Floating Ice Harbor, the City Lord’s Mansion.

As one of the most important buildings in the entire city, the defense power here can be said to be second only to the Federal Army command post. Fully armed soldiers took five steps, one post, ten steps, and one whistle. Four steam tanks with heavy armor were parked in the front yard. The black muzzles pointed to the gate. Two steam-powered armors, like statues, were carrying chainsaw swords and guarding both sides of the second door.

A young man wearing a wide robe and belt with an oriental face slowly walked through the front yard. He looked straight, and seemed to be unable to see the federal soldiers standing on both sides. Instead, the two guards following him were breathing slightly heavier, and their palms were involuntarily pressed on the scabbard of their waists.

The young man walked through the front yard and walked to the atrium before stopping. The guards here had been shut out in advance, and the two guards led by the young man were also stopped outside.

A burly federal general wearing a white cloak quickly came out from the inside and bowed to the young man. This was a standard oriental etiquette. It was made by such a strong man with obvious characteristics of the Northern Barbarians, and it looked a bit strange.

"The Tang envoy came from afar, and if you are in trouble, please take care of it." The federal general spoke, speaking in the official language of the Tang Empire, with standard pronunciation and accurate words, which was simply impeccable.

"The Tang envoy dared not be a soldier... I am just a businessman in the Longmen Chamber of Commerce and the deacon Song Tuo, who was fortunate to meet the general." The young man immediately bowed and returned the salute.

"Mr. Song is here to collect the final payment for the second batch of armor orders. Is it ready for a long time? I have already prepared it. Please ask Mr. Song to check it out." The Northern Barbarians were naturally straightforward, so the general even went straight to the point and got to the point. At his signal, a confidant who had been waiting aside immediately ran up and held a palm-sized mahogany box to Song Tuo. After Song Tuo took the box, he hurriedly retreated.

Song Tuo opened the box and there were rows of neatly arranged ink crystals. These ink crystals were cut into sheets the size of fingernails. The inside of the crystals was rich in ink color, and impurities were almost impossible to see with the naked eye. It was obviously all top-grade ink crystals with extremely high purity.

"There are a total of 185 standard square cuts, all of which are of A-level quality." Song Tuo just glanced at it and closed the box with satisfaction.

"That...the third batch of armor?"

"It's already on the road and will arrive soon." Song Tuo replied.

"So great!" A smile appeared on the general's face, "When the armor is delivered, maybe we can meet Mr. Song in Togras."

"However, in addition to collecting the final payment, Song Tuo also wants to verify something from the general. There may be something abrupt and I don't know whether to ask questions or not." Song Tuo suddenly took two steps back and bowed again.

"The Longmen Chamber of Commerce is the closest partner of our Northern Federation. Without the support of the Longmen Chamber of Commerce, Mr. Song and I would not be able to stand here and talk. Even if it is the confidential information involving the front-line war, I can speak to Mr. Song." The general smiled heartily.

"But what Song Tuo wants to ask has nothing to do with the frontline war."

"oh?"

"Three days ago, a fleet of black sails sailed from Floating Ice Harbor and headed north. I wonder if the general knows?"

"This... Of course I know, it is to transport the corpses of the soldiers who died in battle back to their homeland and hand them over to various tribes for burial... If I remember correctly, there is also a custom of falling leaves returning to the roots of the Tang people? This is quite similar to ours..." The general was slightly stunned, but his expression quickly changed as before.

"But why did this fleet turn around and head west after moving away from the coast? This should not be the route to the Permafrost Islands?" Song Tuo said calmly, but a look of horror suddenly flashed in the general's eyes.

"I wonder where Mr. Song heard this news?"

"The news comes from the secret letter sent by the Chamber of Commerce headquarters, and I don't know any of the other Song Tuans... However, in the extreme west, is it the place where the Shenluo remnants are located?"

“…”

"We also heard that the Shinra remnants obtained the technology from the old century in prehistoric relics, including forbidden techniques such as human body transformation and refining corpses..."

"Swish!" The sound of drawing the sword suddenly sounded behind the general. The confidant who was already very old had held the sheath in one hand and pulled the short knife out of the other hand, and the entire person was exuding an extremely dangerous aura.

As long as the general gave the order, the short knife would immediately penetrate into Song Tuo's throat.

"Dimitri! Take back the knife! Mr. Song is a distinguished guest, so you must not lose your courtesy!" The general shouted in a low voice, then turned his head and said to Song Tuo in a deep voice: "These things... If possible, please keep them confidential. The relationship between us and the Longmen Chamber of Commerce will continue. I don't want some unnecessary misunderstandings to cause some insignificant trivial matters, which will affect the relationship between the Federation and the Longmen."

"This is naturally. Longmen and Guibang are just cooperative relationships, and the remnants of Shenluo have no intersection with our Longmen. Song Tuoban should not be involved in these things... But Song Tuo still wants to remind the general that the so-called forbidden technique is a technology that is regarded as a taboo by the world. If you wantonly abuse it, you may be subject to backlash."

“……Thank you for your teachings from Mr. Song.”

"By the way, this is a detailed list of the next transaction. Please check it out." Song Tuo took out a piece of white silk from his pocket and handed it over.

"Only half of the amount of Mo Jing is needed? The rest is filled with information?" The general's tone was full of doubts. "I don't know what information Longmen needs, so I don't explain it in detail on this list."

"Since the matter is confidential, Song Tuo is responsible for dictating the specific content - we hope that after breaking through the Fortress of Togray, the federal army will share all the intercepted information with the words "apostles", "yellow springs", "comings" and "quarantine zones" with us, including but not limited to letters and telegram files and various transfer orders. Whether it is secret letters or private letters, as long as the content I just mentioned is what we want."

"...I understand, but according to Mr. Song, the number of related objects may be vast, and it will take a lot of time just to collect and organize them..."

"We are not in a hurry, we just hope there is no omission." Song Tuo said.

"Is it because of the white light that suddenly appeared and disappeared a few days ago?" the general asked thoughtfully.
Chapter completed!