What the leader didn't know was that it wasn't just the sneak attacks he encountered here, but also such things had happened in more than thirty bandit-infested areas within the fifteen provinces of the Northern Empire. Li Cong didn't pay attention at first.

From Li Cong's point of view, this news is nothing, and there is nothing to say. After all, it would be strange if the bandits did not care about such a big deal. He usually said that he had settled all the bandits.

, but now I know that it is far from the same thing. None of these bandits are that simple. They will be jealous when they see money. But when Li Cong received follow-up reports one after another, he also thought

This is not an ordinary thing, it seems like someone is targeting me.

Encountering more than a dozen groups of bandits every day is nothing, but the bandits they encounter are all such powerful bandits, and their losses are not small. Basically, they are all at the same time, and the locations are also ten in the surrounding area.

Within several provinces, these dozen or so provinces are areas that the Cao Family Commercial Bank is about to enter and develop in an all-round way. This cannot help but make people think deeply.

"How about I go back and see what's going on?" Boss Cui said when he saw Li Cong frowning. He didn't just eat and not work just because he was Li Cong's brother-in-law. How could he be in this position?

A large part of the reason for hanging around is because of my ability. If anything happens in the Chamber of Commerce, I will be the first to rush there. If I didn't have this, I wouldn't be worthy of getting such a salary in the Chamber of Commerce, so

He was the first to stand up.

"The matter is not that simple. Our investigation department has also analyzed it. This time is definitely some premeditated action. You have just opened up the situation in the Southern Empire. The female prince of Rongchang is not so easy to serve. If you

Now that he's gone, I'm afraid that others won't be able to take care of him. You should just be honest and work as a pioneer in the Southern Empire. I'll go back and take a look at my side. You guys also have your own things to do.

You can't leave." Li Cong looked at his several senior managers and said, indeed, they are the most familiar with things here. If they were told to leave like that, the loss here would be considerable.

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"That's fine. In fact, the losses this time are really not small. I just saw that nearly half of our more than thirty escort regiments have lost more than one-half. Even the remaining ones are all here.

More than one-third. Comforting these soldiers is also what we must do now. We cannot let the soldiers feel cold." Bai Er said, he felt very distressed in his heart. At the beginning, these guards were all Bai Eryi

It was built by hand. One of his cousins ​​was also injured in this battle.

"This is natural. According to the pension standard we have stipulated, we will raise it a little. Tell the people below that in addition to the resettlement allowance of three hundred taels of silver given in accordance with the regulations, every family of a dead soldier can continue to receive half of this person's salary every year.

, receive it continuously for twenty years. After twenty years, if your family is in difficulty, you can continue to receive it. Each family can receive another five hundred kilograms of food every year. We will deliver it to their doorstep. If you don’t want to ask for food, you can.

If you give me money, if there are people of the right age in your family, they can be considered to work in our Cao Family Business Firm on a limited basis. The salary is double that of others. Of course, they cannot be allowed to join the guard corps again." Li Cong said leisurely, such a boss would probably also

As far as Li Cong can do, it's not like other trading firms don't have their own escorts. It's just that the most they can do is give them a pension of one hundred and ten taels of silver. As for what happens in the future, it's not our business.

, you can only ask for blessings, and it is in this way that you can show how good Li Cong is to his subordinates. However, no matter how much blood money you give or how good the treatment is, this person will still be dead.

of.

"Okay, I will announce this matter immediately." Bai Er said. They were actually very concerned about what the boss did this time. Tens or even hundreds of millions of other people in the guard team were watching.

They will be very concerned about everything Li Cong does now. If Li Cong does this well, the shaken military morale will be much worse.

More than 30 regiments died, a total of more than 100,000 people. Although this pension is not a small amount, Li Cong can still get it. Even the future benefits and other benefits will be no problem.

Human lives are really gone. Li Cong feels that he must give an explanation to these brothers. If he cannot catch the mastermind behind the scenes, he will really feel sorry for these dead brothers. In the Cao family

Such a thing happened when the escort team of the trading company was first formed. The purpose of this opponent is very clear, that is, to give the Cao family trading company a show of strength. Now you have indeed given it, and this slap is still a slap in the face.

It's very loud. The following thing may not be what you thought. You feel comfortable when you hit someone, but you should also understand that there is no such thing as cruelty for no reason in this world. You will have to bear the consequences next, Li

Chong's anger is something that most people can't bear. It depends on whether you have the ability.

In the sky, there are twelve large airships carrying nearly five thousand people quickly through the world here. On the land, three hundred miles behind them, there are thousands of SS troops and thousands of seventh-level soldiers riding on them.

The seventh-level monsters are running fast. The running speed of monsters is definitely much faster than ordinary horses. Of course, this is not the most important thing. The most important thing is that the endurance of these monsters is very good. They are like this.

Running for several days is just a test of their strength, and there will definitely be no loss. This is the difference between Warcraft and ordinary beasts.

Many people have also studied this matter, and now they basically understand what is going on. The main reason why these monsters behave like this is that when they are not moving, some of their body's energy is stored in their magic cores.

When used, this magic core can be released bit by bit. It is very simple for them to store energy. They can do it while eating and sleeping. They can store it at night and use it during the day. This is Warcraft.

A cycle of power.

This is what Li Cong thought when he brought so many strong men back this time. He must give his enemies a bit of power. Otherwise, these guys will definitely not know how powerful they are, and they will probably create trouble for themselves in the future.

If there is an even bigger trouble, I may really be overwhelmed by that time, so I must suppress the danger within a certain range, and the current range is within these dozen provinces.

Such a big move by Li Cong certainly cannot escape the detection of all parties. The royal family of the Northern Empire is also very concerned about this matter. However, Li Cong has already asked the little princess to go to the capital to have some activities, and the capital has also

He expressed his understanding and hoped that Li Cong could resolve the matter within a limited scope. At the same time, he also asked the little princess to observe the reactions of the major forces in the capital to see if this incident had anything to do with them. If so.

If it really matters, then we will kill them, no matter how big or stubborn our opponents are. Since these guys are facing off against us, we can't give them any face. In other words, these guys want to rob us.

At that time, how could they give themselves face?

The generals of the fifteen provinces in the northern part of the Northern Empire immediately explained to the representatives of the Cao Family Chamber of Commerce, who were familiar with them, that this matter had nothing to do with them. Although they said that the soldiers and bandits were all members of the same family.

Li Cong himself understood that these guys were not so courageous, so Li Cong accepted their explanation, but there was only one person Li Cong could not forgive. This guy was General Feng Guo near the regiment where the accident occurred.

Nangong Yunting.

At that time, my own people had already told them about this matter as soon as possible, but the answer given by Nangong Yunting was that their own army had just finished training and had not yet adjusted, and most of them were on vacation.

Li Cong's spies are not fools. They have indeed just completed training, but the two disappeared before the incident happened. In other words, this guy must be very clear about this place, and he knows what will happen here.

What kind of thing, so he asked his subordinates to take leave, so that there would be no reason to go to the rescue? This guy did a very good job. He seemed to be secretive, but when he met the investigation department of Cao Family Trading Company,

They still don't have much ability to cope with it, so it's time to find out.

Li Cong's first stop was also this place. Although the more than thirty regiments suffered heavy losses, due to different circumstances in different places, the place where Nangong Yunting is located is because of this guy, and the others

The local generals have more or less sent out some rescue troops, but this place has not sent any, and they have also used this reason. If they have not taken good care of this guy, that is

It was his own problem, but he usually gave this boy a lot of benefits, but when something happened, he actually did this to himself.

Most of the regular armed forces in a province of the Northern Empire are under the jurisdiction of generals. Basically, they are all third-grade Fengguo generals. They have about hundreds of thousands of subordinates, one-third of which are cavalry, and the rest are

They are infantry. In addition, there are other government officials and people from various departments. Those people are similar in nature to the police. They basically do not have much combat effectiveness. They usually just maintain order and so on.

, it would be impossible to really ask them to confront the bandits.

Because there are more bandits in these dozen provinces, the imperial court also asked local aristocratic families to form some security groups. Their task was to fight against small groups of bandits. The imperial court provided half of the money, and the local aristocratic families provided half of the money.

The effect of raising them was very good at first, but after hundreds of years of development, this place has inevitably become bureaucratic. Not only are some local aristocratic families unwilling to raise them, but even the imperial court is unwilling to have them.

Well, dealing with the bandits is a defeat. It is of no use at all. This money is still spent a lot every year. Who is willing to use such an army.

The security team in Poil Province has basically been disbanded long ago, so this incident has nothing to do with them. Li Cong doesn't want to have anything to do with them. Being associated with the security team is a very shameful thing in the local area, so

Li Cong went directly to find Nangong Yunting. Nangong Yunting joined the army at the age of fifteen and worked for more than three hundred years to reach his current position. It can be said that the Poil Province is the last place for this boy.

There is no place, and a seventh-level warrior can only do this. If you want to continue to rise, you must have someone in the court, or you have the money to take care of it, or your strength can rise a little. If these are all

If it can't be completed, I guess everything can be done.

The governor of Poil Province has a better relationship with the little princess. No, when he saw Li Cong, he hurriedly came to greet her. Li Cong is now the hereditary earl of the empire or the prince-in-law, no matter what his status is.

You should come here quickly, and your old master is from the little princess’s grandfather’s side. If you don’t take good care of her, your life will not be easy in the future. The men in the capital usually look down on you.

For such a governor, if they knew that they didn't respect the royal family very much, they would probably have more people coming to trouble them at that time.

"Your Majesty, Gu Hongye, greets the lord." Seeing Li Cong coming down, this guy hurried over to greet Li Cong. In terms of rank, he, the governor, is also a third-grade Earl. Li Cong's Earl is a super-grade Earl.

There is a big gap between myself and others.

"Haha, Mr. Gu doesn't need so many etiquettes. We are all friends. What I like most is to make friends everywhere. Mr. Gu must also be of the same mind. From now on, we don't need a lord to be a lord or a lord to be short.

That's right, just call the other person by his or her name." Li Cong said with a smile. Li Cong still knew about this Gu Hongye. When he and the little princess got married, he gave them a lot of gifts. This can indeed be regarded as a gift.

It belongs to one of our own people, so the money given to him over the years is much more than that of some governors around. Normally, this guy should accept it. Who knows that this guy will always give these on his birthday or the birthday of the princess or something like that.

I added some silver and gave it back to Li Cong. Such people are really rare. You can also see the respect they have for the princess. I just need to take good care of this guy in the future. If it weren't for this

If this guy was needed to be the governor, he would have been promoted long ago, and he himself is very aware of this matter.

"This is absolutely not allowed. The laws of the imperial court must not be abandoned. Besides, the lord is my master. How can I do it? The lord can call me whatever he wants, but I

I can only call you Sir." The guy said seriously, and Li Cong didn't say anything more on this issue and just nodded with a smile.

"Sir, your Majesty, the official has prepared a reception banquet at Hongbin Tower in the city. Sir, please work a little longer and condescend to come over and have a glass of wine." Gu Hongye said, and a carriage was already prepared outside the door.

"Oh, don't worry, I did eat a lot of food up there. The main reason I came here this time is because my convoy was attacked by bandits in Yunchengling some time ago. If I don't come here, I will just intervene.

Well, I don’t know who the general here is, I want to meet him first." Li Cong said with a smile, and the people around him understood after his words, they are not here to eat, and there are many others.

There must be something wrong with Nangong Yunting about that meal. Otherwise, would someone like Li Cong directly mention this guy's name on such an occasion?

When Gu Hongye heard what Li Cong said, he felt really happy. Damn it, being a bird governor here can be said to be very depressing. Damn it, the governor below is not on the same page as him.

This general doesn't get along well with him. After all, the governor is his subordinate, so he doesn't dare to go too far. However, this general and he are not the same thing, nor do they belong to the same system. They are not in the same system as him.

But he is irresponsible. In name, he is in charge of everything in the province, but he can't even put a finger in those military camps. This guy controls things very strictly.

"Huh? General Nangong didn't come today?" Although Li Cong had known the answer for a long time, he still felt uncomfortable. Damn, officials from all over the province, big and small, are here. This guy really knows how to trick himself.

of face.

"Uh... Sir, please calm down. Here's the thing. General Nangong has not been in good health recently, so he hasn't come here. General Nangong rarely participates in some matters in our province recently. This is General Nangong.

The eldest young master, Nangongye." Gu Hongye would not care about this matter, he directly told his reasons, and then pushed out a boy behind him. This Nangongye is the eldest son of Nangong Yunting.

If I don't come, if I don't come, then the officials and censors of the imperial court will have something to say. It's a big deal to be accused of despising a superior. So even if Nangong Yunting doesn't welcome Li Cong anymore, it will be a big deal.

He didn't dare not send someone to greet him. With such a big difference in status, he didn't want Li Cong to find a chance. Now that his son had come out, Li Cong had to follow the rules even if he was angry.

"I'm in Xia Nangong. I'd like to pay my respects to the lord. My father wanted to come, but he couldn't get out of bed, so he didn't come. I also ask the lord to atone for his sins. As long as my father can be better.

At one o'clock, I will definitely go to the place where the lord is staying to pay his respects." Nangongye looked like a slave, but this was just on the surface. Li Cong could see it from this guy's eyes. This guy didn't want to
To be continued...