And although the warriors of the Black Mamba tribe were not as good as the original cause, they were able to catch snakes for such a long time without dying. Naturally, they had the ability, enough to make their small tribe struggle hard on the African prairie.

But in Li Zhen's view, these people in the Black Mamba are a bunch of idiots, and they are simply wasting resources - if they can have such flexible brains as Ben Yin, they won't be a small tribe all the time.

Since he can catch a black mamba, his physique and hand speed are generally not too bad. Such a person is simply a natural fighter. With this ability, what kind of snake is there to catch?Go directly to grab resources from others?The most important resource on the African prairie is water. As long as there is sufficient water, even if they compete for a piece of living land on the banks of the Nile, how can their tribe not develop?As long as they are given 100 years of development time, maybe the Black Mamba tribe will become the name of an empire.

But what are they doing?

With such a good ability, he actually catches snakes for fun?

I just don't know what to say.

You deserve to suffer on the prairie.

In fact, it was also one of the reasons why Benyin left the tribe. He once suggested to the chief that he hoped to change the development model of the tribe. Even being a mercenary would be better than catching snakes.However, he was rejected and scolded by the tribal chiefs and elders who were content with the status quo, which made him lose face in front of his companions. Therefore, he resolutely left the tribe and quickly made some achievements. At the beginning, he was not captured by a horse, but he had been developing under the governor of Egypt. Perhaps in less than ten years, he could become a real general. to prove yourself right.

It's a pity that he became a slave after all, and fell into the hands of Li Zhen. He worked for 20 years, and he didn't know if he could go back in this life.

Chapter 1104 Tingfeng Mercenary II ([-] words)

Chapter 51 Tingfeng Mercenary II ([-] words)

Such a big waste, even Li Zhen can't stand it anymore, he has already decided that if he really reaches Africa one day in the future, he must personally accompany Ben Yin to go back and see the black mamba warriors with his own eyes. Skill, if they can meet their own standards, then I don’t mind giving Ben Yin a face, helping him form a black army, and handing it over to him to lead it himself-this is also how much he has paid for himself over the years, Didn't ask for anything in return.

"That's really great." Hearing that Li Zhen was going to her own tribe, Benyin was even more overjoyed, and said very happily: "If such a distinguished guest as His Highness can go to the Black Mamba, then our whole tribe will welcome His Highness." your arrival.

In fact, although our black mambas are brave, we are a peaceful tribe and a very hospitable tribe. It is not as aggressive as other tribes. Instead, we often do business with merchants from all over the world, and Because of our bravery, no one in the surrounding tribes dared to provoke us, so we have always lived in a peaceful environment.

And this may be the reason why the chief grandpa rejected me. In their thinking, a peaceful life should be more important than the development of the tribe... Unfortunately, 30 years have passed, and the servants may never see the chief grandpa again They have... Speaking of it, when I was in the Black Mamba, it was also the happiest and most carefree period of life for the slaves. Since leaving, although the status has become higher and higher, the one that can never be found again It's almost time to plant. "

As he talked, Benyin became sad again, apparently thinking of his life in the Black Mamba tribe.

Li Zhen comforted: "This is also something that can't be helped. If you want to get something, you must lose another thing. This is the cycle of heaven. And you still have at least ten years of carefree life, but I Since I was a child, I have lived in the imperial palace in dire straits. That is the real place where people can eat people without spit out their bones. There is no carefree childhood there. I have to struggle to climb up—do you think that this palace likes this kind of life? In fact, what I want to be the most is actually a happy prince. Drinking wine and enjoying flowers every day, how happy are those days? But in the royal family, there is no such word as happy. If you want to be truly happy, you can only climb to the top, and when you reach the top, you have to worry about being dragged down by others... Hey... You can listen to this kind of words Okay, don't spread the word."

After sighing for a while, Li Zhen finally came to his senses, and immediately gave a stern warning.

"Don't worry, Your Highness, the slaves won't spread the word. If it spreads, let us hit the sky." Benin Creevey and Luo Lin all swear very seriously——As for Cheng Chuliang, after bringing the three of them just left.

"Well, Rollins."

"Your Highness, your subordinate is here." Luo Lin had been listening to the side, and did not take the initiative to intervene. Now he heard Li Zhen calling him, and quickly responded.

"I threw you into the wind, you didn't blame me, did you?" Luo Lin was definitely considered a top talent, and being able to graduate from Xue Rengui's hands showed how extraordinary he was.

Now, in just five years, he has climbed from a recruit to the third position of the Tingfeng mercenary today, controlling the wealth and lives of tens of thousands of warriors, and seeing the leader Benyin and the second leader Kerry Wei is about to retire, and he is already recognized as the best candidate for the new head. It can be seen that his ability is even more extraordinary, even if he leads an army alone, it is enough to be a general.

It's a pity that his qualifications are too low. He just became the commander of the Qianjia Battalion, but he was dismissed because of a mistake, and then he was thrown by Li Zhen into the Tingfeng Mercenary Corps to train, and now he has become the leader of the Tingfeng Mercenary Army— ——Although there are tens of thousands of Tingfeng mercenaries, and a leader can be regarded as less than one person and more than ten thousand people, but after all, it is only Li Zhen's private army, a mistress without a status, not even a concubine, and has a bright future It is far inferior to generals from the regular army.

"Your Highness really underestimates my subordinates. I have never thought of this before. For Your Highness, my subordinates have always only felt gratitude and no resentment." Luo Lin immediately knelt down, paused and said: "No He said he should have been punished for doing something wrong, and his subordinates caused hundreds of colleagues in the Qianjia Battalion to lose their lives, which led to the biggest fiasco of the Boys Army since its establishment. It is really a shame for the Boys Army. Even if His Highness killed his subordinates, no one would say anything. Fortunately, His Highness was merciful, not only spared his life, but also gave his subordinates a chance. His subordinates were so grateful that it was too late. Have a grudge?

Besides, this subordinate was just an orphan before, and he used to live a life of ups and downs, and he might be buried in severe cold or disease at any time. It was His Highness who gave this subordinate a chance to live again, not only allowing us to eat and clothe ourselves , even invited a famous teacher to teach my subordinates, and gave us a chance to ascend to the sky. I just had my subordinates today. If there is no Your Highness, even if my subordinates can still live, they can only become ordinary people at most, living a life better than others. A slightly better life, how can there be a wonderful life today?

His Highness has shown his kindness to his subordinates, and his subordinates are overwhelmed with gratitude, so how can there be any complaints? "

Luo Lin's words are very sincere, which shows that he is indeed sincere and sincere, not just pretending to be false.

"In this case, let's settle this matter while everyone is here." Li Zhen stood up: "Benyin and Creevey are both old and are no longer suitable for fighting on the battlefield. I can't bear to let you fight on the battlefield, now I appoint the two of you as the prince's left guards to lead the deputy commanders, and the ranks start from the fourth rank, so you will follow me from now on."

"Thank you, Your Highness." Benyin and Creevey thanked him quickly. Don't look at it as a deputy leader, but he is already a senior official from the fourth rank, and the main responsibility of the prince's left guard is to be in charge of the guard of honor, and he belongs to the guard of honor. Not involved in defense work, I have a lot of leisure every day, and I will be a little busy when the prince is on tour. It is a good place to retire.

"As for the leader of Tingfeng..." Li Zhen put her gaze on Luo Lin again: "Luo Lin, Tingfeng's palace will be handed over to you - this army is of great use to the palace. Let me protect you, even if you would rather not make money in the future, absolutely don't take risks, otherwise you will damage my reputation, and I will never forgive you."

"Yes, thank you, Your Highness. This subordinate will definitely serve His Highness to the death, be loyal, and never disappoint His Highness's high expectations." Luo Lin was overjoyed. Although he knew that Ting Fengda's position must belong to him, he did not get Li Zhen's favor after all. Appointment, to be honest, he was also very nervous before, for fear that Li Zhen would parachute someone to take over Ben Yin's position, and then he would really have to fetch water from a bamboo basket.But now with Li Zhen's confirmation, he finally breathed a sigh of relief.

As for Li Zhen's warning, he also listened to it, and was even more happy in his heart—it was obvious that Li Zhen's establishment of Tingfeng was not just about making money. He is the richest man in the Tang Dynasty. It is said that he earns more money in a year than the national treasury in a year. How can he value the little money Tingfeng mercenaries earn?

Therefore, to set up such a large-scale mercenary army, it is obvious that Li Zhen has other plans, but no matter what the plan is, it means that Tingfeng's position in Li Zhen's heart is quite high in the future—since Tingfeng's position Very high, then he, the new leader who listens to the wind, will naturally be named in Li Zhen's heart, so don't think that he can only be regarded as Li Zhen's private army now, but once Li Zhen succeeds to the throne in the future, or when he When using Tingfeng mercenary, then his status will definitely take a turn for the worse, and from then on, he will become a leading general, and it is very possible to be named a marquis.

"In that case, then give him the token." Li Zhen ordered.

"Yes." Benyin immediately took out a jade ring, which is the token of the Tingfeng mercenary, and the one who holds this token is the leader.

"Thank you Your Highness, I am willing to die for Your Highness." Luo Lin immediately took the jade ring, held it high on his head, and kowtowed to Li Zhen again.

"Your Highness, the dinner is ready, it's time to go out." Just as Li Zhen finished his business and was chatting with Ben Yin and Creevey, a servant came in to report.

Li Zhen smiled and said: "That's great, after talking so much, I'm a little hungry... Benin, Creevey, you have personally risked yourself and escaped to the desert for more than ten years for the great cause of this palace. Your hard work has paid off, this banquet is my palace's welcome banquet for you, hurry up and go out with me, so that I can introduce you to your colleagues in the future."

"Yes, thank you, Your Highness." Benyin and Creevey were not polite, and they will follow Li Zhen's side from now on, and they no longer have to live in fear, and naturally they don't need to hide their identities anymore—not to mention that they have made it public before. identity.

After taking off, everyone dispersed one after another, Li Zhen also returned to the residence, and then, unsurprisingly, he fell ill again...

This really does not blame others, it is really his own death - he was seriously ill, but he did not have a good rest, finally healed up, so he continued to participate in the banquet, making a fuss all night, He also drank a lot of alcohol, and if he continues to toss like this, an ordinary healthy person may not be able to get sick, not to mention his own body is sick, it's strange if he doesn't get sick, and the sickness is added to the sickness, which is even more serious.

This time Li Zhen was really seriously ill. He was unconscious all the time and had a high fever. The white bird with him rescued him for three consecutive days before he was rescued, but he still didn't wake up. His fleet came to visit but did not see Li Zhen. The disappointed Situ Chen had no choice but to go back with tens of thousands of prisoners. Although Li Zhen was ill, the government affairs in Luzon never stopped.

Fang Yiai and others have been following his previous instructions, not only the handling of the captured criminals, but also the post-war reconstruction of Yegang and the work of changing defenses. Li Zhendu and the arrangements made in advance—— Not only will Lin Fa and his fleet be transferred away, but Fang Yiai's term of office will also be up, and his Protectorate will also be temporarily disbanded.

The subordinates should also be promoted according to their merits, and those who should be relegated should be arranged to go to other places. As for the new Luzon Governor, he will bring his own team, effectively curbing the capital. , as well as local officials staying in positions for a long time, thus forming a harbinger of aristocratic families.

During Li Zhen's illness, Fang Yiai's suppression of the underworld in Luzon did not end. Although Yegang is the largest black market gathering place in Luzon and even the entire Nanyang, this does not mean that Luzon is not The country is prosperous and the people are safe, and the people live and work in peace and contentment. There are also gangsters there, but they are not as rampant as Yegang.This time, Fang Yiai used the method of thunder, like a strong wind passing through the country, sweeping away all the dead branches and rotten leaves. Although there may be fish that slipped through the net, but after all, only a small number escaped, and there was no big wave. .

And after this raid, there was an unexpected joy, that is, with this big cleansing, the reason for the war in Yegang was leaked out, and the people and merchants just realized that the announcement of the Duhufu was true. Yes, the battle that day was really a battle against gangsters, so when the merchants learned the detailed process, it caused an effect that no one had thought of-it is reasonable to say that there was a war in Yegang, The economic environment here should be lowered because of this. Merchants should not regard Coconut Port as the first choice for landing in order to be safe.

However, to everyone's surprise, the number of merchants who came and went not only did not decrease, but increased. On the seventh day after the end of the Dangye Port War, the officials of the Shibo Department counted the number of merchant ships that had landed in the last few days and found that It was actually [-]% higher than before—this is simply a miracle.

Even Fang Yiai was very surprised. He thought that this time he might have to collect a lot less tax, and the court would even hold him accountable, but now it seems that not only will he not be held accountable, he may even be rewarded.

Fang Yiai doesn't care about rewards or not. He is more curious about this matter, so he asked a few merchants to ask, and finally got the answer - the answers of those merchants were very unified. It is because they think that the underworld in Yegang has been wiped out, and it will be safer for them to do business in Yegang in the future.

The geographical location of Yegang is unquestionable. It is known as the largest port in Luzon, but Fang Yiai has not fully realized the development potential here. The main reason is that this is a city of crime, and it is the existence of the underworld. As a result, some merchants are unwilling to come here to develop - don't think that the people in the black market are so loyal, they have done a lot of unconscionable things for the sake of profit, and the merchants who robbed and landed are almost all gangsters, gangsters and other underworld forces. Things that have been done, even some gangsters who have done too much not only rob goods, but even people, so those poor merchants will not only lose their supplies, but they themselves will be sold to traffickers, without a place to die .

Chapter 1105

Chapter 52 The Cheap Picks

The reason is very simple, the law and order in Yegang is very chaotic, and the number of businessmen who disappear here in Yegang every year is quite a few. Almost every month, Fang Yiai's Duhufu will receive some buttons about missing persons.This has also caused some businessmen to even be afraid of this place, and regard Yegang as a dragon's pool and tiger's lair that can eat people without spit out bones. They would rather take more detours than land here, which greatly reduces the development potential of Yegang.

But it is different now, the underworld forces here have been wiped out by Fang Yiai, and the sense of security of the merchants has greatly increased. Compared with other cities that have not yet cleared up the underworld, Yegang has become the safest port in Luzon. So it attracted a large number of merchants to come to do business.

"I really didn't expect the reason to be like this." Fang Yiai couldn't laugh or cry when she found out the reason, and at the same time, she was a little bit pissed: "I blame His Highness, it would be great if I could clear up the gangsters in Yegang earlier, now it's great , I will be transferred to another place soon, such a good situation can only be cheaper for others, I am really not reconciled..."

This is something that Fang Yiai regrets. If he can clear up the underworld earlier, then the development potential of Yegang will be discovered earlier, the tax revenue of Yegang will once again hit a new high, and Fang Yiai will also be favored by the court. He was commended, but it was too late now, he was going to be transferred to another place soon, and now it seemed that this place could only benefit others.

"Forget it, the person here is not an outsider anyway. What are you worried about? And at least you have completed the task of clearing up the law and order. Yuchi Ersha is not an outsider. Are you still worried that he will swallow up your credit? There will be." Unlike Fang Yi's heartbroken blood, Cheng Chuliang was very happy: "And you are not a mediocre person. You have been transferred from the Luzon Metropolitan Guard to the Tianzhu Metropolitan Protectorate—this is the Metropolitan Protectorate. Ah, you are already a high-ranking official from the second rank, what else are you not satisfied with?"

Fang Yiai rolled her eyes: "Nonsense, of course I know it's my own, but I just don't feel well. Back then Yuchi Ersha was not my opponent, he was beaten by me every day, even adding his brother Dasha is not enough I beat him by myself, and now I can actually follow my ass and take advantage of me, it’s really a turn of events—why didn’t I really beat Tun Mi into a fool?"

Although Fang Xuanling did not help Fang Yiai much after becoming an official, he would still pass on some information about the court to Fang Yiai, especially matters related to Fang Yiai's future, so although Far away in Luzon, Fang Yiai already knew the imperial court's plan and the identity of the person who would succeed him—it was Yuchi Baoqing.

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