Chapter 598: Those Who Leave, Those Who Stay
It is 180,000 miles away from Anyi, and among the mountains and guards, a fertile grassland is tens of thousands of miles in size.
Here, it was the fief of the former Great Jin Divine Kingdom, and now the Qingqiu Divine Kingdom, a third-rank marquis.
In the middle of the grassland, a majestic city of a hundred miles in size stands majestically, and the contemporary head of the Qingqiu Divine Kingdom's three-rank knighted 'Tianma Hou' clan, the current Tianma Hou Ximenyou, stood in front of his mansion, looking up at the medium-sized warship at a height of 100 zhang above the ground.
Huang Yao stood on the bow of the battleship with his hands behind his back, condescending to look down on Ximenyou.
"Tianma Hou, the prince values you very much. It is not only the Tianma Hou you, but also the 'Tianma Heavy Ride' inherited by the Ximen family. The prince wants to form a strong assault cavalry, and the Tianma heavy cavalry of the Ximen clan should be the core. ”
Huang Yao smiled and looked at the letter of expedition in Ximenyou's hand: "After signing the letter of expedition, everyone will be colleagues in the future." Your family, your family's fiefdom, are all in the prince's land, and you will be good to serve the prince in the future...... The Duke can be expected. ”
Ximenyou held the book of expedition with one hand and looked at Huang Yao coldly: "Lord Huang Yao, you told the old man that the duke can be expected...... It's too far. How many people have you said to you today about painting bread to quench hunger?"
Huang Yao smiled and said nothing, he really said this to several marquis whose status was similar to that of Ximenyou.
Ximenyou laughed: "Look, look, sure enough...... Drawing cakes in the air, Lord Huang Yao's means is amazing. The old man is just curious about one thing, the prince's own fiefdom in Kyushu, if his promise comes true, we, the wealthy families born and raised in the land of Kyushu, if there are more than a dozen dukes, will the prince take out all his own territory and give it to me?"
Huang Yao squinted at Ximenyou, tonight, Ximenyou was the first to ask this question.
After pondering for a moment, Huang Yao smiled and said, "Tianma Hou thinks that our prince will only have the land of Kyushu in the future?"
Ximen You also smiled: "Otherwise, what does Lord Huang Yao think? What did the prince do today...... Such an earth-shattering sound, such a sound like a sky collapse, the old man can also hear it clearly. ”
The black clouds rolled all over the sky, and there was a faint thunderous sound in the black clouds.
Ximen You pointed in the direction of Anyi City and sighed heavily: "The prince himself...... In an embarrassing situation, I heard that since he returned to Yuzhou from Qingqiu City, the prince has been assassinated more than a dozen times. ”
"The loyal ministers of the previous dynasty will not let go of the prince...... And the princes and ministers of the Qingqiu Divine Kingdom, listen, listen, what did our prince do when you came to deliver the book of conquest just now?"
"So majestic, so domineering, he single-handedly overturned almost all the important ministers of the dynasty!"
"Yes, with the Zhenguo artifact in hand, as a prince, this is enough to become the foundation of his life, what else does he have to be afraid of?"
Shaking his head, Ximen You sighed: "But, are we afraid? Lord Huang Yao, frankly speaking, Lord An, is now a big fire pit...... You're not going to force us to jump into the fire pit, are you?"
Ximen You sighed with emotion and threw the expedition book back to Huang Yao, who refused Wu Tie's expedition.
Ximen You, as well as the Ximen family behind him, are all cursing in their hearts, they are complaining about Ling Hu Qingqing, why did they want to put Wu Tie's fief on their own heads, so that their family was forced to be helpless and become a subordinate of 'King An'.
Today's events are clear.
In the future, Ximen's family will not have a good life in Yuzhou, and they will not have a good life, and they will refuse Wu Tie's conquest, do they still want to have a good life?
But it's better than taking refuge in Wu Tie, right?
Rejecting Wu Tie just offended a prince.
promised Wu Tie, and offended the entire Qingqiu Divine Kingdom.
The lesser of two evils, Ximen You gritted his teeth and refused Wu Tie's expedition, and he and many people of the Ximen family seemed to see the scene of the future Ximen family's industry being frantically suppressed by King An's mansion.
After all, this Prince An has never been a kind person.
When he was still the Duke of Yuzhou, he killed so many wealthy families in Yuzhou, just a Sanpinhou family, where did he dare not move?
And the biggest backer of the Simon family in the court...... Their family's biggest backer in the court was a prince of the Sima clan. But the Great Jin Kingdom has collapsed, and the Sima clan has long been moved to the fief of the 'Jin Kingdom' to live in a centralized manner, and the backers of the Ximen family are useless, what do they do to deal with Wu Tie?
Huang Yao took the book of requisition thrown back by Ximenyou and looked at him very seriously.
"Think about it carefully, Tianmahou, don't let down our prince's kindness...... If the Simon family takes refuge in our prince, they will definitely not treat you badly in the future. For example, tonight's starlight refinement, the prince will open up a special channel to give you a hundredfold benefit. ”
Huang Yao pointed to the thick black cloud above his head, so thick that it seemed to wrap the whole heaven and earth.
In the sky above the Tianma Hou Mansion, there are more than 120 Heavenly Dao artifacts suspended, which are all Heavenly Dao divine weapons that the predecessors of the Ximen clan have worked hard to cultivate over the years. With the background of a Sanpinhou family, they were able to gather materials and forge more than one hundred and twenty Heavenly Dao artifacts, which was already the limit of their strength.
The Ximen family and the Lan family to which Lan Changqing belongs are still different, the Ximen family is considered the identity of the generals, they are good at fighting, not good at management, although the title is much higher than the Lan family, and the fief is much larger, but in terms of financial resources, the Ximen family is too much weaker.
In particular, the Ximen family also has to raise soldiers, and their private army is a heavy horse, which is an elite heavy cavalry that Wu Tie is a little coveted.
And what about the Lan family...... The Lan family has raised some guards, that's all, and in terms of financial consumption, everyone is not at the same level.
More than one hundred and twenty Heavenly Dao artifacts, if they can be refined with enough star power, there is a great possibility that they will turn the acquired into innate and breed enough spirituality to transform into innate spiritual weapons, and their power will be at least three or five times greater.
The high-end combat power of the Ximen family can also be increased several times as a whole, which is a great leap forward for the entire family.
However, if you miss the grace of the gods this time, and miss the starlight refining of these seven nights, if you want to advance through these one hundred and twenty Heavenly Dao Divine Soldiers, you don't know how much time it will take.
Ximenyou's heart was tired, he looked at Huang Yao angrily, and said in a deep voice: "Is it difficult for King An, can you still cover the sky with one hand?" We have seven days...... Even if we waste a day or two, we still have enough time to refine the divine weapons. ”
Huang Yao looked at Ximen You deeply: "What does Tianma Hou mean is that you are going to leave the land of Kyushu and go to another place to refine the divine soldiers?"
Simonyou's face twitched.
Huang Yao smiled slightly: "The prince said, if you leave these nights, don't come back." ”
Huang Yao threw it lightly, and the book of expeditions shone with spiritual light, and flew back to Ximen You, who had a gloomy face, and was quietly suspended in front of him.
"The prince said, in these seven starry nights, the people who signed the expedition are the prince's ministers, and the prince will definitely not treat them badly. ”
"Even if they don't sign the letter of enlistment, as long as they stay in their own homes, they are all kind people. The prince will never treat the kind people who keep to themselves...... Of course, it must be 'safe and secure'!"
"As for the one who was unwilling to sign the expedition, he also took his clan and the heavenly dao artifact in the clan to go outside to receive the starlight purification...... Hehe, as a vassal of the prince's earthly domain, it's just a matter of not wanting to serve the prince, and he also secretly accumulates divine soldiers and accumulates troops...... What are they trying to do? Rebellion?"
The corners of Huang Yao's mouth twitched, and she smiled as strangely as a weasel who gave New Year's greetings to a young hen.
"Tianmahou, the head of the Ximen family, think about it carefully...... Think about it again...... Well, are you willing to be the prince's ministers, or are you the kind people in the prince's domain? or are you ...... What about the rebels and thieves who are plotting against them?"
Ximenyou's body was stiff, and many of the Ximen family's clansmen behind him were stiff, and they couldn't speak for a long time.
"Think about it, think ......about it," Huang Yao persuaded seriously: "Tianma is riding heavily, the prince values it very much." The Ximen family's ability to domesticate war beast mounts and train cavalry is also highly valued by the prince. After all, in the prince's territory, the Ximen family is the only one!"
"It's because we value ...... Therefore, the prince does not want accidents. Huang Yao looked at Ximenyou with a smile: "I don't want to have any accidents at all." ”
Ximenyou asked Huang Yao in an extremely heavy tone: "What if, if the old man and his clansmen insist on leaving this place where black clouds cover the sky, and insist on refining the Heavenly Dao Divine Soldiers that have survived from generation to generation of their ancestors into innate spiritual soldiers?"
Huang Yao looked at Ximen You with a smile: "Didn't you say it just now, if Tianma Hou really did this, he would never come back...... This Tianma prairie, the countless war beast mounts on this grassland, as well as the houses, land, mountains and forests, and mines of the Ximen family, are all owned by the prince. ”
A young man from the Ximen family, who looked like he was ten years old, rushed out of the crowd in a rage, pointed at Huang Yao and scolded: "But, why? This Tianma prairie is the family business that our Ximen family has accumulated for generations for the merits of the gods!"
Huang Yao tilted his head and looked at the young man: "The family business that has been accumulated for generations of meritorious service to the gods and the country...... Dare to ask, your Simon family, which god and country are you for?"
The faces of the young people of the Ximen family suddenly turned pale, and Ximen You and the others also had stiff faces and were speechless.
Huang Yao said indifferently: "Now, this land of Kyushu is the fief of our prince, you must remember it." ”
"Why was our prince able to get this Kyushu fief? Because our prince really made a great contribution to the Qingqiu Divine Country, and eradicated the most destructive remnants of the previous dynasty and the traitorous party!"
"And you guys, you haven't made an inch!"
"Do you think that with a fluffy letter of allegiance, you will be able to get your Majesty to accept you? hehe, it's a joke!"
"Look clearly, see more clearly, how many of them have no fiefdoms, freshly baked royal relatives, and red eyes all over the world to patrol good places with oil and water?"
"In addition to taking refuge in our family's prince, if you Tianmahou family, if you don't give up your ancestral business and don't willingly become a commoner, sooner or later you will be wiped out, do you believe it or not?"
"You may not believe it...... But think for yourselves, how much confidence Your Majesty will have in you?"
"Hehe, now Your Majesty is busy dealing with the invading army of the Great Martial God Kingdom, and I don't have time to pay attention to you lords left over from the previous dynasty......"
"But as this young man said, you have served the kingdom of God for generations, and your ancestors have earned this fiefdom through the merits of our ancestors. ”
"Your ancestors, the allegiance is to the former dynasty...... It's not the Qingqiu Divine Kingdom!"
"The book of conquest is here...... Think it through, think it through. Huang Yao looked at Ximen You with a smile: "Tianma Hou, in the land of our prince, according to the customs of various feudal countries, it is natural to set up a military department. The left minister of the military department has already been selected, but among the halls under the jurisdiction of the military department, the position of the hall master of the 'Tianma Palace' and the Tianma Heavy Cavalry Legion is vacant. ”
"You...... Can...... One...... Decide...... Want...... Test...... Consider...... Clear...... Clear...... "Huang Yao admonished Simon Friends very slowly and seriously, word by word.
The battleship soared into the air and quickly sank into the black clouds.
A huge vortex could be seen to the naked eye in the black clouds, creating out of thin air and swallowing the battleship in one gulp.
Black clouds shrouded the land of Baizhou, and where the black clouds covered him, Wu Tie was able to use the power of the Divine Whip to move the warships he sent out into the void, and appear anywhere below the black clouds at will.
Otherwise, with the people he sent out, overnight, it would be impossible to visit those wealthy families on the territory of Kyushu one by one.
A long night, but also a short one.
When the starlight in the sky gradually stagnated, and a hazy black curtain gradually spread out from the extremely high place of the sky, blocking the stars and moon behind, Huang Yao, Li Ergouzi and others, who had been busy all night, finally stopped.
In Wu Tie's Kyushu fiefdom, more than 30 big families with second- and third-rank dukes and several county territories in the fiefdom blatantly left their fiefdoms, taking the core clansmen and the heavenly dao artifacts left by the ancestors in the clan, Shi Shiran left.
Some of the families of the marquis hesitated for a while and left.
Among the families with earl titles, only a very small number of strong in-laws, or a family with a large family or a branch of a big power, have left.
The others, including Lan Changqing and the others, who were the most hesitant, gritted their teeth, bit their fingertips, and heavily stamped their blood fingerprints on the expedition book made by Wu Tie's secret method...... After hesitating for a while, Lan Changqing and other more particular people still used a brush to seriously write down their names and family backgrounds in the expedition book.
In fact, stamping a fingerprint on the letter of requisition makes it feel like signing a deed of sale.
Or it's a little more decent to sign with a brush.
Of course, in fact, they are all the same thing, but in terms of form, Lan Changqing and others must not be sloppy.