Early the next morning, Balliard left this underground base. He considered leaving an energy mark here to facilitate his finding this place in the future. However, if he did this, Zuo Ci would definitely be able to find this energy mark.

, such a cunning person might catch his energy mark and use it somewhere.

Even if he has no idea of ​​using this energy mark to deceive Balliard's men, the energy mark can be easily erased. Rather than leaving a mark that is annoying, it is better to put an informant in it honestly. Although

This is not a good thing, but Zuo Ci should be confident in instigating other people's informants to rebel, right? Then there will be no problem.

On June 25th, Balliard was finally approaching Marrow Seal City.

"Who is it? Come here."

Balliard pointed at a random person on the roadside, and saw that the person pointed by Balliard looked excited, and other people nearby were also quite envious.

These people don't know the identity of Balliard, but they have been in a commercial city like Marrow Seal City all year round. Even if they don't recognize their parents, they must recognize Gold. Balliard's clothes are decorated with gold.

It was so shining. If it weren't for the fact that this place was relatively close to Marrow Seal City, I'm afraid these people would have the desire to rob.

They had seen many noble men like Valliard, but they had never seen such a noble man dressed in such fancy clothes. There was a rumor not long ago that someone was wearing gold, but they did not expect it to be true.

I haven't seen this person in the city these days...did he sneak out from the rare treasures convention to play?

"Master, what do you have to say to me?"

The person who was called by Balliard had a flattering look on his face. All fools knew that if they were called by these noble gentlemen, they would definitely make money. No matter how notorious these young gentlemen were in their own homes, in Xueyin City, this

Nobles from all over the world have gathered in the past few days. If these gentlemen dare to embarrass themselves at this time, they will not be able to come out for a stroll in the next few months or even a year or two.

If Balliard didn't give him the money, this person would be determined to find the location of Balliard's parents and come to complain. He didn't worry about being killed and silenced. There were so many nobles in the area. This little trick was not worth it.

Not coming out? The nobles did not warn their children more to maintain their image in the eyes of the people. They did so to prevent their family from losing face with other nobles.

"Let me ask you, how many of the nobles in Xueyin City have not retreated?"

It is strange to say that the princes and nobles in the eastern region of Shurima continent should have traveled upstream from the Kohali River to Marrow Seal City. If they wanted to leave, they should have taken the waterway, right? Although when they came, they might have brought them with them

There are some trading items that need to be loaded on the ship, but they can't return empty-handed, right? They have to buy more or less.

It took Balliard about two days to reach Xuyin City from Weikaola. Two days ago, he saw that there were not many ships on the Kohari River, and they were moving along the Kohari River. In the past two days, the same

I didn't see any ships. There were carriages on the road, but not many. Could it be that these nobles haven't left the Seal City yet?

"Most of them haven't left yet. I don't know which family you belong to. Do you need us to help you find someone?"

This person was a little confused, but when he thought about Balliard wearing such fancy clothes but not appearing in Marrow Seal City for more than a week, it was really impossible that he didn't know about that.

"No need, tell me, why haven't the nobles left yet?"

Does Balliard need to find someone in Seal City? His clothes are so conspicuous, and Seal City has Gus Shelley, a talented national pillar. He can use the national fortune to observe everything around Seal City.

As long as Leyard interacts with people around here, Gus will notice his arrival. When the time comes, Gus will naturally come to his door, so why should he look for someone?

"Well..."

As if he sensed Balliard's eagerness, the man began to rub his fingers and looked at the gold on Balliard's clothes. He thought that the move must be very generous.

"Mortals are mortals, this piece of shit is for you."

Balliard threw a piece of gold cake that he had prepared long ago, but the man did not expect that Balliard would give him such a large piece of gold. The gold cake hit him, and he didn't even think about it.

He stretched out his hand so that the gold cake fell to the ground and sank into the yellow sand. He quickly knelt down on the ground, dug out the gold cake, shook off the sand on it, and bit it a few times with his mouth full of disbelief.

"Such a big piece, is it all for me?"

"Of course it's for you, otherwise who do you think it is? I've paid you enough. If you can't give me information that satisfies me, you should be careful."

Gold is not considered valuable at all in Balliard's eyes. In his world line, rune coins and metal currencies are basically used. They were eliminated thousands of years ago and are still left in Shurima.

There is a tradition of using metal currencies, but the metal currencies on ancient Shurima received the blessing of the sun under the sun's disk and were stained with the brilliance of the sun. Rather than saying that they are gold, they are more like looking at them.

Like golden runes.

It’s just that the Shurima people hardly understood this, and all of them regarded the gold brought by the Valorans as treasures. So that in the market of Shurima, it was almost impossible to see those gold coins.

gold coins with runes.

"The little ones know, the little ones know, the little ones must know everything and tell everything,"

Putting the gold coins into his pocket, the man stood up. Originally, he thought that Balliard would give him a few silver coins, but he didn't expect that he gave him a gold cake directly. If he used it to exchange for money, it would be a waste.

Is it tens of thousands of silver coins? The joy of suddenly gaining a huge amount of money did not let him go to his head, and he began to feel anxious.

Just like what Balliard said, you have to "be careful". It's really hard to get this money. There are tens of thousands of silver coins. Balliard is simply going to kill him with money. If Balliard can't let Balliard

Satisfied, he thought that Balliard would definitely not mind letting others answer this question. As for the reward, it was the gold cake in his pocket, and what his end was, of course, needless to say.

"Speaking of which, the matter that kept the nobles from leaving Xueyin City was related to the founding emperor of the Jin Kingdom who perished not long ago. The big businessmen in the city revealed the news to the outside world, saying that he had been resurrected.

Emperor Sima Yi is coming to capture Xueyin City. Marquis Clark is willing to surrender, but those big businessmen seem to want to resist.

It is said... This is just a rumor, just a rumor. Don't take it seriously, and I am not saying it. It is said that if the big businessmen defeat the emperor's troops, the Marquis Clark family will choose among the winning big businessmen.

One family, inherited the position of Marquis of Xuyin City and became the masters of Xuyin City.

The nobles who heard about this wanted to see the strength of the emperor's men, so they did not plan to leave the Marrow Seal City. However, the rare treasure conference in the Marrow Seal City had been over for several days, and they had not seen the emperor's soldiers.

Ma, some impatient nobles left first."

"……I see."

That's why Baliard didn't see the fleet of nobles. Most of these nobles had no chance to compete for hegemony. For them, even if they joined other princes, it was just a place to enjoy the shade under a big tree. Bali

Yade is the legendary resurrected Emperor Sima Yi. There is no doubt that Sima Yi will definitely lead his troops to try to unify Shurima.

This area south of the Lijiang River was just the first step of Sima Yi's actions. The nobles wanted to take this opportunity to see the strength of Balliard, or in other words, to see the power that was re-established in the name of Emperor Sima Yi.

Depending on the national strength of the new country, it will be convenient for them to consider whether to change to a tree to enjoy the shade in the future.

"Um... Young Master, are you satisfied with my answer? If not, I don't want this gold cake anymore! I'll give it back to you."

This person was thinking about what would happen to him if his answer did not satisfy Balliard. This was different from Balliard not giving him the money if he gave the information. If Balliard did not give him the money,

, that would be a loss of face for a nobleman. If you attack him, you will definitely be severely punished when you return home.

But Balliard gave him money and a lot of money, but he didn't give a suitable answer. Then, the nature suddenly changed, and it became that he was trying to defraud, and the amount was as high as tens of thousands of silver coins, so he killed him directly.

Neither he nor the other nobles would say anything.

"Satisfied, how can I be dissatisfied?"

Balliard is very satisfied with Gus's arrangement. The only person in Marrow City who knows his identity is Gus. The old man Dora may have seen something, but he may not be able to know Balliard's identity.

, as for other people who know about Valliard, it was probably Gus who revealed it.

It is expected that the big merchants who want to defeat his army are fully prepared. There are other nobles watching in the city, and the nobles can also understand some of the situation. Even if the merchants' team is defeated by Valliard

After being defeated, others can't gossip or say it's a fluke or anything. The common people may listen to this nonsense, but the nobles, even if some nobles have bad moral character, their eyesight is not low.

Moreover, the cornerstone of the new kingdom established by Balliard is the blind worship of him by the people. The nobles may not blindly worship him, but there are definitely many people who worship him.

After giving those merchants enough preparation time, Balliard defeated the merchants' troops, which would naturally greatly increase his prestige and make the Jin Kingdom more stable. Moreover, with those nobles watching the battle, they could understand the new arrivals.

If the country's fighting power is unknown, these nobles might place bets on the new country.

Balliard wanted to manage several cities in the southern desert, and it was not enough to rely on those sacrifices. If these nobles had witnessed Balliard's fighting prowess and sent their own children who worshiped Sima Yi, then Balliard's hand would be

The problem of lack of officials below can also be solved.

All this was Gus' plan, and he was really satisfied.

However, this plan still has some drawbacks. The businessmen may not know that Valliard wants to capture the city alone. However, Gus knows this very well. No matter how strong a normal person's personal force is, he will not be able to defeat thousands of troops.

The only way to lose is to defeat Balliard. If Balliard is in the city, the troops cannot form their formation, and it will be difficult to surround Balliard.

However, if fighting outside the city, as long as there is a good enough commander, this will not be a problem.

Gus revealed the news that he was going to capture the Seal City, attracting the nobles to stay and watch the battle. Although it could recruit talents for Balliard, it also eliminated the possibility of Balliard doing anything wrong in the city.

Sex, because Balliard sneaked into the city and took the city, and it was not

It's enough to show Balliard's strength, but it's not enough to use it as capital for hegemony.

As soon as this happens, other princes will carry out large-scale transformation in the city to facilitate the army to exert more than 90% of its strength in the city. Therefore, this is just a strange trick that can only be used once. If it is exposed, it will

If you are on guard, it will not be effective if you are on guard.

Therefore, Balliard had only one way to go, and that was to openly and openly let the merchants' troops form their formation outside the city, and then he could defeat the tens of thousands of troops by himself. Only in this way could he demonstrate his strength.

The person who has to do this kind of thing is Balliard. If it were another person, a grandmaster in this world line, it would be impossible to defeat an army of tens of thousands head-on. Gus's plan, although it can help him

Recruiting talents, but also testing whether he has the strength to win the Marrow Seal City, and testing whether the new country has the ability to unify the Shurima continent.

In other words, after Balliard takes over the Seal City, whether the Clark family leaves or stays, and whether Gus leaves or stays depends on how Balliard plans to take over the city.

Just when Balliard was considering the pros and cons of this and pondering Gus's thoughts, the man who was called by Balliard for questioning saw Balliard saying "satisfied" and standing aside in a daze, and stepped forward step by step.

Ready to run away.

"stop!"

Will Balliard be afraid of mortal challenges? Of course not. Since Gus wants to see him flex his muscles, then he will satisfy Gus's request, but he still needs someone to convey the message.

"Sir, is there anything else? Otherwise, I really don't want this gold cake and will give it back to you?"

This man was panicking. Although Balliard said he was satisfied, this kind of information would be known by just asking around in the city. It was not worth tens of thousands of silver coins. So he stopped him at this time.
To be continued...