Wu Gen and Ji Ye ate for almost half a day at a feast of wine. They were still not satisfied when it was time to turn on the lamp, so they drank more wine, served food, and talked at night by candlelight.
The two repeatedly negotiated the formation of the Northern Army and the placement of the Fearless Army. Originally, Ji Ye wanted to place the Fearless Army near Hanlu City, but Wu Gen flatly rejected it.
Without it, Wu Gen would have watched along the way. The Fearless Army was very unpopular with the herdsmen. These people had deep-rooted discrimination against the human race and would not be able to reverse this situation for a while.
Wu Gen didn't want to cause too much friction and embarrass Ji Ye. As long as the Fearless Army is given a relatively stable environment and sufficient military resources, Wu Gen is confident that he can use his men to build a strong army with outstanding combat capabilities.
The two finally agreed that the Fearless Army would officially belong to the Northern Army. As for the location, Ji Ye proposed to be located in Xingshan, three hundred miles north of Hanlu City.
This place is neither far nor close. It is not exposed to mountains and water on weekdays, so it is easy to quickly support Hanlu City if something happens. As for the specific positions, Ji Ye still needs to discuss with his brother and father before deciding.
But no matter what, the Fearless Army finally came to the surface from the underground, no longer the sneaky situation on Zuoheng Road.
Wu Gen proposed to Ji Ye that if possible, he should try his best to provide himself with humans from the Iron Shou Province to serve as soldiers.
Because Wu Gen also knew that given his current situation, if he wanted to recruit ordinary shepherds to join the Fearless Army, he should stop dreaming.
After all, taking in the human race involves the vital interests of various families and powerful people. Although Ji Ye was a little embarrassed, he still agreed and decided to hand over all the 200 human races allocated to him by the Ji family to Wu Gen.
At the end, Ji Ye suddenly mentioned someone,
"Wu Gen, did you know that Ming Zheng has also arrived at Kuntian Continent?"
"Mingzheng?" Wu Gen couldn't help but be stunned,
"It's that general from Li Ren. He's here anyway." There was no one else around at this time. Ji Ye also put down his usual young master airs and sat on a chair like Wu Gen, with his feet on the railing of the waterside pavilion.
"Ming Zheng is quite thoughtful. Ever since you left, he has wanted to travel to the world outside of Dayi Continent, so he followed me back to Kuntian Continent. Because of his identity as a powerful person in Dayi Continent, he was He fell in love with Dengtian Palace and joined Mo Ao Hall to join the military." Wu Gen did not expect that Ming Zheng would have such courage, giving up his position among the powerful men in his family and traveling thousands of miles to Kuntian Continent.
You know, the Great Relic Continent is opened every ninety-nine years, which also means that Ming Zheng may never return to the Great Relic Continent.
While he was lamenting, Ji Ye asked with some embarrassment: "Brother Cong Yue, have you ever come to Kuntian Continent? We said goodbye in a hurry that day, and I still think about his noble character." Wu Gen sneered in his heart, both of them had grown up. They are good-looking and have similar temperaments, so they naturally sympathize with each other.
"I have sent people back to look for them, but I don't know if Cong Yue will come. After all, he is from a wealthy family just like you. It would be unwise to abandon everything here." Ji Ye also heard this. I was so convinced that I had to rest my mind.
After the two had finished their banquet, Wu Gen stayed at Ji Ye's house without leaving. Early the next morning, Wu Gen had breakfast and wandered around Ji Ye's garden to enjoy the scenery.
Because we have to meet Ji Ye's eldest brother Ji Chen together today to discuss the establishment of the fearless army, we can't leave yet.
With nothing to do, Wu Gen found a rockery in the lake and started boxing slowly. Just after punching more than a hundred times, I heard a burst of laughter like silver bells coming from the distance.
Accompanied by laughter, a girl walked quickly with several maids. The girl is wearing a green bamboo gauze dress, with bright eyes, white teeth, delicate dimples, and white skin like a freshly shelled egg.
As he walked, the gold hairpin with beads and dragonflies on his head kept swaying. Judging from its appearance, it is only the age of jade and the age of broken melon.
Seeing Wu Gen, the girl's long eyes narrowed slightly, a layer of purple light flashed through her eyes, and her long furry white tail swayed unconsciously.
"Where did you come from, the fearless sheep, and why are you here?" the girl scolded. Before Wu Gen could speak, she patted her forehead.
"By the way, you are my second brother's human friend, why are you called Wu?" Ji Ye's sister, Wu Gen secretly thought in his heart, gently jumped from the rockery to the lake, and looked at each other with his hands behind his back.
"Wu Gen. I don't know what to call my little sister." The maid next to her was about to scold her, but was stopped by the girl.
"My name is Ji Yan." He looked around Wu Gen, looking eager to try.
"I heard from my second brother that your skills are good, but your moves are a little sinister. How about we compare notes." Well, Wu Gen was speechless.
This is my brother's sister. I wanted to act like the big brother, but I didn't expect that she would start a fight when she came up.
This is the same for Ji Ye, no matter what he says, his methods are sinister. He just likes to run down the three roads.
"That's all, I only practice killing skills and rarely compete with others." Wu Gen quickly refused. It’s a joke, there’s no way to fight this fight. If you win, you’ll lose face. If you lose, you’ll lose face.
"Killing skills, that's good. Normally when I compete with others, they would give in to me. I would like to taste the difference between life and death and see if I can break through under the heavy pressure." Ji Yan's tail waggled even more fiercely. stand up.
"I'm sorry, I had diarrhea yesterday and couldn't take the injection." Wu Gen said as he walked towards his residence, trying to get rid of this somewhat willful girl.
"I have a pill, one pill can cure stomach ailments." Wu Gen kept silent and hurried forward, but Ji Yan kept chattering and followed closely behind.
Turning around a bamboo forest, he bumped into Ji Ye. Seeing the savior coming, Wu Gen took a deep breath and hid behind him.
"Little sister, don't be unreasonable." Ji Ye knew as soon as he saw that his sister was causing trouble again. Ji Yan is the youngest in the family, so she is naturally loved by the family, so she often behaves a little eccentricly.
Seeing her brother coming over, Ji Yan glared at Wu Gen fiercely.
"Brother, where are you going?"
"Go and discuss some matters with the elder brother." Ji Ye responded casually with two dark circles under his eyes, turned to Wu Gen and said, "Let's go together. We will rate the fearless soldiers today so that we can allocate various military resources." ." Wu Gen nodded, this was indeed his most urgent matter at the moment.
With positions, you will have money, with money you can support people, and with people you can create various possibilities.
"I want to go too." Ji Yan suddenly said and hugged her brother's arm.
"What are you doing, playing the piano randomly? I'm discussing business with my eldest brother." Ji Ye shook his arm twice, but couldn't get away.
Although my sister is petite, she is actually very good in cultivation and cannot be beaten by ordinary men.
"Haha, I'm afraid you two can't take it down. It's not like you don't know my eldest brother's temperament. He is cautious and fair, so how can you agree casually?" Ji Yan curled her lips and glanced at Wu Gen.
"He is a human clan and wants to expand his army in the Iron Hand Province. Not to mention those families, even the subordinates of our clan will probably not agree. Moreover, in recent years, due to many rebellions in various places, the clan has repeatedly expanded its army and financial resources are tight. How many posts should I give him? If you give him too much, the tribesmen won’t accept it. If you give him less, what’s the use.” When Ji Ye heard this, he also looked sad.
"My eldest brother has been appointed to preside over political affairs since my father was bedridden. He is humble and fair in his work. In the past two years, the family's finances have been tight, so he has taken the lead in cutting down on his own expenses. Even my sister and I have been cut off a lot by him. . And in his position, he has to take into account the ideas of his subordinates, so he has never been in favor of the expansion of the army. This time I formed the Northern Army. Firstly, I am lazy, and secondly, I am afraid of embarrassing my brother. Just watch. If I propose to expand the Northern Army, he will definitely allocate part of the Southern Army to me." Before Wu Gen could speak, Ji Yan interjected from the side: "If you don't think of a proper way, this is the outcome. Such a situation Come, the southern army is divided into two, half for the eldest brother, and half for the second brother. The money is not spent, and the father's request is met. In short, you, Wu Gen, don't even think about expanding the army. This is the result before you even go out. , Wu Gen was a little speechless for a moment. Someone really pushed the military power away. You know, herdsmen don't have the habit of establishing direct descendants. Whichever heir can better inherit the family business must be appointed as the patriarch. Ji Chen This move is really a way of weakening oneself. But the most important thing is that this way, the Home Fearless Army will no longer be able to expand. Is it possible that they will have to do business to make money and support the army like they did in Zuoheng Road. Back then in Zuoheng Road Road, the reason why the Fearless Army cannot expand too much is because of money constraints. The reason why I put so much effort into this is because I want to use a thick thigh to solve the military expenditure problem. If I don’t give the number of posts, I will go to the Iron Hand Province to do it myself. Well, I can't afford to support so many people. Is it possible that I will occupy the mountain and become the king again and make a living by robbing wealth? Robbing wealth, Wu Gen's heart moved,
"That's good. There are rebellions all over the Iron Shou Province right now. If I attack in the name of the Ji family, the proceeds will be mine. In this way, our fearless army will have more people without wasting public funds. How about that?"
"Let's fight." Ji Yan rolled her eyes.
"This is a good idea. This is great. Since the Northern Army is to be formed, I will also participate. A team of troops must belong to me, and I will also lead the army to put down the rebellion."
"What are you participating in? How can any girl lead troops to fight?" Ji Ye glared and scolded after hearing this.
"Don't think that no one can care about you because your father is ill in bed."
"I don't care, I don't care." Ji Yan grabbed Ji Ye's arm and shook it hard. The force was so strong that Ji Ye's whole body was swaying in place like withered grass in the wind.
Wu Gen's face couldn't help but twitch. Such strength could indeed lead an army to fight, and if the three sons divided the army, wouldn't Ji Ye's father be more relieved?
Under Wu Gen's persuasion, Ji Ye had no choice but to take the two of them to Ji Chen's mansion. When they arrived at the door, the three of them greeted the concierge without announcing anything, dismounted and walked directly to the main hall.
Along the way, Wu Gen also discovered that there were obviously fewer people in Ji Chen's house, and there were not even a few guards.
When they entered the courtyard for the second time, this was where Ji Chen handled political affairs on a daily basis. When I walked to the front of the hall, there was only a naive young maid standing at the door. She was taking a nap leaning against a pillar, and her tall chest was wet with saliva.
"Luzhu, you're lazy again." Ji Yan shouted, ran up the steps in three steps and then stared at the ignorant maid in front of her with her hands on her hips.
After wiping the saliva from the corner of his mouth, Lu Zhu looked at the three of them and finally woke up.
"Third Young Master, scary people can scare people to death, and you are making fun of me again. Hum, next time there will be a new Rouge in Beauty Book, I won't tell you again." Ji Yan quickly put down her hand and changed to a smiling face, He put his hands on the maid's shoulders and kept rubbing them, then inadvertently touched down.
"Luzhu, it was my fault. I won't scare you next time. Let me ask you, is my brother still here?" Lu Zhu twisted his body and got rid of Ji Yan's clutches.
"The eldest young master has always been here. He got up when the rooster crows today, and has never rested except for some breakfast. Madam is always with you, so I took a nap outside when I had nothing to do. By the way, you But I can't ask him for money anymore. I really have no money now. Well, more than twenty servants at home have dispersed, so now I have to serve again and have to take care of a lot of miscellaneous things. Otherwise, you Please ask me to come over and I will come to your house."
"That's a good idea. Go and tell me that it's not me who wants money today, it's the second brother." Ji Yan pushed the maid who was not afraid of the master's family and walked towards the house.
Seeing Ji Ye's blindness, Wu Gen also realized it. It seemed that Luzhu had been like this for a day or two, and he was used to it.
Wu Gen couldn't help but be curious about what kind of person this Ji Chen was.
"Second Young Master, please." After a while, Lu Zhu came out and saluted Ji Ye.
