Section 2363: Choice

Although various internal strife often occur internally, it has to be said that this period of time is also a rare period of time for Li Wei and other senior executives of Cao's Commercial Bank to rest. Although it looks very busy during this period of time, but They also basically hand over the matter to the people below, and they just look at it. As for other things, they don’t need to manage it by themselves, because things like cleaning up the interior are very troublesome. You If you want to do it yourself, you don’t know where to start. This is different from the kind of war on the front line. The war on the front line is at least millions of people fighting together. It was prominently displayed, but the interior of the Qing Dynasty was completely different. Just like now, everyone felt very tired. They were all dealing with teams with only a few dozen people, or even a few people. The team, these people can only be regarded as some rabble, and they are not worthy of being the enemy of Cao's firm at all, but there is no way to do it. If they are not strangled in the cradle, they will not know what they will do in the future. How did they grow up? All of these people are very powerful. They have nothing now, and they are living a hard life. The people in the commercial firm are very vicious when they do these things. They have never thought about how they should live. In fact, when they think about this problem, they have a problem with their brains. If you defeat the Cao family firm If so, will you go to the senior executives of Cao's Commercial Bank to think about what to do in the future? This is absolutely impossible, everyone's brains are flooded, so they have to defeat the Cao's house to get the life they used to, this is what they think in their hearts. 【, Of course, there is no standard for how to beat them. For them, if they can rebel successfully now, it will be the beginning of their future glory. The place also has a location of its own. But they are not people who think so much, they just know that they can't survive such a poor life, look at what they eat every day, although there is fish and meat, but there are only three or four meals a meal Vegetables, how can I eat them? A viscount used to eat more than a dozen dishes. How come there are so few dishes today? It’s not all because the people of Cao’s House took it Ninety percent of their property. I don’t have any money. If I had money, I wouldn’t make my life so uncomfortable. Let’s look at the life of the people in Cao’s House now. Damn, they must be spending their days and nights. When they went, they all used Lao Tzu's money, and it was because of their idea that they hated the people of Cao's House even more. If this is not a rebellion, I don't know what kind of things they will research in the future. What these people think about is crazy things, even some of them who are honest and bewitched have begun to do such things.

The emperor of the Southern Empire was also very depressed at this time. After he ran out of the capital, he had only two choices. One was to go to the coalition army. How to welcome this guy over. In fact, if you think about it carefully, you will know why he is not welcome to go over. If this guy goes over, what is the attitude of the foreign team towards him? This is it. But now the Southern Empire is gone, we continue to give you the treatment of a foreign monarch, even we feel uncomfortable in our hearts,

Besides, this is all on the battlefield. If you ask us to take our army and follow you to fight back, what should we do? If we don't go at that time, I'm afraid your face will be even more ugly. It's because of this reason, it's better for you to find your own way out and don't come to us. If this road doesn't hurt too much, Then we can only go to the Mystery of the Warcraft Mountains. Although the influence of the Cao Family Firm in the Warcraft Mountains is very large, almost as long as there are airships, they can be said to be their sphere of influence, but there are also some that are relatively hidden. They have never been to a place where they have never been. This is the place they want to go. Everyone understands the truth of the Three Caves of the Rabbit. At the beginning, a minister of the Southern Empire proposed to build such a place and was scolded by himself. But now I really want to thank that guy, if there is no place that guy built for me, I don't know where to go, and now he also knows that he is very dangerous. It was because of their political conspiracy that they didn't kill themselves, but it's different now, as long as they leave the scope of the Southern Empire, they would like to kill themselves immediately, and the people of Cao's Commercial Firm will definitely do such a thing Yes, even if you change yourself, you will do such a thing. After all, if you don't die, it will be a huge disaster. His Majesty the emperor also knows his role in the coalition forces. The coalition forces just want to be able to Hang up all the resistance organizations in the Southern Empire. If this is the case, I can do a lot of things, and they can also restrain the many troops of the Cao Family Firm. At that time, the coalition forces may come to cooperate from inside and outside, but I don’t know myself. After entering the Warcraft Mountains, they are isolated from the outside world. Their people will be killed by some Warcraft when they go out. This is the case no matter how high the master is. Even tenth-level fighters have no possibility of going out. The day before yesterday, the emperor asked One of my tenth-level fighters went to contact the coalition forces, but after the third day, this guy came back seriously injured, saying that he was attacked by many monsters. If it is a high-level monster, it is still impossible for him to survive. After all, this is the home of the monsters. It is simply impossible to do anything here, and he has no such ability.

"Your Majesty, the person we went out to inquire about has not returned yet. The old man must have died outside again. Do you want to continue calling a few people out? The situation outside changes every day. , we have lost contact with the outside world since we arrived at this place. The slaves are afraid that the princes in the country will no longer be able to hold back their troops. The power of these people is definitely not small. Back then, the court was very Those who are afraid of them, even if they want to get rid of it, don't dare to say it clearly. They all have their own army in their hands, even if Cao's house lost a lot when they attacked them. But if they really want to If you want to fight against the people of Cao's House of Commerce, you can also bite off a piece of meat for the people of Cao's House of Business. What the old slave is afraid of is that if these men don't have a contact, this matter will be terrible. If they all unite If they get up, the people of Cao's House may not be able to do anything to them, but if they are still the same as before, this matter will be more difficult to say, these guys do things one by one without a clue No brains. It would be a huge joke if you see yourself failing at the end." An old eunuch on the side walked to His Majesty the Emperor and said that His Majesty the Emperor stopped talking after he came out of the Southern Empire. If there is anything to do, let the servants around him do it. As for other things, it's not that he doesn't want to do it, it's just that he really doesn't want to do it. For him, the life here It's like a torment. They really don't want to continue for a minute, for them. The people in Cao's House are all guys who don't know what is good or bad. In the past, His Majesty the Emperor loved those princes in various places very much. Some of their troops are very strong, and they don't take themselves as the emperor seriously, and they even hope that they can all be beaten with sticks. It would be nice if they were all killed by the people from the Cao’s House of Commerce, but now that they are all from the royal family of the Southern Empire, if they can beat up the people from the Cao’s House of Commerce, this matter is not a big deal Bad things, just give them a higher title when I go back. It's a pity that the people who went out these days were all killed by monsters. Such a large-scale monster targeted a group of people before. It's very rare, most of them belong to some relatively large number of low-level monsters, now it seems that some people in my team have provoked these monsters, if I know that person is water, I will definitely call this person People are pulled out and handed over to Warcraft, as long as they don’t bother me, but it’s a pity that Warcraft has no one to negotiate with him, just go out and kill one person. At the beginning, there were many Experts hope to use their own skills to go out, but after the death of this tenth-level fighter, no one will do that. Are you very good? If you are really good, can you beat that tenth-level fighter? If you can't, don't try your best here.

"I don't know about such things. The princes in the country probably couldn't bear it, but they are used to talking. If there is a war, I will Seeing that they must have all been defeated by the people of the Cao Family Firm, I thought that I could use my power to unite them all. If they, the nobles, united, there would be a good ending. , but if they all fight on their own, it will only be a matter of time before they are completely defeated by the people of Cao's House. Forget it, let them plan their own affairs. What about the monsters coming to attack us? If it was a coincidence at the beginning, why does it still appear now? Didn’t our people hide it? This is forcing us to do a sweep?” Southern Empire The emperor said proudly, things like Warcraft are known more in the Warcraft Mountains. Naturally, they would not know what these two men were thinking, and they would not know that one of them was blocking them. , "No way, let a few people go out to have a look. The things outside are really dangerous. If they are all exposed, we may not have any allies when we go out in the future." The emperor seemed to be talking to himself It seems that they are discussing this matter with other people. From their point of view, the guy in front of him may be a little out of order. This is mainly because the guy was hit too hard at the beginning. Now, it is impossible for the emperor to face such a thing as defeat in the war, let alone a young boy to talk about himself. He can't accept this kind of humiliation, so later on, they quit the capital. Although the armies of the Western Empire and the Southern Empire are also investigating this matter, the result is that the people of Cao's firm Very unexpectedly, they also had a wrong map and entered the battlefield by mistake. And Bingfeng was pointing at the headquarters. Why did these damned guys appear in the shooting observation hole? The old slave of the Southern Empire didn't say much. The current emperor is like a lion, talking A bit incoherent, it must be because of the relationship just now, this guy must want to sell to the people of Cao's house, but now they have no way to deal with them in this situation. The skills of people like myself are absolutely useless. Even if they all go up, they probably won't be enough to get them between their teeth. They can't even get out of the Warcraft Mountains, so what's the deal with them? It's just nonsense. But none of them were fools, and the guards also hid far away, not wanting to be selected by His Majesty the Emperor to be the next person to go out to inquire about news. They don't want to be killed by those monsters too. The killing actions of monsters are not very good. Just look at the wounds they made, they are not regular at all, and it will definitely be very painful when they die.

These monsters were following them when they came in. Although Li never was here, there are still many tenth-level monsters in Cao's House, and they were around Li Wei after Li Cong left. Although according to Li Cong's order, they can't directly help Li Wei, it can be regarded as a test question for Li Wei, but they will do such things, and it is obviously very easy for them to do such things things. Although the Southern Empire built a lot of such facilities inside the Warcraft Mountains tens of thousands of years ago, it is said that they are very familiar with this area, but the Warcraft Mountains are not a place where humans can be arrogant. The home of the monsters is right. Anyway, as long as the monsters want to do something in this place, it is still very easy. Of course, it is not easy to gather and kill these people. The armed forces around the emperor The power is too strong, let alone them, even if a few tenth-level monsters come here, they may not be able to gain any benefits here. Does it mean that their individual combat capabilities here are so powerful, as long as it is because of They have been cooperating for many years, and they all have some good formations. If this is not done well, the tenth-level monsters may be killed here. This is so powerful, other than that In addition, they still have a lot of magic scrolls. Just imagining the storage of an empire can make people feel scared. They have ruled this continent for hundreds of thousands of years, although they left a lot of things when they retreated , but according to the speculation of Cao's House, a large number of good things never came out. This can be seen from some antiques inside the palace. At the beginning, Li Wei checked the millions of boxes inside the palace. Baby, but a few of the most important things are not in it. He can't say anything about the people below. It doesn’t seem like much at all, a small teacup can be worth millions of silver if you take it out, this is the emperor, such a teacup worth over a million is probably not used by the emperor of the Southern Empire in his life For him, it is shameful to take out such a thing to drink water, but it can make the common people eat it for a long time, and things like fist-sized gems are not for the Cao's firm. Even if it is a rare item, it can be bought by throwing out tens of thousands of silver, but the dozens of large boxes of gemstones in the entire warehouse can make people surprised. A commercial firm has borrowed money. They have so many things. If they take it out casually, it will be enough for the Southern Empire to support it for a long time. The royal families of the Southern Empire are like misers. The money is all their own. It's not from the empire. If the empire wants to earn some money, they need to get it themselves. On this point, they are very clear about the division between public and private. It is very clear that the empire must not let the empire take advantage of itself.

The emperor of the Southern Empire was playing with the jade wrench in his hand at this moment. Speaking of which, this thing was made of the most precious Ikuta topaz. It looked golden, but it was actually white. It's just because of the reflection of the sunlight. There were only two of this thing at the beginning. Now he has one here, and the other one is in Li Wei's hands, but Li Wei is not very fond of such things. I don't have any preferences, I can't eat or drink such things. Throwing it in the warehouse is useless at all. It was auctioned when the capital fell, and the price was as high as 7.625 billion taels of silver. This price surprised even Li Wei. Damn, this Southern Empire is rich There are really not a few people. These big businessmen all said that their homes were robbed before, but at this time they can still spend so much money to buy such a thing, but Li Wei and the others have already It is said that private property is sacred and inviolable. So I can't give these businessmen's homes another speculator. If this is the case, it is estimated that the support rate I just established will be nothing. I will definitely not do such a thing of digging my own grave. Yes, for them, such a thing is to kill the chicken and take the eggs. The auction brought nearly 300 billion taels of silver to Li Wei in one night, but it was just a few boxes pulled out of the palace. I really don't know how much wealth they have accumulated in hundreds of thousands of years, but Li Wei is not a miser. But he is not a prodigal, of course these things have the best use, and there are too many rich people in the world. If these things are taken out, they will definitely be at a good price, but Li Wei can't do it at this time. Everything is taken out, if everything is taken out. These things are really not enough. If there is a big price cut at that time, I guess Li Wei himself will regret it to death. He has killed tens of millions of soldiers in this war, and the blood money alone is not a small amount. of. These hundreds of billions of silver were all used on this. If the Southern Empire was willing to spend so much silver at the beginning, they would never lose that much. This is the price they pay for being rich and unkind. Well, if they are all willing to live a good life, they will not have the current failure. Of course, it has always been unknown how much wealth the Southern Empire has. The investigation is very clear, I just know that they are slowly transferring some things inside the empire. Although there are many traitors, Li Wei also understands that these people must have some things that are not very big. The most useful things, the best things are probably all in the hands of the royal family of the Southern Empire. These slaves should not think that they are all doing well in normal times. In fact, the news they know must be not very good. Well, if they all know, the people in Cao's House will also know now, which Li Wei really believes.

On the twenty-fifth day of the clean-up mission, about one-third of the territory on the ground of the Southern Empire was free of the remnants of the Southern Empire, even those who did not launch a rebellion. You are a threatening person. If you don’t do such a thing now, it doesn’t mean that you won’t do such a thing in the future. Although Li Wei knows that there will be many of them who really want it. I have lived a life in Ansheng, but I don’t have that much time to investigate you. Now there is a way, just take one of your family’s hostages. It's very embarrassing for him. Cao's House still needs some workers on the island. Although these people are helpless, after arriving on the island over there, it is estimated that there will be no problem with what kind of things. Li Cong is still very clear about this, and he will give you what kind of food you will eat for whatever kind of work you do. If you don’t work, then you can only be hungry, and don’t blame our Cao family The people in the commercial firm are so ruthless, in fact, this society is like this, can we control everything about you by treating you as hostages? That is absolutely impossible. For us, everything needs to be calculated. Of course, it only takes a few years. If the foundation of Cao's business here is stable in a few years , then the child in your family will definitely be released, but whether your family still exists at that time is another matter. At that time, I guarantee that your home will be better than before, but if you are a little bit unwilling. This matter has nothing to do with us. These nobles were also terrified by the blow some time ago, and they were also afraid that they would be on the blacklist of Cao's House of Commerce, people like Cao's House of Commerce It seems that they don't fight against the coalition forces very much now, it can be regarded as a temporary truce, for the coalition forces. They don't care about how the nobles of the original Southern Empire lived. Now they have been thrown out of their heads. They have to save themselves, which makes these nobles become two The direction is right, one is living honestly according to the requirements of Cao's House of Commerce, but the other is starting to rebel. In their view, the people of Cao's House of Commerce will not treat them sincerely, and will definitely create a lot for them. troublesome. It is for this reason that each of these guys feels that the matter in front of them is not so easy to do, so they all start to do things that are against common sense. Rebellion is a good choice for them, of course Yes, they will definitely be very scared in the end result, because the army of Cao's House of Merchant gave them too much shock, but it's just such a seat treatment. They also felt that it was not their own doing, and it was better to fight once. It's just that the gamble is a bit too big.

Looking at the coalition camp, they also feel that they can't give the Cao's House of Commerce such a long time for them to come to the rear for advice, but there is not so much distance between them and the Cao's House of Commerce. It is still difficult for the people of the commercial firm to fight a relatively large-scale battle. They couldn't find how to deal with the people of Cao's commercial firm for a while. They had assembled so many troops. Are you going to hang around there now? Cao's House just swallowed a large sum of assets from the Southern Empire, and there must be nothing wrong with them in their hearts, and for them, they didn't know how many such things they had done before Again, there is not so much silver in the two armies. If they want to support so many soldiers, they have to check whether they have the money in their hands. Now the hundreds of billions of military expenses every day make them a little bit unaffordable. In fact, they also want to end the war, but it will definitely not be in front of them. It ended under this situation. If the current situation ends, it is estimated that their losses are too great. The four empires formed an alliance to deal with a commercial organization of the Cao's House of Commerce, and finally let the people of the Cao's House of Commerce rob the sea islands of the Eastern Empire. They robbed all the coastal cities of the four empires. In the end, this is not counted. Cao’s firm also defeated one of the empires and turned all his land into their own. If they can do such a thing If they accept it, they might even be able to accept things like green hats. For them, it is quite normal for such a thing to happen today. They all feel that the matter in front of them is the fault of the other party. A quarrel started, and when the people of Cao's House received the news, they almost fainted from joy. They had never thought of such a thing before, as long as there was a slight change on the battlefield, their so-called The coalition forces began to grind their teeth. After all, they were not born by the same mother. It is very normal to have different opinions. These people have never thought about the overall situation. There can only be interests between countries. The other things like friendship must be nonsense, and they all know that if the suppression continues like this, the people of Cao's House will strip away all these resistance organizations in the Southern Empire. At that time Not to mention that someone came out to help us, it was a good thing to go and not deal with us. At that time, these resistance organizations in the Southern Empire probably would not even show up. This is also a normal thing. Everyone understands the truth. At this time, many people are complaining about the guy who dug the dam in the Western Empire. If you didn't do that, the war will continue, and there will be no such strange wars. Well, if it continues to drag on, first of all the economies of the Western Empire and the Northern Empire will be unbearable. Now the food crisis has begun to appear in the country. They are different from the Eastern Empire. They do not have such a strong family background. It is too difficult for them to support the war for such a long time, but the general himself was wronged. If there is no Lao Tzu, it is estimated that there is no supply line with the Eastern Empire now.

At this time, the high-level officials of the Western Empire and the Eastern Empire are determined to be villains. At this time, they all have some different views. At this time, they all feel that it is time to give Cao's firm a new battlefield. If the battlefield stops like that now, they will undoubtedly suffer a lot. For them, the people of Cao's House can slowly devour the territory of the Southern Empire, but they can't do anything, they can only is standing still. For them, this is a very disadvantageous situation. They must treat this matter as an important matter. Otherwise, they will suffer a lot in the future. Now they are useless The things that can be sold, but Cao's House is different, they can immediately train hundreds of millions of troops, and now it is said that their airship troops have expanded a lot, so that they have enough things These people can be transported to the front line. If this is the case, there will be another huge disaster in the nearest cities of the Western Empire and the Northern Empire. Their models are all like this. The airship transports an army of one division or two divisions to a county town. They will Use the fastest speed to sweep away the surrounding area, of course, they will not kill people, and then they will gather in one city. Drive all the population out of their homes and just give them some rations. Let them run to other cities and cause some panic in other cities. Although this approach is very old-fashioned, it can already make people in the Western Empire feel the benefits of doing so. Many of them are I feel that this matter is too difficult, and many of them also know that if it continues like this. Their life is absolutely difficult. Now 10% of the entire empire has been occupied by people from Cao's House of Commerce. This is thousands of cities. Although the people from Cao's House of Trade are ready to Retreat, but the economic loss is also huge. Each of their counties and cities can get tens of billions of various properties, which is a great supplement to the Cao family firm, but it is an irreparable loss to the Western Empire, even if they There are some other ideas and there is no way to make up for the things here. The Northern Empire has only recently encountered such a thing. In fact, the Cao Family Firm had formulated some combat plans against the Northern Empire before, just because Li Cong's wife didn't do that because of his wife. Li Wei scolded him for this matter. Now it's the war period. Is there any use for such a poor relationship? That is absolutely impossible, and everyone is not a fool, how could they make such a helpless move? In one night, more than a dozen counties and cities in the Northern Empire have all become the territory of Cao's firm. Said that this is the first time they have encountered such a thing, and it also marks that they must either quickly negotiate a peace with the Cao's House of Commerce, or they will fight to the end with the people of the Cao's House of Commerce. The previous strategy is now useless at all that's it.

Because of this matter, the little princess of the Northern Empire almost quarreled with Li Wei in the headquarters, and it was also a headache for her stepmother Li Wei. When my grandfather left, I asked myself to respect her, but now some of her What he did was already interfering with the decision-making, and some of his maids were all spies from the Northern Empire. Although there was no important news to send back, it also made the senior management of Cao's firm feel uncomfortable. Yes, someone is watching you every day when you do anything. It is estimated that many people would not want such a thing to happen. It is precisely because of this reason that they directly arrested these maids. , This escalated the conflict between Li Wei and the little princess to the peak. In the past, Li never knew that these guys were spies from the Northern Empire, mainly because he had to worry about his wife's face, right? Besides, the relationship between Cao's House and the Northern Empire was good at that time, so there was nothing to say about such things, but it is different now. Let them be here when the war is going on. It is definitely a terrible thing. It is impossible for these people to maintain a high level of vigilance every day to face these spies. At that time, the little princess of the Northern Empire had nothing to say. If they were all ordinary maids, it would be fine, but they were all spies. Such a thing is a big deal. Unexpectedly, half of the dowries her father gave her were spies. In the past, this girl always hoped for some good things, and always believed that the relationship between the Northern Empire and the Cao Family Firm was the best. Yes, but now he understands that this is impossible. Even with such a level of marriage, the expansion of Cao's firm is inevitable. A Southern Empire is definitely not enough for Cao's ambition. It is necessary to build a larger empire, and a direct confrontation with the Northern Empire is also necessary. Li Wei's ambition has already been shown, otherwise there is no need to use so many troops. These troops can definitely destroy the Northern Empire It's because of this reason that this woman didn't continue to quarrel with the senior management of Cao's Commercial Bank. He understood how he should choose to be hungry. It's impossible for a centrist to be a centrist, and neither side would agree to allow such a People appeared, so he chose to continue to follow Li Cong. It is much better to be the wife of the Cao's House than to be the princess of the Northern Empire. The Cao's House only has five wives, and he is still in the front. The princess of the Northern Empire It is estimated that there are five hundred of them, so what if it is the most favored one? Compared with Jiangshan Sheji, a woman's happiness is too insignificant. The little princess brought the people she brought from the Northern Empire back then Almost all of them were blasted back. For her move, the senior executives of Cao's Commercial Bank expressed their admiration. After all, it is rare to see such a woman who can break with her natal family, and they all know the pain in this woman's heart. . (To be continued..)