Nine Pins Immortal Road

Chapter 1112 Selection of Partners
After talking about the 'Qinglongmu' transaction, Master Luo Qingwu turned the topic to the matter of opening up the new province, and asked Liang Zhaohuang a lot about the Liang family's experience in opening up Wuzhou.

Soon, Liang Zhaohuang understood what the other party meant.

The central government of the Xian Dynasty and the royal family supported these "Wuling County Prefects" to open up the new state and be promoted to the position of the aristocratic family. Now, the most suitable place to open up the new state is undoubtedly the Northern Territory of the Demon Kingdom, which has become a land of no owner.

If you want to open up the northern region of the demon country, you can only go through the four directions of Ningzhou, Jiaozhou, Yuezhou, and Wuzhou.

As for which direction to choose, these 'Wuling County Prestige' naturally have their own considerations.

According to Master Luo Qingwu, the other party obviously intends to go west from the direction of Wuzhou to open up new provinces, so he wants to seek some support from the Liang family and Wuzhou.

Listening to the other party's words, Liang Zhaohuang also had his own thoughts in his heart.

To the west of Wuzhou, the unclaimed land in the Northern Territory of the Demon Country, if possible, Liang Zhaohuang would naturally be willing to occupy and take it all by himself.

It's just that on the one hand, the central government and the royal family of the Immortal Dynasty will not allow the Liang family and Wu du to expand at will.

At least so far, among the 22 prefectures of the Xian Dynasty and the families of the [-]th generation, only Liangzhou controlled by the "Ba Lei" Lu family can continue to expand its territory regardless of the attitude of the central and royal families of the Xian Dynasty, so that the land of Liangzhou today , the territory is almost as wide as the usual two states in Xianchao.

However, the Liang family does not have the confidence of the 'Ba Lei' Lu family to ignore the attitude of the central government and the royal family.

On the other hand, the Liang family's strength and background are limited, even if they forcefully expand hundreds of thousands of miles regardless of the attitude of the central government and the royal family, they may not be able to hold on.

After all, both the Demon Kingdom and the Demon Realm still exist today, but they have all been severely injured, and now they are shrinking their territories, and their strength is licking their wounds.

And once they recover, this land of millions of miles in the northern region of the demon country is very likely to become a place of great war again.

At that time, the Liang family will be the first to bear the brunt. The territory is too large and the strength is insufficient. It will only be easier to break through and suffer heavy losses.

In particular, in Sixiang Island in the East China Sea, the 'Demon Domain' had taken some action before, sinking into Qinglong Island, swallowing more than half of the green dragon 'Xianyu', etc. No one knows how much power the 'Demon Domain' has recovered, and will be there again When to strike back.

Even in the Demon Kingdom, although Liang Zhaohuang did not get more intelligence and information about the Demon Emperor and the Demon Kingdom, he would not think that the Demon Emperor and the Demon Kingdom would surrender and would definitely take action.

Even if it is a dying counterattack, there will always be an explosion.

At that time, it must be the most dangerous time.

If the Liang family faced it directly, let alone whether they could resist it, even if they blocked it, the loss would definitely be heavy.

Based on these considerations, Liang Zhaohuang just asked the family to stop expanding [-] miles away.

As for the unowned area [-] miles away, since the Liang family can't take it, they can only let outsiders take it. Liang Zhaohuang naturally hopes that the choice of this 'outsider' will be as beneficial to his family and Wu du as possible.

If it is possible, if the Liang family can support a powerful family and occupy the hundreds of thousands of miles of unclaimed land west of Wu du, this is naturally the best choice.

However, Liang Zhaohuang counted the targets that his family could choose, and it seems that only his aunt, after getting the complete inheritance of the 'Ten Thousand Years Sacred Heart Fruit' and 'Suzaku Flame Sutra', has some hope to advance to the Nascent Soul Stage.

But even so, when will my aunt be able to advance to the Nascent Soul stage, and will she be successful?

Even Liang Zhaohuang couldn't be sure, but it must have been too late in terms of time.

In this way, since his family's support is not feasible, Liang Zhaohuang can only choose the next best thing, and choose a 'Wuling County Wang' who has a close relationship with the Liang family and has the closest relationship to give support.

This time, he left Wuzhou to travel around and participated in the Nascent Soul Banquet held by the clan of the 'Wuling Commandery'. One of his important purposes was to have the most direct contact with these clans of the 'Wuling Commandery' who were about to open up the new state. Get in touch and learn more about them.

Good choice of the most suitable family, cooperation and support.

After all, if the west of Wuzhou is successfully developed in the future, the aristocratic family in Xinzhou will be adjacent to the Liang family, and Liang Zhaohuang doesn't want to find a neighbor who 'looks at each other and hates each other'.

But so far, he has been in contact with the Chen family of 'Jade Sword', the Cui family of 'Ziyang', and the Luo family of 'Green Immortal Vine'.

From the perspective of these three families, the Luo family satisfied him the most.

On the one hand, in the 'Baibaoge' alliance before, although the Liang family had contact with the Chen, Cui, and Luo families, their transactions and communication with the Luo family were obviously more than the other two.

The Liang family and the Luo family are more familiar with each other.

On the other hand, and the most important point, the 'Green Immortal Vine' Luo family is better at cultivating elixir and spiritual plants, and is the weakest of the three in terms of strength.

Not to mention the 'Jade Sword' Chen family who are good at fighting swordsmen, but they are much weaker than the 'Ziyang' Cui family.

Liang Zhaohuang was naturally more willing, the weaker his neighbors the better, so as to better satisfy the interests of his family and Wudu.

Moreover, the Luo family is good at cultivating elixir and spiritual plants. When the time comes to open up a new state to connect with Wuzhou, it will definitely provide the Liang family and Wuzhou with more, better, and lower-priced elixir and plants. There are many benefits.

In addition, there is a more important point.

The Chen family of 'Yujian' served in the Huanglongwei under the control of the royal family, and the Cui family of 'Ziyang' were mostly royal officials. The relationship between these two families can be said to be extremely close to the central government of the Immortal Dynasty and the royal family.

The "Qingxianteng" Luo family, like many "Wulingjunwang" clansmen in Yongzhou, mostly only cultivated and provided various elixir and spiritual plants for the central and royal families of the Xian Dynasty, as well as to earn profits and wealth.

All in all, the relationship with the central government and the royal family of the Xian Dynasty is much lower than that of the other two.

Since the neighbor is destined to get out of the "Wulingjunwang" family, Liang Zhaohuang naturally prefers that his relationship with the royal family of the Xian Dynasty is as low as possible.

For all these reasons, at present, among the three families, Liang Zhaohuang is more inclined to the Luo family.

But even though he had an idea in his heart, Liang Zhaohuang didn't intend to agree on the spot.

Not to mention, there are the Kong family in Jiyang County, Yanzhou, and the Zheng family in Xingyang County, Sizhou. These two families also cultivated Yuanying Zhenjun's "Wuling County Wang" family. I haven't checked, and maybe there will be better ones. choose.

Even if you really choose the Luo family in the end, but the familiarity is the familiarity, the choice is the choice, the negotiations that should be had, the interests that the Liang family should have, etc., are still indispensable, and even strive for it.

Therefore, Liang Zhaohuang only agreed with the other party in the end, let the two disciples discuss the specific cooperation conditions first, and then make a decision.

True Monarch Luo Qingwu also knew that such a major matter of opening up the new state was of great importance, and it was impossible for the two of them to decide easily.

She talked with Liang Zhaohuang, but in fact, she only needed his attitude.

Therefore, I did not continue to entangle, and first handed over this matter to the family children below to contact and discuss the specific situation.

Three days later, the Luo family sent a team to Wu du to visit the Liang family and discuss the possibility of cooperation.

And Liang Zhaohuang has also sent a message to the family to make the family receive him well.

At the same time, he also made a request in the summons. One is to delay the time, at least wait until he has seen the situation of the other two; the second is the specific conditions of cooperation, the interests of the Liang family, luck, resources, etc., Liang Zhaohuang also proposed the basic line.

After everything was properly arranged, Liang Zhaohuang also bid farewell to the 'Green Immortal Vine' Luo family, and then spent two months traveling around the counties of Yongzhou, seeing all kinds of elixir, spiritual plants, and the characteristics of medicinal food grown in various places.

Liang Zhaohuang also purchased a batch of elixir, spiritual plants and seeds that the Liang family did not have, and collected some medicinal recipes.

Afterwards, he did not stay in Yongzhou for long, crossed Sizhou and arrived in Yanzhou.

The situation in Yanzhou is different. Among the 22 states of the Xian Dynasty, even among the five states controlled by the royal family of the Xian Dynasty, the area of ​​Yanzhou is considered small.

However, the relationship between Yanzhou and the royal family is extremely close.

Among the five states controlled by the royal family, Sizhou is the place where the royal family rose, while Yanzhou was the first place to seek refuge with Emperor Jinyang and unite with the royal family.

According to the historical records of the Xian Dynasty, Emperor Jinyang married the daughters of Liuwang from three families in Yanzhou, and took Yanzhou in one fell swoop.

Among them, 'Lanzhiyu' Xie's talented girl 'Fairy Daoyun' is a representative, and was even directly conferred the title of empress by Emperor Jinyang.

Therefore, most of the counties in Yanzhou have a tradition of marrying with the royal family and the royal family.

Among the royal family and royal harem, the Yanzhou faction has always been the strongest faction with a great influence.

Although the royal family and the royal family have been intentionally expanding the scope of marriages in the past thousands of years, it is difficult to suppress the Yanzhou faction.

Although the family of Wangmen 'Qingyuan' Kong's family in Sipin County, Jiyang County, Yanzhou is only a rising star, not as good as 'Lanzhiyu' Xie's family, they also have many marriages with the royal family.

Even in the harem of the current emperor, there is a concubine of the Kong family, who is said to be quite favored.

It can be said that the relationship between the 'Qingyuan' Kong family and the royal family is also very deep.

And Sizhou is the place where the royal family rises. Among them, the "Wuling Junwang" is basically a royal family servant, and the Zheng family in Xingyang County is also a royal servant. The connection with the royal family is also very deep, and it is even under the control of the royal family. Far more than the other four.

It is precisely because of this that Liang Zhaohuang understood the situation of these two companies, and already thought in his heart that the possibility of cooperating with the two companies was not very high, so he expressed his attitude with the Luo family of the 'Green Immortal Vine' in Yongzhou, and let the two companies negotiate first. .

However, the thoughts in his heart belong to his thoughts, and Liang Zhaohuang still has to see for himself what the actual situation is.

What if, among the Kong family or the Zheng family, there are better conditions?
Therefore, Liang Zhaohuang just asked the family to discuss with the Luo family first, delaying the time until he met the Kong family and the Zheng family.

Although, he thinks that these two have little hope.

Yanzhou, Jiyang County.

'Qingyuan' Concubine family advanced to the position of Yuanying Zhenjun, it is the direct elder brother of the Concubine Kong in the Queen's Palace.

This made Liang Zhaohuang a little suspicious for a while, how much power did the royal family contribute to the opponent's success in advancing to the Nascent Soul stage?

And at this "Uncle Kong's" Nascent Soul Banquet, the imperial family of the Xian Dynasty not only sent officials to congratulate and present congratulatory gifts, but even the royal family's children were present, and the leader was the concubine of the Kong family who gave birth to the baby. One of the princesses who lived here came to congratulate her uncle.

This point is undoubtedly the treatment that the previous three families did not have. The three families of Chen, Cui, and Luo only had internal officials sent by the royal family to congratulate and give gifts.

Moreover, from the ranks of the royal family to the internal officials of the three families, the severity of the gifts, etc., it is possible to distinguish the relationship between the three families and the royal family.

Among them, the Cui family is slightly more important than the Chen family, and the Chen family is more important than the Luo family.

Only from these internal officials and congratulatory gifts, Liang Zhaohuang can see that the relationship between the 'Green Immortal Vine' Luo family and the royal family is obviously farther away.

Of course, these three families are far inferior to the 'Qingyuan' Kong family, and the children of the royal family came to congratulate them in person.

'Qingyuan' Congratulations to the children of the royal family, the Confucian family also showed great importance and pride, and the ceremonial guards, etiquette, etc., were the same as when they welcomed Zhenjun Yuanying.

Even at the Nascent Soul Banquet, these royal children were ranked at the front just like the Nascent Soul True Monarch.

Even for these royal children, the highest cultivation base is only the Golden Core cultivation base, and there are even two teenage boys and girls who have established the foundation cultivation base.

But they are also sitting in the front row, sitting together with Zhenjun Yuanying from various families who came to congratulate.

Liang Zhaohuang looked at the people around him, whether it was the nobles of various counties in Yanzhou or the nobles of the aristocratic families who came to congratulate him, they all took it as normal, and he didn't say much. .

However, he finally understood why most of the families who came to congratulate him were Jindan Daoist, while Nascent Soul Daoist was few, far inferior to the first three.

Obviously, these veteran clans are very familiar with the habits and situations of these "Wuling County Prestige" clans in Yanzhou. I am afraid that they have already expected the situation that will be encountered at the Nascent Soul Banquet, so Yuanying Zhenjun They didn't come at all, and directly sent the Jindan Daoist of the family as a representative to congratulate.

On the contrary, the number of Nascent Soul True Monarchs from the first three families of the 'Wuling County Prestige' and the aristocratic families of each prefecture attended the banquet. The Luo family was more than the Chen family, and the Chen family was more than the Cui family.

This situation is inversely proportional to the royal family's congratulatory attitude and close relationship with the three families.

This seems to be a real reflection of the relationship between the aristocratic families of various states and the royal family of the Xian Dynasty.

Liang Zhaohuang reviewed the details of the four Nascent Soul Banquets, and compared them, he felt that he had gained a lot.

The Nascent Soul Banquet of the Kong family continued.

The spiritual meal at the banquet was the most exquisite, best tasting, most complete and most effective spiritual meal that Liang Zhaohuang had seen so far, and they were all high-end spiritual meals.

Liang Zhaohuang heard some monks discussing at the banquet, it seems that the spirit meals in the Nascent Soul Feast of the Kong family are specially invited to serve the royal family's imperial chefs, so they are so good.

Liang Zhaohuang was very satisfied with the spiritual meals enjoyed by the royal family, and felt a little pity in his heart. I am afraid that it would be difficult to get the recipes of these spiritual meals, bring them back to the family, and give them to the family's children to study and learn.

However, enjoyment belongs to enjoyment, but he has already denied the possibility of cooperating with this 'Qingyuan' Kong family.

Of course, with the support of the royal family, the 'Qingyuan' Kong family may not have a high opinion of the Liang family and Wuzhou, and it is not necessary to open up new states from Wuzhou.

(End of this chapter)