It's the cyber age now, and you're still playing traditional villains?

"…Envoy Xu is right."

Without waiting for anyone to object, Cheng Gujian, who was standing beside the little empress, clapped his hands gently and said, "Since you have agreed to the death agreement, we certainly cannot ask for vengeance. Move the body away quickly, so as not to pollute the eyes of Her Majesty the Queen... Treat it as a death in the line of duty, and provide adequate compensation."

"Yes."

Since he took the lead in expressing his opinion, everyone else had no choice but to follow his orders. In the blink of an eye, everything here was as if nothing had happened.

"It is still up to Master Gu Jian to be fair and reasonable."

Xu Shi narrowed his eyes, "Now, what is the value of the trade goods we brought? Can you and Her Majesty feel it?"

"Yes."

The little queen Dongfang Xiao nodded vigorously, not frightened by the death at all, "You are not bragging, this is indeed a remarkable weapon."

Her cheerful tone was out of tune with the others.

But this is also an undeniable fact - although they lost face after losing the duel, the ministers had to admit that the non-divine weapons brought by Xu Shi were indeed powerful. In comparison, their matchlock guns were no different from scrap metal...

The key is that this thing is not difficult to operate! The one sent by Xu Shi to fight was not even from their Night Sin City, but a little girl from Silver Pine Island!

Even if she had received training, it would take no more than a month, right? In such a short time, she could rely on these weapons to complete a cross-level battle, so it was obvious how much of a blessing it brought.

Pan Feng even only used the alloy sword and the "Fire Snake", and the light armor on her body was barely activated, so Fan Shigui barely touched her...

The only excuses that could be made were probably that the place was too small, the ground was too slippery, he was careless and didn't dodge, or Fan Shigui's level was just not that good... He was indeed not that good, a "rock", or a B-level ability user was at most average, there were many people who were better than him.

But no matter how weak he is, he is still a knight of the royal court! An elite soldier trained by the imperial royal family! But Pan Feng is just a little girl from Silver Pine Island, and her ability rating is not as good as his.

It is an indisputable fact that Fan Shigui lost to Pan Feng, which shows the power of the weapons in Xu Shi's hands. Otherwise, what else would you say? Is it based on the defense to say that the Royal Court Knight is a defense?

Looking at the people around him talking at once, Xu Shi's mouth corners slightly raised.

This is exactly the effect we want. Otherwise, why would Xia Xiaomao give Xiaofeng girl the devilish training?

Using local natives to slap people in the face will be more convincing and can better stimulate the nerves of these people.

Seeing that the atmosphere was almost set, he opened his palms and activated his ability silently.

The halo version of "Evil Thoughts Entropy Increase" activated by "Yujing" weakened the ability of the seeds to deeply corrode the mind, but it could instantly amplify the negative emotions in the hearts of everyone within the range.

The most common negative emotion here right now is fear - seeing the scene just now, everyone in the Hualan Empire would be more or less scared, and if he urged them like this, the scene would be even more terrible.

"Your Majesty! In my opinion, the items brought by the Night Sin City delegation do have many desirable features."

The white-bearded minister who had challenged Xu Shi just now was the first to speak, his voice trembling, "Now it seems that my previous judgment was indeed wrong. I hope that the Grand Duke and Your Majesty will forgive my stupidity."

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That's right, putting aside other things, who dares not take Jian Jiaotong seriously now? If you don't want these weapons, what if Xu Shi turns against you?

Anyway, judging from his action of killing people right away, it is very likely that he would do such a thing. It is not easy to send anyone out. Doesn't the other city-state have its own army?

What’s worse is that the location of the Hualan Empire has been exposed, but they don’t know where the Night Sin City is, which undoubtedly makes them more passive.

"I second the proposal!"

"Me too!"

"..."

"That's right..."

The smile on the little queen Dongfang Xiao's face gradually faded and she became serious.

She looked at Cheng Gujian beside her, "Then according to Grand Duke Gujian, what should we do?"

“…I have never objected to this.”

Cheng Gujian pondered and said, "This is a big deal. Establishing diplomatic relations is the first time for us, so we have to do it perfectly."

"Well, what Duke Gu Jian said makes sense."

Dongfang Xiao did not comment. "Then let's do this? Envoy Xu, you can stay at the inn first. I will discuss with you for a few more days... Since it is a trade, then our Hualan Empire must also be fully prepared."

"Then I'll trouble you, Your Majesty."

Xu Shi did not object, and bowed with a smile, "If my actions today offend you in the slightest, please do not take it to heart, Your Majesty."

After saying that, he left with everyone in a leisurely manner.

……

"Oh wow, yeah!"

After leaving the palace and going to the arranged residence, Miss Xiao Feng continued to cheer, "What royal knights? Bullshit! I can easily deal with them...hahahahaha!"

"Alright, alright, wake up."

Xia Wuyou was embarrassed and hit her on the head with a knife. Only then did the stupid disciple come back to his senses as if awakened from a dream.

“Hey? What’s happening to me… Hey, hey, hey…”

She retained the memory of what had just happened, and realizing her outrageous words and actions, the little girl almost cried out.

How did I become like that?

"It's your master's ability."

Xia Wuyou didn't know whether to laugh or cry, so he explained it to her.

The large-scale halo just now had an indiscriminate impact, so Pan Feng naturally couldn't be immune to it. She was even closer to Xu Shi, so she was inevitably affected.

Who says pride isn’t a negative emotion? At least pride that turns into arrogance is.

“But it worked very well.”

Jiang Chengcheng smiled at the side, "My husband, by doing this, we have accelerated the progress of building the transportation company."

"How is it, Dad's ability is amazing, right?"

Xia Ke'an echoed in Xu Shi's arms, and at the same time cared about his cheap junior sister, "How about you, Xiaoling? How do you feel?"

"Me? I, I'm fine..."

Pan Ling shook her head. She was a "promoter" of the psychic type, so her immunity was naturally higher, and she woke up earlier than her stupid sister.

She even began to think about a question, "Master, you just said that life and death don't matter, then, then have you ever considered what to do if I can't beat that person..."

To be honest, she was still quite distressed when she heard Xu Shi's arrangement.

“I’ve considered it.”

Xu Shi smiled, "Your Master Xia has been keeping an eye on it. If anything goes wrong, she will help to smooth it over... Of course, Xiao Feng has done a good job."

That's true. With Xia Xiaomao's strength, wouldn't it be easy for her to deal with a B-level? Abilities like "gravity control" could also be very useful in providing some help in secret.

Even though he was a bad coward, he wasn't so despicable as to let so-and-so die just by doing this one step.

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"I won anyway!"

Pan Feng was open-minded and didn't care about it. He was even still excited. "And I think I should thank my master. If he hadn't said that, I might not have been able to perform so well..."

This is true. At that time, Xu Shiguang said that she didn't care about life or death. This was both a pressure and a motivation for her, and it pushed her hard.

"Did I perform well, Master?"

Thinking of this, she looked at Xia Wuyou again and asked another question.

"Yeah, that was a good performance."

Xia Wuyou nodded. She indeed saw in her apprentice the way she struggled when she was wandering in Sin City.

"But there are still many areas that need improvement, so don't be too proud."

"What?"

Xu Shi smiled and retorted, "When will the champagne be served if you win? A good fight is a good fight."

Xia Wuyou rolled his eyes at him. I said she didn't fight well? You're just trying to be a good guy...Don't interrupt my apprentice! Humph!

...Yes.

"I said I was going to train you before, but I forgot about it... You will come with her starting tomorrow!"

She remembered this and looked at the bad man with a smile.

"Please spare me, ma'am."

Xu Shi laughed and raised his hands in surrender, "My old arms and legs can't stand the torture. Isn't it better to save some energy and do something I like more?"

"Bah, you are so dishonest. Isn't that what you said yourself?"

"Alright, alright, you guys."

Xie Qingyan interrupted their flirting unhappily, which was really annoying to watch... "Let's talk about business first. What are you going to do next? Are you going to start with the little queen?"

She still understands this bastard. Is it enough for you to simply build a transportation business? I'm afraid he already has the idea of ​​conquering this empire in his mind.

"Rather than conquer, I think the word 'penetrate' might be a better word?"

Xu Shi shook his head. His fiancée hit the nail on the head. It seemed that winning over the protagonist here was no longer feasible. So this was his Plan B.

But there is still a big difference between the two. The former can be said to be a overthrow and reorganization, while the latter is to control on the original basis. In comparison, the amount of work is much smaller.

"Whatever you say, we still have to take action against the queen, right?"

Xie Qingyan curled his lips, "If you want to support a puppet, she is obviously easier to control."

She would have done the same if it were her. Everyone could see that although she was the nominal head of the empire, in reality her power was far less than that of Cheng Gujian. The ministers below the stage were terrified when facing him, but they dared to retort to the Empress Dongfang Xiao.

"And she is exactly as my husband expected."

Jiang Chengcheng added sarcastically, "I'm afraid you're already itching in your heart, right?"

She hasn't forgotten what Xu Shi said before, I'm afraid your hemp rope will be thrown around someone's neck...

"maybe?"

Xia Ke'an expressed a different opinion, "I think that even if Dad wants to do this, now is not the time."

"After all, even the trade issue has not been confirmed yet... At this time, shouldn't we befriend the one with the most power?"

"That's right."

Xu Shi nodded with satisfaction, "My dear daughter, I know me well. Now I must be looking for Cheng Gujian, not the little queen."

He could see clearly that this Duke Gu Jian had absolute power over everything. Whether to build transportation or not, as well as how to build and how to open the trade, all had the final say with him... So before officially finalizing it, he had to bargain with him first. It would be best if everything could be settled under the table.

Let's stabilize the channel first before talking about infiltration or not. You have to eat one bite at a time... Fortunately, this should not be a difficult task. He noticed just now that Cheng Gujian was not affected much by his ability, but he was really interested, and even had a bit of fanaticism.

But then again, he didn't think Xie Qingyan and Jiang Chengcheng hadn't considered these things, and they were simply being sarcastic because they were jealous.

You guys, pattern.

"Humph."

The white-haired loli looked very proud and said with a giggle, "I'm the only one who got it right. Dad, are you going to give me a reward?"

Xu Shi was not stingy and gave her a kiss on the face, and the old lady instantly smiled like a flower.

"...Okay, okay, so how are you going to talk about this?"

Jiang Chengcheng and Xie Qingyan turned their heads away at the same time, their thoughts were exposed. Isn't that jealous?

"Let's try and see if we can make friends."

Xu Shi narrowed his eyes, "I have prepared all the gifts."

As she was talking, Xiaomei also knocked on the door, "Mr. Xu, I have done what you asked me to do."

When I opened the door, I saw the other party commanding people to carry in a few boxes.

The box was opened, and it was filled with gold bars and silver bricks.

"Master, where did you get... so much money?"

The room was suddenly filled with a vulgar smell, and Pan Ling was stunned for a moment.

“It always has.”

Xu Shi laughed and said, "Isn't this what you brought with you when you boarded the ship?"

This is indeed the case. Although the City of Night Sin abolished physical currency a long time ago and replaced it with credit points as a means of transaction, Xu Shi had considered a long time ago that the situation might not be the same in other places.

Maybe Night Sin City is an exception... So to be on the safe side, he collected a large amount of gold and silver long before setting out to sea - the value of these precious metals in Night Sin City is not as high as imagined, and most of their uses are in industry.