Viscount Twilight entered the Manas space, in addition to arranging two apprentices, for another purpose: to meet the great chief of the Black Bear Tribe, Oryz. This chieftain did not claim the title of king, but the strength of his tribe was comparable to that of ordinary Golden Horde kings. The cotton, wine, and raisins produced in Turpan eventually became the gold coins of the chief's strength.

Hearing that the lord of Little Rock was visiting, the burly Uris immediately received the rising star of the three mountains and two basins: "Brother Twilight, the eagle will often fly over the territory of other birds of prey, and only the beasts trapped on the ground will fight for the territory. I am very glad that you can enter my court. Come and try our new wines this year! If there is anything, drink three bowls and then talk about it! ”

Viscount Twilight is here to do business. He presented Oris with two gifts: a large brass shoulder guard and an arm shield that could be worn over his left arm. It's all purple quality metal equipment. The protection of the two things is superimposed, almost comparable to a golden shield, and when put on the tall and powerful Orys, it can also exert an attack power far greater than that of a shield: "Polish, it is no different from the equipment made of gold, and it is stronger and lighter than gold!" ”

Oris is a physical and offensive profession, and he is naturally satisfied with this kind of offensive and defensive equipment: "I have long known that you are a high-level blacksmith who is good at forging swords, but I didn't expect your skills in forging armor to be so outstanding." Haha, courtesy, it seems that you need my help with something, right? ”

The Viscount told his apprentice about the preparation of his apprentice to cultivate wheat in Turpan: "Your land is full of pastures and wilderness, but some places are too barren for the people of the Black Bear Tribe to graze and grow cotton on those lands. And growing wheat requires less water than cotton, and I think I can let the Kirghiz people try it - when they leave, the ripe land will be yours! ”

"No gold falls from heaven. Do you want me to give them some qanats? ”

"The Kyrgyz are currently understaffed and can reclaim some land, but they will never be able to dig new qanats. In the near future, these lands will be yours. Shouldn't I ask you to send some support? ”

Oryse played with the gold cup in his hand: "You have a point. I drank this bowl of wine! ”

"What do you think of the two pieces of gear I just gave you?"

"Very good! But ordinary warriors do not have my strength, they cannot equip. ”

"I have more than 10,000 copper ingots in my hands. To trade with you, you can use these ingots to craft gear that suits them. I want to exchange five times as much cotton, deseeded! ”

In this case, whatever kind of equipment Oris needs for his army, he can forge it himself. But Ouris couldn't get that much cotton: "Almost half of my cotton has already found merchants. I can't break my promise. I can exchange you for five thousand copper ingots. ”

With this cotton, the textile mill under the name of Shengshengman can continue to operate all year round. And the cost of copper ore is almost lower for Viscount Twilight than farming - the main labor force of copper ore is a group of Cossack bandits. After more than a year of operation, Ruoqiang Copper Mine has almost been filled with high-quality copper ore, all of which are materials under the name of the Seven Swords Guild. As for the products that belong to the locals, they have long been bought by Su Boss and forged into the two gates of the Gobi Copper City. The copper ore handed over to Oris is not all of the Seven Swords Copper Ore - there are more than 30,000 more, which Viscount Twilight is going to sell to Bluestone City and transfer to Syracuse City in the Plateau for sale.

Negotiate a deal with Oris and Viscount Twilight made five trips to transfer all of these things to Frost City in the Western Regions. If there were no Void Conch, just transporting these materials would be enough for all the personnel of the Seven Swords to run for ten days and eight days.

From ancient times to the present, copper is a strategic material, not only can be made into various utensils, processed into many accessories and accessories, but also used to make the 'copper plate' as the main material of the currency. No person with real power will feel that he has too many copper resources in his hands. Like Orris, he only traded with the Twilight Lord for a portion of the copper ore because he put the Twilight Lord on the same level as himself for a fair trade - he couldn't get any more decent supplies to exchange. And the reason why Boss Su is willing to exchange so much copper ore with Oris at a slightly losing price is also to support the black bear tribe and drive the development of the Kirgiz people.

When Twilight arrives at the Shadow Leopard Legion with 3,000 Copper Bars, he finds that everything is changing: the huge playground is no longer trained, and the soldiers of each battalion are packing up their supplies in front of their barracks. He immediately asked to see Li Dingjun.

Li Dingjun met him in his busy schedule: "Little orange, we are going to go on the expedition!" This is what the Shadow Leopard Legion has been waiting for for a long time. ”

"Why not me?" Viscount Twilight laughed, "Am I not from the Shadow Leopard Legion?" ”

Li Dingjun smiled: "Why not? However, the opportunity to go to the Exotic Trials needs to be gradual. Every soldier is our precious resource. The sequence of trials and participation in battles needs to be advanced from several levels of intensity, such as security, vigilance, conflict, engagement, fierce battle, survival, and decisive battle of the front army. Once you've reached level 60, you'll be able to apply to go to a safe area to start practicing. The location of our visit must be kept secret, but the level of regional security, which is the intensity of the war, I can tell you, is at the level of conflict. We were sent there to ensure that the local garrison could be strengthened before the intensity of the conflict reached the level of engagement. ”

"I didn't know you were going to pull it out. Hehe, I also brought a batch of copper ingots that I want to donate to you to strengthen the equipment of the Shadow Leopard Legion. ”

Li Dingjun was stunned when he heard this, and immediately laughed: "I didn't know your luck was so good!" Did you know that from the moment we receive the order to be promoted, all actions that can enhance our combat effectiveness will be counted as military merits, and as long as the battle starts, these military merits can be upgraded to combat merits! The equipment of the Shadow Leopard Legion does not need to be upgraded for the time being, but our destination, those troops who are still stationed there, will definitely welcome this batch of supplies! I'll take it - maybe one day, you didn't do anything, but your rank was promoted, don't be nervous, it must be the credit of this batch of supplies! ”

"My lord, I'm glad I could help you. I'm going to go to the quartermaster to hand it over. ”

"Don't worry. You're also a member of the Shadow Leopard Legion. I'll give you a mission to stay behind, and let the people of the Seven Swords Mercenary Regiment guard the military camp we left behind—there are also military merits to be gained. Also, you'll be the highest-ranking person among those left behind. In this way, you can use the training grounds and equipment we left behind to improve the combat effectiveness of the Seven Swords Mercenary Regiment. Well, you also have to be responsible for the maintenance of these barracks, facilities. How many regular fighters do you need to help you? ”

It doesn't matter if the people you leave behind help me or not, supervising me is the main task, right? Major Twilight scolded, "One squad is enough." I will divide them into three groups, watch, train, rest, one round every three days, what do you think? ”

"Just what I want! Hold, it's an order! ”

…… A day later, the Shadow Leopard Legion was officially launched. Li Dingjun, Li Qingyun, Dasha, and Sanduo are among them.

The Seven Swords Mercenary Regiment poured out of the nest to bid farewell to these high-ranking warriors who had taught them.

The direction of the team's travel is the Bluestone City Teleportation Array.

Lord Timur stood on the edge of the teleportation array with a serious face, saying goodbye to Li Dingjun while supervising his subordinates to constantly replace the energy gems on the teleportation array.

Sanduo came over in the queue and saw that Viscount Twilight, Li Si'an, Fu Zhuliu and others had come to say goodbye, and he only gave everyone a military salute in the queue.

Dasha is coming. Unlike Sanduo, he ran directly out of the team and ran in front of Viscount Twilight: "Haha, this run is a punishment!" But I'm not afraid, I'll say goodbye to you, and it's worth it to take a punishment! See, Li Dingjun is staring at me from afar! Old thief Li, your eyes are hot, right? ”

The old thief Li Si'an stepped forward to hold Dasha's hand with one hand, and patted Dasha's shoulder with the other: "Do you think Lao Tzu hasn't been there?" If it weren't for my body, I would be indispensable on this trip. Fight well, whether he is a dragon or an orc, or an undead, he must let them be wiped out! ”

The big smirk grinned: "How do I feel like there's something extra in my backpack?" Old thief, you have learned to steal and give things to people, and you have grown! ”

Li Si'an pouted: "Two bottles of good wine." Remember, you can only drink one bottle, leave one bottle, and drink it when you die, or come back and drink it with me! ”

"I promise you! Little Orange, I didn't just come here to say goodbye! Dasha shook Viscount Twilight's hand: "If there is no benefit to me, my punishment is only worth two bottles of good wine, which is not very cost-effective!" ”

Little Orange gave him two gifts: a Thunder Guardian and a purple quality. A Flame Overlord Gun: "The shield is for you." Don't die! The spear is for three more. I don't have time to forge, it's all out of my brothers' hands. ”

Dasha patted his shield: "Good thing." The possibility of Lao Tzu coming back alive has increased by at least 20%. If nothing else, if I can capture something worthy of your good forging on the battlefield, I will bring it back to you! ”

Dasha returned to the team, suddenly turned his head and raised his hand: "Remember, Lao Tzu's name is called Cheng Kuian!" ”

Viscount Twilight waved, "Got it!" Listen, we send you a song with seven swords:

Thirty years of trees

Can be a pillar

Eight thousand miles of wind and dust

Shame on the size of the work

Now too

No need to return

Horse leather or atonement for the sins of this life

In the next life, he is still a member of the Han family

It's still the Han family

The book sword should be self-reliant

The dragon sword hangs the man's guts

Sweat shines on my bright moon heart

The chief is in the world

Go and stay without doubt

At the end of the song, the entire Shadow Leopard Legion soldiers began to sing in chorus, and the song accompanied the smoke and dust of the march into the rippling teleportation array.