Evergreen Immortal..

Chapter 217 Monster Nemesis
[You are so successful that you are so successful. You became a sixth-rank official at the age of ten, the first child prodigy in the empire, breaking the record of the youngest official. Getting promoted quickly is an essential part of a perfect life, please keep working hard!]

[Complete the mission and get promoted. Rewards are being calculated.]

【Task rating B.】

【Get 30 achievement points! 】

[Achievement points have reached 100 points, and rewards are being obtained.]

[As a general, you must protect your country. The world is being invaded by monsters. You have acquired a special talent that will save the world from collapse.]

[Get talent, defeat the monster and win! ]

[Young man, please start your perfect journey in the martial arts world! ]

【Name: Li Rui】

【Age: 10】

[Talents: Martial Bones, Superb Comprehension, Wisdom, Dreaming of Immortals, Defeat Monsters and Win]

[Kung Fu: Changchun Gong, Dragon Traveling to the Nine Skies]

[Achievement: 10/100]

"Defeat the demon and win?"

Just as Li Rui was trying to explore the purpose of this new talent, a few lines of small words appeared in front of him.

[Defeat the monsters and win. Use the blood of the dragon clan to suppress the monsters in the world. When facing monsters, the power of your moves will increase by 50%. ]

[Reward reinforcement detected. ]

【Strengthening.】

[Increases the effect of defeating monsters. When you face monsters, your power will be increased by 100%! ]

Li Rui looked at the word "100%" on the panel and took a breath.

A fight to the death.

One tenth more would be enough to decide life or death.

Ten percent
It is almost equivalent to being invincible at the same level.

Every strike of the sword is a critical hit, the nemesis of monsters?
This thought arose in Li Rui's mind.

As we all know, the bodies of monsters are extremely powerful, and when facing enemies of the same level, human warriors are usually at a disadvantage.

Humans can suppress monsters because they have large numbers, and it is even more difficult to kill them.

But the situation was completely different for him.

From then on, when monsters of the same level encountered Li Rui, they would almost always be killed instantly.

This talent can be said to have endless uses.

"Rumor has it that there is a group of people in the world who call themselves monster hunters. They chase monsters and make a living by selling them."

It can be said that the monsters are full of treasures.

The meat can be made into nourishing spiritual meat, and the blood can be used as medicine or swallowed directly, not to mention that the skin can be made into armor and the tendons can be made into bowstrings.

In short.

The scattered monsters are like a small mountain of gold.

Therefore, the State of Yu had a group of people who specialized in hunting monsters and selling their flesh and blood.

But not many people are engaged in this profession.

On the one hand, it requires extremely high strength, and on the other hand, it is too risky and has an alarmingly high mortality rate.

But if Li Rui became a monster hunter, he would definitely become a leader in this field.

But he had another use for it.

If you just use this talent alone, it would be a waste of talent. You need to use a global perspective.

In addition to monitoring the martial arts world, An Ning Wei's other duty is to suppress monsters.

Before, Li Rui didn’t collect the items at night, and he was mainly responsible for managing people.

Therefore, he seldom participated in matters involving monsters, but now that he had this talent, he could use it to earn military merits. Not only could he use military merits to exchange for benefits, but he could also use them to accumulate achievements and seek promotion.

Being surrounded by an army doesn't make you feel much safer than fighting alone.

Li Rui's mouth corners slightly raised.

"This talent will be of great use in the future."

"Brother Li, it's time for us to set off."

Ning Zhongtian knocked on the door of Li Rui's house.

Li Rui pushed open the door.

He wore a sword at his waist and changed into official uniform, which was rare.

He was wearing a green robe, and the patch on it was a tiger.

Ning Zhongtian was the same, wearing the same clothes as Li Rui.

Not bad.

The reason why they are dressed so formally is because today is the day when An Ningwei and the Municipal Trade Bureau will hold consultations, which is an important official business.

People from the Municipal Trade Bureau had been in Qinghe for some time, but they had only met Cao Wei and Jiang Linxian privately. This was their first time in a formal setting.

Of course we should take it seriously.

In addition to the lieutenant general and the military officer, all five garrisons of Anning Guard had to go, and there was no way that Li Rui, the captain of Simao, could escape.

"Walk."

Li Rui chuckled.

He immediately mounted his horse with Ning Zhongtian and headed towards the general's mansion.

When the two arrived at the general's mansion.

I saw Jiang Linxian, Cao Wei and several guards just jumped on their horses.

Cao Wei saw Li Rui and Ning Zhongtian appear and said, "Let's go."

The words fell.

The group rode out of Anning Guard Station.

After a while.

An Ningwei and his group arrived at a large blue-gray brick wall building on the east side of Qinghe River.

Li Rui looked at the familiar yet somewhat unfamiliar building in front of him.

This was originally Qinghe’s black market.

It has now been converted into the headquarters of the Municipal Trade Bureau.

The Municipal Trade Bureau was responsible for managing trade between the two countries, so of course an official trading place had to be designated. So the director of the Municipal Trade Bureau agreed with the magistrate Zhuang Renhe to turn this place into an official office.

Although the Tiandi Alliance did not get much money, it gained a lot of benefits.

The Municipal Trade Bureau has granted the Tiandi Alliance seven or eight privileges, which will play a huge role in the future trade between the two countries.

This is a much longer-term option than simple gold and silver, and the Municipal Trade Bureau did not actually give the Tiandi Alliance a chance to refuse.

Since this is a matter concerning the masters of the two countries, they have already shown enough sincerity. If the Tiandi Alliance does not agree, they will still force it even if Ning Zhongtian is behind it.

Li Rui followed Jiang Linxian and Cao Wei into the Municipal Trade Bureau, whose front yard had just been built.

Although his position was that of a military lieutenant, he always held himself in high esteem.

The Municipal Trade Bureau is the one that actually manages the trade between the two countries.

then.

He was just a fixed person who represented An Ning Wei in liaison with the Municipal Trade Bureau. Everything he did had to be based on the premise of the Annan Army, or in other words, he had to get the consent of Jiang Linxian or Cao Wei.

Li Rui always thought of himself as a captain in An Ning Wei, and Si Mao was just a miscellaneous title.

Therefore, he had no intention of being in the limelight.

soon.

The group walked into the lobby of the Municipal Trade Bureau.

There were already five or six people sitting in the hall.

The person in the center is, of course, the new head of the Municipal Trade Bureau, Yan Zhongxing, an elegant middle-aged man.

"The new supervisor is Yan Zhongxing, a native of Jiangnan. He was once the magistrate of Kunyu County in Jiangzhou. Later, he went to Beijing to serve as a doctor in the Ministry of Revenue. Now he has been transferred to Qinghe City Trade Department as supervisor."

"This Lord Yan is good at business, not famous for his martial arts."

The information about Lord Yan appeared in Li Rui's mind.

This is true for most civil servants.

Even if one's realm is not high enough, as long as one has enough knowledge, one can still become a high-ranking official.

Of course, if your martial arts skills are too low, you will inevitably suffer more losses when you encounter someone with stronger strength.

After all.

The martial arts masters in this world can destroy mountains and split seas. No matter how strong the intelligence is, it pales in the face of absolute strength.

So although Lord Yan's martial arts skills are not very high, he is also a sixth-rank master.

Cao Wei clasped his fists and said:
"Master Yan, we meet again."

When he was still working as a Yuwenlang in the Ministry of War in the capital, Yan Zhongxing was already a Langzhong in the Ministry of Revenue.

Actually, his official position is higher than his.

It seemed that Yan Zhongxing had suffered a loss during his trip out of the capital this time. Although the Langzhong of the Ministry of Revenue and the Supervisor of the Municipal Trade Bureau were of the same rank, both were fifth-rank officials, they were after all half-rank officials in the capital, not to mention the Langzhong with real power in the six ministries.

But according to Cao Wei’s good friend in the Ministry of Revenue.

This time, Yan Zhongxing took the initiative to request to be transferred out.

Therefore, Cao Wei felt that Lord Yan wanted to retreat in order to advance, and take advantage of the major event of the mutual trade between the two countries to seek a higher position.

"Lord Cao."

Yan Zhongxing laughed heartily.

He didn't have the airs of Cao Wei's former boss. He clasped his fists and said:

"Today we just want to gather everyone together, there is no other meaning."

Get together?
Of course Cao Wei wouldn't believe it.

Yan Zhongxing is said to be an official, but in fact he should be called a businessman.

It is a common tactic to say something nice at the beginning, let people relax their guard, and then talk about business.

If it was really just a gathering, why would we make such a big fuss?

Unlike Yan Zhongxing, Cao Wei has always been an official.

As an official, this is what he hates most.

Yan Zhongxing looked at Jiang Linxian and said, "Master Jiang, I have long admired you."

Jiang Linxian also clasped his fists and said, "I have often heard of Lord Yan's reputation."

The three of them flattered each other for a long time.

People in the lobby were used to it.

It's just the usual opening move for high-ranking officials when they meet. Those who are skilled at it have already closed their eyes and pretended to sleep.

Li Rui stood in the middle and glanced around the lobby.

soon.

His eyes met with a young man.

"Qize."

Qi Ze was seen sitting upright on a big chair, staring at Li Rui with an abnormal expression. It was hard to tell whether he was expressing hatred, fear, or unwillingness. Perhaps even Qi Ze himself couldn't tell.

Ever since he failed in the competition for the position of Sixao Xiaowei, he has been staying in Qinghe.

Until the Duke of Weiguo went to the emperor again and asked for the position of Supervisor of the Municipal Trade Bureau, which was the sixth rank.

It is equivalent to the rank of Simao Xiaowei.

But this arrangement is somewhat meaningful.

The emperor secretly ordered Jiang Linxian to stop Qi Ze from becoming the commander of Si Mo, but he readily gave him the position of the city inspector.

This shows that in the emperor's mind, the position of Si Mao Xiaowei was more critical, and he could not let a "remnant" of the previous dynasty like Qi Ze hold the position.

Li Rui quickly withdrew his gaze.

He didn't care at all about Qi Ze's job as an official in the Municipal Trade Bureau.

Although both of them are officials in charge of trade between the two countries, they are in different departments and cannot supervise each other.

Naturally, there is no need to pay too much attention.

at last.

The three main officers completed the necessary greetings.

Be the first to take a seat.

Then Li Rui and the others found a seat and sat down.

The purpose of this meeting between the two parties is nothing more than to understand each other's ideas first so as to develop future trade between the two countries.

They are all for the purpose of better managing the market, and the goal is the same, so naturally everything will come naturally.

Soon, the two sides reached a consensus.

An Ning Wei is still responsible for maintaining stability within its jurisdiction and does not interfere in trade matters.

However, since it involves two countries, there may be spies, riots, etc. The An Ning Guard also needs to send people to monitor and suppress them by force if necessary.

The Municipal Trade Bureau is of course responsible for the full management of trade matters.

Yan Zhongxing did not have much objection to An Ningwei arranging people to monitor.

This is all customary.

Moreover, the Municipal Trade Bureau is composed of civil servants, not a violent organization. If one wants to control the unruly Wu people, they will definitely need the help of the An Ning Guard.

Half an hour later.

The two sides have almost reached an agreement.

At this time.

Jiang Linxian pointed at Li Rui and said:
"He is Li Rui, the captain of An Ning Wei Si Mao. From now on, Li Rui will be responsible for communication between the two parties."

"His attitude represents the attitude of An Ning Wei."

(End of this chapter)