At the beginning of the lanterns, a dinner party used to wash the dust for several generals in the Southeast Theater kicked off in the Governor's Mansion in Jupan City.

Unlike the cold drizzle outside, which makes pedestrians involuntarily shrink up and quicken their pace, the bright banquet hall is only warm, just warm, like another world.

The towering dome is illuminated with lights, and everything in the hall, even the columns, is stunning. The melodious sound of the piano flows like gurgling water in everyone's heart, and the aroma of wine and food wafts in every corner of it.

There were not too many people in the hall, and there were only about 300 people in total. There are obviously more celebrities and nobles in Jupan City, but tonight's banquet was initiated by the Governor, so naturally not everyone is qualified to be invited.

Although the development of the Three Swords Chamber of Commerce was extremely rapid and vigorous, in this hall, Lin San and Akan were still far from being the focus of the field.

They did have a great 'success' this year, but there are many more 'successful' people than them.

What's more, the protagonists of tonight's banquet are several generals who have temporarily returned from the Southeast Theater of Operations.

The war between the Bilan Empire and the Red Tower Kingdom on the front line is still in full swing. Today's Chilou Kingdom has lost half of its country, and even the original capital has been forced to move south.

Lin San did not pay attention to this huge war, although he was once extremely interested in military command, and even participated in it himself.

Holding a wine glass, Akan stood beside him, smiling charmingly from time to time and chatting with a passing noble official, but her attention did not take off the man beside her.

Of course she knew what he was looking at, it was a few soldiers in the room. It is a time of war, and although Bilan's country does not seem to have been affected much, it has to be said that many things still have to make way for war, and the position of officers is naturally quite important in this particular period.

They were not wearing armor, but they were still wearing imperial military uniforms, and their heroic figures were quite dazzling in this banquet hall, and I don't know how many people attracted their attention.

At this time, they were being accompanied by the Governor himself, and it was not something they could easily come up to greet them.

Among those soldiers, the highest-ranking general was over fifty years old. In addition to a few middle-aged generals, there are also two young officers, judging from the style of the dress, it should only be a partial general. They didn't come back this time for fun, nor because they had any vacation, after all, the war on the front line was not over at all.

They came back to prepare food, grass and supplies for the front line.

"If I remember correctly, the Southeast Theater used to be the theater you played in, don't you plan to say hello to your comrades?"

"These people are not from the Sixth Corps, and they have no friendship with me. He said intently.

In fact, even if these people are from the Sixth Corps, they may not necessarily know him. After all, he was only a ten-horse commander back then.

"What then, why don't you use your Red Blood Medal to get close to them, you should have more common ground with them than the others, right?"

As Lin San's most powerful helper, she certainly knew what he was thinking.

In fact, just two months ago, the armor of the Three Swords Chamber of Commerce had already equipped the city guards of the four cities.

Among them, her efforts are naturally indispensable, after all, the official will never buy such old goods.

Of course, what is more important is his methods, deliberately leaving some officials with room to operate, so that they can easily get a lot of benefits from it, which is the key to winning those lists.

As for the front-line army, she really never thought about it. Although there is no problem with the quality of their protective gear, it is an old product after all, and to be honest, it is destined to have a certain gap with the new product in terms of durability...... No matter how well it is repaired.

However, she is also very aware of the courage and determination of the man next to her, and he will not miss the opportunity to strengthen the Chamber of Commerce.

Once the military line is hit, the three knife chambers will really be on a giant ship, and the future development momentum will become unstoppable.

Only this time, she seemed to have guessed wrong.

"I don't have anything in common with them, so why should I approach them?" he turned his head aside, deliberately looking away.

Akan was curious: "Don't you want to seize such an opportunity?"

"I don't want to. He said lightly.

"Why?"

"The military doesn't buy used goods, and this road doesn't work. ”

"But even if it's the military, there will be gaps. Let alone...... We can also make new ones. If you don't give such an opportunity a try, how will you know that it won't work?"

"Needless to say. He didn't seem to want to talk about it anymore, so much so that his eyes were already on the exit of the banquet hall.

His abnormal behavior naturally aroused Akan's curiosity, but soon a burst of cheerful music flowed into her ears, and she saw that a pair of young men and women were already dancing arm in arm in the middle of the hall.

"Aren't you going to invite me to dance?" she smiled as she held out a hand.

In the past year, they have attended no less than 50 banquets together. For the sake of their business, she put her arms around the shoulders of other men, and he also put his arms around the waists of other women, and of course there were moments of dancing between the two.

She knew that he couldn't fall in love with those women, and like herself, he was also a person who only had money in his eyes and only interests. No matter how beautiful a woman is, in his eyes, there is only one criterion of whether she can help him.

In fact, she could see that some women would be so shallow that they would annoy him just the moment they came into contact with half a pillar of incense, but he covered it up well. She even suspected that this person might not have the emotions that a normal person should have.

But fortunately, he is special to him, although he doesn't like it, but he will never get bored, because he and he are the same kind of people.

"Sorry, can you do it next time? I'm a little unwell today...... I want to go back early. ”

He had a sincere apology on his face, but Akan knew that the so-called discomfort was just an excuse.

Although he was not a cultivator, his energy was simply more vigorous than that of many cultivators, and she had never seen him tired, let alone sick and uncomfortable.

In her mind, he was almost a freak who would never fall.

But she is a smart woman, she doesn't want to be unhappy, not to mention that she can see that he should have a real reason.

"Alright then......" she smiled, and walked over to a handsome young man not far away.

Moments later, she slid slowly onto the dance floor at the young man's invitation, and the corners of her eyes twitched.

She saw that one of the officers seemed to recognize him suddenly, and then the woman walked briskly towards him, even waving to him as if she had found her own relative, and he seemed to be hiding her......

The female officer was quite beautiful, and the light blue standard dress looked heroic on her. However, she was only a hundred horsemen, and it was a surprise that she was here tonight.

Although because of the reason of being the queen mother, the status of female soldiers in the Bilan army is quite special, but they still have to follow the rules of military rank and inferiority. The female soldier and her other companion seemed to others to be the wives of one of the generals in the field, but now it seems that they had guessed wrong.

Her actions were a bit abrupt, so she quickly attracted the attention of many people. Especially when they saw her line of sight and the route of travel, which was completely Lin San, they were even more surprised.

Some of the presidents of the big chambers of commerce are already secretly speculating, it is said that this young president once served as a soldier on the front line, could it be that he really formed a friendship with a certain big man? Although the rank of this female soldier is not high, her appearance here is enough to show that her identity is quite special.

In fact, it wasn't just them, even the provincial governor and those generals couldn't help but look at this side.

"Lin San, why are you here?" her voice was full of surprise, the joy of reunion after a long absence.

When Lin San turned around, his face was already filled with a smile that was also full of joy: "Long time no see, Qi Qi." ”

Yes, it wasn't until a moment ago that he saw her long-lost figure in the group of generals.

She was still the same as before, with little change other than a slightly more serious and formal outfit.

It's like she sees herself now, so she doesn't think about the so-called big people and etiquette, she laughs and does it casually, patting herself on the shoulder without any scruples.

Maybe when she is in the army, she will also be bound by military regulations. But at this moment, he still saw her from before......

He didn't expect her to be here, because it couldn't have happened.

She was promoted to the rank of Hundred Riders, but he was not too surprised. But how could she become an entourage? And even if she was an entourage, the Captain of the Hundred Horsemen was not qualified to appear on the occasion of this banquet, not to mention that he knew her roots, her father was just the leader of an underground gang back then, not a general.

At first sight of her, he was eager to greet her.

However, just like when he suddenly saw her on the frontline battlefield, he finally chose to blend in the crowd and watch from afar, choosing to retract his gaze.

Of course, it's not because I'm afraid of her, and it's not because I hate her.

He didn't understand why, he was already very 'successful', didn't he? Even if he didn't have any idea of running in front of her to show off, he wouldn't want to avoid her, would he?

It's just that some of the feelings are real. He found himself ashamed to meet her now......

"What are you doing now, where have you been all these years? I'm worried about me, I thought you had met with an accident! Also, since it's okay, why don't you go to me? I've looked for you, but unfortunately you're not ......in the Fifth Corps."

It was just the second sentence of the meeting, and she began to count him as if she was used to it.

The familiar voice and tone made his nose faintly sour, an emotion he hadn't had in a long time.

"I'm fine......" He didn't know how to talk to her, he didn't know what to say, he was trying to change his state. Because they had been separated for so long, he had almost forgotten what the little porter who lived under the same roof with her should have been like.

But 'fortunately', his predicament was quickly solved.

"Sister Qi Qi, who is this? Is this your friend?" The person who spoke was another young female soldier who was traveling with her, who was also a hundred cavalry commanders.

Qi Qi's actions obviously also aroused her interest.

At this time, the generals seemed to be walking in this direction, accompanied by the high-ranking officials of the Governor's Palace.

After a long absence, they obviously can't continue the conversation...... (To be continued.) )