Chapter 362 364 Red Crystal Jade
Watching Mingyan take the order and leave, Ning Qingyun thought about the news he got from Minister Yan Cheng when he met him at the military headquarters. Rong Xianxian and her son, along with a large force led by Chief of Staff Wen Qingming sent by the military headquarters, arrived at the Jindu Safety Zone together. Because of the sudden snowstorm and icy roads, they are now trapped in the Jindu Safety Zone.
It is very likely that Chang Qing had the accident there.
He was planning to rush to Jindu to look for Xianxian and the child, so he could investigate the matter together at this time.
The Jindu Safe Zone is very close to the capital. If the journey goes smoothly, he will be able to see them within ten days.
There are twelve days left until the Lunar New Year. The twenty-ninth day of the twelfth lunar month is Xuanxuan's fifth birthday. Ning Qingyun calculated the time and he had to arrive in Jindu before Xuanxuan's birthday.
When Ning Qingyun thought about seeing them soon, a smile appeared on his face involuntarily. Xuanxuan should be very happy to see him, as for Xianxian, she wondered if she would be angry that he took so long to show up?
Fortunately, he prepared many gifts. Ning Qingyun looked through the things collected in the gem space. The things he handed over to the military were just things they collected when they left the secret realm. The things that were truly carefully selected and collected were all in his gem space. This was the gift he wanted to give to Xianxian.
There are seeds and rooted seedlings of various spiritual plants and medicines, unknown strange minerals, beautiful gems, mature spiritual medicines, spiritual fruits overflowing with spiritual energy, as well as pill recipes found in the underground palace and beautiful clothes with defensive functions.
The largest number of them was a pile of red gems. These red gems were the shiny things in the Fire Python's territory, occupying one-third of the gem space. As he had a lot of these things, he put them together with the things submitted to the official. Unexpectedly, Director Xu of the Military Research Institute was very excited to see these red gems.
Later, at the request of the official, Ning Qingyun drew a topographic map of the Fire Python's territory for them. It turned out that this red gem, also known as red crystal jade, was taken out by the Fire Python from the underground magma.
The military once obtained some of this special ore and discovered that it was filled with huge flame energy. After scientific research and transformation, it could be used as a new energy source.
Traditional energy takes up a lot of space and is inconvenient to carry. When loaded onto some energy-intensive weapons or military vehicles, it accounts for a high proportion of the load. This new energy source is not only small in size and powerful, but also can reduce the load, increase endurance and weapon power. It has been listed by the military as one of the key minerals to be surveyed and searched for.
Before Ning Qingyun used the key to open the exit of the secret realm, he knew that the exit was narrow and could only allow one person to pass through at a time. Moreover, it was short-lived. There were also many people scattered in the secret realm. It was impossible for him to notify them one by one to leave together. He had neither time to find them nor the ability to change the characteristics of the exit of the secret realm.
In the end, only a very small number of people happened to see it and followed it out of the secret realm.
Most of the people were still trapped in the secret realm. The Research Institute found Ning Qingyun and asked him how they left the secret realm. After getting the answer, they found that it was of no help to their research, so they could only continue to study ways to open the exit of the secret realm.
After Ning Qingyun learned the whereabouts of Rong Xianxian and her son from Minister Yan Cheng, he immediately prepared to set off for Jindu.
Minister Yan Cheng mobilized Ning Qingyun to join the army and promised him a high position, but Ning Qingyun politely declined. When he handed over the things he brought out from the secret realm and the hand-drawn map of the Flame Python territory for the officials, he asked the officials to trade for arms.
This request was also rejected by the authorities, but Minister Yan Cheng took the initiative and gave Ning Qingyun the locations of two small and medium-sized arsenals and the passwords to the mechanical doors to enter the arsenals. These two arsenals were directly under the Central Military Department, far away from the capital, with complex terrain, and no troops stationed there. The army was now short of manpower, and the cost of handing the task of transporting weapons to mercenaries was too high, so the information of the location was simply given to Ning Qingyun.
At the same time, Minister Yan Cheng also gave Ning Qingyun a rank of colonel, complete with badges and certificates, and asked him to keep them well, saying frankly that this was just an honorary title to reward him for his contributions to the country by handing over supplies and maps.
This honorary title means that one cannot receive salary, nor does he have the power to mobilize soldiers, and he is also not required to perform any missions. It is just an honorary title. However, with this honorary title, once he and his subordinates make great contributions to the country again, his subordinates will have the opportunity to obtain the establishment of an army.
This means that in the future he may have an army that completely obeys his orders. Of course, the forces under his command now also obey him completely. The leaders of the major mercenary groups in the capital also have teams that completely obey their orders. However, these can only be civilian organizations, which are completely different from regular troops with established systems.
At this time, Ning Qingyun was only thinking about finding his wife and children, and he didn't know what this honorary title meant to him.
This honorary title is not only a touchstone for military leaders to recruit talents, but also a ticket to legally expand territory in the future.
At this time in her previous life, Rong Xianxian and her son were trapped in a remote town deep in the mountains. She was hiding from place to place to avoid being hunted down, unlike in this life where she was so high-profile and ostentatious. The enemy couldn't find them, and Ning Qingyun's men couldn't find them either. Wen Qingming did not mention her in the military report that he submitted to the military.
After Ning Qingyun came out of the secret realm, he also received the news that his subordinates had been captured. He sent people to rescue his subordinates, and at the same time sent people to search for the whereabouts of Rong Xianxian and her son. Due to lack of manpower, he used people who were ambushing in the Red List organization, and fell into the trap set by Ning Zhici. The intelligence team suffered heavy losses and the intelligence system was almost paralyzed. This situation made the search for the whereabouts of Rong Xianxian and her son even worse. Finally, it was the intelligence personnel responsible for monitoring the movements of the Gong family who discovered that Gong Hanyu frequently received intelligence sent from Heishui Town. They felt that there was something unusual and finally confirmed the whereabouts of Rong Xianxian and her son. Unfortunately, he was still a step too late.
"Boss, the military has delivered what you asked for. All personnel and supplies are in place. We can set off at any time." Yang Ping respectfully asked Ning Qingyun for instructions.
Minister Yan Cheng knew that Ning Qingyun was going to take people to the Jindu Safety Zone, so he asked him to deliver some things to Wen Qingming and others. In exchange, he provided Ning Qingyun and others with ten military all-terrain transport vehicles, twenty snowmobiles, and enough fuel.
"Notify everyone to gather at the door in half an hour and get ready to set off." After saying this, there was a slight gleam in Ning Qingyun's eyes.
(End of this chapter)
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