Monarch of Evernight: Parting on 119

bsp;The next few days were uneventful.

After the location of the mercenary group's headquarters was selected, the seeds from the Far East Heavy Industry Mining Area outside Duanhe City began to move to Blackstream City in batches. From the construction and renovation of the new site to the formation movement of the seeds, as well as the required logistical supplies, Song Hu took care of everything by himself. Seeing Song Hu going up and down, back and forth, so busy that he was almost flying, Qianye simply sent Ah Qi and Ah Jiu over to be his assistants.

The knowledge of world management that these twin girls learned in the business group finally came into use. They were both patient, meticulous and hard-working. Within two days, they were able to take charge of their own business and became Song Hu's right-hand assistants.

Qianye only listened to the report once every night, and left everything else to them. He spent most of his time practicing in the quiet room. Qianye had decided to set up a mercenary group and went to the wilderness to patrol and hunt, not only to obtain bounties to maintain the operation of the mercenary group, but also to use his own eyes to see the situation outside. In the wilderness, the most secure thing is your own strength.

At this moment, Wei Potian was still struggling with the mountains of documents, and Wei Hou, who had disappeared for two days, walked in quietly. Wei Dongming saw that although Wei Potian was still grinning at the document, his handwriting was not messy at all, and he nodded secretly with great satisfaction.

Wei Potian stood up in a hurry and asked, "Dad, are you back so soon?"

Wei Dongming was obviously in a good mood, and he smiled and cursed: "You, me, and I have so many important things to do, how can we spend a lot of time in this small place. But I have been walking around in the past few days, and it seems that the situation is quite calm, which shows that you Government affairs are handled with care.”

Wei Potian said with a bitter look on his face: "These trivial things are much more troublesome than fighting!"

Wei Dongming changed his face and began to lecture again: "You will be the head of the family in the future, how can you know how to fight and kill all day long! Since your uncle Bai Niantang is not willing to take over the position of teacher this time, then we will slowly Just return this defense area to the expeditionary force quickly. Of course, you can't just give it to them, you have to let them give some blood."

At this point, Wei Dongming's expression softened and he said: "I have asked people to arrange the itinerary. You can come with me in a few days. My ancestor misses you very much. You should also meet those women in advance." Let’s meet the children and choose the one you like, so that you and I can have our grandson as soon as possible.”

Unexpectedly, Wei Potian said: "Uncle Liu Tang has agreed to stay."

Wei Dongming was immediately shocked: "What? Bainian wants to stay?!"

Wei Potian spread his hands and said: "Yeah, I don't know what's going on. Uncle Liutang refused to agree in any way two days ago, and yesterday he suddenly told me that he decided to stay. Today he has gone to inspect the surrounding areas. At the outpost."

Wei Dongming still couldn't believe it: "This is absolutely impossible! He has obviously said it..."

At this point, Wei Dongming immediately stopped talking, but Wei Potian had already woken up and stared at his father with evil eyes.

When Wei Dongming met Wei Bainian in the evening, he no longer showed any surprise. His cousin has always been indifferent and casual. Now that he is interested in Yongye Continent and can take in a beloved thing, Wei Dongming will naturally not object, but the layout of the Wei family here needs to be adjusted accordingly.

The two brothers have many years of experience in handling similar matters. Wei Bainian briefly explained the resource and manpower requirements and arrangements. After Wei Dongming listened to them one by one, he gave verbal authorization first and then recorded it after returning to the family. The matter is settled.

Wei Dongming then talked about one of his gains from going out for the past two days, "I already know who the person behind him is, the seventh son of the Song clan, Song Zining."

Since Wei Potian didn't say anything, Wei Hou certainly would not ask his son's cronies openly. No matter what the reason, a servant should not have two masters. It is even more impossible for Xiao Lingshi of the expeditionary force to reveal it.

But nothing in this world can be done without traces. As long as you follow the huge profit channels behind Wu Zhengnan, you can get a glimpse of the changes. Moreover, Marquis Wei does not need to obtain evidence as in investigating a case, a rough guess is enough.

Wei Bainian was stunned at first. Song Zining was not well-known. He had almost never heard of this name. Then he thought of some traces he saw at the scene of Wu Zhengnan’s death, and suddenly realized: “By the way, in that case, the original person at the scene was "Power Flame, it may be Song Clan's combat skill, Beacon Fire Spreading Spear." He frowned and said, "Song Clan?"

The Wei family in the Far East has always maintained neutrality with the four major clans, and does not get particularly close to anyone. After Wei Potian joined the Broken Wing Angel, he came under the command of the White Dragon Armor of the White Clan. However, this connection due to the establishment does not reflect his position. But when Wei Potian chose to join forces with the Seventh Son of the Song Dynasty when dealing with Wu Zhengnan's mixed public and private affairs, the meaning was completely different.

Wei Dongming added: "Shi Qing just told me that Qiyang's Crown Prince's token has been recovered and asked her to cancel the external authorization." The tokens of the core members of the Wei family must be recorded in the family after being authorized. It can only take effect after the first time, and the use is no exception. Both brothers know that the token of the Crown Prince given by Wei Potian to Qianye has not been actually exchanged for resources.

Wei Bainian was slightly stunned. He was a little suspicious that the people behind the scenes wanted to influence the prince through Qianye, but the news came unexpectedly. If he had the intention, why would he give up such a great opportunity.

Wei Dongming said calmly: "Let's end this matter here. Since Qiyang regards this as his own private matter, we don't need to delve too deeply into it. He is not a child anymore and should know what he is doing."

Wei Bainian nodded, having no objection to his eldest brother's decision. What the Wei family needs is a person at the helm, not a puppet who just follows orders. Even parents cannot have complete control over their children. After all, they have to walk their own path in the future.

Wei Bainian's vigorous and resolute style of leading troops is completely different from his elegant appearance. It took him three days to inspect the entire defense area and handle several conflicts with two adjacent divisions along the way. The so-called conflict was actually a result of him instructing his subordinates to take the initiative to provoke through trivial matters, and then used this as an excuse to suppress one of the two divisions and bring two adjacent military strongholds in strategic positions under his control.

In the past few days, Qianye's mercenary group also received its first commission agreement from Wei Bainian.

The mercenary group will take over the defense of two small towns outside Blackstream City. The monthly defense fee for each town is three hundred gold coins. This is barely enough to maintain the daily expenses of the entire mercenary group. However, if you want to develop, But it's far from enough. The real way out is to wait until the war begins, increase defense costs, and use the merits of killing the dark race in exchange for bounties from the empire.

This evening, it was time for Song Hu to report to Qianye again.

Song Hu organized the mercenaries into five squadrons, each with a hundred people. He selected four experienced warriors from the original batch of seeds to lead two teams. Ah Qi and Ah Jiu each led one team, and Song Hu himself commanded the other team.

The next steps were all trivial matters such as renovation and training. Qianye only heard a general outline. The only thing worth paying attention to was the follow-up funding issue. Resources are what leaders need to focus on, and other trivial matters only need to be properly staffed.

Song Hu then talked about the defense of the theater to which he was assigned. Qianye only signed an agreement with Wei Bainian, and Song Hu would hand over the specific takeover matters to the 7th Division Headquarters. Logically speaking, he had just received the defense map in the afternoon, and it would take at least a day or two to formulate a specific plan.

Qianye looked at the map of the war zone spread out by Song Hu, and his heart moved slightly. It was a coincidence that one of the two assigned towns was Dengta Town where he had stayed for half a year, and the other town was also next to Dengta Town. , only a few dozen kilometers apart.

Song Hu looked a little solemn and said, "Master, how is your relationship with the Wei family?"

Qianye looked up at him and said, "Is this important?"

Song Hu pointed at the map and explained.

These two small towns are actually very bad. After being plundered by the expeditionary force when Master Zhao's forces were uprooted, Beacon Town's vitality has not yet recovered, and there are only a thousand permanent residents in the entire town.

The other Black Mud Town is slightly better than the Lighthouse Town, but its location protrudes into the dark territory even more than the Lighthouse Town. It belongs to the most border area of ​​the entire Mikawa County. Further out, there are only a few human settlements. Black Mud Town is located on the edge of Black Mud Swamp. The environment is barren and harsh. Most of the people living in the town are scavengers and herb collectors who risk their lives to enter the swamp.

"Look here." Song Hu pointed at a location in the center of the black mud swamp, and then drew a route that led directly to a dark race city three hundred kilometers away.

"This is Spider Nest City, which is full of spider demons, werewolves, and maybe a few demon descendants. In the past large-scale wars, they occasionally passed through the Black Mud Swamp and penetrated into the Black Stream City. The swamp environment But the spider demons can't be stopped, and the werewolves can ride on the servant spiders through the swamp."

Qianye couldn't help but look up at Song Hu and asked, "Have you fought in this area before?" It must have only been two or three hours since Song Hu got the defense zone map, but he had already figured out the surrounding environment so clearly.

Song Hu replied: "Of course not. But since you want to take root in Heiliu City, of course I have to collect more information." That is to say, Song Hu began to pay attention to Hei Liu from the time he came to Qianye. Movements around Liucheng.

No, Song Hu is not only concerned about the battle zone of the 7th Division. Qianye looked at the map. The distance from the two small towns to the Spider Nest City opposite the Black Mud Swamp was more than three hundred kilometers. Such a vast area, even in Yongye, exceeds the garrison range of a division.

Seeing this, Qianye said: "It seems that being the chief of staff of a division is not a problem."

Song Hu said lightly: "Ten years ago, I was a division-level chief of staff in the Empire's 10th Army Corps, hanging around. After being injured, my rank was lowered by two levels. I couldn't stay in my original position, so I retired. Serving as a soldier, I make a living in the Song Dynasty."

Qianye was slightly moved. The Tenth Army was the main army of the empire, and the officers there had completely different qualities than those of the expeditionary force. Unexpectedly, Song Zining sent such a person.

Song Hu finally said: "If it weren't for the war, the dark races in Spider Nest City wouldn't have to work hard to cross the swamp, so our mission this time would be easy. However, this time it is indeed a war, so it is almost certain that there will be The dark race army emerged from the swamp! Master, if General Wei assigned us two towns like this, no one would believe it, right?"

ps: I haven’t finished this volume, what should I do?