The two places Cheng Dalei stayed in, Youzhou and Liangzhou, are generally not good places. The climate in Liangzhou is better than that in Youzhou, but it is also vast and sparsely populated. To put it simply, there are no people and no
People have no basis for developing business.
The current environment in the empire is actually not suitable for the development of commerce. Iron, salt, copper, cloth, and medicinal materials are all considered hard currencies. But one thing these goods have in common is that they are inconvenient to transport, and the empire's currency system cannot develop large-scale commerce.
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The real good place of the empire is Jiangnan, where the climate is suitable, the waterways are crisscrossed and suitable for transporting goods. The Rong people have invaded for many years, but they have never reached Jiangnan. Therefore, the development there has not been interrupted, and it was once very prosperous.
Of course, the eggs will not be destroyed when the nest is overturned. The Righteous Sect once caused trouble in Jiangnan. The princes were divided and had constant friction with each other. Now Jiangnan is not peaceful either.
He Shen's words opened up Cheng Dalei's thinking. The food in Toad City cannot be moved, it is for life-saving purposes. If there is really a shortage of food, it may not be impossible to plunder from nearby cities. Cheng Dalei is good at it, both overtly and covertly.
"There must be a road before the car reaches the mountain, and we may not be able to do anything when the trouble comes." Cheng Dalei said: "What we should consider most now is to expand the population of Shuofang City."
He Shen frowned and thought about this matter. Because of Cheng Dalei's reputation, this matter was indeed a bit difficult to deal with. Finally, he sighed helplessly: "Master, you should pay more attention to your reputation in the future."
"Don't you think it's too late to say this now? The key is what to do now." Cheng Dalei sighed: "Reputation, reputation..."
As he muttered something in his mouth, Cheng Dalei suddenly had a thought in his heart: It was important to flag what he wanted to do when he went out for fun, but he might not have any flag to raise.
The matter still has to start with Lin Shaoyu. Lin Shaoyu stirred up the storm in the first place, and it was also because of his uprising that the current situation of two emperors and eighteen kings in the empire was created. It must be said that Lin Shaoyu has always been thinking about Cheng Dalei. He knew that he did not have the talent of an emperor.
From the beginning, he wanted to promote Cheng Dalei to the throne and make him the Holy Master.
Nowadays, many people in the empire have risen up, and they are fighting under the banner of the Righteous Sect. Although the uprising of the Righteous Sect has been suppressed, the followers of the Righteous Sect are everywhere. Cheng Dalei is more suitable than anyone else to carry this banner.
Others can flaunt and deceive under the banner of the Righteous Religion, so why can’t you?
After telling He Shen his thoughts, He Shen became energetic and his eyes twinkled. After a while, he said: "Master, there is a lot to be done in this matter. As long as you put out this banner, you don't have to worry about no one coming to vote."
"This matter needs to be discussed in the long term and how to operate it specifically."
"There shouldn't be any difficulty in operation, but..." He Shen paused: "Master, if we carry this banner, will we really become enemies of the empire?"
He Shen felt quite gloating about his misfortune. He repeatedly encouraged Cheng Dalei but remained unmoved. But in the situation before him, Cheng Dalei had no choice but to take action. This is the reason why people cannot help themselves in the world.
"We... seem to have always been enemies of the empire. Is there any difference?"
"Uh..." He Shen suddenly choked.
It doesn't really matter what banner you use, what matters is what kind of square formation you adopt.
He Shen was stunned and said: "Since we want to recruit the banner of the Righteous Religion, we must have a slogan. This slogan should be decided by the big boss in terms of emotions and reasons. The big boss will see what slogan we should shout."
He Shen looked at Cheng Dalei and seemed to see him step by step on the path he had arranged with him.
Cheng Dalei thought for a moment and then said: "Don't worry about what slogans to shout. Just tell the people in the world that I want to take revenge on Lin Shaoyu and let all the followers of the Justice Sect in the world come to me."
With He Shen's polish, Cheng Dalei personally set an eight-character slogan: When light shines, justice will prevail.
Heshen immediately began to make arrangements. The Xizi team led by Axi was responsible for this operation. Axi spread his manpower into various states and cities, spreading some news that had been fabricated in advance.
Most of them disguised themselves as storytellers and sneaked into teahouses and restaurants around the country to talk about the past of the Righteous Sect. They only talked about how dark the empire was and how cruel the various princes were. This was why the Righteous Sect rose up in the first place. In addition, Cheng Dalei and Lin Shaoyu had such a deep brotherhood.
, how he tried so hard to avenge him. Finally, it was mentioned that Cheng Dalei was recruiting troops to take up the banner of the Righteous Cult again.
In addition, he also talked about how people in the world misunderstood Cheng Dalei, how Cheng Dalei endured the humiliation, and how the fire in the library was not set on fire by Cheng Dalei.
This is an obvious whitewashing plan to try to save Cheng Dalei's already extremely bad reputation.
This is something in the plan. Cheng Dalei still can't tell how it will develop in the future. At present, he can only take it one step at a time.
After arranging everything, Cheng Dalei suddenly felt a little bored. There were still many things for him to deal with, but he couldn't keep his energy up. He stood up and walked towards the backyard of the City Lord's Mansion. He was alone, sighing:
"Shaoyu, Shaoyu..."
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"Your Majesty, happy event, happy event."
Lu Luo strode into Song Bokang's study, talking as he walked.
Song Bokang frowned and said, "What happy event? What happy event will happen to me?"
"Your Majesty, this is really a good thing. Cheng Dalei has settled in Shuofang City and started to deal with the affairs of Shuofang City."
"Is this thing worth being so happy about? If we give him a city, he will naturally start running it. Will he give up and not care about it?"
"The king thinks so, so Cheng Dalei must also think so." Lu Luo said excitedly: "The information I just received is that Cheng Dalei's grain transport team has been continuously transporting grain to Shuofang City. He wants to control Shuofang City.
It is necessary to divide both troops and food. Shuofang City is a big pit, which will consume all the things he has saved in recent years. By then, it will be you, the king, who takes over the entire Liangzhou and eliminates the serious troubles in his heart.
opportunity."
Song Bokang's brows gradually widened: "Isn't everything the same as we arranged in advance? If greed is not enough, Cheng Dalei does not have the power to swallow Shuofang City at the moment. If he swallows it forcefully, it will burst his stomach.
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"Who would give up the occupied city easily? He doesn't have the courage of a king."
Song Bokang Fu Xu nodded slowly: "You took the greatest credit for this matter, and I will never forget it. How many people are there in Shuofang City now?"
"There are about five thousand old, weak, women and children. These five thousand mouths will probably give Cheng Dalei a headache."
"Five thousand people is still a bit small. We should think of ways to give some people to Cheng Dalei to make them consume more."