Hu Lie shook his head triumphantly: "That's right, this is the art of change that I just learned recently. Senior brother, give me advice? ”

Zhao Wushuang's heart was hot, and a pair of scarlet snake eyes stubbornly resisted the tiger and asked, "Can you get bigger?" ”

He hoped that if this supernatural power could make his body bigger, in this era of alternating cold weapons and hot weapons, it would be crushing on the battlefield!

It's a pity that Hu Lie came over with a basin of cold water that day.

"No, senior brother, the kind of magic method that can make the body bigger and smaller at will only exists in legends, where can I be. It's already my limit to be able to change so much, I can't be big or small......" Hu Lie said solemnly, shaking his head.

In other words, it can only change from the size of the original baby elephant to the current normal tiger. It can't be any bigger, it can't be smaller, and there is no use for birds other than to make this guy walk in human society relatively normally!

If Zhao Wushuang was in human form at this time, he would definitely be a black line.

But he could only speak: "Okay, junior brother." As a brother, I can take you to the outside human world for a period of time, you have grown up in the mountains since you were a child, and you have grown up watching the sages and classics, which is basically equivalent to a hermit in the human race. Going out can be regarded as letting you see and see the red dust. ”

In any case, Hu Lie also has great strength. It was helpful for some of the obstacles in his process of building up his power.

A snake and a tiger arranged the affairs in the mountains, and they went to Guangzhou quickly......

On the other hand, Xie Lingqing and others of the Dragon God Sect have also begun a plan to fully infiltrate and control the entire territory of Guangdong from the military, politics, and business!

At night, on the banks of the Pearl River.

Guangzhou in winter is not cold, but the salty and wet sea breeze blowing from the sea at night still makes Xie Lingqing feel excited. Scholars, physical fitness is average.

Chen Liansheng next to him said with a smile: "Thank you, before you set off, the official reminded you to wear more." ”

Xie Lingqing smiled slightly: "Elder Chen, only the cold can keep a cool head. Today, we will lay a solid foundation for the great cause of Lord Ryujin. ”

The two of them came here today, naturally for the sake of the economic resources that they had discussed with Zhao Wushuang before.

In the past, the Dragon God Sect actually used military salaries from the Canton Navy and the Humen garrison, and through the concealment of taxes in some places under its control, which were actually leaked from the Manchu court. There is also a part of the silver that Zhao Wushuang stole directly from the homes of some wealthy families.

But with the growth and further development of the Dragon God Sect, these economic sources are somewhat unreliable.

Therefore, there is an urgent need for stable and sustainable economic resources. Then, on the one hand, the military forces were constantly armed, and on the other hand, the administrative forces were constantly controlled......

The thirteen lines of Guangzhou are naturally the best "fat sheep".

And the Wu family, one of the most powerful of the Thirteen Elements, is an economic giant that is well-known all over the world.

The specific business of the Wu family has been taken over by Wu Shaorong, but it is really in charge. But he is still the legendary businessman of the late Qing Dynasty, Wu Bingjian!

At this time, Wu Bingjian was in his seventies and was recuperating at home. Lin Zexu's "anti-smoking campaign" two years ago had a great impact on the Wu family, and it also dealt a serious blow to him......

Although it is said that the Wu family's Jardine Matheson Company is mostly engaged in serious business, mainly in foreign trades in tea, silk and porcelain, plus some securities and railway investments in the United States.

However, some foreign merchants who were guaranteed by the Wu family often carried opium and sold it to China in order to make huge profits!

For the Wu family at that time, one side was the imperial court government, and the other side was a business partner who had traded for many years, and both sides could not afford to offend. You can only open one eye and close one eye. originally thought that as long as the "Shangguan" was given enough filial piety money, everything would be fine.

I didn't expect to meet Lin Zexu, the governor of Liangguang and the minister of Qincha, who really wanted to do something to resist the opium poison.

So two years ago, during Lin Zexu's anti-smoking campaign. Under pressure from the imperial court, Wu Bingjian's son Wu Shaorong handed over 1,037 boxes of opium handed over by foreign businessmen to Lin Zexu, hoping to close the case.

But now that he got the incriminating evidence, Lin Zexu even determined that the 1,037 boxes of opium were colluded by the thirteen merchants and the British merchants to deceive the government and poison the people.

Immediately sent someone to lock up Wu Shaorong and others to interrogate the minister, and the Wu family compromised again, expressing their willingness to repay the service with their family resources. However, Lin Zexu still ordered Wu Shaorong to be removed from his post and arrested and imprisoned. After this toss, Wu Bingjian lost face, Sven was swept away, and finally became ill. I'm still recuperating for the past two years......

Thus. In China, no matter how powerful and wealthy a businessman is, he is vulnerable in the face of politics, governance, power, and power!

In fact, the thirteen lines are not a special case. In ancient China, the relationship between officials and merchants has always been strange. It's like plants parasitic on each other.

Not to mention the Manchu Qing Dynasty, it is the orthodox dynasty of China, such as the Ming Dynasty and the Tang Dynasty. Merchants are wealthy, but they must seek refuge from the imperial elites; The court magnates also needed more money to maintain their power......

Especially during the Ming Dynasty, the dependency relationship between merchants and court magnates reached an extreme!

The situation of the Manchus was peculiar, because the Manchu business was so backward. In addition, the country was closed to the rest of the country, and only one port in Guangzhou was opened. Therefore, there is a deformed product of the "Thirteen Lines", which is crazy about accumulating money.

But in this way, it did some good to Zhao Wushuang's Dragon God Sect! Because the base camp and main forces of the Dragon God Sect are in Guangdong......

Zhao Wushuang means that he naturally doesn't want to fish as much as he can, just catch a handful and leave; It's not that I want that little bit of "filial piety". These things are needed by a corrupt, dirty, corrupt, and corrupt official, and they are not what the Dragon God Sect wants.

What he wants to do is to be deeply involved in the operation of the Thirteen Elements, and then firmly control it in his own hands!

This is an order issued by the "Lord Ryujin", and as for the specific implementation, it is the business of the people below.

So on this night, Xie Lingqing and Chen Liansheng drove lightly, only bringing a small number of guards. At this time, he was walking towards the Wu family, who ran the "Jardine House" in the thirteen lines.

The Wu family's mansion, which is comparable to the Grand View Garden in "Dream of Red Mansions", is located on the bank of the Pearl River.

Due to the previous two successive victories, the Guangzhou Sailor is now quite famous.

As the chief soldier of the Naval Division, Chen Liansheng is also firmly remembered by everyone in the elite circle of Guangdong (of course, he has not been infiltrated by the Dragon God Sect). Therefore, some of his subordinates have already informed the Wu family that they will bring their colleagues to visit here this evening.

(Chapter 1 arrives!) There are two more watches in the evening, and Zhao Wushuang took Hu Lie to ask for recommendation tickets and rewards~ hehe)