There is a saying that "things in the world rarely go smoothly, but mostly bumps and bumps."
Bailang finally realized it once. I also laugh at myself for thinking things were too simple before.
How could Liu Jianyu be an easy person to get along with?
First he gave Bai Lang an army expansion strategy that was impossible to accept, and then when Bai Lang refused, Liu Jianyu came up with a second strategy. The pretense in the scene gave Bailang face, but also laid a trap. If Bai Lang repeatedly rejects Liu Jianyu's strategy, it will be an act of ignorance and disobedience in the military. When the time comes, Liu Jianyu can even order Bai Lang to be executed on the spot.
So even though Bailang finally reacted, he didn't dare to refuse. Because he could already taste the coldness in Liu Jianyu's smile.
After that, Bailang quickly sensed Liu Jianyu's tactics.
Three hundred Liu Jianyu's personal guards arrived at the school grounds in Ma Sheng Lane from the Chinese military tent at noon that day. Also coming with him was a copy of the "secret order" Liu Jianyu issued to Bailang for the second time.
"Sir, can you understand the general's intention?"
"Of course I understand. But Lieutenant Chen also knows the actual situation in the industrial park recently. Most of the construction sites under construction have been abandoned and no one is guarding them. And the brothers I have now have to take care of part of the West City site. , and at the same time, we have to organize the scattered chores in the entire industrial park. Therefore, we have no time to spare.
The general's order was quite urgent, so Captain Chen had no choice but to take action himself. If you want any materials, you can get them locally or go to the military supply chain to ask for them. I think Colonel Chen must have a greater reputation than me. "
"Your Majesty, your words are serious. Since your Majesty has given an order, I will not be polite to you. Now that the order is urgent, I will leave now and say goodbye!"
Bai Lang stood up with a smile on his face in the small courtyard of Ma Sheng Lane and walked Captain Chen to the entrance of the courtyard, watching him leave in a hurry. When the back disappeared from his sight, the smile on his face was quickly replaced by gloom.
"Zudao, do you want to give this person to me?" Liu Xu next to him also had a gloomy face. There was even more murderous intent in his eyes.
Nowadays, the daily affairs in the sword hall are basically controlled by Liu Xu, while Yang Xiu is responsible for the deployment of combat power. Zhou Dong was out all day long setting up an information network all over Yongchuan City. His eyes were no longer just on the streetwalkers in the sword shop itself, but on everyone, whether they were traffickers or maids or long-term workers of wealthy families, they were all under Zhou Dong's control Within consideration.
Bailang's promotion now involves a lot of responses within the sword hall. At the same time, Bailang didn't want to expose his subordinate's combat power and information channels. So today, when I met for the first time with the personal guard captain who came from the "expansion" and led 300 troops, Liu Xu was brought with him.
In Liu Xu's view, this was because Liu Jianyu's ambitions had expanded after he was promoted. He wanted to continue to reach out to the industrial park, and his intention was obviously to actually control the industrial park instead of letting Bailang continue to control it and just listen to his orders in name.
In the past, I was worried about Feng Mingyuan, the city lord's mansion. Now that the power of one army has become the power of three armies, Liu Jianyu no longer needs to care about Feng Mingyuan. If Feng Mingyuan dared to stop what he was doing, he would even dare to directly label Feng Mingyuan as "obstructing military affairs."
As for Bailang, it's not that he didn't do well enough, but a matter of trust. At the same time, the importance of industrial parks has once again been elevated. Liu Jianyu just changed his mind.
But is the industrial park just going to let Liu Jianyu mix in the sand? This is the final foundation for everyone in the sword shop now, and there is absolutely no room for failure.
That's why Liu Xu was so intent on murdering Colonel Chen just now. Even a little bit out of touch.
Bailang turned around and walked back. After a moment of silence, he said: "Killing this man named Chen is of no use. It's just the same as killing a school captain and sending another one. It won't solve the problem. Unless we kill the three hundred relatives We will kill them all together. Mr. Liu, do you think this is possible?"
"What Zudao said is that my subordinate is arrogant."
"It doesn't matter. Master Liu, now Liu Jianyu lets his personal guards build a camp in the industrial park. What is the purpose of doing this? What impact do you think it will have on us in the future?"
Bailang walked all the way back to the study, poured a cup of tea for Liu Xu, and then sat on the chair with a cup himself. He always felt that these twists and turns were too laborious, and since it was not a small matter, he also wanted to hear other people's opinions.
Liu Xu didn't have time to think carefully. He could only think of what to say and said, "Zu Dao, Liu Jianyu's purpose of letting people intervene in the industrial park is already obvious. Let the captain named Chen build a camp in the industrial park. This is He must truly put his influence in front of everyone in the industrial park. It is tantamount to coercion. It also tells everyone that he has the final say in the industrial park now.
In fact, this kind of move is very blunt and a conspiracy. We are under Liu Jianyu. Even though we are secretly involved with the City Lord's Mansion, we don't dare to resist and not cooperate. This will have a great impact on the prestige of our knife shop in the industrial park.
However, my subordinates believe that although Liu Jianyu is strong, he still dare not easily act arbitrarily in the industrial park. This is why he sent people to set up sticks but did not touch us. "
Hearing this, Bai Lang also nodded. He agreed with Liu Xu's statement, but it should be able to expand in the end, so he motioned for Liu Xu to continue.
"Zu Dao, you proposed the industrial park and guided the construction of the City Lord's Mansion. Even the initial operations were managed by Zeng Fei, the general manager at the time, under your guidance. Only then did the industrial park grow from scratch and become truly stable. Output. It can be said that you single-handedly created the industrial park. Even now, Li Wen's son Li Donglai is running the industrial park according to your arrangements.
It can be said that no one in the world knows more about all aspects of industrial parks than you.
Since the industrial park is so important, Liu Jianyu's worry should be that if we move, it will have unpredictable adverse effects on the industrial park. This is an unbearable loss for him. That's why they threatened us like this, but didn't directly touch us.
It’s not that I don’t want to, it’s that I don’t dare. "
At the end, Liu Xu added again: "At least now Liu Jianyu is not sure about directly touching our knife shop."
In other words: it is a conspiracy but it does not endanger life, but it is only temporary.
Bailang didn't say anything after listening and fell into thinking.
After a long time, Bai Lang said: "Send this news to the city lord's palace. Just say that I am being watched and cannot report it in person. In addition, send the news to Zhou Yu and Hou Wangtong. Remember to bring it verbally and don't leave traces in letters. Just say that at present The army is keeping an eye on the sword shop and asking them to be more careful. The delivery of the ordnance needs to be replaced by our manpower as soon as possible, including the warehouse. But this time they can choose two trustworthy retainers to follow the next batch of goods. Seeing Daomen Village will reassure them."
"Zu Dao, what are you doing?"
"The core of the industrial park is no longer me, but the industries of the Zhou family and the Hou family, who are already familiar with the special production methods here and are already transforming themselves. They are the absolute core of the industrial park now. This is what you have in mind, Mr. Liu. You have to count them.
Therefore, instead of competing with Liu Jianyu for control of the industrial park, we should focus on the key points and tightly tie the Zhou family and Hou family to us.
I think the situation will change again in the future. By then, the industrial park may become insignificant. "
(End of chapter)
