Section 1926 Lifetime Knighthood

Here we are hurrying to catch those damned black potion masters. Naturally, the black ghost and King Lear dare not show up casually. Although both of them have suffered a lot of losses, neither Those who dare to shoot casually, they also know that this place is too close to the capital, if they pass by accidentally, they will probably be reported by those people, and they will be the ones who will suffer at that time, and those people will come Yes, especially that Cao Ke, if he comes, they will not have any good results, King Lear will suffer in the hands of that kid, let alone this nigger, without those monsters Naturally, black ghosts are not afraid of Li Cong, but there are so many monsters around Li Cong, each of which is very afraid of him, so it's better not to mess around.

The two people went to rest in a small town around the capital after changing their appearance. The main reason is that King Lear is not used to the life of those people. The black potion master has lived in a place without human beings for many years, except for them They will only go out when they need to absorb their vitality. At other times, they don't have the courage. They basically live in desolate places, and they are used to such places. If there are so many people around If there are no experts around, they will feel a little unsafe. The safest place is where there is no one. However, in order to accommodate King Lear, the niggers have come here. Ghosts are not afraid at all. In his opinion, these ordinary people are his most delicious food, and it is absolutely comfortable to eat.

King Lear drank cup after cup. There is no good wine in such a small place, no matter what kind of wine it is, anyway, King Lear wants to drink at this time, and he is not willing to do other things at all, niggers don’t drink, so they just silently sit on the sidelines Eating, he knew it was superfluous to say anything at this time. A person like King Lear cannot experience failure. If this guy fails, it will be more uncomfortable than killing him. Such a person's self-esteem is too high up.

"Hey, it's been half an hour. I said you have to say something anyway. Is that guy so important in your heart? What are our plans for the future? The Great Elder and Prince Zheng are both Unscathed, our plan seems to have failed a bit, and we're going back like this?" For half an hour King Lear was just drinking. Didn't even take a bite of the food. The nigga, who usually doesn't talk much, couldn't help it at this time. The atmosphere around here is too weird, because King Lear let out a little breath of a tenth-level fighter, and the people around are so scared that no one can find anyone. Even the people in this restaurant would never come here if they had nothing to do. They all sensed an aura from King Lear, as if they had done something wrong to provoke this guy, and they might lose their minds.

"If you don't go back like this, what other ideas do you have? These people are already concentrated. If we go there rashly, we will definitely die miserably, unless you send more rescuers over there. The two of us are absolutely useless." King Lear is not drunk yet, in fact, it is not easy for a tenth-level fighter like him to get drunk. In fact, he doesn't know what to do with himself. Just go with what the niggers say.

"I don't think it's like this, you hate that kid so much, why don't we go to his lair to have a look,

What about New Jiangning City in the Northern Empire? I heard that there are a lot of people there, and the organization has not been exposed until now. The two of us have been exposed. My loss this time is not small. Their manpower They are all gathered in the Western Empire. At this time we are in the dark, and they are in the light. It is not so easy for them to catch us, but we want to give his family some color. It's too easy, how about it? "Speaking of this conspiracy, it is impossible for ten King Lears to catch up with this nigger alone. King Lear would never do such a thing before, because he didn't even bother to do it. Such a thing, but now King Lear has been dazzled by his own hatred, what he needs now is an outlet, and unfortunately this nigger gave him one.

"Yes, why didn't I think of this? I heard that Cao Ke's father is dead, and there are several wives and a grandmother at home. Although his defense in the Earl's Mansion should not be low, but It’s okay for the two of us to go in and kill a few people, without further ado, how about we leave for the Northern Empire immediately?” As long as it is something that makes Li Cong uncomfortable, King Lear will happily go to do things, Killing Li Cong's family members is also a must.

"Hehe, of course I don't have any opinions. That guy killed my two grandchildren. It won't just be over." The black ghost said through gritted teeth, how could this damned Cao Ke make such a heavy blow? Well, this guy simply doesn't know how powerful he is. If there are no monsters, he will definitely have a good fight with this kid with his plant life. Unfortunately, with those monsters, he has no chance to perform on stage of.

"Okay, then let's go." If the two villains are sure of something, they will definitely do it immediately, and this bad thing has something to do with their biggest enemy, and the two of them can't wait for a minute. , King Lear threw down twenty taels of silver and left. The waiter next to him was dumbfounded. The meal was less than one tael, and he gave him twenty taels. Before the money was in his hands It's warm, the shopkeeper came over and took it quickly. To be honest, a small shop like them in the town may not have a net profit of twenty taels of silver a year. It's just the cost of one tael of silver, and the rest is all his own. Although that person scared away his customers, the shopkeeper can't wait to kowtow to him at this time, and he doesn't have the money when he is full. Many, I still understand such things very well. Now that I think about it, the guy just now is not so annoying. I hope I can come again.

Although King Lear has cooperated with the black potion masters for a long time. I have also obtained a lot of black magic pharmacist cheats, but this guy is not the core figure of the black magic pharmacist, but he has a special status in the organization of the black magic pharmacist, the reason for this status is He is the most exquisite food, the food of the ancestor of the black potion master. After King Lear reaches his peak combat power, he will become food and be eaten directly by others. Of course, this matter Lear The king didn't know it, but the nigga knew it. He glanced contemptuously at King Lear in front of him. There's nothing to be proud of. After all, it’s not just food. The reason why the boss doesn’t smoke you now is because you haven’t reached a high level yet. When you reach that level, you may be able to lose your vitality in a few minutes. Every time the boss does things, he is very quick. These people will not suffer.

King Lear himself felt that these black potion masters were not worthy of his trust. But things turned out the way they are now. Now he must be a guy that everyone in the world will kill. He also regrets what he has to do, but most of the time he is still strong-willed. He believes that in order to become the strongest person in the world, nothing and no one can adapt himself. When he can rule the whole world, people will find that his personality is very suitable.

The two of them each had their own ideas, so they just set out on the road. Li Cong didn't know anything about their whereabouts, including those who were in Jiangning City, New Jiangning. They didn't know that there would be a huge danger coming their way. They came here, and the speed of the two people was very fast. In less than two months, they had already arrived at the junction of the Western Empire and the Northern Empire. In the past two months, the two of them can be said to have very little rest every day. Time, more time is constantly on the road, of course, the two of them are not idle when resting, they will find some very desolate villages to rest, and the people here will naturally disappear after they leave , not even a single bone left, they are not fools, they naturally know that after they make such a big commotion in the capital, the Western Empire will definitely have various countermeasures waiting for them , but as long as they don’t go to those places or places they have arranged for, these marginal villages are hundreds of miles away from the county town, and they usually go to the county town once a year, although there are not many people, that is, There are only a few hundred people, but they raided several such small villages in one night, which is considered to be very well absorbed, and both of them have recovered a lot, but King Lear is not as good as the nigger, because he He did this by burning his own vitality. He would have to absorb the vitality of at least half a million people to make up for it, but King Lear was not in a hurry, he just took his time.

"It's almost here. We've been in this county for three days. If we continue to smoke like this, someone might find us. We'd better leave quickly." The two had just practiced for a while, The nigger counted the days and said, and King Lear also nodded. This is how they fight guerrilla warfare. A county has a population of millions, and they only suck thousands of people. This number can be said to be very small Yes, nothing at all.

"Wait, there is a convoy coming over there." King Lear stopped the nigger who was about to leave. The nigger didn't understand why King Lear cared about that convoy. This convoy would pass by every day. Skill, even if the convoy passed by them, it would be easy for them not to let these people find out. I really don’t know why King Lear is so nervous about this convoy. The old ghost looked at King Lear with some incomprehension.

"Nigger, our good luck has come. In fact, we don't need to go so hard to find some small villages far away. We can just wait around such traffic arteries. There are so many people coming and going here every day." There are too many, and these people will not be in the same place, we can smoke hundreds of people every day, and then change a road section, we just wait, this way our life will be much easier." Li King Er said with a smile.

The nigger also patted himself on the head, why didn't he even think of this, what did he do earlier, the two smiled and walked towards the convoy not far away, this is already near the border line, there are two countries The convoy is also a very normal thing, here can be said to be a place where there is no care, there are many bandits and so on. There are always a lot of people missing here every year, but the governments of the two countries will not investigate this matter. Who knows if the people here have gone to the other country? When we get to the opposite side, we will enforce the law a little None of the rights.

This convoy is a convoy for transporting grain. It is 70 carts of grain purchased by a large grain merchant in a nearby county city from Cao's House. Their county is really a bit remote, otherwise Cao's House must be I will set up my own food sales point here, that is, because it is remote and the transportation is not very convenient, so people don't come in. It's cheaper for a few grain merchants here. They took the cheap grain from Cao's Commercial Bank and destroyed some local farmers a lot. After the local farmers stopped growing grain, they started to grow some cash crops. These grain merchants bought grain from Cao's Commercial Bank one by one. Then make a profit after shipping. In the purchase of local cash crops. ship out. This is a cool thing, and the days are very nourishing.

This team must have three or four hundred people, and they will be able to go back in half a day. There are quite a few bandits in this place, but their boss has already told the bandits around here that it is not easy for others to go through here, but for them, follow them There is no difference between home, what the bandits want, as long as you send the money well, you can live as you want, and the few people in the car are thinking about where to go to relax when they go back For a moment, I have been looking at these grains for the past few days, and it is really not easy.

"The one in front, what's the matter, why don't you leave? What's the situation in front." The guards who escorted the car in the middle stopped when they saw the car in front. What's going on? Even if you want to stop in front, you have to come over and say something. Generally speaking, as long as you don't say stop, other people can't just leave. Could it be that some blind bandit came down to find trouble? This should be the kind of sister-in-law bandit, and going up like this will directly kill them.

The nursing home called a few younger brothers to go to the front to have a look, but none of the younger brothers came back. The hundred or so people in the back gathered together, and they were all ready to go to the front to have a look, but they didn't wait. What did they do? All of them felt dizzy, and soon they didn't know anything.

The nigger on the mountain and King Lear sucked up all the hundreds of people in less than half an hour, leaving only their clothes and so on on the ground. Naturally, they despised the food , The nigger summoned his own plant life, and threw all these things into the cliff beside him. The two looked at each other and smiled, and then sat down and slowly digested the life force. In fact, this life force also has a choice Yes, young people are definitely better than old people and children. Of course, it also depends on the skills you practice, and some of them are specially for children.

In two days, these two guys sucked up tens of thousands of people who came and went here. The cliffs are full of things they threw down. Many people's family members don't know why they are sad, but the two of them don't care about this. Yes, because this is a good place, and they all forgot about going to Li Cong's house for revenge. Seeing that their strength continued to grow, the two of them simply decided to practice here for a while, and then go to Li Cong's house. Revenge from my family.

Here, Li Cong was not idle in the capital of the Western Empire. He began to lay his airship to the entire empire step by step. With the help of the imperial government, Li Cong also discussed with the emperor. The imperial government was responsible for the land. Every time Li Cong sets up an airship point, he will hand over 300,000 taels of silver. Of course, this has to be paid every year. Originally, the emperor wanted 10% of the shares. If each of the thousands of provinces and nearly 20,000 counties and cities in the empire set up a point, it would cost billions of silver each year. The financial situation of the Western Empire is not very good. For the money, the emperor is also very happy. He feels that this deal is not a loss. Anyway, they are not looking for a good land, they are all in the suburbs, and the price is very appropriate.

It is impossible for Li Cong to get so many airships. Tens of thousands of airships have already been prepared on the earth, but what kind of people will come to them? This is a terrible thing. It also didn't solve the problem of how to transport the living people. Although it has already made the posture of the airship very intelligent, but no matter what, it needs someone to open this thing. It is still impossible to fly if there is no one, and it has to be done step by step.

It can be said that Li Cong's business developed best in the Northern Empire. If this happened because of such an opportunity, it might be the best in the Western Empire. Another thing is that Li Cong has a relationship with Prince Zheng's Mansion After the relationship is established, Li Cong's grain business has also successfully entered dozens of provinces under the Prince Zheng's Mansion. There are far fewer people growing food. They need a lot of food. Although Prince Zheng is a carefree person, there are also many people eating in the palace. In the end, the two sides have finalized that Li Cong will pay Prince Zheng's palace a benefit fee of 1.5 billion silver every year. Li Cong can still accept this. Although food is not a profitable enterprise. But it is possible to have this money. At that time, with the great assistance of Prince Zheng, Li Cong can also make this run better. This money should be given. Of course, it turns out that Prince Yulin must continue to develop.

With the rapid expansion of Li Cong's business in the Western Empire, there are a lot more people who come to fight the autumn wind. Of course, they didn't know what was going on at the beginning, but later they heard that Li Cong asked the emperor to This one, one by one, died down. This is against the person the emperor likes. It seems that I still don’t have that ability. It’s better to be honest. Otherwise, if the emperor finds out about this one day, I will definitely be Nothing ends well.

During this period of time, Li Cong was not idle. Li Cong began to visit the dignitaries of the Western Empire one by one in the capital of the Western Empire. Today Dai Lin arranged for Li Cong to go to the Prime Minister of the Western Empire, Mr. Wu Zuoxi. This guy is now It is already under one person and above ten thousand people, but because this guy has no son, the government and the public still don't respect this guy very much. You have power and means, this is your ability, but you don't have a son , This also means that after you die, it may fall apart immediately. Although his sons-in-law are pretty good, the difference between son-in-law and son-in-law can be seen clearly by anyone, everyone understands Yes, so Wu Zuoxi's current status in the Western Empire is a bit strange. He is obviously a great person, but there are not many people who really respect him. It can be said that Li Cong's visit in person has given this guy enough face. In a situation like Li Cong's, it was enough for Dai Lin to come to the door, and no one wanted to come by himself.

Wu Zuoxi was waiting for Li Cong at the gate in person. We have to give face to others. Wu Zuoxi understands the truth of life, and Li Cong is no longer the businessman he used to be. Li Cong is also in the Western Empire now. He is a famous person, and he also knows some news that others don't know, that is, the emperor of the Western Empire is already planning to give Li Cong the title of earl for life. Although it is only an honorary title, how to say it He is also an aristocrat of the Western Empire, and he has been an earl for life. If he has a son, he may have a hereditary title. It is a pity that he has no son. Thinking of this, Wu Zuoxi felt sad. There was a dull pain for a while, which may be the pain of my whole life.

"Master Wu went out in person and waited here. I'm really flattered." Li Cong was dressed in a dark blue robe of an eighth-level magician. There is envy in his eyes. Although he is a nobleman, he is not a magician. When his family has the right, he can have all these things, but others are different. As long as they can wear this robe, they will live forever. It's fixed.

"Hehe, what did Mr. Cao say? I know that the high-ranking officials and dignitaries in the entire imperial capital these days can't find you if they want to find you. If you don't go out to greet me, if you don't go out to greet me , 2 Doesn't it seem that I am too ignorant, even Prince Zheng and his elders praise the younger generation, I also want to see how it looks like, this meeting, it really is a dragon and phoenix among people." Wu Zuoxi was in normal times But I don't praise people very much, and what I said at the moment can be regarded as my own heart. Such a young person has such a family business. Of course, it has something to do with his own luck, but more is hard work. .

"Master Wu's praise is a bit too much." Li Cong said modestly, and the people around looked at Wu Zuoxi with some envy. This old guy is going to shake up in the future. To be honest, although Wu Zuoxi is in power now, some veteran nobles don't buy this guy very much. He is an ordinary person, and at most there are still 20 years left. Time, when there is no mistake at all, the position of prime minister of the empire is not so easy to do, and it is very likely that he will become an ordinary person. This guy may not be in power for a long time. Many people feel that Cao Ke It's a big deal for the old guy. In fact, he doesn't have that much face.

The two introduced each other to each other at the door and then went into the house. The show at the door is over, and it is basically enough for those who want to see it, there is no need to say it all, Li from here is followed by Bai Er and Dai Lin. three people. The rest are servants or something. Of course, there are also Li Cong's monsters, the three Tila eating wolves, if Li Cong goes out now without the monsters. It seems that others don't believe it. Many people call Li Cong the King of Warcraft. It's true that others bring two or three of them, which is considered a great person. But look at Li Cong, he has several. Hundreds, maybe even more.

Wu Zuoxi's side is naturally his four sons-in-law. Wu Zuoxi has no sons, and all those who want to be his son-in-laws must be married. They have also changed their names. The eldest son-in-law Wu Hua is now the leader of Donghuamen, the third rank , can be regarded as the best one among several sons-in-law, but this guy is only a fifth-level fighter in front of this official, and it can be said that it is entirely due to Wu Zuoxi's relationship. The official position will be taken down by others immediately, and this guy will go to rest where he should go. This is a sure thing.

Wu Zuoxi's second son-in-law is a businessman who specializes in the cloth business. In the past, it can be said that he was half-baked at it. Of course, it also had something to do with this guy's brain. It’s not so easy to do. If you want to buy and sell, there is no problem. This relationship has to be smoothed out, especially the cloth business. The imperial court purchases so much cloth every year. If you do it a little bit If you have a little bit, you can eat whatever you want throughout the year, but if you can't make it, there is a possibility of starving to death.

He was originally a small businessman around the capital, and his work was not very good, but when Wu Zuoxi started to make a fortune, it was different. People from the Imperial Ministry of Internal Affairs, the Ministry of War, and the Ministry of Military Supplies all came to the door and began to take the initiative to do business with this guy. This may be the most beautiful time for this guy. He is also the happiest when he sees Li Cong. He really didn't expect his father-in-law to be related to this legendary businessman. It’s really too much to eat in a few lifetimes, which is why he came here so shamelessly. To be honest, Wu Zuoxi didn’t like this guy. He didn’t come to the door very much when he couldn’t do it before. When he was appointed as an official After the waiter, this guy started to run diligently. This guy has a father. If he didn't know, he thought this guy was his own son. He probably didn't have such an expression when he saw his dead father.

Wu Zuoxi's third son-in-law is a decent student of politics. As the saying goes, the kind of Taoist gentleman is such a guy. Every year, he is full of words. This guy is now a teacher of the Imperial Academy. It can be said that these days are very poor, and Wu Zuoxi often picks up this guy after he made his fortune. It can be said that the two of them are more like two people, and they are usually Wu Zuoxi, the leader of the third son-in-law Taking care of some things at home, many major national policies proposed by Wu Zuoxi were also given by this guy. It can be said that he also inherited most of Wu Zuoxi's personal connections.

Wu Zuoxi's youngest son-in-law is a county magistrate near the capital of the Western Empire. He used to be an ordinary handyman, but now it is not easy to get into this position. Wu Zuoxi has no affection for his little son-in-law. , I have some support for this guy because I love my little daughter, but this guy's brain seems to be not very enlightened, and this guy is somewhat lacking in himself. He is much better than now, maybe he has reached the county magistrate's seat, Wu Zuoxi is now watched by so many people, it is impossible to take good care of him.

After entering the room, the host and guest are seated. Wu Zuoxi glanced at Li Cong, thinking about what this kid is doing here today. It is definitely not as simple as letting those outside see his relationship with him. If so, there are many ways to do it. It is impossible for people to waste time doing such a prestige project, unless the prestige project is very important to them, so important that they have to do it.

After sitting down, Li Cong asked someone to deliver a Xiangtan wooden box to Wu Zuoxi. Li Cong's hand was different. Over there, Wu Zuoxi and his second son-in-law's eyes lit up. This is not an ordinary thing. of. Li Cong has always been generous in his shots. Everyone knows this, but we don't know the extent of generosity. In the past, we all relied on guesswork, but today we know it. This is really not the usual generosity. Things like Xiangtan wood are very precious trees in the Eastern Empire. Such things are used as materials for some very luxurious things, and they will maintain their original appearance for hundreds of years after they are made. If you buy such a large box, you will need at least 800,000 taels of silver. It is said that Han Linzhai in the capital bought fifteen such boxes, each priced at more than 700,000 taels of silver. It is said that one person bought all these fifteen boxes directly. It seems that this is the case, Wu Zuoxi frowned. After taking a look at Li Cong, the stewards outside have already completed the handover, and all the gifts that should be given have been finished. What does this mean?

The boxes are all like this. The things inside must be very precious things. What exactly is inside? Everyone in the room wanted to know that Wu Zuoxi would definitely not open the box on such an occasion, otherwise he would appear to be too unmannered, and he would not do such a thing.

Li Cong gave Dai Lin a look, he should be doing such a thing at this time, "Master Wu, here are some shares of Cao's Shipping Company newly established by our Cao's Commercial Bank, although not many, but every year The income is also very considerable, our young master wants to do something with Mr. Wu." Dai Lin said with a smile, the shares in it can be said to be very few shares in the entire Cao's shipping company, but the dividends are absolutely It is quite a lot.

Wu Zuoxi's mind quickly began to go through the procedures. At the beginning of Cao's inland river shipping, he helped to get down thousands of boats. The annual profit of those boats was about 200,000 taels of silver. But that was in the past. After the Cao family took over the fleet, it is conservatively estimated that the profit will be tripled. In fact, this is what they think. Li Cong knows that the profit will be at least five times higher. The Cao family has obtained more than a hundred thousand ships through various means during this period of time. Li Cong has calculated that the one-thousandth of the shares given away can bring more than 100 million to Wu Zuoxi every year if there are no mistakes. With a net income of 50 million taels of silver, Wu Zuoxi's head also started to work quickly. Of course he didn't know that in detail, but the tens of millions of silver every year should be about the same, and the other sons-in-law didn't. They were so happy, they all knew that Cao's shipping was not very big, and they were all blaming Li Cong for his poor shot, so they sent their father-in-law away. My father-in-law didn't have the ability to feel distressed, but there was no other way. I didn't expect that Li Cong, an outsider, would look down on his father-in-law, and the faces of several people felt a little uncomfortable.

"Hehe, Mr. Cao is really too polite. I don't know much about business, but I heard that Mr. Cao is the best at doing business. My old man just follows you to get rich. I'm going to sort out the new order on the Red River. I think your Cao's company is also very good. It just so happens that the imperial court also allocated 3,000 ships to me. I don't have the time to run it myself. It's better to join your Cao's business." Wu Zuoxi didn't want to take advantage of Li Cong, mainly because many people were looking at this guy at this time, and if he asked for Li Cong's things, someone might come soon. The one who exposed this matter, if that is the case, the one who suffers is really me.

3,000 ships, these son-in-laws looked depressed, why did they confiscate things and built a lot of things into them? In their concept, these 3,000 ships are worth hundreds of millions of profits every year. If they put them all in Cao Ke's boat shop, they would have to charge a lot of fees. The father-in-law has no sons, and the future wealth will belong to a few of them. It is related to their vital interests. The boss feels that it is necessary to talk about this. things.

"Master Wu's ships are really good. I will give Master Wu at least 200,000 taels of interest for each ship every year, and there may be more." Li Cong said with a smile, and his words also explained the outline. The eldest son-in-law who ordered something was held back. This 200,000 taels of silver per year is the highest profit for a boat on the Red River. Does Li Cong show his father-in-law to pay his respects every year? How can there be such a good person here, or is this guy putting money in it himself? Wu Zuoxi knew how powerful Li Cong and his remodeled ships were, so he nodded immediately, agreeing to Li Cong's proposal.

"Recently, His Majesty the Emperor intends to give Mr. Cao a lifetime earl, but there are still many people in the court who are not satisfied with this decision. Otherwise, this matter will definitely be decided soon." Wu Zuoxi thought for a while and said. , I have accepted such a valuable thing from others, if there is no expression, it would be a bit unreasonable, not to mention that they treat me very well, so I have no reason not to mention it.

"Everything depends on Mr. Wu. I think I still need this title." Li Cong took a sip of tea and said that he is a member of the Northern Empire. It is a person from the Northern Empire. With the title of the Western Empire, I am slowly integrating into it. No matter what my true identity is, they should be able to accept themselves more easily than before. .

"My side is naturally supportive, but you should visit these few people one by one..." Wu Zuoxi named several people. They are all high-level bureaucrats of the Western Empire. Some Li Cong heard that I have heard of them, but I have never heard of some of them. The people Wu Zuoxi mentioned to him should be the key. , these people Li Cong should be going. (To be continued..)