Published at 7th of December 2024 5:02 am

Chapter 272: The Military’s Little Trick, Lord Zi is Exposed! 2

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The value of this item isn’t low, and the ones he retained are mostly of better properties, making them even more valuable.

On the market, there are hardly any First Order silver quality equipment for sale, and he could use these First Order equipments to win people over by gifting them to his subordinates who need development.

Don’t get me wrong, it’s not for the subordinates to use for themselves, but for those he needs to foster, he can ensure that they quickly complete the First and Second Order hero quests.

First and Second Order equipments will be greatly transitional, and when I say winning over, it’s for their relatives.

Zi Liyuan only plans to recruit among those with ordinary professional backgrounds, for they lack the heritage of prominent families.

These First Order silver equipments can help them establish their own family forces.

Zi Liyuan can’t guarantee that the families of his subordinates will grow into great clans or anything, but he can ensure they become medium to small-sized familial powers,

Looking at the trade interface with three hundred items, Liu Guozhong’s eyes briefly flashed with a hint of amusement, yet he maintained a stern face, not letting Lord Zi detect any oddity.

Initially, he traded a total of five hundred and five treasure chests to Zi Liyuan, and from the beginning, he played a little trick.

The five original source treasure chests traded initially were acquired normally, with no problems whatsoever.

But the five hundred treasure chests traded afterward were not obtained through normal instance tackling.

To test Lord Zi’s details on the luck attribute, all five hundred treasure chests belonged to high-order professionals tackling low-order wild instances.

Such treasure chests have an extremely low probability of containing a [Lord’s Heart], which is even lower than the probability stated in the item descriptions.

Of course, this is a hidden setting, not reflected in the description of the treasure chests, but it has been empirically and thoroughly tested by the military.

Now, Zi Liyuan didn’t hesitate to trade a sufficient number of items, and he even threw in 250 silver hero equipments.

You should know, the military opening these treasure chests could even obtain blue rare items, and yet he traded all silver hero items.

This clearly shows one thing, that his luck attribute is ridiculously high!

He must have obtained more than just 50 [Lord’s Hearts]!

If it were normal five hundred original source treasure chests, could he have gotten a hundred, or even one hundred and fifty [Lord’s Hearts]?

No wonder Liu Guozhong didn’t dare to think of a higher number; the military had performed all kinds of experiments to improve the opening of treasure chests.

The highest probability was less than one percent, but now Zi Liyuan’s probability of obtaining [Lord’s Hearts] from the open chests has reached 10%, which is already incredibly defying.

He couldn’t even dare to imagine reaching 20%.

Thinking of these issues, a fiery glint flashed in Liu Guozhong’s eyes, but he quickly concealed it.

Having discovered Zi Liyuan’s secret, he must report to General Huang and then strive for greater benefits for the military!

No one could fleece the military!

Zi Liyuan, sitting opposite, had no idea that Liu Guozhong, who looked like a cold-blooded soldier, had so many crafty thoughts inside.

He also didn’t know that, by trying to hide his extremely high luck attribute, he had inadvertently revealed a part of it.

“For our first cooperation, the military naturally has to be cautious, please understand,” Liu Guozhong said, managing to force a slight wry smile on his solemn face.

This treasure has to be well wooed, and the secret tightly guarded. The rest of the Eight Great Divine States Military Districts cannot be allowed to know, or Shenglong State’s Military District wouldn’t get to eat the biggest slice of the cake!

Competition certainly exists among the Nine Great Divine States Military Districts, especially for resources beyond [Lord’s Hearts].

This trade with Zi Liyuan, 250 silver hero equipments, could be replaced with a hundred blue rare items after passing through his hands, right?

The extra hundred pieces of silver equipment could be allocated to the Shenglong State Military District, couldn’t they?

Although Zi Liyuan looked down on the silver equipment and now didn’t even deign to glance at them,

within the entire Great Xia Empire, silver equipment was still a very precious resource, especially within the military.

The Great Xia Empire, which controlled the Nine Great Divine Provinces, had hundreds of millions of soldiers. Although tens of thousands of monster nests were eradicated and outdoor instances were cleared every year, it was still not enough compared to the vast number of soldiers.

The various resources captured were simply not enough to distribute, so basically, silver equipment, besides being provided to generals, could only be allocated to specially trained military powerhouses according to merit.

The lower-ranking soldiers basically started with blue and green equipment, and those who owned a piece of silver hero equipment were few and far between.

“However, with the foundation of the first cooperation, the military will naturally not be so stingy for the second cooperation; hence, the number of treasure chests for this transaction is three times that of the last,”

Liu Guozhong smiled again, then reopened the transaction interface, this time placing as many as 1,500 origin treasure chests of the instance.

“Lord Zi Liyuan, in the future, the military will provide you with 1,500 origin treasure chests of the instance every month. How about we trade once a month?”

The stockpile of the Shenglong State Military District was just over two thousand treasure chests. They traded five hundred last time, and this time they nearly emptied their inventory.

Therefore, they needed some time to transfer stock from other military districts. Ten days was impossible, but one month was just right, which is why the trade interval was changed to once a month.

“I don’t have a problem on my end. The split is 60/40, and for every hundred treasure chests, I’ll give 10 [Heart of the Lord]. However many chests you bring, I’ll provide that much stock,”

Looking at the 1,500 treasure chests, Lord Zi no longer felt a sense of surprise but was indifferent, merely shrugging his shoulders before clicking to confirm the trade and collected the treasure chests into his Spatial Backpack.

As for the [Heart of the Lord], he had already become numb to it.

No matter how many chests there were, he was purely earning. From the 450 [Heart of the Lord] he had previously obtained, he temporarily gave 10 each to the members of his harem.

Currently, he still had as many as 390 in his hands. He hadn’t given any to Sikong You and Daris yet; after all, having just forced them to sign a servitude contract, he hadn’t trained them well enough to trust them with such treasures.

However, Black Dragon had already been ridden into submission, so he planned to use the [Heart of the Lord] to help her evolve in a few days.

A Lord’s Black Dragon BOSS mount – wherever there’s an epic Black Dragon BOSS mount, there’s no lack of competition, right?

“This is a file about the munitions company that General Huang asked me to give you. With these documents, you can directly take over the company,”

Looking at the impassive Lord Zi, a glint of light once again flashed in Liu Guozhong’s eyes, as he passed over a file bag without any change in expression to hide his abnormality.

This unflappable demeanor made him think of more possibilities.

Perhaps, his earlier speculation could be bolder – the chance that this guy could produce [Heart of the Lord] might indeed reach 20%?

“Huh, have you directly transformed a military factory into a munitions company?”

The first thing Zi Liyuan looked at was the address of the munitions company, discovering it wasn’t inside the Imperial Capital but rather in a military base in the outskirts, to the north of the Imperial Capital.

“The equipment you produce will greatly change the current situation, and significantly affect the interests of those noble clans and families.

Even with the Great Xia Empire officially backing it, it’s still not a 100% guarantee of safety. The noble clans and families can be crazy enough to do anything when provoked.

Officially, they don’t want Shen Yurou and you to fall into danger; hence, the munitions company was established within a military base for better security.

At the same time, security clearance will be higher, and it will also greatly prevent infiltration by spies from the Coalition of Nations.”

It’s still manageable for equipment aimed at the average professional, but equipment provided to officials is best made directly within the military base.

“In addition, to facilitate Lord Zi Liyuan’s access to the northern military base, considering the various merits you have achieved, the Shenglong State Military District has specially granted you the honorary rank of Major,”

Liu Guozhong said, taking out a military officer’s certificate and passing it over once more.

At this moment however, Lord Zi was a bit stunned; he truly hadn’t expected that he would actually be appointed with an honorary rank of Major.

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