Li Yizhi was talking to himself, but everyone present was stunned.
Especially Song Shidao, he clearly remembered that Li Yizhi had demoted Li Midou Jiande and others to nothing, and it was impossible to win the world.
But now, how is it possible?
Moreover, the other party also made every statement reasonable and gave a specific action plan, which was impossible to refute.
Song Yuzhi's thoughts were much simpler. He just felt that Li Yizhi was so powerful that he could make the dead alive.
Hou Xibai fanned his fan, shaking it.
He felt that Li Yizhi was quibbling, because Yang Guang could not possibly wake up, and Li Mi, Zhai Rang and others were not that smart to do what Li Yizhi said.
However, there is always a possibility.
If Li Yizhi assists either of them, does that mean that they all have hope of winning the world?
Brother and sister Li Shimin were deeply shocked.
Although they knew that this was Li Yizhi's quibble, the action plan given by the other party could actually change the situation in the world.
It can be said that if today's words are leaked, the struggle in the world will become more intense, and the possibility of Li Clan taking over the world will be greatly reduced.
Even if he finally conquers the world, he will definitely suffer heavy losses.
One word can prosper a country, one word can destroy a country, nothing more than that.
Therefore, brother and sister Li Shimin looked at Li Yizhi even more eagerly. They must recruit such a great talent no matter what.
However, this is obviously not the place for detailed discussion, so they can only suppress their enthusiasm for the time being.
Time passed slowly, and soon it was noon.
Hou Xibai left everyone to have lunch, and then Li Yizhi and others said goodbye and left.
Li Yi got on the Song family's carriage, followed by brother and sister Li Shimin.
In the carriage.
Li Yizhi said: "Shidao, do you have anything important to do when you come to Duoqing Villa to see me this time?"
Song Shidao chuckled, glanced at Song Yuzhi, and said, "I have something to ask you, but I'm not in a hurry. The main thing is that someone wants to see you as soon as possible."
"Brother!" Song Yuzhi blushed and lowered his head.
Li Yizhi looked as usual and said, "Oh, what's the matter?"
Song Shidao looked at Li Yizhi's expression and couldn't help but sigh in his heart, and said: "It's about drying salt. Now we have produced salt on a large scale. This time we transported ten large ships of sea salt to Bashu, because the price has been reduced by 40%.
, attracting looting from salt dealers from all over the country. I’m afraid it won’t be long before the salt gangs in Bashu will be disbanded.”
Bashu came out of the well salt and was controlled by the salt gang, which was quite powerful.
However, although the Salt Gang is rich, it is not powerful in force.
Therefore, facing the alliance between Duzunbao and the Song family, even if they knew it was going to go bankrupt, they would probably have to accept it silently.
"After defeating the Salt Gang, the next step is to suppress the Haisha Gang, and then gradually monopolize the private salt in the south."
Li Yizhi's heart moved and he said: "By the way, Shidao. I am in urgent need of money recently. I don't know how much profit you will make this time. Can you pay it all to me temporarily?"
"No problem. There are still 400,000 taels of silver on the ship. I can decide to give it all to you. You can then have someone pick it up."
Song Shidao readily agreed, and he said: "Yizhi. Earlier in the Duoqing Villa, you counted all the forces, except our Song family. How do you think our Song family should develop?"
Li Yizhi mused: "Since your Song family has no intention of competing for the world, the fundamental goal of development is to enhance your own strength, which can be done in two steps."
"The first step is to develop overseas. Outside of our Central Plains, there are a large number of islands on the endless ocean. They are rich in resources and sparsely populated. Your Song family can definitely send a fleet to occupy them and develop them."
"The other step is to be independent, send troops to Shaoguan, capture Poyang Lake and Dongting Lake, and seize the area north of the Yangtze River. Then accept the refugees from the north and sit back and watch the disputes in the world. At that time, you can advance and attack, retreat and defend, or follow the example of Emperor Wen.
Separate territory."
Song Shidao's eyes lit up, and then he shook his head and said: "Yizhi, sending a fleet to occupy overseas islands is a good suggestion. The current civil war between various forces in the Central Plains has given us the Song family enough opportunities. We just sent troops to Shaoguan to capture
North of the Yangtze River, I'm afraid it won't work. This will undoubtedly tell all the forces in the Central Plains that our Song family wants to fight for the world, which is inconsistent with our original strategy."
"In this case, then you should go all out to operate overseas. Overseas islands are rich in various scarce resources. If they can be sold to the Central Plains, it will definitely be profitable."
Li Yizhi said: "How long will you stay in Yangzhou this time? Why don't you go to the prefect's mansion to sit there?"
"No, we will leave early tomorrow morning, and we have to prepare various supplies. I'm afraid we won't have time." Song Shidao said.
The carriage moved forward slowly and soon arrived at Yangzhou City.
As soon as they entered the city, a noisy quarrel could be heard outside the carriage, and the carriage slowly stopped.
The coachman's voice came from outside the carriage curtain, saying: "Sir, there are two parties quarreling ahead. The road has been blocked and the carriage cannot pass."
"Isn't anyone from the city guard coming to deal with it?"
Li Yizhi frowned. He was strict with his subordinates and did not even allow rivers and lakes fights to occur in the city, let alone large groups of people gathering to block the streets.
The coachman's voice came in again: "To inform the prefect, no city guards have come yet. When I passed the city gate earlier, I found that there were not many soldiers at the city gate. Maybe there are not enough troops."
Li Yizhi nodded, without thinking too much, and said to Master Song: "In this case, I'll get off the carriage first, and you can take a detour to avoid being stuck here."
"Well, that's fine, we'll see you later." Song Shidao said.
Li Yizhi nodded to Song Yuzhi, then opened the curtain and got out of the carriage.
The groom flicked his whip and turned around to leave.
Li Yizhi raised his head and looked ahead. It seemed that no one from the two parties was willing to give way. In the end, they started arguing, attracting a large number of people to besiege them and blocking the street.
He looked back at the city gate not far away, and found that there were not many soldiers above and below the city gate, more than half less than usual.
At this time, four soldiers ran over quickly, trying to disperse the crowd.
Li Yizhi took out his belt card and waved it, and they all bowed and saluted, and shouted in unison: "See the prefect."
"What's going on? Why are there so few soldiers guarding the city gate today?" Li Yizhi asked.
One of the soldiers said: "To report to the Governor, not long ago, Lieutenant Chen temporarily withdrew most of his troops, saying that he was going to encircle and suppress a rebel den, so we have very few troops here."
Captain Chen is the gatekeeper of Xicheng and is also responsible for the security of Xicheng District.
Li Yizhi nodded slightly, waved his hand and said: "Go and disperse the crowd, clear the road as soon as possible, and punish both parties in the dispute."
"Yes, Taishou."
When the four soldiers heard this, they rushed forward and shouted loudly to disperse the crowd.
When the people saw the soldiers coming, they dispersed one after another.
In the chaos, a middle-aged man with sinister eyes slowly approached Li Yizhi.
When he was about ten meters away, he suddenly jumped into the air, raised his right hand, and a cold light shot out, heading straight for Li Yizhi.
"careful!"
Li Shimin and Li Xiuning shouted loudly, their voices anxious.
They were riding horses, and because they had a wide field of vision, they discovered it immediately.
It's just that the sinister man struck too quickly, and they didn't have time to rescue him. They could only watch helplessly as the flying knife hit Li Yizhi.
At the same time, it was on the second floor of a restaurant not far away.
Zhang Shihe stood by the window, witnessing all this from a high position through the slightly opened window.
The corners of his mouth curled up into a sneer.
Although Yu Wenhuaji didn't take Li Yizhi seriously, he was not so eager to get rid of him.
But Zhang Shihe couldn't do it. He couldn't wait for his brother's revenge for a moment.
Since Yu Wenhuaji is not taking action, he will ask someone to take action himself.
Therefore, Zhang Shihe carefully planned this scene. He believed that without the personal protection of an expert, Li Yizhi would only die.