Wu Zheng was thinking

Although we are at a disadvantage compared to Jinmao, it is not completely fixed. Strengths and weaknesses can be transformed at any time.

Jinmao clearly knew about this situation, but still allowed him to stay and develop. This is a great favor.

Such tolerance also prevented Wu Zheng from betraying the territory and from killing all the Jin family after he came to power.

This is the new "rules of the game" that Jinmao has put forward through practical action. Whether Wu Zheng likes it or not, he has already started this game.

In the past, although Wu Zheng had some awareness of it, it was very vague, not as clear as it is now!

After Wu Zheng understood it, he agreed with such 'rules of the game'.

Although he didn't make these 'rules of the game' himself, they were made specifically for him. Now, in this game, there are only two players, him and Jin Mao.

Jin Mao's pulling him into this game was a sign of his recognition of him and a great favor. How could he not appreciate it?

Wu Zheng spent a long time deducing Jiang Jie's solicitation, but he couldn't come up with a better bargaining chip than this.

On the contrary, this was used to deduce Jinmao's intentions and this game.

It can be considered as "loss in one place, gain in another".

Compared with the failure of the deduction, this unexpected gain made Wu Zheng even happier.

After Wu Zheng figured out all the key points, he let out a long sigh and laughed heartily: "Good! Good! Good! Haha..."

Seeing Wu Zheng happy, Wu Hong smiled too.

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Lin Yu came back from outside, saw Jiang Jie, and went forward to greet him.

Jiang Jie asked, "How is it? Have you found out everything?"

"I've almost finished investigating." Lin Yu replied with a smile, "My Lord, I have verified the rules after investigation. The rules for selecting Tiandao mercenaries are indeed the same as those of our Jiang and Sun families."

"Two young men of high birth. Both are from a lord's family, and one is from a noble family. Three young men of low birth. One is from a declining noble family, one is from a declining warrior family, and one is completely a commoner."

After listening to this, Jiang Jie said in surprise, "The general rule of two highs and three lows is the same as that of our Jiang and Sun families. Although the specific circumstances are different, we can now confirm the rules for selecting people in the Tiandao Mercenary System."

"First, age. Fifteen or sixteen. The most malleable age. Then, family background. We try to accommodate people from all walks of life. However, due to specific circumstances, there are some deviations."

"There's still a chance. They're all activated before being killed by the Corpse Demon Qian. The number is five per survivor base. If someone dies or is abandoned by the system, the local quota will not be filled."

Lin Yu added, "Yes, my lord. Our Jiang clan has the most members, all five of them are here. As for the Sun clan, three were killed because of their failed rebellion. The remaining two are hiding among the people and have not rebelled. As for the Gu clan, Gu Yan was abandoned by the system, so now the Gu clan has four vacancies."

Jiang sighed and said, "The system's chosen rules are so consistent, but the development and changes in the three places are so different. It's really frustrating."

Jiang Jie succeeded in taking over the Jiang family. Therefore, no matter what their backgrounds, all the Heavenly Dao mercenaries were his most direct descendants.

Working together on the same mission, they had secret means of communication that no one else could detect, and with Jiang Jie's personal charm, he easily won over the other party, forming a five-man team and becoming the captain of the five.

The four of them also became Jiang Jie's most trusted comrades!

Before Jiang Jie and his group went to the Gu Clan Principality, they first went to the Sun Clan Principality. The situation in the Sun Clan Principality was completely opposite to that of the Jiang Clan.

In the Sun Principality, a Tiandao mercenary from the Sun clan led two Tiandao mercenaries in a rebellion, but failed. Therefore, Tiandao mercenaries became a taboo in the Sun clan.

The remaining two Tiandao mercenaries can only live safely by carefully hiding themselves.

When Jiang Jie approached them, they were like frightened birds, and at first they didn't dare to contact them at all. Later, through the system communication function, they kept in touch and chatted, and gradually accepted them. However, he could no longer hope to get them to help him seize power from the Sun family.

We can only make friends first and wait for the future.

The situation on the Gu family's side is even more complicated.

Gu Yan, the Gu family's Tiandao mercenary, was abandoned by the system because he did not complete the mission.

To be honest, this was the first time Jiang Jie knew that the system could actively abandon the selected host.

I have really broadened my horizons.

Gu Yan is such a weird person!

It is not surprising that he became a lord, was then driven out of power, and was killed by his family.

The other four Tiandao mercenaries were also weird. They refused to take power and were willing to be used by the two nobles, becoming their backers and even establishing a parliament.

How ridiculous!

The Gu Principality is indeed far away from the Central Plains. The people there, their ways of doing things, etc. are all very ridiculous and bizarre, and cannot be judged by common sense.

They even brought out such bizarre systems as King Wu's parliamentary system and established a complete parliamentary system with a nominal lord position.

This is simply treason!

A world without lords leading the way is simply unimaginable!

The Gu family was such a coward that they didn't fight to the death, but instead handed over power obediently and ordered the death of their own head, the former lord, in order to please the new rulers like Jin Mao!

This is so pathetic! Give all the lord families some face!

Jiang Jie feels the same way and can empathize with others!

I feel sorry for their misfortune and I am angry at their lack of resistance!

Lin Yu looked at Jiang Jie and pondered for a long time. He looked annoyed and asked carefully, "My Lord, what should we do now?"

Jiang Jie glanced at the cautious Lin Yu and thought, fortunately, such a situation did not happen to our Jiang family, and did not happen to me.

Now, I have become the captain of the five-man team formed by the Tiandao Mercenary Network. I have completely conquered them and gained the recognition of the family, and succeeded to the throne of lord.

Now they have even stepped out of the survivor base and contacted all parties to complete the grand plan of regaining lost territory.

If it is successful, we can return to land and complete the new plan!

After thinking a lot, Jiang Jie has recovered into the energetic and high-spirited Jiang Jie.

He replied, "Of course, we need to find a way to win over the four Heavenly Dao mercenaries! By the way, besides discovering the rules for selecting Heavenly Dao mercenaries, do you have any other intelligence? Specifically, intelligence that can be used to insinuate ourselves against them."

Lin Yu replied: "Although there is a lot of specific information and it is very mixed, I don't know whether it is true or not. After all, I am in contact with civilians. The news they spread among each other does not care about the truth or falsehood, and there is often exaggeration."

Then, he described in detail the information he had gathered.