Currently, the Linghu family is still Li Cong's most important partner in the Eastern Empire. Although Li Cong now has his own territory in the Eastern Empire, Li Cong himself knows very well what his strength is.

, the Linghu family is different. Although their power has dropped to the lowest level in history, they have also shrunk to a very powerful place. Their floor area ratio is very strong. If they want to increase it again,

If they compressed it, it would be absolutely impossible. Now everyone in the Linghu family feels the danger.

Before leaving, Linghu Jia from the Linghu family came again, this time to buy some weapons with Li Cong, including a lot of serial crossbows and grenades. They were also afraid of the imperial court's attack.

Although the Eastern Empire is seriously injured now, for the Eastern Empire, it is an extremely huge empire. As long as most areas of the entire empire are safe, it will be easy to recover.

Thinking about it now, the Eastern Empire has forgotten about the war. It has only been a while since people have forgotten it. All the people who died in the war have now been replenished. The money lost in the war has long been replaced.

It is no longer there, and this is the basis of recovery.

"Is Mr. Cao going to the Southern Empire because of the talent selection competition? Several people from my Linghu family will also participate, and I will also go with him. I wonder if Mr. Cao would mind if we go together.

In this case, if we take Master Cao's airship, we can save a lot of money. Otherwise, we would have been too late." Linghu Jia is different now from the past. At that time, although Li Cong

He is also very powerful, but for some people in the Linghu family, they still look down on him. It is different now. She knew very well how powerful King Ning was in the Eastern Empire before. Now she uses

In less than a year, all of Prince Ning’s territory has become the property of this guy in front of him. How could he have achieved everything he has now without some means? So it is very important to learn from this person.

Not bad. Now is an opportunity. The Linghu family also agrees with all this and hopes to establish a deeper friendship with Li Cong.

"As far as I know, the talent selection competition is to find a good supporter for oneself. It is mainly for children from poor families to play this game. What about you? Although the Linghu family is not as good as before. But no matter in

The Eastern Empire is still in the entire continent. You are considered a good force and very powerful. How can you let the elites of your family go out to participate in this? What if some hermit master has taken a fancy to the children of your family? What else can you do?

Can't you let them be taken away?" Li Cong said a little strangely. What the Linghu family did is a bit unjustifiable. Why did they do this? They shouldn't have done that in the past. Is it because of recent times?

Did everything change their minds?

"Haha, Mr. Cao doesn't understand. It's not just our Linghu family who wants to go there. In fact, some big families, large forces and even the royal family on the mainland will send people to participate. Mainly because this genius selection station can

Those who became famous in one battle, these big families are very large, and they also have all kinds of enemies. Going here can be regarded as teaching your enemies a lesson. In addition to this, let the young people in your family go out.

It is also beneficial to have some experience. A big family cannot act rashly if they have enemies, but let the young people fight. They will do things that do not hinder the overall situation. This has been a tradition for a long time. Later, when geniuses fight

It has become an agreement between large forces. They will send out their outstanding disciples every time the geniuses stand, and then place a large sum of money as a bet. The losing party will indeed be unable to recover for several years.

This time we made a big bet with the Eastern Empire royal family." It turns out that's what happened. In the final analysis, it is to control the fight within the allowable range. This kind of competition is very good, although you will lose money when you lose.

It's not a small thing, but the other thing is that I have been mentally prepared in my heart, and I am also prepared for physical pain, so that I will not be caught off guard.

"I wonder what the bet between you and the Eastern Empire's royal family is? Can I know a little bit?" The bet between these large forces is naturally very large. Li Cong is very clear about things like bets.

Many times he would go to the casino for a walk. Of course, he basically won by himself. In addition to cheating, Li Cong also learned a lot about gambling after so many years, even if he relied on his own ability.

You can also earn a lot of things. Now that I heard about their incident, I want to get involved. It's normal.

"Haha, it doesn't matter if you tell Mr. Cao. Our bet is Honghu. This is an intelligence organization of the Eastern Empire. It is mainly active in the south. When it was established, it was to observe these people who went to sea. It turned out that we were with

It is jointly controlled by the Eastern Empire royal family. After the two families split, this organization also began to split. It would take a lot of time and money for both of us to rebuild one, especially our Linghu family. It is impossible to have this strength now.

Established, the Eastern Empire royal family also feels that holding half of the Honghu is a constraint for them, so why not make an appointment with us to fight, if we win, their managers will evacuate, and if we lose, we will evacuate."

Linghujia said.

This is not the first time Li Cong has heard about Honghu. He just knows that this organization has great supernatural powers and is very powerful. If he had been in the past, Li Cong would have been very interested in this. The reason why Linghu Jia said

There is also a reason for coming out, that is, the royal family's management personnel will definitely reduce Honghu's combat effectiveness a lot. At that time, there will be some investment. This intelligence organization is a money-burning thing.

Honghu now consumes up to 700 million taels of silver every day. She also knows that Li Cong's intelligence network in the Eastern Empire is not very good. Although it has been established, it will take a long time to develop before it can bring something to herself.

As for useful information, it would be impossible to obtain some useful information without the accumulation of time. Growing from a novice to a veteran requires a lot of time, so now I am thinking about jointly operating it with Li Cong.

Honghu's, of course, this is what happened after the victory. Now seeing that Li Cong's face no longer means that, he stopped talking. It seems that the rumors outside are basically true. Now

After Li Cong's son died, he basically didn't care about other things. On the surface, he went to the Southern Empire because of the talent selection competition, but in fact, the real purpose was probably to investigate his son's affairs.

Many people, including Linghu Jia, were a little confused about what Li Cong was thinking. Even if his son really died, he would not have such a reaction. There are many sons in the world. As long as

If you want, any capable person can have ten or eight, and there are many cousins ​​in his own family. Who doesn't have seven or eight sons? If something happens to one of his sons,

If they stop doing things, it is estimated that the entire Linghu family will be subjugated countless times. Besides, Li Cong's son is just a plant life. The first thing they think when they see a plant life is that it is just a combat weapon.

He is definitely not his son, but to Li Cong, this is his son. Nobles like them don't understand things like feelings. Li Cong himself knows very well how much pain he feels in his heart.

My third child can be upgraded soon. What a joy it is. From a little ball asking for money from me every day, now it’s time to grow up. I pay for myself not only those valuable things, but also those things.

If I want, I can get several taxis at any time. What I give every day is my feelings. I have an extra son. This feeling is very good, but now? There is nothing, and my heart is empty.

Thinking of that lovely son, how could he not be angry in his heart? Li Cong felt that it was like a demon in his heart. If he could not help his son get revenge, he would never want to be the same person as before for the rest of his life.

It's the same spiritual power. It's absolutely impossible. I have to kill all those guys. At this time, Bai Er came in and reported.

"Master, the people who followed me have already gathered at Manager Wu of the Southern Empire. The fleet led by Manager Wang has also finished unloading. He is outside. Do you want to see him?" Wang Quantai came back,

The goods Wang Quantai brought back are also very popular in the Eastern Empire. Some things from the Southern Empire are also rare in the Eastern Empire. Mainly because this continent is so big that everything on the road is in need.

Things are churning everywhere. In the past, this place was like a pool of stagnant water. No one had transported these things. Now that Li is here, he will naturally not let these things continue to settle like this. He has to rely on you to make money.

"Miss Linghu, I still have something to do here. You can take a rest here. As for our departure together, it doesn't matter. I don't know much about this genius battle. We can have a good talk on the way. Your people also

You can all go with me, no need to accompany me." Li Cong stood up and said, although Li Cong knows a lot about the Genius Station, it is impossible for some people with inside information to know about it.

This girl obviously knew more than him. Without his help, he might have wasted a lot of effort by himself.

"Master Cao, just go and do some work. I can just go out and walk around by myself." After hearing what he said, Li Cong nodded and took Bai Er out. Linghu Jia is definitely not just a pretty face.

The vase, he heard what he said just now. He is very clear about the fleet of the Cao family business. His own people also investigated it and found that the average profit of each ship after this trip was over 100 million silver.

You can make a net profit of 200 million yuan for the people of the Cao family business in a month. It would be great if your family could get a share of the pie from such a thing. Unfortunately, your family is not that capable. If it had been done in the past,

They can definitely have a good time, but now, they no longer have the same power as before, but now is not the time to talk about this. Let's go out for a while, maybe you can meet something good from the Southern Empire.

As for the goods, although she was a high-ranking member of the Linghu family in the past, she had seen some things from the Southern Empire. But because she was not the highest-ranking member and not common, even if she had money, she would not be able to buy them. Now

It's different. From this aspect, the people of Cao's Trading Company have done a lot of good things.

Wang Quantai spent a month at sea, and his whole body became a lot darker. His face was very different from the old scholar. Wang Quantai also had a huge change in his heart, not just on his face.

A little change means that his heart has also changed a lot.

"Haha. Manager Wang. If I didn't know you, I would think that you are who you are now. I always thought you were not like this before, but now I know. This environment can really change people. This

You also went out with me. How is it? Do you have any accumulated experience to tell me?" Li Cong was also surprised when he saw Wang Quantai. He never thought that a scholar would become like this.

. I have been very uncomfortable these past few days. Now I am a little happy to see Wang Quantai like this. At least I can laugh for the first time since Xiao Ao died. Although this is considered a joy after suffering.

, at least I can laugh, which I couldn’t do before.

"Master Cao, please don't say that to me. In fact, it was also caused by my underestimation. I always thought that it was the same at sea as on land. If I had known that it would be like this at sea, I wouldn't have

Before I went, I thought that the sea was actually the same as on land, but what I didn’t expect was that the sunshine on the sea was so strong that it made people like me feel very uncomfortable. Now I’m back.

, I felt that it was really good on land. I did find a lot of areas for improvement this time. I don’t know if Mr. Cao has time now. If he does, I think some of my suggestions can still be used.

A lot has changed." Wang Quantai said seriously. This guy's serious look when doing serious things is something that others would never expect. Just like now, Li Cong looks at the current problems from a casual perspective, but Wang Quantai

But he acted like he was doing business. Based on this, the two people did not have the same mentality, and Wang Quantai had already won.

"Okay, let's go inside and make a cup of tea. Let's have a good talk." Li Cong is also very interested in maritime trade. After all, this will be the most important thing for the entire Cao family business in the future.

If I can get this deal done, I will be able to worry less about money in the future. Just like now, the Cao Family Trading Company has begun a large-scale expansion in the Eastern Empire, and the money will be spent in total.

Just like running water, I don’t know how much money will be spent. A lot of money is indeed needed now. After the Southern Empire’s genius selection competition, a large number of geniuses will enter the Cao Family Trading Company. That’s when money will be spent.

At that time, Li Cong made a budget. It was estimated that he would need at least several trillion silver to cope with it. He mainly just bought some medicinal materials. If he was not an alchemist, he would have spent more money.

Yes, I need at least three times that amount. Fortunately, I am an alchemist, and my life is pretty good.

Wang Quantai's seriousness in doing things was something Li Cong never thought of before. Now Li Cong has thought of it. Wang Quantai has thought of every detail. When Li Cong saw this guy, he thought of Wu Zuoxi. Wu Zuoxi is also so reliable in doing things.

, one of the better things about such people is that they don’t need to use their brains. Many times they will calculate things. Such things make Li Cong less use a lot of brains. Some of the suggestions put forward by Wang Quantai are all on earth.

Some developed capitalist countries are using things. It can be said that if Wang Quantai's ideas are followed, the profits can increase by at least 30%. Many of these are things that Li never thought of.

The two talked for about three hours. Li Cong was also very satisfied with these things. It seemed that he did the right thing by going to Wang Quantai's house to ask him to come out. If he had never said this to him in the past,

, even Wu Zuoxi would definitely not say this, because Wu Zuoxi was not in the Hubu Yamen before, and he didn’t know much about these things. Wang Quantai’s emphasis in the Hubu Yamen is to maximize interests, so now he

Basically what Li Cong said was to be executed, and it was to be executed immediately.

"Mr. Cao, in addition to these things, I feel that we should also fix the salary for our entire trading company. Although the people in Cao's trading company are very good now, people in all aspects are really chaotic. There are

Various businesses and incomes are also different. For the time being, because they can meet the needs of their families, these people will not cause any trouble, but what if it lasts for a long time? They will all think about it.

They have to go to places with huge profits. As for places that are not very profitable, they are probably not willing to go. This can be said to be extremely detrimental to the development of the entire business. I wonder what Mr. Cao thinks about this aspect.

?" Wang Quantai came up with such an idea when it was about to end. In fact, Li Cong had wanted to do something about this matter for a long time. But he didn't have a specific plan in his mind. This matter was just delayed.

Now that Wang Quantai has brought it up, why not just let him take charge of this matter.

"Manager Wang." Li Cong's name for him has also changed. In the past, this guy was not very comfortable with this title. But now he can be said to be very good at this title. Now he feels that this title is just right.

It suits him very well. It also sounds very good. "I had my own plans about this matter before, but I don't have a specific outline in my heart. If Manager Wang has his own ideas, why not say

Come out and let's discuss it carefully, maybe we agree on many opinions." Li Cong said, Wang Quantai didn't expect that Li Cong would directly express his own thoughts. From the time he joined the Cao Family Trading Company until now,

In just one and a half months, could he negotiate with his new uniform? But after seeing the look in Li Cong's eyes, he knew that this Li Cong really believed in him.

Wang Quantai's idea is very correct. Just like some large companies on the earth, it is time to enter the group development. Some welfare policies should also be written down in writing. It should not be the time when Li Cong is happy.

It will give people a lot of things. It needs to be turned into a policy, a policy that many people cannot resist. Without this, it will be very difficult to continue in the future. What he said to Li Cong is
To be continued...