I have been painting skin in the cemetery for fifteen years

Jiucang Mountain in Yingzhou.

Prince Mi's Mansion is built on the mountain, with a tiger perched on a dragon's plate.

This used to be the Duke's Palace of the Ying family, and it was also Ying Que's home.

It took the Ying family hundreds of years to build this beautiful mountain city.

After the Mi family destroyed the Ying family, they took this place as their own and expanded it for more than ten years to form today's Prince Mi's Mansion.

Mi made a lot of changes here, flattening the back hill by hundreds of meters and raising the front hill by hundreds of meters.

After the changes, everyone looked at Prince Mi's Mansion from a distance and felt that it had the aura of a king.

In a bright hall.

King Mi was sitting cross-legged on the ground, closing his eyes and meditating.

Probably anyone who sees his appearance will be amazed.

Plump as jade, with a nose like a hanging bile, a face longer than a foot, gentle eyes, and beady lips.

It's not that he is so handsome, but that he has a graceful and noble aura, the aura of a king.

Want to find someone who looks similar?

The Jade Emperor in Journey to the West.

Yes, that’s what he looks like.

It seems that he is born righteous and tolerant of all things.

After a while, Mi Daoyuan walked in.

"Brother."

King Mi said slowly: "Sit down."

Mi Daoyuan came to King Mi and sat down cross-legged.

King Mi said slowly: "Two things. The first is that you need to resign from the Academy Committee and serve as the Maritime Governor of the four provinces of the Great Xia Empire."

Mi Daoyuan was stunned for a moment, then bowed and said, "Yes."

Originally, the Maritime Governor of the four provinces of the Daxia Empire belonged to Fu Jianzhi, but Fu Tieyi died, so his promotion was ruined.

Unexpectedly, after Mi Daoyuan resigned as the headmaster of Tianshui Academy, he was directly transferred to the post of maritime governor of the four provinces.

The Mi family is really powerful.

Mi Daoyuan said: "However, the vacancies in the Academic Success Committee are extremely precious. Every carrot is a pit. Once this quota is given away, it will be difficult to get it back in the future."

King Mi said slowly: "Let go for one term first, and let Fu Caiwei come up for the next term."

Mi Daoyuan sighed softly and said nothing.

Political struggle is so cruel.

This time in the city's big exam, Shen Wuque won, and Fu Tieyi died, making the conservatives lose face.

He, Mi Daoyuan, not only resigned as the principal of Tianshui Academy, but also resigned from the academy committee to make way for Fu Caiwei.

Any top dignitary walks on two legs.

One takes the route of the imperial elite, and the other takes the detached route of Sky Book City.

Even Bai Linghou is like this. Bai Yuchuan became the director of the Sky Bookstore Inspection Institute at a young age.

The Mi family is certainly much more powerful than the Bailing Marquis Mansion.

Therefore, Mi has more than one Fu Caiwei in Sky Bookstore.

There are three people in the Optical City Committee.

It's just that you should be famous while you are young. Fu Caiwei is only twenty-six years old this year and will only be thirty years old in four years. Once promoted to the completion committee, she will almost be regarded as the youngest.

Then at the age of forty, there is hope to enter the Presbyterian Church of the Academy.

At the age of fifty, there is hope to enter the top decision-making level of Sky Bookstore and become the top of the pyramid of power in the world.

So now Mi Daoyuan gives up his seat on the school committee and gives a favor to other factions in exchange for the next Fu Caiwei's promotion. Now the Mi family will pool all resources to push Fu Caiwei to the top. Because she is young and the rising star of Sky Bookstore.

King Mi said: "Soon, we will completely annex Shen Gong Ao's territory. At that time, I will be at the center of the imperial court, and I will retreat to advance. It is just right for you to withdraw from Sky Book City at this time and become the maritime governor of the four provinces."

King Mi and Shen Gongao are completely different.

Shen Gong Ao is like a sharp sword, he only knows how to move forward and is unwilling to retreat.

But before King Mi thought about advancing, he thought about retreating first.

Today, he is at the top of the Great Xia Empire and is at the top of his power.

But once all the territory of the Shen Gong family is annexed, the jealous eyes of the world's powerful will look towards the Mi family.

The Mi family is so powerful that of course they don't care much about this kind of jealousy and hostility.

However, this kind of jealousy and hostility must not accumulate too much.

Therefore, after annexing the territory of the Shen Gong family, King Mi will immediately withdraw from the court.

At that time, Mi Daoyuan and Mi Gou happened to be filling in.

Mi Daoyuan first served as the maritime governor of four provinces, and a few years later he successfully entered the center of the empire. Then King Mi took retreat as an advance, resigned from the court, and returned to Prince Mi's Mansion to digest the fruits of victory.

Mi Daoyuan said: "Are you sure you don't need Shen Gongao's sword?"

King Mi said: "I'm sure it's no longer needed. King Da Li has sent his secret envoys north. There are two groups in total, one going to the Imperial Capital and the other going to Sky Book City."

Mi Daoyuan said: "Dali Kingdom, are you going to convert to Sky Book City?"

King Mi said: "We are negotiating, but that's about it. The Dongyi Empire has fallen, and Sky Book City is in urgent need of a new political achievement. The Dali Kingdom is neither too big nor too small, just right."

Mi Daoyuan said: "Have Sky Book City and the Empire Center unified their thoughts?"

King Mi said: "Yes, we will use all our strength to deal with the impact of the Western Holy See. Stop the war in the west and south."

Mi Daoyuan said: "Who will get this credit?"

King Mi said: "Fu Caiwei will go to the Dali Kingdom and promote the Dali Kingdom to convert to Sky Book City."

This kind of treatment really makes people vomit blood with envy.

Sky Bookstore is the master of Eastern civilization, and the Dongyi Empire is one of the several pillars of Sky Bookstore.

Now, the Dongyi Empire is about to fall and convert to the Western Holy See.

Therefore, Sky Book City urgently needs a great political achievement to make up for this loss.

Once the Kingdom of Dali converts to Sky Book City, the entire Eastern world will definitely publicize it to the sky.

Become a great political achievement.

And whoever achieves this goal will become the rising star of Sky Book City and the future star.

King Mi saw this opportunity and began to plan ahead of time.

First let Mi Daoyuan withdraw from the Learning Committee and give this quota to other factions.

Then in exchange, Fu Caiwei got the opportunity to go to the Kingdom of Dali and get this opportunity to make meritorious service.

After that, the Kingdom of Dali converted to Sky Book City, which became Fu Caiwei's credit.

Suddenly, Fu Caiwei flew from the sky and entered the Learning City Committee before the age of 30.

At that time, the Mi family annexed the Shen Gong family.

King Mi withdrew from the court and Mi Daoyuan took over.

This is the method of the thousand-year-old Chinese people, step by step.

Take one step, look at two steps, and look at three steps.

Mi Daoyuan said, "After the Shen family is annexed in the future, who will be the one who will take over this territory?"

King Mi said slowly, "Mi Qi has already done everything for this goal."

Mi Daoyuan did not ask any more questions, but bowed and said, "Brother, take a rest. I will arrange to withdraw from the School City Committee."

Then, Mi Daoyuan left.

King Mi stood up and gently turned the wall a few times.

Suddenly, an entrance appeared on the ground.

Following this entrance, go down and down.

After going several dozen meters deep, this secret room is really bottomless. What kind of secret room is this? It can't be known to anyone, only King Mi knows it. What is hidden inside?

The steps finally came to the end, and there was a two-foot-thick door in front. King Mi reached in and turned the mechanism inside.

It turned nine times.

"Boom..."

The thick door opened, and the secret room opened.

There are three coffins in the whole secret room. There are three coffins hidden in this secret room of the Mi family.

King Mi stepped forward and slowly opened one of the coffins, revealing a person inside.

It turned out to be... Ying Que.

That's right!

It's Ying Que, our Ying Que!!!

To be precise, it's not a person.

It's a complete human skin, put on a human body carved from crystal.

Perhaps this crystal sculpture has some special ability, or this soaking liquid also has some ability.

This human skin belonging to Ying Que will also grow slowly.

When this human skin was peeled off, he was only about twelve years old, just a child.

Now this human skin looks like he is in his twenties.

King Mi looked at the skin of Ying Que and said slowly: "Everyone says that the Mi family is greedy and swallowed up the territory of the Ying family. But what do people know? How can my goal be the territory of the Ying family? How can it be just one or two provinces?"

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Above the sea.

Mi Qi, the Marquis of Mount Li, faced the rising sun in the east, and his heart was full of passion and ambition.

His era will soon come.

Everyone knows that the Mi royal family, a thousand-year-old Chinese family, enjoys endless wealth and glory.

But who knows how much pressure it is to be a member of the Mi royal family.

People in the world are snobbish. As a member of a wealthy family, if you don't have power in your hands, the discomfort is incomparable.

Mi Qi is very smart, but he was too unruly and not very sensible in his early years. He only knew how to play with women all day long.

By the time he matured and sensible, it was a bit late.

Although he was canonized as the Marquis of Mount Li, he had already fallen behind in the entire Mi clan.

King Mi was the leader of the crowd, and it goes without saying that Mi Qi also respected his brother immensely, even worshipping him prostrate himself.

The Mi clan was so glorious today, all thanks to his brother.

The original base of the Mi clan was isolated overseas, and although it was safe, it was also far away from the center of power.

It was the current King Mi who spent ten years planning the plan to destroy the Ying clan.

It took more than ten years to plan, but it took less than a year to actually destroy the Ying clan.

The thousand-year foundation of the Ying clan was destroyed in an instant.

Tianshui Province completely fell into the hands of the Mi clan.

The royal family of the Mi clan finally set foot on land.

Not only that, King Mi also trained three members of the academic committee of Sky Book City.

He trained Shen Gongao, an invincible general, and Fu Jianzhi, a frontier official.

Moreover, King Mi himself also became the pinnacle of power in the court of the Great Xia Empire.

Ordinarily, such great achievements should satisfy him, but Mi Qi found that his brother had no pride at all, as if these achievements were not worth mentioning.

He, Mi Qi, was the legitimate son of the family, and was the Marquis of Mount Li.

However, his current position in the family was ranked fifth.

Mi Gou, Mi Daoyuan, Mi Shaojun, and Mi Huan were all ranked ahead of him.

Knowing shame and then being brave, Mi Qi finally found an opportunity.

Shen Gongao's knife would not be used in the future, so it was time to hide the bow after the bird was killed.

It was imperative for the Mi family to annex the territory of the Shen Gong family.

So who would manage this territory after the annexation?

Mi Qi used up all his strength and all his resources, and finally got this opportunity.

For this reason, he allied with Bai Yuchuan, he allied with Li Shiyun, and he allied with the Tianxiahui, and promised huge benefits.

He couldn't afford so much money, so he borrowed an astronomical amount of silver from the Tianxiahui in his own name, using his own manor and fertile land as collateral.

And the Golden Bell Conference was the first stage for Mi Qi to move to the center of power.

He used the Golden Bell Conference to force the Shen Gong family into bankruptcy, seize the Zhaixing Pavilion, seize the Black Gold City, and make the Shen Gong family lose their morale.

Next, he dismembered the Shen Gong family's fleet, seized the trade routes, forced the Shen Gong family to return Zhenhai City, and carried out disarmament.

Finally, he directly forced Shen Gong Ao to rebel. Several major forces joined forces to destroy the Shen Gong family in one fell swoop on the charge of treason.

Therefore, this Golden Bell Conference was the death knell of the Shen Gong family's demise.

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When there were still hundreds of miles away from Piaoling City, a fleet appeared in front.

This fleet has a completely different style. The ship is light and streamlined, which is more beautiful than the warships in the Eastern world.

Of course, it also has an advantage, that is, it is fast.

The warships of Piaoling City are about 15% faster than those of the Eastern World.

This is an absolutely neutral city, governed entirely by merchants.

Whether it is the Eastern World or the Western World, whether it is the Western Church or the Sky Book City, you can come here to do business.

"Which lord of the Mi family of the Great Xia Empire are you?" asked a commander of the Piaoling City fleet.

Mi Qi said: "Lishan Hou Mi Qi."

The commander of Piaoling City said: "Welcome Lord Mi Qi to Piaoling City to participate in the annual trade conference. Which part will you participate in?"

Mi Qi said: "Golden Bell Conference."

The commander of the Piaoling City fleet had obviously heard about it, and smiled: "Welcome, your safety will be handed over to us in Piaoling City. We will send someone to lead your fleet to the nearby dock for mooring. Because no warships or any armed forces are allowed to enter Piaoling City."

Mi Qi said: "Of course, of course!"

Piaoling City is an absolutely neutral city. No one can bring weapons when entering.

The powerful armed forces of Piaoling City will protect everyone's safety.

This is the only neutral trading city in the East and West, so no one will violate it so far.

The huge fleet escorting nearly 10,000 clocks left in a mighty manner and headed for the nearby island dock.

And several cargo ships of Mi Qi, escorted by the fleet of Piaoling City, headed for Piaoling City.

Half an hour later!

Mi Qi officially landed in Piaoling City.

At this time, the entire Piaoling City was already crowded with people, and merchants from all over the world came.

This is an annual trade conference.

Gems, metals, grains, spices, silk, porcelain, and countless other materials will be traded in Piaoling City.

There are gem conferences, spice conferences, silk conferences, porcelain conferences, and so on.

The Golden Bell Conference is the most eye-catching venue.

Because over the years, the trade volume of the Golden Bell Conference has been very high, and the transactions have been the fastest, and the key is absolute monopoly.

Therefore, Zhi Fan is also dazzling in Piaoling City.

At the annual Piaoling City Trade Conference, Zhifan is the absolute star, and merchants all over the world recognize this beautiful genius.

But this year, almost all merchants know.

The beautiful and unparalleled Miss Zhifan is about to wither.

From now on, there may be no more Zhaixing Pavilion.

The Golden Bell Conference will have a new host.

"Welcome Lord Miqi!"

Sure enough, both merchants and politicians have very keen senses.

As soon as Miqi stepped onto the dock, the governor of Piaoling City came to greet him in person. He was a Semu man.

Although Piaoling City is not big, it is the world's trade center and a city of merchants.

So the governor here is also a merchant, and elections are held every four years.

Of course, it is not elected by the people of Piaoling City, but by the Merchant Committee.

Above the governor of Piaoling City, there is also a Piaoling King, who is completely hereditary.

However, this Piaoling King does not care about political affairs and almost never shows up.

Governor Tumen of Piaoling City whispered: "I have enough information. I heard that Lord Mi Qi will become the new owner of nearly 20,000 square kilometers. The powerful and brutal Lord Shen Gongao will step down and lose his territory?"

Mi Qi said: "Governor, you are too early."

Governor Tumen said: "Maybe, but as the governor of Piaoling City, we always hope to do business with civilized people."

Mi Qi said: "Of course, compared with the barbarians, our Mi family has been a Chinese family for thousands of years."

Governor Tumen smiled and said: "I firmly believe in this. I also have good news for you. The table clock is very popular in the Western world, so this year there are many more merchants participating in the Golden Bell Conference than in previous years. I hope that your butcher knife will not be sharpened too sharply and the meat will not be cut too hard. At least leave these merchants with a return ticket."

Mi Qi laughed out loud.

Then, Governor Tumen said: "Lord Miqi, I formally invite you to attend the dinner at the Governor's Mansion tonight."

Miqi said: "It's a great honor."

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On the sea, another fleet was heading towards Piaoling City.

Wu Que was in the gorgeous cabin, flipping through a book.

It contained detailed information about Piaoling City. Then he closed his eyes and began to search the memories of five thousand people in his mind.

To see if anyone had relevant memories of Piaoling City.

After a while, Wu Que opened his eyes and said, "Come out."

It was quiet for a while, and then a figure came out.

It is his wife Zhifan.

"Fanfan, aren't you allowed to come?" Wuque said helplessly.

The woman promised him not to come, but ended up sneaking onto the boat anyway.

"Don't be angry." Zhi Fan said: "I still have acquaintances in Piaoling City after all. I don't feel at ease if you come alone."

Wuque said: "I'm not angry, but if you do something wrong, you will be beaten. Just stay down."

Then, Zhifan really lay down on the table.

"A fight is a fight, no hooliganism is allowed."

For a moment, Wu Que couldn't bear it.

After the beating, I couldn't hold it back at all and even took a few bites.

"Husband, do you really not want me?" Zhi Fan asked with blurred eyes.

Wuque said: "Don't tempt me. It's really not time yet. I don't want to regret it, and I don't want you to regret it either."

Zhifan looked at the Zhaixing Pavilion clock on the table in front of him.

Soon I fell into deep worry.

Because this time, Shen Wuque only brought three clocks to attend the Golden Bell Conference.

Moreover, these are the only three samples in Zhaixing Pavilion.

There are tens of thousands of boxes left, all filled with stones.

How can I attend the Golden Bell Conference with only three clocks?

She doesn't know what Dao Daojun's plan is? But he always looked confident.

Despite his repeated assurances, he would definitely earn four million taels of silver from the Golden Bell Conference and make Mi Qi bankrupt and vomit blood.

But Zhifan was still worried and followed quietly.

It's okay to follow.

The journey at sea is so boring.

A certain gangster was addicted to the game of butt-fighting, and he couldn't care less about his childhood.

But what's even more frightening is that it's not just Wuque who is addicted.

I didn’t see it, Zhifan, you look so aloof and aloof, you are not serious at heart, you like this kind of unhealthy game.

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Soon, the perfect fleet also entered the waters of Piaoling City.

Likewise, no armed ships are allowed to enter.

The convoy departed to anchor at a nearby dock.

Just a few cargo ships headed to the Pier of Piaoling City.

When Wu Que and Shi Fan landed in Piao Ling City, their treatment was very different from Mi Qi's.

The only person who came to greet him was an ordinary member of the Piaoling City Merchant Committee.

"Welcome to visit you again, Miss Zhifan." The businessman said: "The beautiful visit of you to Piaoling City makes our whole city seem to be blooming with light. May I ask the person next to you..."

Zhifan held Wuque's shoulders and said sweetly and proudly: "This is my husband, Master Shen Wuque."

"The first place in the examination of the three southern provinces of the Great Xia Empire, the third son of Marquis Shen Gongao, Master Shen Wuque." The businessman said: "It is such an honor to meet you. I think you are the whole Piaoling City today. The most jealous man, because you have the most beautiful wife in the world, but please be careful, a young man may jump out and challenge you at any time."

Merchants in neutral cities are good at talking.

Even though the Governor's Mansion of Piaoling City has neglected the Shen Gong family, the words are still as sweet as honey.

Then, the member of the business committee asked: "Miss Zhifan, which trade conference venue are you attending this time?"

Zhifan said: "This time it is my husband who makes the decision."

The businessman immediately looked at Wuque and said, "Sorry, I'm rude."

Wuque said: "Let's attend the Golden Bell Conference."

The businessman suddenly showed a look of great astonishment, and his expression was a bit exaggerated.

"If I remember correctly, someone has already come to attend this Golden Bell Conference, and that is Lord Mi Qi of the Mi family." The businessman said: "And I also heard some rumors that the Shen Gong family The fleet was attacked by the Pirate Queen, and all the clocks sank to the bottom of the sea. There is no cargo to participate in this year's Golden Bell Conference. "

Wuque said: "These are all rumors."

The businessman said: "I hope so."

Then, the businessman said: "By the way, the Governor is holding a dinner tonight and is inviting all distinguished guests. Please be sure to attend, too."

Wuque said: "Definitely, definitely arrived!"

Then, he began to direct hundreds of workers to move the boxes to the dock, and then use vehicles to push them into the specific warehouse of the Admiralty Conference.

The Admiralty Conference is the most eye-catching venue of this trade conference, so it will be held at the Qiankun Building.

All goods will also be moved to the underground warehouse of Qiankun Building.

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Soon, the news spread throughout Piaoling City.

Shen Wuque and Ji Fan also came to Piaoling City to attend the Golden Bell Conference.

Everyone was surprised.

What are Shen Wuque and Zifan doing?

Humiliating yourself?

Everyone now knows that the Shen Gong family's fleet was attacked and all the clocks have sunk to the bottom of the sea.

Zhaixing Pavilion can hardly even produce a new clock, only two or three samples at most.

Without goods, why attend the Admiralty Conference?

"Master, Shen Wuque and Ji Fan are here, and they are also coming to attend the Golden Bell Conference tomorrow." A warrior came to report.

Mi Qi sneered: "What are they doing here? Are they watching my performance?"

The warrior said: "They are carrying boxes, a total of ten thousand boxes, and they are also stored in the underground warehouse of Qiankun Building."

Mi Qi said: "You find a way to go to Shen Wuque's warehouse to check what's in those 10,000 boxes?"

The warrior said: "Yes!"

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Qiankun Building, the venue for tomorrow's Golden Bell Conference.

The underground warehouse is very huge.

And the warehouses are separated by thick iron plates, which are more than one foot thick, and there are no gaps or doors. Even flies can't fly through.

The warehouse in Qiankun Building is absolutely safe.

At this time, the workers of the Shen family moved the 10,000 boxes into their own warehouses with the help of the warriors of Piaoling City.

Suddenly...

The wheel twisted directly.

The box above rolled down directly.

The box seemed not very strong and cracked directly, and a big stone rolled out of it.

It was not a clock at all, just a stone.

The warriors of the Shen family quickly drilled the big stone into the box, and then nailed the wooden box again.

Wuque saw it, and just as he entered, he thrust a silver note towards the warrior from Piaoling City, hoping that he would keep it secret and not leak it out.

Because the 10,000 boxes were filled with stones.

This time, he really only brought three clocks, and they were all samples.

However, these three samples were also quite special, and they were all processed by Wuque and Zhifan.

Adding special functions to these clocks was considered an innovation of the clocks.

When Wuque mentioned these functions, Zhifan's beautiful eyes were amazed.

Then she was always annoyed, why didn't she think of it.

She was sure that these three samples would shine at the Golden Bell Conference.

The clocks had not been updated for several years.

After adding this function, it would definitely amaze the audience.

However, no matter how outstanding and amazing it was, it would be useless.

There were only three samples.

The remaining 10,000 boxes were all stones, and they couldn't be sold.

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"Master, I have checked it out. Shen Wuque only brought three samples of table clocks this time. The remaining 10,000 boxes are all filled with stones."

Mi Qi's eyes turned cold.

"What does Shen Wuque mean? Does he want to get something for nothing?"

"Does he treat all businessmen as fools?"

"It just happens. I am worried that there will not be enough drama at the Golden Bell Conference tomorrow. Your behavior will just become a handle. It will be used as an opportunity to send your Shen Gong family's Zhaixing Pavilion to the eighteenth level of hell, and you will never be able to turn over."

"From now on, the Golden Bell Conference will completely belong to my Mi family."

"Tomorrow's Golden Bell Conference will be the death knell of your Shen Gong family and you Shen Wuque!"

"Watch my performance tomorrow!"

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Note: The first update of 7,000 words is sent here. I beg for the monthly tickets from my brothers. I want to keep my place on the monthly ticket list of the new book.

Thank you very much.