It is precisely for this reason that when Li Cong arrived at Caogang, all the senior officials of Caogang were very satisfied with Li Cong. From the gang leader Ping Yulong to the small gang members, they were all grateful to Li Cong, but Li Cong

From knowing that this was only a short-term matter, if it takes a long time, this will not exist. Now that they have just solved the crisis one by one, they are naturally grateful to Li Cong. Their lives will be different after a while.

When they encounter some problems, they won't care what Li Cong does at that time. They will only feel that this guy has hindered their development. In fact, let alone development, they can't do the things they did before.

, these people will probably unite with people like Prince Hagen. Li Cong knew what these people were thinking, so he quickly ended his affairs in the Northern Empire and came to the Western Empire again to fight with Yulong and Da.

If the elders talk about this matter carefully, it is best to solve their food problem. If so, they probably won't have any unpleasant thoughts towards themselves.

When Li Cong stepped off the airship, he could still feel the sincerity of the Caobang. Everyone looked at Li Cong happily. In any case, the two sides were still in the honeymoon period. Li Cong glanced at the elder,

Obviously, the Great Elder must not have been idle recently, and his injuries have not shown any signs of improvement. He indeed does not have the ability to give the Great Elder a Snow Ginseng Pill. If he could, he would never

Stingy, in fact, both the First Elder and Prince Zheng are people that Li Cong admires. They are both the kind of people who are willing to risk their lives for the people. Such people are really rare. It would be terrible if such a person disappeared.

There is really only one missing. Just as Prince Zheng said, this Snow Ginseng Pill is not something you can just get if you want it. This thing is just a wish for many people, and it is not that simple for Li Cong.

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"We haven't seen each other for many days. Brother Cao is still the same as before. He is a young man after all. He is different from me. It has been a while since we last saw each other, and I am still the same." The elder said with a bitter smile,

He also saw the original battle. Li Cong was also seriously injured, but now he is standing in front of him as if nothing happened. This shows that he has recovered very well. But he has not

I can only do some things that ordinary people should do. Fortunately, there has been nothing going on in the Cao Gang recently. If there was something major, I probably wouldn't be able to handle it.

"The First Elder is joking. What happened last time is just to give everyone a start. The ones who can really fight against the black magic medicine master are the First Elder and His Highness the Prince. If only King Lear hadn't fought with you for so long.

Given the time, how could I be his opponent when I came? You masters have already beaten King Lear to the point of breaking out. I came just in time and naturally picked up a ready-made bargain. This one

Could it be a great achievement?" Li Cong said with a smile. Regardless of whether his words were true or false, at least the elder felt very comfortable in his heart. He and Prince Zheng really used themselves that day.

However, the attack method of this black magician is different from that of humans. The two tenth-level warriors could only return without success. Afterwards, there were many things to say. Li Cong was here today.

Saying these words in public is to show that they have merit. Although it is said that tenth-level warriors do not care about this, as long as they are thoughtful people, they will care about this. It is clear by looking at the smile on the face of the great elder.

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There were a few people around who were also present that day, and they knew what the real situation was. If Li Cong hadn't arrived in time that day, it is estimated that the great elder and the others would have been absorbed by the black magic pharmacist.

It is absolutely impossible for anyone to come back alive. Naturally, they will not stand up and say that Li Cong is lying. Everyone just understands this kind of thing and treats what Li Cong said as a mere statement.

"Very good. There are not many young people with such a humble character. Mr. Cao's future is really limitless. Please come in." The elder said with a smile. In fact, he was still a little blushing.

There was a slightly different temperature on his face, and he quickly asked these people to follow him in one by one. After entering, he was his own person, and everything he said became more casual.

At first glance, the headquarters of the Cao Gang has been through a fight recently, and there are still some traces of fighting in the yard. It's no wonder. Zhou Tian's people will definitely not be willing to just surrender. There must be a fierce internal conflict.

If there is a fight, if the master doesn't talk about these things, naturally he can't ask about them. Internal fights at any time and anywhere are not a good thing. It is better not to let outsiders know.

The name of the Caobang's hall is "Jiaolong Hall". The three big characters on it are said to have been left by a senior of their Caobang.

After the senior wrote it, he strengthened it with his own power. Thousands of years have passed, and these words are as if they were written yesterday. The great elder happily introduced Li Cong to the glory of their Cao Gang.

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"Caogang is really a crouching tiger, hidden dragon. In the past, I always heard people say that if you want to see the background of Jianghu gangs, you can only go to Caogang to see it. The history of other places cannot be regarded as history at all."

Li Cong looked at some things in the room and said, "This is like a showroom. There are some weapons and other things in it, and there are even some fragments of sunken ships. These things represent the glory of Caobang."

"Lord Cao, you are really flattering. In fact, every organization has its own history. It's just that their time is not as long as that of the Cao Gang. Many organizations in the empire are sometimes stronger than the Cao Gang."

They are much older, but they all have no staying power, and there are not that many clubs left now. The Caogang can only be said to be relatively lucky." The great elder said, with a hint of emotion in his words.

Pride, if what happened last time had not happened to the Caobang but to another club, that club would have been wiped out. This is for sure.

"Yes, it has always been my dream to cooperate with an organization like the Caobang. This time I come here with sincerity. I wonder if the Great Elder is willing to cooperate with our Cao Family Trading Company?" Li Cong smiled.

Said, the expression on the face of the gang leader Ping Yulong on the seat was a little uncomfortable. This Cao Ke is really a little bolder. The person in charge here is the gang leader. I haven't seen Li Congna look at him seriously since he came in.

At a glance, even if he is a puppet, he is still at the front desk, isn't he? Even if the great elder is a tenth-level warrior, why doesn't he greet him respectfully every day when he sees him?

"The Cao Family Trading Company is currently at its peak. I don't think anyone is willing to cooperate with you. It's just that we, Caobang He De, can't cooperate with you. There are many things that we can't do, but we can cooperate with you.

What should we cooperate with? If Mr. Cao has any ideas, you can tell him directly." Although the elder knew that Li Cong would definitely have something to say when he came here, there are already many people inside who want to cause trouble for the Cao family firm.

This was all suppressed by himself. The great elder knew that this was only temporary and could never be dealt with for too long, so he and Li Cong had the same idea, they must deal with this matter quickly.

solved.

"Cao's Trading Company has established a complete transportation network, but we still can't solve this security issue, so I would like to ask the brothers from Caobang to help us, of course. How should we calculate this financial aspect?

Anyway, as long as I, the Cao Family Trading Firm, exist, this contract will definitely not change. Caogang will still have some of its original structures. We will not dictate to you about internal matters. As long as the Great Elder just gives me a word,

As long as we can ensure the safety of our goods and people. As for the wages, it's easy to negotiate. I don't know what the elder means?" Li Cong said with a smile. The elder was surprised at first, and then he understood what was going on.

Now, if you want to plot against the Cao Family Trading Company's inland shipping business, someone will definitely come to trouble the Caogang people, but even so, they will definitely feel that this matter is not good. In the past, it was

He can make the decision himself, and now he is working as a bodyguard for others. The elder is also a little unhappy in his heart. He did not expect that Li Cong would cooperate in such a way. He thought that Li Cong would give Caobang a certain amount of shares.

Now it seems that Li never wanted to do that. Should Caobang agree to such a contract? If he agrees, he will always feel a little uncomfortable.

"Master Cao, I understand what you mean. There are no outsiders here. Recently, some people have said that your Cao family business has cut off our Cao Gang's livelihood. In fact, this is true. Does Master Cao want to use this to

As compensation?" The great elder said with sharp eyes, this would be treating the brothers of the Cao Gang as a kind of charity, and the great elder would never accept such conditions.

"Things are not what the Great Elder thought. What I said are all facts. The current expansion speed of the Cao Family Trading Company is too fast. It can be said that many of our foundations are not stable. If the Caobang can solve our inland waterway shipping safety issues,

Next, we will free up a lot of manpower and material resources, and we will not need to develop our own security system in the future. The brothers in Caobang will also have a way to survive, and Caobang also has some other businesses.

It can continue to develop and expand. Our Cao Family Trading Company also has some dock containers that need to be expanded. By then we will also have greater room for development. Speaking of dock containers, I know that Caobang controls one-tenth of the entire empire.

Cargo holds, my other cooperation plan is for Caobang to cooperate with our Cao Family Trading Company to acquire other cargo holds on a large scale. The management rights are still in your hands. We will hire you with a high salary to operate these cargo holds. We just need to arrange some financial personnel.

How about it?" Li Cong said with a smile. In fact, this is treating the Caobang as a professional agent. There are many differences between the Western Empire and the Northern Empire. Li Cong of the Northern Empire can rely on his own ability to take over the Northern Empire.

Kill all the pirates and so on, because they have no climate, and it is a very simple matter to kill them. But the Western Empire is different. Now because the merchant ships of the Cao Family Trading Company are faster, they have no way to do it.

In this way, this is only temporary, and it may not be the case in the future. In this case, others will definitely catch up.

The expression on the Great Elder's face felt a little better after hearing this. It would be fine as long as there is cooperation. What he wants is such a cooperation. It is impossible to turn the entire Cao Gang into a vassal.

With such a big history, it is impossible for tens of millions of people to become vassals. Although everything Li Cong said will keep the Caogang what it is now, if it is actually implemented, it will not be like that.

Especially at that time, Li Cong was their big boss. If people were willing to give you money, they would give it to you. If they didn't want to give it to you, they wouldn't have anything from you. Now that Caobang still has its own capabilities, the Cao Family Trading Company naturally didn't dare to underestimate it.

Look, if you don’t have that ability now, what should you do? But there is no ability to catch this kid. The great elder was also hesitant this time. He really didn’t know what to do. If not

If you agree, the Cao family will definitely have a way to deal with it. They are not completely helpless against these water thieves. They will definitely have their own way, and then the Caobang will be of no use at all.

, Didn’t Li Nong just say that they will not establish their own security system? In other words, if Caobang does not accept this, they may establish their own security system, and then you will have nothing to do.

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If it were on earth, those professional managers would definitely have a lot of ideas, and they would definitely state some conditions. But now the great elder does not have that ability. Although the great elder has lived the longest,

But he does not have this concept at all. Even if this concept has been developed for thousands of years, they may not be able to see it. Anyone who can see a hundred years from a distance is a genius. What is it that can see thousands of billions of years from a distance?

? Monster? I guess monsters don’t have that ability, and now the Great Elder doesn’t dare to make decisions easily. This decision is not his own business, but the fate of tens of millions of people in the Cao Gang cannot be careless.

"How can we trust you? What should we do if you regret it in the middle? Now our Caogang is still a whole, but when that time comes, I think our Caogang will definitely not be as big as it is now. We

Even if you want to do something, it is not that easy anymore." The great elder said weakly. After so many years, even when the great elder faced the black magic pharmacist some time ago, he never felt like this now.

Many times, I don’t know how I got to this point, how could the Cao Gang reach the point of being dependent on others. At this time, the great elder’s mind began to slowly become clear, it was all because of that bastard Zhou Tian. If it weren’t for that bastard Zhou Tian

If he colludes with the black magic pharmacist, the young man in front of him will not get involved. It is already very good that the Cao Gang has not been wiped out. Now the Cao Gang is only 60% of what it was when it was at its strongest.

The young man in front of me is not an ordinary person. If he fails to achieve his goal, he will definitely take other actions. Now he is a popular person in the eyes of the royal family.

"It's very simple. It's a contract like this. It will be announced after we sign it. Our Cao's Firm is doing business. If there is no integrity, I don't think anyone will be willing to come to our store to buy things in the future.

, Our losses will be even greater at that time, I wonder if the Great Elder thinks this is okay?" Li Cong said, his words made the Great Elder feel a little bit in his heart, no one has done such a thing before.

Yes, some conspiracies and other things are carried out underground, and they will never be carried out openly and openly. It seems that they really want to cooperate with the Cao Gang, rather than just improvising.

"In addition, the Caobang will retain its own leadership structure. You can just give us the salaries of the Caobang brothers directly." The elder thought for a while and said, money is the foundation, and only by controlling money can we

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"This is also possible. I will not interfere with your internal actions, but at least 80% of the salary must go into the hearts of the brothers. What you control here is the salary, but some rewards and other things cannot be used in

In this ranks." Li Cong played a trick here. In the minds of the Great Elder and others, the reward was just some reward money given casually. They had no objection to this. After all, the Caogang still wanted to save face and deduct the money from the subordinates.

The salary of the brothers is no longer very good. If this even requires a reward or something, the whole Cao Gang will not be qualified to hang out after this spreads out.

"Okay, we have another business to discuss next. I wonder if the Great Elder knows about this." Li Cong took out a wine bottle and said, this is the wine that the Cao Family Trading Company was selling some time ago.

Yes, they are just talking about trial operation, that is, giving it a try. There is no Kampo yet on how to operate it. This thing costs fifty taels of silver a bottle, which is still the worst. This is also a business for rich people.

Yes, the great elder himself likes it very much. Does Li Cong want to hand over this franchise to him?

"How could you not know this? This is the best wine delivered by the empire recently. Du Kang, um, a very good name, and Master Cao's poem, it's really good. Singing to wine, what is life!

For example, the morning dew. There are many hardships in the past. Generosity should be used to make worries unforgettable. How to relieve worries? Only Du Kang. Haha, you don’t know. This poem came out and it was really a sensation. It was not just the scholars of our Western Empire.

Even readers from the other three empires feel that this is a very classic poem, but they don’t know who wrote such beautiful lines." The great elder seemed to read this poem more than he loved wine.

It's much better. Naturally, Li Cong didn't think about these things so carefully when he started the trial business, but he understood it later. Thinking about how he managed Zangxian Liquor on earth, this thing must be relied on

For packaging, you have to rely on bragging, otherwise nothing can be done, so I came up with such an idea. Who knew that this method was still very good. Now Du Kang has become the target of scholars. Many people

He also said that if he didn't drink some Dukang, how could he have any articles coming out of his mouth? Many scholars are also arty people, and they started to drink this one by one. Li Cong knew it. If they

Everyone has the ability of the poet Li Taibai. Maybe you will get what you want after drinking. But if you don't have that ability, it is better to drink less and write your article honestly, otherwise you will be a drunkard.
To be continued...