During this time, Lu Xu showed great interest in Jianghu affairs. This is of course not because Lu Xu is planning to change his career to become the leader of the martial arts league, but because times have changed!

When a dynasty is in its prime, the forces of the arena will inevitably be suppressed, resulting in people in the arena often doing nothing. However, at the end of the dynasty, as the ruling order of the dynasty collapses, especially the grassroots ruling forces

With the decline of the country, Jianghu forces will continue to rise, and even gradually replace the imperial court as the actual local ruling force.

Almost every time there is trouble, there are people in the world who stand up to fight for greater interests for themselves.

The Mi family during the Three Kingdoms period and the Wagangzhai forces led by Zhai Rang during the Sui and Tang Dynasties are typical representatives of those who rose from the rivers and lakes to the world.

The process and outcome of these two families entering the center of power are also very enlightening for the Jianghu forces.

The Mi family chose to invest in others, while Zhai Rang chose to do it himself. The result was that the Mi family became rich following Liu Bei, while Zhai Rang made wedding clothes for others.

Lu Xu knew very well that his future in Daliang was actually very slim. Wen Yuanzhong dared to reuse him even though he knew that something was wrong with him. One of the very important factors was that Lu Xu's upper limit in official circles was too low, and he was a thief with an army background.

At his peak, he is nothing more than a miscellaneous general!

And the fact that the Beiting people are about to invade Qin Feng Road has almost eliminated the possibility of Lu Xu slowly developing into a separatist armed force. In fact, because of Lu Xu's background, the Beiting people may not recruit him.

In other words, in Wen Yuanzhong's eyes, Lu Xu can only be a nobody for the rest of his life no matter how talented he is. And the better Lu Xu develops now, the more detrimental it will be to Lu Xu's future!

If Lu Xu is just alone, then when the Beiting people come, he will just find an opportunity to run away. With Lu Xu's ability, this matter will not be difficult for him. But when he has a family business and a wife

Where else would he go with his children and the brothers who followed him through life and death?

The bigger Lu Xu's current family income is, the harder it will be for him to escape in the future, and the more likely he is to become a force that can contain the Beiting people, and this force will undoubtedly be eliminated by the Beiting people in the end.

So why does Wen Yuanzhong not dare to use Lu Xu?

Not only did he dare to use it, he even dared to invest in Lu Xu! Lu Xu was not stupid, of course he could understand the rules. That's why he dared to take care of Wen Yuanzhong's request, and he really dared to use it when he wanted someone!

However, Lu Xu found a way out in this almost desperate situation.

The fundamental reason why Wen Yuanzhong dared to strengthen Lu Xu was that after Lu Xu's team grew, he would not be able to escape with such a big goal from the double blockade of Beiting on the front battlefield and the Daliang army behind him. And even if he

If they have the ability to break away, there is no way for such a large team to hide in the hinterland of Daliang.

But!

They forget that there is another world under this world that they are not familiar with - Jianghu!

Compared to the entire Jianghu, Wei'an Fort is so small. Of course, such a large Jianghu can accommodate a small Wei'an Fort.

It’s just that Lu Xu’s ambitions don’t end there. The world is just the starting point for his struggle for hegemony. In fact, in history, there was a team that personally demonstrated to Lu Xu how to use the people and the world to expand their own strength. Thus, they became the most powerful force in the world.

The world’s dominant force is the Knights Templar!

As the top player in the game area, conspiracy theory area, medieval area and even the Western martial arts area, it goes without saying that the Knights Templar are powerful.

Its power comes from its huge financial resources, and similarly, the root of its destruction lies in its strength and wealth that would make a powerful monarch and the pope both fearful.

If we analyze it from a business perspective, why do the Knights Templar have so much wealth? Then we have to say that they have a wide range of interests.

Not only do they lend usury and engage in banking, they also engage in investment and business. They even use their own force to actually control the logistics industry between the West and Jerusalem. How can they not be rich?

But if we analyze it from the actual situation, the secret of their success is actually very simple. When doing business, they hold a sword in one hand and gold coins in the other. No matter whether their partners or competitors choose the sword or the gold coins, they will make money.

money!

So, how can they not be rich?

Lu Xu has long known that on his own development path, or in his original entrepreneurial stage, he will not have a stable base for a considerable period of time. This also makes Lu Xu's power can only become a quasi-military force.

Strength, if a paramilitary force wants to succeed, the best reference template is the Knights Templar.

It's just that it's different from the Knights Templar who received the support of the church when they were just born, and were able to rely on the support of the church to develop and grow. Lu Xu chose to seize the nutrients for his development from the world, so he had to let himself go as soon as possible.

Entering the Jianghu can have the effect of thundering and shaking the entire Jianghu!

Lu Xu has already thought about what to do? Aren't the bandits in the Qinling Mountains gangsters and gossips? Then Lu Xu will take their place!

Not only does he want to seize their territory, but he also wants to take over their wealth and status. Then he will do business with people like the Knights Templar with a sword in one hand and money in the other. Since ancient times, there has been no business like this.

It’s not profitable! Wouldn’t this give Lu Xu a foundation for his rise?

This time Wen Yuanzhong handed over the talents he had recruited and the task of marching into the Qinling Mountains to Lu Xu, which was a sure way of raising a tiger for trouble!

Perhaps in Wen Yuanzhong's view, it is very difficult to deal with the bandits deep in the Qinling Mountains. Historical experience has also proved this. However, in Lu Xu's view, the bandits in the Qinling Mountains are actually not difficult to deal with.

At least at this stage, they are actually extremely weak.

The bandits who have been roaming the Qinling Mountains for more than two hundred years have just exposed their seven inches. If Lu Xu can't beat them to death, then Lu Xu won't have to play anymore.

Lu Xu had previously talked with Duan Chengwang about bandits in the Qinling Mountains. In fact, there were some hidden motives in the exchange between the two.

Lu Xu got the information he wanted most in that exchange, which allowed him to slightly change his future development direction.

In the past, in Lu Xu's understanding, the bandits in the Qinling Mountains were more like a force in Jizhou without official recognition. They should have a stable rear base and stable food output, enough to support their presence in the Qinling Mountains.

Live for a long time.

So Lu Xu always hoped to defeat them and seize their territory so that he could continue to establish a foothold on Qinfeng Road after the Beiting people came.
Chapter completed!