"Depend on!"
"Holy crap!!"
"Holy crap!!!"
As Seventh Brother was taking inventory, he would mutter curses every now and then, because the list was truly unexpected and surprising to him!
"I knew before that Thirteen was a genius, but I never imagined he was this amazing. He has so much unexpected wealth under his name..."
The Third Brother was also bored at this time, so he looked at Ye Lang's things with the Seventh Brother. Of course, it wasn't just the three of them; there were many other people watching as well, because they were also very curious and wanted to know how much wealth Ye Lang, this god-like Prodigal Son, actually had.
"Dongming Lake, Tower Beyond Tower, in recent years, has become the most famous restaurant in the Xiangkong Empire, and even the entire continent. He owns 70% of the shares!!"
"The West Mountain Iron Mine, the largest iron mine recently discovered, is owned by him alone..."
"The Anna Mercenary Group, he's involved in it too? Uh, I've heard of it before, but it's still surprising."
"Seventh Brother, none of this is anything special. If you see this, you'll find it even more amazing!"
"What?! Holy crap, this kid actually owns a city!!! And it's a newly emerging city that's recently risen to prominence!!"
What Seventh Brother held was a contract that Ye Lang had somehow obtained years ago. It stated that a city lord was transferring the city to Ye Lang, and it bore an absolutely unforgeable signature.
In other words, the first city Ye Lang obtained was not Ye City, but another one.
Although Ye Lang's assets are diverse, most of them have one thing in common: they were originally unprofitable assets that others would have been eager to get rid of. Ye Lang wanted to squander these assets and then acquire them.
As a result, although many of them still lost money and achieved his goal of squandering his fortune, many of his businesses later turned around and became very profitable!
Therefore, when they are taking inventory, they will say things like "recently such and such..."
"Seventh Brother, you've struck it rich this time. You can do whatever you want now. Poor me, I'm all alone now, without even a single subordinate." Third Brother sighed. Seventh Brother had found his passion, but he hadn't.
He is a military genius, but this city is not following that path, so how is he supposed to operate? Besides, he currently has absolutely no men under his command, not a single one.
"Don't worry, although we've established a free city, we still need to be wary of others. You'll have an army to lead, and I believe it will arrive soon. Then, it'll be up to you!" Ye Yi hadn't left yet, not because he wanted to hear anything, but because he was waiting for the servants to tidy up the house.
"That's good. But there aren't any major battles here, sigh..." Third Brother was excited for a moment, but then immediately became disappointed. Even if this area were completely annexed, it wouldn't interest him. It wouldn't be as big as the small wars in the Xiangkong Empire. Besides, their policy is not to attack or invade.
"Third Brother, how can you be so stupid? If it's not here, why don't you go somewhere else? Just leave a group of people here to defend, and you can lead your men to participate in the war as mercenaries. That way you can train your troops and make money at the same time!" Seventh Brother said, pointing Third Brother in the right direction. Of course, his other purpose was also very clear—
This is a lucrative business!
"Although your motives are despicable, it's not a bad idea!" Third Brother gave Seventh Brother a disdainful look and added, "You provide the military funds, and what we earn will go directly into those funds!"
"..."
And so, a strange mercenary group appeared on the mainland. They only participated in war missions and never did any other missions. What was amazing was that the casualty rate of this mercenary group was almost zero.
Everyone knows that this mercenary group has a magical Regiment Commander who seems to be able to see through everything on the battlefield, predict dangers, and avoid anything that could harm them.
Of course, it wasn't just the Regiment Commander was amazing; even the mercenaries were amazing. Almost every one of them was a master, and they were different from ordinary mercenaries. They had a tacit understanding with each other, just like a real army, with a high degree of coordination.
Needless to say, this mercenary group was formed by the Third Brother; their characteristics are high fees and high efficiency.
Those mercenaries seemed to be the Ye Clan's secret force that arrived later!
In the early morning, everything seemed the same as yesterday, except that things and people had changed!
Ye Lang's victory over the city was hard for the original inhabitants to accept, but the presence of King Gao Fei's will as proof left them with no reason to resist.
However, what if they rebelled, what if they didn't acknowledge King Gao Fei's will?
What the situation will be like, we may not know, but the result will definitely be the same: Ye Chengtian and his group will take control of the city. This is why they never considered whether the people of Ye City would object or refuse to recognize it, simply because they are not afraid of failing to acquire the city!
Ye Chengtian and his group also sent a message to the outside world that their city would withdraw from the Thirteen Allied Kingdoms because they did not want to belong to any power and wanted to remain neutral.
As a result, some friction occurred with the twelve allied nations. However, under the strong operation of the Ye Clan, the twelve allied nations eventually gave up the idea of bringing Ye City back and even wanted to cooperate with it in the end.
Everything is proceeding smoothly and in an orderly manner...
In a dream...
"You finally decided to come see me? I thought you didn't want to see me anymore!!" The girl in the dream showed surprise when she saw Ye Lang appear, but she quickly frowned and said unhappily.
"If I didn't want to see you, I wouldn't have come!" Ye Lang replied nonchalantly, seemingly unaware of the other's anger.
"Hmph, you just don't want to see me. Forty-one days have passed and you haven't shown up once. Do you know how long I've been waiting here alone?!" the girl in the dream said angrily.
"Forty-one days! Didn't you just say that?" Ye Lang said, somewhat stunned.
"..."
The girl in the dream was speechless for a moment, and after a long while she finally said, "Tell me, why have you been missing for forty-one days?"
"I can't say that, because if I do, we'll wake up again immediately," Ye Lang said, shaking his head.
"Oh, does this have anything to do with your identity?" The girl in the dream understood.
Both of them knew that this kind of thing would happen whenever it involved their identities, causing them to wake up immediately!