Douluo Continent: The Peerless Tang Sect, Angels and Rakshasa Return

Chapter 321 333334 — First, set a small goal: earn him an e.

After Xu Tianran left, Qian Lingyun finally found time to go to the Rhine Gold Soul Guided Arms Factory, which she had been longing to visit.

"Hehehehe, tanks! Gundams! Awesome!"

The thought of soon being able to drive tanks at the internal testing grounds brought an irrepressible smile to her face.

However… according to Murphy’s Law and the Pythagorean theorem, her plan was not so easy to implement.

Just as she finished changing her clothes, the Duke's butler rushed over with an invitation. He blocked Qian Lingyun's path and whispered, "Miss, we have an invitation for you!"

"ah?!"

Slightly resigned, she took the invitation from the housekeeper, shook it in her hand, and asked, "Whose invitation is this?"

"Replying to Miss, this invitation came from Marshal Ye Tianchou's residence. The messenger said that the princess sent it as the eldest daughter of the Marshal's family!"

"Wasn't it three days? How could she contact her family so quickly?" Qian Lingyun murmured in slight surprise.

Admittedly, Ye Yuntian told her he would give her a reply within three days, but the time allotted for attending the banquet was more than half that amount!

Furthermore, instead of sending an invitation as a princess, you sent it as the eldest daughter of the Marshal's family. Does this mean you intend to befriend me before you get married?

Ye Yuntian is quite an interesting girl!

The tanks are already built and ready to be used, and she can drive them whenever she wants, but opportunities to make big money from the Northern Army Group of the Sun Moon Empire are rare.

After thinking it over, Qian Lingyun had no choice but to set off for Ye Tianchou's Marshal's Mansion.

Ye Tianchou's Marshal's Mansion is located in the suburbs of Mingdu City, and Yuma's Duke's Mansion is also located in the suburbs, but the straight-line distance between these two suburbs is not short, approximately... the entire Mingdu City...

On the way, Qian Lingyun stopped by the headquarters of the Ordinary Alliance and pulled Shangguan Weier, who had only been promoted to a level nine Soul Master for more than half a year, over with her!

The Third Prince's wife didn't tell her husband about her trip back to her parents' home today. After all, doing business with the future Crown Princess should be kept secret.

Keep a low profile and you'll make a fortune!

She probably won't become empress, but she can still try her best to make a close friend who has the potential to become empress and to become a wealthy princess.

"Miss, we've arrived!" The driver gently pulled back the curtain and whispered to Qian Lingyun, who was playing chess inside the carriage.

"Okay, I understand," Qian Lingyun replied, raising her eyes. She placed her piece down and said to Shangguan Wei'er beside her, "Let's go eat first. We'll play this game again when we get back!"

"I'm really touched that you thought of inviting me to the banquet," Shangguan Wei'er said as she stepped down from the carriage and thoughtfully lifted the curtain for Qian Lingyun.

"Of course! We're practically family!"

After exchanging a few polite words, Qian Lingyun took the invitation and walked to the front of the Marshal's Mansion. She handed the invitation to the guard at the gate: "We are from the Bloodwing Duke's Mansion, and we have come at the invitation of Miss Yun Tian of the Marshal's Mansion."

After receiving the invitation, the guards carefully checked it. Once they confirmed that it was correct, they lined up in two rows and welcomed Qian Lingyun and her companion into the Marshal's Mansion.

"Sister, you're here pretty early! I thought you'd be coming later!"

Inside the courtyard, Ye Yuntian, dressed in hunting attire, stood dashingly beside a middle-aged man with similar features to her, and greeted Qian Lingyun warmly.

"How could I let my sister wait for me after she invited me!" Qian Lingyun replied with a smile, waving the invitation card.

After Qian Lingyun and her companion finished their greetings, the stern-looking middle-aged man nodded slightly to Qian Lingyun and said, "The arrival of the young lord is an honor to our humble abode!"

"Who are you?"

"I forgot my sister doesn't know my family. This is my father, the commander of the Northern Group, in charge of testing the effectiveness of the products we're discussing in this business deal!" Ye Yuntian said with a smile, giving his father a nudge.

"He's a good person in every way, except he's too serious. My grandfather probably sent him back because he was bothering him!"

"General Ye, hello!" Qian Lingyun shook hands with him without changing her expression, then asked Ye Yuntian, "Do the old marshal and the others know about our hidden clause?"

"They only know that you returned five percent of the transaction amount to them; I didn't tell them my share! Too many relatives in the family want a piece of the pie! I don't want them to know!"

Ye Yuntian decided to be honest with Qian Lingyun about this matter. He knew that these subtle things would definitely be asked when they signed the contract later, so it was better to be upfront now than to face each other in silence later.

"So, you're not only taking my rebates, but also your grandpa's rebates, taking from both sides!?" Qian Lingyun said with a slight smile, her tone somewhat malicious.

"Hehehe, I have too many brothers and sisters in my family. I'm already married, so I won't inherit much of the title or anything else. I need to plan for my own future!"

Ye Yuntian wasn't embarrassed and directly revealed his complicated family situation, saying with a hint of envy, "An only child like my sister definitely can't understand the pain of someone like me who's constantly caught in the middle of a competitive environment."

"Stop! Stop!"

After ending this pointless conversation, Qian Lingyun rolled her eyes and slowly said:

"I'm just asking, it's your own skill that you're able to get the rebates your grandpa gives you. When we're negotiating the deal later, put in a good word for me and try to win over your old man!"

"Alright! Thank you for understanding, Sister! I'll take care of everything!" Ye Yuntian winked, thus reaching a win-win cooperation agreement with Qian Lingyun.

Her father, Ye Chenyang, saw the two women exchanging glances and assumed that his daughter was just getting along well with the future crown princess, so he didn't say anything.

"Young Master, this way please!" Ye Chenyang led Qian Lingyun through the back garden to a secluded villa, saying:

"At this banquet, in addition to several veteran generals from our Northern Army Group, there were also some generals from the Western Garrison Army. They were also very interested in Marshal Lin Hai's new equipment from the Southern Army Group."

"Oh! The Western Garrison is here too?" Qian Lingyun was slightly taken aback, but finally couldn't help but glance at Ye Yuntian and exclaim in admiration:

"Fine, you're not satisfied with eating from mine and your own family, you even want to eat from the Fourth Princess's family!"

"Hehehe, isn't this a win-win situation? I underreported the rebate by half to Lao Si, and we'll split the remaining 5% in half," Ye Yuntian said calmly, seemingly quite proud of the 2.5% he saved for Qian Lingyun.

"you…"

Since the money had already been saved, Qian Lingyun couldn't say anything, and could only give Ye Yuntian a thumbs up in her heart.

What is ambition? This is ambition! It's all about money, regardless of relatives or friends, everyone is equal (in terms of commission) when it comes to small sums of money.

Two and a half percent of several orders worth tens of millions is not a small amount!

Money is a wonderful thing; who would complain about having too much money!

"Hey! Master, I think I know a few of those guys from the Western Garrison. It won't be hard to get a deal with them. Just because I'm here, they'll probably give me some face."

Shangguan Wei'er used her mental power to briefly scan the people in the room, and was clearly somewhat surprised.

After all, there were very few people among them that she, a social butterfly, didn't know.

"You know them all! Great! We can't refuse the food God is feeding us!"

Qian Lingyun smiled and walked into the banquet hall with Ye Chenyang and the others.

As soon as she entered, Qian Lingyun immediately saw the Fourth Prince's Consort sitting among a group of middle-aged and elderly generals.

Upon seeing Qian Lingyun and Ye Yuntian arrive, she eagerly stepped forward from her seat, bowed to them, and transmitted her voice, "Your Highness, the Crown Princess, have arrived quite early. I wonder what the price of this soul tool is..."

Haha, I'm not late, but you are, young lady. You've run into a middleman who's making a profit off you, and he's taking half of it...

After a brief internal monologue, Qian Lingyun smiled and explained the price Ye Yuntian had given her to the Fourth Prince's wife. Even though Ye Yuntian had taken advantage of her, the rebate still made the Fourth Prince's wife beam with joy.

Admittedly, she was also the eldest daughter of the Juanwang family.

It must be said that these generals of the Sun Moon Empire are very honest. When it comes to discussing deals, they are focused on making deals. To avoid being fooled by Qian Lingyun, they are not drinking at all and are only eating rice today.

One person was showing off seven or eight bowls of rice with vegetables and meat. Qian Lingyun, sitting next to the other two princesses, watched as these two thin-armed princesses each ate three large bowls, and she couldn't help but feel a little sentimental.

"Truly a daughter of a military family, her appetite is... wow!"

"Finally, I can eat my fill after returning home." The Third Prince's wife put down her fourth bowl of rice and breathed a sigh of relief. The Fourth Prince's wife nodded in agreement.

Oh my! The princess is going hungry, how amusing!

With a hint of curiosity, Qian Lingyun couldn't help but ask, "What? Are you all starving in the Prince's mansion? It's a Prince's mansion, surely even the Princess Consort can't get enough to eat!"

"This isn't what you call a meal at the Prince's residence! The portions are so small, it's like feeding chickens, who can eat that much?!" the Fourth Prince's Consort complained with a gloomy expression.

"Sister, you don't know what it's like until you marry into the royal family. After we married into the royal family, we were all afraid of losing the image of our maternal family. We only dared to eat three-tenths full at each meal. In just these few years, we have all lost at least a lot of weight."

"Yes, yes, yes!" The Third Prince's wife, who had suffered greatly from this, showed an expression of agreement and complained, "If it weren't for the fact that we can go back to our parents' home from time to time for a treat, I don't know how I would survive!"

"To be honest, before I married into the royal family, we could carry our soul tools over mountains and valleys to hunt soul beasts. Now... even ten miles or more, I have to find someone to call a carriage!"

"You really know how to surprise me!" Qian Lingyun's lips twitched slightly as she comforted her, "Don't worry, once I become Empress, I will definitely save you from this predicament!"

"Your Highness the Crown Princess is so righteous! No, Your Majesty the Empress is so righteous!" The two women put down their bowls and chopsticks and bowed to Qian Lingyun to express their gratitude.

After several rounds of drinks and five courses of food,

Everyone turned their attention to Qian Lingyun, who was in the very center, seemingly waiting for today's main purpose.

"Young Master, the price of this new soul tool is a bit too high. Could you perhaps lower the price a little?" A general from the Northern Army Group patted the bill in his hand, protesting somewhat discontentedly.

"Level four and five crossbows are all ten times more expensive than soul tools of the same level. Even if they are highly practical and functional, they are still far too pricey!"

"Indeed, the soul tools that arm one division are enough to arm ten divisions!" The general of the western garrison looked at the prices and felt a pang of pain.

"Everyone, my crossbows are expensive for a reason. Not only are the materials top-notch, but their effects are also exceptional." Qian Lingyun took out her image-recording soul tool and demonstrated the combat effects of the four, five, and six level Holy Spirit crossbows:

"Look, just the speed and power of that firing alone is enough to take on ten enemies at once!"

"..."

The generals whispered among themselves for a while, then asked with some reluctance, "It's true that the firepower density is the same, but the firepower coverage of ten divisions is still better than that of one division, right?"

To this, Qian Lingyun simply shook her head and asked in return:

"I'd like to ask you all, is it easier to relocate ten divisions or one division?"

A general sitting next to Shangguan Wei'er pondered for a moment before speaking, "Then naturally it's a division! A smaller target makes it easier to attack and retreat."

"If a division capable of instantly reaching several times the strength of an equivalent unit were to fight, which would have the advantage?"

This question successfully stumped the group of generals and commanders. They stared at the firepower images projected by the image-recording soul tool and remained silent for a moment.

In reality, they all knew the answer to the question; they just wanted to negotiate a lower price.

Suddenly, Ye Chenyang said:

"Young lord, do you only have ballistae of levels four, five, and six? Do you have any higher-level ones?!"

"Of course we have that!" Qian Lingyun nodded slightly and took out another image-recording soul tool, inside which was a huge thing that was almost twice the size of a level six Holy Spirit Crossbow Cannon.

It has a wheeled front and a tracked armored rear, allowing it to travel on most terrains.

"The Level 7 Heavy Holy Spirit Ballista has 48 muzzles and a maximum range of 20 kilometers. However, current stock is limited, so we recommend collecting it rather than ordering it!"

"Twenty kilometers... my goodness, that's already the range of some level eight fixed-position soul tools!"

The logistics chief of the western garrison stared at Qian Lingyun in astonishment. As a general who rose from the position of deputy division commander of a soul guide, he naturally had a good understanding of the data of soul guides.

Just for that range, he'd buy two guns and set them up at the entrance, so he could fire a couple of shots to hear the noise when he was in a bad mood.

"Young Master, I heard that our discarded soul tools can also be used to offset a certain amount of gold soul coins, right?" The Third Prince's Consort, who was hired by Qian Lingyun, began to speak seriously according to the script.

"That's right, discarded soul tools can be used as a discount at half their original price, and there's no limit! I'll take as many as you have!" Qian Lingyun said with a forced smile as she calculated.

By refurbishing these discarded soul tools from the Sun Moon Empire and then reselling them at high prices to the original three kingdoms of the Douluo Continent through the Holy Soul Hall's channels, she could still make a considerable profit after deducting some miscellaneous costs.

Most importantly, Huo Zhongxian's Tang Sect does not yet have the capacity to mass-produce and sell soul tools, which has led to the saturation of soul tool equipment in the original Douluo Continent Three Kingdoms.

Even if they need to order more goods in the future, the quantity will be much smaller!

After some discussion, the western garrison, as the rear support force, presented their procurement plan: three hundred level four guns and three hundred level five guns, no level six guns, and two level seven guns to put at the gate to intimidate people…

Meanwhile, the Northern Army Group, which directly confronts the Heavenly Soul Empire and the Ice Sea Soul Beasts, has made an astonishing purchase order.

Five hundred courses each for Level 4 and Level 5, two hundred courses for Level 6, and ten courses for Level 7.

The two transactions have already exceeded 100 million in value, and the transaction methods are mainly rare metals and minerals, with gold soul coins and discarded soul tools as secondary transactions.

Considering that there will be new orders in the future, Qian Lingyun also included some soul-guided machine guns as free gifts.

The generals grinned broadly at the free new soul tool, clearly quite pleased with the gift.

(Original text from Douluo Continent II: Of course, I must admit that in terms of materials, it is indeed only at the level of a level four soul cannon, and therefore, its durability is not as good as that of a level six fixed soul cannon.)

The sham Holy Spirit Cult of unscrupulous merchants: They have developed their own stamping technology and assembly line production, and their level 6 soul guides are five times the price of those of the same level, but they come with a lot of freebies and the quality is actually quite good.

The Tang Clan are truly unscrupulous merchants: they sell level 6 soul tools for ten times the price, even though the materials are only level 4. They're just waiting for gullible repeat customers to come and rip them off, and they still have the audacity to claim that they're honest and fair to all, and that quality is their top priority.

②A level 4 baby bottle auctioned for 25,000, but a regular level 4 soul tool is cheaper; I'd say it's 10,000 each, so ten times that would be 100,000 per tool. A level 5 soul tool starts at least at 30,000, so ten times that would be 300,000 per tool.

(End of this chapter)