"Ahhhhhh!" Qing Lian screamed like a girl who had been molested, but she felt that she was in a worse state than being molested.
However, she was rubbing her skin hard at this moment, wishing that she could rub off a layer of skin.
Thinking of the encounter in the Great Xia Dynasty's palace that day, she felt that she was a complete tragedy.
She wanted to see what would happen in the palace and see the chaos there, but when it happened, she wished that she was never there.
At that time, she even suspected that she would die from the stench.
Fortunately, the palace was also in chaos at that time, and she managed to escape. However, she tragically discovered that the stench on her body couldn't be washed away no matter how hard she tried. She was constantly smelling the stench on her body, which almost drove her crazy.
"Haha, I didn't expect that Xia Bailong would end up like this. He died from the stench? This way of dying is really strange … He is the only emperor of the Great Xia Dynasty, and his name will definitely go down in history. "A man's laughter suddenly came from outside the courtyard, and his voice was extremely cheerful.
Hearing that voice, her ears twitched, and her face immediately turned pale.
"Sword!" Qing Lian's face turned pale, and she grabbed her clothes to cover herself with one hand. She raised her other hand, and a white light pierced through the roof and fell into her hand.
It was a three-foot-long longsword. The blade was densely covered in fish scale-like patterns, and a red ribbon hung from the hilt.
In the next second, she turned into a white light and rushed out of the house, shouting in the air, "Su Qing, you bastard, give me your life!"
Su Qing was shocked by her sword and quickly dodged. When the sword fell, everything in front of him was split into two. An old man next to him was shocked, and he stopped Qing Lian and said angrily, "What are you doing?"
At this moment, Qing Lian's clothes were drenched by the water droplets on her body, and her hair was also wet. She looked like a beauty coming out of a bath.
Although Qing Lian wasn't extremely beautiful, her eyes were extremely bright and spirited, and her temperament was outstanding. Although she looked angry, she was also extremely attractive.
However, the old man and Su Qing smelled the stench that filled the air with her appearance, and their faces immediately turned green.
"Don't stop me, I'm going to kill that bastard Su Qing! Why didn't you tell me? "Qing Lian gritted her teeth and drew her sword.
"You can't blame me. Who would have thought that you wouldn't leave?" Su Qing ran off. It wasn't that he was afraid of Qing Lian, but the smell was simply too smelly.
Even the old man subconsciously took three steps back.
When Qing Lian saw their reactions, she became even angrier. She gritted her teeth and chased after Su Qing.
After a long time, no one knew what Su Qing said, but Qing Lian let out a mournful cry and said, "Ren Baqian, I won't let you off!"
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Naturally, Ren Baqian didn't know that he was being targeted.
At this moment, he was looking at Zhang Junzheng with a kind face. "How is it? Is the name list ready?"
"Sir Ren, it's done." At this moment, Zhang Junzheng had a calm and smiling expression on his face. It seemed like he had thought things through. With both hands, he respectfully handed over a stack of paper that was filled with words.
In fact, he had already thought it through. Since they wanted to take root in Dayao, it wouldn't be a bad thing for them to take advantage of Ren Baqian. Since the Zhang family lost to Ren Baqian in a few areas that they were extremely good at, then Ren Baqian did indeed have some outstanding aspects.
Furthermore, Ren Baqian won these three competitions, causing a stir in the Zhang family. Many people quarreled endlessly over this matter.
In particular, many of the old craftsmen in the Zhang family were in disbelief and wanted to see how good Ren Baqian was.
For these old craftsmen, a skill was more attractive than anything else, especially when it surpassed them in a few areas that the Zhang family was extremely good at. This made many of the old craftsmen want to see what kind of person Ren Baqian was.
Among them, even Zhang Junzheng had to address the person with the highest status as uncle. His status in the family was even higher than Zhang Junzheng's.
It was precisely because of this that Zhang Junzheng was relieved and handed over the name list. As for how many of the names on the list represented in the Zhang family, only a few people in the Zhang family knew.
Ren Baqian took the paper and looked at it. He saw that it was densely packed with small words. At a glance, he could tell that there were quite a lot of them.
"How many people are there?" Ren Baqian raised his head and asked.
"Sir Ren, the Zhang family has a total of more than 5,900 people, and their names are all on this list." Zhang Junzheng cupped his fists.
"How many craftsmen are there?"
"There are more than 3,400 craftsmen and 2,000 people in other jobs. Not only that, but many of the elders in the family also have disciples who aren't related by blood. Although these disciples aren't on the list, they can also serve Dayao if the opportunity is right. The number of these disciples isn't less than the number of craftsmen, "Zhang Junzheng answered.
Ren Baqian looked down at the thick stack of paper in his hand again. There were 3,400 craftsmen. Including those disciples, there were at least 7,000 to 8,000 people. For the impoverished Dayao, 7,000 to 8,000 craftsmen could be said to be a huge sum of money.
If he had 7,000 to 8,000 skilled craftsmen under him, many things would be much easier to do.
"Sir, our Zhang family has a big business, and it won't be easy to leave the Yun Nation," Zhang Junzheng said again.
Ren Baqian nodded. After all, there were so many people, and many of them were famous craftsmen. It wouldn't be easy for all of them to run away at once. However, it didn't matter because the Yun Nation wouldn't exist in the future.
This was due to the lack of talents in Dayao, as well as the aboriginals' lack of ambition and their habit of snatching without occupying. Up until now, they still hadn't realized that the aboriginals weren't just going to snatch the Yun Nation, but to swallow the entire Yun Nation.
"What other requests do you have?" Ren Baqian asked after thinking for a while.
"I want you to give our Zhang family a future," Zhang Junke immediately said solemnly. This was the most important thing.
"Don't worry," Ren Baqian said faintly. "As long as your Zhang family does a good job, I can guarantee that you will have a place in the future."
"Thank you very much, Sir." Zhang Junzheng cupped his hands.
"Your Zhang family members don't have to withdraw in a hurry. Those who are still in the cities that have been conquered can withdraw first. I will give you a token, and they can travel with it without any trouble. Protector Zi from the Protectorate of the Northeast will also arrange for people to escort them. As for the rest, stay where you are and wait for my news, "Ren Baqian said.
"However, in the chaos of war, it's inevitable that there will be casualties."
"I will take care of this matter. You can rest assured."
After sending Zhang Junzheng off, Ren Baqian called for Zuo Leng and gave him the stack of papers. He asked Zuo Leng to find someone to copy it and then send someone to investigate.
With the Jing Tribe, it would be much easier to investigate in the Yun Nation.
Ren Baqian then looked for the empress and suggested that Zi Donglai send more prisoners of war back to open mines and repair roads.
He had mentioned this before, but Zi Donglai wasn't in the mood to do so due to the urgency of the war at the front line.
Now that Zi Donglai had conquered nearly ten cities in the Yun Nation, it was time to raise the issue.
It was always right to build roads if one wanted to get rich.
In addition, there were various materials from the Yun Nation that Dayao lacked. This included, but wasn't limited to, various metals such as iron and aluminum.
For this reason, Ren Baqian proposed to mobilize militias from the various cities to the Yun Nation and transport all kinds of looted materials back to replenish Dayao.
After their discussion, the empress held a meeting with the ministers the next day and gave Zi Donglai an order.
Soon after, the aboriginals' offensive at the front line began to change. In the past, they mainly killed, but later on, they started to leave some alive. Although they often couldn't hold back and only a few people survived after a battle, this was a signal.
At the same time, the various cities in Dayao began to transmit information. Batches of militias were issued with weapons, walked out of the cities, and gathered in the northeast.
At this time, Ren Baqian received an extremely incredible piece of news. The emperor of Great Xia, Xia Baichong, had actually died from the stench …
The news was sent by Su Qing. After reading this secret letter, Ren Baqian's expression suddenly became extremely strange.
He then delivered this secret letter to the empress, who was also dumbfounded after reading it. Ren Baqian, on the other hand, carefully admired this rare expression of the empress.
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