Xuanwu frowned tightly: "If he really does this, it will indeed break the roots of our family. We supported Liu Yu in the past not just to make it difficult for ourselves, even if he We can also express support for the Northern Expedition, but the bottom line is that we must get corresponding benefits during the Northern Expedition, and our existing interests must not suffer too much loss. In other words, we must not destroy our jobs and the jobs of our descendants. "
Suzaku said solemnly: "That is, if everyone is gone, who will do the work for us? Is it possible that our nephews will have to farm by themselves?"
Qinglong smiled slightly: "You two, do you really think that by enriching Jiangbei with some tenant farmers, they have cut off the roots of our family?"
Suzaku gritted his teeth: "Qinglong, you can't protect Liu Yu like this, can you? How long have you been, and you still say this? The Northern Expedition is not such an easy task. Huan Wen and Xie Xuan were such heroes back then, but they did not return in vain in the end. , once defeated, the six Jiangbei counties may be destroyed by war again. There is a reason why our predecessors never managed the six Jiangbei counties."
Qinglong said calmly: "In addition to soldiers and horses, the most important thing in a war is food, grass and baggage. The Northern Expedition of the past dynasties has not been able to succeed. A very important point is that the soldiers and food were not enough in the end. Just like Huan Wen's last Northern Expedition, he clearly reached the Yellow River, but failed Because the grain and grass could not keep up, the success failed in the end. When Liu Yu ran Jiangbei, he wanted to move the baggage grain and grass used in the Northern Expedition forward to reduce the consumption of the rear. You only see that we have to lose some tenant farmers now, but you don’t want to think about it. If we really want to If we fight, won't there be any losses? The food and grass from Jiangnan will still have to be transported to the front, and the manpower and material resources in our manor will still have to be requisitioned. There will only be more and greater losses."
Suzaku sneered and said: "No matter how much the loss is, it is only a temporary need, but if you do this, people and food will go directly to Jiangbei, what will we have left? Just harvest some money and silk from the treasury? Those are still from our manor What about the products produced in the country? They took the taxes we paid and came back to collect our people. Do you think this is a good thing?"
Qinglong sighed: "Lord Suzaku, you'd better accept the current situation. The world has changed. It's no longer the time when the aristocratic family can control everything. Now Beifu Qiu Ba is in power, and it's Jing Ba. This time Liu Yu can kill If you kill Wang Yu, you can do the same thing tomorrow against us who are openly confronting us. Then, what will you use to resist?"
Suzaku gritted his teeth and said sternly: "Can he kill Wang Yu and kill all the noble families in the world? If nothing else, even within the Beifu Army, there are two giants, Liu Yi and He Wuji, as well as Wei Yongzhi, Tan Shao and other generals, when the time comes, we will ask all the children of the aristocratic families not to go to Liu Yu's shogunate, but to defect to Liu Yi and He Wuji, so that he can't even become the boss of Jingba, let's see how he can do anything! "
Bai Hu waved his hand: "Master Suzaku, don't get excited. With all due respect, you can only say angry words here. If you really want to do what you want to do, do you think it is still possible?"
Suzaku opened his mouth, but was unable to respond.
Xuanwu sighed: "Yes, now everyone knows that Liu Yu is the number one person in the world. There is no shortage of people in this world who tend to be popular and cling to the powerful. In the past, we could respond to everything we said because we held power in our hands and secretly controlled it. Resources, even the emperor is just our puppet. But now, Liu Yu has a very stable grasp of both military power and political power. Although there are factions and competitions within the Beifu Army, as long as the children of the aristocratic family with a little bit of brains will still know, Following Liu Yucai has the best future. Because the decision-making power in arranging foreign wars and who will be the commander lies in Liu Yu's hands. He can let Liu Yi take command during the Western Expedition, but when it comes to the Northern Expedition, he will definitely not give the opportunity to others. .”
Suzaku said bitterly: "Are we just going to sit back and watch Liu Yu take everything from us?"
Xuanwu did not reply to Suzaku, but looked at Baihu: "Sir Baihu, since you already know Liu Yu's plan to immigrate to Jiangbei, you must have a countermeasure. What do you think?"
Bai Hu looked at Xuanwu and said calmly: "Before I express my thoughts, I would like to ask Mr. Xuanwu to explain the black robe in more detail. Is the so-called immortal cultivator your speculation, or is there any real evidence? Already?"
Xuanwu frowned slightly: "It has not been fully investigated, but through various sources of intelligence, I can basically confirm that the predecessor Suzaku Wang Ningzhi and the predecessor Qinglong Xi Chao both had deep contact with the black robe, and they had a lot of information in their hands. Wu Shi Powder and hallucinogenic drugs are also related to Hei Pao, and even the prescription of the Immortal Man, I am afraid Hei Pao also had a lot of involvement."
Bai Hu's expression changed: "You mean, Five Stone Powder..."
Xuanwu nodded: "It's very possible. Black Robe's power is very powerful, but he doesn't have any manor or tenants on the surface of Wu Di. So where does the money to maintain his huge organization come from? I think, Apart from the sales of Five Stone Powder, it is difficult to have other sources of sucking.”
Bai Hu nodded thoughtfully: "Yes, in the past, the Five Stone Powders were always provided by Tianshi Dao. Since the Tianshi Dao Rebellion, even if Wu was defeated, the transaction of these Five Stone Powders would not be the same. It never stops for a day, and the young men from aristocratic families in the capital who are obsessed with dispersing have never stopped. The people behind the production and sales have a lot of backgrounds if you look deeper."
Xuanwu curled his lips and said: "Every inn, wine shop, gambling house, and brothel in the capital has private rooms with unknown origins and unknown owners, and transactions involving five-stone powder are often conducted here. , this has been the rule since the founding of the country, not asking about the seller, only looking at the goods. For decades, no one has tampered with these transactions, because offending the children of aristocratic families is not something ordinary people have the courage to do."
Bai Hu smiled and said: "In other words, we actually don't know who made these five stone powders, how to sell them, where they were bought from before, where they will be bought from in the future, and whether they were sold by previous people. We You don’t even know, right?”
Xuanwu nodded: "Yes, Master Baihu, this is not your first day in this circle. Don't you even understand this?"
Bai Hu sighed: "I have never noticed this aspect before. The children of the aristocratic families have the same demand for Wu Shi Powder as the ordinary people for firewood, rice, oil and salt. They are so ordinary that they don't even think about where these things come from every day. Just When people buy rice, do they think about where the rice in these rice shops comes from?"
Xuanwu said sternly: "Then according to Master Baihu's intention, maybe through these five-stone transactions, we can reveal the true face of the black robe?"
