Cao Gang Headquarters

Lin Shan waved his hand, and his subordinates all retreated.

In the conference hall, only he and his father-in-law Wang Juntao were left.

Wang Juntao is the old leader of the Cao Gang, and Lin Shan is his righteous son.

In the past two years, he has grown old and basically doesn't care about anything.

At this time, he said worriedly, "The imperial court has issued an order to prohibit Dali merchants from trading with Pingzhou and Nandi, and violators will be killed." Shan'er, don't we have two hundred Pingzhou sailors in our fleet? It's going to be okay, right? ”

In the past two days, Bi Xuan sent back the news, saying that the two hundred sailors in Pingzhou had helped our Cao Gang a lot.

Thinking about this, Lin Shan said, "Transactions are based on fairness and equality. Is the exchange between our Cao Gang and Pingzhou fair and equal? No, how can it be said that it is a transaction to take advantage of one's own absolute advantage? ”

"Our Cao Gang is taking advantage of Pingzhou and consuming Pingzhou's resources." They didn't give Pingzhou any material feedback, did they?

Speaking of this, Lin Shan touched his chin and said, "Speaking of which, we have also helped the imperial court." "Yes, that's right.

The old gang leader was amused by his strong words, "When did you become so sharp-tongued?" ”

Lin Shan also felt that his mouth seemed to have become sharper, he touched his nose, could it be the reason why he was too close to Pingzhou?

Forget it, this is not important, Lin Shan turned to say, "Helper, we should also think about the future road." ”

Now that Dali is divided, it is not clear who will rule the world in the future. But you always have to choose one side to be attached to.

"Let me think, let me think." The old gang leader was so worried that his eyebrows were twisted.

Lin Shan didn't urge him, he really had to think about it slowly, they had such a big family fortune.

He himself is also thinking about who has the greatest chance of winning among the current forces.

Now that the imperial court and the southern land are about to fight, I don't know what the final result will be? Now it looks like the imperial court is powerful, but Lin Shan knows that Xie Zhan, the assassin of Lingnan, is definitely not the kind of person who can be slaughtered.

"Father-in-law, you just have to take this matter to heart, let's not rush to make a decision." It's still too early.

Wang Juntao nodded, and suddenly said, "Shan'er, Pingzhou is reversed, Lingnan is reversed, haven't you thought about it?" ”

After realizing what his father-in-law said, Lin Shanhu's body was shocked, "Father-in-law, this Dali is already messy enough, let's start another stove?" ”

"You just say you want to do it, right?"

Lin Shan muttered in his heart, I'm afraid my father-in-law thinks about it, right? How dare you think about it?

To be honest, he is a man, how can he not have the dream of competing in the world?

But in the dead of night, he asked himself, if he really wants to join the crowd, can he do it to Lu Songli and Xie Zhan?

During the past two years, because of the frequent cooperation with Pingzhou, Lu Songli and Xie Zhan have secretly fought several times, and he is considered an insider, and he has a deeper understanding of the two than others.

These two are both eloquent people, he is not belittling himself, but the fact is that he can't compare, he really can't compare.

Now the stepfather came to ask him this kind of question.

Is it that he doesn't want to?

Is he unwilling?

It's neither, but compared to these two, he's a younger brother!

He didn't dare to think about it, and now his father-in-law had some thoughts? Lin Shan simply told his stepfather the details of the fight between Lu Songli and Xie Zhan in the past two years.

After saying this, he said, "Father-in-law, with the current strength and family background of our Cao Gang, it is not impossible to pull up a small force. ”

"To compete for the world, we have to have a territory first, right? You look at the whole territory of Dali, Lu Songli occupies Pingyou and Youzhou, King Jin occupies the East China Sea, Xie Zhan occupies Lingnan, their territory has coastal ports and wharves, the entire coastal area, there is not much land left to choose from, which one do you think we can fight? ”

The old gang leader's thoughts that had just been floating had already dissipated, and when he heard the words, he scolded, "You are a loser, what kind of territory is the territory, you will be worried about your father-in-law's coffin!" ”

Wang Juntao had just figured out that if they wanted to join the struggle for hegemony, the first step was to get a piece of territory. This territory, you have to grab it, either to grab Dali's, or to rob these people.

None of these people are easy to mess with.

After robbing them, you have to be neighbors with them......

If you grab the land, you have to run it, right? It costs a lot of money, and the key is that this land may be swallowed by them at some point.

Hearing this, Lin Shan knew that he had persuaded people. It's very expensive to fight the world. It's destined to be destroyed and co-opted, so why spend that money?

"Father-in-law, there are some things that you can just think about. Don't be impulsive, impulsiveness costs money. It's not easy to think that you have saved up all your life to have this little bit of money. ”

"Let's not bother with that, we don't have that life. It's better to take advantage of this time, keep your eyes open and take a good look, and find a reliable shot. "Don't say anything, they took this huge belongings to run, if they really voted for the Ming Lord, they won't be able to run away from the position of a marquis in the future.

"You have a point, so who should we choose?" Wang Juntao asked Lin Shan.

Recently, King Jin and Xie Zhan both sent people to contact them, but they only said that they needed to be considered, but did not give them permission.

Lin Shan was also worried, he didn't know if he asked him such a big question, "This matter is not in a hurry, let's think about it first, we can think about it for a while, but it can't be too long." ”

In such a mess, they can't be left alone.

And the most taboo thing to do is to please both sides, and the result of not offending both sides is that both sides are offended.

If you don't join them, that's their enemy. So after the battle of Lingnan has a result, they have to make a choice.

Southwest, Dong House

Under Jiang Boya's persuasion, King Cheng finally agreed to ally with Xie Zhan to fight against the Dali court.

Jiang Boya fortunately fulfilled his mission, and after receiving King Cheng's consent, he planned to rest for the night and rush back to Lingnan tomorrow.

After Jiang Boya rested for a while in the courtyard arranged by the other party, he went to Dong's mansion for a banquet in the evening.

Jiang Boya and Dong Jichuan are the same age, when they were teenagers, they were both young talents, they heard of each other at the beginning, and later met each other when they were in Chang'an, and they also swam together. Later, he has maintained a gentleman's friendship that is as light as water.

Because of their faint friendship, the two are no strangers to each other this time.

The wine banquet began, and in the sound of silk and bamboo, the two couldn't help but talk about the current six forces.

However, the two only talked briefly, after all, at this time, the troubled times had just begun, and everything was too early to say.

After three rounds of drinking, the two were slightly drunk, and Jiang Boya hinted that Dong Jichuan would switch to another camp by being drunk.

There are five points in the world, and King Cheng and Jinjiang are the least expected by the people of the world.

The Dali Dynasty has been two hundred years, and the Song family has been the emperor, and the common people feel that it is enough.

When life becomes a stagnant pool and insensitive, people's desperate hope is to change.

In addition, King Cheng's personality is arrogant and arrogant, and he doesn't seem to be able to do things.

Dong Jichuan only said, "There is no need to say this again, King Cheng is kind to me." ”

Jiang Boya smiled, too, now in troubled times, there is no first place in ancient literature, and there is no second in martial arts. are all strategists, who doesn't want to vote for the lord through his own assistance, achieve a hegemony, and he can also be a marquis and worship the prime minister, and his name will go down in history?

He took a sip of wine, and then changed the topic, "I don't know which side Guo Chong and Fan Yang will defect to?" ”

Guo Chong and Fan Yang were the sages of their time, but they have been silent in recent years.

When Dong Jichuan heard this, he shook his head with his hand holding the wine glass, and it was difficult to guess the thoughts of these two.

But he has a hunch that these two will definitely enter the game, but the time has not yet come.