Chapter 1414: He Likes to Spread the Fire, Not Be the Fire Himself

"I heard Leader Mi once served under the Prince of Chu?"

Chen Guanlou spoke bluntly and asked directly.

He couldn't handle the roundabout way.

"The distinguished guest is indeed omniscient. That's right, I once served under the Prince of Chu, holding the rank of General of Martial Might."

Chen Guanlou nodded in understanding. "Not bad, not bad. May I ask, did you serve under the real Prince of Chu, or the fake one?"

"You..."

Mi Wu's pupils dilated, his face twisted, looking like he was being pushed into a corner and would fight to the death with him.

Chen Guanlou raised his hand slightly, signaling the other party to calm down. "No need to be so nervous. Everyone in this bandit camp combined couldn't be my opponent. If I wanted to slaughter you, it would be easy. So don't attempt any dangerous moves. Besides, I have no malice toward you; I'm purely curious. I've seen the Prince of Chu in the capital!"

Mi Wu looked conflicted, uneasy, and finally looked completely confused and uncomprehending.

"You don't need to know how I saw the Prince of Chu. Forgot to tell you, I also saw the Princess of Chu, and Miss Yue beside her. Do you know Miss Yue?"

"You actually know Miss Yue?" Mi Wu looked incredulous.

Seeing the Prince and Princess of Chu might have been fabricated.

But Miss Yue, someone who wasn't familiar with the Prince's Mansion couldn't even make that up.

"I have some connection with her; now you should believe I have no malice toward you."

"The distinguished guest is indeed from the capital; listening to your accent, it sounds like people from there. In the past, at the Prince's Mansion, I had seen people from the capital, and they all spoke like you."

Mi Wu let down his guard, looking dejected.

Chen Guanlou raised his eyebrows and smiled. "Can you tell me who is the fake Prince of Chu, and who is the real one?"

"The one you saw is the Prince of Chu!" Mi Wu said.

Chen Guanlou said 'oh'. "In that case, you people all know that the Prince of Chu who commanded the battlefield with certainty was a fake."

"What's the difference between fake and real."

"Indeed, there's no difference. Then can you tell me, is the fake one still alive? If he is alive, why did he fail?"

Mi Wu smiled miserably. "The distinguished guest truly knows how to stab people in the heart. I am of low rank; actually, I don't know many things. The question you ask is also the truth I have been searching for. Since you have seen the Princess of Chu, you can ask her. No one knows the things inside better than she does. The fake Prince of Chu was created by her."

Chen Guanlou looked regretful.

Mi Wu, a mere General of Martial Might, indeed couldn't reach the core secrets. Knowing that the Prince of Chu on the battlefield was a fake was already his good fortune.

"The imperial court captured many defeated generals of the Prince of Chu, and some people chose to surrender in advance. Why didn't a single person reveal the truth about the Prince of Chu?"

"Because they didn't know."

"Why do you know?"

"I wasn't captured by the imperial court, nor did I surrender to them. I took my brothers and escaped, setting up camp here. After a long time, former comrades came to find me, and I learned about the Prince's matter."

So that's how it was!

Chen Guanlou suddenly realized.

He had said that a mere General of Martial Might couldn't know such core secrets. Knowing it was his good fortune.

"Have you thought about what to do in the future? You can't just hide in the mountain gullies and farm for the rest of your life."

"I haven't thought that far. Just being able to survive is enough!" Mi Wu looked like he had no ambition.

Chen Guanlou chuckled. "Haven't thought about rebelling?"

Mi Wu heard this, as if he had heard a huge joke, and immediately laughed out loud. "With this few people, dreaming of rebelling, the distinguished guest shouldn't joke."

"That's true. Half are women and children, and the strong men are responsible for farming and blacksmithing, with only a few able to train as soldiers. With this little strength, you can't even take down a county town. Unless you can coerce the people, drive them to be cannon fodder, and attack the city for you. Unfortunately, this move can only be used occasionally and is not conducive to long-term warfare."

"Does the distinguished guest understand warfare?"

"I don't! I only know how to talk on paper, to inspire writing! Let me operate it, and I don't have that ability."

Chen Guanlou was realistic; he wasn't good at practical operations. At most, he could compare and provide some combat programs and theoretical ideas that were ahead of this era!

He liked to spread the fire, not be the fire himself!

Mi Wu wasn't disappointed; in this day and age, someone who could talk about how to attack a county town was definitely not an ordinary person. He must be a great person!

Proper scholars, how many know how to attack cities and seize territory? Not to mention practical operations, they couldn't even come up with specific plans.

Being able to talk on paper, at least there must be goods in the stomach.

"The distinguished guest is humble!"

Chen Guanlou stared at the other party. "Can you do business?"

"I can't. However, the private secretary under me knows how to do a little business to subsidize the deficit."

Chen Guanlou smiled knowingly. "Short of capital?"

Mi Wu looked confused, not understanding why the other party asked these things.

Chen Guanlou simply changed the way he said it. "Do you want to change to a larger territory? Do you want more soldiers who don't have to farm?"

Want!

Of course he wanted to!

He dreamed about it!

But resources were limited, so he could only be a bandit.

"Do you have the heart to rebel?"

Mi Wu continued to be confused.

Chen Guanlou laughed. "I'll invest in you, count it as shares, and you go do business. If you don't understand, go ask your private secretary. Tell him these words of mine word for word, and he will analyze it for you and tell you the answer."

"May I ask the distinguished guest's name? If you make money in the future and have other achievements, it will be good to send the money to the distinguished guest."

"My surname is Chen! Don't ask for the specific name. I'll invest one hundred thousand taels in you; in half a month, take this token and go to the bank in the city to withdraw the money."

Chen Guanlou took out a jade pendant, picked up a dagger at random, and 'swish, swish, swish'... the jade pendant became the shape he wanted.

A big 'Chen' character on it!

The blade was sharp, and there was a hint of murderous intent.

A token that couldn't even be imitated in essence.

Stained with ink, he pressed it heavily on white paper, and a 'Chen' character with complex lace jumped onto the paper.

"Keep this jade pendant, and you can withdraw one hundred thousand taels. Don't let me down!"

"The distinguished guest really gives me the money? Aren't you afraid I'll run away with the money?"

Mi Wu's head was dizzy.

One hundred thousand taels, this was real gold and silver, one hundred thousand taels. Not one thousand, not ten thousand.

His head became more and more dizzy.

"You can try running once! See how far your limit can escape. I'm quite curious."

Chasing murderers for a thousand miles, he had done it.

Killing people for ten thousand miles, if there was a chance, he wanted to try it too!

Mi Wu immediately showed an awkward smile. "The distinguished guest misunderstood, I was just saying. Rest assured, distinguished guest, I definitely won't run. I will definitely make good use of this money and definitely achieve results."

"I'll give you four words: make it big and strong! To elaborate, fighting a war is fighting for people, fighting for equipment, and in the final analysis, fighting for money. Managing territory requires your own program, which you can understand as rules. You must establish a belief for the people under you, a belief that you won't give up even if you fall into a desperate situation!

Doing things, don't be afraid of poverty or hardship, be afraid of inequality! As the leader, you must be fair and just to convince the crowd. Use people to their full potential; sometimes, some positions don't need people with high moral standards. People with high moral standards usually can't get things done, but they can be supervised and urged."

"Distinguished guest, slow down, let me write it down word for word! Distinguished guest, let me write you an IOU!"

"Go call your private secretary." Chen Guanlou looked at the awkward posture of the other party holding the pen, and suddenly the whole person felt bad.

He suspected the one hundred thousand taels would be wasted!

Is it too late to regret now?

Or should he just destroy the token and run away! ===== CHAPTER 1415 =====