Chapter 792: Take over
With Li Mingyang's wisdom in the power struggle, he naturally knew that it was very bad to say such a threatening word at the beginning of wanting to cooperate, if the bishop of Anqing County was really a strong person, hearing his words, even if he originally wanted to cooperate, he might give up.
But Li Mingyang's layout in Anqing County is not to really be a soil emperor, all he wants is a recognized identity, he can have enough reasons to take over Emperor Ouyang's territory and manpower, and the people of the temple must not come to meddle blindly during this time. As long as it can be like this, the other Li Mingyang doesn't want to do it at all.
That's why now he shows such a strong side, and even makes it clear that he doesn't take the Anqing County Temple in his eyes, and this kind of cooperation is naturally impossible to be long-term and reliable, but these are not in Li Mingyang's consideration.
The black-clothed divine envoy looked at Li Mingyang with complicated eyes, but in the end, he could only nod and walk into the temple with his things. When he secretly opened the treasure bag and saw that there were 100 million high-grade spirit stones inside, his hands had already begun to tremble. Before, he was still thinking about how the bishop would react when he heard his relay, but after seeing the chips that the other party took out, he knew that the bishop would definitely not refuse, at least not now, and he would give a promise in a short time, who would have trouble with the spirit stones, and there were still so many spirit stones.
Of course, what the black-clothed envoy didn't know was that Li Mingyang only said that he could leave things if the bishop agreed, but he didn't say how long he could keep them. No matter how much Li Mingyang has spirit stones, it is impossible for him to squander them so unscrupulously, and the 500 million high-grade spirit stones offered to Chen Xiao are just a concept, but in a few months, no matter how small the profits are, he is still making money, and in the final analysis, he doesn't use a spirit stone. As for the spirit stone thrown into the temple, Li Mingyang will naturally take it back in the future, and by the way, he will also take the bishop's private collection away.
This kind of thing is already familiar to us, so it is better to let the bishop rejoice for a while, and the dying person should not worry too much about him.
The chaos in front of the Lingpin Pavilion spread throughout Anqing County on the same day, although Anqing County is very large, the spread of news will never stagnate because of the size of the land. Emperor Ouyang's death is explosive news in the eyes of many people, but for those who have always lived on the dark side, Emperor Ouyang's death is great news. has been suppressed by that old monster for so many years, and this life is finally over.
"Big brother, are we really going to take the opportunity to go it alone?" a monk in one of the mansions asked worriedly.
"What, is there anything that can't be done?" another bald monk said indignantly: "All these years have been pressed by that old horseman, what freedom does our brother have, now that he is finally dead, why don't we take the opportunity to get out, the benefits we will receive in the future are our own, and no one will share with us, how good is this?"
Perhaps the bald monk said something too nice, and all the monks around him shouted excitedly. These people are also considered to have a little strength in Anqing County, but when Emperor Ouyang was alive, no matter how much benefit they get, they will be taken away by Emperor Ouyang, if not, they will be completely wiped out, such a thing is something they are unwilling to accept, and naturally they will always endure the oppression of Emperor Ouyang. And the embarrassing thing is that these gang monks were also oppressed by the big gangs, and they had nowhere to redress their grievances, so in the end they could only endure it to this day.
And just as these people were dreaming, suddenly the door was kicked open, and then a man walked in unscrupulously.
"Who is it?" the bald monk immediately walked out in shock, but as soon as the bald monk opened the door, he was grabbed by the neck by a man.
This person's face was extremely ugly, after Tianfu's face darkened, he suddenly saw such a face, and the people around him were really startled, but after being surprised, people thought of the rumors that the one who killed Emperor Ouyang seemed to be an ugly monster, and the bald monk was clutched by the neck, but he still reluctantly squeezed out a sentence: "Are you Li Shao?"
The person who came was naturally Li Mingyang, there was only one person behind him, everyone in this monk's courtyard knew him, this person's name was Liang Chen, and he was Emperor Ouyang's most powerful subordinate at the beginning, and now seeing that he had come with this ugly monster, these people also understood that Emperor Ouyang's territory was estimated to have been taken over.
It's just that this speed is too fast, the sky has just darkened, and he has already dealt with all the troubles on Emperor Ouyang's side?
"From now on, mess with me, don't make trouble, can you do it?" Li Mingyang looked at the bald monk and said very calmly.
"This ......" The bald monk was about to hesitate, but before he could finish the third word, people saw his neck suddenly tilt very exaggeratedly, and then he completely choked.
"Kill you?" Seeing their boss die like this, the people in the courtyard became even more terrified. Only Liang Chen smiled bitterly now, he was also present when Emperor Ouyang was killed today, and when he saw this scene, he thought of what his boss looked like when he died, even the powerhouses of the Holy Spirit Realm died so casually, not to mention these people.
"Who of you here can speak?" said Li Mingyang, looking around.
Everyone, look at me, I look at you, and finally pushed out the original deputy gang leader. As soon as the deputy gang leader came out, he immediately knelt on the ground and said with a sad face: "I promise, I promise to follow you in the future, not to cause you trouble, and to honor you for the benefits I receive." β
Li Mingyang smiled, helped the person up very kindly, and then said: "Don't be afraid, I'm just here to take you in, not to kill you." As long as I can promise not to make trouble in the future, so that I can make an errand at the temple. Keep all the benefits you receive in the future, and remember not to make trouble. Of course, I will hand over this place to you, except for you not to make trouble yourself, whoever dares to make trouble here, you have to settle it for me, and if you can't make trouble, come to me immediately. Is it difficult to do this?"
"Huh?" The deputy gang leader looked at Li Mingyang in surprise, and suddenly thought that he would die over there after a little hesitation to help, and immediately nodded like garlic: "It's not difficult, it's absolutely not difficult, whoever dares to make trouble here will kill his whole family." β
"Well, okay, just do it, don't forget to kill the whole family. Li Mingyang encouraged him with a smile, and then walked out with Liang Chen.
After all, Liang Chen was a person who had followed Emperor Ouyang for many years, although he also had a grudge against Emperor Ouyang before obeying Li Mingyang, but seeing Li Mingyang now casually absorbing these forces, he still couldn't help but say: "Li Shao, isn't this too casual?"
"Huh?" Li Mingyang said without stopping.
"Li Shao is a person who wants to do big things, but this kind of bottom-level thing should still have bottom-level rules. β
"Oh, what do you say?" Li Mingyang was indeed interested at this time.
"The enemies that Li Shao may face are all big shots, and the big guys naturally have their ideas, to put it bluntly, those who can do big things can't be stupid, maybe not smart enough, but they are definitely not stupid, such people know what it means to be in awe. β
"Awe, yes, people have to know how to advance and retreat. Li Mingyang was very patient and chatted with the surrendered monk.
"Yes, in Li Shao's opinion, awe is a necessary quality, or rather, this is an innate quality, but these monks at the bottom, they don't know what awe is, they only know that they are afraid when the blade is on their necks, but once the blade is taken away, they will return to a state of not knowing whether they are alive or dead. The best way, or the only way, is to beat them with a whip all the time, so that they will know what kind of people we are, so that they will not dare to make trouble. Take away their benefits, and make them angry, so that they will certainly be angry, but as long as they think of the price of opposing us, they will naturally work for us honestly. β
"But if we put the knife away and the whip no longer falls on them, it won't take long for them to immediately think that they are disciples of the world, and they will be extremely stupid when they start doing things, so it won't fit Li Shao's idea that you want to be stable. Liang Chen analyzed Li Mingyang very seriously.
Li Mingyang finally stood in place this time, thinking about Liang Chen's words very seriously. After a long time, Li Mingyang actually bowed to Liang Chen very respectfully and said, "Li has been taught." β
"Don't dare, don't dare. Liang Chen was startled, and hurriedly jumped to the side, and even secretly guarded in his heart, Li Shao's behavior was too weird. Liang Chen is also secretly blaming himself now, why do he talk so much about this kind of Cheng dΓΉ, and he doesn't do this if he wants to show it well, how can he directly point out the boss's mistakes.
Liang Chen didn't know that Li Mingyang didn't blame him in the slightest, the lesson just now was completely from the heart, although he has always flaunted his grassroots background, but after all, he doesn't know how to think in the most difficult times, and the life at the bottom is only a short stay, and then it is always a battle between the upper levels, so this really involves the problems of the bottom I really don't think about it.
Thinking of this, Li Mingyang simply patted Liang Chen's shoulder and said, "I will leave the matter of taking over these forces to you, and you will have the final say in Anqing County in the future." β
"Li Shao......"
"Don't worry, what I said is true, I'm here to seek wealth this time, not to be an underground emperor, whether you have adopted these forces, or confiscated them, you can use any method, even if it is not stable enough, as long as it is not too ugly. Wait until you've got all the people in and tell me, and then I'll give you what to do in the future. After speaking, Li Mingyang turned around and left.
Liang Chen thought about it for a long time with hesitation, and finally didn't understand what Li Shao wanted to do, but he still took action immediately and gathered people to prepare to absorb the original forces. He didn't dare to come over and co-opt like Li Shao, people had enough strength, even if he couldn't, the elusive killer behind him would definitely be able to, as long as he did things well, there should be no danger, this is the most practical idea that Liang Chen thinks now.
When he returned to Lingpin Pavilion, this place had been renovated, and the monks naturally did things differently from ordinary people, looking at the newly renovated shop, Li Mingyang nodded with satisfaction.
Chen Xiao looked at Li Mingyang with complicated thoughts, before he only thought that Li Mingyang was a wealthy man, but he didn't expect that he was really a strong person in the Holy Spirit Realm, and there was such a strong man hidden behind him. The thought that the other party was a terrifying powerhouse who could slash Emperor Ouyang with one sword, and now that he must be nearby, Chen Xiao would feel creepy.
"Li Shao, what are we going to do next?" Chen Xiao asked cautiously, not even daring to speak too loudly. When he first saw Li Mingyang, he still wanted to compete with him, and in the past half a month, he actually sighed at Li Mingyang's courage at most, but now he has regarded Li Mingyang as the master, such a change of mentality is indeed interesting, but it is also very helpless, even if it is not like this, what can he do, now he doesn't dare to think about what will happen if he wants to get out.
Looking at Chen Xiao's cautious appearance, Li Mingyang didn't bother to encourage him again, doing this by himself was just superficial work, and what he really had to do was to take this opportunity to attract more important people. It's just that after all, it's the person who follows him, Li Mingyang thought about it and said, "Let's change all the brands of the store tomorrow." β
"Okay, what name is Li Shao going to change?" Chen Xiao was already ready to send the Lingpin Pavilion out.
"Just put on the plaque of Lingxiao Pavilion and do business, it's good to have a more atmospheric name. Li Mingyang waved his hand and said with a smile: "Other than that, it is the same as before, but among the third-order magic weapons that have been refined, if there are really high-quality products, they will all be left, and I will keep them useful." β
"Okay, okay, that's fine. Chen Xiao nodded again and again, hearing that the shop was about to change its name to Lingxiao Pavilion, how could he not be excited. In the past, he hoped that he could use this name, but he was afraid that Emperor Ouyang would tear down his brand if he didn't like him, and if he demolished the shop by the way, he would want to cry without tears, but now that he has Li Shao's support, who dares to come and find trouble? As for who this shop belongs to now, Chen Xiao is no longer willing to think about it, and this kind of thing can only be taken one step at a time.
Chen Xiao was just about to retreat, Li Mingyang suddenly stopped him, pointed to the door and said, "Go outside the door and wait, there should be distinguished guests tonight, if there is, please come in." β
"Distinguished guest?" Chen Xiao was a little surprised, but he nodded immediately and prepared to go out. But as soon as he was about to leave, he heard a chuckle outside the door: "Don't bother the shopkeeper, Wu is naturally not a guest if he is uninvited, so let's walk in by myself." β