Monarch of Evernight: Forty-one bidding
bsp;Wei Potian hesitated for a long time before finally explaining the matter clearly.
It turns out that when Wei Potian was bedridden, Zhao Yuying suddenly appeared in the ward one night. I don't know what happened that night, but none of the ladies came. This independent beauty walked around the ward, lifted Wei Potian's quilt, looked at his injuries, and then... He left with a disdainful face.
The process of checking the injuries must have been so intense that Prince Wei was a little confused when talking about it. But after that day, Wei Potian never saw her again. It wasn't until Dong Qifeng attacked the city that she suddenly appeared again.
Even Wei Potian didn't know what he was expecting, so he came to ask Qianye for news early in the morning. But as soon as he heard that the other party was the granddaughter of You Guo, Wei Potian knew that there was no way she was one of the noble ladies from aristocratic families who came to seek a marriage contract.
Marriage is about the good relationship between two surnames, and it is about the family covenant. However, the Wei family in the Far East has adhered to neutrality for hundreds of years and has never married with the main branch of the family. If the Zhao family has this intention, it is definitely not a trivial matter, and Wei Potian will definitely know about it.
"Potian? What do you want me to do for you?" Qianye's question woke Wei Potian out of his thoughts.
He thought about it seriously, then suddenly smiled bitterly and said, "No, you don't have to do anything. I know who she is, and that's enough."
Qianye pondered for a moment, patted Wei Potian on the shoulder, and said sympathetically: "I have to say that your choice is very brave! But I will not get involved in this matter. It depends on you."
Wei Potian opened his mouth, but didn't know where to start and left in despair.
Qianye looked at Wei Potian's back and shook his head. With Zhao Yuying's character, she was really not suitable to recommend to his brothers as a wife. Wei Potian wanted to jump into the fire pit. That was his business, but Qianye couldn't kick him in the **** again. Moreover, judging from Wei Potian's expression, there may be other obstacles.
After seeing off Wei Potian, Qianye finally had time to sit down and do some serious business. In just half a day, another half-foot-high pile of documents was piled on the desk, and Qianye looked at them one by one.
The reorganization of Dark Fire and the Seventh Division is on the right track, intensive training has begun, and preparations for the westward march are also proceeding in an orderly manner. The battlefield outside the city has been cleaned, and all types of machinery, equipment and ammunition have been inventoried by category and delivered to the warehouse. However, the most troublesome thing is the tens of thousands of prisoners and the aerospace craft.
Most of these family private armies are servants of generations of family members, and there are also a large number of children from distant branches. They are often very loyal to the family, and they can be incorporated into their own army at will, which is like laying a landmine.
In the civil war of the empire, there will also be tragic situations where Yingye is killed and captured, and there are similar reasons behind it. But now that the other side has surrendered and the war is over, Qianye feels that he cannot kill all these ten thousand people with just one order.
The aerostat is completely a luxury item in the Evernight Continent, and its maintenance costs are extremely high. Not only is there a lack of professional technicians, but if you want to replace parts, many of them have to be purchased on the upper continent. These aerostats of the Dong family are mainly used for cargo transportation, and most of them are old and have no great use. It is a pity to abandon them, which is very useless.
Qianye thought of several ways, but felt that they were either unfeasible or too wasteful. All in all, none of them were satisfactory.
While Qianye was busy, Song Zining came out again. It seemed that the injury that had troubled him was finally almost healed. After a few words with Qianye, Song Zining understood the dilemma he was facing. He immediately ran to Miss Hou San's residence in Chongyang and asked to see Sun Kaiyan.
The Marquis of Chongyang and the Song Clan were family friends. When Song Zining revealed his identity, his guards immediately invited him in. Upon hearing the news, the maid who came to greet him took him into the flower hall of the inner courtyard.
When Sun Kaiyan saw Song Zining, she first smiled and asked: "Zining, long time no see. How is Mu Lan?"
Song Zining said with a smile: "Everything is fine. But Kaiyan, you have become more and more beautiful after not seeing me for a while."
Sun Kaiyan chuckled, "Glib tongue!"
The maid next to her complained on behalf of Song Zining: "Miss, what the seventh young master said is not the slightest bit exaggerated! You don't know, the young masters of the Zhou family and the Tian family have almost dropped their eyes when they saw you recently! ”
Sun Kaiyan snorted and said: "No matter how big or small, if you look back I won't tear your mouth apart!"
The maid just laughed. Although she bowed and apologized, there was no trace of fear on her face.
Sun Kaiyan said to Song Zining: "There is no way, this girl is used to being a wild child. Zining, you came to me, didn't you just come to chat?"
Song Zining smiled slightly and said straight to the point: "Kaiyan, what do you think you need to win the position of Mrs. Bowang Hou in the future?"
The two have known each other for several years and have quite a friendship. Sun Kaiyan was not offended when Song Zining directly mentioned such a private matter, but she was stumped by the question.
She then sighed and said, "How do I know? Potian and I were on good terms with each other originally, but now he is surrounded by a group of warblers, so there is no room for me to get in the way. I just want to be alone with him. It’s not easy to say a few words! In fact, I don’t think about it too much. I just think it’s a trip. Do you have any good ideas?”
Song Zining said confidently: "Actually, the key to this matter is no longer with you and Wei Potian, but with Marquis Chongyang."
Sun Kaiyan was startled and asked: "How do you say this?"
Song Zining smiled and said: "This matter has now reached a deadlock. Even if you have a way to break the situation, others will definitely not sit idly by. But the root cause of it all stems from what Bowang Hou said about two people being happy. , so the way to break the situation still lies with Wei Hou."
Sun Kaiyan frowned slightly, and then she seemed to be surprised.
"You and I both know the true meaning of family marriage. Therefore, only if Marquis Chongyang comes forward to talk to Marquis Bowang, can we hope to finalize the marriage. And in this, your status and reputation in the clan are crucial. Importantly, the more important you are, the more bargaining chips Marquis Sun is willing to offer, and the greater your hope of impressing Marquis Bowang."
Sun Kaiyan frowned and said: "That's true, but what should I do?"
Song Zining gently shook the folding fan and said: "Actually, there is an opportunity right in front of us. The battle just now was won heartily. Although the Surabaya uncle is only middle-ranking in the family, but it is not so easy to deal with them all. This battle can be called a complete victory. It is a great achievement and very glorious. Didn't you also go to the city to join the battle? If you send some prisoners back to your family, everyone knows how many guards you brought here. The prisoner will naturally know your achievements."
Sun Kaiyan's heart skipped a beat when she heard this. Military merit was the most important thing in the Qin Empire, and the aristocratic family was no exception. These noble ladies are expected to marry foreigners and do not participate in family inheritance, but their battlefield achievements are still a real bonus to increase their status within the clan and obtain resources.
But she hesitated and said: "But the prisoners are all in the hands of Dark Fire"
Song Zining said with a smile: "Those prisoners are all the private army of Uncle Surabaya, and this is the realm of eternal night. What use is there for them? If they don't dare to use them in their own army, how about selling them as ordinary slaves?" Isn’t it a waste? So as long as you propose to buy some prisoners, there is no reason why Captain Qianye of Dark Fire would disagree.”
"That's right! I'll go find him right now!"
Sun Kaiyan has a cheerful personality and does whatever comes to her mind. After Song Zining left, she immediately took her maid and bodyguard and went straight to the Dark Fire Base.
In order to contain Prince Wei, these noble ladies had already made the Dark Fire Regiment crazy, and the guards already knew them. Sun Kaiyan met Qianye without much trouble. When she met, she said: "Captain Qian, I want to buy a group of prisoners. It is best to add two aerostats, which are the Dong family's batch."
Qian Ye was worried that the problem could not be solved, so Sun Kaiyan came to her door herself, how could she refuse. He immediately summoned Song Hu, spread out the list of trophies, and the two sides sat down to discuss it in detail.
Sun Kaiyan didn't look carefully at the thick stack of documents. All she wanted was the quantity, and a certain ratio between ordinary soldiers and officers, but she didn't care who specifically bought it.
When Qianye asked her how many prisoners she wanted, Sun Kaiyan said: "Five hundred, no, one thousand!"
This number surprised Qianye. The proportion of combat soldiers in the Dong family's private army was quite high. If so many soldiers wanted to be completely integrated, they would need a large enough force to absorb them. But this is Sun Kaiyan's private matter and has nothing to do with him.
Qianye didn't know that when confirming the purchase quantity, Sun Kaiyan suddenly thought that if she bought more captives, the other noble ladies would be able to buy less. From the beginning, she had no hope of being able to hide it from the young ladies, so the best way was to draw out the firepower.
After the agreement was reached, Sun Kaiyan directly asked her entourage to pay. All she brought with her were high-purity energy-grade black crystals, which are a popular currency everywhere. After the important matter was agreed upon, Qianye handed over the follow-up matters to Song Hu and asked him to arrange for his personal guards to take the Sun family to select prisoners.
Heiliu City is not that big, and all the young ladies have one eye on Wei Potian and the other on each other. Therefore, it didn't take long for Sun Kaiyan's unusual behavior to reach the ears of the noble ladies, and within a few hours, the reason why she did so also spread. I don't know if someone leaked the news or was guessed by some smart staff. .
The noble ladies who were in trouble suddenly felt that the key to becoming Bowang Hou's wife was actually the family behind them. If they wanted to get enough help from their families, of course they had to rely on their own performance, so they all action.
Not long after Sun Kaiyan left, Qianye replaced Wei Potian and was surrounded by a group of noble ladies. The prisoners and old aerostats that originally gave him a headache were all robbed. In order to get more shares, you ladies almost broke your friendship.
The problem finally fell back into the hands of Qianye, the leader of Dark Fire.
Who gets more and who gets less is a matter of principle related to face, so we can’t be careless at all. These noble ladies all have extraordinary status. Even if the fathers of three of them are Fang Bo, which seems to have a lower title, they are either an official in the border area with a large number of soldiers, or they have powerful relatives and friends, otherwise they would not have this confidence. Send your daughter over to marry the Marquis of Wei.
As long as this matter is handled slightly improperly, it is almost impossible not to offend anyone. Qianye just hesitated, not knowing which noble lady took the initiative and actually started bidding.
This is bad. A group of women get together and they are trying to outdo each other. Who wants to fall behind? In the blink of an eye, the price skyrocketed.
Seeing that the situation was not right, Qianye shouted: "Shut up, everyone!!"
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