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Chapter 474 - 14 Li Guanyi Makes His Move, Dominating the World! _3

Chapter 474: Chapter 14 Li Guanyi Makes His Move, Dominating the World! _3

By the time one reaches seventeen or eighteen, they should have martial skills like those at Zhou Liuying.

Among the sons of aristocratic families, that would already be quite impressive.

The young man looked at the letter which contained a fallen leaf from a tree beside the pond in the Xue family courtyard, Li Guanyi had held that leaf for a long time, his expression serene and gentle.

Xue Zhaoji had a money pouch in his hand, bulging, and he said:

"This is the current remaining profit from Changfeng Building."

Li Guanyi’s eyes suddenly lit up.

Changfeng Building, ah!

Jiangnan’s First Building, ah!

Having bought Flowing Wind Returning Snow Pavilion and still having so much left, a bulging pouch—could it all be golden beans? Erlang ah Erlang, the offer you made, truly, was a real great gift!

Xue Zhaoji, looking at the young fellow who was a bit fond of wealth according to Old Mr. Xue’s assessment, smiled gently and said, "About Changfeng Building’s operation."

"Old Mr. Xue has a suggestion. He says that a place like Changfeng Building, where people from the Martial World and the Court, and those from all walks of life come to drink and taste tea, would be a waste if it were only used as a place to make money. He asks if you would like to turn Changfeng Building into a place for gathering intelligence?"

"In that case, most of Changfeng Building’s profits would be used to collect information."

"Your silver coins will be much less."

"And the intelligence collected might not be of much use, or to put it another way, nine tenths of this information will be miscellaneous, and maybe only one tenth might be somewhat valuable—spending a great deal of silver, and in the end, you might only obtain a few pieces of information with great value."

"Of course, you are the Tower Master, and everything is up to you."

He placed the money pouch on the table.

Then he saw the young man smile, Li Guanyi said, "Gathering intelligence?"

Li Guanyi shook his head.

Before Xue Zhaoji could speak, the young man tossed the money pouch back and replied, "Hard work. Add one more thing, gather talented individuals."

Xue Zhaoji, seeing that the youth was not obsessed with silver coins, his eyes clear and bright, paused for a moment and remembered the old man in Jiangzhou City, who had laughed loudly and said that although Li Guanyi was a bit fond of money, he still had a heroic spirit.

Xue Zhaoji smiled slightly and bowed, saying, "As you wish."

"Old Mr. Xue has already started gathering intelligence at Changfeng Building."

"He said, you would definitely choose this."

Then he lightly brushed his sleeve and pushed the money pouch away; it was full and bulging, but it was filled with copper coins. The young Taoist felt Elder Xue’s sense of humor quite directly but did not get annoyed. Instead, he felt helpless and then laughed heartily.

"Old Mr. Xue ah Old Mr. Xue, one day I will not be writing you letters."

In front of him, the elder with Five-layered Heaven martial skills bowed and smiled:

"Subordinate Xue Zhaoji, greets the Tower Master."

"Changfeng Building is adept at gathering intelligence. Here is this month’s intelligence for the Tower Master to verify."

"Additionally, this is a spirit bird prepared for you by Old Mr. Xue, purchased with the profits of Changfeng Building. Although it’s not good at fighting, it is extremely fast at fleeing, especially apt at delivering messages." He handed over a cage, which contained a white bird with long feathers.

Li Guanyi could only sigh; Old Mr. Xue was still Old Mr. Xue, still the tiger of the chaotic world.

He flipped through the intelligence handed to him this time.

A jumble of numerous events, but only a few caught Li Guanyi’s attention.

[Ye Buyi has made a breakthrough in his realm, reaching the Third Layer Heaven, unrivaled at the moment]

[Because of the Crown Prince’s affair, Yan Daiqing was marginalized by the literati forces]

[Ji Yanzhong has left Chen State Jiangzhou City, carrying the Chi Xiao Sword on his way to Zhenbei City]

That old gentleman is coming again, with the Chi Xiao Sword?

Li Guanyi pondered thoughtfully, then he saw a particular piece of intelligence, emphasized specially.

[The Yue Family Army splits, Yue Qianfeng, Yan Xuanji, and other Fierce Generals, leading eight thousand Heavy Cavalry, have broken away from the main formation of the Yue Family Army. The Imperial Family supervisor was slain by Yue Qianfeng, that detachment of eight thousand Heavy Cavalry has already breached several Gates and is now heading outside the border.]

Outside the border?!

Li Guanyi’s gaze became focused, he had once recorded the geographical map of Chen Country at the Imperial Guard headquarters, and vaguely remembered that to go from the Yue Family Army’s position directly outside the border, one would inevitably pass through the land of Zhenbei.

Zhenbei City!

Li Guanyi thought for a moment, he picked up the pen and said:

"I have a letter to send to Elder Xue."

"The fastest possible."

Li Guanyi wrote a letter, detailing matters such as the [Qilin Hunting Conference], [Yuwen Family], [martial sects of Chen Country’s Northern Domain], he wrote hoping Elder Xue would deploy soldiers to resolve the matter, while Li Guanyi himself could take the opportunity to leave Zhenbei City Gate with Aunt.

Zhenbei City hosts thirty thousand valiant soldiers.

In this way, it would also create an opportunity for Yue Qianfeng and Yan Xuanji leading General Yue to pass through this area!

It’s a strategy to kill three birds with one stone.

The youth took up the pen, the paper still showing fresh marks of grinding. His left hand pressed the desk, his right hand held the pen, and it was as if he could see before him the famous general Yuwen Lie.

The world as a chessboard, ah.

But now, not only the Martial World, Ying Country, but even the spearheads of the Yue Family Army have stepped onto this stage. And as Li Guanyi lifted the pen and wrote his characters, it was like he was sitting across from Yuwen Lie, playing a game with this renowned general.

The youth sighed, passing the letter to Xue Zhaoji.

Xue Zhaoji sent the letter off with the utmost speed.

Li Guanyi then wrote another letter, containing his own strategy, and then said, "The Yue Family Army has not concealed its sharpness, continuously breaking through and slaying officials. It is a lone army; no one will want to block this force. It is hard to deal with them, and it would inflict massive casualties on one’s own forces."

"But Zhenbei Pass is different."

"Thirty thousand valiant soldiers, massive fortifications—deliver this letter ahead of the Yue Family Army."