A few days later, several carriages left the boundary and drove to Hanyang Pass. The carriages contained more than 20,000 letters from the prisoners of war of the Xu family to their families, including reports of safety and requests for redemption.
In a luxurious mansion in the north of Qianqiu City, a middle-aged man was sitting on a lounge chair with his eyes slightly closed, enjoying the rare sunshine in the winter afternoon.
A long-time Dharma minister next to him was reporting: "The news has been sent back. This time Wei Yuan captured a total of 160,000 people, including 50,000 from my private army and 115,000 from the official army. The captives said
There are two hundred and ten people in the base. Many people in the other tribes are making noises. They have received letters from the captured family members. They do not want to fight anymore, but want to pay to redeem their relatives."
The middle-aged man looked forward to the future and hummed slightly.
The old man said: "We discussed it, and the amount of ransom each family is willing to pay is far higher than the minimum price proposed by Wei Yuan, so the conditions given by Wei Yuan seem acceptable. But we cannot let each family negotiate on their own.
We have to negotiate with Wei Yuan through our unified efforts."
"Oh, how much can you charge?"
"Including private troops, each time they come in and come out, they can get about 2.7 million taels."
The middle-aged man moved his eyebrows and said: "50,000 were captured. Well, if we redeem 30,000, everyone who should have come back will also come back... Let Qingliu and Wei Yuan tell us, we are going to ask for 30,000."
Private army, but you have to select 500 people.
"Yes, sir." "Wait."
The middle-aged man stopped the old man, tapped the armrest, and then said: "If you give him so much fairy silver, if you use it to buy weapons and food, wouldn't it mean that he is armed to the teeth? If you pay this much fairy silver, the clan will
It doesn’t look good on face either, no way!”
After thinking for a moment, he said: "I heard that Wei Yuan likes spiritual plants very much. There happens to be a sacred ice-glass tree in my library. It is a good fairy plant and is worth at least one and a half million taels. Let's use this as a trade-off.
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The elder was shocked and said: "Fairy things have a price but no market. Doesn't this mean that Wei Yuan has gained a lot in vain?"
"It doesn't matter. This sacred tree has only grown for fifty years. It will take at least three hundred years to be useful. If you give it to Wei Yuan, you can treat it as a temporary deposit with him. You can take it back at any time before it becomes useful."
"Your Excellency!" "Let's talk."
In a large-scale military fortress in Ningzhou, a bearded general looked at the empty camp and seemed worried. At this time, a deputy general hurriedly walked over and whispered: "General, there is news from the front line.
None of the 8,000 people we sent out have returned. I'm afraid it's going to be a disaster."
The commander-in-chief snorted and said: "With regard to the virtues of Lao Liu and the others, I am the first one who wouldn't believe it if they said they would die in battle! Humph, they probably didn't run fast enough and were caught." The deputy general said: "Now ahead.
There is no certainty, the camp is short of 8,000 soldiers, what should we do?"
Unexpectedly, the commander-in-chief said: "Why are there eight thousand soldiers missing? Aren't all these soldiers well in the camp, and none of them have been out?" The lieutenant general suddenly realized and felt a little uneasy.
This military fortress is an important place. It was originally supposed to have 15,000 soldiers surrounded by soldiers, but then it had to eat up 5,000 soldiers. This ratio was originally considered quite conscientious in the Western Jin Dynasty, but now it has become that there are only 2,000 soldiers in the camp.
There is room for thirteen thousand!
Although he was forced to do nothing, the lieutenant still felt frightened.
The situation like this in the military fortress is happening frequently in various places in Ningzhou, and many officers and soldiers have been forced to make a small fortune.
The transaction with the Xu family was successfully completed. Wei Yuan had no objection to the new conditions and got the ice glass sacred tree. Then he asked the Xu family elders to select hundreds of prisoners. Many prisoners were making noises during the selection process, but it was a pity that
They are not on the list.
After the five hundred people were selected, Wei Yuan divided the more than fifty thousand Xu family's private troops into two groups to fight, and the winner could return to the Xu family.
But winning was not enough, so Wei Yuan selected 20,000 people from the winners and asked each of them to designate a loser to stay. So many people pointed out those who usually had enmity with them, so that they would never die.
Can't go back to Xu's house.
After such a period of tossing, the redemption quota of 30,000 people was finally determined from the 50,000 people. However, the remaining people were first defeated, and then named by the winner, so they stayed with a double hatred.
The Xu family elder named Xu Qingliu sat and watched Wei Yuan's operations throughout the process without any objection. Now that he was making a lot of money, how could he say a word? In his eyes, those 20,000 people were already dead and had been abandoned by the family.
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After the Xu family redeemed their people, most of the Daoji in the army also redeemed themselves. At this point, the remaining 130,000 people were completely abandoned, and they also recognized this reality.
In addition, after taking Sun Yu's medicine, no one wanted to eat much these days, nor did they feel hungry, but they were all obviously weak and despairing, so they accepted their fate. Then the deal with Tianyu
It was also successfully completed.
Tianyu came to trade in a flying boat, and there were three great wizards on the flying boat. As a result, Wei Yuan seriously thought about the possibility of destroying the boat and killing everyone, and Tian Gong was credited.
The final transaction was successfully completed
Tianyu sent an aquatic fairy plant seed, which is the size of a water tank. This fairy plant seed is a specialty of the Witchland. It is possible to cultivate nine different kinds of fairy plants from the first to the ninth grade. What can be cultivated specifically?
It depends on the luck, weather, and earth atmosphere at that time.
In addition, there are ten thousand kilograms of spiritual ore. The refined ore can be directly used as the main material of magical weapons. But Tianyu did not bring more sacrifices. According to him, the sacrifices from Sakon were all sold to Wei Yuan last time.
, if I want it again, it will take several months just to travel here.
After sending Tianyu away, Wei Yuan wrote two secret letters and sent someone to secretly send them to the capital of Jin.
Within a few days, Zhao Tong appeared quietly. This time he did not go straight to the main peak, but stopped outside the boundary and called someone to report first. Wei Yuan immediately rushed over and said: "Eunuch Zhao is here and come to me directly.
That’s right, why bother asking someone to report it?”
Zhao Tong said with a smile: "Our family originally thought so, but after taking a few steps in, I was frightened and quickly stepped back. Our family still wants to live for a few more years! Speaking of Master Wei, this realm is now
It’s like a dragon’s pond and a tiger’s den, and even high-ranking practitioners can’t enter without permission.”
Wei Yuan smiled and said: "This is my father-in-law's back garden. He can wander around as he wants. Let's go to the main peak to drink tea?" "Our family is worried about important things, so we just drink a cup of tea and then pick up our things."
Gone."
Wei Yuan also knew Zhao Tong's style, so he took Zhao Tong to the main peak to sit down, and then presented him with a tightly sealed box.
Zhao Tong first set up a barrier, then carefully opened the lid of the box, and saw several fist-sized rubies inside. However, a fishy stench hit his face, and even his face turned pale for a moment, and he almost retched.
Zhao Tong closed the lid, carefully affixed the talisman and sealed it, and then sighed: "It is both a fairy medicine and arsenic. Every time I see it, I love it and fear it at the same time."
After putting the box away close to his body, Zhao Tong said: "Master Wei is indeed a pillar of talent. Your Majesty did not misjudge you, and our family did not misjudge you either. Our family didn't explain this matter for long, and the result came. The vigorous and resolute movement really makes people feel happy just looking at it! I won’t bother you too much and will go back to recover first.”
Wei Yuan stood up and sent Zhao Tong all the way to the edge of the boundary. Zhao Tong said: "Just send it here, our family is on their way. Master Wei doesn't need to worry too much next, just wait for the good news with peace of mind."
Zhao Tong slowly rose into the sky, flying faster and faster, and disappeared into the sky in the blink of an eye. After flying several miles away, Zhao Tong suddenly disappeared from Wei Yuan's perception. Two days later, Xianghou Wang Qian also arrived.
Wei Yuan also handed him a box and said, "There are goods from the 1950s inside."
Wang Qian opened it and looked at it, and sighed: "It is so beautiful and so poisonous that taking it is like drinking poison to quench thirst. There is no wonder in nature than this." "There are only so many for now. It is not certain when the next batch will be available. It's best." Don't count on it," Wei Yuan said.
Wang Qian nodded: "This thing is too much and not enough. You can do a lot of things in fifty years, but any more may bring disaster. I don't have anything good here. I only have an ancient fairy prescription handed down from my ancestors, which may be of some use to you."
What Wang Qian took out was not jade paper, but an ancient stone mirror. This ancient immortal recipe did not contain any words, but existed in the form of inheritance of true meaning.
Wei Yuan probed his consciousness into the ancient mirror, and immediately saw a hazy world appearing in the ancient mirror, with a raging pill fire burning in the center. The flame was bright golden and extremely hot. There were dozens of light groups floating around the flame. There is a medicinal material in each light group. Seven of the light groups are obviously larger than the other light groups and should be the main medicine. There are three more groups in the middle of the main medicine. They are like a round drop of blood, a piece of feather, and a piece like moss. common things.
Then dozens of medicinal materials were put into the elixir fire one after another, and they were continuously melted, and the medicinal properties changed rapidly.
As the last medicinal material melted away, all the properties of the medicine reached a critical point at this moment, and everything became unified, transformed into a jade-like elixir with a small green pine inside.
This elixir is called Kunyuan Changsheng elixir.
The world in the mirror disappeared, the true meaning of the ancient mirror was exhausted, and it broke into pieces with a snap.
Wei Yuan's intention is still unfinished. The alchemy technique in the mirror world is completely different from the current alchemy way. It is a return to nature and extremely brilliant. Even among the dozens of medicinal materials, Wei Yuan does not recognize most of them. Among them, the main ingredient of Qiwei is something that Wei Yuan has not even heard of. Have heard of it.
Wang Gandao: "I don't know which cave world this ancient fairy prescription came from. It fell into the hands of the ancestors and has been passed down to this day. There are three times in total of the true meaning of the fairy prescription, and this is the last time. The first two people who accepted the true meaning were at that time. The famous alchemy masters, although they failed to restore this ancient recipe, they also developed several life-extending pills.
medicine."
Wei Yuan was stunned and said: "I know nothing about alchemy. Wouldn't it be a waste to give me the true meaning of the immortal prescription?" Wang Qian smiled and said: "I will not waste it if I give it to you."
He then handed Wei Yuan a piece of jade paper and said: "This is a prescription written by an ancestor in the family who loves alchemy based on this ancient secret book. It has never been spread out. I have secretly tried this prescription twice and made it. I got three pills. I personally tested them and they are effective. Just keep them."
Wei Yuan took it and scanned it with his spiritual consciousness. This medicine is called Jiamu Xiaonian Dan, which is based on the secret recipe of Kunyuan Changsheng Dan. It can extend life by five years.
The so-called secret book of elixirs is the elixirs written by those who accepted the inheritance of the true meaning according to their own understanding. Many medicinal materials in them that have become extinct or cannot be found today have been replaced by similar ones.
"After I return to Beijing, I will spread the news that the elixir recipe has been given to you, and then you quickly find someone to refine a few furnaces of the Jiamu Xiaonian elixir, and say that it is your understanding. The ancestor of the Xu family has always been interested in you. I don’t really care, in this case, he might spare your life to see if you can refine something from the ancient recipe.”
Wei Yuan had known Wang Qian's foresight and foresight, but he was still deeply impressed at this moment.
Wang Qian coughed and said seriously: "Also, Concubine Yuan asked me to bring you a message."
Wei Yuan was startled and subconsciously shrank, then pretended to be calm and asked: "What did the empress say?"
Wang Qian cleared his throat. He was already very well-born, and his facial features were somewhat similar to those of Concubine Yuan. Looking over at this moment, there were two or three shadows of Concubine Yuan! He just heard him say: "Long time no see, I miss you so much."
Chapter completed!