Chapter 144: Ji Xiaoxue's Free Rice
On the fifth day of the first lunar month, Ji Mingxue logged onto the holographic star network and met Marshal Ji Chai again.
When Ji Mingxue asked her out, Ji Chai thought that Ji Mingxue had brought a formal contract for 80 million inhibitors. After all, it was not a big deal.
However, what Ji Chai did not expect was that Ji Mingxue actually told her that Shen Qingzhu intended to give the formula of the new inhibitor directly to the expeditionary force.
When Ji Chai learned about it, his first reaction was not to sigh or be moved, but to ask, "What are the conditions?"
It’s no wonder Ji Chai is suspicious. In fact, she has become accustomed to arguing with the imperial officials over the years.
Even though there are many members of the Ji family in power in various sectors of the empire, the empire is too large and the population is too large. Even the Ji family cannot cover the sky with one hand.
In addition, most of the Omegas in the expeditionary force are strong, which makes many Alphas from powerful or military families in the empire very dissatisfied.
Because of this, whenever the expeditionary force applied to the empire for military funds or supplies, there would always be small problems of one kind or another.
Although most of them do not affect the results, they have become unspoken rules that both parties are aware of, and they will be torn between them from time to time.
After a long time, even Marshal Ji Chai got used to it.
So, when Ji Mingxue said that Shen Qingzhu was going to send the formula, Ji Chai reflexively asked him what price the expeditionary force would have to pay.
Ji Mingxue had served in the expeditionary force for two years, and because of his background he was well aware of the twists and turns between the expeditionary force and the empire, so he knew very well why Marshal Ji Chai had such an idea.
Not to mention Ji Chai, even Ji Mingxue was very surprised when she learned of Shen Qingzhu's thoughts.
But precisely because of this, Ji Mingxue planned to talk things over with Ji Chai in person.
"He didn't put forward any conditions," Ji Mingxue said solemnly to Ji Chai, "Shen Qingzhu respects and admires the expeditionary army very much."
"He said that it is because of the expeditionary forces guarding the human defense line on the front line that he and many others can live a peaceful life in the Empire."
"Although he didn't join the military, he wanted to do something for the soldiers."
"So, Shen Qingzhu made this decision when he learned that the soldiers on the front line needed Omega inhibitors."
"He..." When Ji Mingxue said this, her expression suddenly became extremely emotional and gentle, "He is a very pure person."
"I hope you don't misunderstand him."
Seeing Ji Mingxue's serious expression, it was obvious that he was not trying to coax her. After a long silence, Ji Chai suddenly saluted Ji Mingxue, "Mr. Shen is so righteous."
“Your Highness, please convey my and the expeditionary force’s gratitude to Mr. Shen.”
Ji Mingxue also returned the greeting, "Of course."
Ji Mingxue quickly sent the formula donation and confidentiality agreement drafted by Yan Xiao in the past two days to Ji Chai, and asked the Marshal to check if there was anything that needed to be modified after returning.
A day later, Ji Mingxue and Yan Xiao logged into the holographic star network on time, intending to formally sign an agreement with the expeditionary force.
After two days of sailing, Yan Xiao arrived at the Academy Star yesterday evening.
After he escaped from the Yan family, the Yan family initially searched for him extensively.
But a day later, the Yan family suddenly fell silent, as if something big had happened.
Yan Xiao knew that it was Ji Mingxue and the Ji family who took action.
After seeing Ji Mingxue, Yan Xiao immediately thanked Ji Mingxue solemnly.
After this, Yan Xiao followed Ji Mingxue to see Ji Chai.
Because this agreement needed to be kept confidential, the fewer people who knew its contents, the better. So not only did Ji Mingxue only bring Yan Xiao, but Ji Chai from the expeditionary force also only brought his trusted adjutant.
After both parties sat down, Ji Chai's adjutant quickly projected the revised agreement in the air. Most of it was the same as the one Ji Mingxue sent to Ji Chai yesterday, except that the original "free gift" was changed to "down payment of 1 billion star coins + subsequent dividends."
Seeing this, Ji Mingxue was about to ask, but Ji Chai took the lead and said, "The expeditionary army is very grateful for Mr. Shen's kindness and admires him very much, but this formula is Mr. Shen's hard work after all, please don't refuse it no matter what."
“Besides,” Ji Chai suddenly smiled, “the expeditionary army still has sufficient military funds, so we can’t take advantage of Mr. Shen for nothing.”
"This amount of money is not much compared to the value of the inhibitor formula."
“So, please accept it no matter what, Mr. Shen. Otherwise, even if we take the formula, the expeditionary army and I will feel uneasy.”
Ji Chai had said so much, Ji Mingxue didn't know what to say, so she immediately sent a private message to Shen Qingzhu to tell him about it.
After Shen Qingzhu learned that Marshal Ji Chai was determined, he did not refuse anymore and just told Ji Mingxue to take care of it.
Ji Mingxue nodded to Ji Chai, and his straightforward attitude made Ji Chai very happy.
Afterwards, Yan Xiao and Ji Chai's adjutant revised some details of the agreement. Finally, Ji Mingxue, on behalf of Shen Qingzhu, formally signed the formula authorization agreement with Marshal Ji Chai, who represented the expeditionary force.
After the agreement was signed, Ji Mingxue handed over the formula of the new inhibitor and the production line drawings to Ji Chai.
After leaving the holographic conference room, Ji Chai's adjutant sighed, "With this formula, many soldiers will have a much better life in the future, and they will no longer be constrained by those Alphas."
“Mr. Shen is really amazing.”
Ji Chai smiled, "Shen Qingzhu is indeed a smart and good child."
Adjutant: "Hmm? Marshal, have you met the young gentleman?"
Ji Chai smiled, "Although I have never met him, but guess why he asked Ji Mingxue to come and talk to us?"
The adjutant was curious, “From what His Royal Highness said, Mr. Shen doesn’t seem to care about these things.”
Ji Chai pointed out, "Shen Qingzhu may indeed be a very pure scientific researcher, and he does have a pure heart, but he is not like some old scholars who are unsympathetic. On the contrary, he knows how to behave."
"The fact that he gave the inhibitor formula to the expeditionary army alone is enough to make the expeditionary army owe him a huge favor."
The adjutant naturally knew about this, but, "It was not a 'gift', it was an 'authorization'. We gave him the patent fee and dividends."
But the adjutant herself was not confident in saying this, and Ji Chai also knew why she was not confident, because, "Compared to the value of this formula, the money given by the expeditionary army is just a drop in the bucket."
"I heard that Shen Qingzhu is planning to license the formula to other companies, and the patent fees offered by any of them will not be lower than that of the expeditionary army."
In other words, the expeditionary force gained the most advantage in this matter.
In any case, Ji Chai and the expeditionary force were bound to Shen Qingzhu.
But Shen Qingzhu gave full authorization to Ji Mingxue on this matter, and even the formula and production line drawings were handed over by Ji Mingxue.
In this way, the expeditionary army and Ji Chai owed Ji Mingxue a favor again.
If Shen Qingzhu had anticipated all this, then Ji Chai would have to say that this was indeed a blatant conspiracy to win the favor of the expeditionary army for Ji Mingxue.
Even if this was not Shen Qingzhu's intention, judging from the results alone, Shen Qingzhu still earned a lot of goodwill for Ji Mingxue.
When he thought of this, Ji Chai felt both emotional and a little jealous of Ji Mingxue's good fortune.
She immediately went to the Omega exclusive forum "Secret Garden" and posted a new thread in a very sophisticated manner:
[Our little prince really found a 'good wife'. ]
Someone quickly responded below:
[Good wife? Are you talking about Shen Qingzhu? Hahaha! She’s an Alpha! ]
[(Elegant Tea) Xiao Qingzhu is indeed a good child (*^-^*). ]
[Shen Qingzhu is indeed good. I asked my younger generation to pursue him before, but he managed to kidnap my kid and make him the housekeeper. Now he thinks about money and money all the time, and there is no spark at all (dog head).]
[His new inhibitor is also very useful, and it has benefited many Omegas (thumbs-up).]
[So what did Shen Qingzhu do this time to make Cha Cha so emotional? ]
Seeing this, Ji Chai did not respond.
After shutting down the star network, Ji Chai quickly said to his adjutant, "I heard that Ji Mingxue recently sent people here to look for the seeds of the 'Star Rose'."
Adjutant: “It is true.”
Ji Chai then instructed her, "I remember there are some in the military supply warehouse, and there are also some on the orc side. Go ask them, and if they have any, send them to Ji Mingxue as well."
After the adjutant agreed, Ji Chai said, "Also, send a copy of Yuan Ge's information to Ji Mingxue so that he and Shen Qingzhu can prepare early."
The adjutant was a little surprised for a moment, and then he finally understood why the marshal sighed and groaned after returning yesterday, saying that it was difficult to repay the favor this time.
…
The expeditionary force enjoyed making money.
Not long after Ji Mingxue went offline, Shen Qingzhu received a remittance from the expeditionary force.
At the same time, Mia, who was managing Shen Qingzhu's assets, also received the news immediately. She was shocked and sent a series of [???] to Shen Qingzhu.
Because the expeditionary force transferred the money through a confidential account, Mia could not find the transferor. Shen Qingzhu told her that he had done a business in the past two days and would continue to receive transfers from this account in the future, so Mia did not need to be surprised.
Seeing this, Mia didn't ask any more questions and quickly went to make the money make money.
At the same time, Ji Mingxue had just received Yuan Ge's information sent by Adjutant Ji Chai.
Although Ji Mingxue's people have found out a lot of the contents in the past few days, some of the top secrets involving the Yuange royal family are obviously not so easy to find.
When he thought of this, Ji Mingxue felt very nervous.
Ji Mingxue actually always knew that although he was born into the Ji family's direct lineage and although he also had the identity of a prince, because he was still young and had differentiated into an Omega, some of the Ji family's elders had a subtle attitude towards him.
Even Marshal Ji Chai, who was also an Omega, had originally taken a wait-and-see attitude towards him and had never deliberately sent any signal to Ji Mingxue that he supported his future bid for the throne.
Previously, Ji Chai revealed some news about Yuan Ge to Ji Mingxue at the banquet. In addition to expressing his gratitude to Ji Mingxue for helping to order the inhibitors, he was also showing off his muscles to Ji Mingxue, hinting to Ji Mingxue that even though the expeditionary force was far away in the Orc Empire, they were still well-informed, even better-informed than the crown prince Ji Mingxue.
Ji Mingxue was not angry about this, because after all, Ji Chai lived a hundred years longer than him and had held power for many years. It was just a small provocation or even a teasing that was insignificant to him, so Ji Mingxue would not be angry or embarrassed.
But it was obvious that, at least at that time, Ji Chai's impression of Ji Mingxue was still ordinary, and he did not reveal more news about Yuan Ge to Ji Mingxue.
But now.
Looking down at the densely packed information about Yuan Ge on the light screen, Ji Mingxue suddenly couldn't help laughing.
Noticing that Ji Mingxue's smile was a little strange, Shen Qingzhu asked him gently, "What's wrong?"
Ji Mingxue savored the subtle feeling in her heart, and looked at Shen Qingzhu with a half-smile, then moved closer to Shen Qingzhu, gently bit Shen Qingzhu's lips, and smiled softly, "I just didn't expect it."
"In my lifetime, I can actually eat other people's soft rice."
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