Chapter 438: Inserting Some People Inside
Here is Chapter 433 of "The Great Ming in the Box": The world was huge!Extremely big!With only this small workforce of Gaojia Village, expanding slowly, it... Donât miss it!
The world was huge!Extremely big!
With only this small workforce of Gaojia Village, expanding slowly, it would take forever to grow to the entire world. Therefore, absorbing and integrating other forces was truly necessary.
Li Daoxuan had long been mentally prepared to absorb various forces. But the people to absorb had to be capable individuals he admired and deemed proper.
Guys like Wang Zuogua, Bu Zhan Ni, Fan Shanyue, Guerilla Li Ying, and Yansui General Wu Zimian were absolutely unacceptable.
But people like Zhao Sheng, Wang Er, Xing Honglang, and General Wang Chengen of Shaanxi could definitely be absorbed into his own ranks.
Li Daoxuan pondered for a moment in his heart and then had an idea.
The view switched to Gaojia Village; this time, finding Gao Yiye would be easy.
After last time taking forever to locate Gao Yiye, he had issued an order for her to wear very visible white clothes. To distinguish her from the pretentious Bai Yuan, her white garment was decorated with many pieces of red embroidery.
This way, even with many miniature people, Li Daoxuan could effortlessly spot Gao Yiye in her fluttering white robe amid a crowd of thousands.
Gao Yiye was standing at the entrance of a newly opened âDeity Egg Cake Shop,â waiting to buy egg cakes. Not just herâmany others were waiting too, forming a long queue. Gao Yiye was at the very front because no one dared to seize her spot.
Li Daoxuan saw the shopâs name and was stunned: âDeity Egg Cake Shop?â They actually used my name in the front for advertising? Why?
After looking more carefully, he understood!
What this shop made was actually old-fashioned cake, exactly like when he accidentally crushed one last time in Heyang County, causing a cake rain over Heyang County. That item was locally called âEgg Cakeâ by the people of Heyang County.
This thing fell into the food capital, and naturally, it only took moments for the chefs in the gourmet city to start studying it.
Truly exceptional chefs, just by putting one delicacy in their mouths, could list every single ingredient used. Then it was merely about figuring out the ratios and devising specific preparation methods.
And now, someone had clearly succeeded in cracking it.
This person was clever too, immediately opening the shop in the Gaojia Business Circle. The common folk here were wealthier, with stronger purchasing power. See, a long queue had already formed in front of the egg cake shopâŚ
It even contributed another boost to the prosperity of the Gaojia Village business circle!
Li Daoxuan smiled and waited until Gao Yiye bought three portions of egg cakes, giving one each to the girls Qiu and Dong. The three held them in both hands, nibbling small bites with sweet smiles on their faces. Cake really had undeniable appeal for women.
Then Li Daoxuan called out, âYiye!â
âHuh? The Deity is here,â Gao Yiye looked up, her small face filled with delight. As the scale of operations expanded, the Deity now often stayed away from above Gaojia Village. Gao Yiye rarely saw that familiar low cloud overhead, leaving her heart feeling hollow.
Hearing the Deityâs voice now, her emotions instantly peaked: âYouâve come.â
Li Daoxuan chuckled, âIâve been watching for a while, seeing you line up for egg cakes.â
âAh? Why didnât you call me earlier?â
Wouldnât it be pitiful to call you away before you had your egg cake?
He only thought this in his heart, not saying it out loud.
Li Daoxuan skipped over his own thoughts and smiled slightly, âGeneral Wang Chengen of Shaanxi will soon send people to Chengcheng County to borrow grain. He will probably go straight to Liang Shixian to request it, but Liang Shixianâs grain all comes from us. Eventually, he must come to you.â
Gao Yiye said, âI get itâwe need to give him the grain.â
âNo! Donât give,â Li Daoxuan smiled. âWe canât lend for free to unrelated individuals unless⌠he signs an agreement to endure humiliation for a heavy responsibilityâŚâ
Gao Yiye seemed oblivious, unable to comprehend this.
But Qiu and Dong, two young women, had once mingled in the entertainment quarters. They often accompanied merchants during business talks and had overheard many similar matters, so they understood the Deityâs meaning instantly upon hearing it. The two leaned close to Gao Yiyeâs ear and whispered, âThe Deity means to grasp Wang Chengenâs vital point and force him to compromise with us.â
Gao Yiye said, âAh? This⌠isnât that what bad people do?â
Qiu Ju said, âThatâs not necessarily true. Good people can also use such tactics to control bad guys.â
Dong Xue also said, âYes, merchants often act this way just to ensure others wonât harm them.â
Gao Yiye understood at this point and said, âThen, what do we want Wang Chengen to compromise on for us?â
Li Daoxuan said, âHe doesnât need to do much. He was utterly poor, with no grain or supplies at hand, and bound by the imperial court. In fact, he could do little for us. We only needed to tie him to Gaojia Villageâs warship, making him and us become one family, indistinguishable from each other.â
Gao Yiye asked, âHow do we do that?â
Li Daoxuan chuckled and said, âMake him vacate a few positions in the army and insert our Gaojia Village people into key roles within his forces.â
Qiu Ju and Dong Xue both covered their mouths and giggled, saying, âOh dear, the Deity is sometimes so bad.â
Gao Yiye still didnât quite grasp how to do it, but seeing that Qiu Ju and Dong Xue understood, she felt less apprehensive. She would just leave it to these two secretaries to handle the conversation.
She lifted her head and said, âI see. Then, letâs set off now for Chengcheng County.â
From Gaojia Village to Chengcheng County, there was an electric small train they could ride. Its speed was indeed fast: as soon as the whistle blew âwoo woo woo,â the thirty li distance was covered in the blink of an eye.
Gao Yiye, the two young women Qiu and Dong, along with their exclusive guards, Ground Rabbit and Zheng Gouzi, and one hundred guards, stood once again in Chengcheng County.
It had been a long time since they last came to the county. Only then did Gao Yiye notice that in the City God Temple, a huge Dao Xuan Deity Statue had been erected. Its colossal golden body scattered the Deityâs majesty over every inch of the county town.
As this Saint Lady in snow-white clothes appeared on the street, she immediately caught the attention of many people. Quite a few knelt down towards her, exclaiming, âSaint Lady!â
On both sides of the road, common folks lined up to cheer.
County Magistrate Liang Shixian also emerged right away, wearing a broad smile, and said, âSaint Lady, why have you come to the county? You didnât inform me ahead of time. I could have welcomed you at the train station.â
Gao Yiye smiled and said, âThe Deity has commanded something. He specially asked me to deliver a divine decree to you.â
Liang Shixian quickly composed his expression.
Gao Yiye said, âIt wonât be long before an agent of General Wang Chengen of Shaanxi approaches you to borrow grain. All you need to do is as followsâŚâ
Liang Shixian heard this and went, âHuh? What? Huh?â
He felt a bit confused.
The Deity actually wanted to arrange for Gaojia Village people to enter the army for positions? What did this mean? Could it be⌠hmmâŚ
This was a bit scary!
No! Regarding this matter, he had to think it over carefully.