Ye Tianze traveled at full speed and arrived at White Tiger City from the stronghold in half a month. He had two purposes for coming to White Tiger City.
One was to use his contribution points to exchange for some things he needed for cultivation, and the other was to recruit some powerhouses to join his stronghold.
After all, he couldn't be the only one in charge of his stronghold. As for the Thunder Tiger cubs like Fluffy One and Fluffy Eight, they were just a joke. Before they grew up, they had no combat power at all.
Moreover, these little guys were crying piteously for food. Ye Tianze had to find a nanny for them. These Thunder Tiger cubs were fierce when they grew up, but they were definitely spoiled when they were young and wouldn't eat ordinary things at all.
When he arrived at White Tiger City again, Ye Tianze realized that he had become famous. His name and stronghold were being talked about everywhere.
In addition, people were inquiring about the identity of Fluffy One and Fluffy Four. Everyone thought that Fluffy One and Fluffy Four should be four unknown powerhouses. Who would have thought that they were actually a group of tiger cubs who had just been born without parents and hadn't even stopped drinking milk?
Ye Tianze changed his appearance and entered the armory. Here, he could use his contribution points to exchange for everything he needed.
"You are Ye Tianze?" The official in charge of receiving him took his military badge and looked him up and down. "You don't have three heads and six arms."
Ye Tianze was speechless.
"I'm just kidding. Heroes come from the young. What do you want to exchange for?" The armory official asked. "We have everything here, but your stronghold has just been established. I suggest you buy enough military supplies first."
"Military supplies?" Ye Tianze asked. "Please advise me, Sir."
"Don't call me Sir. Call me Liu Wu."
Liu Wu reported his name and said, "That stronghold of yours has just been established, and the legion has a set of basic defensive formations and a set of defensive crossbows. It's fine that these crossbows are worn out, but you have to buy enough crossbows and materials to maintain the formations, right?"
After pausing for a moment, Liu Wu continued, "Now it's a three month protection period, but your crossbow bolts can only be used once at most. The effect of the retracted crossbow bolts is naturally not as good as before, so you have to prepare at least a year's worth of crossbow bolts!"
Ye Tianze nodded. He had indeed not considered this before, but he was a human emperor in his previous life, so he naturally knew that these things were necessary.
"Other than that, there's also the military rations. You can't possibly feed the 300 Tiger Guards with ordinary food, right?"
Liu Wu said, "A Tiger Guard's combat strength is directly proportional to their cultivation resources. In the White Tiger Corps, the Tiger Guards spend 100 contribution points per day. I heard that your stronghold has a Yuan Qi Gushing Point, but that's just normal cultivation resources. If 300 people spend 100 contribution points per day, then that's 30,000 contribution points per day. That's more than 10 million a year …"
"…" Ye Tianze.
Originally, Ye Tianze thought that he would be able to show off with five million contribution points. However, when Liu Wu said that, he suddenly felt as if the sky had collapsed.
Including the contribution points he had obtained from killing the spirit beasts, he only had slightly more than five million contribution points.
In this year, just feeding the 300 Tiger Guards would cost him more than 10 million contribution points. However, these contribution points could not be saved.
This was especially so when it came to military supplies. The Tiger Guards were people who would risk their lives for him. If Ye Tianze had more contribution points, he would have armed them to the teeth.
However, he did not have so many contribution points. Not to mention a year, even half a year would be enough. He also had to buy crossbow bolts, which were not cheap.
Seeing Ye Tianze's troubled expression, Liu Wu said, "If the power is given to the Corps, there will naturally be no need to worry about this. The Corps will provide half of the resources as support. However, even if the power is not given, the initial investment will be worth it. This is because the initial investment will definitely be the most. When the stronghold starts to profit, it will naturally reach a balance. Moreover, with your stronghold's potential, not to mention 10 million contribution points, it won't be difficult for you to earn millions of contribution points a day in the future."
"Let's make it three months. Book it for me according to three months!" Ye Tianze gritted his teeth and said.
"Alright. Since it's your first time here, we will guarantee the delivery of this batch of goods. It will be delivered in three days." Liu Wu had the face of a profiteer.
When he left the military department, Ye Tianze found that his pockets were empty. On this trip, not to mention exchanging for something for himself, Damao and Ermao were still crying for food.
And his military card was empty.
He felt that he had been cheated. He originally wanted to hire some strong people back to defend the stronghold, but now that he did not have any contribution points, who would be willing to defend it for him? Who would work for him with empty words?
"Sir, take care. You're welcome to come again." Liu Wu sent Ye Tianze all the way to the door.
When he reached the door, Ye Tianze staggered and almost fell. He felt that he had been cheated.
Looking at the bustling and huge White Tiger City, Ye Tianze sighed and prepared to return to the stronghold. Without contribution points, he could not do anything.
"Sir, is your surname Ye from the South?" Two Earth Realm cultivators stopped him.
"You are?" Ye Tianze asked warily.
"Our Young Master invites you." The leader said, "Don't worry, Young Master. Our Young Master has no ill intentions. He is just a Southern Realm cultivator and would like to invite you for a chat."
"Lead the way." Ye Tianze nodded.
The two of them led Ye Tianze around the city and came to a hidden mansion. The two of them opened the door and stayed outside, letting Ye Tianze go in by himself.
Walking into the mansion, he saw a young man in a brocade robe waiting in the main room. The young man had delicate features, but he did not have a weak aura. He had a good appearance and a heroic spirit.
Ye Tianze looked for a while and felt that the young man was somewhat familiar, but he could not remember where he had seen him.
"Do we know each other?" Ye Tianze asked.
"I've never seen you before, but I've heard a lot about you." The young man said, "I'm Lan Baobao, Fugui's brother."
"Lan Baobao!" Ye Tianze suddenly realized, "No wonder I found you familiar. You are Fugui's brother. But weren't you serving in the Rosefinch Army? Why are you in White Tiger City? "
"I also served in the White Tiger Army. Now I am in charge of the Jubao Hall's affairs in Mount Buzhou." Lan Baobao said, "When I was in Imperial Dragon City, I wanted to have a chat with the King, but I didn't expect to be delayed."
"Why are you looking for me?" Ye Tianze asked.
"Fugui and the King have become sworn brothers. However, business is business. The current situation is very unfavorable for the King."
Lan Baobao said, "The Jubao Hall can only give resources to the Tiannan State under the pretext of being a gift to the Rosefinch Army. However, it is an equivalent exchange. The previous agreement is invalid."
"Okay!" Ye Tianze nodded. He knew that the Jubao Hall was not the Jubao Hall of the Lan family, but the Jubao Hall of the Human Emperor. The merchants of the Jubao Hall who traveled the world were going to provide military supplies to the four armies.
"Then why are you looking for me?" Ye Tianze asked, "Shouldn't the Jubao Hall draw a line with me?"
"Naturally, it's about the stronghold. I know that the army wants half of the authority from you. The Jubao Hall also wants half of the authority. For this, the Jubao Hall is willing to provide all the resources needed at the beginning of the stronghold's establishment and assist in the defense of the stronghold."
Lan Baobao said, "Our advantage is that we are richer than the army."
Ye Tianze was speechless. He had just been cheated of five million contribution points. He was now penniless. He suspected that Lan Baobao already knew that he had entered the city.
Lan Baobao purposely chose this juncture to look for him. He was really penniless now.
"With my current resources, I can last for three months. After three months, the stronghold will be able to produce something. It won't be a problem to maintain it."
Ye Tianze said, "But isn't it a little late for you to come over now? Furthermore, if you cooperate with the army, at least you don't have to worry about the humans attacking. You only have to defend against the foreign races. Compared to the army, your advantage isn't much. "
Lan Baobao smiled and said, "It's just as Fugui said. My King understands this better than anyone else. However, the Jubao Hall has another advantage."
"Tell me about it," Ye Tianze said.
"We can give you the stronghold's information on the entire continent," Lan Baobao said. "The foreign races, the human race, everything. This is an advantage that you can't refuse."
"The Jubao Hall has already reached out to the foreign races?" Ye Tianze's expression turned cold.
"If we only do business with the humans, how can we earn the military supplies needed by the four armies? Furthermore, isn't the Tiannan State also trading with the demons?" Lan Baobao said.
Ye Tianze was speechless. Lan Baobao was clearly much harder to deal with than Lan Yuheng. He wasn't easy to talk to either. Although he and Lan Yuheng were brothers, there was no such thing as friendship when it came to Lan Baobao.
"I'll think about it!" Ye Tianze stood up and said, "Goodbye."
Lan Baobao stood up and said, "My King, take care. To show my sincerity, I can give you three useful pieces of information."
"Hmm?" Ye Tianze stopped in his tracks.
"The first piece of information comes from the foreign races. In the next two days, the foreign races led by the Wu people will attack this new foothold. There will be Heaven Realm elites among them, and they're all elites of the Wu people who have been on the battlefield for a long time!"
Lan Baobao said, "The second piece of information comes from the alliances. They will work together to attack the foothold and take it down three months after the Wu people attack. My King, you've offended quite a lot of people!"
Ye Tianze's expression was grave. "What's the last piece of information?"
"The last piece of information comes from the army. Liu Wu's things are the most expensive," Lan Baobao said.
"If you buy it from Jubao Hall, you can save at least one million contribution points. If you let Jubao Hall invest in the foothold, you can save at least half of it."
"You profiteer!" Ye Tianze cursed. "You're here to cause trouble for me, aren't you?!"
Lan Baobao said expressionlessly, "My King, you're someone who does great things. You don't care about trifles."
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