There was silence in the room.
Li Tianlan looked at the military advisor quietly.
The military advisor slowly retracted his outstretched palm and looked at Li Tianlan calmly.
Oh it's you...
But how could it be you
Li Tianlan suddenly thought of a conversation he had with his military advisor in Huating more than three years ago.
At that time, the military advisor had actually told him that the headquarters of the Reincarnation Palace was in Central Continent.
Where everyone can see it but not notice it.
Such a headquarters does not have a specific address, but it is the core of a large force, an extremely stable link.
What the military advisor directly controls is the headquarters of the Samsara Palace.
"You're surprised."
The military advisor looked at Li Tianlan and smiled. He took off his cloak and his attitude changed slightly, becoming calmer.
"I once heard Yuetong say that there are several people in Central Continent who look low-key, but in fact even the Beihai Wang family must treat them with caution. There are not many such people, and you are one of them."
Li Tianlan said slowly: "No, I should say you can even be ranked first."
"You mean the threat lists of major groups?"
The military advisor raised his eyebrows: "I know this thing is meaningless."
"I don't know the so-called threat list, but the Beihai Wang family does take you very seriously."
Li Tianlan said lightly, and his mind was already thinking about how much impact the military advisor's true identity would have on the entire Central Continent once it was exposed: "Is the Beihai Wang family already doubting your identity?"
"No."
The military advisor shook his head: "I have never done anything, and there is nothing worthy of doubt. I have cooperated with the Wang family in Beihai the most, so they are also the most wary of me. In terms of hard power, I definitely can't compete with Beihai. Wang's, in some aspects, the Samsara Palace has advantages. However, the short-term development of the Samsara Palace cannot surpass the Beihai accumulated over hundreds of years. Wang Tianzong is afraid of me because he can't figure out what I want. I don't know. My weakness is why other groups are afraid of me, and it is also for this reason.”
The military advisor handed Li Tianlan a cigarette. In the swirling smoke, his voice was a little erratic: "Your Highness, do you know the threat lists of major groups?"
"Tell me more specifically."
Li Tianlan's face was expressionless. He was not in a good mood. It was not because of the change of attitude of the military adviser or his subtle loyalty, but because he was facing a behemoth that was nominally his own but he could not control it at all. The instinctive reaction when he saw the behemoth was different from when he learned that the saint was Kunlun, the main guard of Shushan Nirvana Sword. Shushan was very strong, and the sword spread across the southwest. It was unique in the entire southwest special warfare field, but Li Tianlan still didn't feel that there was any What a threat.
And military advisor.
What he controls is part of the core power of the Palace of Reincarnation.
To put it bluntly, let alone the newly established East Palace, even the Beihai Wang Clan at its peak, with Wang Tianzong in charge, if they face the military advisor face to face, once the military advisor goes crazy regardless of the consequences, the entire Beihai Wang Clan will be destroyed. He will also be dragged into a quagmire that he cannot extricate himself from. If the military advisor is now his enemy, facing his suppression, the Eastern Palace will not even be able to breathe.
Because a strategist has no weaknesses.
He has no so-called family. As long as he takes his family to hide abroad, he doesn't care about everything.
At this point, no one can be as strong as Wang Tianzong or the future Li Tianlan.
The former has Beihai, while the latter's future lies in Tiannan. This is their biggest fetter.
"The so-called threat list is a specific statistics of the major groups on some people who have the strength and the potential to cause extremely serious harm to Zhongzhou. The biggest feature of this list is that it is not controlled by the six major groups but does not belong to them. Middle-earth people from foreign forces.”
"How many such people can there be?"
Li Tianlan narrowed his eyes and shook his head.
"Not many. As far as I know, not only the Wang family of Beihai, but also my name is ranked first in the threat lists of the six major groups. From this point of view, Your Highness, even if the Eastern Palace rises, Even if you enter the peak invincibility realm, you are still inferior to me."
The military advisor said with a smile.
"So Yuetong reminded me more than once that you are the person who should not be underestimated in the entire Central Continent."
Li Tianlan said quietly.
"That little girl, she studied with me for a while. Of course, I didn't take care of her myself. She is actually a very good administrator, but Wang Tianzong dotes on her too much."
The military advisor shook his head, looked at Li Tianlan, and said with a faint smile: "What else did she say? Did she say it after I broke into you?"
Li Tianlan raised his eyebrows and simply said: "That's not important. What's important is that what she said makes sense."
"That's not important either."
The military advisor said softly: "Your Highness, the important thing now is that we are our own people."
Li Tianlan hummed, neither salty nor bland, without any emotional ups and downs.
He looked into the military advisor's eyes quietly and said in a calm voice, "Are you?"
"certainly."
The military advisor's voice was calm: "At least now, His Highness and I are our own people."
"Then when will it start?"
Li Tianlan said with a half-smile.
The military advisor was silent for a moment and said slowly: "After I hand over to you all the things that the palace master left to His Highness, I hope to retire."
Li Tianlan's palms trembled slightly.
He thought of the reincarnation palace master who died in Murmans but whose remains have not been found so far.
Thinking of the meeting between the two.
He lowered his head and said indifferently: "What else did she leave for me?"
"a knife."
The military advisor said: "The sharpest knife."
Li Tianlan glanced at him.
The military advisor said that he is the sword holder of the Samsara Palace.
"knife... "
He whispered softly to himself and laughed at himself: "I thought you would say that she left me a group that can influence the overall situation of Central Continent."
"More than just a group."
The military counselor corrected him seriously: "The sword is the core of the entire Palace of Reincarnation. You can even understand it this way. The Palace of Reincarnation is the name of an organization, and the sword is also the name of an organization. But no matter what the name is, it is the power in the hands of the palace owner. , is also the power she asked me to give to His Highness. If we look at it from another perspective, the Palace of Reincarnation actually does not exist, and the sword does not exist either. "
Li Tianlan glanced at him: "In human terms, what exactly is a knife?"
"It's an organization."
The military advisor said seriously.
"..."
The corner of Li Tianlan's mouth twitched, and he clenched his hands. In his heart, thousands of grass and mud horses roared and galloped, almost overturning the entire desert. He smiled stiffly and reminded: "You just said that they don't exist."
"It depends on how you understand it."
The military advisor said slowly: "It exists, but it does not exist. Such an organization has no headquarters, no clear internal regulations, and no rules that need to be followed by members of the organization. There is very little information circulation within the organization, and it never pays attention to anything. , I am a sword wielder, but I am not the leader of the sword, nor is the palace master. Such an organization has no headquarters and rules, and there is also no so-called leader. From this point of view, Your Highness, you can understand this organization as A market.”
"market?"
Li Tianlan raised his eyebrows.
"Yes, the market."
"There is not even a so-called command and obedience here, there are only two words that are most important within the organization."
The military advisor said seriously: "Interest demands and supply needs, so it is a market and a platform."
Li Tianlan stretched out his hand and motioned for him to continue.
Next.
"The structure of Knife is the most complex and loose. It is not just a group. We have internal power from six major groups. Their low-level positions may not have reached the deputy governor level, while the high-level ones have already reached the parliamentarian level. , there is even a successor to a large group. There are not only officials here, but also generals, school officers, businessmen across Central Continent, celebrities, technicians, killers, and special operations forces. It can even be said that It is the entire Central Continent. As of three months ago, I roughly estimated that the number of people in the organization has exceeded 30,000, including nearly 200 officials above the deputy governor level. The industrial design of the organization has reached Central Continent. There are nearly 400 fields, including food, clothing, housing, transportation, energy and military industry, financial stocks, online media, surveying, aerospace, etc... We are not talking about political things, just talking about these industries. If they are all gathered together, we can By mobilizing more than 200 billion in funds at the first time, and talking about other aspects, we can spread our voice throughout Central Continent in an instant. Your Highness, do you know what this means?"
Li Tianlan suffered a huge impact in his heart.
Two hundred billion.
Not 20 billion.
Not 200 billion.
Not two trillion.
It’s two hundred billion!
"This is impossible."
Li Tianlan shook his head subconsciously. This was even wealth enough to overthrow all order.
"What's impossible?"
The military advisor was a little confused: "Did His Highness say 200 billion?"
"You should pay attention to one thing, two hundred billion, there is a premise, that is, we integrate all the power. In fact, this is simply impossible to do. What we can use is only a small part of it, which is very small. For a very small part, we need a prerequisite for mobilizing resources.”
The military advisor was a little helpless.
Li Tianlan's heart moved: "Is this the demand you mentioned?"
"Yes, some people have needs, so someone provides resources, and cooperation can eventually occur. For example, if you want to make a movie, you need a series of preparations. During the early stage of operation, you will find different people and get through different channels. The relationship eventually formed a small circle with this movie as the core. Everyone in this small circle had other connections, and then formed a larger network of connections. Another example is that a certain congressman owed me a favor, and A certain mayor needs to seek a deputy governor-level position. If I bring together people who have interests and can meet their interests and make this thing successful, then I will have influenced a small circle. I don't know. Can you understand, but this is the Knife, an obscure but almost omnipotent platform, and many of the parties involved do not even know that they are members of the Knife."
"What's the point?"
Li Tianlan shook his head: "This is not an organization, it is almost a miniature society, but when it comes to individuals, it is a behemoth that is so huge that it is impossible to control it. You can't control it, and neither can I."
"You are too ambitious."
The military advisor said meaningfully: "Of course it is impossible to control the complete sword, but countless circles radiate from each other. There is always a source at the beginning, or in other words, it is the core. If we control the core circle, we can influence some of the peripheral ones. Only when forces and influences radiate to each other can a real trend be formed. Your Highness, I cannot give the complete sword to you, because it is not mine, but the core part, which I can influence, can be given to you. of."
He took out a list and handed it to Li Tianlan: "These are the core personnel of the organization, but they are not my subordinates, but important allies within the organization. Dao cannot lead others, so there is no so-called strength. The original intention of establishing the organization , it’s not to control anything, we don’t need any loyalty, what we need is to use various forces to create a situation that satisfies ourselves.”
“I call this model the alliance model, where we use each other to get what we need.”
He clapped the list in his hand: "It's all here."