Shen Chuge seemed to realize that Ye Fan was interested in it, and smiled and said the reason:
"One is that the Shen family lives in a corner and is beyond the reach of many places in the Xia Kingdom, let alone foreign countries."
"So the Shen family also needs an intelligence center like Wangbei Teahouse to make up for its own shortcomings."
"In fact, the Shen family did obtain a lot of important information about opponents such as the Tianxia Chamber of Commerce, Xiang Kingdom, and Xiong Kingdom from Wangbei Tea House."
"My father was able to successfully raid the Xiang Kingdom's camp and behead 8,000 people, because he obtained secret information about Xiang Zhenguo, the leader of the Xiang Kingdom, from here."
"Coming to the gilded border of Xiangzhen country, you can't bear the hardships of the border. Every weekend, you have to fly back to Xiangcheng to dance with your lover."
"So my father took advantage of the fact that the elephant army was leaderless one weekend and successfully launched a surprise attack."
"You can think of Wangbei Teahouse as a window for the Shen family to peek into the outside world."
"The second is that Wangbei Tower is at Yanmen Pass, under the nose of the Shen family, and every move is watched by the Shen family."
"So the Shen family has enough confidence and means to control Wangbei Tower."
"Over the years, Wangbei Tower has indeed taken the initiative to filter out information that is unfavorable to the Shen family, and has stifled the eavesdropping of the Tianxia Chamber of Commerce to a certain extent."
"To put it simply, you can buy a lot of information about various parties in Wangbei Tower, but it is difficult to buy information about the Shen family."
"Thirdly, this Wangbei Teahouse was once forged by an old prince who was demoted to Yanmen Pass."
"When this old prince was young, he had outstanding military exploits and extraordinary abilities. He also cared about the common people just like Xia Kunlun."
"There were two princes who were hopeful of taking the position of the previous head of the country."
"This prince was originally the royal nephew who had the best chance of overtaking the old king and becoming the king."
"It was just a border war. The weather was extremely cold. On the eve of countless frontline soldiers going out to fight, tens of thousands of them were frozen to death and suffered frostbite."
"The old prince checked and found that the soldiers' cotton-padded clothes, shoes and quilts were all made of black-core cotton and were not warm at all."
"In order to make a lot of money, several predators in the Xia Kingdom used discarded cotton to make quilts and clothes. They thought that no matter how cold the Xia Kingdom was, it would never get colder. As a result, they encountered severe cold and had a serious accident."
"The old prince was so angry that he led his troops back and dragged several predators who were closely related to the royal family to the downtown area and shot them in public."
"Together with their close associates, family members, nephews, and more than a dozen royal family-related personnel behind them."
"More than two thousand people, large and small, were all killed by the old prince. They were so bloody that rivers of blood flowed and heads rolled."
"The old prince also loses the qualification to compete with the old king and others for the throne."
"Because many people are worried that if this old prince succeeds in taking office, he will investigate the dirty things done by powerful people from all over the world."
"A lot of people will die."
"So the old leader was finally elected almost unanimously."
"The old king came to power, the old prince was demoted, Xia Kunlun was suppressed, and comprador predators like Tiemu and his son rose rapidly."
"If Xia Kunlun hadn't defeated the prince supported by Tiemu and his son in a new round of battle for the throne, and allowed the current king to take the throne..."
"I guess Xia has already become a comprador-dominated country."
Shen Chuge exhaled a long breath: "Even so, Xia Guo's thoughts have also been impacted. Everything is weighed by the pros and cons."
“It’s understandable that ordinary people weigh the gains and losses.”
Ye Fan nodded lightly, picked up a cup of tea and drank: "But if the top people have this kind of thinking, it will be troublesome."
"They will mislead the people, kill the enemy to resist, kill people, affect the economy, and implicate the people, so it is better to kneel down."
"Kneel down, and if the enemy is more docile, he will kill fewer people, it will not destroy the economy, and it will not affect normal life."
Ye Fan looked at the reflection in the tea and smiled: "As everyone knows, the more docile you are, the happier the enemy will kill you."
"That's right!"
As if she had found a close friend, Shen Chuge nodded in response:
"They also said, resist today, resist tomorrow, resist the day after tomorrow, how long will you resist?"
"If the resistance is successful today, will the resistance be successful tomorrow? If the resistance is successful tomorrow, will the resistance be successful the day after tomorrow?"
"Continuing to resist like this will strain the nerves of the people of the Xia Kingdom too much and affect their ability to live and work in peace and contentment."
"Instead of living cautiously, it is better to kneel down and pray for a happy life."
"For this kind of person, I usually just choke him. If you don't die today, tomorrow, or the day after tomorrow, won't you die in the future?"
Shen Chuge also had a quick temper: "You're going to die sooner or later anyway. Instead of tightening your nerves and trying not to die, it's better to die earlier for relief."
"Chu Ge is indeed a sweetheart."
Ye Fan gave a thumbs up and smiled, then changed the topic: "By the way, what happened to the old prince in the end?"
Shen Chuge received Ye Fan's approval, his pretty face lit up, and then responded with a smile:
"The old prince failed to seize the throne. Although he was not beheaded, he was demoted to Yanmenguan as a military governor and was ordered not to return to the capital for the rest of his life."
"Destined to die of old age at Yanmen Pass, he became disheartened and gave up all thoughts of returning to the royal family."
"Even if the new leader of the country is his nephew, he refuses to return to the capital."
"He just asked the new ruler to allow him to build a teahouse and hire several chefs from the capital so that he could have some snacks from his hometown."
"In the end, the new king approved his request."
"The old prince spent his own money to build this teahouse."
Shen Chuge sighed softly: "The new king personally gave the tea house the word "Looking North", hoping that the old prince would look north when he misses the capital."
Ye Fan narrowed his eyes: "This is the origin of this tea house."
Shen Chuge took over the topic: "After the death of the old prince, the teahouse changed owners several times, and the generals of Yanmen Pass also changed several times."
"The generals of all waves are grateful to the old prince for his killing spree."
"It was his blood that flowed like a river and his heads rolled in, so that no matter how rotten the Xia Kingdom was, there was a bottom line not to deprive the soldiers."
She added: "That's why no one has eradicated Wangbei Tower for so many years, and no one has fought in Wangbei Tower."
"Understood!"
Ye Fan nodded slightly: "By the way, do you know who this teahouse owner is?"
Shen Chuge glanced around, then lowered his voice and responded:
"The owner of the teahouse is named Axiu. She is a very special woman. She is extremely frail and cannot tell her age."
"But every move she makes gives people indescribable tenacity and confidence, as if there is a powerful existence behind her that is as powerful as the king of the country."
"She has an unknown origin. She looks a bit like a Chinese, but she also has an exotic style."
"It is rumored that behind her is an extremely tyrannical man in white..."
Her expression became more solemn: "But no one has seen his true face, and everyone who has seen him is dead!"
Ye Fan raised his head: "The man in white?"
Shen Chuge cherished this time of intimate conversation between the two, so he told Ye Fan what he knew without reservation:
"There once was a group of fierce bandits from Duan Tou Ridge, called Zhentian Thieves, with three thousand people, and their leader was named Hai Zhentian."
"They look like thieves on the outside, but in reality they are the cavalry that Xue Wuzong secretly planned to build to compete with Astro Boy's Ghost Mask cavalry."
"In order to infiltrate Yanmen Pass, Hai Zhentian sent people to the teahouse to coerce and induce Axiu, hoping to become a shareholder and cooperate."
"If Wangbei Teahouse refuses, they will be rude to the teahouse and Axiu."
"On the night when the powerful thieves threatened, a man in white entered Duoling Ridge with one man and one sword."
"He went directly from the gate to Haizhentian's base camp."
"In less than an hour, we destroyed eighteen checkpoints, killed three thousand thieves, chopped off Hai Zhentian's head with one sword, and then walked away."
"Hai Zhentian's head was hanged at Wangbei Tea House the next day."
"Three thousand thieves, but less than a hundred people survived."
"Those who survived were basically frightened and couldn't even remember each other's faces."
"They only remember that the other party was dressed in white and had a sword..."
