After Li Qiande followed Yuan Tao to station in Qianwei, he discovered that the wealth in the middle and lower reaches of the Minjiang River was unknown to the world. The more he drank with Yang Zhan, the stronger the desire to replace him.

There are only two chess pieces available in your hand. If you use them well, you can have the effect of thousands of troops.

After all, Wu Dading did not go to Meizhou. The piece of fat in their eyes fell into the hands of Yue Dayang.

Yue Dayang was Yang Zhan's personal soldier when he was an official in Shaanxi Province. Later he became a bandit in Xuzhou and was placed by Yang Zhan in the Manor of King Shu to hide his troops. When Yang Zhan rebelled, this soldier played a major role. After that, he has been in Xuzhou Zhou became Ma Lanlan's right-hand man. When Lanlan returned to Jiading, he followed her to Jiading.

The king of Shu, Liu Jiankuan, and Fei Xiaojin strongly requested that Meizhou be handed over to Yue Dayang. After all, the old man was the most reliable and it was in line with the principle of rewarding meritorious officials.

Wu Dading was only slightly disappointed at first, but Li Qiande magnified this disappointment infinitely.

He came to Yang Zhan and said: "General Wu is also a little impatient and does not understand your difficulties. He often complains to General Yuan that you don't care about brotherhood! I can't help it. The general should give him some rewards, otherwise …”

Then, he went to Wu Dading and said: "How can you, sworn brothers, compare with their fellow apprentices? You can only use them to conquer the country, while other senior brothers are the ones who share the country. I advise you to make preparations in advance. Otherwise, one day it will be like an iron leg with no head..."

Neither Yang Zhan nor Wu Dading believed what he said, but as soon as these words passed through their ears, some knots grew in their hearts without knowing it.

The number of times that Yang Zhan asked Wu Dading to drink became less and less. Wu Dading did not easily get close to Yang Zhan when nothing happened. As time went by, they naturally became estranged from each other.

However, Li Qiande accelerated the pace of pushing Yuan Tao towards Yang Zhan. Within a month, they tried all kinds of tricks. They might go to Yang Zhan to ask for instructions on this or that, or go to Yang's house for a drink in the evening. Or invite Yang Zhan. When we get to Qianwei, we will have a military parade for a while and hunting for a while. When we are done, we will arrange to have a drink with the old and the young before dinner.

Gradually, Yang Zhan felt that although Yuan Tao did not have Wu Dading's talents, he was more loyal and caring than him; although Li Qiande had the face of a sinister villain, he was an interesting drinking buddy.

Moreover, he always believed that people are not saints, so who can have no faults? Only use people based on their strengths.

Everyone in Shu now knows that apart from Fei Xiaojin and Liu Jiankuan, Yang Zhan is the closest to Li Qiande and Yuan Tao.

All of a sudden, all those civil and military officials who had their heads set in the camp rushed to Jianwei and asked Li Qiande and Yuan Tao to help them with things.

The hands of Li Qiande and Yuan Tao stretched out longer and longer, and before long, half of the civil servants and generals of Shu had to go through them to get things done.

Another group of civil servants and military officers were concentrated around Yang Jingxin, mainly young heroes.

After Yang Zhan settled in Jiading, Jing Xin moved to Emei. Shu's economy mainly relied on Emei, producing weapons and farming. It was the future of Shu, and passionate young people flocked there.

Unknowingly, outside of Brother Yang Zhan, two forces formed, one with Yang Jingxin as the center, and the other with Li Qiande and Yuan Tao as the center.

Because behind Yang Jingxin stood the King of Shu, Liu Jiankuan, Fei Xiaojin, and Ma Lanlan, they were naturally very powerful. People on his side often suppressed those on the other side.

The competition between the two forces is like the undercurrent of the Min River. If Yang Zhan is negligent, the big ship he is steering will be destroyed and everyone will be destroyed.

By the time he discovered the existence of these two forces, it was already too late. His palms were full of flesh, so he had no choice but to let it go. As long as they did not go too far, measured competition was still the endogenous driving force for the development of Shu.

This is only the first step of Li Qiande's plan.

Wu Dading always thought that it was because he was discouraged that he dropped his relationship with Yang Zhan. As for Yuan Tao, in his heart he was just a stupid brother without a brain, so he and Yang Zhan had a heated fight.

Occasionally, they would get together. One day, Li Qiande took advantage of his drunkenness to test him: "General Wu, if one day General Yuan and the Great General have a falling out, whose side will you stand on?"

Wu Dading said: "Wouldn't it be better for the third brother to follow the eldest brother? Why should we have a falling out?"

Li Qiande said: "Didn't General Wu already have a falling out with him? Who can say clearly about worldly affairs?" He looked at Wu Dading's expression with drunken eyes.

Wu Dading said calmly: "My eldest brother has been kind to me, and I will never fall out with him. It's just that it's too lively around him, and I like peace and quiet. I can rest assured that you two people who like liveliness are with him." .”

Li Qiande chased after him: "Well, let me ask you another way. If one day, he is gone and we have a fight with the people around him, who do you stand on?"

Wu Dading said impatiently: "Do you still need to ask? Of course I will advance and retreat with my third brother."

Yuan Tao ran to hug him excitedly, "Second brother is still loyal! Don't worry, I won't go against the eldest brother easily, but if he tries to deal with me, you have to protect me!"

Li Qiande usually liked to deduce battle formations with them. He would put down his wine glass and deduce for them. If something happened to Yang Zhan, how would the two families cooperate, how to attack, how to capture Jiading, how to control Meizhou, and how to defend eastern and northern Sichuan? , enemies coming from three directions in western Sichuan.

Wu Dading smashed the wine glass on the ground and cursed: "Li Qiande, I have tolerated you for a long time! You don't need to worry about the affairs of our three brothers. Since you are the military advisor of the third brother, you should help the third brother to follow the right path. All day long Thinking about how to rebel, isn't this pushing the third brother into a pit of fire? As long as there is any trouble among you, the only result will be death without a burial place!"

Li Qiande quickly apologized: "General Wu, please calm down. I'm just joking with you. However, if you don't have long-term concerns, you will have immediate worries. Li has good intentions, and I hope General Wu will think about it carefully."

He could clearly see Wu Dading's expression first, and then how he got angry. With his careful mind, it was not difficult to see that this was performed for him.

Yuan Tao took Wu Dading's hand and begged: "Second brother, please calm down. Military Advisor Li is really joking. I am so close to my eldest brother now, how could I do anything to hurt him?"

Wu Dading was still angry, "Don't tell jokes like this again in the future. I don't want to be accused of being ungrateful. Besides, if General Liu Jiankuan learns of your joke, you won't know how his head moved."

Li Qiande said bitterly: "The most annoying thing around the general is him and the monkey. When I see them, I feel inexplicably bored."

Wu Dading said: "I think you are not bored, but scared, right? Anyone who wants to harm my eldest brother must go through them. And their martial arts are unfathomable. There is no opponent in Shu."

Yuan Tao scolded: "Then Liu Jiankuan never pays attention to us two brothers. As long as the eldest brother is here, of course we will be fine. If the eldest brother has any shortcomings, he will never leave us here."

Li Qiande sighed: "Well, there is also Young Master Jing Xin. I don't think he has ever regarded you as uncles. Whenever he gets the chance, he will bully you. We are all a thorn in others' side."
Chapter completed!