Flying Clouds in Another World

The twelfth lunar month passes in a flash, and after the New Year, a new year begins.

Liu Feiyun put a lot of effort into preparing for the conquest of the Northern Wilderness!

Because the student camp was a temporary organization, the court was not responsible for its food and wages, so he had to find his own food and drink.

But no matter how rich he was, he couldn't afford all the expenses for a battalion of soldiers during the expedition. For this reason, he could only beg for money everywhere to solicit sponsorship.

Fortunately, the imperial court was quite supportive of the private fundraising of food and wages for the student camp. In fact, it was not just Liu Feiyun, the founders of the other four student camps were also looking for sponsorship and investment everywhere.

What Changluo City lacks the most is the wealthy! Many of these wealthy families are willing to send their children to the Student Camp for gilding. Since they are going to gild, they will naturally have to invest some gold and silver.

In fact, the Student Camp has existed for a long time. Whenever the imperial court deployed troops on a large scale, it would often be established. And the people from the Student Camp were generally promoted much faster than those from other troops.

The reason is very simple. To be an officer in the student camp, you must either be capable or have a good background. Even if you want to be a soldier, you have to be selected from among the many young and strong men. The commanders of the camps must have both ability and background.

Such a group of troops would naturally make contributions when they went to war with the army, and would generally not be used as cannon fodder by the commander. As long as they could make a turn on the battlefield and come back alive, with the blessing of comradeship, it would be impossible for them to be promoted slowly.

Soon, Liu Feiyun raised a large sum of gold and silver. However, compared with the other four battalion commanders, the money he raised was still much less.

Because in addition to the sponsorship from those who joined the Student Camp to get gilded, the other four camps also received strong support from several princes. The Crown Prince invested in two camps, while the Fourth Prince and the Seventh Prince each invested in one camp.

There weren't many wealthy children who came to Liu Feiyun to gild themselves, and without the strong support of the three princes' factions, it was no wonder that Liu Feiyun raised less money than the other four camps.

For this reason, Liu Feiyun even sent the artists from the Yunliu Pavilion Theater to Tianyuan Square to perform for fundraising to raise more funds, which made him a laughing stock in the aristocratic circle. But for the sake of the money, Liu Feiyun didn't care about that.

The money problem was finally solved, and various supplies were purchased in sufficient quantities, which made Liu Feiyun feel a little relieved.

As for the training of soldiers, Liu Feiyun didn't worry too much! In theory, the students he selected from the military academy were not useless. In terms of practical experience, Qin Jiu and Tuo Dajun had also killed many people on the battlefield. With these two groups of people complementing each other, as long as he could reconcile the relationship between them, he would save a lot of worries.

The preparations for the student camp were almost complete, and he focused most of his attention on his personal affairs:

The emperor will not live long! Although this matter cannot be told to the family for the time being, it is still necessary to make preparations as soon as possible.

First of all, the core personnel and materials of Lvliu Chamber of Commerce and Yunliu Trading Company must be slowly withdrawn to their hometown Anping!

Whether my eldest sister should stay or leave is also a problem. It would be best for her to return to her hometown before autumn to see the situation. I think Su Xin would not disagree!

As for the old man and the second uncle, just ask the eldest sister to invite them and remind them when she comes home! I think they will have their own judgment and way out!

Finally, the Thorny Willow and Wind Whisper Pavilion that he had spread out must not only not be withdrawn, but must be further expanded to gather information and intelligence for himself.

There is also Bafang Trading Company, which needs to become bigger and stronger! Use interests to bind more people and cultivate more friends, even if they are just superficial friends.

"It seems that we must leave an absolutely trusted leader in Changluo City! Should we let Shihu stay? He is too conspicuous! Qin Jiu and Tuo Dajun are good at fighting on the battlefield, and Song Tao is good at gathering intelligence, but he is not good enough to run a trading company!"

"Rui'er is quite good at studying. Although she is not very good at anything, she can still cope with it. It's just that her fighting ability is too low, so we have to send someone to protect her! And the girl is too young..."

"Alas! One person's wisdom is short, but the wisdom of many people is long. Let's gather them all together to discuss it!"

When Liu Feiyun thought of this, he ordered someone to gather his core subordinates to meet him!

While waiting for everyone to arrive, Liu Xianyun had a rare moment of leisure and wanted to lie down on the bed to rest. But as soon as he lay down, he felt the magic crossbow hanging around his waist hurt.

"Really? How could I forget about it?" Liu Feiyun smiled bitterly, quickly took off the magic light crossbow, lay down again, and started playing with the magic light crossbow!

"Magic Light Crossbow! This is a really good thing! As long as you have it! Below the Heavenly Rank, you can kill anyone you want."

"It's a pity that it consumes too many crystals, and they are top-grade crystals! Top-grade crystals are hard to come by, and even if you spend a lot of money to buy them, you may not be able to buy many!"

"This magic light crossbow is really interesting. Its working principle is completely different from the Empire's crystal crossbow. One is an alien version of the energy beam gun, and the other is an alien version of the active power crossbow!"

"One relies on an unknown reaction to transform the spiritual energy in the crystal into a high-energy beam, and the other relies on the crystal array to generate a force to propel the crossbow!"

"If I replace the top-grade crystal with an ordinary crystal, I wonder if I can still generate an energy beam?"

"If we can stimulate an energy beam, even if its power is much smaller! ... But if the material requirements for making the magic light crossbow are lowered, and the manufacturing process is simpler! And if we have enough ordinary crystals, then in a short period of time, we can arm an army that is enough to crush all the elite troops of the empire!"

"Hiss...Looking at the material of this magic light crossbow, it doesn't seem to be extremely rare! If it really works as I imagined..."

Liu Feiyun was suddenly startled, sat up abruptly, and hurriedly found a piece of red crystal weighing about one ounce.

With trembling hands, he opened the crystal chamber of the magic light crossbow, put the crystal in, closed the chamber cover, turned on the safety, and aimed at a porcelain bottle on the table.

The trigger was pulled, there was a slight buzzing sound, and a red light shot out, hitting the porcelain bottle.

The porcelain bottle exploded and fragments flew everywhere!

Fortunately, Liu Feiyun was two meters away and was mentally prepared. He had already crossed his arm in front of his eyebrows. As soon as the porcelain bottle exploded, he quickly lowered his arm to protect his eyes!

His arm hurt slightly, but Liu Feiyun's heart hurt even more, as if he had been hit by a hammer.

"really!……"

The severe pain in Liu Feiyun's heart then turned into a chill that penetrated his bones.

Blood oozed from his arm, cold sweat trickled down his back, and the hand holding the magic crossbow loosened, and the magic crossbow fell to the ground.

Liu Feiyun suddenly collapsed on the bed again.