The Grandmaster Strategist

Chen Zhen, who was standing far away, saw that I was sad, so he stepped forward and said, "My lord, I would like to express my condolences. If Mr. Li knew that your lord was so sad, he would definitely blame his subordinates for not taking good care of your lord."

I glanced at Chen Zhen and saw deep worry in his eyes, and said calmly: "Do you still hate Xiao Shunzi and me?"

Chen Zhen said calmly: "The villain has never complained about the adults. Back then, the villain was in prison and his life was at stake. If the adults hadn't saved him, he would have been executed long ago. Since the villain is from Shu, the adults are from Nanchu." Officials, it's not surprising that they are worried about the villain's loyalty. Although the villain was a little uneasy at first, after all, life and death are in the hands of others, but these days, the villain has always been able to get the antidote on schedule, without any additional requirements or obstacles, as long as If the villain performs his duties faithfully, he will not be harmed, so the villain will have no complaints."

I glanced at him, but he was shrewd and continued to ask: "I offered my plan to defeat Bajun and Luocheng, and forced the King of Shu to death. Don't you hate me too?"

Chen Zhen knelt down and said: "The villain was just a spy in the Kingdom of Shu. He was born and died just for power and wealth. But until the fall of the Kingdom of Shu, the villain was still a spy whose life and death depended on others. When the Kingdom of Shu was around, the villain Without betrayal, the Kingdom of Shu will be destroyed, but we little people will still survive. The adults are ministers of Southern Chu, so it is natural for them to offer suggestions to defeat Shu. Although the villains are Shu people, they have no responsibility to avenge the Kingdom of Shu. Although the villains are naturally ruthless, but Since the country is unable to protect its people, there is no need to exist.”

I smiled slightly and said: "Your temperament is very similar to mine. In fact, Nanchu will only be destroyed for a while. What will you do then?"

Chen Zhen said: "Although I don't know what the relationship between you and Dayong is, I believe that you can save your life by then. Chen Zhen is not talented and has already suffered the pain of subjugation. As long as he can live peacefully by then, Chen Zhen is confident that he will not betray his master." Glory."

I shook my head. This boy was quite smart. He didn't say a single tactful word. He must have seen through my personality. If he had spoken like this in Shu, he would have died a long time ago. He casually took out a pill and said, "This is the antidote. After you take it, all the toxicity will be eliminated. You won't need to take medicine every month in the future."

Chen Zhensi took the antidote without hesitation and said, "I am willing to be loyal to you, sir."

Seeing that he was so cheerful and confident, I asked, "You wouldn't have known that I was the one who administered the poison, would you?"

Chen Zhen smiled and said: "The villain has long known that the poison was administered by an adult. Generally, people who use poison will be very confident. If Mr. Li is good at poisoning, he will not put additional restrictions on me."

I thought to myself that this man is so shrewd, so it would be better for me to be more frank, so I said: "In this case, I might as well make it clear that if there is only one guard, it is enough as long as you try your best to save my life. You are loyal. After all, you are just Xiao Shunzi's substitute. If I want to use you to do things, I have to be loyal and trustworthy. From now on, I will be surrounded by wolves, surrounded by many dangers, and I will lose my life at every turn. If you are not a loyal person, there is no point in staying. If you don't want to, I will ask Xiao Shunzi to lift your restraint tomorrow, and you can leave. If you really obey me, I will treat you as a confidant until I succeed. , I will naturally make a suitable arrangement for you, so that I won’t treat you badly, but it may not make you prosperous. What do you think?”

Chen Zhen bowed again and said: "The villain is homeless. If he leaves the adults and can only do some killings and money-grabbing, he will be bound sooner or later. I see that the adults are doing everything lightly, and they will not rot with the grass and trees. If the adults don't dislike it, the villain will be trapped." People are willing to serve the adults.”

I helped him up and, trusting him for the time being, asked, "In that case, I want to ask you how we should act now."

Chen Zhen looked a little excited and said: "If you want to avenge your wife, no matter how you act, you need to have a force that you can absolutely control. Now, except for villains, Master Li is not free.

The power is too weak. If you rely on others or if there is a conflict of interest, your behavior will inevitably be restricted. "

I nodded lightly. My background as a spy from the Shu Kingdom is indeed well-deserved. The most important thing for me now is to build a force of my own to protect myself and eradicate the enemy. However, if I want to build a force, I must have enough financial resources. What should I do? Woolen cloth?

In the next few days, I hid in the study room thinking about how to build this force and how to maintain its survival. I flipped through the book and thought randomly. I couldn't let this force be too large, which would easily attract the attention of others. , and it also consumes money and food, but 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 my thoughts, he suggested starting from a small place. He and I spent all the gold and silver we got in Shu and secretly bought a house not far from my residence. A Zhuangzi then found some twelve or thirteen year old children to train. According to my requirements and his ideas, these children were basically fatherless and motherless, stubborn children. Chen Zhen trained them first. After Xiao Shunzi sorted out some of the martial arts skills I gave him before, he made a plan to train martial arts. According to him, if he trains for about two years, these children can have second-rate skills, and then In addition, they are specially trained in assassination and spying skills (this is Chen Zhen's specialty), and then they can come in handy.

I also thought of ways to make money. The jewelry I designed was not only beautiful in design, but also made by first-class craftsmen, so it was favored. Although I am not particularly good at these crafts, I am well-read and have read a lot. Books on erotic techniques, so I designed a lot of various drawings in batches, some of which were about agency information, some were jewelry and clothing, and some exquisite toys. The most popular one was the one I improved on the corona made by using the cycloidal principle. Clock, this is a book I read in Dashi. The cycloid principle was mentioned in the book. I made it with great pains. In order to facilitate the craftsman's production, I deliberately reunified the weights and measures and other tools. According to the drawings and the tools I gave , you can make clocks. For these drawings, I find people to cooperate in the production in the name of Tianji Pavilion, and ask for 10% of their profits in return. As for the person who came forward, his name was Han Wuji. He was a colleague of Chen Zhen. He escaped from Chengdu by chance after the fall of Shu. Because Dayong governed the place strictly, he came to Nanchu to make a living. He was only good at murder and conspiracy. He was almost scheming. He had no ability to make a living and almost died of poverty and illness. When Chen Zhen was ordered to look for suitable children for training, he happened to save his life. I saw that this man had some backbone and did not become a killer and robber to survive, so I let him He serves as the general manager of Tianji Pavilion, which actually does not exist. Let him secretly use my designs to cooperate with others. At first, he needed to find people to cooperate with him personally. Later, as soon as a new work appeared, he would secretly hold a small gathering and invite qualified businessmen to bid. The winner would get the drawings and other information, as long as they were kept confidential. Rigorous and can be produced exclusively. The reputation of Tianji Pavilion was spread secretly in Nanchu, and no one publicized it loudly. After all, then the opportunity to bid would be lost, and the possibility of making money would be lost. The invitation from Tianji Pavilion has not only become a symbol of strength, but also a symbol of integrity, because without good reputation, no matter how powerful you are, you will not get an invitation from Tianji Pavilion.

At first it was just to make money, but later I found it very interesting. Through Tianji Pavilion, I could get a lot of confidential information. In order to get my drawings and designs, many people were willing to exchange various secrets. Of course, I asked Han Wuji to be more cautious, and he must not miss or be followed. Han Wuji did a good job. Later, the power in my hand gradually became stronger. I also specially sent a group of twelve people to suffer from the cold. Without any plan, Tianji Pavilion became one of the most famous secret organizations in Southern Chu.

After more than a year, I saw that the income was enough, so I started to reduce the number of designs. I only issued one symbolically every month, and only called on the trading firms that I had cooperated with to bid. Later, those businessmen simply formed the Tianji Guild, which means For a guild that cooperates with Tianji Pavilion, if you want to join this guild, you must get three recommenders, and then Tianji Pavilion will agree. The Tianji Guild soon became a very powerful guild in Nanchu. Through stock ownership, I can control 10% of the profits of all merchants in this guild. In the first year, I received an income of 600,000 taels of silver. These merchants are all reputable, well-funded, and extremely influential merchants. Although I I can't control their operations, but the fact that losing me will cause them terrible losses is enough to make them do anything except rebel for me.

In addition, I began to join the training of the "Secret Camp". The Secret Camp was the code name I gave to this force that I would personally control. I started by teaching them how to read and write. Even if they couldn't write poems and lyrics, they had to be proficient in it. Read the poems and classics I carefully selected, because I can't keep a group of killer-type characters around, so they must learn these etiquette to advance and retreat, and learn to play 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. This group is good at attacking tough situations and is the main force in killing. They are good at martial arts and can They can fight warriors who are better than themselves in martial arts, and can form a military formation to surround and kill the enemy or stand by for help. They can play the role of bodyguards and generals; the second group is called the dragon group. This group has a smaller number of people and is good at special tasks. To young people with skills, I will teach them what I have learned in my mind. These people are very interested in one or two subjects, and they have devoted themselves to studying them. I also teach them specially. Some are good at fortune telling, and some are good at underwater. In Kung Fu, there are people who are good at construction. These people will be able to act alone in the future. They will basically be sent out by me to handle different types of foreign affairs. Most of them will serve as members of Tianji Pavilion under Han Wuji; Chapter 2 The third group is called the dark group, which is good at concealment and assassination. I basically won’t let this group appear around me. They just carry out the tasks assigned by me. Because this group has no future, so I follow them. They agreed to serve me for ten years, and there will be no worries within ten years. After ten years, they will get a generous fortune and let them live a normal life. Of course, they can still serve me at that time, just as For some less dangerous jobs, you will receive a corresponding reward for each completed task; the fourth group is called the hidden group, each of which is a well-trained undercover agent. Basically, they can disguise themselves as various characters to collect information. Their specialties It's not martial arts, but good at disguise and eavesdropping. After completing the training, I carefully selected eight people in the secret camp. They are all the best in each group, and they can all disguise themselves as my servants. These people are controlled by me. Direct command is not only to protect me, but also to execute my orders at any time. In order to facilitate their appointment, I gave them all the surname Jiang, and their names are Chiji, Pirates, Baiyi, Yuolun, Shanzi, Quhuang, Hualiu, and so on. Green Ears, their name is also their ranking. If there is a loss or replacement, the person who replaces them will also be 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 cannot teach them his own martial arts, he can teach them the martial arts that I have sorted out. These children are striving for advancement and have stubborn personalities. They work hard in order to get more small straights, so they can reach the standard. Among them, some of the children who do not meet the conditions, or are shaken, are eventually eliminated by the small straight children. Shunzi lost her martial arts skills and then used the drugs I provided to destroy her memory. And it was in front of everyone, because Xiao Shunzi made it clear to them at the beginning what to do if the target was not achieved, and then Xiao Shunzi secretly arranged for these children to do various stable jobs such as clerks. Under the planned training of Xiao Shunzi and I, these children only knew how to be loyal to me. They had no sense of belonging to Nanchu and Dayong. I finally created a force of my own.

After the strength is established, it is time to use it. I think the situation in Nanchu is relatively stable now, so I planned it and Chen Zhen commanded it. These children took turns to participate in different tasks. Let them grow from immature to mature, become ruthless, and become calm and ruthless. The two biggest tasks were one of one of my cooperative firms, which was greedy for profit and wanted to swallow up my shares. In order to set an example, I asked The secret camp was dispatched, the hidden group was responsible for collecting intelligence, and the dark group was responsible for eliminating the experts employed by the trading company and the managers at all levels of the trading company. The tiger group made a final thunderous blow, causing the death of more than 300 people in the trading company, while the dragon group was ordered to use legal means to The contract took back everything we deserved. This was an action planned by me personally. It was ruthless and well-planned, and the effect was very obvious. No one dared to deceive Tianji Pavilion. Although many innocent people also died in it, to me, their deaths were more important. Deterrence, so that people will consider the consequences when they choose to offend me or betray me.

The most direct consequence of this operation is that Tianji Pavilion went underground naturally. People will not be uneasy because of its mystery and dare to commit such a murder. Then Tianji Pavilion itself represents blood and cruelty. If you expect to get benefits from me and are afraid of my revenge, then the Tianji Pavilion brand will stand firm.

The second operation was both public and private. Dayong's spy network noticed the value of Tianji Pavilion before the Nanchu court. Liang Wan planned an operation and sent people to threaten and lure a businessman of Tianji Guild, using him to enter Tianji Pavilion. During the bidding meeting, she wanted to take advantage of the opportunity of cooperation to control Tianji Pavilion, but she was too greedy. Although the businessman successfully got the opportunity to cooperate, their testing and tracking were soon discovered by the members of the Dragon Group, and then the Dark Group and the Hidden Group The network found out the root cause. After I got the report, I arranged a date and announced that the master of Tianji Pavilion would appear. Liang Wan, who got the news, sent his capable men to attend. I surrounded and killed Xiao Shunzi. We took action and killed all two of Liang Wan's top masters. We disqualified the businessman from participating in the guild and forced him to hand over the profits that should be allocated to me for a year. In this way, although he was not bankrupt , but after losing his credit and a lot of money, he soon fell into despair.

I have not only protected Tianji Pavilion's reputation, once again expressed Tianji Pavilion's transcendent status and determination to be inviolable, but also dealt a severe blow to Liang Wan's arrogance. I am really satisfied.

When I saw Liang Wan's losses and Xiao Shunzi went to inquire about it personally, and learned that Liang Wan had been reprimanded and punished by Dayong, he just said coldly: "This woman, she has forgotten her responsibilities. She is a secret spy responsible for inquiring into the military and people's sentiments in Nanchu. She should not develop her own power without authorization. If the Nanchu court had not been too stupid and weak, she would have been captured and killed long ago. If I hadn't kept her alive, As long as a letter is given to Prince De, Zhao Jue will arrange for military forces to eradicate her completely.

Xiao Shunzi asked: "Sir, when are you going to deal with her?"

I looked into the distance calmly and said: "Wait, the time will come soon. Dayong can't sit still anymore. Xiao Shunzi, we have also lost some personnel in this operation. If you want to strengthen their martial arts, I will also Will continue to improve their talents, we can't afford to lose it now, I don't have another two years to waste."

Look at the information in your hand. It is the information sent back by the hidden team members I sent to Dayong. "King Yong's battle at the border of Northern Han Dynasty went smoothly and he will be victorious soon." "We are recruiting troops," and "Emperor Yong re-appointed the former navy commander Ren Haiwang." Although all this news is trivial, I can see a lot of things. Looking at the dark clouds on the horizon in the distance, I know that the storm will come soon. , although the storm was so fierce that even I would be capsized in it, but I risked my life to avenge her. Looking at the ring on the middle finger of my right hand, I smiled lightly.