The headquarters of a large family in Yuanming City.

"The Xiao family is really getting more and more mixed up, getting married? It's really a shame that he can think of it, and he is not afraid of losing the face of Xiao Jingtian, the ancestor of the Xiao family. ”

"Thirty percent of the weapons procurement of the Great Yuan Kingdom in the future? Not only does he lose face, but he also looks like a lower riba person, what big thing can be achieved by being so stingy. ”

"Tell the following, communicate with the Sima family, and promise them that as long as the Sima family supports our Hu family, in the next ten years, I will give them forty percent of the weapons procurement of the Great Yuan Kingdom."

"But Ancestor, even if we get the position of the lord of the Great Yuan Kingdom, the weapons purchase orders we can control are only this amount, if all of them are given to the Sima family, won't our family be gone."

"After all, there are orders for the purchase of weapons that cannot be changed even by the owner of the country. If this is the case, wouldn't the position of the lord of the country that we worked so hard to obtain be a wedding dress for the Sima family in vain. ”

"Hmph, what do you know, the value of the interests of the lord of the country, is it these things on the surface? More is potential, okay, tell me to go on, and do it. ”

"Yes......."

……

At night, Sima's house, the conference hall of the sect.

This time, all the elders of the Sima family gathered together again, and Sima Yanrong sat in his seat and said in a deep voice all the things about Xiao Zhiwen's meeting with him this afternoon.

After listening to Sima Yanrong's words, all the elders present discussed in a low voice.

"Thirty percent of future weapons purchases? This condition can be regarded as sincerity, and according to what Xiao Zhiwen said, this should only be part of the exchange of interests, and there should be other things in the future. ”

"That's right, I think so too, the Xiao family seems to be planning to bleed heavily for the position of the lord of the country this time, if there are these benefits promised by the Xiao family, our Sima family is not unable to support the Xiao family."

"That's right, although the Hu family has already won over the Liao family and has the upper hand in the existing situation, if the Xiao family has the support of our Sima family, plus some scattered tickets that the Xiao family has won over in the early stage, then the form can be reversed soon."

All the elders present expressed their opinions, but from now on, everyone did feel some sincerity for the conditions given by the Xiao family, and their support for the Xiao family was also obviously biased.

Seeing this, Sima Mingyuan, the head of the family who had been sitting at the top of the left side, suddenly spoke softly: "Elders, I have another news to tell you here. ”

"This afternoon, Elder Hu Di, who was sent by the Hu family to contact me, gave the Hu family's latest conditions, if our Sima family can support the Hu family to ascend to the throne, then the Hu family promised that in the next ten years, forty percent of the weapons purchased by the Great Yuan Kingdom will be given to our Sima family."

As soon as Sima Mingyuan's words came out, all the elders present were stunned for a moment, and then a smile appeared on the face of one of the elders: "Sure enough, it is the cranes and mussels competing for the fisherman's profit, it seems that the Hu family is also determined to win the position of the lord of the country this time, and they actually offered this condition." ”

"It seems that the competition between the Xiao family and the Hu family has entered the fire and water, and they have to do their best, so it's okay, only in this way can our Sima family get enough benefits from it."

"It's extreme, it's extreme!" The elder's words were unanimously agreed by the other elders.

"If the Hu family offers such conditions, then we may be able to support the Hu family, the annual weapon procurement of the Great Yuan Kingdom, but in terms of ten thousand high-grade spirit stones, it is ten percent more than the Xiao family, and the Hu family is really at a cost."

"Well, if the Hu family does offer such conditions, with the support of our Sima family and the Liao family, the Hu family's ascension to the throne can basically be regarded as a certainty."

"That's right, compared to supporting the Xiao family, there may be many uncertainties, if we support the Hu family, the result is basically doomed, I am in favor of supporting the Hu family."

Under the interests, the elders who supported the Xiao family just now suddenly switched to the Hu family.

However, the interests mentioned here are the interests of the entire Sima family, as the elder of the Sima family, as long as it is beneficial to the family, you must support it, as for the words just spoken, you just changed your words in such an instant, and you don't slap your face, what does it matter? It's all for the Sima family, who still laughs at who can't.

Listening to the words of the elders, Sima Mingyuan was silent for a while, and then said softly: "The words of the elders are reasonable, in the current situation, the Hu family has already attracted the support of the Liao family, and if our Sima family supports the Hu family to take the throne, then the voting results of the parliament can basically be determined." ”

"However, what I want to say is whether the elders have considered why the Hu family immediately sent someone to our Sima family after Xiao Zhiwen just met Elder Yan Rong, and also raised the conditions given directly from ten percent of the original weapons procurement to forty percent at one time."

"Obviously, this is for the Xiao family."

"Why did the Hu family know so quickly about the conditions that the Xiao family gave us? I know that in the major families, in fact, there are their own spies sent by everyone, just like the other four major families have the hidden hands of our Sima family, and our Sima family also has the secret sons of the four major families. ”

"However, at such a fast speed, the Hu family knew the conditions given by the Xiao family, according to Elder Yan Rong, when she was talking to Xiao Zhiwen at that time, there was only one person around, and that person was also regarded by Elder Yan Rong, and there was absolutely no possibility of passing on the news."

"After that, Elder Yan Rong gave us the news as soon as possible, and there was no outside transmission during this period, so it is absolutely impossible for this news to spread from our side."

"Then, it can only be from the Xiao family's own side."

"If we just look at it from here, we may be able to say that the Xiao family's news is not strictly confidential, but have the elders thought about it?"

"The first time Xiao Zhiwen met Elder Yan Rong and proposed marriage, it was in a public club, and everyone may have been to that club, not to mention people coming and going, but the five major families, the members who consume there every day, hundreds or thousands, is definitely not a secret place."

"It's not an exaggeration to say that there are many people, and the Xiao family wants to marry the Sima family, well, even if they want to cooperate with our Sima family and conspire together for the position of the head of the country, such an important thing should be done secretly, as far as possible not to let the Hu family notice, and in the end, the Congress broke out, and the Hu family was caught off guard, which is the core."

"But the Xiao family didn't do this, not only did they meet with Elder Yanrong in a crowded clubhouse, but also on the afternoon of the day when they discussed cooperation with Elder Yanrong, the conditions of cooperation given were known to the Hu family, don't you think it's strange?"

"I don't know if it's my delusion, I have a feeling that it seems to be the Xiao family, and I hope the Hu family knows this, that is to say, these things are what the Xiao family wants the Hu family to see."

"If that's the case, what is the Xiao family for? Why did he do this, and most importantly, what kind of confidence did he have to dare to do it. ”

"One more point, don't forget, how did the former lord of the country die, the ancestor of the Lan family is still in retreat to heal his wounds, and he doesn't know if he lives or dies. Whether that mysterious person is the person behind the Xiao family or not, we can't help but consider this. ”

Hearing Sima Mingyuan's words, all the elders present immediately fell silent, and their faces fell into contemplation one by one, and even frowned.

Being so little bit by the head of the family, there are indeed many doubts in these things.

"So, let's continue to wait and see, after all, there are more than ten days left on the day of Congress, so there is no hurry." Sima Mingyuan said softly.

"In the next few days, focus on every move of the Xiao family and the Hu family, but if there is any abnormality, report to me immediately."

"Yes!"

……

Time passed day by day, and the atmosphere of the entire Yuanming City gradually became solemn, and even the civilians at the lowest level slowly felt the tense momentum of Yuanming City, which was about to come by storm.

In the streets and alleys, pedestrians are in a hurry, and in the pedestrian streets, the number of men and women shopping is gradually becoming scarce.

Finally, it was the day of the congressional election.

The Great Yuan Kingdom Congress is on the west side of Yuanming City, the building is magnificent, the whole building is like the ancient Greek gladiatorial arena style on the earth, a large row of seats is surrounded by a circle, and the middle is a wide open space.

The entire council is divided into six districts, representing the five major family districts, as well as the "scattered" districts.

There are 481 members of the entire National Assembly, of which 400 are distributed among the five major families, and the remaining 81 members are elected from among the common people.

At ten o'clock in the morning, all the parliamentarians began to enter the venue one after another, and this time, Lin Fang was also fortunate to follow Sima Yanrong to the scene of the congress of the Great Yuan Kingdom.

Sima Yanrong is also one of the members of the National Assembly, in fact, all the elders of the Sima family, or in other words, the positions of congressmen controlled by the Sima family, are mostly held by the leadership of the Sima family, except for the head of the family, Sima Mingyuan, and the ancestor Sima Gaozhan.

For the other four major families, most of them are the same, after all, something so important as the vote must be in their own hands.

Therefore, it can be said that at this time, in the Congress, these 481 members, except for the uncertainty of the 81 scattered votes, the other 400 people are basically the foundation of the Great Yuan Kingdom.

If there is an accident here, then the joke of the Great Yuan Kingdom will be bigger, and because of this, the protection measures of the entire parliament are also very strong, and even the location of the administrative office of the head of the country is even stricter, second only to the respective sects of the five major families.

However, if anyone wants to make trouble here, it is not casual, after all, while these people hold most of the power of the Great Yuan Kingdom, it also means that they themselves are the cutting-edge combat power of the Great Yuan Kingdom.

Not to mention, every time there is a congress, the heads and ancestors of the five major families will basically be present.

Several Four Elephant Celestials, double-digit Five Elements Celestials, and nearly a hundred Uncrowned Celestials, such a powerful force gathered here, no matter who wanted to do something, they had to pay a terrible price.