Monarch of Evernight: Rebirth of Dark Fire

bsp;When the first ray of dawn illuminated Nan Qingcheng, the fire gradually extinguished. The leaders of the large and small mercenary groups in Nanqing City are gathered in the Ice Wolf base at this moment. Most of them have bruises and swollen faces, and some have even been carried in.

Although there were many people present, they were all silent, not even one gasping for air. Everyone's eyes were full of fear, and they didn't even dare to look at the witch.

Ji Tianqing is commanding several mercenary group leaders to build a platform, and Ice Wolf is among them. He was a prominent figure in Nanqing City the night before, but today he had to carry a log and work in disgrace.

There were many warrior-level experts working, and a simple stage was set up in a blink of an eye. Ji Tianqing directed people to place a large chair brought from nowhere on the stage, and then waved to Qianye: "Come up! ”

Qianye came on stage numbly and was pushed into a chair by Ji Tianqing, facing the mercenary leaders of all sizes.

Ji Tianqing took a step back, stood behind Qianye, and said loudly: "From today on, what is the name of our mercenary group?"

"It's sunny." Song Zining replied expressionlessly.

"No, of course it's the Seventh Young Master!"

"Bah! I don't want such a bad mercenary group!"

"You have to have it even if you don't want it!"

"That's Qianye's mercenary group, why should I?"

Ji Tianqing slapped her forehead, "Yes! Let's call it Qianye Mercenary Group!"

"No." Qianye finally couldn't bear it anymore.

After a lot of noise, it was finally decided to let the Dark Fire mercenary group reappear in a neutral place. The name of this mercenary group was "Dark Fire".

Ji Tianqing immediately raised her voice and said: "From now on, you are all members of the Dark Fire Mercenary Group. I will give you half a day to finish everything and report back in the evening. Whoever dares not to come will be responsible for the consequences. Anyway, I’ve shown you all the examples!”

The mercenary leaders are all obedient, how can anyone dare to say no?

Ji Tianqing was very satisfied, patted the back of the chair and said: "This Qianye will be the leader of the mercenary group from now on."

She pointed to herself again and said: "I am the adjutant of the regiment leader, do you all remember?"

All the leaders bowed together and said loudly: "Adjutant!"

This lineup, this momentum, is as if Qianye is Ji Tianqing's lieutenant. The Seventh Young Master next to him couldn't sit still. He took a step forward and said loudly: "This Young Master, Song Zining, will be the chief strategist of the mercenary group!"

The leaders looked at each other in confusion. No one had heard of Song Zining, and they didn't know where this person came from.

Ji Tianqing was very proud and shouted: "Let's all disperse and go back to work! Meet here on time at six o'clock in the evening!"

"Yes! Adjutant!" The leaders responded loudly.

In the blink of an eye, the courtyard was empty, leaving only the Ice Wolf and several senior deacons from the original Ice Wolf mercenary group. Qianye sat on the high platform without saying a word, like a statue, looking blankly at the empty courtyard.

From beginning to end, nothing happened to him. Apart from holding the title of group leader, it has no other function. None of the leaders even glanced at him, as if the leader was nothing but air.

In fact, there are quite a few mercenaries who know Qianye, and they also know to some extent his achievements. It's just that the status of these mercenaries in Nanqing City is somewhat low in the mercenary world. Even the Ice Wolf only has a few people who can participate in the Black Forest Battle. They had only heard about Qianye's strength, but had never seen it with their own eyes. And Ji Tianqing had just beaten each of them severely. With one wave of his palm, he could send seven or eight people flying. In comparison, he was naturally more afraid of Ji Tianqing.

The next step is to renovate the courtyard. Anyway, with strong men led by Ice Wolf as coolies, the construction process is extremely fast. Qianye stayed at the scene to supervise the work, while Song Zining went to rent a nearby hotel as a temporary residence. Ji Tianqing, on the other hand, ran around to see if the mercenary leaders dared to disobey her orders, being lazy and disobeying her orders.

So busy, it’s evening in a blink of an eye. A group of bosses, big and small, returned to Ice Wolf's base one after another, but only two did not arrive.

The leaders who arrived at the scene all carried with them the roster of the mercenary group, the list of property and weapons, and the title deed of their residence. This is like losing everything. It is better to say that it is being robbed than being co-opted. However, it is better to lose one's wealth than to lose one's life. Ji Tianqing taught them this truth last night.

Ji Tianqing casually clicked on a few bosses and counted them by category. She herself divided these people into several groups and divided them into classes casually. It's nothing more than the first, second and third levels of deacon, each of whom can command different troops.

Her grouping may seem careless, but it is actually quite mysterious. There is a group of people who are strong and obedient, and they have the highest status. Those who have no strength but are obedient are second, followed by those who are strong but not very obedient, and finally those who have no strength and are not very obedient. They are beaten directly to the end and are only a little higher than ordinary mercenaries.

The last group of people were naturally unconvinced, but the person who took the lead in making trouble was slapped to death by Ji Tianqing, and no one dared to say another word. They finally understood at this time that maybe Ji Tianqing was waiting for them to jump out, otherwise there would be no excuse to kill him?

The noise continued until midnight, and the new Dark Fire Mercenary Group actually took shape. The top-down structure, the composition of high-level deacons, how to dismantle and reorganize the various mercenary groups, and the allocation of stations are completed one by one. What finally appeared in front of Qianye was a behemoth with as many as four thousand members, fighting nearly ten people. In terms of strength alone, it far exceeds the Dark Fire of that day.

With so many complicated matters, if it were left to others, it would probably take ten days and a half to complete. But in Ji Tianqing's hands, big and small things passed by like water, without any hindrance. She wasn't bragging. In terms of the adjutant's talent, looking at the entire empire, there might not be many people who could compare with her.

This is partly because of Ji Tianqing's talent, and partly because of her dictatorship. All the leaders were scared. As long as it was her decision, no one dared to say no.

From beginning to end, Qianye just watched quietly from the side without any chance to speak, so he just sat there all night.

After the plan was decided, Ji Tianqing sent everyone back to count the supplies, hand over the garrison and reorganize the troops. This process will take several days anyway.

After finally getting an opening, many leaders of the mercenary groups approached the city lord's palace through various channels, hoping that Ji Rui could come out and seek justice. No matter how big or small the mercenary group is, these people used to be the kings of their own acre of land. They were the boss behind closed doors. How could they tolerate the sudden addition of three emperors above their heads?

However, Ji Rui stayed behind closed doors and didn't see anyone. He turned a blind eye to what happened right at the door of the city lord's mansion and pretended it never happened.

In this way, everyone understood what Ji Rui meant: he could not afford to offend these three people.

In an instant, all the big and small bosses felt that it was getting dark.

Without the support of Ji Rui, some people who were unwilling to accept it and relied on force took their cronies, rolled up Xinrou, and quietly slipped out of Nanqing City while the moon was dark and the wind was high. Most of the mercenary groups were self-aware and understood that they had no ability to survive outside Nanqing City, so they swallowed their anger and accepted the fact that they were merged into the Dark Fire and had to bow their heads.

For those mercenary groups who wanted to leave, Ji Tianqing did not deliberately make it difficult and allowed them to leave. These people will always have second thoughts if they stay, so they might as well get rid of them.

In the past few days, Song Zining and Ji Tianqing were not idle. Instead, they negotiated with various firms to renegotiate cooperation. The biggest financial source of the large and small mercenary groups in Nanqing City is to provide protection for these trading companies. Security in the city is basic. A powerful mercenary group will send mercenaries to follow the caravan of the trading company and provide protection along the way. Stronger mercenary groups will even accept combat missions, such as ambushing the caravans of rival trading houses.

Now that Dark Fire has almost wiped out all the mercenaries in Nanqing City, it has become an unprecedented behemoth. Even Ji Rui is under pressure and cannot get ahead, so the negotiations with the trading company will naturally have to be restarted.

At the beginning, all the business leaders were worried. Similar incidents have happened more than once. After a certain mercenary group dominates a place, they often raise the price, increase the protection fee several times, or even hire robbers themselves. This will only lead to a lot of frivolous wealth. The merchants will naturally avoid these places after they have suffered losses. And no matter how powerful the mercenary group seems to be without financial resources, it will inevitably fall apart in the end.

There are many precedents, too numerous to mention. However, even if such mercenary groups disappear in the end, in the early stages of their evil deeds, those trading houses were the worst. Therefore, the leaders of the Chamber of Commerce are all worried and anxious.

However, after getting in touch, the directors of the trading company were surprised to find that the Dark Fire Operation was completely different from other mercenary groups in the neutral land. Song Zining did not use his overwhelming power to raise prices arbitrarily and exploit commercial banks. Instead, he lowered prices on many miscellaneous and sporadic projects and merged many projects that used to be charged separately. All in all, the cost that the commercial bank needs to pay has been reduced a lot.

This move greatly surprised the directors of the trading company, but no one would refuse such a good thing. Surprised, many people are secretly planning to consider increasing investment in Nan Qingcheng when the situation becomes clear.

Next, Song Zining came up with another plan. Anyone who sets up a weapons workshop, a rare materials store, or operates high-end aerospace ship equipment in Nan Qingcheng will provide mercenary services at half price. Even after the workshop was built, he was willing to invest and occupy 20% of the shares.

This made several big business executives excited and quickly asked for details. Although many small trading houses lack strength, they have some access to aerospace ship equipment, so they are also concerned about the standards of "high-end aerospace-like equipment". After all, in a neutral land, all types of arms are hard currency.

Song Zining had already prepared and immediately took out a piece of information and distributed it.

Everyone looked at it, and most of them looked disappointed, but there were also quite a few people who were thoughtful. Song Zining's standards are indeed a bit high. All types of equipment must reach the level of the empire's second-level combat readiness fleet.

This kind of shipboard equipment is not common in neutral lands, but it is not completely impossible to open up a path to Yongye or the Empire.