"Ahh

The playful tone was like instructing the servants, and there was no sense of respect at all, Bai Wuji was angry, Huo Ran stood up, and before he could say anything, he had already been preempted by the other party.

"Isn't the second brother-in-law very good at magic? A little carving insect skills, what's so embarrassing, and I don't want you to show martial arts, don't worry about making a fool of yourself." As he spoke, Lancelot turned his head sideways, smiled strangely, and said, "But...... Is your martial arts really bad? Why am I suddenly so scared?

Will you just make a casual move and let me die in vain?"

The frivolous tone obviously did not have much sincerity, but Bai Wuji's face suddenly became extremely solemn, and the majesty of the head of the family that had only been revealed before Bai Junze and the others made the atmosphere in the room tense, and almost climbed to the point of murder. Lancelot, however, remained as if he didn't feel anything, still leaning back in his chair, lazily squinting at the man in front of him.

It was also at this moment that Bai Wuji knew the reason why he made consecutive mistakes tonight. Why is the temperament of this mountain monkey so familiar, I finally understand. The kind of method that seems to know everything about the other party, holds all the backgrounds, secrets, and psychological changes in his hands, so that the enemy has no room for stubbornness, and can only bow down and admit defeat, is exactly the brother's style of doing things.

In the past, he and his brother had never been hostile, although he understood his style, but he had never experienced it himself, and therefore, he didn't realize at first that Lancelot's words and deeds tonight, although they were completely different from his brother, were all creating the same result.

(Brother, you've really caused me a lot of trouble...... ）

Shaking his head, Bai Wuji combed his messy hair with his fingers, sat down again, his fingers flicked, and in an instant, a wave dispersed outward, and everywhere he passed, all the lampholders and candlesticks were all shining brightly, burning with a brilliance ten times more brilliant than they should be, and the sparks kept jumping like life, and there were seven candles without a platform, which floated directly over, floating around the two of them, flashing and lighting things.

"Good ability, Uncle Cat is really not a simple evil ghost. Saying something that I don't know whether it was a compliment or a sarcasm, Lancelot was really impressed.

Although I don't know anything about magic, there are more than two natural elements gathered in the energy fluctuation just now, which is really not easy, at least, it is a first-class difficult skill in the earth realm.

"No further ado, I just want to know, did anyone help you with your ideas or write a speech for your speech that day?"

Now that he has spread out to speak, Bai Wuji will not waste time and directly confirm the center of the problem.

From the content of that speech, we can make a new estimate of the man in front of you.

The reason why he gave him the fake head of his brother was just to give him an explanation to the people, saying that the prisoner who should bear the greatest responsibility for this war was dead, but he didn't expect this man to take advantage of the situation to reverse black and white and make a war announcement, which is really a beautiful hand, I thought it was my sister Liya's idea, but now it seems that ......

"Nope. If I had to say that there was one, it was that I absorbed it from my brother-in-law, and the experience and knowledge left in my head came in handy. ”

Still smiling, Lancelot's expression was much more serious, and now that he had gained the upper hand, he didn't have to put on a show anymore and could get straight to the point.

"What are you looking for me? The Ivory Tower should be running out of everything by now......"

"That's true at the moment, but I don't want to focus on the present. War is a very expensive thing, and although it is possible to feed the war by plundering, if we want to take into account our image and quickly bring the enemy's territory under the rule without causing a popular uprising, the amount of money spent is very staggering, and our current financial situation is not enough to make a big difference!"

"So...... You're going to come to me for money when you come to the throne?"

"The prerequisite is if you can afford it. Even you, who claim to be the richest man in the mainland, have to independently support all the expenses of this war, which is very hard. I'm not going to ask you for it unilaterally, but I want to be able to deal with you as a partner and on an equal footing. ”

"Deal?"

Bai Wuji was really surprised, although he was saying in his heart that he wanted to re-evaluate this brother-in-law, but he kept surprising himself. With the chips in his hand, what qualifications does he have to trade with himself? And he will take the initiative to make such a request, and the ambition in his chest is not small!

"When I used to be a robber, I was always very strange, why is the Bai family, which has declined, so rich? At that time, the answer I got was, you got rich by operating shipping, I still don't understand, what kind of shipping is so profitable? What are you transporting?"

Sighing, Lancelot said, "I didn't understand until recently that businessmen have no conscience.

With the Bai family's power in Reins, no matter what things are brought in, the national law will not be able to control you, and anything that is prohibited can be smuggled openly in large quantities, and it is difficult not to get rich. As for all the properties under the name of the family, I am afraid that there is no need to pay taxes at all! Of course, in the name of dedication, you can skip the treasury and pay this money directly to the queen, and everyone will be happy, and the common people will naturally have the gods and officials to preach the concept of peace and happiness. “

"As for the things you brought in from overseas, a large part of them are anesthetics! I should have thought of it a long time ago, how could there be no one in the Seven Great Sects in such a lucrative business? With the financial power of the Bai family, he became the number one drug lord on the mainland, and the result was of course a big deal, I don't think there is any need to import this kind of thing from other continents, if my memory in my mind is correct, the most sought-after anesthetics are made from the Demon Realm plants planted on Xixi Kejia Island, as well as the body fluids extracted from the monsters! I want to think about it, the next shipment is ...... Next month, the 9th!"

Listening to what Lancelot said, Bai Wuji was expressionless, since this person has his brother's memory information in his head, he will know that these are not surprising, what really worries him is how much he knows?

"The news is not wrong, and if you, as the new emperor, don't want to arrest me and settle tax evasion by the way......" Bai Wuji nodded, with a clear look in his eyes, "You......

Do you want to take a stake in the business?"

"That's right, that's the case, after I ascend the throne, all the business of the Bai family will continue as usual, I will give you protection in all aspects, after leaving the North Gate Tianguan to gradually annex the territory of Altino, the state will cooperate with the Baizi family to start various economic reconstruction projects, and you can account for forty percent of the benefits, but I can also help you sweep away competitors and monopolize the entire black market network, is the Bai family master satisfied with this kind of business?"

"I can't say that there is no temptation, but with the Bai family alone, I want to monopolize the dark market of half the continent, hehe...... What a big ambition. ”

"What's that? I want to ask if you're satisfied by swallowing only half a continent? Father-in-law's goal is the whole world!"

"Okay, let's do it, try to create a darker world than when the demons ruled, anyway, I'm a little disgusted by the current situation on the continent, so it's good to do as you say. But before the cooperation, I have a problem, Japan, the Japanese country northeast of Reins, seems to have secretly united with Eltino in recent years, and wants to blockade Reines from the east and west, and gradually suppress it, our Bai family's ships have had several small and medium-sized naval battles with them, and under the premise of not using the ancient magic weapons, each has its own victory and defeat, but if it continues like this for a long time, it is very unfavorable to our business. I hope that this problem will be solved before you set out for the North Gate Tianguan. ”

"Overseas island nations......

Hearing Bai Wuji's request, Lancelot was genuinely sarcastic. Although it was to curry favor with Altino, in the name of the island nation's naval war, it should be anti-smuggling and anti-narcotics, which is a legitimate reason, and now, he has to stand on the same side as the big villain on the other side, to deal with those who have a righteous name, and compare it with his ideals before going down the mountain, which is really ...... It's ridiculous!

"I know, since those widows are blocking the situation, then let's make his country ruined, but I also have a request. At present, we do not have enough manpower, and Xiaocao is busy all day long, and I hope that you can personally go out and serve in my court to jointly manage the affairs of Reyns. ”

For this request, Bai Wuji groaned and couldn't make a decision. Speaking of Reynes. Tillen's understanding of all aspects, his mastery of connections, and the degree of obedience to orders, except for himself, really don't think about it as a second person, but if he comes to the table like this, no matter how you look at it, it's too ostentatious, should he agree?

"Don't worry too much, on the surface, I will give you a small official position, and I will be a staff member with Xiaocao to assist me, and secretly you will handle all government affairs, so that it will not be too conspicuous, how about it?

If you don't come, it will be difficult for us to carry out our plans!"

The conditions are very fair, and after negotiating this, Bai Wuji couldn't find any reason to refute it, so he nodded, even if he agreed. And to be able to get this result, Lancelot felt very excited, before offering such a bunch of preferential conditions, just to invite the second brother-in-law to come out, I had heard the righteous brother Dongfang Xuanlong say before, the second brother-in-law's financial skills, not only outstanding, is already a real genius, no matter what aspect can quickly roll money with money, when he uses the country as a prop, he should be able to gather a lot of money soon.

"So...... I'll take my leave. Ranslow stood up, flicked away the two candles dangling overhead, and smiled, "There's one thing I want you to ask you for." You and I understand it very well...... That person is not so easy to die, Xiaocao wants to see him, I hope you can help. It's a normal request for a brother and sister to meet, and you won't say no, right?"

Bai Wuji didn't have a clear answer, but judging from his attitude, he didn't object, but as Lancelot stepped up the steps and was about to leave, he asked a question in a low voice.

"Is this just what you came to me for today? If it was to talk about cooperation, I didn't appreciate your attitude at the beginning. ”

It's not just that I don't appreciate it, especially when I think of the two punches I received inexplicably, which almost broke the bridge of my nose, how this is more than a friendly attitude of greeting.

"But whether you like it or not, we still reached an agreement in the end, which shows that the key to cooperation lies in strength, and has nothing to do with attitude!"

With an extremely arrogant tone, Bai Wuji's heart couldn't help but feel angry, and as soon as he slapped the table, he was about to stand up, but Lancelot, who was about to push the door out, suddenly turned around, and his expression was gloomy.

"By the way, it occurred to me that if you were referring to the two punches you received at the beginning, there was a reason. Those two punches are a warning to you, don't use your brains against other people's wives in the future. ”

As soon as these words came out, the atmosphere between them immediately became tense, for a reason that only everyone knew, the pair of partners who had just negotiated the terms of cooperation looked like a pair of rivals who were about to fight to the death.

"The memories inherited from Uncle Bai Qi's side, although they are only fragments, there are still a lot of things, and through these, I know a little bit about you. Hmph, although it's some bullshit that I don't know yet, but since I know, if I don't deal with it, then I'm not a man, so ......"

His eyes were cold, and the strong murderous aura that suddenly emanated from his body made people understand that Lancelot was not joking, and after he brushed his hair, he said in a deep voice: "It doesn't matter if our cooperation breaks down immediately, if you have any bad thoughts about Uncle Ben's woman, I promise to appear in front of you immediately and tear your head off with my own hands!"

When did the door close? Bai Wuji couldn't answer, he couldn't recover from the cold murderous aura that made people's hairs stand up for a long time, and when he settled down again, he slowly mixed a glass of light wine for himself.

(Alas, brother, you really picked the most troublesome heir...... ）

"It's so unrighteous, you pair of big and small sluts, it's really too unrighteous, knowing your pair of sluts, I've been pouring the lintel for eight lifetimes, and it's decided, from now on, let's break away from the system!"

"Who is a slut? You are a little brother, how can you talk to the eldest sister like this? It's so unruly!"

"Big sister, do you have the big sister who took the initiative to run away when she saw her little brother under siege?

"Wouldn't I count? If it weren't for you, I would have been so miserable and depressed a while ago, if you wanted to break off the relationship, you would have spit out all the money from before, and we would cut it in two...... Sister Hua, why did you start floating backwards again?"

"Isn't there someone who wants to dissociate himself from us? So what are we going to do here? We don't have to look at the sickness, let this stranger who has nothing to do with us go and play the game of dying in the middle of the road alone. ”

"Wow!!No! I'm just kidding, you two women don't have such a sense of humor!"

The weakness was in the hands of the other party, and Hunter had no chance to save face, so he had to bow down before the demonic righteous sisters.

Finally got rid of the pursuit of the people under the Jixia, sighed to the extreme of Han Te, re-met with Ailing and Hua Bian Que, the three of them picked a teahouse to wrap up, after clearing the idle people, etc., Hua Shen doctor took the pulse and healed the wounds for Han Te, and then prescribed a prescription to make his injuries heal as soon as possible.

After the diagnosis and treatment were completed, the three of them chatted with a not very enthusiastic attitude, but they could still be regarded as talking and laughing. This was the first time the three of them had gathered together since they parted at Alembat Hill to talk about the situation after the farewell. Han Te and Hua Bian Que's lives have hardly changed, a bonus hunter and a working witch, who are causing trouble to the world in their respective fields. During the Mai-Shi War, Han Te was hired by the Medici family as a mercenary and repeatedly dealt serious blows to the cadres of the Shi family, while Hua Bian Que lived in seclusion, concentrating on the study of the Huang Taiji Codex given by Ailing, and occasionally quietly went to the outside world to experiment and research.

Although both of them are satisfied with their lives, from a secular point of view, perhaps the two of them will be happier if they are eliminated together.

Ailing probably talked about her situation these days. It's just a summary, because since meeting his senior brother Lancelot, in a short period of time, countless events have struck like stormy waves, and the degree of thrilling is even more than the sum of the past ten years, even Ailing himself can't clearly grasp the ins and outs of everything.

"Yo, I really can't imagine that so many things have happened?" Han Te clasped his hands and nodded: "I thought you had been obediently studying in Jixia, and you would have run away when the army besieged the city!"

"Oh, is it? This is just your wishful thinking, you want to find an excuse for yourself, right?" Revealing Han Te's mentality, Hua Bian Que shook his head and said: "The Heavenly Position War has always been very widespread, if you take this opportunity to kill someone in the city, there will be no pressure to repay the debt in the future, such an idea, do you dare to say that you have never thought about it?"

"No, I'm ...... I...... Ghost woman, don't fall into the well over there!" Han Te shook his hand and hurriedly explained his innocence, while opposite him, Ailing had already stood up with a tense expression, and his hand was still reaching straight to his waist, as if he was going to take out some ancient demon weapon to fight.

"Please, can you have a little more confidence in me? Although I love money, I will not disregard my conscience, let alone hurt my own people for money. The three of us are our own people, aren't we?

With Hua Bian Que talking coldly beside him, Han Te really spent a lot of effort to exonerate himself.

No matter from which point of view, he has to maintain a good relationship with these two people, especially Ailing, the eldest sister, although she is reluctant to scream, but as long as she thinks that she can start from her, steal and sell the ancient demon Dao equipment out, and get huge profits, he must hold her high in his hands no matter what.

And when asked about each other's future plans, the three have their own answers.

Ailing is definitely going to stay in the Taiyan Academy. After Bai Junze resigned and went home to plant flowers, the power of the Taiyan Institute fell into her hands, although there were some obstacles in the practical work, but Xiaocao quickly recommended the veterans with rich qualifications in the Taiyan Institute to assist, and after the appointment of Ailing, the overall work has been on track. As for Ailing's own appointment as the dean of the Taiyan Academy, Lancelot intends to officially announce it at his enthronement ceremony to show his attention, but before that, the edict issued by the head of the Bai family will arrive first to give the new dean a substantive title.

Hant hasn't decided yet. After the war, he returned to his free body, and Reins had no money on his side, no matter how he thought about it, it was better to return to the free city, however, without such a large-scale war, there would be no high-oil jobs in the free city, and where to go to find a high salary that satisfied him, which was a troublesome question.

"Sister Hua, what about you, it's rare to come to Jixia and let me do my best to entertain you to live in the Taiyan Academy for a while!"

"As a magister, it's too humiliating to live in a place with a bunch of primeval magic path machinery, I'm not interested in this kind of thing, but I'll stay under the grass for a while......"

Hua Bian Que said lightly, and in his calm tone, there was something that the two people at the same table did not understand.

The reason why I came to Jixia was because I lost the bet. I couldn't have imagined that that stupid woman was willing to do such a thing, so that she was rarely dumbfounded, so she had to follow her convincingly to Jixia, and what was even more wrong was that she actually kidnapped a vote of juniors and sisters from Daxue Mountain, and walked with her, and she became an accomplice.

But at present, I can't leave. Ostensibly, the reason was that he was hired by the royal family of Reyns to assist in the treatment of the wounded here, but in fact, it was to receive the remuneration for the commission.

Through the Demon Guild, he knew that the woman who called herself Cangyue Grass was the legendary Great Magus Mei Lin. Green's disciple, the current president of the Wizard Guild, has accepted her commission, and she has taken on the troublesome work of training the Shetters, and now although the Shets are still difficult to teach, she should meet with the Principals since she has arrived at Jixia, in particular, she seems to have something to negotiate with herself......

With different thoughts, the conversation between the three ended in a harmonious atmosphere, but at the last moment, Han Te's words made Ailing feel a little uneasy.

"Big sister, say so...... You're going to be working with that monkey in the future, aren't you? Be careful, his speech that day announced the end of the civil war gave me the feeling that you must be careful with this mutant monkey, or you will die an unknown death at any time. ”

There are still a few days left before the third month, but the North Gate Tianguan, which is located at the westernmost point of Reyns's territory, is still shrouded in a silver-white world full of snowflakes at this moment.

The cold wind whistled and blew, and the piercing screams inspired by the wind blowing across the narrow mountain walls on both sides were unpleasant, and if it was at night, the screaming sound of the wind would even make people feel cold from the bones.

The scenery as far as the eye can see is similar. All the leaves had withered to the ground months ago, and as far as the eye could see, there were dead branches, like the shriveled palms of old people, swaying back and forth in the cold wind, adding to the desolate atmosphere.

In fact, in such a low temperature, most people's sense of smell is no longer able to function normally, and the whole nose is frozen, and the palm of the hand wearing thick leather gloves cannot be rubbed on the nose to invigorate blood and generate heat, so as not to be frozen to lose the sense of smell of the nose accidentally, the whole thing falls off.

Withered branches, snow, cold wind, such a depressed scene, in the eyes of the soldiers who defended the city in the past, it was really uncomfortable to feel like they were in a Jedi in the world, especially when they thought that there were people in the rear who could hide by the fire to warm up and drink, these were particularly unbalanced in the hearts of the front-line soldiers.

But that's all in the past, since the North Gate Tianguan has changed its new owner, the quality of the soldiers stationed here has also been improved. The five-color flags on West West Koga Island are the most powerful soldiers on the continent today if their opponents are limited to humans, and this level of ice and snow is nothing to them who have been honing on Alcatraz for many years.

Under the influence of strong demonic energy, coupled with the innate instability of the magnetic field, the climate of Xixi Kojia Island is as varied as a free city, especially when the war breaks out, due to the fierce impact of various energy magnetic fields, it directly affects the weather, often the war is halfway through, the temperature of the originally sunny day suddenly drops sharply, before and after only a dozen breaths, the sky has blown a blizzard, almost invisible to the five fingers of the strong wind and snow, but it will make the five-color flag soldiers shout luck, because the most inverted situation in the record is the thunderbolt lightning in the sky, and the ground is bombarded, and the five-color flag that witnessed this scene at that time lost a thousand people in a short period of time。

Therefore, although the wind and snow in the winter of Beimen Tianguan are strong, the members of the five-color flag are not surprised at all, and continue to train the recruits from under the grass in this cold wind, as well as the soldiers of the Hua family who were captured at the beginning.

"In the old days, these pawns would have been reduced to slavery and sold all over the country.

However, now that we are short of manpower, we have to take them into our side, hoping to come in handy sooner. “

Feeling impatient with the training of this batch of rotten wood, who is currently helping to assist in the handling of the affairs of the five-color flag as a deputy, Bai Qianlang complained to Gengoro like this.

It's a bit ridiculous to say, but the current Beimen Tianguan is in a state of chaos where the No. 2 person is unknown.

Before this, all the affairs of the North Gate Tianguan were taken care of by Gengoro himself, and everyone was also subordinate to him, the commander with outstanding ability, although Gengoro always regarded himself as Nier's mentor, but everyone, including Nier, regarded him as the chief referee, because Nier's own qualifications, temperament and ability were not enough to command a group of such a size.

But this situation was broken by Bai Qi's orders. Before the day left, Bai Qi had ordered the five-color flag to transfer the commander-in-chief to Nier, and therefore, now all Gengoro's orders must be approved by Nier before they can be issued, although he himself is very satisfied with this change, but for the sake of the five-color flag generals led by Bai Qianlang, he always feels that this is a very inefficient approach, but in order to obey the orders of the supreme leader, no one dares to have an opinion.

"No way, I'm a bad guy who is annoying, and you Supreme Leader should not trust me. Miss Nelle is a person who never goes beyond the right track in her actions and thoughts, and there is only a limit to how bad things can be when she is the leader. ”

Gengoro explained with a smile, and was content with such a situation, for him, he had long passed the stage of fighting for power and profit, and the reason why he was willing to work hard here now was just to assist Nell, and this arrangement was the best.

And in general, the supreme leader does not necessarily need to be a good mind and a good manager, but rather the ability to unite the whole group. If it's a small organization like the Forty Thieves with mediocre members and a strong support from a leader, then being the leader does require a lot of ability.

However, when the size of the organization becomes a national number, and its members are quite capable, the leader does not have to show his ability in this way, and sometimes even avoid being too aggressive.

Rather than showing one's own ability, knowing people's talents, making good use of talents' abilities, how to properly distribute the work and interests within the organization, and avoiding group splitting have become the most important tasks of a leader. Some leaders convince their subordinates by demonstrating their superior abilities, but there are many examples of affinity with their subordinates.

Niel is closer to the latter. Even though the five-color flag has a lot of complaints about her one-line thinking and lack of calm work style, he usually gets along with her very well, and he likes her hearty personality, which is something that Gengoro can't do, so it is an ideal thing for him and Nier to rule the North Gate Tianguan together.