In the inner hall of the Xu family, the dim lights burned feebly, reflecting the faces of everyone in the hall, filled with deep coldness and indignation.
"Baobao Han failed. He didn't even find out the details of the other party. This time he really lost his wife and lost his army." Xu Zixiong clenched his fists and punched the table next to him hard, causing the whole room to reverberate with "bang bang" sounds.
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Xu Liefeng narrowed his old eyes, glanced at his grandson calmly, and shouted: "Calm down, it's not like the sky is falling, how can you behave like this?"
Xu Zixiong rarely summoned up the courage to retort: "Grandpa, it was Han Baobao who was dispatched to the Gold and Silver Conference this time. I am not willing to die like this. Although he is the killer of the Silver Palace and does not belong to the Xu family's power, he is still a
What a rare talent.”
Xu Liefeng opened his mouth and swallowed what he wanted to say when it reached the corner of his mouth. Surprisingly, he didn't scold Xu Zixiong.
Seeing this, Xu Ziyang seemed to understand something and said to Xu Zixiong: "Zixiong, please go back and rest first."
Xu Zixiong nodded and left the inner hall unwillingly.
After Xu Zixiong left, Xu Ziyang asked: "Grandpa, the two supreme seniors didn't show up. Was there something wrong?"
Xu Liefeng glanced at Xu Ziyang with relief and said: "You still know the truth, yes, I planned to have the Supreme Being take action to get rid of Feng Jueyu and force out the people behind him after Han Baobao failed, but someone intervened in the middle.
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Xu Ziyang frowned: "My grandson has heard about it, but he doesn't know the details of this person?"
Xu Ziyang muttered without any surprise: "My grandson thinks the same way. The entire Shangguan Mansion came out tonight. It seems that he is scared. If it were me, I wouldn't want anything to happen to Feng Jueyu now."
Xu Liefeng snorted coldly: "He doesn't want to see my Xu family benefiting from it. Alas, that's all. Today I finally see clearly the power of Shangguan Lingyun. If nothing happens to Feng Jueyu, it will be a blessing rather than a curse for my Xu family. It seems
We're going to redeploy."
Xu Ziyang agreed: "The only solution now is to use Zhou Renguang's hand to get rid of Shangguan Lingyun. My grandson has already made a plan, so it is better to surrender."
"Surrender?" Xu Liefeng asked in surprise: "How to surrender?"
Xu Ziyang smiled sinisterly and said: "Since Zhou Renguang really wants to know what was in the other two rooms of the underground palace more than ten years ago, we might as well tell him."
When Xu Liefeng heard this, his whole body trembled: "How can this happen? It is a serious crime to deceive the emperor and ignore his superiors."
Xu Ziyang shook his head and said: "Grandpa, there are two sides to the matter. Now that the south is in turmoil, and the Mu family's army has returned to the court after winning the victory, many officials are faced with the problem of their position. Shangguan Lingyun has a close relationship with Xiang Bohou and Dao Bohou, and is also closely related to Mu.
Hong Tu has been friends for decades and can be said to have received help from three parties. Zhou Renguang has no way of attacking the Shangguan family. He urgently needs someone to stand by his side now."
"Although our Xu family is not as good as Shangguan Lingyun, we still have officials from all the states to help. If he stands by his side, Zhou Renguang will not blame grandpa, but will use him in important ways. What's more, if he tells the story about Zhan Shang
He made him even more sure that Shangguan Lingyun had another treasure in his hands. In this way, it not only showed the loyalty of the Xu family, but also resolved the three-point situation, allowing Zhou Renguang to deal with Shangguan Lingyun without any worries.
Not for."
"And we can take the opportunity of this Tiannan Chamber of Commerce election to enter the Chamber of Commerce in one fell swoop, hold great power, suppress Shangguan government's business. And secretly develop our own power. When Zhou Renguang really takes action against Shangguan Lingyun, we will
You can sit on the mountain and watch the fight between tigers and weigh the pros and cons. No matter what, the Xu family will not suffer."
Xu Ziyang is indeed a hero of the younger generation, and his analysis of the current situation is unique. After listening to his analysis, Xu Liefeng thought for a while and realized that it made sense: "It seems reasonable to say that, anyway, the war has been lost. Regardless of whether the Xu family or not
Whether it is related to the "Evil Emperor" or not, we can also go with the flow and put the blame on Shangguan Lingyun. Yes, yes, this is indeed the best strategy at the moment. Ziyang, since you have decided, go ahead and do it.
"
Xu Ziyang was overjoyed and said: "Grandpa, please rest assured, my grandson will do his best to bring glory to the Xu family..."
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Compared with the gloom and gloom of the Xu family in Miaoshan Hall, the Shangguan Mansion in the city was filled with joy. After Shangguan Lingyun learned that an unknown corpse was thrown out of the other courtyard, he was greatly relieved. He was overjoyed for a while and patted his thighs to let the servants light up their lanterns.
The colorful decoration is as joyful as the Chinese New Year.
In the small courtyard of Shangguan Mansion, several pots of burning wine and several dishes of side dishes were placed on the stone table, and the whole family drank happily on the spot. It is no wonder that they were too tired after staying up this night, and many people were waiting with empty stomachs.
Following the news from other hospitals.
Shangguan Lingyun drank three glasses of wine in a row and laughed heartily: "Haha, today is the happiest day in the past few years. I thought it would be good to drive away Baby Han, but I didn't expect that boy's arrangement was really thorough and he came directly to the Gold and Silver Society.
Show off your power, kill well, kill well..."
Shangguan Ruomeng said with a smile: "With Yucha's death, the Gold and Silver Association will no longer dare to take any action in the near future. We can make good arrangements for the future."
Shangguan Tengfeng put down his wine glass, looked at each other with his second brother Shangguan Liuyun and said, "Father, there are thirty good horses sent by Dao Xingkong. These are the splendid horses that have been cultivated in Jingzhou in recent years. Although there are only
Thirty horses, but enough for our thirty well-equipped war cavalry.”
Shangguan Liuyun continued: "Yes, the tungsten steel in Wuyun Mountain on the border of Yue, Qin, and Huzhou has also been harvested. Now we are stepping up our efforts to build black tungsten armor. It will be completed soon. By then, the three we have trained will
Just ten iron cavalry can add another level of strength to the Shangguan family. I really hope that the Shangguan family can have the same private military power as Tianjian Mountain."
Everyone looked happy.
On Taixuan Continent, all the major families secretly cultivate their own private armies. The scales vary, but generally they are not much bigger.
After all, private armies that can truly be called useful are very powerful. First of all, the talents who train private armies must be strong warriors, and their cultivation is determined according to their respective needs.
Then there are the mysterious arts and martial arts practiced by warriors, which must also be exquisite and powerful.
Next is the configuration of the private army, such as mounts...
The divine horses purchased by Shangguan Mansion this time are all divine horses for riding horses. In fact, Dao Xingkong came here this time just to deliver the horses, because this transaction had been settled a few years ago and was carried out secretly, so
Most people don't know.
The thirty snow-trodden horses that Shangguan Lingyun mentioned took several years of effort to select from countless good horses, and their quality was almost the same as the one that Dao Xingkong gave to Feng Jueyu.
Finally, the weapons and equipment of the private army are also top priority. The land guarded by the Mu family in Yuezhou is barren and sterile. Instead, it breeds black tungsten steel. This kind of black tungsten steel is worth tens of thousands of gold, which is more than walking on the snow.
It's several times more expensive, but it's high-quality thick armor material purchased by the pound. Thirty sets of black tungsten armor require thousands of pounds, which is absolutely priceless.
Only with these and good medicine, crossbows, saddles and other items can we call ourselves a private army.
Although Shangguan Lingyun is in charge of the green forest in the southern states and holds the power of the underworld with Qinghou Huoxin, the combined apparent strength of all the Shangguan family cannot compare with these thirty private guards.
Green Forest can influence the trends of a mortal country, and can even cause national upheaval, but it cannot shake a martial arts family or a super family.
But the private army is powerful enough.
It's just that at the moment, the scale of the private army owned by Shangguan Mansion is not enough. Once this scale is expanded tenfold, it will be enough to rival Tianjian Mountain.
Martial arts families can have private armies, with about three to five hundred people. Their strength ranges from Qi Martial Arts to Real Martial Arts, as is the case in Tianjian Mountain.
As for the thirty private soldiers mentioned by Shangguan Lingyun, all of them have reached the True Martial Realm. If they do not reach this stage, they are not qualified to become private soldiers at all.
Thirty true martial arts masters are not difficult to find, but thirty well-equipped private soldiers who have practiced high-level martial arts and mystical skills and are trained according to the army require a lot of money, and
Based on the family background of an ordinary aristocratic family, it will take several years, even more than ten years of effort to cultivate it.
Private armies and warriors are two completely different concepts.
Mentioning this matter, Shangguan Lingyun sighed: "It took Shangguan Mansion more than eight years to finally prepare their equipment. Thirty horses riding on the snow and thirty sets of black tungsten armor can be used at the critical moment.
Zhou Renguang has an army of nearly a thousand elite soldiers, and this force has cost the Shangguan government too much money. If it weren't for the first-grade golden medicine that Xiao Yu brought out this time, I'm afraid we wouldn't be able to sustain it for too long."
Everyone nodded. Everyone here knew the Shangguan family well. The consumption of the thirty private guards was far beyond their imagination, so that no one knew that on the surface, the Shangguan family seemed to be extremely wealthy. In fact,
It was emptied out by these thirty private soldiers early in the morning.
There were hundreds of people in the Shangguan government, ranging from the master to the servants. The expenses for one year were not as much as the expenses for thirty private soldiers for ten days. What a difference.
"Ruomeng." Shangguan Lingyun quickly issued an order: "The ordering meeting has been arranged."
Shangguan Ruomeng gently put down his wine glass and said with a smile: "Everything has been arranged. Let's start tomorrow."
Shangguan Lingyun nodded and said: "This order fair will definitely make us a lot of money, but don't spend the money indiscriminately. When we declare the cost of the first-grade gold medicine to the outside world, we will expand it ten times, no, twenty times, and all the profits will be retained.
The remaining 10% will be sent to Qinghouzhuang at the junction of the three states to select manpower and continue to mine black tungsten steel to make black tungsten armor. Just make as many sets as you can, the more the better."
After saying that, Shangguan Lingyun stood up with a wine glass and said ambitiously: "Xiao Yu has created a good opportunity for us, we must not waste it. I want to build a private army belonging to Shangguan Mansion."