Chapter Seventy-Nine: On the Importance of Backstage
Ke Shaolong was only seventeen years old when he became the leader of the Cao Gang. In the eyes of other Jianghu forces at the time, the 35xs was completely legendary and incredible.
The so-called Jianghu forces, in the final analysis, are just civil associations, some of which claim to be non-profit, such as the White Lotus Sect. But most of them are for-profit organizations, such as martial arts. However, the special feature of the Cao Gang is that its organization personnel are mainly Cao military households and some unemployed vagrants recruited by the people. In this way, they are more like civil servants who are not part of the establishment. Whether or not they use their public power to do illegal things, they are different from ordinary violent associations.
However, the military households are not under the control of the Cao Gang, they have their own Cao Yun Governor, but everyone cooperates with each other when transporting grain. The result of long-term cooperation is that you have me, I have you, even if it was originally different, but in the eyes of the people, the Cao Gang has become a hand-eye existence, and even the Salt Gang is relegated to the second.
With such a big force, it is normal to choose a helper to facilitate everyone to stay warm, but choosing a seventeen-year-old doll is too child's play. This is not a son inheriting his father's business, and he can inherit the throne by hereditary. If you want to become the leader of the Cao Gang, in the final analysis, what you look at is strength.
What is Ke Shaolong's ability? Martial arts? Deep background?
In terms of martial arts, which of the disciples of the White Lotus Sect is not a boy who practices Sanjiu in winter and Sanfu in summer; In terms of background, the leader of the Salt Gang is a cousin of the two Zhejiang salt envoys. And Ke Shaolong is just the son of a farmer, and he can sit in the position of the leader of the Cao Gang, relying only on his ruthlessness and wisdom.
Ke Shaolong's ancestral home is in Shandong, and his family was originally a wealthy family with grain and land. 35xs's father is a well-known farmer, and if he learns his father's trade, he will not have to worry about eating and drinking. But Ke Shaolong, who was not born a peaceful person, has no interest in learning farming, and he messes around with a group of idle Jianghu people all day long, so he has a lot of quarrels with his father and has a cold relationship.
But no matter how cold they are, they are also father and son.
The Yellow River burst, Shandong was flooded, the family's fields were gone, the grain was gone, and my mother also lost her life in this natural disaster. Only he and his father were saved by those Jianghu people in the chaos and saved their lives.
And he worshipped them and became brothers.
The father was old and hit too hard in this disaster and was paralyzed. Ke Shaolong carried his father on his back like this, followed the team of displaced people all the way south, and with his youth and strength, he entered the team of the Cao Gang under the recommendation and guarantee of those brothers.
Jiangnan is rich and has a lot of choices, and the treatment of the Cao Gang is just barely satisfying, of course, this does not include the high-level figures of the Cao Gang. If you don't think you're capable of reaching the sky, or if you really can't live, you won't choose a place like Cao Gang.
Ke Shaolong originally just wanted to make a living and earn some money to treat his father's illness.
But he never thought that this was the most correct choice he made in his life.
He is a person who can endure hardships, knows how to be flexible, and has his own persistence. He can do everything beyond the imagination of the leader, and in just a few years, he has risen to prominence and has become the general manager of a party. Then with the help of his own convenience in the river transportation, he made a lot of money and sent the big head into the capital, in the hands of the prince, as for how to take such a line.
Such a relationship made his generation in Jiangsu and Zhejiang more and more smooth. With the implicit support of the crown prince, he annexed several forces of the Cao Gang in one fell swoop, and finally won the position of the leader of the Cao Gang. And among these forces, there is the worship brother who saved his life in the first place.
If you are obedient, you will have the support of the imperial court; If you don't obey, you will be swallowed up by the obedient people one by one. Man always has to choose, so he easily chooses the conditions that are most favorable to him.
The help that the crown prince has brought to him is undoubtedly immense. Whether it is the Governor of Liangjiang Ah Shan or the Governor of Caoyun, they are all open to him.
But there are pros and cons to everything, and the result of being prosperous with the prince and falling is that the tree is now falling and scattering. The prince's situation is critical, and if he hangs himself from this tree, he will dig his own grave.
He understands this truth, and he doesn't want to hand over the country he has single-handedly to others. But this is his last choice, if he is on the wrong side, it is really a dead place.
No master would like a slave with three surnames.
Since the crown prince lost power, the eighth master was originally in the limelight, and everyone persuaded him to turn his head to the eighth master. But he always trusted his instincts, and his instincts told him that the eighth master was not the best choice.
Sure enough, it didn't take long for the Eight Sages King, who was praised by the whole country, to step down.
But this also made Ke Shaolong even more difficult. He didn't have much time, and once the officials in Jiangsu and Zhejiang found out that they had to sacrifice themselves, the Cao Gang became the only thing they could do to get their losses back.
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Ke Shaolong is a proud person, he used to be born to suppress his desires, but now he is in a high position, and his pride is vividly swayed. He just sat like that, quietly looking at the handsome little student Kai Kai in front of him and talking. Even if he is in an embarrassing situation now, his face is still calm and light.
Meeting such a person who is not well-known and still comes to surrender in person shows his casualness.
"Choose the fourth master."
This is the answer given by the little brother surnamed Xu who came to vote yesterday. Ke Shaolong just watched his pale pink lips close one by one. Don't ask why?
Because he knew that the fourth master was the head of the household department, the Jiangsu and Zhejiang cases were all his handiwork. Compared with the two, the fourth elder brother just does things in a down-to-earth manner, but the fourteenth elder brother is more and more favored.
pleaded for the eighth master and was applauded, but after the saint returned to God, he got the sacred heart more than the brothers.
Ke Shaolong didn't ask, and Xu Yougui didn't answer. The two just looked at each other like this, but one wanted to see each other's attitude, but the other seemed to be admiring the beauty.
"Why not the Fourteenth Master?" Ke Shaolong handed over a word.
"Because you are the Ke gang leader, you are more similar to the fourth master." Xu Yougui breathed a sigh of relief, he was always so quiet, and he was not very comfortable.
Yes, Ke Shaolong could have swallowed up a few generals who had a good relationship with him in order to become the gang leader, and such a ruthless person could know what he really wanted.
The fourth master has this ruthlessness, but the fourteenth master, who can intercede for the eighth master, can't.
A man of temperament cannot climb the throne of God. At this point, the fourteenth master is actually not as good as the eighth master.
"Something interesting." The corners of Ke Shaolong's mouth were slightly upturned, the fingers supporting his cheeks were slender, and he tapped his lips.
"As long as Gang Master Ke allows me to be the second-in-command and gives me the trust and power of the second-in-command, I, Xu Yougui, promise that as long as it takes a month, as long as a month, the Cao Gang will return to its former peak."
After saying this, Ke Shaolong laughed, Xu Yougui didn't know why.
That's what you're for...... Ke Shaolong thought to himself, and his smile became more and more intriguing.
"A month?"
"Yes. One month. ”
"What are you going to do?" Ke Shaolong became more and more interested in him, not because of Xu Yougui's promise, but because of his simplicity and sensitivity to political affairs. The two original contradictory points appeared at the same time, which was enough to arouse Ke Shaolong's interest, and he wanted to see where this young man could go. If he is really capable, he doesn't mind appreciating some sweetness.
However, the second-in-command, he really dares to think, hehe......
"Please Cao Gang kill someone, as long as there is his head, it will be a stepping stone for you to knock on the door of the Fourth Master's Mansion."
"Who?"
"Ye Tianxiang."