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Chapter 2049:
When the emperor has been an emperor for a lifetime, he counts others for a lifetime. When King Ning lost in his own hands because of bad luck, if you say that this guy with other abilities is really not bad compared to the current emperor. Whatever, it’s just that luck for you. Sometimes luck is also the most important factor that can affect a person, especially in royal terms. Sometimes luck may determine you and your children and grandchildren for ten lifetimes. Being an emperor is naturally easy to say, but if you are a prince, if you have no ambitions and are willing to live your life without power and power, this is also very good. If you don’t want to do that, there is no way. Now, the emperor will deal with you sooner or later, like King Ning, who is powerful and thinks that the emperor dare not do anything. In fact, such people are the most stupid. It's not that they dare not do it to you, but the time is not up.
When the old emperor issued the imperial decree, he wanted to leave a way for King Ning to survive, but was that really the result? If there is no imperial decree, maybe this guy can survive, not necessarily well, but his own life is also possible. With that imperial decree, it will be different. The emperor thinks that King Ning is his greatest from the beginning. If you don’t deal with this guy, you’re really sorry. King Ning thought it was a good thing to have the imperial edict. Anyway, as long as you don’t rebel, you really have the ability to rebel. When you have the strength of yours, your brain is not yours, and those with power will pop up everywhere. Once upon a time, King Ning also hoped that he could be a prince of peace. When I was young, what I thought in my mind was to realize my dream on the sea, but something in between changed his mind.
King Ning’s favorite is some pearls. The thing that attracted him the most when he was fighting at sea was the thing that attracted him the most. Once he got a pearl that could be said to be perfect, the size of a fist. It was absolutely impossible for the time of year to be formed. At that time, he planned to store this as a family heirloom, but this matter was spread to His Majesty the emperor without knowing how, and the matter changed from the original time. Yes, although His Majesty the Emperor didn't ask for that thing clearly. But everything in and out of the story feels that the thing is very good. At that time, he knew that the pearl could not be kept, so he could only use an opportunity to give him to the empress. Although not directly to the emperor, it was considered to have gone to someone's home. He knew it from then on. No matter what you do. In the end, all of this belonged to other people, to the emperor, and had nothing to do with him. When he gets more things in the future, he can take it away with a word.
From that time on, King Ning had his own ideas. He began to change the way he used to live. All things followed the path that he could become emperor in the future, and many people felt it. Even the emperor felt it, but the emperor had no other way to do these things. Everything that King Ning did was carried out within the framework, there was nothing out of the ordinary, and there was no place where people could grasp the handle. However, the emperor's control over King Ning was becoming more and more severe, but King Ning could always think of ways to deal with it. In the past fifty years, King Ning has not been in the capital directly. Anyway, according to the laws of the empire, as long as it is staying You have your own fief, just let your prince stay in the capital. People like King Ning live a long life, and naturally they can’t be treated like ordinary people. So on average, it’s enough to come to the capital once every 100 years. In addition, after so many years, King Ning didn't have any intention of rebelling. Instead, he put a lot of effort into the empire.
Just like the last time when the Linghu family rebelled, King Ning was the one who paid for it. Originally, the emperor asked King Ning’s people to die, thinking that King Ning would not agree. Who knew that King Ning would let him subordinate without saying a word. All of the ten thousand and sixth-level fighters were sent to death, and those who died could not die anymore. The emperor also happened a few times, but he couldn’t grow old. The eyes of the people of the world are also watching. If you are old If he treats King Ning like this, he will eventually lose support. Wouldn't King Ning feel distressed? That’s impossible. It’s also very expensive to train a sixth-level fighter. They don’t have the abilities of Li Cong, so they must spend more. It is mainly a matter of time, decades and hundreds of years. Only one can come out in time, and a hundred of them will die in one sentence. If you replace it with who it is, you will always feel unhappy.
Originally, King Ning thought that he was so patient, even if the emperor wanted to do something on himself, he would definitely endure a little bit. I really didn’t expect the emperor to start mobilizing now. He still hadn’t concealed everything about himself from this old guy. When I was so close I was the emperor of the entire empire. What a pity is that, now I can only be the most powerful prince, which is far from the emperor, although my own development over the years is very Quick, but compared with the emperor who owns the entire empire, he is really far behind. In the entire empire, besides his fief, he has several provinces in his own territory, and there are not many other provinces. It's a relationship, but the emperor is different. The entire empire belongs to that guy. He can do whatever he wants. Even if the rebellion weakens a lot of the emperor’s rights, his recovery is better than his own. It’s much faster. It’s not so easy to accumulate the wealth by yourself, but the emperor can do it in an instant. This made King Ning understand that he can’t continue to drag on. If he continues to drag on, he will not be able to keep up with that guy. The speeds of the two sides are different, just like a bicycle rider and a car driver. Even if the rider does not eat or sleep, it is impossible to surpass the driver of the car, let alone the driver who drives the car 24 hours a day. Yes, every day he went forward for eight hours, and the biker couldn't catch up. It was because he saw this clearly that King Ning started his own action.
King Ning also had his own power in the capital, so if he wanted to do something, it would be fine. Of course, it is impossible to succeed, and it is impossible to fail. Everything is unknown. It is quite powerful to know that a prince can do this. If there are so many in an empire. The prince, it is estimated that each of the emperors will have white hair, and may not know where their hair is going for a while.
This time, King Ning's calculations were very good. In any case, King Ning knew that the emperor would not be able to go back if he was on the front line for half a year. I have been operating in this capital for so many years. Among the hundreds of officials, there are many of their own people, besides those people, they also have a tool that they have some handles. In order to collect these things, I didn't have much trouble. It's not the one who is corrupt or vain the law or the one who may have some style problems. Anyway, as long as they were taken out casually, they would be ruined. In the past, King Ning would not take out these things, so I told these officials. As long as you do things well, these things will definitely be no different from waste paper, but now that King Ning is about to get into trouble, naturally these things have to be used out, these things are very confidential, many things Even the emperor doesn’t know about it, so this is the last killer in King Ning’s hands. It can be said that with the files of those hundred officials, you can control 20% of the power of the court, whether it is in the court. They are still local officials, even some generals in the army. As long as they are human, they will definitely have their own flaws. One day they will find them by themselves, and they will be their own people in the future.
If Li Cong knew that half of the important file was in his hands at this moment, he wouldn’t know how happy it would be. Those things are in Yang Decai’s hands, they are priceless, even if you have much money. It’s simply impossible to get those things. King Ning collected these things over a thousand years, and it took another hundred years to negotiate with these officials one by one. The rest is now ready to be used. Why is it gone? This is like something done by the Thunder Gate before. The people outside the Thunder Gate are already well-trained, but unfortunately it is the Thunder Gate. I went bankrupt, and it’s all cheaper. Li Cong. Although many people knew the news of the disappearance of the Thunder Gate, they have already adapted to their current life, and they have quietly transferred to Mingli one by one, but Li I have never accepted the power of Raiden.
It’s already night on the sea side. Yang Decai knows that these things in his space ring are very important to his master. Although the ring is in his hand, he didn’t look at the contents. It just told him. , These things must be taken back. If they can’t be taken back, they must be hidden somewhere. As long as the news is taken back, it’s good. If it’s on land, it can be hidden in one place. Go back and dig it out, but here is the sea. If you really throw it down, who can find it, who knows how big the sea is, it’s good to have an island in the middle, but now they’re simply I didn’t mean to lean over. Yang Decai had already agreed with the people on the boat. As long as the night arrived, he would be ready to break through. There were also a dozen boats around, and they all felt that they could run at night. Those who went out, these people have been in the sea for a long time. They are also the diehard loyalists of King Ning. At this time, they must have something to do. Otherwise, things on the side of the prince will be bad. They will Spent his life for the prince.
"The sky is going to be dark soon. We are all people who spend their days at sea. I won't say more if there is more. We will have our destiny in a while. We all have to have a kind. The prince treats us very well. Although the prince did not say clearly, you should also understand many things. You might have guessed a little bit about the important things that the prince will do in the capital this time. If the prince wins, In the future, we will be promoted one by one. It will be fine if the prince fails. Let us follow the prince, and we will have all the glory and wealth of our life. We have not seen anything. When the prince treats us well What we are talking about, we have to do it now. Tonight we will not go out while it’s dark. We’ve been on the sea for a lifetime. There is an uninhabited island in front of us, so we ran over there. , When we get there, find a harbor to hide. I don’t believe they can find us. There is at most one day left from the mainland. Then we will go forward at night and find a place to hide during the day. They think It’s impossible to find us, what do you think?” Yang Decai said arrogantly, thinking that he had already thrown away the ships of the Cao’s Commercial Bank around him. These people are also like him. With one idea, people like King Ning did a lot of things for many people, and it's normal for so many people to follow King Ning now.
"Guardian Yang is right. These people from Cao's House of Commercial Banks are good at saying nothing that will not hurt us. Actually, we are not crowded. They can't do anything about it. Their boats run very fast, but That is, it works during the day. It is really useless at night. Let’s just get out of the mess. Those **** are all newcomers. We don’t blame them, they don’t work hard for the prince. Desperately, otherwise, how can we be worthy of the prince’s care for us. You and I don’t know, I was always with the prince’s fleet when I was a boy 30 years ago, and now, two hundred taels a year Take it, where is there such a salary in other fleets. If it weren’t for this, the children of Lao Tzu don’t know how to live their lives. These are all given to us by the prince. Every time the prince comes back, he will follow Let’s have a good drink. Why did the prince treat you? I won’t say much. Since we got on this ship, we have lost our lives and we have to take these things back to the prince. We can’t delay the prince’s important affairs. , We have to let the prince see, we are not scumbags either.” Naturally, there are a few more to come here. Otherwise, it’s not interesting for Yang Decai to say it. In fact, most of the people here just want to be good. They just ran out. As for the prince's big business, they really hadn't thought about it, but Yang Decai and the old He two people sang together at this time, but they mobilized their minds a lot.
"He's right. We are all fed by the prince. If there is no prince, we would not have a good life today. The people in the Cao family firm look good, but they are actually a group of evil spirits. If we don’t, we’ll give us a good face. If we can control us, we don’t know what to do with us. Maybe it’s possible to sell us as slaves. Brothers, that’s not our own business. The descendants are all slaves, and that's a terrible thing." Every one of them immediately thought of the future. They are now free citizens, and naturally they know the misery of those slaves.
"Yes, for the sake of our future and the great affairs of the prince, we can't hold back. Manager Yang, you will just greet us when the time comes. Although the guys in our hands are not as good as those of the Cao's business, we can do it one by one. They are all iron-clad men. I don’t believe they are really that great. I will be the first one to come up. Whoever wants to shrink back, don’t blame the steel knife in the hands of the young master for not knowing you." The people in this room uttered these words rushingly. Many people are passionate, but there is never a shortage of loyal and brave men in this world, but there is no shortage of traitors. No, no, Mr. Yang’s nephew at the door has other ideas. Mr. Yang doesn’t worry about his own life and death, but he can’t. There are hundreds of people in his family. Although most of them are clansmen, he His parents, wife and children are all real. If something happens to them, he really doesn’t know what to say for a lifetime. If something like this happens, he has to have his own choice. This Although my uncle treats myself well, if I lose my head because of this, it's not worth it.
The most important point is that he doesn’t believe that the Cao’s family members have no preparations for this kind of evening events. Besides, Yang Decai hasn’t said a lot of things accurately. If something happens in the middle, there is no one at all. Emergency measures. If the trouble is not good, the whole army may be wiped out. Moreover, as long as it is dawn, people can release things like flying in the sky. They are also very powerful. I want to find them. It is also very easy.
This guy shuddered when he thought of this. No, I can’t go out with these bastards. You don’t want to be heads. We still have to. We are also loyal to King Ning, but King Ning knows who we are. , I must have forgotten to go to the front door a long time ago, and the days after this are still growing. I lost my head for others, and I feel a little bit overwhelmed. Even your own uncle can't do it. This uncle doesn't always look at himself with his straight eyes, so this time you will suffer a big loss.
This guy knows that it's definitely not possible to know it clearly. The most important thing at night is light. The most important thing at night on land is light. This is also the case at this time, but he and the people in the Cao family business There is no contact, how can people believe in themselves? If they find the light then they will definitely shoot over directly. At that time, he would have to follow this guy to finish. At this moment when he didn't know what to do, Mr. Yang called him.
"Boy, where are you going, I can tell you. I have big things to do at night. You should be careful. No matter what happens, I should be calm. I won't be able to get things on the table for a lifetime. Know how your old man handed you to you. In the evening, your task is to set a good boat for Lao Tzu, and the men on those boats have also come over. The other boats don’t need to worry about them, and you don’t have to mess with them. At that time, just drive the boat to the back. Let’s go into the deep sea.” Yang Decai is not a fool anymore. He knows that if he keeps going forward, it will be a death sentence. The words just said are for others. The captains said, if there were no more than a dozen boats to cover themselves, how could he run out? This is his true thoughts, his own things are the most important, and those on their ships Everyone is thinking about giving loyalty to King Ning, so no matter what happens, you will lose your head at the most. Since this is the case, you still do something useful. The things King Ning I want here must be the most. Of course Now, just take us and run out.
What Yang Decai didn’t know was that he thought he was very smart, but what he hated most about this nephew before him was that Yang Decai said that his father is now. His old man is incompetent and inferior to you, but he is also your brother-in-law anyway. It’s also your relative and Lao Tzu’s father. If you’ve been okay for so many years, I’ll give your Lao Tzu a meal and say that this is not worthy of the other. I have served you for so many years, that’s you. My son may not be like this, and he doesn’t talk about so many things now. With this, I can’t make you feel better tonight. Yang Decai himself took some people, but this ship has been in the last ten years. This kid is still in charge. There are more of his people on this. He has thought about it. If it doesn’t work, just grab these guys and go over. Maybe he can use this guy’s head for a big wealth. Well, this guy always says that he takes care of himself, but he can have it today with his head in exchange for it. Most of the money he earns goes to this guy, and every time he does his credit Everything that is done is his own, but what can I do?
"Uncle, aren't we going to follow those gentlemen to that uninhabited island? Why are we going back again? The warship of Cao's business is behind us. If this is not good enough, we will be finished. "Although he knows what this guy means, but in order to match this guy's smarter mind, this kid still asked such an idiot question. Sure enough, Yang Decai smiled happily when he heard this guy ask that. The kid is really a life-long impoverished life. If it weren't for Laozi to pick up your shoes, you don't know where to drink the northwest wind at this moment. You don't understand such simple things.
"Fool, how did those people run out? How fast can the warship of the Cao's house run? How much can our ship run? This * midnight action, four hours later, it will start to dawn, how does this* act It’s impossible. Let’s run back. Even you think it’s impossible. The people in Cao’s house are so smart. How can they think of it? We will follow them slowly and suddenly. The rest will be there. Anyway, all these things on our boat are enough. It’s okay to slosh for a few days. Then these guys will feed the fish one by one, and we will be able to reach the mainland. In fact, those things they have are considered precious. They are far worse than the one in the hands of the uncle." The boss of the ship only knew that Yang Decai had important things in his hands, but he didn’t know what it was. If you ask yourself questions, you will be scolded vigorously by this old guy. Now that this guy has said it by himself, this is not his own question. I don't plan to ask anymore. If I say too much. Maybe this guy will have something to do, so just prepare honestly.
"Useless things, I wouldn't bother to take you with me if I didn't watch your **** sail the boat. How could I stupidly marry your aunt as his wife? It's really unlucky." Watching the boat boss go to work, Yang Decai cursed, just as the boat boss thought, Yang Decai had never seen this kid with his eyes, and even if he had something to do, he would do it. As for other things, don't think about it. In his heart, this kid is the life of an errand, the dirty work is all this kid, but the things he asks for rewards from the prince are his own. It has nothing to do with this kid for half a dime. As long as I can bring these things back smoothly this time. The reward of the prince is definitely indispensable, and then the boy will be given dozens of silver, and he will settle down in a poor state. Why do you want so much money? I don't have to worry about it. I don't know if it will be spent.
As the sky darkened over there, the soldiers of Cao’s Commercial Firm also became vigilant, and began to make all the ships light up the torches just mentioned on their bows loudly. If this is on the mainland It’s okay to say, but here is the sea, where there are so many wooden lights, and finally let a light hang on the deck, in fact, this thing has a self-comfort, if there is anything If you move, just turn off the lights immediately, which is not easy.
"Listen to all of you. Our Cao's business people will never hurt you. As long as you are good, you can return to your home properly, but if you have any moths, this matter will be fine. It’s not that simple anymore. Our Cao’s firm will definitely not tolerate such things. You have to see clearly. There are hundreds of artillery on our warship. They will not rest overnight. Every cannon is facing you. As long as your lights are off, then I’m sorry, we will definitely fire the cannon immediately. No matter what the reason, you are all optimistic about your lights. Also, if it becomes messy, light it. Your lights are anchored in place. If anyone wants to take advantage of the chaos and escape, tomorrow morning, we will catch you as well. At that time, we will all feed the fish. How much is your speed, how much is our speed, you all It’s clear. Even if you run out at night, you just have to work one day longer. Don’t mess up your own position and be fooled by some people casually. In fact, they are just holding you as cannon fodder and think about things. How do you say it, as long as you report it to me, 500 taels of gold per person will never be in arrears. The reputation of our Cao family firm is guaranteed." There are constant voices from the Cao family firm’s ships. This is the third time someone has said this tonight. Many people who said that they are preparing to make trouble are a little bit scared. Yes, what they say is reasonable. Besides, these people from the Cao family firm thought so much. They are not so powerful, as long as you are unhappy, they will not kill people casually, and some people are not captured for the first time at all. They naturally have their own little ninety-nine, this time it is still It's better to follow Cao's house.
It’s just that these words can affect ordinary people, but for diehards like Yang Decai, they have no effect at all. Master Gu will absolutely ignore the things here, and ask people to light up the lamp. Yes, I saw Yang Decai’s ship wanting to say one more thing, but when it comes to the lips, forget it. Everyone has their own destiny. Maybe this is the turning point of Yang Decai. If it’s good, I will naturally go out and bring If you hand it over to the prince, this is a great achievement. If it is broken, it will be unsuccessful, and it will be destroyed by the warship of the Cao’s house. But another thought in Master Gu’s heart is that although they have a lot of cannons, But to say that every ship in this fleet can be seen, it seems a bit impossible. The fleet is too scattered, and there are other ships in the middle, even if you want to see it. It's not that easy. Besides, at this night, the eyesight of Lao Tzu, the ninth-level fighter, has been affected, let alone you ordinary people.
Yang Decai is all ready here, who knows that just when this guy was ready, the same voice just came from the sky. Aren’t those people just behind? How could they suddenly come into the sky? Well, in fact, this is a kind of hot air balloon that Li Cong has transformed based on the people of this era. Such things can only take off with one person at a time, and there is not much hydrogen. It just allows people to float in the sky. Their bodies are wired, and they can be pulled back if something happens, so that a few hundred meters nearby is fine. Are these people going to heaven? This is what Yang Decai felt.
The last hand that the Cao’s family members came to was actually very dangerous, because it was difficult for those who took the hydrogen balloon to go back. Although there was a rope pulled, no one knew how long the rope could last. Time, if this is broken, it will be dangerous to them. But it still needs to be done for the benefit of the firm. As long as they are properly operated, they should return to the ship within the specified time, and their actions immediately received very good results. Many people originally felt that the people of Cao's Commercial Bank had nothing to do at night. Now people have a way. This also made many people dismiss their ideas.
This* these people may do bad things. Yang Decai glanced at the boats around him. Although the sky was already dark, he really wanted to feel what the people around him were thinking. Those people must be unwilling to continue the adventure. Now they seem to have their own ideas. They may stay here. If that is the case, wouldn't they be exposed, and then a ship would want If you run away, you will definitely be sunk. How come these **** Cao's business people are so flexible in their minds, why don't they know how to give Lao Tzu a way to survive.
But Yang Decai knew that he had no retreat now, and he had to take this step. Otherwise, if he really went out, the people here would also tell King Ning all of this. By then, this guy would be betraying the Lord, you They have already said that they want to kill themselves and become benevolent, why are they not going now? Isn't this still a fear of death, why would King Ning want a subordinate who would not sacrifice for himself? Free? Naturally it is impossible, and King Ning is not a fool.
It was late at night, and now it was midnight. Naturally, Yang Decai did not rest all night, and the people on the boats around here did not rest either. They all looked at Yang Decai’s boat to see what he would do at night, one by one. He also looked at the lamp on the Cao’s merchant ship in the distance. The lamp was very bright, and it could be seen very clearly from a distance, but even this was of little use. Part of the place is still dark, but from time to time there will be that kind of sound in the sky. It is also from the Cao’s house. They are all patrolling, especially at night. They don’t rest all night. It's okay until dawn, and if there is something wrong, they naturally have a way.
"Are you all ready? Now it's time to show us. As long as we can go out tonight, we will be delicious and spicy in the future. You are all clear about how King Ning treats you, but who should fall? Don’t blame Lao Tzu for being rude to you. Even if you take your family, the monk can’t run to the temple. If something happens, your family won’t have a good life. If you do well, People in the family will have a better life in the future." Yang Decai is still sitting for the final mobilization. In fact, others believe in saying these things, but he himself does not believe it. If something happens to him, this thing will also Then the whereabouts are gone, King Ning will take care of the talents in his family by then, and it is already very good if they are not counted.
"Master Yang, don't worry. We all live with our heads on our heads. Naturally, we know this. You can just give orders." A scar-faced guy said, this guy is naturally desperate. He is here. Naturally, it was for King Ning. He was for the 300 taels of silver that Yang Decai promised in the afternoon. This money is quite a lot. He is just an ordinary person, that is, a bully. The other ability to get money is No, I can barely live on my own salary. Anyway, I don’t have a penny of savings. If I can get these 300 taels of silver this time, if my life is big, I can live a good life after I go back. , If I just passed by, I would be considered unlucky. Anyway, 18 years later, I will be a good guy again. Of these hundreds of people, those who think like him are naturally not small, and now Yang Decai can also Find these people to die.
"Okay, turn off the lights and rush out immediately." Yang Decai glanced at the people around him and said. As soon as he finished speaking, someone turned off the lights. They thought that the hundreds of ships on their side were empty. Looked at them, but when their lights went out, the artillery over there fired immediately. As the people over there said, a cannon was staring at a ship. Of course, not all of them. All ships have this treatment. It’s just that Yang Decai’s luck is rather stinky. A shell hit the stern immediately and the first shot was hit. This kind of thing can be said to be lucky. It can only be said that Yang Decai’s luck is not very good. All right.
Some other people on the boat still thought about following Yang Decai, but after seeing Yang Decai's boat being concentrated, his whole body stopped. Damn, is this a joke? The warning sound from the sky immediately increased. The bigger they get, these people don’t even dare to move. I’m kidding~www.wuxiaspot.com~ I’m really looking at it. Fortunately, we didn’t follow the idiot Yang Decai. If this were done, it would be really true. They were dying. After the bomb exploded, they could see clearly with the firelight. The entire ship was injured. Not to mention the escape. It's hard to say how fast they can get on the ship. It seems that the old guy Yang Decai is sure now. It's going to be planted.
"All the ships have seen it. As long as they dare to extinguish the headlights, the warships of our Cao Family Trading Company will immediately fire and attack. We will also record your coordinates. When you enter the bottom of the sea, you will feed the fish. It’s your own business. Now all the ships move on. I know that there are people like this ship among you, but I warn you that as long as your lights are not off, you are still good people in our eyes. If you don’t take the right path, don’t blame us for being cruel.” The people in the sky are constantly saying similar things to those around them. At night, there is nothing in the sky, they seem to be listening to ghosts. The same, everyone promised loudly that they would not be the same as Yang Decai.
This Yang Decai was miserable at this moment, he didn't know what to do, he was dumbfounded, the ship began to sink, and saw that the surrounding ships were all gone, originally wanted to call someone to pick him up. Okay, it's no one. (To be continued...)
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