Chapter 263: Snow City
Lu Yi listened to Zheng He's meaning, this negotiation is probably a two-handed strategy, gifts and battles, sweet dates and blood are indispensable.
"Chief, if you only bring the people of the east and west factories, will it not be enough, after all, the other party is a gathering of all sects."
Lu Yi calculated each other's strength. I still didn't feel very safe and asked.
Zheng He shook his head and replied: "Don't worry, Snow City has a good reputation, and it is because of the city lord Mu Xue who is in the lonely city, no one in the rivers and lakes dares not to give face, even if they can't talk, they won't start a war immediately, even if they really want to fight, these sects can't bring all the strength, in case I attack the east and west, and take the opportunity to sneak attack their base camp, it will be a disaster to destroy the faction."
After Zheng He finished speaking, he disappeared, it seems that tomorrow's negotiation will be extraordinary, and he must be fully prepared.
"Huh, all the forces in the rivers and lakes are gathered, I'm really looking forward to it."
Lu Yi exhaled a long breath and immediately accelerated towards the Royal Forging Department, with his cultivation being completely inadequate in front of the sect, he knew that he had to prepare everything in order not to be looked down upon.
When I came to the forging department, as always, I was still blocked outside the cave, this is the secret of the Ming Dynasty, except for a few special people, even if the Marquis of Tsing Yi is powerful, he is not allowed to trespass.
"Tsing Yi Hou is really on time, what you want is here."
The Iron King lost the sense of arrogance he had last time, and not long after Lu Yi arrived, he came to the cave with the qin in his arms and handed it to the other party.
Looking at the storage rings that had been inlaid at the bottom of the piano, they were densely embedded in the base, and hundreds of them were just right, Lu Yi nodded with satisfaction, and immediately probed into the spiritual power to inspect the quality.
"This time to help you create this ten thousand swords and rings, my forging department has lost a lot of time and manpower, including spirit stones, this person doesn't know whether the Hou of Tsing Yi will return or not."
The Iron King looked at Lu Yi and asked with a serious expression.
"I have always had grievances to repay grievances, revenge and revenge, and kindness is naturally necessary to repay, I have written down this favor, anyone in your royal forging department has something to do, you can go to the East Factory to find me."
"Okay, then it's a deal."
The Iron King saw hundreds of people working for two months in a row, and also pasted a lot of spirit stones, and finally won the favor of the two factories of the East and West, thinking about it, it was not a loss, and the grievances in his heart were also eliminated.
After Lu Yi finished speaking, a Dongchang token was thrown out, and he turned around and immediately returned to Dongchang without staying long, standing under the alarm bell and began to knock.
Clang!
As soon as the alarm bell rang, the people of the East Factory quickly gathered, and under the strong management of Lu Yi, these people have improved their quality a lot compared to before.
Seeing Yunluo, who came first, Lu Yi waved his hand and said: "You go and inform the West Factory, everyone must gather here immediately, there is something important to say."
"Yes".
With the passage of time, all the owners of the east and west factories were assembled after only half a moment.
Lu Yi looked at the mighty more than 2,000 people: "Thousands of households, one step forward."
The steps sounded in unison, and 10 1,000 households and 80 100 households took the initiative to take a step forward.
Ten thousand households are each the peak realm of the heart, and the eighty hundred households are of different heights, but the worst is also the state of mind.
Lu Yi probably visually estimated that among the eighty hundred households, twenty of them were at the peak of their hearts, and if they added a thousand households, there were more than thirty elite combat powers.
"This comprehensive force, it is okay to fight one sect and one faction, but if they join forces, it will be troublesome."
Lu Yi didn't understand why Zheng He only brought two factories, east and west, if such a major event was reported to Zhu Di, at least the garrison army could be mobilized to follow, so as to ensure that nothing went wrong.
"Alas, the soldiers will block the water and cover the earth, if you don't listen to Zheng He's orders, the follow-up will be worse, just go."
Lu Yi shook his head and didn't think about it anymore, and said: "At noon tomorrow, all the thousands of households will prepare Qi Dan medicine and magic weapons, although Ben Hou will follow the chief manager and set off to Syracuse, the rest of the people will give me a good look at the backyard, and if there is a mistake, I will come and see you."
When everyone heard that they were going to follow Zheng He to Syracuse, one by one, you look at me, I look at you, and their faces look very refused.
"Why, didn't hear me say".
Of course, Lu Yi knew what everyone thought in their hearts, Syracuse is a land of rivers and lakes, and whoever dares to enter the two factories in their east and west factories in official uniforms has gone and never returned, and several waves of spies sent before have not returned, for them, Syracuse is a place of nine deaths and a lifetime.
"Yes".
Everyone was forced to be helpless, and at this moment their tone was loose and replied with a weak heart.
"Don't worry, with the chief manager leading the team, this trip can't die, don't worry about it one by one, just go to negotiate."
Lu Yi saw that his morale was frustrated, so he could only open his mouth to appease a few words.
After the explanation, when everyone dispersed, Lu Yi returned to the mansion, closed his eyes and began to plan for tomorrow.
"Lu boy, there is a problem with this trip, Zheng He only brought such a few people, if the Jianghu sect joins forces, he can retreat safely by virtue of the realm, you are the prince of Dongchang, and you will definitely die at that time."
"I know eldest brother, this emperor gave me a python robe, also made a marquis, and handed over the West Factory to me, it seems that Zheng Da wants to borrow a knife to kill people."
Of course, Lu Yi thought of tomorrow's crisis, but if he refused Zheng He on the spot, he would inevitably be charged with not obeying orders, Zheng He could kill him, and then report to Zhu Di, even if Zhu Di was unhappy by then, and the others were already dead, could he still expect the emperor to overturn the case for him?
"No, no, if Mr. Zheng wants to kill me, I really don't have to bother so much, there are other problems here."
Lu Yi racked his brains and overturned the impossible guess, but unfortunately he had no clue, and finally could only watch the next day come at noon.
"I can't help it, I can only take one step at a time."
Looking at the hot sun at noon, Lu Yi finally had no choice but to come to the assembly place.
It didn't take long for Zheng He to come empty, seeing that he was single-handed, and he really didn't bring one more person, Lu Yi shook his head, didn't ask more, and waved his big hand and said: "Let's go."
The group of people was mighty, each performing the method of controlling the sky, followed behind Zheng He, and headed towards the northernmost border city of the Ming Dynasty.
Although everyone can travel in the sky, the road is long, from the south to the far north, and it takes two hours on the road.
It wasn't until the snow-capped mountains stood all the way that Lu Yi felt that the climate around him had become cold, and in the distance, a snow-covered city was close in front of him.
"It's such a big city, although it is smaller than Chijing, but there is a city of this size in this bitter cold land, it seems that this Snow City Lord is not simple."
Lu Yi couldn't help but praise him, Zheng He smiled calmly after hearing it: "Snow City borders the Bear Country, and it is a necessary place for the Ming Dynasty and the Bear Country, and the two countries have a lot of trade, so they are naturally prosperous."
"Lord Governor, although the Bear Country is not an empire, I heard that it is rich in products and beautiful women, this Snow City is an important trade city of the Ming Dynasty, why has it become the private property of the Lord of Snow City."
Lu Yi didn't understand that in such a good city, Zhu Di was willing to let him be independent of the two countries.
"The Syracuse area covers the border between the two countries, although two-thirds of it is the territory of the Ming Dynasty, but one-third is the border of the Bear Country, so after careful consideration, His Majesty decided to make this city independent, which can not only give the lonely city Mu Xue, the first swordsman in the world, face, but also solve the problem of competing for the border with the Bear Country, which can be described as killing two birds with one stone, not a loss."
Zheng He was in a good mood today, and he didn't see the slightest flustery in such a big negotiation, and after explaining to Lu Yi, everyone finally came to the top of the city and fell into the sky and landed under the gate of Syracuse.
Looking up, the city was covered in snow, and the whole city was covered in a layer of snow, and the people who defended the city were all dressed in black and white, with long swords at their waists, not like an army at all, but more like a sect.
"Sword Lone Star, the senior brother of Syracuse, is ordered to greet Chief Zheng here."
At this moment, a handsome man with a resolute and serious face and long hair reaching his waist stood at the gate of the city, and after seeing Zheng He and his party falling, he took the initiative to walk out of the salute.
"The city lord is polite, this little brother is young, he is already in the realm of the half-step life wheel, and the big disciple of the city lord is really good."
Zheng He did not forget the etiquette, smiled and began to praise the other party.
"Anyway, you praised it, please".
Sword Lone Star gave people the feeling that he was not the kind of boastful and hypocritical who was praised by the first person in the spirit world, and he didn't show too much joy, but raised his hand to invite everyone into the city.
Zheng He was not polite, and immediately led everyone to the city.
As soon as he entered the city, Lu Yi found that it was full of people, it looked like it was as prosperous as the imperial city, and there were many blonde and blue-eyed foreigners, who looked strong in men and extremely beautiful in women.
Following Sword Lone Star all the way, they didn't have time to carefully admire the various places in Snow City, and everyone walked briskly for a quarter of an hour before coming to the outside of the City Lord's Mansion.
"Three thousand blades in the snow country, the lonely city does not pass through the youth, the north looks at the virtual light Fit, and the old man makes snow alone."
Looking at the outside of the City Lord's Mansion, a strange snow-white boulder was engraved with verses, but Lu Yi stopped and stood still.
"This poem is carved with a sword, the above contains sword intent, like a young man holding a sword, all the way to the stabbing dripping, and finally lonely and looking into the distance alone, until the old man is dying, what can be done is to blow the snow when the snowflakes fall, blowing the snow to play, it can be said that the sword is old, the sadness of the person has passed away."
Lu Yi tasted it silently in his heart, and his eyes were stunned.
"Hou Ye, Hou Ye".
Qianhu behind him saw Lu Yi standing outside, no matter how he called, he didn't respond, and he was a little embarrassed for a while, because Jian Lone Star and the chief manager had been standing there waiting for him for a long time.
"May I ask the chief manager, I don't know which adult this is, he is actually wearing a green robe like you, but his etiquette and upbringing are so unbearable."
Jian Lone Star glanced at Lu Yi with cold eyes, and found that the other party was just the peak of the state of mind, and he dared to let the chief manager and the others stop, admiring his appearance in a daze, he guessed that the other party should be a certain prince of the royal family.
"I forgot to introduce to you, this is a rising star in the Ming Dynasty recently, Lu Yi, the new factory of Dongchang, and also the Tsing Yi Hou of my Ming Dynasty."
Zheng He smiled and introduced the sword lone star, and after listening to it, the other party sneered: "I thought it was the prince of the Ming Dynasty, the poem on this snow stone was engraved by the master with the sword intent and sword heart, even if he is a master of the life wheel realm, he can only comprehend its shape, he is only the peak of the heart phase realm, standing there like this, can he still comprehend something."
"Since the Marquis of Tsing Yi wants to see more, then let him stay longer, let's go first, and I hope Your Excellency will not think he is rude."
Zheng He didn't care too much and took the initiative to move forward, and the others didn't pay attention to how they called Lu Yi, so they could only follow Zheng He and continue to walk towards the City Lord's Mansion.
Lu Yi didn't know that the people outside had left at the moment, and he was still looking at the poems on the stone in a daze.
"The swordsman overcame all the way, and finally he was old, and he could only spend his days playing in the snow alone, no, no, this poem should be read the other way around."
According to his own understanding, Lu Yi recited this verse in reverse again: "Lao Suo makes snow alone, looks north at the Void Light Fit, the lonely city does not pass through the youth, and the snow country has three thousand bladed swords."
"That's right, worthy of being the first swordsman in the spiritual world, the sword intent has changed from the young man's sharpness to the old man, he can only blow the snow and mix the day, and then the old man blows the snow and mixes the day by recalling the years when he was young and the sword is sharp, and then although the person is old, the sword is getting sharper and sharper, this kind of sword cultivation starts from the young, ends from the old, and ends with the sword cultivation from the old, and the sword cultivation at the same time at the two extremes, never stopping, this is the real swordsman, powerful."