C54

Chapter 54 - Multi-party arrangements

"Xiang Jia Village can burn it, but my Northern Dragon Lord isn't so shallow on the surface. Money is just worldly possessions. "If you want me to work with you, I have another request in addition to the above …"

"My nephew, because of your interference, Xiang Ying has lost his career, and the path of the Imperial examinations is completely blocked. "So, I want you to take him in as a disciple. Don't try to fool me like the foreign teachers and students. I want him to pay respects to my teacher and enter your door as a personal disciple. Do you agree to my request …"

Before Xiao Letian could say anything, Xiao Hexin was the first to go insane. With a loud roar, he rushed out like a black panther.

Behind Xiao Hexin, two other figures rushed over at almost the same time. One was Wang Huaiyuan, and the other was Sima Yun.

Ever since Xiao Letian had started writing his books in the Taibai Top, these three personal guards had always regarded themselves as disciples. Normally, when they didn't have missions, the three would sit together and study the parts of the《 Journey to the West》 that they didn't understand. In just a few short months, the knowledge the three of them had of western subjects could be counted on one hand in the Great Qing Dynasty.

Today, Xiang Shaolong actually dared to snatch the righteous reputation of an inner disciple.

Xiao Letian was unable to understand the relationship between master and disciple from the ancient times. In the ancient times, the relationship between master and disciple was almost on the same level as the relationship between father and son. Even disciples could inherit their masters' property under the law. He was an important legal successor to his children.

However, this kind of inheritance was not only property, but also prestige. Xiao Letian's current status as a Grand Master of Western Studies was already something that could be predicted, so who was his main disciple? So what if he was on the rankings? This was a problem, and it was related to the spread of Western Studies in the Great Qing Dynasty.

A saint is not something that an ordinary person can be, but there is hope of becoming a sub-saint. Even if there isn't a sub-saint's life, becoming one of the 72 sages is enough to leave a name in history.

Xiang Shaolong was too arrogant, he wanted money, but he actually coveted fame? To Xiao Hexin and the others, their previous humiliation from being tied up was nothing compared to the humiliation Xiang Shaolong's rudeness had brought them.

"What are all of you doing …" Xiao Letian had not finished speaking, when the sword sheath suddenly disappeared. Four shadows appeared on the ground, and in a short moment, no one was able to see how they were going to fight.

In less than half a minute, three figures flew out upside down, smashing into the riverbank. Xiang Shaolong was able to fight against three of them effortlessly, and gained the upper hand in an instant.

"What do you all want? Crazy! "All of you, stop. Sit down." Xiao Letian was so angry that he almost fainted. It was one thing if he were to fight him, but he had lost three against one. How embarrassing. However, this also reflected from the side, that Xiang Shaolong's worth was definitely high enough, to be able to pull him over was definitely a treasure.

"Xiao Hexin, what's going on with you three? "Wind from the sheep's horn, huh …" "Hahahahahahahahaha!" "Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahah! Xiao Letian was so angry that he wanted to whip them. At this time, Xiang Shaolong was holding the steel blade he had just captured, he placed it on the ground and laughed: "Maybe it's because my words were not strict, and my nephew wants to enter the walls of Mr. Xiao, but he will not snatch away the boss's position, the people of the martial arts world still care about seniority …"

After saying that, Xiao Letian finally understood. So these people had studied to the West with the same level as him, they did not even understand what an open university was, nor did they understand what a teacher system was. However, Xiao Letian did not have the time to brainwash them. On the contrary, he had some sect ideas, which were beneficial to Xiao Letian controlling his subordinates.

"Everyone get up, stand by the side for me …" I will have at least tens of thousands of disciples to study in the West. What can you do with a petty person like me in the future? "Don't embarrass me …"

Speaking to here, Xiao Letian cupped his fists and bowed to Xiang Shaolong: "From today onwards, I will be counting on Dragon Lord for my safety …"

Xiang Shaolong didn't say anything. He only straightened his clothes and struck down with a Thousand Hammer, half-kneeling in front of Xiao Letian. The tyrant of the north, Xiang Shaolong, officially joined Xiao Letian's camp.

After a day's worth of dark clouds had all dispersed, the group of people rested and rested by the side of the small stream. The large group of people continued to escort the silver taels towards Taibai Top, while Xiang Shaolong, Xiao Hexin and the other two surrounded Xiao Letian and ate their fish by the bonfire.

After a short conversation, the Dragon Lord sighed at the ink in Xiao Hexin and the others' stomachs, while Xiao Hexin and the others admired the Dragon Lord's great skills, to the point where their stomachs were actually as familiar as brothers.

After exchanging a few pleasantries, Xiang Shaolong returned to the main topic at hand, "Mr. Xiao may not know about this, but there are at least three waves of people in the forest around you secretly spying on you. One of them is the hawk-clawed grandsons that the Ministry of Internal Affairs has raised, and these people are all people that the imperial court has paid a lot of money to hire, although they may be difficult to deal with, but they are clearly just spying on you without any intent of harming you …"

"The second wave is quite complicated and does not belong to the same family. They should be servants or generals of some important officials in the imperial court. Occasionally, there would be a few martial artists who were not top experts. I guess it had something to do with my previous employer... "

"The remaining one is more troublesome, it is actually the eagle that belongs to Ceng Guoquan, the Southern Hawk that is as famous as me. In this period of time, I had fought with him no less than three times, and each time we had a draw. "Fortunately, the important information that mister has given us did not allow them to spy on us …"

Xiao Letian was stunned at the time. He had never expected that during the period of time Xiang Shaolong had disappeared, he was actually protecting him in secret, and also helping him scout out information.

What Xiao Letian did not expect was that he was initially surrounded by a pack of wolves, but he did not underestimate the Paleogene. They simply lacked the knowledge of modern natural sciences and did not understand the direction of history. It did not mean that they were stupid. These politicians who were immersed in the struggle for power would kill without blinking an eye even if they were red-faced and black-hearted. Their methods when dealing with political enemies were extremely vicious.

Xiao Letian secretly touched his chest, thinking that he was lucky, luckily he had a group of gangsters protecting him, otherwise, he would have been torn to shreds by these wolves. What kind of passerby was this? Even if the steel knife were to cut him, he would still bleed, and he would still die.

Xiang Shaolong did not know whether to laugh or cry. The Wong Lao-Han Lin who had suffered a stroke on his bed was already on the verge of death, those Clear Stream Monk Monks actually tried to give Xiao Letian a huge blow in the middle of the city, and they actually wanted to carry the coffin and rush through the door.

"When I heard this news, I was also shocked. Sir, you should have returned to Beijing already, now that Wang Shizheng is dead, the ones waiting for you when you return to the capital are definitely a funeral procession and a huge coffin. They want to use this method to completely ruin your reputation …"

Pa! The grumpy Wang Huaiyuan smashed a pebble into the ground with a punch, "Old bastard, this is too wicked. I'll go into the capital and kill him right now …" After saying that, he wanted to lead the horse away, but it was still Xiao Hexin and Sima Yun who stopped him.

"Don't cause trouble for mister. If you make a move, they will have even more excuses. When the time comes, mister will still take the blame for the scum. Just sit down …" The two of them fiercely pressed him back down.

Xiao Letian shook his head: "This group of corrupt noblemen only have this much potential, it is as if I care about this little bit of reputation, I am the second devil that came back from overseas, I want this Evil Spirit … "Let them cause trouble. I have my own ways of dealing with them. In front of absolute strength, these disgusting little tricks are simply trash …"

The meeting next to the bonfire would continue until the sky turned dark before everyone headed back on their horses back to the Yi County. Xiang Shaolong's joining was extremely good news to Xiao Letian. On one hand, Xiao Letian had obtained a top-notch bodyguard, which ensured his safety. On the other hand, Xiang Shaolong could win over a large number of martial artists through his means, which was very helpful to Xiao Letian in establishing his information network.

The Dragon Lord had even offered up a clever plan that even Xiao Letian and the old shopkeeper had not thought of. "Since Mister wants to make silver coins privately, then why not collect the scattered silver taels outside your mouth? "The policy of the imperial government has always been to rule the world with eight flags in hand. The nobles and kings on the grasslands don't even have to pay taxes. Every year, they just pay a symbolic price for their prey …"

"In the hands of the Mongolian shepherds outside of our mouth, we have a large amount of silver. They would definitely want something as beautiful and exquisite as our silver coins …" "The most important thing is safety. No matter how many silver coins you exchange, it will not attract the attention of the imperial government. This is much safer than our pass …"

Xiao Letian and Liu Sanbian had been discussing how to pay the tax in the summer. What was the appropriate ratio of silver to silver? With too many silver coins, the county's fire consumption would be low. The imperial government would definitely suspect, but with the ratio of silver ingots, Xiao Letian would not be willing to part with them.

He was having a headache, but the Dragon Lord's plan had helped a lot. As long as they sent a few Second Manager people to open a business at the Zhang Family's doorstep, they would be able to do this. When the time came, there would be plenty of secretive places on the prairie, and one could just need to set up a silver furnace to start forging coins. Xiao Letian's financial empire had stretched out another tentacle.

When Fan Lian heard this plan, he was so excited that he directly slapped his head. Confused... How could he have forgotten about this after walking for so many years? "I'll send someone over right now. No, no, no, no, I'm going to personally …"

In the end, it was Xiao Letian who managed to persuade the excited old shopkeeper. Although the trade outside was more important, Tian Jin's movement was more important, so Fan Lian could not leave right now.

Under Xiao Letian's arrangements, with the protection of over forty soldiers, two Second Manager s and more than ten capable guards, they brought over a hundred thousand silver coins worth of starting funds and headed towards the Zhang family's entrance.

Fan Lian then brought the greatest amount of manpower and resources and rushed back to Tianjin. He believed that with the help of the introduction letter from Priest Louis, it would not be a problem to establish a preliminary cooperation with a foreign businessman.

As for the Winged King Shida Kai, he was actually sent out by Xiao Letian, and now that there were over two hundred people in the Taibai Top, it was definitely not enough.

On the official road of Taihang Mountains, Xiao Letian held King Yi's hand and said, "My lord, please bear in mind, as long as we don't have too many elites, we are not raising a flag to rebel. "Also, the secret mission I've entrusted you with must not be done by others. The prince must personally do it. This matter is too important! Besides the prince, no one else can relax …"

King Yi patted Xiao Letian's shoulder, "Good brother, just wait for my good news. Now I finally understand. Compared to you, the things that we did in the Kingdom of Heaven were like children playing house. Failure is purely asking for it … "This is your new path, big brother will walk with you until the end …"

With that said, King Yi brought over ten soldiers and galloped towards the south.