Throne Steps

Li Chen's words made everyone start to guess.However, Li Chen didn't intend to go into details, which made Yan Ying and his group who had their appetites whetted really want to beat him up.

After all, Fudexi is also from Ainuma, and when Xia Luo didn't get the answer, he tried to get a hint from him.However, the tacit understanding between the two is obviously not much better than before. Fordhy maintained that immobile expression, and Xia Luo couldn't even guess whether he knew the answer or not.

The time always passed quickly when chatting casually, and someone came to tell me that lunch was ready after a while.

Everyone is a mercenary, and they are not strangers. Rock Eagle did not arrange for Black Swan to have dinner alone.Li Chen followed the crowd to a place in Yanying where people gathered for lunch. Barbecue and other fresh food were laid out on several wooden tables, so it was not afraid of being damaged even in the cold winter.It was still broad daylight at noon, and the people of Yanying opened several barrels of wine, and drank them openly in the name of drinking to warm up.

It was mid-winter and the New Year was going on, so there were very few inexplicable offensive choices at this time, and Kaga didn't care much about the nonsense of the team members.

Not long after arriving at the venue, someone came to greet Li Chen with a glass of wine.This group is not unfamiliar, it is the first mercenary mission with Saenz after Li Chen changed his identity, and the mercenaries who were transferred to Yanying in Oloire County by agreement-Zoman, "Bear Bear" and others people.

"Long time no see, little guy." Zuoman stuffed a glass of beer into Li Chen's hand, and touched the glass in the other hand, "Happy New Year, are you still so busy at this time?"

Li Chen had a drink with him: "It's not busy, isn't this here to play?"

Given that the kid said a lot when negotiating where to go with Sal, Zoman didn't believe him at all when he said "come to play".But Zuoman didn't care what he came for, he joined the regiment to protect his brain, since they joined Yanying, Zuoman saved a lot of brains.

"You're not busy, but Sal is busy?"

Li Chen glanced at him: "He is him, and I am me."

Zuoman said happily: "This sounds a bit tempered, did it hit your sore spot?"

Yes, which pot is not opened and which pot is lifted.Li Chen thought from the bottom of his heart, but when the words came to his lips, they had different meanings: "Why do people always ask 'Where is Sal' and 'What is Sal doing' no matter where I go?"

"Oh, well, the brat is jealous." Zuoman shrugged, "Then don't mention him. You come here during Chinese New Year, are you planning to find another job to destroy us?"

"'We'?" Li Chen replied, "Why, it sounds like you are quite used to this place?"

"It's nothing to adapt to or not, where is it not to eat?" Zuoman said, "But you won't come here easily, will you? So... what big move?"

Li Chen twitched the corner of his mouth: "You don't belong to me, if you want to know the mission, you can ask whoever you should."

"Tsk tsk, I haven't seen you for a few years, and your temper is getting more and more difficult to deal with." Zuoman sighed, "How long do you plan to stay here? You can always ask, right?"

"I'll wait for Fudexi." Li Chen held the cup and raised it in the direction of Fudexi, "but I don't think he will stay for long."

"Yeah..." Zuoman took a sip of beer, looked at the crowd, squinted his eyes and said, "No one wants to be idle about Suoyang, right?"

Li Chen glanced at him.

Zuoman shrugged: "what?"

"It's nothing." Li Chen put down his cup and stood up, "It's just that you talk about the military situation indiscriminately, so be careful to be silenced by Sal."

Li Chen came to Yanying, in addition to avoiding his boss, of course he had to do business.

Fudexi said that he would be in charge of handling the business transferred from the black swan to Amoya, but he might not be able to make decisions on his own at critical times, because not only did he have a child on his head, but he also had a pure white color.Li Chen sat on the scene when he was negotiating, even if he didn't say a word, he could still represent the third young master of the Sarnlich family.

Moreover, Fudexi reported to him the whole process of the negotiations, so Li Chen understood the current process, and was not just a mere display at the scene.

In addition, he just came from Amoya, the young master of the chamber of commerce, so when Fudexi and Kajia encountered any problems, they could basically solve them by simply asking him.

After successfully passing some of the original hurdles, after Kajia glanced over several times, Li Chen finally said: "If you have any questions, just speak up."

Fordhi glanced sideways at him.

Kaga smiled: "Then I won't be polite... What's the situation with Suoyan?"

Li Chen raised his eyebrows, but did not show any surprise.He leaned on the back of the chair, resting his chin on one hand: "Everyone who sees me, the first question is pure white color, and the second question is Suoyang." He secretly said in his heart: I am the official speaker person?

"Isn't this a natural thing?" Kaga smiled, but he was never friendly. "What else do you expect from yourself?"

His words were poisonous, Li Chen raised his eyelids and gave him a look: "I have nothing to say."

Kajia's eyes were fixed on him: "Huh?"

Li Chen sneered: "Do you still expect me to say something useful?"

Kaga raised his eyebrows: "Shouldn't it be?"

"...You think too much about me." Li Chen laughed at himself, "I may not know more than you."

"The eyes of the whole world are fixed on the pure white highnesses, waiting to see their confrontation." Kaga said slowly, "You are the number one 'running dog' of the third highness, you know everything. have no idea?"

The word "running dog" is really not polite at all, which made Lichen and Fudexi squint their eyes at the same time.

"That really disappoints you." Li Chen put away the sudden sharpness just now, and returned to his previous lazy appearance, "I really don't know anything."

Kaga narrowed his eyes, and asked from another angle: "So... is the spring offensive sure to win?"

"...What I said to Amoya, I will tell you again—" Li Chen replied, "Don't just wait and see the show. The southwestern garrison has many soldiers, if even they can't hold a small Suoyang, no one will feel better."

"Sounds like a winning ticket?"

"It's normal to win. If you don't win, you're one of ten thousand." Li Chen licked the corner of his mouth at Kajia, "In the end, what's the matter with Suoyang?"

On the surface, of course, there is no way to fight, but Rock Eagle and Saenz are tied to the same boat, and it is normal to ask.Kajia showed a clear expression, glanced at him and said, "Sure enough... did you quarrel with your highness?"

There is no tactful straight ball, and the tone and content are also annoying.However, Li Chen's posture didn't change at all, and he replied with a half-smile: "Yes or no, what does it matter to you?"

"Li Chen, I'm often said to be 'not nice to speak'." Ka Jia showed a sinister sneer, "But sometimes, I really think you are the one who is 'not nice to speak'."

"I can put it more harshly." Li Chen imitated his smile, sat up straight and leaned over the table, "Two warnings: one, don't talk about the military situation; two, don't talk about the privacy of pure white. "

That night.

Lichen and Fudexi lived together, they came back together, tidied up, and prepared to rest, during which time they basically didn't talk.It wasn't until Lichen had climbed into bed that Fudexi asked, "What about Suoyang...what are your plans?"

Li Chen turned over to look at him: "What?"

"Although I don't understand what game you and that person are playing..." Fudexi sat on the edge of his bed and watched him, "But Suoyang, who you have worked so hard on, is planning to end it like this?"

Li Chen sneered: "How is it possible?"

"It's really impossible. You were stared at at the beginning of last year. You never make a loss-making business." Fudexi replied, "But as you said, the Southwest Garrison will not easily fail in Suoyang. What do you want to get out of this?"

"'Get'?" Li Chen raised his eyebrows, sat up, crossed his legs and supported his elbows, "Since you are doing it, what do you think?"

Fu Dexi was taken aback: "Me?"

Li Chen looked at him: "Yes, you."

As the two principals of the Black Swan, Akye and Fudexi often only do the execution without asking the reason. Li Chen was really distressed for a long time.Over the past few years, although the two have made some progress, they are still far from Li Chen's ideal.Fudexi seems to talk more than Akeye, but after all, Akeye was in charge of almost the entire mercenary group, and his vision is still several levels higher than that of Fudexi.In addition, Li Chen had a tacit understanding with him, so if Akeye didn't ask, it might not be because he didn't understand.

Li Chen has been looking for an opportunity to communicate with Fudexi about his way of thinking about problems, and now is a good opportunity.Although Fudexi's problem is not too big, he can see the big from the small.

Fudexi was a little aware of what he wanted to say, thought for a while and said: "I understand why those nobles are interested in Suoyang, but why are the mercenary regiments joining in the fun? There is no problem with the garrison, the rationing, and the royal court. , The master is famous, and he is sure to win. How many benefits can be leaked out of a small war? If you want to find out the leaks in the war, why didn't you be active when the Northland suppressed it?"

This question is actually very normal. Fordesh would ask such a question, and he actually already had quite an opinion.But for Li Chen, this is not enough.Fudexi needs a wider vision and a higher level of vision in order to see the bigger picture.As the person in charge of the black swan, one must not only have top-notch execution ability, but also must look at the overall situation and look far ahead.

Li Chen's opening question was: "What do you think...why did Suo Yang fight?"

Fordhi was taken aback by the question.It's not that he can't think of the answer, on the contrary, it's because he can think of the answer in an instant that he feels that there is something strange here.

But he can only truthfully say what he thinks in his heart: "Because Suoyang didn't pay taxes, and then rose to the point of intending to secede from the Federation... And Fujalal wanted to use this to intervene in the Southwest Garrison, use military power to expand its power, and thus aggravate himself. Weights."

To put it succinctly, but it is true.Li Chen smiled and said, "Indeed, but I'd like to ask it in a different way—do you think the battle of Suoyang is necessary?"

Fordhi replied: "For Fujalal, it must be done."

"For Fjalal, this is 'necessary' and beneficial..." Li Chen asked again, "But it is the two sides that are fighting, have you considered Suo Yang's position?"

"Soyan?"

"Yes, Suoyang." Li Chen changed his sitting position, with his legs hanging by the bed and his arms behind his back.This posture is a bit lazy, but Li Chen's topic is very serious: "Does Suo Yang really want this war?"

"Of course Suoyang doesn't want to fight." Fudexi raised his eyebrows: "But they provoked it, and they have to suffer no matter what the result is, don't they?"

Li Chen sighed silently, and then said: "You think so? Why did Suoyang provoke the giant Southwest Garrison in a lost war? A small border town, not to mention that it didn't pay taxes, even if it did, how much money would it have? If you were soft, made peace, and surrendered in advance, is it still necessary to mobilize the army? Not to mention anything else, the royal court will not easily issue military orders after receiving the surrender and reconciliation letter."

Fudexi couldn't figure out his train of thought for a while: "But Suoyang didn't make such a wise choice..."

Li Chen raised his eyebrows and said, "Really..."

Fudexi seemed to realize something, but he still asked: "Isn't it?"

Li Chen smiled and said: "The battle of Suoyang is necessary for Fujalal, but not necessarily for Suoyang."

This conclusion came quite abruptly, but it matched Furdhi's flash of thoughts just now: "You mean, this is Fujalal..."

"I don't dare to make such a conclusion, but it's very likely, isn't it?" Li Chen looked at his palm and smiled, "He must have an official excuse to intervene in the army openly, even if the Southwest Garrison is already Dye the color of rose.

"Many years ago, there were riots in the North, and Saenz's voluntary volunteering was in the hands of the royal family. Rose and navy blue were weak in the north, and of course they could not compete with the silver vermilion color of Saenz's mother clan, who is more powerful in the north. The task of the North fell on Saenz, naturally.

"Fjalal also wants to use his troops, so he must make a fuss near the Southwest Garrison. The so-called tax evasion of Suoyang is the alliance's 'first case' at a big scale. They will not be seen by the nobles. The southwestern garrison just wants to make a fuss with an excuse, not Suoyang or other southwest towns. Let me say that the southwestern border is generally poor, and Suoyang may not be the only one who cannot pay taxes."

"Wait, don't talk about yourself first." Fudexi said, "Didn't Suoyang hang the people of the Southwest Garrison on the wall?"

This is a blatant provocation!

Li Chen glanced at him lightly: "That's right, if you don't hang it on the wall, you can't confirm Suo Yang's 'rebellion', let alone send troops..."

The tone was gloomy and mocking, and it was all irony at first glance.Fudexi was so impressed by him that he finally followed his logic: "Your consciousness is that this is caused by Fujalal's lineage on purpose? Deliberately set up Suoyang so that they have to fight?"

Li Chen sneered and said, "Otherwise, tell me, why did Suo Yang provoke a huge monster to trample it flat?"

Fudexi looked at him for a while, then narrowed his eyes and said, "You mean... all of this was directed and performed by Fjalal himself."

Another generalization... Li Chen smiled: "Think about it with your own brain, is this the case?"

Fudexi said again: "So, Soyangli must have people from Fujalal's lineage."

Li Chen nodded and said, "That's why I pay attention to Suo Yang."

"You want to catch Fujalal's handle?" Fudexi said, "Most of our intelligence teams are in the form of caravans as a cover, and it may not be so easy to inquire into the interior."

Li Chen put his feet back on the bed: "War will lead to chaos. Fishing in troubled waters is a great time."

Hearing this, Fudexi sneered and said: "It is already sensational that a pure white person deliberately provoked chaos, but you have guessed it right. If everyone in the world is as smart as you, who would dare to fool other people like this?" ?”

"Why not? I would do the same." Li Chen slowly lay on his back on the bed, "Besides, I must not be the only one who wants to understand this. Fudexi, you have to catch up faster."

Fudexi frowned and said, "You're not the only one? If many people can see through, and Fujalal still does this, won't it damage his inherent, pure-white image?"

Thick black school... Li Chen glanced at him, stopped talking, turned around and fell asleep.

[The author has something to say]: The next chapter will send troops! ! !