Douluo: Law of Heaven and Earth

Chapter 1011 Transactional Marriage and Assistance
Tang San and the Ministry of Works also created a large number of Zhuge Divine Crossbows (non-soul guide device version).

Although the Soul Guide Zhuge Divine Crossbow is more powerful, and the latest version not only has a Soul Pool installed but also lasts longer, it is limited by the fact that the core of the Soul Guide device lies in the magic array, and there are not many people who can inscribe it. The industrial production line still relies on manpower, so the output is not large, and only 100,000 have been accumulated so far.

In short, it's because there are too few people.

Furthermore.

The latest research results will never be leaked. The only products that can be sold are the lowest-grade version, which is not even a first edition, and is a Zhuge Divine Crossbow made of pure mechanisms.

"Ms. Mu Bing, are you satisfied with this Zhuge Crossbow? Imagine if your army were equipped with this weapon, you would surely be invincible."

Tang San pushed the Zhuge Divine Crossbow in front of Mu Bing.

Mu Bing first inspected the steel plate to make sure there were no problems before picking up the Zhuge Crossbow and examining it closely. Although she couldn't understand its mechanism, she exclaimed in amazement, "Intricate design! Can it be mass-produced?"

"can."

Unlike the Soul Guide Zhuge Divine Crossbow, the Zhuge Divine Crossbow with its pure mechanical structure has lower material requirements, especially since it does not require the inscription of the Soul Guide core array, which greatly improves forging efficiency.

Of course, the future prospects are also for soul tools, but at this stage, the only people who can inscribe the core array of soul tools are Tang San, Lou Gao, and the few hundred people who follow Lou Gao, so the output is low.

"How much does it cost?" Mu Bing was very interested in the Zhuge Divine Crossbow, but her only concern was the price.

"One hundred gold soul coins per crossbow. Crossbow bolts are extra. Of course, you can also make your own crossbow bolts by following the samples, but there's a chance that the penetration will be much worse than what we make." Tang San quoted the price.

"It's a bit expensive."

Mu Bing wanted to negotiate the price.

"Within fifty meters, it can penetrate metal and stone, and even break through the Soul Sect's defenses." Zhou Qing also mentioned the advantages of the Zhuge Divine Crossbow. "When equipped by the army, it is definitely a powerful weapon of war! You should know that even the Royal Knights of the Heavenly Dou Imperial City would be routed under repeated fire from a hundred-man team equipped with the Zhuge Divine Crossbow."

Mu Bing was familiar with the Royal Knights, the most elite force in the Heaven Dou Empire, with 50,000 heavy cavalry. Among them, 500 knight captains were all Soul Masters, with Soul Power levels ranging from Soul Venerable to Soul Sect, while the commander was a Soul Saint!
This Zhuge Divine Crossbow can penetrate a ten-centimeter-thick steel plate, so it can naturally penetrate the heavy armor worn by members of the Royal Knights.

“Then we’ll take three thousand.” Mu Bing took out a Soul Card. “There are three hundred thousand gold soul coins inside.”

"Pleasant to work with."

Zhou Qing smiled, "A month later, you can send someone to Holy Soul Village to retrieve the Zhuge Crossbow."

Romantina, on the other hand, had obtained the Soul Card—besides training the militia, she was also in charge of the Red Society's finances. All income and expenditure were handled by her, or rather, by one of her eight subconscious minds: Na-1, who was responsible for information gathering; Na-2, who was responsible for information retrieval; Na-3, who was responsible for information classification and organization; and Na-5, who was responsible for logical calculations.

Chi Hui's ability to manage finances so efficiently is largely thanks to Romantina's second soul skill, which created eight secondary consciousnesses for her!

"By the way, you guys almost led me astray." After paying the transaction fee, Mu Bing was about to leave and go to Holy Soul Village a month later to retrieve the Zhuge Divine Crossbow when she was stopped by Vesara, who was still sitting. She suddenly came to her senses, sat down again, and said to Zhou Qing, "Back to the war, the Heavenly Dou Empire will consider most of the unstable factors within its territory, such as sects, kingdoms, including our Heavenly Soul Kingdom and your Crimson Society."

Zhou Qing nodded, signaling Mu Bing to continue.

"Emperor Xueye will definitely take action!"

Seeing that Zhou Qing was willing to listen, Mu Bing continued, "A few years ago, my Heavenly Soul Kingdom slightly expanded its army, which attracted the attention of the Heavenly Dou Empire, leading them to send additional troops to Zhenbei City..."
That was a warning.

This year, in order to prevent our Heavenly Soul Kingdom from moving south, Emperor Xueye demanded that the little princess of the Heavenly Soul Kingdom, namely Vesa, marry the Crown Prince of the Heavenly Dou Empire.

The other kingdoms, such as the Kingdom of Barak, the Kingdom of Hagendas, the Kingdom of Silves, the Kingdom of Gure, and the Duchy of Skyfrost, are similar.

Arranged marriages mean the outflow of martial spirits. Generally speaking, major kingdoms and duchies will not allow their talented daughters to marry outside the kingdom, and the Heaven Dou Empire will not force talented royal women to marry outside the kingdom. It is just that the Heaven Dou Empire uses arranged marriages to maintain its dominance over other kingdoms and duchies.

Just like a senior figure in the underworld managing his underlings, he has to constantly give them a warning.

"so?"

Zhou Qing raised an eyebrow.

"I hope you can help me out by disguising yourselves as robbers or bandits and kidnapping Vesa when we return home. She'll stay in the Holy Soul Village area for a while," Mu Bing revealed her plan. "With Vesa's cultivation talent, she's more than capable of becoming a Title Douluo. She absolutely cannot marry that hypocritical crown prince!"

"acting?"

Xiao Wu became interested, but didn't agree immediately.

Tang San was considering the pros and cons.

Romantina was using the interior scene to simulate reality: if Emperor Xueye asked Chihui to give a woman to marry Xue Qinghe, would Zhou Qing hand her over?
The result is:
will not.

She simply set a scenario for her simulated self: she was righteous and courageous, and took the initiative to arrange a marriage to protect the development of the Red Society... after all, Xue Qinghe was a woman.

at the end--

Zhou Qing, Tang San, Xiao Wu, Wang Sheng, and members of the Red Society stormed into the palace and blew up the entire Heaven Dou Imperial Palace!
Finally, Zhou Qing, clutching her wedding dress and a blissful expression, ran out of the palace, snarling, "I'm going to enslave you for life!"

"hiss--"

Romantina shivered, covered her flushed cheeks, and collapsed onto the table.

Zhou Qing glanced speechlessly at the "excited" Romantina, then ignored her and turned his attention to the coffee table. He looked at Visa, then at Mu Bing, tapped the table with one finger, pondered for a moment, and then asked Visa, "Don't you like Xue Qinghe?"

"Ah."

Visa nodded. "Although the Crown Prince of Tiandou is very handsome, he always gives me a strange sense of unease... I don't like him. And I don't want to submit to the Tiandou Empire!"

"As a friend, I should help. But pretending to be a bandit to kidnap someone—"

Zhou Qing shook his head. "Our Red Society can rob money, food, and resources, but we cannot rob people. This is a matter of principle."

Even disguising oneself as a bandit is not acceptable, unless one explicitly declares oneself an enemy of the Heavenly Dou Empire.

We are willing to believe you, but not the other high-ranking officials of the Heavenly Soul Kingdom. If someone reports us, the Heavenly Dou Empire will have ample reason to condemn or even attack the Red Society.

We are not afraid of being attacked, but we are also unwilling to initiate war. Our current priority is development. I also know that the other cities within Tiandou territory have a lot of slander against the Red Society's ideology, and there are even outrageous rumors, such as communism and communal wives... Right now, in Tiandou City, apart from a very few hotheads, not many people dare to come to us to find out the specifics.

However, despite the slander, we know ourselves that we must never do anything that would be used to slander us. Even if we were to become communists, it would be because we wanted to be, openly and honestly, not because we were being slandered.

Visa realized that his problem had put Zhou Qing and the others in a very difficult position, and quickly apologized: "I'm sorry, I'll figure something out myself."

"No need to apologize. It's not that I don't want to help, but I think Ms. Mu Bing's suggestion is a bit too presumptuous. Why don't you listen to my plan?"

Seeing Visa's disappointment, Zhou Qing changed the subject, "If a friend is in trouble, I'm personally willing to help."

(End of this chapter)