The news that Zhang Zhao was going to lead people on an expedition soon spread throughout the city, and people who loved the imperial court began to prepare all kinds of dry food for the soldiers to eat on the march.

It is very clear to people that if the Eternal Dynasty develops and grows, then they will all be residents of the imperial capital in the future, and they will be the people around the Son of Heaven, and the days will definitely become more and more prosperous, so they still unconditionally support the military expedition.

The three days passed quickly, and the day of sending troops finally came.

Today, thousands of people gathered outside the gates of the two great cities, east and north, waiting at the gates of the barracks, ready to bring the food that had already been prepared to them when the army came out.

Outside the East City Gate, Zhang Zhao, Bai Xing, and Hua Yuerong rode war horses and walked in the forefront, and Zhang Zhao specially changed himself into a blood lion battle armor, representing the supreme commander of the army. Hua Yuerong was wearing a golden lion battle armor, which was equivalent to a deputy general of the army.

In this expedition, even Mr. Jin, who was already seventy years old, set off with the army, because he also wanted to do his part for the expeditionary force.

At first, Zhang Zhao was still reluctant to bring Jin Lao, after all, he was old, and just traveling far away was enough for him, and he couldn't help much.

But Jin Lao insisted on coming with him, he said that although he would not arrange troops, he was very clear about the topography of the Muhe Dynasty, and he was willing to use the advantages of the terrain to help Bai Xing set up the formation.

Although Zhang Zhao personally led the troops, the main task was to supervise the army, to boost the morale of the soldiers, and the task of fighting still could not be involved, after all, it was a martial god, and it only took one thought to kill a million ordinary people with a wave of his hand.

Zhang Zhao's existence has another main purpose, that is, to attract enemy firepower, let them know that they are the supreme commander, if they want to do any assassination, they can come directly to themselves, and indirectly relieve the pressure on Hua Yuerong from the side.

After the army set off, all the way north, today's task is to climb over a place called "Jiwozi Mountain", on the other side of the mountain is located a Xuan-level city of the Muhe Dynasty, so it is necessary to rush to the back mountain before tonight, so as to facilitate the declaration of war early the next morning.

Jiwozi Mountain is not very high, the terrain is gentle, now it has reached the Mid-Autumn Festival, the autumn wind is bleak, blowing away the golden leaves, the scenery of this road is very beautiful.

Until noon, the army came to a mountainside, and when he saw this, Zhang Zhao stopped the team and prepared to rest here.

Everyone rested in place, and after about five minutes, a young white-robed general came, and he came over with two kettles, one handed to Hua Yuerong, and the other to Zhang Zhao.

Hua Yuerong glanced at the white-robed general with disdain, and then opened the lid of the kettle and drank it.

Seeing that Hua Yuerong drank his own water, the white-robed general took out a red stone from his arms and handed it to her, and said with a smile: "Marshal, I just found this bloodstone in that canal, and I will give it to you." ”

Seeing this bloodstone, Zhang Zhao laughed and said, "Come here, show it to me." ”

"Huh? That's ........."

The white-robed general looked at Zhang Zhao with an embarrassed expression, but finally sent the bloodstone over.

"What's your name?"

Zhang Zhao asked casually while looking at the bloodstone in his hand.

"Hehe, the last general, Zhou Li, is the undefeated vanguard under Marshal Hua. ”

"Undefeated?"

Zhang Zhao grinned, handed the bloodstone to Bai Xing, and teased: "Our Marshal Hua is a heartthrob, the man who pursues him can line up from here to the gate of the palace, isn't it a little too far-fetched for you to impress people with such a small piece of bloodstone?"

As soon as he heard this, the surrounding soldiers and brothers laughed, and the people in the army basically knew that Zhou Li was a little interesting to Hua Yuerong, but Hua Yuerong obviously didn't want to deal with him, but then he was too attentive, and Hua Yuerong gradually accepted him, but it didn't reach that level of motivation, it just changed from being lazy to not hating.

Zhou Li's face turned red all of a sudden, and he said embarrassedly: "If it's too small, there are bigger ones over there, I didn't move it just now, I'll take it now." ”

"Wait!"

Zhang Zhao stopped Zhou Li and asked suspiciously, "Where did you find it?"

"Just over there, there is a bloodstone more than ten meters long, boss, I can't take it. ”

"It looks dirty, it turns blood red when it meets water, crystal clear and translucent without any impurities, it must be the best. ”

Bai Xing walked over with the bloodstone just now and said the grade of the bloodstone.

Bloodstone can be embedded in weapons and equipment treasures, after wearing can provide a certain amount of blood to the wearer, just such a small superb can be sold for a high price of 800,000 gold, if it is really like Zhou Li said, there is a ten-meter-long bloodstone, the total price is definitely more than hundreds of millions of gold.

"Let's go, take me to see it!"

Following Zhou Li, Zhang Zhao and the others found the small canal he had just mentioned.

It was located in a plain on the west side of the valley, and the river was long, about a meter wide, and the water was so clear that you could see the bottom at a glance.

It's just that the river suddenly turned blood-red when it passed by Zhang Zhao and their left, but after about ten meters, it returned to clear.

Seeing this, Zhang Zhao hurriedly ran over, leaned down and reached into the bottom of the water to touch the red bloodstone, as the true qi gushed out, he said with a shocked face: "This time you can make a fortune, this is actually a bloodstone vein." ”

"Vein!"

Bai Xing's face was shocked, he stepped forward to take a look, looked around, and saw that the front and back ends of the stone had sunk into the ground, it really didn't look like a stone, and what was in front of them was just the tip of the iceberg.

This stone is exposed to the outside and has been polished by fine water for many years, but there is indeed a vein underneath, yes, as far as I can see, the whole valley is underneath.

When they heard this, everyone was shocked. Just now, a small piece of bloodstone was worth 800,000 gold, and now the entire valley is full of veins, and there are countless bloodstones, and its value is unimaginable.

Zhang Zhao looked around for a moment, then used his true qi to lay an enchantment barrier on this bloodstone, turned around and said, "Send someone to the Ziyang Sect to find the head of the Xuannu, bring her over, and mine it in time." ”

"Yes!"

Seeing that Zhang Zhao wanted to mine the vein, Zhou Li hesitated, this bloodstone was what he was going to use to give to Hua Yuerong, and now Zhang Zhao was going to come over to mine, so what else would he give to others?

"Hey, O king, see if you can share a little with me, that's what I found. ”