Outside Luoyang City, in a manor of the Changsun family, the elder of the Changsun family stood in an underground secret room and looked at the eight boxes in front of him, with a smile on his lips.
From the box, the elder picked up a wooden lump, weighed it in his hand, and looked at it again, but he couldn't figure out how to use this thing. At the same time, he was also curious about how such a small thing could really cause such a big impact. Big damage?
I want to try it, but this place is close to Luoyang. Once I try it, it will definitely lead to investigation by interested people, which is not good.
After checking that there was nothing wrong with the wooden lumps, the great elder came out from the ground, gave some instructions to the Changsun family who were guarding the place, and then left.
This is not the time to use these things. The warship has just been photographed, but the sailors to go to sea have not yet gathered, but they will soon. The family members in the south are recruiting the lake bandits in Dongting Lake. Although these people I have never sailed a sea ship before, but there is no problem in controlling a sea ship. It is much faster than teaching new people all over again. With a little practice, I should be able to control a sea ship and go to sea.
When the lake bandits have finished training their ships, it's time to use these wooden lumps.
At that time, the eldest son's family will not let go of anyone who buys Royal Navy ships.
Making money by transporting goods is not as fast as plundering. With the information of their eldest grandson's family, these ships will never be able to escape if they go to sea. They will all become their eldest grandson's family's ships.
When there are more ships, they can cooperate with the Japanese and Gaoguli people to do business and buy and sell. They can make a lot of money. How could their eldest son's family miss such a thing.
As for the problem that the Lake Bandits are difficult to control, he is not worried. It depends on who controls these people. Most people really can't control them, but the Changsun family is different. Only fools will rebel if they have a big tree like the Zhangsun family to rely on. The consequences of rebellion are worse than death!
Just as the great elder was leaving in the carriage, he didn't find an old man dressed as a farmer holding a hoe and looking at the carriage without blinking.
And just after the carriage disappeared, the old man slowly left and came to a place where no one was around. He took off his tattered clothes and tore off the beard stuck to the corners of his mouth. After looking around, he took out the hidden horses and headed towards the carriage. Go to Chang'an.
At night, in the south of Chang'an City, in the courtyard of Li Yifu, Li Yifu was having a meal.
But at this moment, a man in black walked in from outside the door, knelt down and said, "Sir, today the eldest elder of the Changsun family left the city and went to a manor of the Changsun family outside Luoyang, and stayed there for a moment. It’s time to leave and return to Chang’an!”
"The Changsun Manor outside Luoyang City?" Li Yifu put down his chopsticks and his eyes flashed slightly.
"Let me check if the elder of this manor usually goes there, and if anyone goes there during this period, and when did the grandson family of the manor buy it!" Li Yifu ordered.
The man in black stood up, bowed in agreement, and then retreated.
"My lord, I'm sure you've got a good idea of what's going on. I'm afraid this thing was really done by the Changsun family. I just don't know if the wooden lump is in the manor, or it's the smoke deliberately spread by the Changsun family!" Li Yifu murmured to himself.
The Changsun family was not something he could just check if he wanted to. If there really was a wooden knot hidden in the manor, it must be heavily guarded, and there was no way he could sneak in with the manpower he had at his disposal.
And even if there were no wooden bumps hidden inside, he couldn't check it out. If he didn't get it right, he would be attacked by the Changsun family. He was hiding in the dark, not fighting people head-on.
Of course, this kind of thing will not trouble Li Yifu. As long as he can find clues, he can inform Li Junxian of the matter. Just like last time, Li Junxian will definitely take people to explore the manor.
It would be best if he could find out whether there were wooden lumps. Even if he couldn't find out, there would be no loss for him. And Li Junxian could help him with the vat, which could be described as killing two birds with one stone.
In Changsun Mansion, the elder who returned to the mansion had no idea that his traces had been tracked by people sent by Li Yi Mansion, but he ran into the hall happily.
Changsun Wuji was sitting in the hall drinking tea and waiting for the return of the great elder.
"Master, I've seen it, I've seen everything!" the elder said with a smile.
"Confirmed?" Changsun Wuji said with gleaming eyes.
"Confirmed, the number is correct, eight hundred! One is a lot!" the great elder replied.
"Eight hundred, considering their best efforts, these eight hundred should be enough to plan our plan!" Changsun Wuji nodded.
"The lake bandits' matter is also being dealt with. It has been negotiated over there. They will be coming to Chang'an soon. By then, as long as they have finished training the warships, they can go to sea with these wooden lumps!" the elder said slowly.
"This is a letter from Chong'er, you should read it too!" Changsun Wuji didn't say anything more about it, but picked up a letter on the table and handed it to the elder and said.
"Huh? Is there a letter from Chong'er?" The elder took two quick steps and stepped forward to take the letter and look at it.
The letter was very long, and the elder took a cup of tea to read it. After reading it, he couldn't help but laugh.
"Hahaha, not bad, really good. Chong'er joined the Hongqing Gang and was actually accepted as a disciple by the gang leader. With Chong'er's qualifications, he might be able to take that step. When that day comes, this Tang Dynasty is not The treasure of my eldest grandson’s family!” the elder said with a hearty laugh.
"That's right, Luo Zhang'er thinks he can step on my eldest grandson's family like this? What a fantasy!" eldest grandson Wuji sneered.
"Master, how is the refining of the exotic ore going?" the great elder asked as he sat down on his seat.
"It's almost refined. We've ordered people to start making weapons and armor, but the quantity is still too small. The mine no longer transports ore these days, and we can't plunder it. They should be on guard!" Changsun Wu Ji explained.
"Then why don't you hire Mozi's people to rob it again? I think there should be quite a few in the mine." The great elder suggested.
Changsun Wuji pondered for a while and said: "I'm afraid it won't work anymore. Nowadays, there is a lot of noise outside because of the robbery of Yushan. Even the old guys from the royal family have run out. If they take action at this time, they will be exposed. Once exposed, It won't be good if we are implicated. It's better to be safe. Although it's a little less, it's good to learn from the experience. Just wait until the news is over and then rob it. Besides, I don't believe they won't transport the ore out. , as long as they dare to be lucky, we can grab them!"
"The head of the family is right, I'm a little impatient!" The elder nodded in approval.
Early the next morning, when Li Yi returned home from court, he saw that the man in black who had left last night had been waiting at his residence for a long time.
Li Yifu did not speak, but walked straight to his house. After he changed his clothes and returned to the hall, he said to the man in black: "Have you been found out?"
