Zhou Li was sipping fried beans and talking to himself.
Chatter in tea shops and restaurants can best reflect the state of people's hearts. It is well known to everyone that Liyang is currently facing sanctions from the princes. However, the trust of the people of Liyang in the Wu family is unexpectedly deep. Even if they complain at present,
At most, it is aimed at the consular office in charge, which is far from shaking the Wu family's rule.
However, Zhou Li is not particularly worried about this.
Among the Twelve Princes, the Liyang Wu clan is famous for its barbaric style, and the best is the savage attack. Although it is extremely difficult to resist such courage on the battlefield, as long as the Wu clan avoids a head-on confrontation, there is nothing that can be done. So far, it has gone as planned.
This puts Li Yang in a dilemma. Even if the Wu family can control the situation in the short term with its prestige, as the supplies are exhausted, the people's resentment will gradually boil, right?
All Jinbo has to do is just sit back and watch, and then seize the opportunity to fan the flames.
Faced with the joint sanctions imposed by the alliance of princes, no matter how hard the Liyang Wu family struggled, it would be in vain. Zhou Li was very sure of this. Zhou Li was convinced that Liyang Mansion did not have the capital to make a comeback. If there was the only element of uncertainty, it was probably Gewufang.
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"By the way, where did that monster come from..."
Zhou Li made a fearful slash at the corner of his mouth.
Although the Liyang Territory has the largest land and resources among the princely states, it has always been at the bottom of the princely states due to the decline of its manufacturing industry. It was also ridiculed by the Central Plains countries as a barbarian country. It was such a Liyang Mansion that one day suddenly came out
Shocking news about the appointment of a prospective workshop master as the powerful Juvenile Supervisor.
The origin of the master who served as the Young Supervisor is unknown, but he helped the Liyang Mansion successfully survive many crises. In particular, the deeds of suppressing the Chaos Ruigong and knocking down Kino Oni Iwazhong caused quite a shock even in nearby Jinba.
For Jinbo, who relied on Fangzao to prepare their naval forces and then promoted themselves to great powers, no one knew better than them the possibility that the revitalization of Fangzao would bring about huge changes in national strength, so they naturally sensed a crisis.
In order to stifle the possibility of Li Yang taking advantage of the situation, Jinbo Mansion encouraged the Qin Dynasty to send inspectors to Li Yang, and specially recommended Zhu Shen, who had a feud with Li Yang, as a candidate. Originally, he wanted to use Zhu Shen's hands to disrupt Li Yang's affairs, or perhaps
He tried to win over that Zhun Zao to sever Li Yang's thoughts, but he didn't expect that Zhu Shenjing was unexpectedly useless.
From Zhou Li's point of view, Zhu Shen had already pushed himself to the brink of collapse before the other party even made a serious move. No matter how mediocre Zhu Shen was, he was still a good scholar canonized by the Qin Zao Division, but he was actually dismissed by a mere unknown quasi Zao.
Suppression to such an extent was honestly beyond Zhou Li's expectation of the situation.
Especially when he saw the magical creature called the Armored Car, Zhu Shen's self-confidence was completely shattered.
"Tsk, that guy will leave trouble even if he dies..."
Zhou Li couldn't help but clicked his tongue.
Although he judged that Zhu Shen was of no use, he was also shocked by the ominous prophecy made by Zhu Shen. If Liyangfang's manufacturing industry really revitalized with the east wind brought by the armored car, then Liyang, whose national power would increase, would probably
He became an existence that would break his muscles and bones even if he was touched by the surrounding princes.
Considering Li Yang Jinbo's ongoing feud, the scene described by Zhu Shen is very likely to be staged by then.
From the position of Jinbo Prefecture, anything could be done to eliminate the possibility of Li Yang's rise. For this reason, Zhou Li had to come up with a backup secret strategy. Losing three battleships at once was a very painful loss even for Jinbo Prefecture, and killing
Killing Liangzao will even shake the Sun family's reputation in the public. It can be said that killing an enemy by one thousand will damage one by eight hundred. The young master had repeatedly told him when he confessed that this strategy should not be used unless it was absolutely necessary.
Zhou Li launched a secret strategy based on his own judgment, at the expense of losing the fleet formation and exposing the organization, which indeed put Liyang Mansion into a dilemma of slow blood loss. Next, when Liyang Mansion was in a state of distress and had no time to think about anything else, he found an opportunity to destroy the objects.
Just a square.
Destroying Gewufang is equivalent to killing the source of Liyang's revitalization of Fangzhi. In order to ensure a clean and tidy operation, Zhou Li deliberately disguised himself as a merchant and sneaked into the city while collecting relevant information about Gewufang. In addition, Liyang Mansion was forced into such a predicament.
At this time, how the master of Gewufang, who was rumored to have left many great achievements, would react was also the focus of Zhou Li's attention.
However, to his disappointment, the master of Gewufang did not act on the secret plan to frame Li Yang.
If the news he heard was true, the leader of Gewubo had left the capital long before the secret strategy was launched and set out to travel around Liyang. From conquering the Chaos Ruins to investigating the Kinoji, the leader of Gewubo had an extraordinary enthusiasm for adventure in the wilderness.
Point, what happened now will no longer surprise Zhou Li. But considering the efficiency of Liyang Mansion in transmitting information, it is hard to say whether he is even aware of Liyang Mansion's predicament at this stage.
Zhou Li was a little disappointed with this situation, but it would certainly be more beneficial for Jinbo Prefecture to implement the secret strategy without interference.
Out of caution, Zhou Li continued to monitor the activities of Gewufang while asking people to inquire about the whereabouts of the owner of Gewufang. Although Jinbo Prefecture could not directly reach out to Liyang, it established its own intelligence through trading companies with trade connections.
Net. Zhou Li used the intelligence net to trace the whereabouts of Lord Gewuge. He thought it would be easy, but who knew that the information he got was unprecedentedly confusing——
For example, last night there was information that the Gewufang convoy was at Dongyao, and this morning it was reported that it was at Lingxi.
Another example is that in the morning it was reported that the Gewufang convoy was spotted at Beijing Gate, and in the afternoon it was reported that it had crossed paths with it on the Nanman Road. Sometimes there was even news that the Gewufang convoy appeared in several settlements at the same time in one day.
If this is believed to be true, the team has either learned the art of cloning or used a deception method. Of course, the decoy technique is nonsense, but the deception method must have the cooperation of the Liyang Mansion. Such an analysis made Zhou Li wary.
.Although he was not sure what the Liyang Mansion was planning, Zhou Li still issued a fatal order to his spies, asking them to verify the whereabouts of the Gewufang convoy.
Yesterday, the spies reported that the convoy had been caught. If nothing else happens, we should get the results today.
Zhou Li felt a little uneasy. When he raised his cup to drink tea, he found that the tea had gone cold. So Zhou Li raised his hand and called the waiter to come over to change the pot of hot tea and bring another dish of fennel beans. Soon, the waiter with thick eyebrows and thick eyes put the hot tea in the cup.
Tea and fennel beans were brought to Zhou Li, with a small note tucked under the fennel bean dish.
Zhou Li opened the note calmly, and the words on it made him raise his eyebrows.
"Lost?"
The spies sent out were disguised as light-armed pack traders traveling for good luck, and their pace was much faster than that of ordinary pack teams. Just in case, there was also a group of spies acting as bodyguards following behind, and their mounts were all strong-footed hammerhead birds.
.Even if the pack team loses track of him, the rider cannot be thrown away no matter what.
"How did you lose me?"
Zhou Li asked in a low voice, and then he noticed that the thick-browed guy was the leader of the spy team acting as a bodyguard.