Chapter 1318: Han Banner World (VIII) I Can’t Sleep Tonight

1.5 million, is Cangzhou Ocean Shipping Company crazy? Of course not. This time they obtained the naming rights of the celebration at any cost and the set of old armor and weapons that were auctioned to Gao Yuan. In addition to the business meaning, it also contains another layer of meaning.

Cangzhou Ocean Shipping Company was composed of twelve maritime merchants, but it was the Li family that controlled the absolute equity. The head of the Li family was Li Can, who had served as a political advisor in the Han Dynasty.

Li Can suddenly left his post without any warning, and was directly sent from Tangtang Yizheng to the newly established Naval University in Cangzhou as the president. In everyone's eyes, this was naturally an out-and-out demotion. The blow to the Li family and the ocean shipping companies that care about the Li family is not small. You must know that the huge profits of ocean shipping are still continuing. Under the stimulation of the Han Dynasty's continued policies, more and more big businessmen have begun to enter. This industry% pig% pig% island% novel ww., and it is coming fiercely. These new entrants with strong capital have integrated some small shipowners and maritime merchants in the past. In a very short period of time, they have formed a substantial impact on Cangzhou Shipping. Among the threats, Fenzhou Shipping, dominated by Fenzhou merchants, was the most aggressive.

The Li family needs to eliminate the negative effects of the imperial court as soon as possible. The king is suppressing the negative effects of the Li family. For the Li family, the reason why Li Can was reviled is naturally not to be understood by outsiders, and the imperial court did not issue an edict to the world, so It shows that there is still room for relaxation in this matter. After all, the Qiu family who was destroyed overseas by Cangzhou Shipping had no background and was naturally incomparable with the Li family.

This time paying at all costs is to show Li's attitude to the court and the king. No matter what, Li's loyalty to the Han and the king will never change.

Although the Li family was demoted, they were still well-informed. After the New Year, the imperial court will lift the ban on the sale of artillery to private shipping. No one knows what this means better than Li Can, because the policy of overseas expansion was decided upon by him and the king when he was in charge of political affairs.

After private merchants go to the ocean, they will transform into half pirates and half merchants to do business. Or rob, or go ashore to conquer, and establish colonial settlements one after another. The huge profits here can no longer be described in words. It can be said that whoever seizes this opportunity will become the Han Dynasty's third in the future besides the royal family. A big family. If we can't win back the king's heart, we can't change Li's external feeling of being suppressed by the imperial court. Cangzhou Shipping may be in trouble for what happens next. With Fenzhou Shipping's current strength, it won't be long before they surpass Cangzhou Shipping. And this is something Li never wants to see.

Ye Jing'er and others didn't quite understand the twists and turns inside this, but they just lamented that today's maritime merchants are so rich. Gao Yuan just smiled faintly. He didn't want to talk more about these things with his wives.

"Using my speech tonight. I'm afraid that in the future, more and more ladies will be willing to join your charity foundation. Of course, they will also bring a huge amount of funds. The use of these funds must be clearly accounted for. , Don't make any mistakes," Gao Yuan warned.

"Of course,

Are you still afraid of our corruption? "Ye Jing'er said coquettishly.

"Of course you don't." Gao Yuan laughed, "But if you want to use this money, you can't give it away with your own hands. You always need someone to help you do things. The restraints on these people must start early. , Don’t let these good deeds turn into scandals.”

After hearing Gao Yuan's words, Ye Jing'er thought about it seriously, "You said this is indeed a problem. There are hundreds of people, all kinds of people. In the future, our charity foundation will have more and more money to do this." There will naturally be more and more people, and something might happen. We need to think carefully about this matter and set up rules first. "

"That's the truth." Gao Yuan nodded. "There are other things you have to consider now. This kind of money that comes from people's donations seems to be a lot, but when it is used, it ends up being spent less. How to use the money in your hand to make money more profitable? money, and continue to create profits so that we can help more people.”

"You mean to invest the money in business? Of course it's good to make a profit, but what if you lose money?" Ye Jing'er was a little worried.

"You and Mei Pu should discuss the business matters. Naturally, you should choose a safer industry for your investment. I won't care." Gao Yuan waved his hand, "Okay, as we talk, it's almost the fourth watch. Go to sleep." ,sleep."

Ye Jing'er giggled: "We sisters are going to have a small celebration tonight, so you can go to the study and sleep, no one will pay attention to you!"

"No way? It's such a cold day, do you want me to sleep in a cold bed?" Gao Yuan pretended to be shocked and asked with his mouth wide open.

Ye Jing'er giggled and pushed Gao Yuan away as he stood up, "Come on, you are no longer poor, go quickly, go quickly, the celebration will start tomorrow, you still have a lot of things to do!"

Gao Yuan, who was walking out helplessly with his hands spread out, said: "Not only you, but you are going too tomorrow, but we really have nothing to do. We are just sitting on the high platform making clay and wood sculptures. The biggest action is , I just waved my hand to the common people, what else could I do?”

That night, Gao Yuan could naturally go back to sleep, but there were still many people who had no way to sleep at all. Shangguan Hong, the young commander of the Guards who was responsible for the security of the entire Jicheng City, was one of them. At this time, he was working with the National Security Bureau Cao Tianci and others are staying together. Although the security measures for tomorrow have been reviewed countless times, we are not afraid of ten thousand, but just in case. What's more, the people who will gather tomorrow will number in the hundreds of thousands. If something happens, it won't be a trivial matter.

"The route for tomorrow's parade has already been determined. The streets along the way have been guarded by the Guards. There is a soldier every three meters. Of course, these soldiers are unarmed." Shangguan Hong looked at the drawing in front of him and marked it with red lines. What emerged was the route of mass demonstrations, which eventually converged towards one place, which was the Parliament Building Square. "They should be almost in place now. God-given, I'm not worried. It's too easy to get a few assassins among these hundreds of thousands of people. I'm not worried during the parade. The assassins are not Something will happen in the process, but if something happens in the Parliament Building Square, it will be a bit troublesome. "

"I used all the power I could use. I also sorted out Jicheng some time ago, of course. I didn't dare to say that I would suppress all the people with ulterior motives. The people on Qin Chu's side are easy to target. But other people are not easy to control because we don’t even know who the enemy is!”

"Inside us?" Shangguan Hong asked in surprise.

Cao Tianci nodded: "Shangguan, Han, and Wei were taken down almost without a single blow, but as for Qi and the interior of the original Yan Kingdom, we killed a lot of people. What can you say? There are no resentful people here. In the process of our rise, there must be some people who are defeated by us. It’s unclear whether these people want to cause trouble. "

"Then do you have a plan?" Shangguan Hong was a little worried.

Cao Tianci pointed to the model of the parliament building in the room, "In such a big gathering, if someone wants to assassinate the king, it is almost impossible. Look, this is our cordon, the king will appear Greeting the people on the third floor terrace of the Parliament Building. From this distance, what weapon do you think can be used to threaten the king? "

Shangguan Hong thought for a while, "At this distance, unless he is carrying a crossbow or something like that, it is impossible to threaten the king."

"Yeah, arm-opening crossbows, only arm-opening crossbows, any other weapons are impossible. For example, grenades, I assume these people can get the grenades, but with human arm strength, it is impossible to throw them to this position. Others, such as the Shenji Crossbow and the Bed Crossbow, would be a joke if they could be transported to the scene. But it would be impossible for him to load the crossbow and bring it in. When he arrives at the scene, if he wants to cause trouble, he has to load the crossbow first. , which will take time. With such a little time, what else can he do? "

Without waiting for Shangguan Hong's reply, Cao Tianci said: "Tomorrow, in this area of ​​the parliament building, my people will be densely packed. I have arranged hundreds of plainclothes people to infiltrate inside. It is impossible to hide any movement from them. . Or we can watch a good show tomorrow.”

Shangguan Hong was startled, "From what you said, do you think someone really wants to cause something to happen? Who is it? Someone from Lu Chao? I heard that he has an eagle department under his command, and there are many great masters in it."

"It can't be them. Now Lu Chao is obsessed with plotting to usurp the throne. At this time, he can't possibly anger us. Besides, there is no chance of success at all. With Lu Chao's temperament, he will never do it. ”

"Who could it be?"

"Maybe they are from Chu, or maybe they are from Tan Feng." Cao Tianci said calmly.

"How is this possible? The Chu people's envoy is now in Jicheng, and their people will also attend tomorrow's celebration. And the one thing they want to do when they come this time is to marry us. Did they choose this time to cause trouble?"

"Why not?" Cao Tianci smiled: "As far as the Chu State is concerned, they absolutely do not want Lu Chao to plot to usurp the throne, because in this case, the Qin State will definitely be in chaos, and the Qin-Chu Alliance will fight against us. The big man's intentions will be finished, at least for a certain period of time, in name only. They did this and then blamed Lu Chao, allowing us to direct our anger at Lu Chao, leaving Lu Chao with no time to do anything else. Things remain as they are now.”

"What about Tan Feng?"

"It's almost the same meaning. Tan Feng doesn't want Lu Chao to do this. For him, the status quo is the best. He can have more time to develop his strength, and the longer it takes, the better It may be more disadvantageous for Lu Chao, but it is definitely beneficial for Tan Feng."

"Since you know, why didn't you stop it in advance?"

"That's what I guessed, because I can't identify their people. I can't go to the Chu State Mission to arrest people, right?" Cao Tianci said with a smile. "Don't worry, no matter who of these two groups wants to cause trouble tomorrow, their purpose will not be to assassinate the king, because they know very well that they can't assassinate him. Their purpose is to cause some trouble and then blame Lu. Just super.”

"Don't play with fire!" Shangguan Hong warned.

"How dare I? Tomorrow is also a good opportunity, maybe we can find a lot of people who we usually can't find any flaws in." Cao Tianci said with a smile. (To be continued...)