The general court meeting of the Star Luo Empire is not held every day, it is usually held once every ten days, and it is held in the Tianji Hall in front of the Star Luo Palace, due to the arrival of the Sea Soul Mission, an additional court meeting is added, and it is on the third day when the Sea Soul Mission arrives in Star Luo City.

Outside the huge Tianji Palace, there are up to thousands of well-equipped soldiers stationed there, including nearly a hundred soul masters, and everyone's cultivation is around the soul sect, of course, this is not the case in normal times, but only the court will have this configuration.

Although it was still very early, outside the palace, one after another officials rushed to the palace with some thoughts, and after inspection, a group of people entered inside with a smile and a smile.

In fact, Xu Jiawei had already released the news on the day of the arrival of the Sea Soul Mission, and basically the high-level officials had secretly reached a consensus with Xu Jiawei, saying that it was discussed by the court, but in fact, it had already been decided.

After all the civil and military officials stood still in the Tianji Palace, everyone was whispering, and soon, the time reached eight o'clock in the morning.

"Your Majesty has arrived, be silent."

A low and majestic voice came from nowhere, and in an instant, hundreds of officials collectively closed their mouths and respectfully faced the location of the star chair.

After a while, Xu Jiawei walked like a tiger at his feet, beside him, accompanied by the two worshippers.

After Xu Jiawei sat on the star chair, all the officials below immediately shouted in unison: "Long live my emperor." ”

Xu Jiawei nodded and said, "Excuse me, the Xuanhai Soul Mission will meet you." ”

Soon, the commander of the guards of the Tianji Hall guarding the gate quickly came to the outside of the hall and shouted: "Xuan, the Sea Soul Empire mission has come to see you." ”

After hearing the words of the commander, a group of people from the Prime Minister of the Sea Soul Empire, who were standing outside the hall, packed up their robes, and then walked quickly into the Tianji Palace, and a group of people finally came to the parallel position of the Prime Minister of the Star Luo Empire in front of the hundreds of civil and military officials of the Star Luo Empire.

Prime Minister Sea Soul led the team, and the entourage saluted respectfully, "See Your Majesty Xingluo." ”

"Excuse me." Xu Jiawei's eyes made contact with Prime Minister Xingluo, and as if they had reached a consensus in their eyes, a trace of careful light flashed.

Although the Star Luo Empire already knew what the Sea Soul Empire was thinking, it still politely had a regular greeting conversation before starting to talk about the topic.

Prime Minister Sea Soul said respectfully: "My Emperor hopes to reach an agreement with your country on military cooperation, and once the matter is completed, we are willing to give a million-level city and three medium-sized cities of 500,000 people in return." ”

As soon as these words came out, in the Heavenly Pole Palace, the officials of the Star Luo Empire instantly began to look at each other.

With the step-by-step development of Douluo Continent for 10,000 years, the classification of cities is also very clear, the number of permanent residents with a household registration of 1 million is a large city, the number of permanent residents with a household registration of 500,000 is a medium-sized city, and 200,000 is a small city.

I have to say that this reward of the Sea Soul Empire is indeed amazing.

However, even if you get it, if you want the local people to really want to submit to the new empire, it will still take a lot of effort, and it can even easily lead to riots.

After speaking, Prime Minister Sea Soul quietly waited for a response on the side.

Xu Jiawei was silent, but Prime Minister Xingluo was about to start performing, he stepped out, faced Xu Jiawei, and said respectfully: "Your Majesty, the minister thinks that military cooperation still needs to be discussed more, and now there are many problems in the people's livelihood within the empire, and it is not appropriate to use force to unite, so we should take more time to recuperate the people's livelihood." ”

Prime Minister Sea Soul glanced at Prime Minister Xingluo, but did not say anything, in fact, before coming again, the Sea Soul Empire also sent people to see many places in the Star Luo Empire, and the people's livelihood problems in the Star Luo Empire are indeed serious, this is no problem.

In fact, it is not only the people of the Star Luo Empire who are serious, but also the Douluo Continent no matter which empire it is, to put it bluntly, it is the nobles who cannibalize the commoners too seriously, which is the biggest source of the problem.

And if civilians want to get ahead, they have only one choice to become a soul master, once they fail, the whole family can only remain at the bottom, and it is too difficult to cross the class.

Xu Jiawei did not answer directly, but asked several important ministers one after another, and due to the early communication, the views of a group of people were completely consistent with Prime Minister Xingluo.

This made the Prime Minister of the Sea Soul frown slightly, he looked at Xu Jiawei, but the latter seemed to be thinking about something, and after a while, in the quiet Tianji Palace, Xu Jiawei spoke, "Tell me what you want to exchange for the four cities." ”

Hearing this, Prime Minister Sea Soul's eyes lit up, and he hurriedly said: "Back to Your Majesty, our Sea Soul Empire does not need your country to send any soldiers to help fight the Sun and Moon Empire, we only need your country to gather heavy troops in the Mingdou Mountain Range to deter the Sun and Moon Empire by force." ”

"That's it?" Xu Jiawei feigned surprise.

"Yes." The Prime Minister of the Sea Soul nodded and said, "The Sun and Moon Empire has wolf ambitions and wants to swallow up our Sea Soul Empire, but due to the great disparity in our national strength, our emperor sent his ministers to your country for help." And your country should also be happy to see a declining Sun and Moon Empire, as long as our sea soul exists for a day, it can bring more time for your country to develop. ”

I have to say that although the Sea Soul Empire is controlled by the evil soul master behind it, the last sentence of the Sea Soul Prime Minister does speak to Xu Jiawei's heart.

The longer the Sun and Moon Empire is divided, the better it will be for the Star Luo Empire.

Xu Jiawei pondered, "This matter cannot be decided arbitrarily, and I still need to consider it from many aspects. ”

Prime Minister Sea Soul is not in a hurry, anyway, the war between the empire and the Sun and Moon Empire is still early, he immediately changed the topic, "Foreign ministers came to your country this time, in addition to discussing military cooperation, there is another point, that is, to carry out more maritime trade agreements with your country and strengthen the cooperative relationship between the two sides. ”

After suspending the matter of military cooperation, the court meeting changed the direction of the discussion, and finally it took about an hour and a half, and under a war of words, Xingluo and Sea Soul reached a lot of cooperation on maritime trade.

At the end of the meeting, the officials dispersed.

The Sea Soul Mission had someone to lead the way and was taken back to the premises.

And in the imperial study room of the Star Luo Palace, the arrival of another person made Xu Jiawei even happier, because these were none other than the people from the Sun and Moon Empire's mission.

The chief ambassador of the Sun and Moon Mission was none other than Jing Hongchen, who could be called the courtesan of the Sun and Moon Empire, by the way, Jing Hongchen rushed to Xingluo City after leading the troops with Tangerine.

From some people's mouths, Jing Hongchen already knew that the Sea Soul Empire had also sent a delegation to talk to the Star Luo Empire.

And on the side of the Star Luo Empire, the attitude towards Jing Hongchen is very different, don't forget, Jing Hongchen is a ninth-level soul master, and he is also the boss of the strongest soul guide research base in the mainland, so his status is completely different.

"Hongchen Hall Master, I've been waiting for a long time." Xu Jiawei sat on the exclusive chair, and in front of him, Jing Hongchen sat there alone.

In the entire Sun and Moon Mission, only Jing Hongchen came to Star Luo City alone, and the rest of the people were still waiting at the place arranged by the White Tiger Duke of the Ming Dou Mountain Range.

"Your Majesty Xingluo. I'm here this time, but I'm bothering you. Jing Hongchen smiled.

"Nothing trouble, no trouble." Xu Jiawei said with a smile: "I don't know why the Hongchen Hall Master came here this time?" ”

Jing Hongchen kept a smile on his face, and there was no change, he went straight to the point and said: "That group of rebels sent an envoy to your country, just hoping that Your Majesty would send troops to deter me Sun and Moon, I shouldn't have guessed wrong, right?" ”

Hui Jiawei was noncommittal.

Jing Hongchen said with a smile: "The reason why my emperor sent me to your country is mainly to discuss the cooperation between the two countries in terms of soul guide technology. ”

Xu Jiawei's eyes flashed, "Oh? In terms of technology, the entire Douluo Continent should be the strongest in the Mingde Hall under your jurisdiction, the master of the Red Dust Hall, and there should be no conditions on our side for you to look at. ”

Jing Hongchen couldn't see that Xu Jiawei was playing riddlers with him here, and he said bluntly: "We are willing to share the soul guide technology with enough sincerity to your country, and there is only one thing that your country needs to pay, that is, if you pretend to agree with the idea of that group of rebels, in fact, you will not move." ”

"Although this batch of shared technology is not the most top-notch existence, I can guarantee here that it will definitely save your country's soul guide technology from many years of detours, presumably Your Majesty doesn't know that some of the soul guide technologies mastered within Shrek Academy are just afraid that even my Mingde Hall can't compare."

Xu Jiawei's expression did not move, and he kept smiling, but his heart had already set off some waves, thinking of the recent contact between Shrek Academy and the Sun and Moon Empire, could it be that the two sides also had an exchange of soul guide technology?

Such exchanges have already happened.

"Your Majesty, to put it bluntly, my emperor is now an emperor who pursues peace." Jing Hongchen finally added, and then he stopped talking, and sat happily waiting for Xu Jiawei's signal.

In the imperial study, the two worshippers who followed Xu Jiawei looked at Xu Jiawei.

To tell the truth, no matter how the Star Luo Empire chooses, they are all the ones who benefit.

Xu Jiawei is not a very decisive emperor, but when it comes to the long-term development of the empire, he becomes resolute, looking at the smile in the red dust, Xu Jiawei smiled and said: "Your country is full of sincerity, I can't be that bad person, and I will let the prime minister communicate and discuss with the master of Hongchen Hall on follow-up issues." ”

Jing Hongchen said with a smile: "To be honest, we have already brought some of the soul guide technology here, and they are still waiting in the Mingdou Mountain Range, once we have finished discussing with your country, the first batch of technology will be delivered immediately." ”

Xu Jiawei looked at Hongchen deeply, and had to say that the courage of the Sun and Moon Empire was indeed very strong, and he really gave him something, but I don't know why he always had a bad premonition.

Jing Hongchen still kept smiling, he did bring a lot of soul guide technology, but without exception, only fifteen percent of these soul guide technologies are related to combat, most of them are civilian soul guides, in fact, civilian soul guides, their skills are not much stronger.

And the reason why Jing Hongchen chose so many civilian soul guide technologies to give away, the most critical point is that if it circulates in the Star Luo Empire in the future, those Star Luo Empire nobles are only afraid that they will increase their monopoly efforts, and the civilians will not make a profit, so the Sun and Moon Empire can still use this sharing technology to expand the contradictions within the Star Luo Empire.

Otherwise, I really thought that the Sun and Moon Empire was a fool, and when I encountered a problem, I would send the soul guide technology to damage my own strength to increase the strength of the enemy.

This chess piece can also be regarded as laying the fuse for the future Star Luo Empire.

Between countries, who is not calculating whom?

At the same time as the Star Luo Empire was lively, a place called Luoying City, four hundred kilometers northwest of the Ming Capital, was also very lively, but this one was a little different from the one.

Because it was purely because the Sun and Moon Expedition from the Ming Capital chose this place as the first place to recover, the reason why they chose this place is related to their city lord.

The population of Luoying City is as high as 670,000, which is a medium-sized city, and the city lord's name is Xu Zuquan, which is a branch of the royal family for I don't know how many generations, and now he has taken refuge in Xu You, the Emperor of the Sea Soul.

Xu You didn't value the northern cities with the Demon Forest as the dividing line, so he gave all the nobles of the major northern cities who submitted to him great autonomy, and the price only required them to pay enough money every year.

On the surface, Xu Zuquan followed Xu You's policy of cultivating students and raising the people, but secretly he continued to encroach on the resources in the city and take them for himself, which led to the bankruptcy of many civilians and became servants and vagabonds.

Such a place, recovered, is also the simplest existence, all the oranges are focused here, as for Dongyang City, it has to be considered in the long run, after all, the largest city in the north is not a joke.

There are many cities in the Sun and Moon Empire, and when the entire empire was not divided, the population was about 70 million people, among which the Sea Soul Empire later split the Sun and Moon and took away about 25 million people, and the Sun and Moon Empire took the demon forest as the dividing line to count the western and northern regions.

Five kilometers away from Luoying City, the mighty Sun and Moon Expedition Northern Army gathered together, it was already night at this moment, and from the air, up to five high-altitude soul guide detectors had surrounded the entire city, and every corner was locked to death.

Tangerine stood in the tent, observing all the changes in Luoying City in front of the light guide screen, with the help of the picture projected by the detector, although the picture was not very clear, but he could see a raging fire somewhere in the city.

"Marshal, the commando team we have planted in Luoying City has successfully occupied the walls of Luoying City."

Suddenly, a heavily armed soul master came to Tangerine's side with a very respectful expression.

The orange beautiful eyes are less soft than in the past, and more sharp like a sword, she no longer has Xu Tianran's support behind her, if she wants to stand out, she must show her military talent, otherwise once this expedition to the north loses to recover the country, I am afraid that there will be no chance to turn over in the future.

"Inform the First Soul Master Regiment, avoid civilian residences, take the route with the least crowd flow, don't hurt any civilians, those who make mistakes will be dealt with according to military regulations, and after blending into the city, first control the gathering place of the nobles of Luoying City and the City Lord's Mansion. The second and third soul master regiments were responsible for suppressing the defenders of Luoying City and trying to persuade them to surrender. This battle must be fought quickly, and the defenders of Luoying City will not be given any chance to react. ”

Tangerine quickly gave the order.

"Whoa." The soul master took the order and ran out of the tent, the flying soul guide on his back spewed flames and flew into the air, and the orange's orders were conveyed by him.

The three substitute soul master groups have just turned regular, and it is the first time to conduct actual combat, but after all, they have joined the ranks of the soul master group, and the internal personnel are not rookies.

It can be seen with the naked eye that the three major soul master groups ambushed outside Luoying City, with the help of the city wall that was broken by the assault team, smoothly entered the city, and then the soldiers divided into three ways, silently, and each went to one side to give complete instructions.

At this time, it was already early in the morning, and the residents in Luoying City had already fallen asleep, after all, it was not a top big city like Mingdu, and there were not too many entertainment activities, so they could only go to bed early, and the streets everywhere seemed very quiet, only the cold wind that blew from time to time could still bring a little sound.

And on a dilapidated street with many garbage cans, a little girl no more than seven or eight years old, with stray yellow hair and a bloody right arm, was laboriously rummaging through the garbage cans, desperate to find some food.

When she found a piece of almost moldy black bread that had been thrown away by others, her obviously malnourished little face showed a "greedy" smile, and suddenly, she froze, and when she turned around to find a place to sit down and eat, a group of people quickly dispersed from all directions of the street like messengers of the night.

Immediately afterward, the little girl's round eyes widened, because in front of her, I don't know when a delicious cream cake appeared, and there were a few pieces of fruit on it, and the cake was quietly placed on a clean plastic plate......