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After a few breaths, Huangfu Jinhuan stepped forward with a smile on his face and said, "You must be Wang Shouzhe, the leader of the Ping'an Wang clan, right? It is indeed as rumored that you are a hero of the world."

Wang Shouzhe also held up his hands with a smile on his face and said: "Shouzhe has met Senior Huangfu. Senior was very complimentary, very complimentary. Shouzhe is still young and should have more opportunities to learn from Senior."

The two heads of the family held each other's hands, each smiling and complimenting the other, as if they were sorry to meet each other so late.

The other families also came over one after another and chatted with Huangfu Jinhuan. Everyone was smiling, and the atmosphere was so harmonious.

Not long after, the head of the Tianren Lei family also arrived at the venue, and naturally they were very warm.

The two great celestial families live in the same city, and they are not married to each other. If you want to say how harmonious the relationship is, naturally no one will believe it.

But this is the case for the Xuanwu family. If there is no quarrel, they will maintain the superficial face in formal occasions.

In this way, two seventh-grade celestial and human families and eight eighth-grade aristocratic families have gathered together. This is rare in the entire history of Changning Guard.

Wait for a while.

Another general outside shouted: "The city guard is here."

After the words fell, all the family heads stopped talking and looked at the front door seriously and respectfully.

Outside the vermillion-lacquered gate, a middle-aged man wearing black armor was seen crossing the threshold, surrounded by several lieutenants, and striding toward them.

He has a typical military commander's face, with an upright face and a few short wisps of beard. When he walks, his back is straight and his steps are steady. He has the posture of a dragon and a tiger. His bearing is like that of a tiger descending from the mountain.

The ferocious beast has a murderous aura all over its body.

It was the ferocious power possessed by a battlefield killer who had experienced hundreds of battles. Even if he did not deliberately release his power, it was still intimidating.

As he entered the door, the entire main hall fell silent.

This is one of the three heavenly beings of Changning Guard - Xiahou Hongde.

He was not from a powerful local family, but was born into a military family, and belonged to the Daqian military system. His development path was completely different from that of local powerful people like Wang Shouzhe.

As he glanced at everyone, all the family heads lowered their heads slightly, with a look of awe in their eyes.

Not only is he a powerful person in the Heavenly Realm, but he also represents the national prestige of the Daqian Kingdom and guards the entire Changning Guard.

Nominally speaking, this person is the number one person in Changning Guard.

However, unlike local tycoons, in order to prevent the defenders from treating one city and one place as their own territory for operation and development, which would eventually lead to the loss of the city, the city guards who came from the military system have a term of office.

An acropolis like this is usually appointed every 20 to 30 years.

Xiahou Hongde has been in office for more than ten years. He is fair and upright in his dealings. He has accumulated a lot of reputation in Changning Wei, and the heads of the families are also very convinced of him.

Let’s not talk about gossip for now.

After Xiahou Hongde exerted his coercion, he put on a bold smile and expressed his condolences to each family head cordially and caringly.

When it was Wang Shouzhe's turn, he paused, his eyes seemed a little strange, and his smile was a little more cordial than others: "Master Shouzhe, Ping'an Town has developed extremely rapidly in recent years, and many civilians want to move there.

.If I have the opportunity, I will definitely go to Ping'an Town to study, and I also ask the head of the Shouzhe family not to skimp on management experience."

"Lord City Guard, you are so complimentary." Wang Shouzhe said with a respectful smile, "It is our blessing that your lord can come to Ping'an Town. Please give us your guidance by then. The development of Ping'an Town will surely reach a higher level."

The two of them exchanged a few innocuous words. But Wang Shouzhe could feel that Xiahou Hongde was vaguely trying to win over him.

Obviously, this city guard who is often absent is also very smart and has his own intelligence channels. I am afraid that he has heard something about what happened in the academy.

Afterwards, Lord Castle Guard began to care for other families, showing his all-round affinity.

…

Almost at the same time.

Baidaowei Harbor Pier.

The history of this pier is almost as long as that of Baidaowei. The vermilion paint on the archway at the entrance of the pier has peeled off in some places, the inscriptions on the plaque have also faded, and even the bluestone bricks on the port pier have mottled marks.

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However, to this day, it is still as prosperous as ever.

The bustling flow of people and vehicles continued to pass under the archway. The entire port was filled with the sounds of merchants selling, buyers bargaining, and the shouts of shipping workers. It was noisy and bustling.

Tall sea-going ships are moored in the deep-water port, loaded with cargo one after another, as well as seafood fished and hunted from the sea. From time to time, smelly fish and rotten shrimps are picked out from the sea-going ships and thrown back into the sea.

Under the dazzling sunshine and the humid sea breeze, a damp and salty smell floated throughout the pier.

This is the taste of the sea.

At the southeast corner of the pier, a large sea-going ship was moored quietly at the deep-water port pier. An eye-catching flag was placed on the bow of the ship, and an eye-catching logo was painted on it with waterproof paint.

A knowledgeable person can recognize it at a glance. It is a large merchant ship owned by the Chen family in Donggang.

Wang Zongchang, the leader of the younger generation of the Wang family, is directing two family generals and more than a dozen servants to transport some purchased precious medicinal materials, as well as some Lingbao pearls from the sea, onto the ship.

"Brother Wang Hu, be careful with that big box of things." Wang Zongchang reminded a general who was moving the box to the boat, "Those are seafood snacks and dried small fish. Please put them in my guest room for a while. I'm afraid

Those rats on the boat were eating."

On this business trip, Hyakushima Guard naturally bought some snacks with his own money, and planned to distribute some to his younger brothers, sisters, and some younger elders when he returned. The rest would be sent to Zifu Academy by someone when he could.

His sister Wang Lizi relieved her greed.

Although his sister Wang Lizi is a foodie, she still has a sisterly demeanor and is very kind to her younger brothers and sisters.

"Second Young Master, don't worry." Wang Hu, a young general in his mid-twenties, said with a smile, "I followed your instructions and packed them all tightly, so that they will neither get wet nor be eaten.

.And I will also help you watch the little leopard and prevent him from eating it."

This prince is the son of Wang Zhong, a general from his hometown. He has been trained by his family since he was a child. He has been working in the family since he was sixteen years old. He has served in the family for nine years now. He is considered a direct line general of the Wang family and has a high status in the family hierarchy.

As the family's resources gradually increased, his father Wang Zhong also received subsidies. At a young age, he was already at the sixth level of the Qi Refining Realm, which was much stronger than his father back then.

Even more powerful than Liu Yongzhou, an outstanding member of the direct lineage of the Liu family back then.

"Brother." Wang Bao, who had just joined the rank of family general at the age of sixteen or seventeen, said with a dark face, "The second young master has given me a lot, how can I steal it?"

This young man is very energetic, and he is the second son of the family general Wang Zhong. Because his qualifications reached the low-level C level since he was a child, and the road to catching up with the family line has begun, he has received the best quality training since he was a child. He is now at the fifth level of the Qi Refining Realm.

, surpassed his father when he was thirty-five, and his future potential is limitless.

Now that the Wang family is rich, they are sparing no effort in cultivating these direct family members.

Just when the Wang family was loading the goods onto the ship.

A dilapidated carriage arrived at the pier, and a few people dressed as traveling merchants got out.

They looked like old traveling merchants at first glance. They carried a lot of goods with them and had to ask the coolies on the dock to help load the ships.

One of the young travel traders seemed a little nervous and his eyes flickered slightly.

The bald traveler next to him patted his shoulder and whispered: "Xiao Zheng, hold on. This time the elder was injured, so such an important escort task fell on us. But this is a fat job. As long as the task is successfully completed,

The young master has decided that our reward will be indispensable."

"Brother Li." The young traveler whispered, "I heard that that thing seems to be able to..."

The bald man's expression tightened when he heard this, and he reprimanded in a low voice: "Be careful! There are many people out there talking. This matter is of great importance. You must not make any mistakes."

Then, he reassured us in a low voice: "Don't worry, there will definitely be no problem this time. Someone will pick us up as soon as we arrive in Donggang."

The look on his brows was very confident.

He has traveled this trade route so many times that all aspects have been opened up.

While they were talking, all their things were loaded onto the ship.

Wang Zongchang also saw this group of traveling merchants, but he didn't pay much attention to them.

Chen's merchant ship in Donggang already has the business of carrying merchants, and the charges are not low. Teams of merchants like this can be seen everywhere on the dock, like carps crossing the river, one after another.

In less than half a day, the sailing merchant ship was loaded with cargo and set sail for Donggang.

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at the same time.

The main entrance of Changningwei East Gate.

The city guards had cleared the area early in the morning. At this moment, except for soldiers holding long swords and a group of aristocratic family heads, there was no one else outside the east gate.

The continuous heavy rain accumulated a lot of rainwater in the low-lying areas outside the city. If you accidentally stepped on it, yellow mud and water splashed everywhere.

Fortunately, the heads of the aristocratic families present all have profound energy to protect their bodies, otherwise they would all be in the mud by now and lose all their grace.

However, at this moment, the heads of the aristocratic families were not paying attention to such trivial matters at all.

They were currently crowding around the city guard Xiahou Hongde, looking into the distance as if they were waiting for someone.

Gongsun Yan, the new patriarch of the Shanyang Gongsun clan, has grown up hearing about Wang Shouzhe's great achievements since he was a child, and is very close to Wang Shouzhe.

He was a little nervous and followed Wang Shouzhe almost step by step. He couldn't help but asked curiously: "Cousin Shouzhe, I heard that the direct disciples of the Academy are all monks in the Heavenly Realm, and all of them are

He is very young and has a great future, far beyond what other local families like us can compare with."

"Not all of them are monks in the Heavenly Realm, but the potential and future prospects of the direct disciples are indeed great." Wang Shouzhe explained, "But they are not walking the same path as us. The more they get, the more they will pay in the future.

The more.”
To be continued...