"It's a piece of honey wrapped in malice, but I'm going to pretend to be very happy and happy to take it all." Li Ze looked at Tu Lichun, Tu Hu and Xia He, his face gloomy. "This is the price of weakness, because because of weakness, we have to rely on others."

Tu Lichun was also worried: "Childe, it's okay to say anything else, but we should refuse their request to send an army of 1,000 people into Wuyi." The handle of the knife must be held in one's own hands, and the arrival of such a team will disrupt our current structure. ”

"I know." Li Ze said helplessly: "But obviously, this last condition is what Gao Xiangsheng and the others value the most." The so-called benefits of the previous are just a foreshadowing, and if we want to get the previous benefits, we have to accept this condition. It's like the 500,000 yuan of goods, it's just a promise now, if these 1,000 people don't get it, do you think we can get these things? ”

Xia He held the account book and interjected on the side: "Childe, what are you doing so much?" Let's eat the benefits in our mouths first, even if the thousand people come, what will happen? When the time comes, they will be on our territory, and what do you want to do with them, don't you have the means? Can't they just let their meat buns beat the dogs, and there is no return? When the time comes, we will eat and wipe clean, and we will not even leave them any soup and water, so that they will hide in the dark and cry. ”

Xia He's crisp voice echoed in the room, and several big men paused for a while, and they all laughed.

Li Ze stretched out his hand and scratched Xia He's little nose, and said, "It's the little girl's words, can't we digest these thousand people by then?" There are many means, dividing and dividing, borrowing knives to kill people, in short, there must be a road before the car reaches the mountain. Now that our forces are weak, and we may soon be attacked by the enemy, let these people take the lead for us. Lichun, you won't say you don't even have these means, right? If we can subdue them, we'll be a big help. ”

"Difficult!" Tu Lichun, who was a little dark, said: "If my expectations are good, the thousand people who will come at that time are only afraid of Qianniuwei." Qianniuwei is the emperor's personal soldiers, and it is too difficult to subdue them. ”

"It seems that I asked Gao Xiangsheng for the title of this Qianniu Wei Zhonglang General, and I really stumbled into it by mistake." Li Zehe laughed: "At first, I just disliked the reputation of the prison guards. ”

"If it's really Qianniuwei, the official hat of that lieutenant general is still easy to use." Tu Lichun said: "But Childe, in the current situation, is it appropriate for us to get involved with Chang'an?" Will it be self-defeating? ”

"Are you saying that most of the Jiedu envoys are desperately trying to keep out the imperial court's forces, and I'm laughing at them?" Li Ze spread his hands and said: "For me, there is no way, now my strength is too weak, as long as it can enhance my strength, people, I will take it in first." As for whether it is a wolf or a tiger that is brought in, then it is necessary to pass the current level first, and if you can't even pass this level, it is meaningless to say anything else. Moreover, getting involved with the imperial court may seem like a problem now, but if you think about it in the long run, there may be greater opportunities. ”

"What does that mean?" Tu Lichun asked puzzled.

"Whether it's Chengde, or Zhenwu, or Henghai, why are the people of the North convinced of Gao Yu? Is it because Gao Biao's strength is very strong? Li Ze suddenly asked a question that seemed unrelated.

Tu Lichun and Tu Hu were both stunned.

"Childe, everyone is convinced of Gao Biao, not only because Hedong's strength is stronger than ours, but more importantly, everyone knows that Gao Biao is loyal, forgetful for the public, and conscientious all his life." Tu Hu thought for a moment before saying.

Li Ze nodded and sighed: "Yes, because this person is loyal." Although people like us don't want to be like Gao Biao, we still respect such people in our hearts. Because we all know that this person is devoted to the public and has no selfish heart. He has such a mentality and a righteous name, so everyone respects him and fears him. ”

Looking at the Tu brothers who seemed to be a little stunned, Li Ze continued: "The Tang Dynasty has been established for hundreds of years, and now although it is about to rot, there is always some foundation, people like Yang Zishi and them, they would rather die and fight until the last moment, and those specially marked people in the booklet that Gao Xiangsheng gave me, knowing that the imperial court is no longer sustainable, are still desperately dragging this broken ship that is about to fall into the bottomless abyss, and there are many more, although they have been disappointed in the Tang Dynasty, they are not willing to betray him, just hid themselves and silently watched the Tang Dynasty sink, they knew that they were powerless to save, but they didn't want to add fuel to the fire, you know, these people are capable. ”

Tu Hu suddenly said: "What does Childe mean that in the future, we can gather such some people for our own use?" ”

Li Ze nodded: "Yes, but this is still a matter for the future." We're short of talent. Wenzhi martial arts, generals, we are still enough at this stage, but it will be difficult to say in the future, what about Wenzhi, it's funny to say, now Yang Kai is the first person under me. In fact, just like the characters in the booklet that Gao Xiangsheng gave me, I just brought one out at random, but I am afraid that we are also the best here! ”

"A big empire, hundreds of years of accumulated heritage, talents, is not what we can imagine! Even if he is terminally ill now, compared to us, he is still a behemoth that can be hoped for but unattainable. Li Ze said: "So if one day, if we can dance the signboard of the imperial court in the name of righteousness, as long as we operate it properly, will we let these many talents be used by me?" If we can really bring these people together, it will be a qualitative leap for us. ”

"Childe is thinking too far." Tu Lichun smiled: "I don't have such a long-term vision, I can only look at the present." ”

"Of course, the present is the most important thing, without the present, how can there be a future?" Li Ze said with a smile: "So I took the honey-wrapped malice thrown by Gao Xiangsheng, but whether we can turn waste into treasure and turn harm into profit depends on our ability." ”

"Gongzi can convince people like Gongsun Changming, how can others be reasonable?" Tuhu Road.

"Tu Hu, you have always been doing business outside and are well-informed, have you heard of the Four Seas Trading Company?" Li Ze asked.

"I've heard of it, but Shenlong has never dealt with it since he saw the beginning and the end, or we still let him look down on it." Tu Hu said: "I heard that the people who can do business with the Four Seas Trading Company are all great people, because they never do ordinary business. They only do business that no one else can do. ”

"For example?"

"More than ten years ago, the Jiedu envoy did a business with them, and got thousands of sets of armor and weapons from them." Tu Lichun said.

"I see." Li Ze frowned: "After that happened, did the old man pay a great price, far exceeding the value of this batch of armor weapons?" ”

Tu Lichun shook his head: "I don't know about this." However, at that time, the envoy of the festival must not have been able to come up with this money. ”

"I understand that the objects of this so-called Sihai Trading Company are the kind of people who have the potential to become a big man, and what they do is not ordinary business at all. And the background of these people is quite unusual, and their vision must be unusually vicious, Tu Hu, are there any examples of business failures in the four seas trading companies? ”

"Or maybe there is, but it's impossible for someone like me to know." Tu Hu smiled, "Childe, the scale of our Yixingtang is not small, but it cannot be compared with the Four Seas Trading Company, it is rumored that this trading company has existed for countless years, longer than the founding of the Tang Dynasty. ”

Countless scenes and similar cases immediately came to Li Ze's mind. Historically, there have been many such mysterious organizations, they are not famous, but they are amazingly powerful, and they can silently manipulate the national fortunes of a country, rejuvenating the country with one thought, and destroying the country with one thought. But no matter how the dynasty changes, they can always be passed down from generation to generation.

They are uncrowned kings in every word. When a dynasty is prosperous, if the emperor is strong, they choose to hibernate and be a submissive person in a disciplined manner, and once the national fortunes decline, they will jump out to make waves and dig out the greatest benefits from it. Dynasties, emperors, in the eyes of these people, are just tools one after another.

Now that the Tang Dynasty has become like this, countless festivals have divided the world, maybe they have their credit. Now that they appear in front of themselves, it's not that they have taken a fancy to themselves, they are probably looking at Chen Bangzhao, who is in their eyes, or just a pawn who can be abandoned at any time!

Li Ze sneered in his heart. If you want to become Chen Bangzhao's pawn, you have to ask if you are willing! Are you willing to take people out of the money, that's just as Xia He said, you won't admit it, as long as Lao Tzu is strong enough, what can you do with me?

That high elephant rise is absolutely inseparable from this four-sea trading company.

"Lichun, then you are ready to receive the thousand people who are coming one after another, how to settle them, you first come up with a plan." Li Ze pondered: "The important thing is to find out the details of the officers among these people first. Didn't they come in batches, then arrange them to different places first. ”

Tu Lichun nodded yes.

"Tu Hu, it's difficult to do business this year, but now you don't have to hide it, and you can do it with great fanfare. Besides, pay more attention to this trading company in the four seas, since they have shown their fox tail in front of us, there are always traces to follow. Li Ze's fear of this Sihai trading company in his heart is extraordinary. The destructive power of these guys is much more difficult to deal with than those guys with open knives and guns.