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Chapter 101 The sword is no longer for sale
Lin Huaian shook his head: "No matter what, the people at the lowest level will always think of and hold grudges first, only the imperial court. If Chu is in turmoil, the common people will only feel that the imperial court is incompetent and the imperial family is useless. For other states and counties, as long as Those who can seek the greatest interests will consider the feelings of the people."

Zhang Nanli was slightly silent after hearing this, his old face squeezed out wrinkles, and he forced a smile: "That is like this to other people, but Master Lin is different. Although Master Lin seems to be unhuman, in fact, from the beginning to now, everything has been different. It reveals the word "friendship", which can be seen from the Qin Hua and Qin Tian siblings."

Lin Huaian turned his head, the wind blowing his black hair, and looked at Zhang Nanli and said: "I asked you before, what is your relationship with the opera singer and the liquor seller next door? You haven't answered me yet."

Zhang Nanli was stunned for a moment, then thought for a moment and said, "It's a long story. I wonder if Mr. Lin would be interested in hearing me tell it from the beginning?"

Lin Huaian thought for a while and shook his head: "Not interested."

Zhang Nanli choked up...

"Don't worry, Mr. Lin. Chen Jiangdan and shopkeeper Li are absolutely harmless to the Qin family. They will even help at critical moments. Mr. Lin can rest assured. If what I said is wrong, Mr. Lin can take them at any time in the future. I’ll take this job and get someone’s head.”

Zhang Nanli thought for a while and then added: "Qin Zhan, I, Chen Jiangdan, and Shopkeeper Li were all friends back then. Later, we parted ways due to some misunderstandings. The Qin family siblings are all juniors in their eyes."

Lin Huaian agreed with Zhang Nanli's words: "This little Hua'er has already told me. Just say hello to them and tell them not to come to Qin's house. I'm taking care of the Qin's house. They'll be fine. I'll take care of them both." Don’t worry, when people from Wang Jue came to Chaotian Palace, we didn’t see them playing any role.”

Zhang Nanli smiled awkwardly after hearing this and did not answer the conversation. He just changed the subject: "Master Lin, look, now that you have captured Jiangzhou, can Mengzhou and Qingzhou withdraw their troops?"

Zhang Nanli smiled when he said this and didn't feel embarrassed. For people like him, face is the most worthless thing. As long as he can achieve his goal, a mere face really doesn't mean anything.

Lin Huaian glanced sideways at the old guy: "Although Jiangzhou is in trouble, the next bid for the Eastern Land has not yet started. It is too early to retreat now."

Zhang Nanli's old face twitched and he didn't dare to get angry: "Master Lin, that's not what you said at the beginning..."

Lin Huaian shook his head: "I did not say that at the beginning, but similarly, I did not say anything about withdrawing the troops. I just asked Mr. Zhang to go to the court to help deal with it. My original promise was that as long as you can stabilize the court, then Mengzhou and Qingzhou will naturally not send troops."

Zhang Nanli was a little speechless. Indeed, that's what he said at that time. This gentleman never said anything about withdrawing his troops. He just let him deal with it. He was eager to stabilize the current situation and try not to let Dachu fall into civil war. Now it's better. This Although you promise not to send troops, the soldiers from these two states are hanging around Zhongzhou every day, so who can rest assured?

Knowing that this man could not bear any loss, Zhang Nanli thought for a while and said: "Mr. Lin, you said before that the expansion of the Eastern Territory will indeed start soon, but this time it is fair. Taking into account the stability of each state, we adopted a competitive bidding process. According to the model, whoever contributes more money and effort will naturally receive more spiritual stone resources."

Lin Huaian asked: "How does the imperial court plan to divide it?"

Zhang Nanli said: "The imperial court will keep [-]%, and the other [-]% will be bid by the other eight states."

Lin Huaian smiled: "Is this deliberately provoking conflicts among the eight states? If we directly give out [-]%, and each of the eight states takes [-]%, there will be nothing to fight for. But only [-]% is given, and the court is taking the others. Being a fool?"

Zhang Nanli shook his head: "Mr. Lin, the imperial court is not a fool. It's just that the situation in the various states has been at a stalemate for so many years. These great masters have their own contradictions and are fighting endlessly secretly. Without the strength of Mengzhou, no one is willing to directly break up with the imperial court. , not to mention with the imperial court, even with the neighboring states and counties, they are at least friendly and harmonious on the surface; but these people don't see others being kind, and it doesn't matter even if they suffer a little loss, so these [-]% will probably have to compete for the top spot by then. The blood is broken." Lin Huaian immediately shook his head after hearing this: "You are wrong. If it were before, maybe the situation would develop as you said, but have you considered the current situation? The spiritual energy of heaven and earth suddenly became thinner, and simply It is no longer advisable to rely on absorbing spiritual energy for cultivation. At this time, if you want to go further, spiritual stones are the biggest reliance. Once Dongtu is officially expanded, do you think they will be satisfied with the [-]% plan proposed by the court?"

Zhang Nanli was speechless. He came in a hurry and didn't think too much about the thinning of the spiritual energy of heaven and earth. The main reason was that he didn't know how to practice. When he considered the problem, he looked at it from the perspective of a politician. He only thought about how to reduce losses, but he didn't I have thought that for warriors, spiritual energy is the most important, and all interests must give way in front of spiritual stones.

Seeing Zhang Nanli's silence, Lin Huaian smiled: "You go back and tell the court that the eight states' plan to obtain [-]% remains unchanged, but I need to take away [-]% of the [-]% they have. In return, I can ask Mengzhou and Qingzhou to withdraw their troops. And we will also unite these two states to restrict other states and counties.”

Zhang Nanli was shocked: "Mr. Lin, the court's total is only [-]%. Now you ask for [-]%, and you still want to continue to participate in the bidding for the [-]%? Isn't this a little too greedy..."

Lin Huaian: "It's not that I'm greedy. The real greed is the imperial court. It sits there and does nothing but wants to take away [-]%. It even harbors evil intentions and wants to see other states and counties fight to the death. How can this be the truth in life?"

"Besides, I don't get the [-]% for myself alone. If I want Mengzhou and Qingzhou to withdraw their troops, how about not giving me any benefits? Your [-]% is just the price for letting the two states withdraw their troops. But if you ask them to withdraw their troops, you We can't directly exchange benefits, after all, this will damage the face of the court, and if I step in and deal with it, I can not only save the face of the court, but also stabilize the situation, why not do it?"

"The two states got the benefits effortlessly, and naturally they were willing to retreat. The stable situation that the imperial court wanted will naturally come true. And Mr. Zhang, you have worked hard here and dealt with all parties. After this trip, Ge Lao's position must be stable, and everyone is happy."

After hearing this, Zhang Nanli pinched his white beard and sighed: "Master Lin, you have understood the court's ideas correctly. Indeed, the Da Chu royal family is now weak and only thinks about stability. It has long since lost the chance to make progress. Heart, as long as you have the strength and recognize this, anyone can stand up and take advantage of it."

Zhang Nanli's words seemed like an ordinary complaint, and his tone was full of helplessness and dissatisfaction. In front of Lin Huaian, this person rarely expressed his feelings like this.

Lin Huai'an didn't pay attention to Zhang Nanli's words. He didn't know much about this Hubu Shangshu who was known as the world's most corrupt official, and he couldn't tell what the other party's thoughts were.

Zhang Nanli finished complaining here, and said again: "Master Lin, those ten famous swords..."

Lin Huaian thought for a moment and shook his head: "Xiao Tian'er likes it very much, so I won't sell it."

Zhang Nanli chuckled: "That's right. Mr. Lin just took over Jiangzhou and has millions of spirit stones and ten famous swords. It's really not worth exchanging tens of thousands of spirit stones. But I just said it casually, lest Lin I thought I lied to you at first. In fact, I have no interest in these ten famous swords at all. I was just afraid that they would wander to the Wei State and become sharp weapons in the hands of others to harm our Chu people. But now they are fine. With the famous sword in Master Lin’s hands, I believe there is no safer place in the world than the Qin Mansion, so I feel relieved.”

"I have disturbed you a lot in the Qin Manor these days, please forgive me, Master Lin, I promise you that I will try my best to handle the matter when I go back, this time I will take Ah Li away, Master Lin, farewell!"

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