Chen Zhen, who was standing in the distance, saw that I was sad, so he stepped forward and said, "My lord, my condolences are by the way. If Master Li knew that the lord was so sad, he would definitely blame his subordinates for not serving him well."
I glanced at Chen Zhen, saw a deep worry in his eyes, and said lightly, "Do you still hate Xiao Shunzi and this official?"
Chen Zhen said frankly: "The villain has never complained against the adults. Back then, the villain was trapped in a rut and his life was dying. If the adults hadn't rescued him, the villain would have been executed a long time ago. Official, it's not surprising to worry about the villain's loyalty. Although the villain was a little uneasy at first, after all, life and death are in the hands of people, but these days, the villain has always been able to get the antidote on time, without any additional requirements or obstacles, as long as The villain does his duty faithfully and will not be harmed, so the villain has no complaints."
I glanced at him, but he was shrewd and continued to ask: "I offer a plan to destroy Ba County, Luocheng, and kill the king of Shu, don't you hate me?"
Chen Zhen knelt down and said, "The villain is just a spy in the kingdom of Shu. He is born and died for power and wealth, but until the kingdom of Shu is destroyed, the villain is still a spy who lives and dies. There is no betrayal, the kingdom of Shu will perish, and we little people still have to live. The adults are officials of Nanchu, and it is natural to offer a plan to break Shu. Although the villain is a citizen of Shu, he has no responsibility for revenge for the kingdom of Shu. Although the villain is born ruthless, but Since the state does not have the ability to protect the people, there is no need for it to exist.”
I smiled slightly and said, "Your temperament is very similar to mine. In fact, Nan Chu only died a while later. What will you do then?"
Chen Zhen said: "Although I don't know what the relationship between the lord and Dayong is, I believe that the lord can save his life. Chen Zhen is incompetent and has already suffered the pain of subjugating the country. As long as he can live in peace, Chen Zhen is confident that he will not betray the master. Glory."
I shook my head, this kid is smart, he didn't say a single euphemism. He must have seen through my personality. If he had spoken like this in Shu, he would have died a long time ago. He took out a pill and said, "This is the antidote. After you take it, you can get rid of all the toxicity, and you don't need to take medicine every month."
Chen Zhen took the antidote without hesitation and said, "My subordinates are willing to be loyal to your lord."
Seeing that he was so cheerful and confident, I asked, "You didn't know that this poison was given by me, did you?"
Chen Zhen smiled and said: "The villain has long known that it was the poison of the adult. Generally, people who use poison will be very confident. If Li Ye is good at poisoning, he will not impose another ban on me."
I thought to myself, this man is so shrewd, it seems that I might as well be frank, and I said, "If that's the case, I might as well make it clear that if you only need one bodyguard, as long as you have to try your best to keep my life, that's enough, and you don't need to. You are loyal, after all, you are just a substitute for Xiao Shunzi. If you want to use you to do things, you must be loyal and trustworthy. From now on, this official is surrounded by wolves, facing many dangers and dying at every turn. If you are not a loyal person, it is useless to stay. If you are unwilling, tomorrow I will let Xiao Shunzi release your restraint, so you can leave. If you are sincere, I will treat you like a confidant. After I succeed , will naturally give you a suitable arrangement, so that it will not treat you badly, but it may not make you soaring. What do you think?"
Chen Zhen worshipped again: "The villain is wandering and has no support. If he leaves the adult, but can do some murder and stealing, sooner or later he will be bound. I see that if the adult is light in everything, he will definitely not rot with the grass and trees. If the adult does not dislike it, the small People are willing to serve adults.”
I lifted him up, believed him for now, and asked, "If that's the case, I want to ask you what we should do now."
Chen Zhen looked a little excited and said, "If your lord wants to avenge your wife, no matter what you do, you need to have an absolutely controllable force in your hand. Now, apart from the villain, Master Li is not free, and his strength is too weak. For others, if there is a conflict of interest, adults will inevitably be restricted in their behavior."
I nodded lightly. The spy of Shu really lived up to its reputation. Now, the most important thing for me is to build a force of my own, protect myself, and eradicate the enemy. But to build force, I must have enough financial resources. What should I do? Woolen cloth
For the next few days, I hid in my study, thinking about how to build this power and how to maintain it. , and it also consumes money and food, and it cannot be too small to be effective. The most important thing is to have your own financial resources.
A few days later, Xiao Shunzi came. After knowing what I was thinking, he suggested to start small. He and I poured out the gold and silver we got in Shu and secretly bought a house not far from my residence. A Zhuangzi, and then found some twelve or thirteen-year-old children to train. According to my request and his ideas, these children are basically stubborn and tenacious children without parents, and Chen Zhen will train them first. Then, after sorting out some of the martial arts I gave him before, Xiao Shunzi made a training plan for martial arts. According to him, if he trained for about two years, he could make these children have second-class skills. Coupled with the special training of their assassination and spying skills (this is Chen Zhen's specialty), then it can come in handy.
I also thought of ways to make money. I thought that the jewelry I designed not only had beautiful patterns, but also could be made by first-class craftsmen, so I was favored. Although I am not particularly good at these crafts, I have read a lot of books and read a lot of them. Books on kinky skills, so I designed a lot of various drawings in batches, some of which are agency news, some are jewelry and costumes, and some exquisite playthings. The most popular one is that I improved the corona and made it using the principle of cycloid. Clocks, this is a book I read from Dashi. The principle of cycloid is mentioned above. I made it with great effort. In order to facilitate the craftsman's production, I deliberately re-unified the weights and measures and other tools, according to the drawings and the tools I gave. , you can make watches, these drawings, I find people to cooperate in the production of these drawings in the name of Tianji Pavilion, and ask for 10% of their profits in return. As for the person who came forward, Han Wuji was a colleague of Chen Zhen. After the fall of the Shu Kingdom, he escaped from Chengdu by chance. Because of the strict governance of Dayong, he went to Southern Chu to make a living. He was only good at killing people and plotting against each other. Without the ability to make a living, he almost died of poverty and illness. When Chen Zhen was instructed to find a suitable child for training, he happened to save his life. I saw that this person was still very strong and did not want to be a killer or robber to survive, so I let him. He serves as the head of the de facto Heavenly Secret Pavilion. Let him secretly use my design to cooperate with people. At first, he needed to find someone to cooperate with him. Later, when a new work appeared, he secretly held a small gathering and invited qualified businessmen to bid. Rigorous, can be produced exclusively. The reputation of Tianji Pavilion was spread secretly in Nan Chu, and no one was loudly publicizing it. After all, it would lose the opportunity to bid, that is, lose the possibility of making money. The invitation from Tianji Pavilion has become not only a symbol of strength, but also a symbol of integrity, because if there is no good reputation, no matter how strong the strength is, it will not be able to get an invitation from Tianji Pavilion.
At first, it was just to make money. Later, I found it very interesting. Through Tianji Pavilion, I could get a lot of confidential information. In order to get my blueprint and design, many people were willing to exchange all kinds of secrets. Of course, I asked Han Wuji to be more cautious and careful, never to miss or be followed by others. Han Wuji did a good job. Later, the strength in my hand gradually became stronger, and I specially sent a group of twelve people to suffer from the cold. Without any plans to dispatch, Tianji Pavilion has become one of the most famous secret organizations in Southern Chu.
After more than a year, I saw that the income was sufficient, so I began to reduce the design, just issued a symbolic one every month, and only called the business firms that had cooperated to bid. Later, those businessmen simply formed the Tianji Guild, which means For a guild that cooperates with Tianji Pavilion, if you want to participate in this guild, you must get three recommenders, and then Tianji Pavilion agrees. The Tianji Guild soon became the most powerful guild in Southern Chu. I can control 10% of the profits of all the merchants in this guild through dry shares. In the first year, I got an income of 600,000 taels of silver. These firms are all reputable, well-funded and highly influential firms. Can't control their business, but losing me will make them lose so much that they can do anything but rebel against me.
In addition, I began to join the training of "secret camp". The secret camp is the code name I gave to this force that I will master myself. I started to teach them to read and write. Even if they can't write poetry, they must be familiar with it. Read my carefully selected books of poetry, because I can't keep a bunch of killer-type characters around, so they have to learn these etiquettes to go back and forth, learn to play the various roles that can appear around me.
After careful study and discussion with Xiao Shunzi and Chen Zhen, I divided the secret camp into four groups. The first group is called the tiger group. Fighting warriors whose martial arts are higher than their own, and can form an army to surround the enemy or stand by for help, they can play the role of bodyguards; the second group is called the dragon group. Skilled teenagers, I will list and teach them what I have learned in my chest. These people are very interested in one or two subjects, and they study hard. I also teach them in particular. Kung fu, some people are good at construction, these people will be able to act independently in the future, and they will be able to act alone. Basically, they will be dispatched by me to handle different types of foreign affairs, and most of them will serve as members of the Tianji Pavilion under Han Wuji. The third group is called the dark group. They are good at stealth, stealth and assassination. Basically, I will not let them appear by my side in this group, but only carry out the tasks I explained. Because this group has no future, so I will follow them I agreed to work for me for ten years, and within ten years, there should be no worries. After ten years, they will get a rich fortune, allowing them to live a normal life. Of course, they can still work for me at that time, just as a For some not-so-dangerous jobs, each time a task is completed, a corresponding remuneration is obtained; the fourth group is called the hidden group, all of them are well-trained undercover spies, basically they can disguise themselves as various characters to listen for news. Not martial arts, but good at disguise, good at snooping, after completing the training, I carefully selected eight people in the secret camp, they are the best in each group, and they can all pretend to be my servants, these people are up to me Direct command is not only to protect me, but also to carry out my orders at any time. For the convenience of appointment, I have them all surnamed Jiang. Green Ears, their name is also their ranking. If there is a loss or replacement, the person who replaces them is also called this name.
Although these children are still young, they have made great achievements in martial arts under Xiao Shunzi's training. Although Xiao Shunzi can't teach them his own martial arts, he will teach them the martial arts that I have sorted out, and then share them with them. Passing tricks, these children are self-seeking and stubborn. They work hard in order to get more Xiao Shunzi and several tricks, so they can reach the standard. Some of them do not meet the conditions, or the children who are shaken are eventually rejected by the children. Sunja gave up his martial arts and then used the medicine I provided to destroy his memory. And it was in front of everyone, because Xiao Shunzi made it clear to them at the beginning that if the goal was not met, Xiao Shunzi secretly arranged for these children to do various stable jobs such as buddies. Under the planned training of Xiao Shunzi and I, these children only know that they are loyal to me, and they have no sense of belonging to Nanchu and Dayong. I finally created a force of my own.
After the power is established, it is used. I think the situation in Nanchu is relatively stable now, so I planned it, and Chen Zhen directed it. These children took turns to participate in different tasks. Let them turn from immature to mature, cruel and ruthless, and the two biggest tasks among them are one of my cooperative firms. The secret camp was dispatched, the hidden group was responsible for collecting information, the dark group was responsible for clearing the masters hired by the firm and the managers of the firm at all levels, and the tiger group finally struck a thunderbolt, killing more than 300 people in this business, and the dragon group was ordered to use legal contract, taking back everything we deserve. This is an action that I personally planned. It is ruthless and well-planned, and the effect is obvious. No one dares to deceive the Tianji Pavilion. Although many innocent people also died in it, for me, their deaths are more important. Deterrence, so that when people choose to offend me or betray me, they will consider the consequences.
The most direct consequence of this action is that the Heavenly Secret Pavilion went underground. People would not be uneasy because of its mystery and dare to commit such a bloody crime. Then the Heavenly Secret Pavilion itself represents blood and cruelty. Looking forward to getting benefits from me and fearing my revenge, then the brand of Tianji Pavilion will stand.
The second operation was both public and private. Dayong's spy network noticed the value of Tianji Pavilion before the Southern Chu court. Liang Wan planned an operation and sent someone to threaten and lure a businessman from Tianji Guild to use him to enter Tianji Pavilion. In the bidding meeting, she wanted to use the opportunity of cooperation to control the Tianji Pavilion, but she was too greedy. Although this businessman successfully got the opportunity to cooperate, their temptation and tracking were soon discovered by the members of the dragon group, and then the dark group and the hidden group Buwang found the root cause. After I got the report, I arranged a date and announced that the Tianji Pavilion Master would appear, and Liang Wan, who got the news, sent a competent person to participate, and I was surrounded and killed by me. We attacked and killed all two of Liang Wan's top masters. The businessman was disqualified from participating in the guild by us, and we forced him to hand over the profits that should be distributed to me for a year. In this way, although he did not go bankrupt , but after losing credit and a lot of money, he quickly collapsed.
I not only protected the reputation of Tianji Pavilion, once again expressed Tianji Pavilion's detached status and determination to be inviolable, but also severely attacked Liang Wan's arrogance, I was really satisfied.
When I saw Liang Wan's loss, and Xiao Shunzi went to inquire in person, after learning that Liang Wan received the rebuke and punishment from Dayong, I just said coldly: "This woman, she forgot her responsibilities, She is a secret spy who is in charge of listening to Southern Chu's military situation and people's hearts. She should not develop her own strength without authorization. If the Southern Chu court was too stupid and weak, she would have been captured and killed long ago. If it wasn't for me, I would keep her alive. As long as a letter is sent to Prince Germany, Zhao Jue will arrange for the military forces to completely eradicate her."
Xiao Shunzi asked, "Sir, when are you going to deal with her?"
I looked into the distance lightly, and said: "Wait, the time will come soon, Dayong can't sit still anymore, Xiao Shunzi, we also lost some personnel in this operation, you have to strengthen their martial arts, I will also Will continue to improve their intelligence, we can't afford to lose now, I don't have another two years to waste."
Take a look at the information in my hand, it is the information sent back by the members of the hidden group I sent to Dayong, "King Yong fought smoothly at the northern Han border and will soon triumph", "King Qi is diligent in training his troops", "The Dayong Military Department" We are recruiting", "Emperor Yong re-appointed the former naval governor Ren Haili", although all these news are trivial, but I can see a lot of things, look at the dark clouds in the distance, I know that the storm will come soon , Although this storm is so violent that even I will be covered in it, but I have to fight for my life to avenge her. Looking at the ring on the middle finger of my right hand, I smiled faintly.