Li Chen was chatting with Zhang Yunxi and Shui Huai'an, but Li Chen clearly felt that there was an extremely powerful martial artist around him who seemed to be approaching.

Li Chen couldn't help but be shocked in his heart, the strength of this martial artist was still extremely strong, and his strength far surpassed his own, Li Chen could clearly feel the obvious strength gap between himself and this martial artist.

But Li Chen also slowly calmed down, after all, this is the mansion of the Shui family, and he should be a member of the Shui clan, otherwise he would not appear in this place, but he would not threaten Li Chen's safety.

At this time, Shui Huai'an should have also felt the arrival of this martial artist, so he stood up directly and said to Li Chen and Zhang Yunxi: "My father is back, he went to the Senate to discuss matters today, and he only came back today."

Only then did Li Chen know that this martial artist should be Shui Huai'an's father: Shui Derun, his strength is in the fifth grade of the spirit level, and his strength is also extremely powerful, although he is just a businessman, but he obviously did not leave his cultivation behind.

Li Chen saw from a distance that this middle-aged man looked a little obese, his body looked extremely bloated, and he couldn't even walk flexibly, and the fat on his body obviously affected his speed.

This middle-aged man looks extremely bloated with a big belly, but above his round face, he has a pair of extremely shrewd and flexible small eyes, which seem to be shiny when looking at people.

This also shows the shrewdness of this fat man, the essence of the businessman is exposed in his eyes, and Li Chen can clearly feel the ghost mind of this fat man.

But now, this fat and shrewd businessman should be in a very unhappy mood, and even a little angry, Li Chen could see the displeasure on this man's face from a distance.

With this somewhat angry expression, this fat middle-aged man is even more difficult to get close to, and even makes people want to stay away from this greasy and cunning guy from a distance.

Li Chen was slightly surprised in his heart, Shui Huai'an's father was a typical businessman, but he felt that he was extremely cunning and treacherous, like an old fox.

But Shui Huai'an is a kind of humble gentleman's appearance, such two people will be father and son, and Li Chen is also a little incredible.

After all, if you only look at Shui Huai'an's appearance, he is simply a noble son of a scholarly family, and at first glance, he has studied in a very superior environment since he was a child, so he can have such a temperament and bearing, which is a typical scholar's appearance.

But this Shui Huai'an's father, this Shui Derun, is a complete businessman, extremely greasy and cunning, even treacherous, the two are simply worlds apart.

One is a scholar who does not eat the fireworks of the world, and the other is a shrewd and cunning businessman who is full of treachery, the two are not at all people on the same road, but they are really father and son.

However, even so, Li Chen was still extremely enthusiastic to accompany Shui Huai'an to greet him, after all, after this dealing, Li Chen and Shui Huai'an are also friends, and Li Chen is of course more polite to Shui Huai'an's father.

Shui Huai'an greeted him directly, and then asked the fat man, "Is my father going well today, how is the situation, what does the general say?"

This middle-aged man had already noticed Li Chen and them, and glanced at Li Chen and Zhang Yunxi in reality, but his eyes were still extremely friendly.

Although this guy was obviously in a bad mood, he still didn't vent it to outsiders, and Li Chen also felt that this guy could hide his emotions well.

It was absolutely impossible for him to predict that Li Chen and Zhang Yunxi, these two strangers, would appear here, so he didn't hide his emotions when he came in again, otherwise this guy's businessman would definitely not reveal his emotions.

After this guy's eyes flashed over Li Chen and Zhang Yunxi, he looked at Shui Huai'an, and said a little angrily: "It's better to let the Shui family be responsible for the military expenses of the new army, this is blackmail!"

When he said this, this guy obviously showed anger, obviously this time Shui Huai'an's father went to the Senate to discuss the matter, and he must have suffered a big loss, so he was so angry.

When Li Chen heard this Shui Runde say this, he probably understood why he was furious.

After all, the Shui family is the largest clan in Weidu City, and it also controls many shops and commercial houses in the entire Weidu, and it is the family with the most financial resources in the entire Weidu.

Therefore, the new army selected this time must be supplied with a measured amount of military spending, and as the richest local family in the entire Wei Capital, the Shui family has become the largest source of military spending for the new army.

This time, the new army selected a total of 30,000 people, and Li Chen could imagine that the military expenses required by these people were also a huge astronomical amount, and of course this was directly borne by the Shui family.

Thinking like this, Li Chen also understood that as the patriarch of the Shui clan, Shui Derun was of course extremely angry, after all, such a military expenditure was also extremely huge.

The so-called patriarch of the Shui clan, but he only obeys, after all, most of the 500,000 defenders of this Weidu are supported by the Shui clan, after all, they are the largest family in the Weidu.

However, if they dare to stand up to the royal family of this guard, or the orders of the great general Hao Kun, the 500,000 defenders fed by their money will become a boulder that crushes them.

Because there are still so many families in this Wei Capital, as the owners of power, the general Hao Kun and the prince Liu Hong can directly kill chickens and take eggs, and they can also get the money they need.

And although the Shui family has fallen, there are still countless families in the entire Weidu City that can directly replace the Shui family, and can take over all their business and become another "Shui family".

The same thing will happen to the next family, after all, as a business family, there will always be a new generation, and the ruling class is just a different object for exploitation.

After all, the royal family and military opponents of Weidu are the real controllers of power, although the Shui family controls the economy, but in many ways, they have to bow to the military and royal family of Weidu.

Because the royal family firmly controls the country, and the military controls the country's largest violent institution, a business family like the Shui family is caught in the middle and struggles to survive.

A certain meaning of their existence is to provide money and goods for the defenders and royal families of the defense capital, even if the Shui family falls, the royal family and the military, as the owners of power, will be able to support a new family again.

Provide Wei Du with the money and things he needs, after all, there are always people who come to earn this money, for Hao Kun and Liu Hong, it doesn't matter who this person is, and it doesn't matter what the family name is.

It is important that the family provides itself with the money and things they say they need.

This is also the meaning of the existence of this family, and this is the most fundamental reason why the existence of private armed forces cannot be allowed in the Acropolis City, because the system of power is like this.

If you want to count money, you can't touch the sword anymore, because if you have money and strength, your opponent is extremely terrifying, and it will threaten the life of his master.

But if you pull out your teeth and claws, you become safe, and you're basically a doll to be manipulated with.

The current Shui family is in such a situation, in the face of the exploitation of both the military and the royal family in Weidu City, as a fierce beast that has been completely pulled out of its claws, they can only make submissions.

After all, their rise and fall are completely in the hands of others, so they can only carry out the decisions of others.

So seeing this, Li Chen is even more eager for power, because the owner of power can decide the rules of the game, even if the Shui family is rich and rivals the country, but in front of the military and the royal family, they are just playthings.

At this time, Shui Derun focused his attention on Li Chen and Zhang Yunxi, and then asked Shui Huai'an: "Who are these two?"

Shui Huai'an hurriedly said: "This warrior's name is Li Chen, and this warrior's name is Zhang Yunxi, they are the two people I told you before to save my life." ”

When Shui Derun heard Shui Huai'an say this, he was originally extremely indifferent, so he became enthusiastic about Li Chen and Zhang Yunxi. smiled directly at Li Chen and Zhang Yunxi, and the smile was full of kindness.

He looked at Li Chen and Zhang Yunxi and said, "Since the two friends saved Huai'an's life, that is, the benefactor of my water mansion, I hope you will stay in the mansion for a long time, let us do our best to be a landlord!"

When he said this, the fat man's little eyes were full of smiles, and the angry look when he first entered the house was swept away, and the whole person seemed much friendlier.

With such a hospitable and bold character, the two father and son are very similar, and Li Chen also obviously feels that the father and son should be extremely sincere, and hopes that the two of them will stay in this water mansion for more time.

Li Chen also responded with a smile: "That's nature, that's nature." ”

Li Chen didn't bother to be polite with this guy, after all, this Shui Derun, as the patriarch of the Shui clan, must be extremely busy in normal times, and he shouldn't have time to take care of himself and Zhang Yunxi.

Just now, this guy was just polite, it was just a businessman's trick, so Li Chen said it directly after this guy's words.

At this time, this Shui Derun said directly to Li Chen and Zhang Yunxi: "I still have important matters, you stay in the house for more time, Huai'an will treat you well, try to stay for a few more days, just like your own home." ”

Li Chen and Zhang Yunxi couldn't help but be polite, after all, Li Chen could see that this guy must also have something urgent, and Li Chen didn't want to talk to him more.

The old guy finally looked at Shui Huai'an and said, "I want to greet two friends, I have to deal with what I told you just now, and you have to entertain these two friends." ”

After that, this guy left directly, and there was nothing to say to Li Chen and the others.

This guy came and went in a hurry, and there weren't too many words during the period, but Li Chen still had a very good impression of this guy, and this good impression should mainly come from Shui Huai'an.

I happened to come to Shuifu today, and Li Chen can be regarded as knowing a lot more about this guard, after all, what Li Chen knew before was too one-sided, and he didn't even know many basic things.

But this time, Li Chen understood a lot of things that he didn't know before, and he also learned more about this strange city and understood a lot of truths.

Li Chen slowly understood that if you want to really have more power, you must have more strength, so that you can really stand at the top without being restricted by anything, otherwise you will be at the bottom of the pyramid and then be subjected to endless exploitation.