Witch Wind

Chapter 61 The changing situation
Pinghai City.

During the Great Yu Dynasty, the infrastructure of Pinghai City under the rule of the imperial court was extremely poor. Its main urban area was several times larger than the International Concession in Jiangbei, but except for a few main roads paved with bluestone slabs, the other streets were still a mess of mud.

The number of cars owned is also very touching. Looking around, people coming and going on the streets are still various animal-powered vehicles.

Occasionally, some important people would pass by, either in a carriage or...

Xing Tianli saw a ceremonial guard team that was in tattered clothes and had no spirit. They were carrying signs that read "Silence" and "Keep Away", weakly beating the gongs for cleaning the road, and leading a blue woolen sedan chair carried by four people, slowly walking through the street.

However, when the sedan chair passed by, the pedestrians on the road did not "be quiet" or "avoid" it. They continued to come and go, not paying any attention to the master in the sedan chair.

Just a quick look on the street revealed that Pinghai City brought Xing Tianli an inexplicable "end-of-the-world atmosphere" of "the collapse of rituals and music".

He also got into a carriage.

Behind them was a train pulled by more than twenty mules and horses. He Duo and He Xi, with a group of men from the Dagger Gang, were guarding on the side with live ammunition. They shouted all the way, drove away pedestrians, and moved forward with great difficulty in the crowded streets.

Inside the carriage, Xing Tianli looked at the two frightened girls in front of him and shook his head gently.

These sisters, who were like little lambs, in such a chaotic world, if he had not happened to pass by today, perhaps they would have been knocked unconscious and stuffed into a filthy bed in some brothel in the afternoon.

They are lucky, so Xing Tianli will just be a good person to the end.

"Don't worry. Are you looking for your brother who is an apprentice in Pinghai City? After I deliver the rest of the things, I will ask someone to help you find him." Xing Tianli rubbed his temples with a slight headache.

They are two naive sisters, but they are also two unlucky people who are forced into a helpless situation.

Their parents died, their family was wiped out by their relatives, their few acres of thin land were taken away by their clan members, and even their three thatched cottages were taken away by their uncles. They were forced to take the last bit of change in the family and run to Pinghai City to find their biological brother.

They just knew that their brother was an apprentice in a business in Pinghai City.

Which firm?

do not know!
what for?

do not know!
Where?
I have no idea even more!

They slipped out in a daze, because if they didn't come out, their uncle who had robbed their house would sell them to an old landlord in his seventies in his hometown as concubines!

"What a bastard!" Xing Tianli slapped the window frame of the carriage. With a "crack", the window frame as thick as an arm was smashed to pieces, scaring the two little girls so much that they almost jumped up.

"Don't be afraid. I'm not talking about you, I'm talking about your relatives!" Xing Tianli had a gloomy face and looked at the street scene outside through the window. He had been hanging out in the International Concession in Pinghai City for so many days. Even though he had obtained his birth certificate and even asked Augustus, Joe Peter and others to make a new official certificate for him.

He had no intention of crossing the river and visiting the south of the Yangtze River.

The Xingtian clan's Pingyuan Hall is located just outside Pinghai City, in Nanxun Town, sixty miles south of the city.

The miserable experiences of the two little girls reminded Xing Tianli of himself, and then of his biological mother in this life. With a gloomy face, he took out the pistol that had just killed the gang of scoundrels, and stuffed the magazine in with a "click, click" sound, and then pulled it out.

The two little girls looked at Xing Tianli carefully and told their own story bit by bit.

There are many rivers in Pinghai City.

The convoy had not traveled a few miles when a river more than ten feet wide appeared before them. A stone bridge, like a flying rainbow, crossed the river. At the end of the bridge stood a luxurious restaurant with a huge area, five entrances, seven high-rise buildings, and cloud corridors connecting them in the middle.

This restaurant is quite old. The seven buildings are tall, the lowest of which is ten meters high and the tallest is twenty meters high. They are made entirely of wood. After experiencing countless years of wind and rain, the entire structure has taken on a light black copper color.

On the main entrance facing the street, there was a small black lacquered door plaque with the two characters "Fan Lou" in gold. The characters were in Slender Gold Script, and the characters were excellent, but the signature on the side made Xing Tianli's eyes twitch - it was clearly the two characters "Zhao Ji"!
This is what Zhao Qingxuan told Xing Tianli: if he encounters any trouble in Pinghai City, he can come to "Fan Lou" for help.

Here is the spy that the Zhao Song family has planted in the secular world.

But it was a little too obvious. Not to mention the name of the building "Fanlou", the name "Zhao Ji" is actually hung on the lintel. Don't you think it gives off a bad smell?
After crossing the stone bridge in front of Fan Tower, you will see Qionghua Garden opposite Fan Tower.

Xing Tianli looked at the Qionghua Garden with its green tiles and white walls, which covered an area even larger than that of the 'Fanlou', and felt a chill in his heart - the Qionghua Garden was the top brothel in Pinghai City. He didn't expect that after so many years, it was still open?

Xing Tianli's mother in this life, Qing Wanyu, was born a prostitute in Qionghua Garden.

Follow the main street, pass Qionghua Garden, and reach the street corner in front. To the west, there is an alley paved with bluestone slabs, about two meters wide.

This alley is separated from Qionghua Garden by a wall. At the entrance of the alley, there is a silk shop on the north side and a rouge and powder shop on the south side. The frontage of each shop is 70 to 80 meters wide, which is luxurious and grand.

What made Xing Tianli speechless was that there were two long benches in front of the two shops. There were seven or eight handsome young eunuchs sitting on them, with their legs crossed, holding small teapots, wearing silk gowns, and chatting aimlessly!
Xing Tianli suddenly realized.

Could it be that the backer of this Qionghua Garden is the Weaving Department of the Imperial Household Department?

The convoy gurgled into the alley. The young eunuch who was sitting and chatting in front of the door had a cold look in his eyes. He put down his teapot, stood up together, put his right hand into his arms, and put on his face the eunuch's unique weird smile.

Inside the two shops, there were also sturdy men who looked like waiters and were dressed in tight shorts. They took two steps towards the shop doors quietly.

Even behind the windows on the second and third floors of the two shops, there was a faint sound of gun bolts being pulled.

Xing Tianli took out the silver medal from his weaving department, stretched out his hand, and waved it outside the window.

So, a few young eunuchs smiled and sat back on the bench, picked up the teapot and continued chatting as if nothing had happened. The waiters in the shop also returned to the counter, yawning lazily. Only behind the windows on the second and third floors, cold eyes were still staring at the convoy.

Except for the two shops at the entrance of the alley, this alley is quite quiet.

There were towering white walls on both sides. After walking along the alley for more than half a mile, the front suddenly opened up to reveal a flat plain nearly ten feet long and wide. A red lacquered gate with gilded door nails on it and two stone lions about ten feet tall standing in front of the gate appeared in front of Xing Tianli.

This mansion is extremely grand, but there is not even a plaque hanging on the door lintel.

As the carriage left the alley, the side door of the mansion in front opened silently, and Eunuch Lianxi walked out quickly with a group of people: "Oh, oh, are they here to give gifts to the master? What are all those things in this carriage? Who are these people?"

Eunuch Lianxi screamed in surprise and rolled his eyes at Xing Tianli in reproach.

The carts carrying goods were temporarily hired at the dock, and the drivers were all ordinary people. That was fine, because when they saw this mansion, they would not have thought that this was the location of the Weaving Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Dayu Dynasty.

But Xing Tianli also brought so many foreigners!
Yellow hair, yellow eyes, and yellow skin as if suffering from liver disease, the common people in the East don't look like this. Let a group of foreign devils sneak into the gate of the weaving department, what kind of thing is this?
Xing Tianli pulled He Duo and He Xi over and patted them on the shoulders: "You are wise, hey, they are overseas heroes who admire our Celestial Empire. They helped us last night, hehe!"

Eunuch Lianxi's eyes suddenly lit up and he looked at Xing Tianli in disbelief.

With the capabilities of the Weaving Department, they were naturally able to find out what happened in the International Concession across the river last night - the Dongyun Consulate General was burned down, and the officials of the Consulate General were now running around the concession like mad dogs, looking for trouble.

Xing Tianli called out to the drivers, He Duo, He Xi and others to carry the wooden boxes off the carriages one by one and stack them in front of the mansion. He took out a few small bills and sent the drivers away. Eunuch Lianxi could not wait to call out a group of sturdy men to carry all the wooden boxes inside.

Mansion, main hall.

Princess Yihe was wearing traditional clothing of the Fen tribe, which was about 80% similar to the cheongsam of the Qing Dynasty that Xing Tianli wore in his previous life. Her long black hair was still tied into a big ponytail at the back of her head, making her look a little out of place. She looked at the wooden box in front of her with an incredible expression.

Hundreds of wooden boxes were opened, revealing drawings filled with a strong smell of ink.

A complete set of battleship data and drawings, plus drawings of three types of alloy steel and supporting steel plants.

If these drawings were thoroughly understood, if they were willing to spend money, and if they could gather a group of skilled craftsmen, then the Dayu Dynasty would be able to build the new giant ships that had previously been rampant at the General Customs Wharf.

In today's world, controlling sea power means you control everything!
It is recognized by all countries that sea power is wealth, sea power is national strength, sea power is hope, and sea power is the future!

The Great Yu Dynasty was invaded by the hundred countries in the far west because it lost its sea power. The coalition forces of the hundred countries even directly attacked the city wall of the capital.

When the Dayu Dynasty was carrying out a new policy, the new party worked hard to raise funds and established the first school, which was the Naval Officers University.

Beside Princess Yihe, a middle-aged staff member with a gaunt face and short beard shouted in a hoarse voice: "Princess, this is an unparalleled achievement! In the Battle of Black Borneo, our navy was completely destroyed overnight. Such a huge country as the Celestial Empire has no defenses at sea. Even the slaves from the islands can enter and exit our seas at will without restraint!"

"Today, we have obtained these blueprints. If our dynasty works hard and gathers the efforts of ten years, we can rebuild the navy and re-emerge..."

Princess Yihe gently waved her hand, interrupting the middle-aged staffer's words: "Who said that the Great Yu Dynasty has no defense at sea? Isn't the Royal Fleet still stationed in Tianjin?"

With her eyebrows furrowed, Princess Yihe said coldly, "It takes ten years to rebuild the navy. It sounds easy to say, but do you know how much a new warship like this costs?"

Exhaling lightly, Princess Yihe's eyes flashed with strangeness as she stared straight at Xing Tianli.

"Never mind that."

"How to build such a huge ship, when to build it, and how many to build are all matters that the Empress Dowager and the officials in the court should consider. You all know that the current court does not need me to tell you that there is enough money in the Ministry of Revenue to starve to death. There is famine every year, so where can we get the money?"

With a sigh, Princess Yihe shook her head gently: "But, Lord Li Li, you really surprised Yihe. No, not surprised, I am really shocked."

"According to the news from the concession, the blueprints of the battleship were taken away by the Dongyun people. With the evil intentions of the Dongyun people, they will definitely build more battleships in the future after getting the blueprints. With the increase of one side and the decrease of the other, I'm afraid they will have some thoughts that they shouldn't have."

"How did you get these drawings from the Dongyun Consulate?"

"Not to mention, these alloy steels and steel mill blueprints should still be in the room on the top floor of the Marseille Palace, right?"

Xing Tianli answered fluently, and told the lies he had prepared long ago. It was nothing more than that he had bribed a large number of desperate ronin and greedy officers from within the Dongyun people with a large sum of money; he also gathered people like He Duo and He Xi who had their hearts set on the Celestial Empire, and a large number of brave and courageous gang members.

Taking advantage of the chaos in the International Concession.

Late last night, I took a daring gamble and took advantage of the chaos to snatch these drawings and materials from the Dongyun Consulate General.

As for why, in addition to the battleship blueprints, there were also blueprints and materials for three types of alloy steel and a matching steel mill, Xing Tianli bowed to Princess Yihe and said in a deep voice: "It can be seen that it is God who blesses our Great Yu Dynasty and God's help that we will definitely be able to get such a giant ship in our hands!"

Xing Tianli has made his attitude clear.

He bribed many desperate criminals and took advantage of the chaos in the International Concession to take action. Unexpectedly, he succeeded.

Anyway, he got the blueprints. As for why they were not originals but copies, and why, in addition to the battleship blueprints, there were so many "coincidentally" matching technical materials, he didn't know. Only God knew. Why don't you go ask God?

In short, this is what happened. Whether you believe it or not, the facts are right in front of you - this information cannot be faked.

You want a confession?
There was a big commotion yesterday, and all the people from Dongyun who were involved in the incident, including Jiro Kumayama and others, were killed.

Many of the foreign gangs who took part in this operation also died in the conflict with the Dongyun army. The only ones who managed to escape were He Duo, He Xi, and the remnants of Wuyue Hall!

If you don’t believe it, just ask He Duo and the others!

Anyway, they are foreigners, and you dare not torture them. Just ask them, and they will definitely answer them!

Xing Tianli's words revealed a different meaning - for last night's operation, he had paid a large sum of real money to bribe the Dongyun people, recruit the Yidoli people, and purchase so much arms, so that he could attack the Dongyun Consulate General, burn the Dongyun people to a crisp with a fire, and take out the information in the chaos.

So, my dear princess, should you reimburse me for this expense?
Xing Tianli almost stretched out his hand and placed it in front of Princess Yihe to ask her for the debt directly.

Eunuch Lianxi came in again and replied with a big smile on his face: "Master, Pingbo Bo is here, and he brought some interesting little things with him."

Princess Yihe frowned, and helplessly flicked her sleeves, waved the handkerchief embroidered with a large peony flower, lazily stepped back a few steps, sat on a large chair, and then raised her hand towards Xing Tianli: "Li Li, you sit down too, Lian Xi, serve the tea!"

After coughing lightly, Princess Yihe said with difficulty: "Li Li, what about the expenses you mentioned? Give me a detailed account of each expense and where it was spent. Report it to me carefully. I can't let you serve the country and spend your own money. There is absolutely no such reason in the country!"

The big peony flower handkerchief waved a little uneasily, and Princess Yihe sighed softly: "Just wait a moment, wait a moment!"

Xing Tianli raised his eyebrows.

It seems that Princess Yihe is short of money.

But that doesn't make sense. The Imperial Household Department and the Weaving Department controlled the entire Jiangnan provinces and the supply of all best-selling goods such as tea, silk, porcelain, etc. They had a unique monopoly business. As the minister in charge of this government office, and the niece of the Empress Dowager, how could she be without money?
Blinking his eyes, Xing Tianli saw a thin young man with five small braids on the back of his head, wearing a melon-shaped hat with an egg-sized piece of mutton-fat jade inlaid in the middle, but wearing a western-style tuxedo, running in with brisk steps.

Xing Tianli, who had originally sat down, slowly stood up again, with slightly drooping eyelids, looking at this young man who was half a head shorter than him and whose appearance could only be considered "average".

Just now, eunuch Lianxi said, "Mr. Pingbo" is here?
Pingbo Bo, this is the title conferred by the current imperial court after Xing Tianli's father, Xing Tiantongming, died in the Black Borneo War ten years ago. In that war, the entire Black Borneo expeditionary force was almost wiped out, and the current imperial court was also generous, like wholesale, conferring five or six marquises, and more than thirty earls!

Other lower-ranking viscounts, barons, and light cavalry captains could even be carried in baskets.

Hey!
Xing Tian Tongming has only one legitimate son, and that is him, the real Xing Tianli!
The young man in front of me ran a few steps and had sweat on his forehead and was a little out of breath, haha!
Xing Tianli sniffed hard.

This guy had a little bit of perfume produced by Falusi on himself, but it was obviously the wrong brand. He was using a women's perfume.

Under this layer of rich female perfume, Xing Tianli smelled a little bit of body fluids, and a little bit of rouge-flavored saliva. Both smells were faintly wafting from this guy's dantian. This guy was obviously quite fragrant on the way to the weaving office!
"Your Highness!" After entering the hall, the young man decisively clapped his sleeves with both hands and was about to perform the five-body kowtow ceremony stipulated by the ancestral system of the Dayu Dynasty, which required foreign officials to meet with members of the royal family.

Before the young man knelt down, Princess Yihe had already waved her handkerchief and said, "Oh, that's enough. We are old acquaintances. Don't be so formal. How many times have I said this?"

The young man stopped kneeling and said with a smile: "I am being respectful. Your Highness is close to me, but I should not be arrogant, right? Uh, who is this?" The young man, who had been smiling just now, suddenly saw Xing Tianli, who was taller, more muscular, more handsome than himself, and whose temperament and aura completely crushed him. His eyes bulged slightly, like a little rooster in spring. He put away his smile and showed extremely strong aggressiveness.

"Hello, Li Li, your humble servant..." Xing Tianli smiled, then looked at the eunuch Lianxi: "Eunuch Lianxi, who is this?"

Eunuch Lianxi narrowed his eyes, looked at the young man with a half-smile, and said in a soft voice: "Master Li Li, this is the contemporary Earl of Pingbo, Xing Tianqingshu. Hey, Master Xing Tian, ​​this is Master Li Li, the fifth-rank governor of our weaving department, a very capable official of the imperial court!"

Speaking of the words "Guochao Operator", even a feminine and introverted person like Eunuch Lianxi couldn't help but glance at the hundreds of wooden boxes in the lobby.

It was really weird. Eunuch Lianxi was considered an "expert in the imperial palace", but he just couldn't understand how Xing Tianli got these things out of the Dongyun Consulate.

Just bribe some ronin, bribe some officers, bribe some gangsters, set some fires, fire a few shots, and it will be done?

This is simply unreasonable!

Eunuch Lianxi thought to himself that he couldn't do it!
But these data and drawings worth millions of gold were clearly placed before his eyes. Xing Tianli had really gotten his hands on these treasures - so when the eunuch Lianxi said the four words "Guochao Operator", he rarely spoke in a sarcastic tone, but gave an extremely sincere evaluation.

Xing Tianqingshu raised his eyebrows and snorted disdainfully: "A mere fifth-rank, not worth mentioning!"

He held his head high, even raised his heels slightly, and smiled at Princess Yihe, "Your Highness, these past two days, I have been working tirelessly in the ancestral home according to the experience Your Highness taught me last time. I have really found a mechanism outside my own ancestral hall. Hey, guess what I found?"

Xing Tianli's cheek muscles twitched violently several times.

Damn thing.

Are the things hidden in the mechanism in the ancestral hall of Xingtian family the ones you use to flatter a woman?
Xing Tianli's fingers felt itchy, so he wanted to chop off the Death Penalty Heavenly Blue Book with a slap.

Xing Tianli gritted his teeth and gave up the impulse.

Princess Yihe raised her eyebrows in surprise: "Oh, I was just talking casually, you actually found something good? What is it? Bring it up, Li Li, Lian Xi, you can also learn something from it!"

Princess Yihe pursed her red lips, slightly opened her watery phoenix eyes, and cast a faint glance at Xing Tianqingshu: "Especially, Li Li, do you know that the Xing Tian family has a great origin."

Xing Tianli smiled and bowed to Princess Yihe.

He saw that Princess Yihe was afraid of something and did not dare to search Xingtian's ancestral home. But Xingtian Qingshu was a typical bootlicker. He was instigated by Princess Yihe and was raiding his ancestral home!

Xing Tianqingshu clapped his hands vigorously.

Then, amidst the sound of deep breathing, eighteen burly men, each six feet tall, carrying thick iron bars on their shoulders, came in, panting and sweating profusely, carrying something.

Princess Yihe stood up suddenly, took two steps forward, clapped her hands and said with a smile: "Grandfather, come and see, is this a good treasure?"

A terrible heat came over me.

Xing Tianli collected his spirit and breath, lowered his head slightly, and bowed to Mulia who staggered out.

Murima, wearing a dragon king robe, with a pigtail and carrying a wine jar, strode out and looked intently at the object that the eighteen men brought in - it was a rusty axe with a handle about four feet long and an axe head about one foot wide. The whole axe was made of bronze, and the axe blade had more than a dozen broken pieces as if it had been gnawed by a dog. It looked extremely inconspicuous.

But it took eighteen six-foot-tall men working together to carry such an axe.

Murima's pupils suddenly shrank. He rushed forward a few steps, dropped the wine jar, grabbed the axe, and swung it lightly. There was a muffled "whoosh" sound, and the axe shook the air. The wind from the axe created a shallow gap on the floor of the lobby.

Murima shook his head slightly and sighed, "What a good thing! What a good thing! In this last age, even though it is so incomplete, it still weighs more than 8,100 kilograms. When it was in its prime, it must have weighed about a million kilograms, right?"

"What a pity, what a pity, it's already broken, most of the witch patterns inside are broken, and the essence has been leaked in this Dharma Ending Age. This axe is completely useless." Murima sighed, "It's useless to me, and you can't use it. If it's not trash, what else is it?"

Xing Tianli looked at the axe with a grim gaze.

No matter how broken this axe is, it is an old item left by Xingtian's ancestors after all.

Moreover, all the witch patterns inside the axe were shattered, and the true spiritual essence was leaked out because of the Dharma Ending Age. The more than 8,100 kilograms of metal left in the axe was still a top-level refining material, much stronger than worldly alloy steel and the like.

Murima looked down on this axe, but Xing Tianli now has great interest in it.

If the Tongtian Miaozhu could fuse with this axe, its power would be greatly enhanced.

Of course, Xing Tianli would not ask for the axe at this time. He could barely lift the 8,100-jin heavy axe with one arm, but it was still too difficult for him to use it freely.

Let's wait for the opportunity.

Murima threw down the axe and looked up to see Xing Tianli. He saw the wooden boxes all over the hall. He shuddered and woke up from his drunken state.

"Huh? You can do it, kid!"

At the same time, in the northwest of the International Concession, after the opening of Pinghai City, the first railway station of the Dayu Dynasty was forcibly built at the insistence of the Hundred Western Countries.

A large number of Saint Rose soldiers surrounded the station and drove away all the passengers, leaving only the necessary station staff inside.

A dull whistle sounded from afar, and soon a train that looked like a prehistoric monster came rapidly along the shiny railway, spewing out mist and thick smoke.

The entire train was wrapped in thick armor plates, and the carriages were all specially made two-layer structures with a total height of nearly three meters. The front and rear of the train were loaded with specially made double locomotives, and the four locomotives worked together to tow this behemoth with a total length of nearly two miles.

On the huge front armor of the steam locomotive in the front, there was a huge shield-shaped emblem that was fifteen feet high. On the dense iceberg, a fire dragon with smoke and fire all over its body was perched with its head held high. In its front claws, there was a heavy sword that was spewing flames, and a scepter made of bones?

If Xing Tianli was present, he would definitely be surprised. This fire dragon perched on the iceberg looked somewhat similar to the Yinglong recorded in ancient books, but very different from the big-bellied lizard dragon revered by the hundreds of countries in the Far West!

The train slowly pulled into the station and stopped with a final, extremely high-pitched sound of steam jet.

The doors of carriages opened one after another, and a large number of Saint Rose soldiers in gray and white uniforms walked out quickly. Accompanied by sharp whistles, angry curses from officers, and even the sound of big leather shoes banging against their bodies, these soldiers quickly lined up in neat rows at the station.

It has always been said that Saint Ross never takes the lower-level soldiers seriously, and that they are all "ice field animals" that can be consumed at will. The Saint Ross soldiers who walked out of this train today seemed to prove this point.

The people of Saint Ross are generally tall and strong, and many of them are nearly six feet tall.

With such a huge size, tens of thousands of people actually walked out of this two-story, two-mile-long train!
I really don't know how their superiors managed to cram these big men into this carriage.

Consul General of Saint Rose Mazarev stood in the middle of the train.

There were two carriages with luxurious decorations, and the outer armor plates were much thicker than the armor of the front and rear carriages. The outer walls of the carriages were also decorated with iceberg and fire dragon shields, which were also the symbol of the Saint Rose Royal Family.

The door of the carriage opened, and everyone felt a slight darkening in front of their eyes. The sun was shining brightly, and the temperature was already high enough. At this moment, the temperature in the air inexplicably rose a little bit, and some people felt the trachea was burned and painful when they breathed.

A man who was nearly seven feet tall and as strong as a polar bear on the ice prairie strode out of the carriage.

It was such a hot day, but this man was wearing a complete set of dark woolen military uniform, with medals, ribbons, collar badges and all kinds of fancy decorations that were enough to represent his lofty status as a marshal.

He was wearing a scarlet red cloak on his shoulders, with a bone scepter and a flaming heavy sword embroidered in gold thread on the back, and a background pattern of a mountain of skulls piled up to look like a Jingguan.

Scepter, flaming sword, and Skull Mountain!

This is the holy emblem of the only religion in the Holy Ross Empire that believes in the 'Holy Father'. In their doctrine, it represents 'absolute power', 'ultimate force', and 'the most merciful salvation for heretics'!
Mazarev and a group of senior officials of the consulate behind him, seeing this magnificent man in fancy clothes, all stepped forward and bowed, shouting respectfully, "His Royal Highness Prince Renov!"

Renov, the prince of the Holy Ross Empire, the cousin of the current Holy Ross Emperor, the marshal of the Empire's Far East Army, the Patriarch of the Far East Archdiocese of the Holy Father Church, and the plenipotentiary envoy of the Empire to the Great Jade Dynasty. In a feudal state like Holy Ross where politics and religion are combined, Renov's power in the entire empire ranks among the top five.

Mazarev even came closer to Renov and said in a deep voice: "Your Highness, I didn't expect that you would come in person."

Mazarev smiled strangely and whispered, "I heard that you had a lot of fun in Burning Sky City? Last month, you launched fifteen duels? Killed seven poor guys?"

Renov smiled, opened his arms, and hugged Mazarev tightly. "Yes, we had a lot of fun, but not enough. I issued fifteen duel challenges, but only seven people took up the challenge. The other eight wimps actually cried like women!"

A group of officials from the Holy Ross Empire laughed together, and some even let out extremely wild war cries like savages.

This is the Holy Rose Empire.

They are listed among the 100 "civilized countries" in the Far West, but within their country, they still practice the ways of primitive tribes, especially the top leaders of their empire. The higher the status, the more "atavistic" and "retro" they are. Their behavior and style are no different from those of tribal savages.

"Okay, gather these guys here!" Renov patted Mazarev's back vigorously and said in a deep voice: "I brought the full power of attorney from the ambassadors of Farus, Idoli, and the North Sea Seven Alliance. From today on, these countries will advance and retreat together in the International Concession! They must listen to me!"

Renov grinned, with his light red hair, light red eyes, snow-white skin, and big teeth that reflected the cold light in the sun like steel knives, making him look unsettlingly murderous.

"Go to the International Concession. I've always wanted to come here to play. It is said that this is a paradise for real adventurers and ambitious people? There are many wonderful stories happening every day? It's a pity that I'm stationed in Fentian City and I don't even have time to find someone to duel with. I haven't had time to come here."

"On the way there, tell me what happened here these days."

"By the way, halfway through, you said in the telegram that the battleship blueprints that the Dongyun people bought at a high price were burned? Oh, these unfortunate guys, call their people as well, they are more qualified cannon fodder than those animals!"

Xing Tianli left the weaving office.

The drawings of the battleship and all the supporting information were given to Princess Yihe, with only a comment of "I'll remember your contribution".

There was no promotion, no title, and even Xing Tianli was not reimbursed a penny for his expenses in the process.

"You want the horse to run, but you don't want it to eat grass!" Looking back at the red lacquer gate of the weaving office, Xing Tianli curled his lips. Well, I didn't have much hope in the first place, and handing these materials to the officials of Dayu Dynasty was just a hope in my heart.

'Just in case', huh?

If the imperial court can properly use this information, even if it cannot fundamentally reverse the mess of the entire dynasty, it can at least give it a shot in the arm, right?
At the very least, there will no longer be a single ship of the Great Yu Dynasty on the surface of the river in the International Concessions. The concession fleets of various countries can only allow themselves to run rampant, wantonly ride on the waves, and overturn the fishing boats of the people!
"Master Dao, this is worrying the current emperor!" Xing Tianli shook his head and sighed while sitting in the carriage. Then he was slightly stunned: "Well, Princess Yihe and others often call themselves the empress dowager, but what about the emperor? Is he a puppet? Didn't he marry the legitimate daughter of the Hellongen family as his concubine? She should have come of age!"

Xing Tianli looked out the car window thoughtfully.

He left the two unlucky little girls to Princess Yihe, asking this local tyrant to help them find out about their biological brothers. When it comes to finding out information in the territory of the Great Yu Dynasty, who can compare with Princess Yihe?
Xing Tianli took out another silver token and a letter of appointment stamped with the seal of the Weaving Department.

Princess Yihe was unable to reimburse Xing Tianli's expenses, nor could she decide whether he should be promoted or given a title. She could not make a final decision on the spot. However, this prince was still able to do so. Within her authority, she gave Xing Tianli the power to be stationed in the Hundred Households Office of the International Concession in the self-raised weaving office.

From then on, Xing Tianli could raise funds on his own, set up his own centurion unit, and act under the guise of the official Dayu Dynasty.

There are not many people in a centurion's office. Apart from Xing Tianli, the chief officer of the fifth rank, there are a total of 126 official staff members. They can be reported to Princess Yihe and registered in the official list of the Weaving Office. They are "established" and can be granted titles such as "captain" and "external commissioner".

As for Xing Tianli, he is capable enough. In addition to these 126 people, he can recruit as many people as he wants and issue as many empty letters of authorization as he wants.

Princess Yihe has no limits on this.

If Xing Tianli has the ability to recruit 100,000 troops in the International Concession, it seems possible according to the appointment letter signed by Princess Yihe today. But when the time comes, whether Princess Yihe is willing and able to help Xing Tianli clean up his mess is a matter of God.

"Very good, very good, Dayu Dynasty, Yingjishi, Aimee Federation, Black Cliff Principality." Xing Tianli weighed the token in his hand and smiled happily: "Tomorrow I will find a yard and hang all these signs at the door, hey!"

Dayu Dynasty, weaving department.

Yingjishi, Investigation Room.

Aimee Federation, Secret Investigation Bureau.

Blackcliff Principality, Secret Police Department.

Tsk, if these signs were lined up and hung at the gate of a yard, the scene would definitely be beautiful!
The car door moved, and the big black dog, breathing heavily, rushed into the car at the same time with two other big black dogs that looked like him but were a little stronger than him.

"Brother, here comes another job. The princess asked us to keep an eye on the International Concession and see what they have been doing these days. Especially those minotaurs. Let's find out their source!"

The big black dog stuck out his tongue and looked at Xing Tianli helplessly: "Come, brothers, let's meet each other. This is my new little brother Li Li. These two guys are my cousins, Yang Huanghu and Yang Huangbiao. How about it, both of them have impressive names, right?"

"Brother Long!" Xing Tianli bowed to the big black dog, then bowed to the two big black dogs staring at him and said with a smile: "Brother Tiger, Brother Biao, we are all colleagues from now on, and we should advance and retreat together. Uh, what is the origin of that Pingbobo Xing Tianqingshu?"

The small steamer glided across the river with a rumbling sound, heading straight for the International Concession in Jiangbei.

On the top floor of the Whisper Forest, there was a sound of glass breaking. Maso yelled at the Consul General of Farus, Dai Gao, at the top of his lungs: "What? You regret it? You, don't plan to lend me the money anymore?"

De Gao bowed slightly to Marceau with the arrogance and hypocrisy unique to traditional French aristocrats.

"Your Highness, now we are not going to pay that amount, so I don't need to take the money from you. Therefore, our previous verbal agreement is naturally invalid."

Dai Gao walked out of the Secret Language Forest with his head held high.

With a gloomy face, Marceau took a large group of women to the basement again and knelt in front of the altar.

(End of this chapter)