Zhou Yu walked over and observed the dilapidated target and the dead mutant beast from a close distance. After observing for a long time, he spoke slowly.
"What we can buy must be defective."
"Defective product, it's impossible. Fang Fan can't possibly cheat us like this."
Sun Quan frowned immediately after hearing this.
"No, that's not what I mean by defective. It refers to a lower-grade ballista, definitely not the highest grade."
Zhou Yu realized that he had made a slip of the tongue and explained aloud.
"Indeed, this is only a bronze-level rune crossbow. Ning'an also has a silver-level rune crossbow, which can kill level five mutant beasts."
"I suspect it's more than that. There may be even higher ones in Ning'an."
Zhou Yu shook his head cautiously and said slowly.
"Isn't this... unlikely?"
"According to what my lord said, Fang Fan is not stupid, he is even very smart.
Would such a person sell his most powerful equipment? Would he want money rather than his life?
What you can buy is always one level or even two cities lower than what Ning'an uses."
"In this way, if we rely on purchasing ordnance to arm the army, our army will be one or two levels lower than Ning'an, and we will always be chasing after it, right?"
"Yes, and even if we understand it clearly, it's impossible not to buy it, because we can't make even a rudimentary rune lamp."
Zhou Yu nodded.
Sun Ce played with the exquisite rune lamp in his hand and shook his head. At this moment, his eyes became extremely deep.
After a long time, he said quietly.
"Zhou Yu, come with me to meet Fang Fan in a few days."
"Yes, lord."
........
That night, Sun Ce came to Sun Jian's door and wanted to knock on the door, but he hesitated and kept his hand in the air.
"What's the matter? Just come in."
"Yes, father."
Sun Ce pushed the door open and walked in. He saw Sun Jian sitting at the table with several side dishes on it. Sun Jian was holding an exquisite bone vase in his hand and waved to Sun Ce.
"Come, come, today Quan'er brought me a bottle of good wine, saying it was from Fang Fan. Let's have a drink."
Bang!
The cork was removed from the bottle, and a smell of wine spurted out along with spiritual energy. Sun Jian sniffed it and was very satisfied.
"Hmm~, this wine is good. It is definitely brewed with spiritual liquid as the base. There are also third-level Peiyuan Fruit, fourth-level dog bone... Well, this is enough. One sip is at least equivalent to a fourth-level wine.
Grade elixir, good, good, good wine."
Sun Ce sat down, took the bone bottle with both hands, poured it out slightly, filled it for Sun Jian, and then filled it for himself.
After a while, the whole room was filled with the aroma of wine, and spiritual energy rose up, forming a white cloud above the wine glass. The white cloud was thick and turned into raindrops, which fell into the bed.
"Woof! Woof!"
The white clouds changed unpredictably, sometimes white clouds, sometimes heavenly dogs. Seeing this, Sun Ce had a strange look on his face.
"It's not simple, it's not simple. I still underestimated this wine."
Sun Ce did not agree, but held up the wine glass with both hands.
"Father, please."
Taking a slight sip, the aroma of the wine is fragrant and the aftertaste is endless. The surging spiritual energy explodes in the mouth and soaks into the whole body. The whole person is like soaking in a hot spring. The exhaustion is gone, and the hidden wounds accumulated from daily practice and battles seem to disappear with it.
Go and feel relaxed.
After a long time, Sun Jian came back to his senses and sighed slightly.
"Ning'an, oh, Ce'er, why are you looking for me today?"
Sun Jian picked up a peanut and threw it into his mouth, and asked slowly.
"Father, what Ce'er wants to say is that this is peace."
"Oh, tell me."
Sun Ce immediately stopped hesitating and told Sun Jian the previous events and their speculations.
Sun Jian listened quietly, picking up a peanut from time to time and taking a sip of wine.
"Don't you already have a decision? Why don't you ask me what to do?"
Hearing this, Sun Ce shook his head with a wry smile.
"Father, Jianye is the foundation of our family, and I really don't dare to make decisions on my own.
My father is experienced and well-informed, so I would like to ask my father to give me some advice."
"Our Sun family used to be considered a wealthy family."
Sun Jian did not answer directly. After taking a sip of wine, he told a story.
"Well, the officials are somewhat famous in Jianye.
And then, somehow we came to this end of the world. All our previous foundations were gone, and there were only a few people and a few lives.
And now what? Nuo Jianye has built its foundation with nothing."
After saying that, Sun Jian stopped, ate food and drank wine, waiting for Sun Ce's answer.
"What does father mean?"
"I don't mean anything else. I just want to say that Jianye was brought down by me and has nothing to do with any ancestor. You make your decision. Even if one day, Jianye is gone, I will not
Blame you.
Just go ahead and do it, Ce'er, you are the most outstanding descendant in the history of our Sun family, I believe in you."
Sun Ce looked at his father with a complicated look. His father, who used to be extremely majestic, seemed to have softened after recovering from his injury, becoming warmer and closer to him.
He picked up the wine glass and drank it, his heart suddenly filled with pride.
"Father, I..."
Poof!
Sun Ce fell to the ground before he finished speaking, his face extremely red.
Sun Jian was stunned for a moment when he saw this, but then he burst out laughing.
"Hahaha, hahaha, okay."
Sun Ce cheered loudly, feeling proud in his heart. He raised the wine glass high and his eyes suddenly glanced at Sun Ce on the ground. After pondering for a moment, he slowly brought the wine glass to his mouth and took a sip.
"Hmm~, good wine, good wine."
Click, click.
Chewing the crispy peanuts in your mouth is a real pleasure.
Early the next morning, Sun Ce woke up, rubbed his head, and felt a little dazed, but when he recalled the memory of last night, he suddenly smiled bitterly.
Then he shook his head, with pride in his heart, opened the door and walked out.
When I walked to my usual office, I was about to enter, but I stopped at the door, holding an exquisite tiger seal in my hand.
This really represents the lord's seal of Jianye, a town-level territory. Whoever holds this seal can become the lord of Jianye.
Holding the Tiger Lord Seal tightly, he made a decision in his heart, took a look inside, turned around and left, heading towards the deepest part of Jianye.
After passing through many levels, Sun Ce came to a secret place and pulled an edge on the rockery.
There was a heavy friction sound, and a staircase appeared in the middle of the rockery. Sun Ce walked straight down. The staircase was very long, with about a hundred steps, but Sun Ce stopped after taking twenty-three steps, and stood on the twenty-third step.
On the next step, press the eye on the relief next to it.
Click, click, click!
There was a sound of gears biting, and the stone wall beside it opened, revealing a hole, and Sun Ce immediately walked into it.
After several rounds of lane changes, Sun Ce came to a small, enclosed space.
"stop!"
In an instant, Sun Ce felt that he was locked by murderous intent, and the mechanism on the wall next to him also activated, locking Sun Ce firmly.
