Chapter 1913 The World Is Cold

Not everyone in the Western Empire is willing to see the rapid development of the Cao Family Firm. Commercially, they have already begun to attack dozens of provinces in the south. In the area centered on the capital of the Western Empire, their airship transportation has also begun. It has developed, and the two most popular routes can be said to have been scheduled for more than ten days. In the past, it took more than a year to change ships from the capital of the Western Empire to the capital of the Northern Empire. But now there is no need at all. Now it only takes half a month to use the airship. There are one or two flights every day. Some wealthy businessmen and wealthy sons can take this thing. They will care about 4 million taels of silver. For them, time is money. The richest people in the entire empire are waiting to book this. They have nothing to do when they go to the Northern Empire, they just want to go and have a look.

There is another popular route between the capital of the Western Empire and the southern cities. Although this route is not as popular as the one between the two empires, it can bring Li Cong hundreds of millions of dollars in income every day. I also set up an accounting department, and after some calculations, so far, the biggest profit is actually this airship, which can bring Li Cong an income of nearly tens of billions of silver every day. Of course, this is not counting the Warcraft Mountains. If you add the Warcraft Mountain Range, the number will be more than ten times higher.

There are a lot of hot-eyed people in the Western Empire, and it's not like they didn't do things. They kidnapped and killed people, but they didn't get the technology of this thing, and they tried to imitate it, but that They couldn't make the gas in the big skin bag, as if that kind of thing had never appeared in this world. It is impossible to ask anything, which makes them all helpless. Even the royal family of the Western Empire has the idea of ​​​​taking this thing over, but it is too ugly to think about it. It's better to be honest, this is a bit too much, so don't do that.

The original Tuoba family of the Western Empire didn't want to see the Cao's firm develop so fast. When they sold their assets, they still kept a hand. Many shopkeepers left a lot of eyeliner. They also hope that one day they can make a comeback. At that time, it is time to cheat Cao's family. It's a pity that their calculations are good, but when it comes to things, there will be no such things. They found that all their shopkeepers are now working for the people of the Cao family. No matter how intimidating and luring the people on their side, those people just won't tell what's going on. I was so anxious, you must know that some of them sold for less than one-tenth of the price. They recognized such a loss at the time, and that was because they felt that they had no chance to go back. Sometimes these things are not their own. They all know how to choose when they are in danger, but now there is no danger. Their minds started to come alive again, they really wanted too much, and they wanted to get back everything they sold.

Tuoba Hongye and Tuoba Zhiqiu returned to the land of the Western Empire after a year of turmoil, but their identities have become businessmen who crossed the Warcraft Mountains from the Southern Empire. They are no longer that The high and mighty young masters of the first family of the Western Empire, the purpose of their return is to have a good talk with those so-called cronies in person, to see if they can make a comeback. It is impossible for an ambitious family to live in such a deep mountain and old forest without seeing the sun for a lifetime. This is not the life they want to live.

The life they are going to live is the kind of life they used to live.

"It's better to be a place with people. It's really boring to live in a place like that with wild beasts. There is no challenge when meeting monsters with poor skills. When I meet some powerful people, I don't have that ability. The people I meet every day are like that. A few people, what they say seems to be in the form of a machine, this day is really hard to live, if I am not allowed to go to a place where there are people, I think I will become a machine." Tuoba Hongye Standing at the gate of the big city in the south of the Western Empire, he said that he had experienced such a situation several times in his dreams. In the past, I would never stand at the gate of the city for a long time, but now I like this feeling.

Tuoba Zhiqiu on the side is a generation older than this guy after all, and he will not express such emotions like this guy, but it can be seen from this guy's eyes, and they all feel very happy. Comfortable, they are all human beings, and they won't live in the Warcraft Mountains, they just didn't say it out of their mouths.

This time they came out with a total of 17 people. When they got here, there were only 15 people, and they put one seriously injured in the hospital. When they went back, they took that guy with them. The weakest one is the sixth-level fighter Tuoba Hongye, the most powerful ones are three ninth-level fighters, and the rest are eighth-level fighters and seventh-level fighters. Even so, it is very difficult for them to arrive. Here, it can be said that everyone has injuries on their bodies. If it weren't for the expensive medicines they have, it is estimated that they would not be able to stand up now. It is too far away from where they live to human society. They didn't take much rest along the way. They still walked for four months and encountered countless dangers. If all the younger generations of the family were allowed to come out, they would probably die on the road. Tuoba Hongye thought of it The travel plan of Cao's House.

Li Cong didn't know what he was pretending to be. He knew that these people in the Tuoba family would not be able to bear the loneliness. He knew that those people wanted to visit human society, so Li Cong said You can take them to the safer Western Empire. Many young generations are very yearning, but the family still rejected that request, mainly because Li Cong's price is too expensive, 10 million taels of silver per person The freight is still one-way, which is too expensive. At least hundreds of people want to go out to see it. This is nearly one billion silver. This Li Cong can also open his mouth. Thinking of Tuoba Hongye here, he feels that Li Cong is too greedy .

In addition to these things, I also want to revitalize the current family even more. If the family was strong enough in the past, Li Cong would have asked his own family to do things. How is it the same as now, the family asks this guy for everything, although Is doing business. But Li Cong is making money for most of the business. They all think so. In fact, if an outsider comes to see it, if the Cao's House of Commerce does not contact Tuoba, they will really become a cage and a blind man. Yes, their life will be even more difficult. This may be the so-called Doumian. Sheng Miqiu, giving too much is not a good thing.

"The influence of Cao's House here is completely different from when we left. I have already seen several shops with the signs of Cao's House on this street. This Cao's house is indeed the same as others The other families are all making efforts in politics, but it seems that Cao’s family is making some efforts in business.” Tuoba Zhiqiu looked at the people on the street and didn’t have the same feeling as Tuoba Hongye , All he saw were some substantive problems, and now the Cao family had gained a firm foothold in the Western Empire.

"Huh, there are no tigers in the mountains, and monkeys are called kings. That is, the Cao family rose up when our Tuoba clan was away. I don't want to wonder if he can develop so fast without our Tuoba clan. Look at their current situation." Those who are in charge, they are all arrogant about our affairs. They have earned us too much money this year, and they don’t look at each of them. Is it appropriate? We will To cause them some trouble, even if we can't get what belongs to us, we can't just give it to them. This kind of thing makes them look good." When it comes to Cao's family, Tuoba Hongye is very angry In the past, I didn't pay much attention to the girl from the Dai family, but later on I really fell in love with it. Who knew that the family would push this matter away because of that kid, so I directly It has become a joke. This incident made me feel a lot of embarrassment. Among the younger generation, I was originally the best, but now it has become the biggest joke.

"You can't say that. The Cao family still has its own abilities. In fact, they might have developed without us. It's just a matter of time to this extent. Hongye, you are considered the next generation of the family. The leader is now, I think you are also very good when you look at other issues, why do you lose your sanity when you talk about the Cao family issue, you have to remember, it is not right for a family authority You can have weaknesses, if you are betrayed by someone who knows you well, they will use your weaknesses to attack your family, and the loss to the family will be great, so you can't do this, you must Overcome your inner anger towards the Cao family, especially not to show it in front of other people, even in front of me in the future." Tuoba Zhiqiu has very high expectations for Tuoba Hongye Yes, it is for his own good to say so now.

"Yes, Hongye remembers." Tuoba Hongye said in a low voice, he said so, but he didn't know what he was thinking in his heart, and all the young people in them generally knew Cao's family well. It doesn't match up very well, and this may be the reason why Cao Ke chose not to cooperate with Tuoba. Some people and things cannot be adapted. Since they cannot be changed, there is no need to continue on this road. If we continue to go on, it is better to return to normal relationship earlier, just like the current relationship.

"Well, very good, I hope you can do as you said in the future, we are going to the house of shopkeeper Ma, this old boy has served us for 50 years in the Tuoba family, and he has also reached old age , but I heard that this kid recently broke through to become a fifth-level fighter. This guy followed me when he was young. Back then, he didn't have any qualifications to become a fighter. It seems that this kid has his own It's an adventure, I'll start with this guy later, our Tuoba family's property around here is controlled by this old guy, he probably won't betray us." Tuoba Zhiqiu said, some of the people he was looking for They are also people he thinks he can rely on, just like this horse shopkeeper. Back then, Tuoba Hongye personally picked this guy out, and he was in the law field full of gangsters. If it wasn't for him, this guy would definitely be Lost his head, he will not betray himself.

"Well, I have seen this horse shopkeeper before, and he is also very loyal to our family. I remember that when our family was in trouble, the horse shopkeeper would bring his own guards to support us. It is still a letter from you, uncle." Scold this guy back." Tuoba Hongye seemed to have remembered what happened to the horse shopkeeper, and now that they are in peace, everything must be done carefully.

"This guy has a single-minded mind, but he is definitely good at doing business, and his cunning is all about dealing with outsiders. In the past fifty years, he has earned our family millions of dollars no matter what. In this way If it wasn't because we were in a hurry to retreat, we would definitely have to take them with us, let's go, I remember that this kid bought a second yard in the north of the county, and he should be fine now." Tuoba Hongye brought a group of people into the city in such a swaggering way. It has been more than a year, and they are not so easy to find. So the soldiers at the gate of the city stopped looking at them, and what they looked at was the entry fee given by those passing by. This is the most important thing. As for those wanted criminals, that is not my business. Someday there will not be such a group of wanted criminals near the Warcraft Mountains. It's gone, what to take to eat and drink, even if they saw it. I recognized it, and I wouldn't speak if the bounty wasn't high.

There is really nothing wrong with Shopkeeper Ma now. Shopkeeper Horse is honestly practicing martial arts at his own home. The reason why this guy can quickly become a fifth-level fighter is because this guy disappeared for more than a month a few months ago. It's related, outsiders don't know where he has gone, because his business talent has been favored by Cao's firm, but it is considered pretty good for ordinary people to live a hundred years. If it is absorbed, at most it will be able to work for Cao's house for ten years. This is not what Li Cong wants, so Li Cong decided to turn this guy into a fifth-level fighter. Although the cost is huge, I believe it In the next millennium, this guy will definitely bring him more income, which is indeed the case.

After the horse shopkeeper gained new vitality. He has already helped Cao's firm to train more than a dozen apprentices who can be independent in four months. When he taught his apprentices after taking the genetic potion, he taught his own special skills. Those apprentices We are all people who have genetic potions, and masters and apprentices who do not have calculations are the fastest to learn. It can be said that the shopkeeper Ma has raised dozens of shops around the county, and he is doing very well. Well, it's a role model for those around you.

The strength of the fifth-level fighters is still very strong. You can feel it when you approach Shopkeeper Ma's house and there are hundreds of meters away. Today is just in time for Shopkeeper Ma to rest. Otherwise, this guy usually doesn't have time to practice martial arts like this at home. This Tuoba family The whole group may not see him at home. Shopkeeper Ma’s three sons are all grown up now, and they all work in the Cao’s firm. One of them is the pilot of the airship. In the sky, besides myself, there are only two little grandchildren in the family, and now they are all happily watching grandpa practicing martial arts.

"Grandpa is so powerful, so powerful..." Two children less than ten years old shouted vigorously from the side. In their opinion, their grandpa is the most powerful person, and no one can compare to them Grandpa, shopkeeper Ma is still very satisfied. In the past, it was difficult for him to walk, but now he can play with the stone lock weighing hundreds of catties as he wants.

Shopkeeper Ma, who was practicing martial arts, suddenly sensed that a master came in. He immediately walked up to the two grandsons, and asked his servants to quickly put the two grandsons down. No matter what happened, a master of this level is not If I can deal with it, I still have to deal with it well. Everyone in this room also knows that there must be something wrong with the master showing such an expression.

Sure enough, after a while, the servants said that more than a dozen people came to visit the shopkeeper Ma, and one of them was holding a token. The people in their house were all newcomers, and they didn't even know what the token was for. , but they can also feel that this thing should be very expensive, and the person who is about to come in is definitely not an ordinary person.

Shopkeeper Ma's face immediately changed when he saw this token. If he had run out to see who was coming, this was his savior, but now he has taken the genetic medicine, that thought He didn't know where he went, but what he was thinking at the moment was that people from the Tuoba clan came out, how could they have such courage, this is not in his own hands, he quickly thought of these Although the purpose of people coming here is not very accurate, but one thing is certain, that is, these guys must have malicious intentions.

In order not to make the outsiders suspect, shopkeeper Ma ran out quickly, and tears came out when he saw Tuoba Zhiqiu. There is no doubt that a fifth-level fighter will shed tears whenever he wants to.

"Master,...Master, I didn't expect to see you again in my lifetime. I was going to go with you last time. Who knew that you all disappeared, yes. That's right. This is not a place to talk, Master. You follow me inside, this is Master Hongye, this old slave greets you..." The old horse's acting was still very good, and he spoke tremblingly, with tears streaming down his face.

Tuoba Hongye and Tuoba Zhiqiu helped the old horse up. From their point of view, this is what should be done. The shopkeeper of the horse has been working for Tuoba for such a long time, and he is so loyal , they certainly would not suspect that the old horse was not on their side. They also knew from what Lao Ma said, that they had come to the right place this time, and they would have the news they wanted in a while.

At this moment, shopkeeper Ma is also having an ideological struggle in his heart, whether to let his two grandsons come out to see them, if he does, it will be exposed, and if they know that he betrayed them in the future, the two grandsons It will definitely not end well. But if they were not allowed to meet, all the previous dramas would be in vain. At this time, the effect of the genetic medicine appeared, and the shopkeeper Ma made a decision when he entered.

"Master, Master Hongye, these are my two little grandsons. Come here quickly, and greet Master and Young Master. Alas, this world is really beyond words. If our Tuoba clan is still alive, these two boys will be ten years old , can be a book companion for the little master in the house. When I gave birth to these two little bastards, I thought they would have the same prosperity as me for the rest of their lives. Who knew that our family would encounter such a change? , Master, although these two little bastards have no skills, they treat Tuoba the same as me, if I can't do it in the future, the master will just ask them to do things." This show of loyalty is nothing Having said that, these guys were all moved by the old horse, especially a young boy like Tuoba Hongye, who was about to burst into tears.

"Hey, old horse, I know that the Tuoba clan is a bit unfair to you, but fortunately, the worst is over, no, the family wants us to come back to see how the situation here is, I still miss your family. You knew it back then, and we didn’t dare to inform you. If we had any contact with you, all of you would be wiped out now. I called you back then. This is also the meaning of not going to the past. If you follow the past, you will definitely not be able to save your life. How good it is now. Isn’t it the same for you to serve us here? By the way, how did you have a fifth-level fighter? Ability?" Tuoba Zhiqiu was still very easy-going on the surface, but there was light in his eyes when he asked this sentence, he was not confused by the old horse's words, this is the most important thing of.

"Well, speaking of this matter, we have to start with the great change in our family. At the beginning, I was in charge of keeping a batch of important medicinal materials. When the family died, Master Tuoba Yuanye brought people to take some , I just waited for them to come to get the second batch, who knows that they never came again, but those who came were all people from the government. I was afraid that the medicinal materials would be exposed, so I left with some precious ones. Thinking that the aura of heaven and earth exposed by the medicinal materials attracted robbers, I also knew some effects when I kept them, so I ate some casually. At that time, I just thought that I would lose a little aura of heaven and earth. My whole body is full of strength. When I came back to find someone, I became a third-level fighter. In the past six months, my body has continued to grow stronger. It was not until the fifth-level fighter stabilized. The master apologizes, at that time I took the initiative to eat the medicinal materials, and I will never forgive Tuoba for the rest of my life." The old fellow quickly knelt down and kowtowed, in fact, many of the Tuoba's things were lost. The loss of these medicinal materials is also lost. In their hearts, the old horse is much more important than those medicinal materials.

"Hehe, it's okay. To be honest, our family has lost a lot of things. If we liquidate them one by one, we don't know how much. Speaking of which, you are not an outsider, and things are used on you. It’s a good result, by the way, how are you doing with Cao’s House now?” Tuoba Zhiqiu didn’t have so much time to care about how a fifth-level fighter was doing, and what he cared about now was his own affairs. Whether the guy can help him or not is the main thing. Shopkeeper Ma also knows that now is his role, what happened just now can be said to be nonsense, he will care about himself? Don't be ridiculous, shopkeeper Ma definitely wouldn't have such an idea before, but now such an idea came out immediately.

"Well, speaking of it, my current situation is not very good. I don't get the trust I deserve in Cao's House. They did entrust some things to me, but they secretly hold back some things." Ma The shopkeeper said with a look of embarrassment.

"Well. This is what should happen. Although they don't know your relationship with the Tuoba family, they have taken these properties from you. They should not trust you, but after so many years Come on, you should have your own team, won’t they stop listening to you right now?” Tuoba Zhiqiu asked the point in one sentence, it’s normal for you not to be trusted in the Cao family But your own subordinates should be fine, they should treat you very well.

"Speaking of these bastards, I get very angry. These guys have been greatly favored by the Tuoba clan, and now they are all ungrateful. They are blamed by Cao's parents and Cao's family every day, especially my apprentices. Now it’s amazing, everyone has become a shopkeeper, on the same level as me. They don’t know me as a master at all, and apart from being able to get by every year, each of these guys If they don’t come here, they only have the Cao family in their minds.” Shopkeeper Ma said indignantly, after saying this, Tuoba Hongye’s face was uglier than Shopkeeper Ma’s. They don't even know that Tuoba is their boss. From their point of view, the horse shopkeeper is their boss. They don't even know the horse shopkeeper. How can they know Tuoba? When Tuoba was in the past It was the object of their fawning, but now it is the object of their avoidance.

"Sigh. Forget it, people's hearts are so deep, you just pretend that you didn't have these apprentices before. Besides, we are going to do something when we come back this time, and we can't let these villains get too proud." Tuoba Zhiqiu comforted Said, he is very disappointed in his heart now, he thought he could turn himself around by relying on the shopkeeper of the horse, but now it seems impossible, the life of the shopkeeper of the horse is not so good, he I have met some of my apprentices before, and they don’t seem to be that kind of people. Now it seems that it is not the same thing. It seems that current events can really bring out different people, and they can also make people The dark side was dug out, these people have betrayed the Tuoba clan now, there is no need for them.

"Yes, look at me, I actually said some useless things, sir, what are we going to do? Don't we already have enough strength to rebel? To be honest, what is the current royal family capable of? If it wasn't for our Tuoba clan's great help, they are simply ungrateful." The shopkeeper Ma's performance can be said to be very good, but the anger on this face is very satisfied to make Tuoba clan's uncle and nephew very satisfied Anyway, the Western Empire no longer has the Tuoba clan, but it is really rare to have such a loyal subordinate. Why didn't they promote such people more in the past?

"Rebellion is for sure, but it's not now. Now our Tuoba clan is planning. We come back to see if we can get more power, so that our future actions can be safer." Tuoba Zhiqiu's face is also Not popular, this guy's lies are very accurate, what rebellion, they don't have that ability at all, they are almost like frightened birds, and they even rebelled, this is what people like Lao Ma said That's it, if someone else is here, they will laugh at them to death. They were homeless dogs when they retreated. Could it be that they have the power to rebel now?

Get more power? The old horse also knows what they mean now, what needs to be done now is to stabilize these guys first, and then quickly report to the superiors, otherwise these people will not be able to rely on their own abilities, don't Not to mention, let's just say that these three ninth-level fighters cannot be handled by the power of the city, and perhaps they should rely on the power of the government.

"Master, to be honest, you probably don't know much about the situation here when you come back now. Many people are different from before. They are all wolf-hearted. Show their true colors, to be honest. These people have rights one by one, but they may not help, I don’t know what the master thinks?” said the shopkeeper Ma, his words made the uncle and nephew very angry I am sad, but I also know that Ma Treasurer is kind.

"Hey, what else can we do? What we want is to summon the old department of the family. See if they can try to get back the family assets. When we sold it to the Cao family, we didn't even have ten It’s even less than one of the prices. It’s like some real estate in this city were transferred for less than 180,000 taels of silver at the beginning, but the Cao family can sell it for millions of silver. Let the Cao family make money, what we want is to see if we can let our people manipulate it, and get back as much as we can get back." Tuoba Zhiqiu said, the transaction is over, this guy still thinks those The property is theirs, such a shameless thing is probably something that the Tuoba Sect can do. And it was done so openly.

"This matter shouldn't be so easy to handle, but it's not hopeless. How about I go out and ask those old guys out? They probably have the same deep affection for Tuoba as I do. It's just that their apprentices and children are probably gone. The Cao family gave them too much. And the most important thing is that the Tuoba family's reputation is now treason, and they will not take the risk of beheading. To help you, it is better to slowly start from those who make a little money." The old horse analyzed seriously, and Tuoba Zhiqiu and Tuoba Hongye both nodded, and there was no doubt that this was the treasurer of the horse. A way out.

"Uncle, I think this method is still possible. Just like what the shopkeeper Ma said, we still need to narrow down the scope, not too big, after all, people are separated from each other, and we don't know what these guys will do. Yes, Shopkeeper Ma, in your opinion. How many people in this county can we trust?" Tuoba Hongye said, and Tuoba Zhiqiu felt that this kid spoke without his consent. Dissatisfied, this kid simply doesn't take himself seriously. Now you are a guy that the elders are optimistic about, but he is definitely not a high-level guy, but I think I have to save some face for this kid in front of the horse shopkeeper, so I also He didn't say anything, and besides, what this kid said seemed to be serious.

"Master, I can't say that. In this city, there are more than 70 properties that belonged to the Tuoba family in the past. There are more than 30 shops. Now the Cao family has kept them. The remaining houses and so on , the Cao family only left some very luxurious and ordinary houses and sold them at a price five times higher than the purchase price, and then they took advantage of the chaos to buy a lot of berths. The county town can be regarded as a big business family, at least they occupy a major share of the food and trade in the city, and their airship transportation industry, the former shopkeepers are now more or less managed There are a lot of things going on, among them, I guess five or six of them should be fine, if the master wants to see them, I'll go out and talk to them right now?" The shopkeeper Ma said carefully, his words were pure fart Yes, the other shopkeepers all used genetic medicine like him, and they are fine when they are fine, but it is different when it is related to the Cao family's problems. It should be no problem to meet with the Tuoba family Yes, but it is estimated that no one is willing to do what Tuoba wants to do.

There are only five or six people from dozens of industries who may or may not come. Tuoba Zhiqiu and Tuoba Hongye seem to have fallen into an ice cellar. What they originally thought was It's different from now. They originally thought that those people were very concerned about their old love. Even if they don't have old love, they can't forget it so quickly. If you know how long it's been now, it's impossible During the time of compensation, you don't know them all? This is a little too fast.

"Okay...then you can figure it out. By the way, these people I brought will borrow your place to rest for a while. If there is any disturbance, please bear with me." Tuoba Zhiqiu was powerless He said, now he can't care about maintaining his posture in front of his subordinates, anyone can see his appearance, it's like losing all his things in a casino.

"What is the master talking about, the master can live here as long as he wants, I am the master's home, if I was haunted without the master's help back then, I don't know where to go now, How can there be everything now." The shopkeeper Ma said, it seemed that I was very satisfied and comfortable when you lived here.

The shopkeeper of the horse saluted them again and hurried out. When he went out, he called a few of his confidants over and told them to watch these people carefully. He also knew that he could not stop these people from moving. It is impossible to say that it is them, even the top people in this city. They are all high-level fighters, and the power of the government is estimated to be unfathomable. What's more, I am here. The stronghold, but according to what Lao Ma knows, they can't stop these people.

"Uncle, this horse shopkeeper is pretty good. To be honest, I didn't expect our power to be destroyed so quickly now. Don't many people here know our Tuoba clan?" After a long time, Tuoba Ba Hongye just said that.

"Hehe, this may be the so-called tree falling and hozen scattered. We can no longer be their big backers, and they don't need to hang out with us. They are actually doing this to protect themselves. In the past At the time, I thought that they broke with us on the surface. In fact, they may still have a connection with us Tuoba in their hearts, but what I didn't expect was that these guys really broke with us. I wondered along the way. , We have released so many codes, but no one has contacted us, I thought it was the empire that wiped them all out, now it seems that it is better to be wiped out by the empire." Tuoba Zhiqiu He has never been as decadent as he is now in his life. He is really uncomfortable. This is not the result he wants. Tuoba Hongye also opened his mouth and didn't know what to say, and he didn't even know what to think What. (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for recommendations and monthly tickets. Your support is my biggest motivation..) Please share