Chapter 257: Who Is the Army Loyalty To?
"I didn't think it before, but now I finally stand on a high place and realize that there are so many rich people in Mingdu!"
"One by one, they all secretly worked hard to get rich, and they didn't take me with them, right?"
At lunchtime, in the cafeteria of the Soul Palace, Lin Xi couldn't help but confide in private to his friends who were more familiar with him.
"Oh?" The former Mingdetang Level 7 researcher cut off a piece of meat chop from his plate and put it into his mouth, with a smile in his eyes that "young people are still too young".
"This is the first time you know? A brick dropped in this place in Mingdu can kill a few sesame officials and small rich people. ”
Lin Xi tapped the dinner plate with chopsticks, and his face darkened: "Xiaofu Xiaogui, who wants to enter Mingdu from other places, can he be the same kind of person as the customers who have taken care of our business these days?" ”
That's not it! How could Huo Yuhao, who had to complete seven or eight orders of 10,000-year-old soul business in one day, start to provide public welfare services to thousand-year-old and hundred-year-old soul customers after giving priority to serving these VIPs, and those middle-class people who only had a few sets of worthless properties in other places couldn't even make up the contract fee for 10,000-year souls.
And the 10,000-year-old soul order accumulated over the past few months has finally been released today, and every time Huo Yuhao finishes reciting the mantra, he can bring the soul hall an income that requires a soul king to struggle for several months.
Well-informed soul masters from all over the country let Lin Xi see with his own eyes what it means to be an invisible rich, these people are all immortals who don't need to wait in line for the souls of the extreme north, and directly show their magical powers and hook up with their own 10,000-year-old soul beasts to sign a contract, and it still takes Huo Yuhao to be busy for so long, which shows how much potential wealth is hidden by the people to be explored.
Fortune is against the sky, wealth is overwhelming, and the soul master who can reach an agreement with the 10,000-year-old soul beast must have at least one of the two.
The Sun and Moon Empire actually has so many low-key soul masters who are usually inconspicuous but have amazing financial resources, and even the most powerful soul masters directly came to Mingdu with 80,000-year-old soul beasts from their hometowns, which caused great damage to Lin Xi's young mind who was able to get rich by studying in Shrek.
From this point of view, it is also beneficial for the soul hall to be opened on the outskirts of the city, avoiding all kinds of soul beasts from entering and leaving and causing surprise to the citizens.
"This is a good thing, the more financiers who can afford to pay the contract fee for the 10,000th grade, the better, and our income is counting on the rich brothers and sisters." Lin Xi's friend pushed down the frame of his glasses on the bridge of his nose and said with a smile.
"Also, the hall master has entrusted you with the task of soliciting eloquent sales, so you must have a snack."
"Okay, okay, what else is he worried about when I do things?" Lin Xi took a bite of the chicken leg and waved his hand indifferently.
When the Soul Hall entered the afternoon start time, Lin Xi's dining friend got up from the marching bed in the office with a yawn, and changed into a medical mask and a forensic autopsy suit with masks, gloves, and white coats.
As one of the few special domain talents in the Soul Palace, he was one of the few people who could witness Huo Yuhao's contract with the soul of ten thousand years almost every time - his main field of attack in the Mingde Hall before was to enhance the soul guide with the help of the natural materials on the soul beast's body, so he was particularly good at handling the corpse of the soul beast.
The Soul Hall is now short of manpower, and the stalls have not yet been rolled out, and the main profit methods are basically tied to Huo Yuhao, at most, he will sell postoperative health care products by the way.
But Mr. Iitomo, who is very capable, has opened up a new and high-value-added profit channel for the Soul Hall that seems to be quite promising - the follow-up disposal of the corpse of the soul beast!
Just like the eunuchs on the side of Mingdu like to use formalin (embalming) to save the thing they cut off, wait until they are famous and return to their hometown, and sew the thing back to their own corpse after death, and bury it in the ancestral grave as a whole corpse.
There are many soul beasts that have been reincarnated into souls, and there are also many beasts that value their corpses more, after all, they carry tens of thousands of years of good memories, and if they can take them away, it is more or less a thought.
And the wealthy soul masters, who have already spent a lot of money on finding partners and contracting souls, basically don't care about spending a little more money to make their souls happy, so the "soul beast corpse preservation and sealing" business has become a more popular profit point than the postoperative health care package, with an order rate of nearly 100%, which makes Huo Yuhao sigh that he is still too conservative.
After the whole process of embalming and preservation, the corpse of the soul beast will be as lifelike as if it has been coated with a layer of wax, and as long as it is regularly maintained every hundred years in the future, there will be no problem at all for thousands of years.
So far, the most exaggerated is that a wealthy soul saint from other places not only bought the highest level of insurance sealing package for his soul, but also invited people from the soul hall to his hometown to provide technical guidance, buried the soul insured body into his ancestral grave, and also reported the black and white photo tablet of the soul in the ancestral temple ancestral hall.
In a word...... These rich people are always imaginative.
And when Mr. Fan You routinely came to the Covenant Hall, he found that the students who had stayed in the corner in the past to learn the details of Huo Yuhao's contract casting had all disappeared, and in the huge hall, only the necessary personnel including Huo Yuhao and himself were left in the huge hall.
As for the customers and accompanying family members who came this time, it was a combination of a man, a woman and an old man, and the old man who followed the young man in a wheelchair like an old servant was dragging a huge flower pot.
...... on the pot It's a "pomegranate" tree that looks a little enchanting.
Xu Tianran, who was in a wheelchair, patted Tangerine's hand, and then manipulated the wheelchair to drive in the direction of Huo Yuhao.
"Today, there is the Lord of the Lao Palace, who has signed a contract for the orange for this 70,000-year-old Cabernet Crystal Vine."
Huo Yuhao looked at the plant-based soul beast with translucent red fruits, and bowed his hand politely to Xu Tianran.
"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is very polite, the Crown Princess is a senior sister I respect, so I will naturally do my best to do this order for her."
Although Huo Yuhao is still quite far away from Jing Hongchen in terms of coffee positions and the resources of his subordinates, Xu Tianran has already put the two in the same class, and even the title of Huo Yuhao has become "Hall Master", instead of "Yuhao" when he praised the participating teams before.
And the title of "Huo Qing" is obviously not usable, and his father is qualified to call it so. And even if it is the old emperor himself, if he summons Huo Yuhao again, he has to use the title of "Huo Hall Master" like the "Hongchen Hall Master".
The orange standing behind Xu Tianran folded her hands on her lower abdomen, and with her natural expression, her sense of presence was extremely weak.
When he heard Huo Yuhao say, "The crown princess is the senior sister I respect", Tangerine almost couldn't hold back his laughter.
Huo Yuhao stepped forward and touched the Chixia Crystal Vine, feeling its temperament, while Xu Tianran looked at the soul hall that was already running well, and couldn't help but sigh helplessly in his heart.
He has been thinking about it for a few days, and he hasn't figured out what reward he can use to win over Huo Yuhao in the name of "reward".
With their status, it would be too vulgar to talk about money, treasures...... He is a prince of the East Palace, not only is the number of hands he can get his hands on, but it is estimated that Huo Yuhao can be even more eye-catching.
Belle? That's ridiculous, Xu Tianran felt that if he sent two beauties to Huo Yuhao to warm the quilt, whether it was a small family jasper or a lady's show, it would be equivalent to offending Huo Yuhao and Jing Hongchen to death at the same time.
Perhaps with Huo Yuhao's current situation, the best way to befriend him is to help the Soul Hall expand its business, but Xu Tianran thought about it a little more, and this road was also blocked!
The Soul Hall was originally monopolized by the royal family and official support, and there was no other semicolon, and the extent to which the business could expand only depended on the financial resources of the Soul Palace.
The father really found a big trouble for Lonely, and he gave the Soul Hall the authority and support to ascend from the beginning, how could this make his son gracious......
Xu Tianran, who decided to observe and observe in person and look for a breakthrough to win over the other party, made an appointment and personally brought oranges to the door.
Xu Tianran, who attaches great importance to reputation, will not engage in the sealing of guards in the Soul Palace, but the necessary security work is still indispensable, and the identity of the crown princess of Tangerine is not something worth hype, so Huo Yuhao retired from irrelevant personnel.
"The soul beast chosen by His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has a relatively mild temperament, which is very suitable for you...... Are you ready, Princess? ”
Huo Yuhao looked at the orange, who nodded again and again with a little restraint.
Tangerine couldn't stop complaining in his heart: "You shouldn't say that 'it's very suitable for you', the prince's heart is not open-minded, maybe he will think blindly"!
Xu Tianran's face did not show the slightest discoloration, he nodded with a gentle smile, and then manipulated the wheelchair backwards, giving up the space to sign the contract.
With Huo Yuhao personally checking the gates, and the soul beast and soul master all cooperating very well, there would naturally be no accidents in the signing ceremony. After a while, as a miniature red pomegranate tree appeared in the orange's hand, the originally vigorous Chixia Liujing vine suddenly drooped down its branches, as if it had been stunned.
"The contract has been completed, and the crown princess can feel if she is unwell."
Huo Yuhao's voice fell, Xu Tianran immediately stepped forward, looked at the fresh soul in the orange's hand, and nodded with satisfaction: "There is the Lord of the Lao Palace who seals the Chixia Liujing vine, and he will put it at the wedding scene as a witness when I get married to the orange." Let's use the top-of-the-line course. ”
Come to life!
Without Huo Yuhao glancing at Mr. Fanyou, the latter immediately took out the medicine box and toolbox and began to dispose of the corpse of Chixia Liujing Teng.
And the orange who unexpectedly received the "prince's gift" was sparkling in her eyes at this time, following the prince for all these years, perhaps this is the most valuable heart that the prince has ever given her......
Even when the prince explained that she "devoted herself to learning military affairs, and you will not be able to control the army alone in the future" entrusted with the important task, Tangerine had never felt such a feeling of being valued.
In Huo Yuhao's view, the 70,000-year-old Chixia Liujing vine is obviously the best priceless treasure in terms of quality, and in terms of qualification, it is obviously an orange climbing.
However, since the customer himself has no opinions, Huo Yuhao will not say anything.
"Souls, it's really amazing...... The contribution made by the hall master to the country is remembered by everyone; In the future, Gu intends to entrust more things that the imperial court cannot grasp to the soul hall on his behalf, and Boen is powerful in all directions; If you have any questions, please ask the hall master to give advice. ”
Xu Tianran reached out and touched the red pomegranate tree in the palm of the orange that glowed with a second spring, even though he had seen the soul many times with his own eyes, he still felt his heart swaying for this special life form.
Huo Yuhao perfunctorily rejected Xu Tianran's wish, and he didn't need this thing at all today; Xu Tianran didn't have the ability to take back the promise that the royal family had made to the Soul Palace, and he couldn't afford the price.
When Tangerine confirmed that he was in good health, Xu Tianran, who was extremely annoyed by Huo Yuhao's inactive, non-refusal, and irresponsible attitude, instructed Huo Yuhao to send the processed Chixia Liujing Vine to the East Palace, and was then pushed out of the contract hall by Tangerine in a wheelchair.
Xu Tianran, who was preoccupied, was pushed forward in a wheelchair by Tangerine, but when he went to the gate of the Soul Palace, he saw a person who seemed to appear here for no reason.
After repeatedly confirming that he was not dazzled, Xu Tianran raised his arm and motioned for the orange to stop; And the man in civilian clothes who greeted Xu Tianran also stopped at this time, and then gave Xu Tianran a salute.
"I've seen His Royal Highness the Crown Prince."
Xu Tianran's face still had the gentle smile of the signature Corporal Lixian, and he said:
"Commander Wang, I haven't seen you for a long time, how are you doing lately?"
Wang Yiheng, who was not wearing a military uniform, said respectfully: "There is Prince Lao's concern, and the ministers and the monarchs of the Evil Monarch Soul Mentor Group are fighting for the country, everything is fine." ”
Xu Tianran nodded, immediately looked at Wang Yiheng, and asked with some doubts:
"Master Wang, but there are children and nephews who come to sign a contract with the soul today? Or is it now in the Soul Palace? ”
Wang Yiheng shook his head helplessly: "Cheng His Royal Highness the Prince's auspicious words, it's a pity that the younger generations of the ministers are not angry and failed to enter the Mingde Hall, so naturally they also missed the opportunity to transfer to the Soul Palace." ”
"Then, Commander Wang is here today......"
Knowing that he still couldn't avoid this level, Wang Yiheng sighed and explained:
"Don't hide it from His Royal Highness the Prince, when His Majesty issued an order to exempt the soul contract fee of the soldiers under the hand of the protector, I was worried that the Huo Hall Master might be lacking in skills under the initial establishment of the Soul Hall and the flock of soul masters from all over the country, so I sent a letter to the hall master, hoping that he would reserve some soul contract queues for the Evil Monarch Soul Master Group for the sake of the incense that he had worked with for a short time."
"Lord Huo is kind-hearted, and he accepted the minister's reluctant request to take care of the old feelings. But the ministers later discovered that although the warriors of the Evil Monarch Soul Master Regiment were enthusiastic about the souls that had signed the contract, they were really shy in their pockets, and the souls that everyone needed to make a contract with were at least 10,000 years old; Although the contract fee is exempted, the search for a suitable 10,000-year-old soul beast is really beyond the limit of the soldiers' financial resources and ability to bear, and I, the commander of the division, are anxious, but I can't do anything, I can help one or two, but I can't help three hundred generals. ”
Speaking of this, Wang Yiheng paused, took a deep breath and looked at the landmark building of the Soul Hall from afar.
"Fortunately, the Huo Hall Lord has the resources of Tianzhong, and he dares to do things that we dare not think, and resolutely opens up a channel for my soul master to sign a contract with the Extreme Northern Soul Beast. Minister...... For the sake of the lifelong events of the three hundred generals, he asked the lord of the Huo Palace again with this old face. ”
"Unexpectedly, Hall Master Huo actually won ten opportunities for the Evil Monarch Soul Mentor Group to sign a contract with the Extreme North Ten Thousand Year Soul Beasts for free, and the whole regiment was extremely grateful, and the officers and generals unanimously decided to use these ten places to reward the grassroots soldiers with the best performance on weekdays."
"This great favor is like reconstruction, and the minister's trip is to represent the whole regiment, to chat with the Lord of Huo Hall to express his gratitude, and try his best to win the opportunity for the rest of the officers and soldiers to sign the contract soul in the subsequent batch, so as not to cause accidents in the future, so that the soldiers can only sigh and regret."
Wang Yiheng's tone also became "cautious" at this time, and he pleaded guilty to Xu Tianran "sincerely and fearfully":
"The ministers are all public-minded, and the lord of the Huo Palace is not an official of the imperial court, if it is...... There is a suspicion that the border generals colluded with the close ministers, and the ministers were willing to accept the punishment, and since then they have been retired, just seeking to be idle and rich in the Ming Dynasty. ”
Is there any suspicion of collusion? You're so hearty, and you're asking me if you have one?
Every time Xu Tianran heard Wang Yiheng say a word, his heart couldn't help but tremble.
Wang Yiheng, who was afraid that he would be pinched by Xu Tianran, was out of the way, and handed out a heart-wrenching question to Xu Tianran with the intention of being in place.
"Ridiculous! The head of the Wang Division is a public heart, the sun and the moon can be learned, and the heaven and earth can be proven, if someone slanders the important ministers of the country in this way, he will never stand idly by! ”
"Chen Ming's sense is five."
Wang Yiheng saluted Xu Tianran again, and then left and went to Huo Yuhao to thank him and fight for the follow-up free soul quota.
Seeing Wang Yiheng's figure gradually move away, Xu Tianran's hand finally couldn't stop trembling slightly.
Tangerine, who noticed the slight change, didn't say anything, just pushed the wheelchair again and covered Xu Tianran with a blanket.
Xu Tianran's brows were tightly locked, and the scorching afternoon sun couldn't hide the gloom on his face.
At this time, he felt that he might not really come today, at least because of Wang Yiheng's statement just now, which made the already fearful mentality of gains and losses slide even more in the direction of panic.
He had worked very hard to find an opening in Huo Yuhao's body that could be wooed, and he was afraid that what he had done that he had been shady would be known to Huo Yuhao.
And everything Wang Yiheng said shows that the power that Huo Yuhao can control now is far from being comparable to the student who could only reprimand Dai Hao on the Xingluo City Wall but had no foundation.
That's a high-quality soul beast from the Far North! As the only human being who has been approved by the Snow Emperor, the distribution of the resources of the Extreme North Soul Beast is destined to be in Huo Yuhao's hands only.
And dozens, even hundreds, or thousands of things that can be done by soul beasts for thousands of years, and the people they have attracted ...... Xu Tianran didn't dare to imagine it at all.
He and many others dreamed of mastering such a channel of soul beast resources, which was the most valuable for soul masters, but they couldn't find the temple gate with all of them, and they didn't know how to communicate and negotiate with the master of the soul beast settlement.
Go to the Far North alone to communicate and negotiate with the Snow Emperor...... This is a deed that has never been preceded in the history books, is Xu Tianran going to go to the Evil Demon Forest to face the evil emperor in the line? Don't dream, it's impossible for him to be such a life-sparing person.
This time it was only the soul master of the ten evil monarch soul master group, and Wang Yiheng's sentence of "Entong reconstruction" made Xu Tianran feel extremely panicked out of the instinct of the power animal.
If, if most of the people in the Evil Monarch Soul Mentor Group had received the blessing of Huo Yuhao's gift to the Ten Thousand Year Soul...... Then when there is a life-and-death conflict between the royal family who only pays salaries and Huo Yuhao, who has given them the qualitative change of their talents, completely solved the need for soul rings before Title Douluo, and can pass on the souls of future generations...... Who the hell will they listen to?
If the hands of the five protectors are manipulated by Huo Yuhao like this, who will be the real object of the army's allegiance ten years later? Can this dead knot be solved simply by constantly replacing fresh blood? The retired soul master pulled it out, and immediately it was a veteran soul master group!
Only then did Xu Tianran truly realize that with this channel in hand to contact the Extreme North, Huo Yuhao seemed to naturally have an irresistible attraction to middle-level soul masters. As batches of Extreme Northern Souls integrate into human society, Huo Yuhao will gradually have the influence and appeal that is difficult to reveal on weekdays, but may subvert at critical moments.
But...... It seems that it is even more impossible for him to directly stop all this, that is to directly fight against the thousands of middle-level soul masters who are looking forward to the free Extreme North Soul Beasts!
They are the backbone of the silent keeping the empire running, and they have the ability to overthrow him from the crown prince in a burst of anger!
(End of chapter)