It is a great blessing for us, the younger generation, to be able to see it. If we can do something with our efforts, but you two ancestors have to work so hard, it would make us look useless and unfilial, wouldn't it?"

"You, just go ahead and do it boldly." Princess Yihe looked at Xing Tianli with her watery phoenix eyes and chuckled, "With the two old ancestors backing us up, things will eventually be accomplished. It's just that a few twists and turns and risks are inevitable, right?"

Princess Yihe smiled again and said, "You are a loyal and capable person. You did a great job last night. The Heming was blown up and the Dongyun people suffered a great loss. Although this contribution cannot be made known to the world, it is recorded in the merit book of the weaving department."

"The country will never let down its meritorious officials, so, Lianxi!" Princess Yihe glanced behind her.

Eunuch Lianxi took two steps forward, took out a silver token, held it respectfully in both hands, and handed it to Xing Tianli with a smile on his face: "Lord Li Li, this is the grace of the princess. The contribution last night has not been discounted at all, it is all counted for you!"

Xing Tianli was slightly stunned. Princess Yihe was so efficient.

He took the token, which was still the standard token of the Weaving Department, but the official position on it was promoted to the fifth rank governor and assistant commander, which was exactly the same as Big Black Dog's current official position.

"I can decide the official position in the weaving department and give it to you. You destroyed an armored battleship, so this merit will naturally be rewarded, and you will get a title." Princess Yihe said lightly: "But how this title is determined depends on the Queen Mother's opinion!"

"If it's a little worse, it's probably a Cloud Cavalry Lieutenant, a fifth-rank title, which is quite suitable for your official position."

"But if you perform better this time, with your merits added up, you can get a chance to be promoted to a fourth-rank cavalry captain, a third-rank light chariot captain, or even a second-rank baron."

"It's nothing more than that, thunder and rain are all the grace of the Queen Mother, and the Queen Mother is the most generous and kind person!"

Princess Yihe continued to feed Xing Tianli chicken soup.

Murima coughed lightly, and pulled out a horn knife from the waist of a strong man in helmet and armor standing behind him. He rubbed his hands lightly, and a black wind and fire swept through his palms, and the steel knife, which was about a foot long, suddenly turned into large drops of molten iron.

The temperature of the molten iron was so high that it made a hissing sound on the water-ground brick floor, leaving holes the size of fists.

Murima said in a fierce voice: "Boy, I have seen many slaves like you in my life. You are too smart and capable, and you are a little impetuous. This is not good."

"You can now have a say in front of the Yingji people, which is a good thing. You can use their power and their name to work for the country, which is a great thing."

"But if you have any other ideas, hey!" Murima waved his hand lightly, and a hand full of molten iron flew out, burning an arc several feet long on the floor in front of his feet.

"Although the ancestor cannot take action easily, it is still okay to stretch his muscles occasionally and kill a few rebellious boys!"

Murima threatened Xing Tianli without any concealment.

Princess Yihe on the side smiled reservedly.

Xing Tianli breathed a sigh of relief. No wonder Princess Yihe came to see him, assigned him tasks, and even made two old monsters squat here. It seemed that Princess Yihe didn't have the confidence to intimidate Xing Tianli, who had established contact with the Yingji people!
Weighing the silver medal in his hand, Xing Tianli did not ask Princess Yihe why the official representative of the Great Jade Dynasty was not present at the auction last night. For such a rotten court, asking such a question would be a waste of words.

He looked at Princess Yihe seriously and asked, "May I ask Princess, if I want to be conferred a title of Marquis?"

Murima and Yang Tianji rolled their eyes at the same time.

Princess Yihe laughed and flirted with him, "It's easy to be a marquis. If you can take back Black Borneo, you can easily be a duke, not to mention a marquis!"

As they were talking, there was a sudden muffled sound in the distance, and the ground nearby trembled slightly.

Princess Yihe looked in horror in the direction of the muffled sound: "What's going on? These barbarians have been beating drums and gongs all day long. Are they crazy?"

Xing Tianli's eyes twitched again.

Well, those treasures he left in the basement of the Dark Language Forest exploded?
(End of this chapter)