Take the Shangguan family as an example, in the past thousand years, the overall strength has not been up or down, and after it has been maintained to a certain extent, it has not been improved.

Since the death of the ancestor of the first Zhenguo Gong of the Shangguan family, the overall strength of the Shangguan family has fallen in an instant.

Immediately, the millennium did not change its momentum.

Although the Shangguan family has not weakened because of this, on the contrary, for thousands of years, it has been firmly in the position of the first family of Dayu and the first family of the military.

However, the strength has not increased for a long time, and the background is far worse than that of other hidden families.

As for why he has always been able to hold the name of the first family of the Dayu Dynasty, this is just because he relied on the momentum of the Dayu Dynasty and held the power of the military, so that no one in the Shangguan family dared to provoke him.

But if it continues like this, in another thousand years, thousands of years, will the Shangguan family still be able to live by its momentum?

If you fall behind, you will be beaten!

In the same way, if a family has been stagnant, it will naturally be overtaken by those who come after it over time.

Such a big problem, don't the ancestors of the Shangguan family know about it?

Could it be that the ancestors of the Shangguan family didn't want to go further in their own strength?

Obviously, this is certainly not the case!

The strength of the Shangguan family has stagnated, in addition to its own reasons, it is nothing more than the reason why the royal family is restricting it behind the scenes.

However, in general, even if the royal family restricts the Shangguan family, at most it only restricts the military power of the Shangguan family on the surface, so that the Shangguan family loses power in the military.

Other restrictive measures are basically negligible for the Shangguan family.

After all, in addition to the Shangguan family in Yucheng, there are also seven other major government mansions, and it is impossible for the royal family to restrict other aspects of the Shangguan family after the military suppresses the Shangguan family.

The anger of the public is difficult to offend, and the royal family still knows this truth clearly.

The biggest reason why the strength of the Shangguan family has not improved much for thousands of years lies in itself.

For a long time, the power of the Shangguan family has been limited to the power of the Dayu military.

However, Dayu's military forces have reached a peak of saturation since the time of Xuanyuan Taizu.

How many dynasties were able to compare their military strength in the middle and late stages with the beginning of the founding of the country?

Therefore, because of the consistent advocacy of the Shangguan family, their entire family has fallen into a dead end.

As a result, its own power is not up or down, and it has been maintained at a certain level.

And what Shangguan Qiuyu needs to do now is to break the inertia of the Shangguan family, chisel open the wall that traps the dead end of the Shangguan family, so that the Shangguan family can come out and break this inertia.

Therefore, the development of its own alchemists and blacksmiths has become a top priority.

After all, in this world where martial arts are flourishing, pills are often necessary for martial artists, so the importance of alchemists is naturally self-evident.

And the main strength of the Shangguan family comes from the army, and only by maintaining a strong army can the Shangguan family be able to deal with all strong enemies.

In this way, the importance of the blacksmith is also self-evident.

After all, a good piece of equipment can directly improve the combat power of the army, and its importance is obvious.

The conversation between the two made Nangong Muxue on the side completely stunned, and at the same time, she couldn't stop doubting the truth of Shangguan Qiuyu's words.

From Shangguan Qiuyu's words, the little girl in front of her, who was much younger than herself, turned out to be a genius who combined alchemy and forging techniques.

This conclusion simply made Nangong Muxue a little speechless.

I wanted to speak a few times, but was interrupted by Shangguan Qiuyu's seriousness.

She is very aware of Shangguan Qiuyu's temperament, although she looks a little out of tune on weekdays.

However, people rarely speak big, basically when others seem to them to be impossible or undesirable.

In the end, he was always convincing, and he was convinced.

Therefore, for the exchange of interests between Shangguan Qiuyu and Xiao Ling'er, Nangong Muxue was surprised and listened very carefully.

Although she didn't doubt Shangguan Qiuyu's words, when she saw Xiao Ling'er's slightly immature face, she felt a little unbelievable, and couldn't help but be suspicious.

After Xiao Ling'er left the living room dejectedly.

After a long time, Nangong Muxue looked at Shangguan Qiuyu seriously and asked:

"What you just said was true?"

Hearing the disbelief in Nangong Muxue's tone, Shangguan Qiuyu naturally knew what the other party was suspicious of, so he smiled and said:

"What, cousin, do you not believe it, or do you not believe it?"

"I can't believe it" Nangong Muxue glanced at him and said with a sigh.

"Sit" Shangguan Qiuyu smiled and motioned for Nangong Muxue to sit closer.

Seeing Shangguan Qiuyu signaling him to come closer, Nangong Muxue hesitated slightly, and finally leaned over.

However, for some reason, my inexplicable heartbeat sped up a little.

At this moment, she has long lost her previous arrogance.

Seeing Shangguan Qiuyu staring at him vigorously and not speaking, Nangong Muxue's ears couldn't help but turn red, and then, with a blank face, she glared at him and said in a low voice:

"Look at what, tell me quickly, why do you want your cousin to go back to Southern Xinjiang, do you have any ulterior motives?"

There was no way, she really couldn't stand Shangguan Qiuyu's strange eyes, and she was staring at herself vigorously.

Seeing that Nangong Muxue was a little shy by herself, Shangguan Qiuyu shrugged her shoulders, shook her head and smiled bitterly:

"What ulterior motives can I have, you also saw it just now, wasn't Ling'er also sent back to southern Xinjiang with Shiluo by me?"

'Uh' In this regard, Nangong Muxue tilted her head and thought about it, not knowing how to make trouble.

'Hmph' However, seeing Shangguan Qiuyu's disappreciative look, he immediately snorted coldly:

"Who knows if you have anyone else out there. ”

After saying that, Nangong Muxue regretted it, because she found that she seemed to be a little wide, but it was not easy to take back the words.

"Others?" Shangguan Qiuyu was a little puzzled by it.

Seeing that Nangong Muxue didn't say anything, Shangguan Qiuyu shook his head, and then, said in a deep voice:

"The reason why I asked my cousin to go back to southern Xinjiang with Shiluo this time is because there will be a big change in Yucheng soon.

For the sake of Shiluo's safety, I wanted her to leave Yucheng for a while.

Moreover, Shiluo didn't go back to draw water, but went directly back to the fiefdom of the Shangguan family, where there are a group of private soldiers of my Shangguan family, safety is naturally no problem, and I can rest assured. ”

Saying that, Shangguan Qiuyu hesitated for a moment, then frowned and said:

"If my cousin doesn't want to go back with Shiluo, I won't force it.

However, I must remind my cousin, if you don't want to leave, then go back to the National Academy, if there is nothing to do, it is best not to go abroad for half a step in the second half of the year. ”

For Nangong Muxue, Shangguan Qiuyu has always respected her, not only because she is Nangong Shiluo's cousin.

At the same time, because she is sincere to Nangong Shiluo's cousin, there is no false element in it.

That's why he kindly reminded him.

As for whether Nangong Muxue listens to it or not, it's her own business, Shangguan Qiuyu doesn't have the time to worry about other people's affairs.

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