Chapter 51 Gengxin City, Blacksmith Association
"Wenhe, the only reason we came to the Xingluo Empire is to conquer the Blacksmith Association."

Inside the residence of the Tiandou envoys, Xue Qinghe played with the jade in his hand and spoke lightly.

After beheading the four clan leaders of the four single-attribute clans, Sun Ce led his men to wipe out the Yu clan, the Min clan, and the Po clan, which were located in the Xingluo Empire. Naturally, some of them surrendered, after all, not everyone was not afraid of death.

However, not many people surrendered. Only 40% of the Yu clan chose to surrender, while the Min clan had more, with 60% willing to surrender. However, the Po clan was very upright! Only 20% of the clan chose to surrender.

All we can say is that the character of the clan leader also determines the moral integrity of the clan members.

Although Yang Wudi and others were not good at tact, they were deeply supported by the tribesmen. Even when facing death, only a small number of people defected.

Among Baihe's Min clan, not many people have this kind of integrity to live and die.

Xue Qinghe did not completely let these people go, but ordered the people in the school office to keep a close eye on the members of the four-attribute clans who surrendered, to prevent any of them from pretending to surrender.

Jia Xu nodded, and then said: "Your Highness has killed the patriarchs of the four major single-attribute clans. Now it will be difficult for us to subdue the Blacksmith Association."

"After all, Titan is the vice president of the Blacksmith Association..."

Xue Qinghe naturally knew that Titan had a special status in the Blacksmith Association.

But now Xue Qinghe's family is big and powerful, and there are many civil and military officials from the Three Kingdoms. He no longer needs to try every means to win over these forces like Tang San did in the original novel.

"Wenhe, do you think the Blacksmith Association is more resolute than the four single-attribute clans?"

Jia Xu on the side chuckled: "I don't think so."

"Your Highness, Lord Cao has something to ask me to tell you." Jia Xu then said.

"What's the matter? He can't report directly, so he needs you to be the messenger?"

Jia Xu showed a meaningful smile on his face: "Your Highness, Lord Cao asked me to ask you if you are short of maids?"

"maid?"

"Yes, Lord Cao said that he is just like the one in your Highness's mansion."

"who is it?"

Jia Xu said: "It is said that this child is from the Zhu family, but he is only three years old this year. He can be given to Your Highness in a few years."

"What does this have to do with anything?" Xue Qinghe frowned.

Jia Xu said, "When Your Highness met Zhu Zhuyun, the eldest daughter of the Zhu family, you praised the figure of the women in the Zhu family. So Lord Cao has discussed this matter with the Zhu family in the past few days. The Zhu family can send a woman to Your Highness on behalf of the Xingluo Empire, which can be regarded as a sincerity in the peace talks between the two countries."

"Is the Zhu family willing? Hasn't the Zhu family always been intermarrying with the Xingluo royal family?" Xue Qinghe said.

"Your Highness, this is not the eldest daughter of the Zhu family, but the second daughter of the Zhu family. Due to the age difference, it may be difficult to compete for the second daughter, so it is better to give her to Your Highness. After all, Your Highness still has a chance to ascend to the throne of Tiandou, so this can be regarded as an investment for the Zhu family." Jia Xu explained.

Xue Qinghe asked, "What's the name of this second daughter of the Zhu family?"

"Your Highness, my second daughter's name is Zhu Zhuqing!"

……

A few days later, Xue Qinghe and his group arrived at Gengxin City.

Gengxin City is a holy land for blacksmiths, and many people come to discuss forging matters, resulting in a congested flow of people for a while.

Xue Qinghe's convoy happened to run into another convoy. If they wanted to enter the city, the two sides had to follow a certain order.

The other party's carriage looked extremely luxurious, which showed the nobility of its owner.

"What happened? Have you returned to Gengxin City?"

As an impatient voice came from the carriage, a subordinate soon came to the side of the carriage and responded softly.

"My Lord, there are people blocking our way ahead."

"What? Who is so bold in my territory? How dare you block the way of this bishop?"

An impatient voice came from the carriage.

"Just take it down for me!"

"Yes, my lord."

Looking at the group of people surrounding him, they were all soul masters, and judging by their attire, they were all from the Spirit Hall.

"Are you from the main hall of the Wuhun Hall in Gengxin City?" Xue Qinghe did not attack directly, but took out a golden order.

The Golden Token is naturally the symbol of the Spirit Hall's young master Qian Renxue, and has now been inherited by Xue Qinghe.

I have to say, in the Spirit Hall, Qian Renxue's Golden Order is much more useful.

Not only that, the Spirit Hall's Elder Order is equally useful. The original Master and Tang San have used it countless times.

The people who surrounded him were about to speak, but when they saw the golden order in Xue Qinghe's hand, they quickly closed their mouths and suppressed the obscene words that were about to come out of their mouths.

Instead, everyone knelt on one knee.

"See Young Master!"

There are only a few Spirit Hall tokens, and the golden token in Xue Qinghe's hand is a symbol of Qian Renxue's identity, so it is actually more practical than the Elder Token.

"Little Lord?"

The respectful address from the Spirit Hall's subordinates also startled the owner of the carriage.

The carriage door was opened, and a middle-aged man with a pointed face and monkey cheeks crawled to the front of Xue Qinghe's carriage in a panic.

Also taking a look at the golden order in Xue Qinghe's hand, the middle-aged man couldn't help but swallow deeply, and then he said tremblingly.

"Bishop Miles of Gengxin City, meet the young master!"

As for the Young Master of the Spirit Hall, everyone only recognized the token and not the person. After all, there were only a few people who had seen Qian Renxue's true appearance, so whoever took the Young Master's Golden Token would be called the Young Master by them. As for whether the token would fall into the hands of others, why bother thinking so much about it.

Xue Qinghe glanced at Bishop Miles who was also kneeling on the ground, and couldn't help but snorted: "Bishop Miles has a good life. His carriage for traveling must have cost a lot."

Miles wiped the cold sweat from his face. After all, he only knew the young master Jin Ling and knew nothing about his temper. Precisely because he didn't know, he became even more panicked.

"I shouldn't have been extravagant. Please punish me, young master. You have come a long way. Why don't you go to the car and rest first?"

Miles said with a smile that there were many such people in the Spirit Hall.

Xue Qinghe didn't mean to pursue Miles's intention. He wasn't really the young master of the Spirit Hall. Punishing corrupt officials? He was overthinking it!

Xue Qinghe only knows what is useful and what is useless, loyal or not, as for the rest, let it be.

So Xue Qinghe did not continue to target Miles, but followed Miles' instructions and entered the carriage.

When Xue Qinghe entered the carriage, Miles continued to be respectful.

"I will lead the way for you, young master!"

In response, Xue Qinghe shook his head.
"Bishop Miles, come get in the car. I have something to ask you."

"well."

Hearing this, Bishop Miles also smiled apologetically and slowly followed Xue Qinghe into the carriage.

"How long has Bishop Miles taken over the position of Bishop of Gengxin City?"

Hearing this, although Miles felt a little nervous, he still answered seriously.

"In reply to your Excellency, I have been the bishop of Gengxin City for ten years."

"Bishop Miles, the palace originally asked you to take over as the bishop of Gengxin City. In the past ten years, you must have earned a lot of extra money!"

Miles just smiled awkwardly. Gengxin City is the headquarters of the Blacksmith Association and is also the largest metal trading center in the entire continent. Naturally, there are a lot of profits and benefits from it, which can be considered a lucrative job.

Xue Qinghe still did not continue to embarrass him, but continued: "Bishop Miles, I came to Gengxin City this time to completely conquer the Blacksmith Association!"

Bishop Miles heard this and stood up from his seat, bowing respectfully to Xue Qinghe: "I am willing to obey your orders! But... My Lord, the blacksmiths in the Blacksmith Association are a group of stubborn people. It is not easy to make them submit to the Spirit Hall!"

As for the Blacksmith Association, in the original novel, it was destroyed by Xie Yue and his men after the founding of the Wuhun Empire. To be honest, it's a bit of a pity.

This is not because Xue Qinghe sympathizes with the people in the Blacksmith Association, but when Xue Qinghe takes charge of the continent in the future, he will inevitably need these metals for manufacturing, so it would be best if the Blacksmith Association could stay.

Of course, the premise is that the Blacksmiths Guild must be loyal to itself.

"Blacksmiths are also human beings. Don't all of them fear death?"

Because of their profession, blacksmiths often have bad tempers and are stubborn. This is very common, but blacksmiths are normal people after all. Because of their profession, blacksmiths often have bad tempers and are stubborn. This is very common, but blacksmiths are normal people after all. They can't all be like Lou Gao who is not afraid of death just to refine weapons.

(End of this chapter)