At this time, Mo Li was open and honest, and told his entire plan without any concealment, but Old Man Shan felt uneasy and kept looking carefully at Li Ling and the others in front of him, for fear that they would do anything because of their anger.

However, Li Ling seemed quite calm at this moment. After hearing him finish speaking, he exclaimed softly: "You are indeed worthy of the name of Skynet, and you are very good at calculating..."

Mo Li smiled bitterly: "I feel ashamed. I think I can calculate everything, but the result is that many flaws are revealed, which you can easily see through? I am old and have lived in seclusion for many years, so I am no longer the Mo Li I used to be."

Li Ling disagreed: "Mr. Mo, you are a little self-deprecating. This is the countermeasure you came up with urgent needs. You don't even have time to make up for it. There are naturally flaws. I think it's impossible for anyone to do better than you."

As he said that, his words turned around: "So at the beginning, you wanted to use our hands to get rid of these Dragon Family minions. Then, what are the plans?" With the other party's strategy, it is naturally impossible to only achieve this step. There should be follow-up measures.

"Then I used a trick to get out of death. After all, if a dispute really arises, my sick body may have an old disease when it is affected. In fact, I had already agreed with Brother Shan that it would be best if I could leave with you so that I could take care of the road. And as long as this happens, Lanxi Town should not be too involved. This is the last thing I can do for them."

Li Ling was silent and said for a moment, "Then what are your plans now?" You should know that Manager Mu and others were taken over by the people of the town, and this disaster was a big disaster.

"Now it seems that we can only go to the mountain to hide first." The old man in the mountain smiled bitterly, "Fortunately, such things have not happened over the years. As long as the limelight passes, everything will naturally be restored to its original state, and the Long family will not really drive us out."

"Is that true?" Li Ling looked at Mo Li, "You haven't thought of any other countermeasures? Doing this is definitely not a safe and long-term solution. Injuring and catching people is just a trivial matter, but since the other party is interested in you, it is impossible to stop easily."

Mo Li looked back at him: "Do you want to fight the Long family?"

"What's wrong? Since you were the Skynet at the time, don't you even have this courage? I don't believe that a few years of retirement will make you wipe out all your ambitions and dignity!"

Mo Li smiled bitterly again and shook his head, and the old man Shan looked even more startled. He obviously didn't expect Li Ling would have such an attitude, and murmured: "That's the Fourth Master Long, Master Long, how dare we be enemies with them..."

At this time, Li Ling finally couldn't help but ask the biggest question in his heart: "This Master Long is really unscrupulous? Is their power really so great here?"

Only then did the two realize that he, a foreigner, had no idea about the power of the Long family, and dared to make such bold statements. After being stunned, Mo Li explained: "The Dragon King of Qianzhou, as the largest of the four southwest families, is not something you and I can deal with, even the local government, you have to be obedient to the Long family."

"What do the four southwest schools say?" Li Ling suddenly became interested. Although he read the southwest geography along the way, the above was just an introduction to the mountains, rivers and terrain and the city walls of the prefectures. As for the division of some local forces, there was no way to know.

Mo Li coughed a little and said, "The so-called four southwest schools are Duan Gao and Miaolong. However, the rankings of these four schools are not based on their current forces, but are famous for hundreds of years. Among them, Duan Gao and the two families are in southern Yunnan and are suppressed by Dingxi Hou. Coupled with the various conflicts between his two families and the Battle of Hun Tianwang ten years ago, the power has been greatly reduced. Most of the Miao families are in Bashu, but because the local government is growing, they are also suppressed. Only one of the tribes retreated to the intersection of Guizhou and Yunnan to stabilize their feet. As for the Long family, relying on the fact that Qianzhou has always been under their control, the court has only made a detention plan for this. It has become increasingly bigger and has become the leader of the four families, and it is very likely to be shorter and longer with Dingxi Hou."

Li Ling listened carefully to his statement and quickly compared it in his mind. He actually knew about the so-called four companies and the two companies of Duan Gao.

Because the southwest side was a country a hundred years ago called Dali, and its king was Duan, which is the Dali Duan Shi, who wrote the One Yang Finger and Six-Meridian Divine Sword in the novel.

Of course, the Duan family in reality did not have such masters and powerful martial arts. Their king only dreamed of being in a corner and had little ambition to go west. Not only that, in later history, he was also seized by the Gao family, who was a powerful minister. Although he did not usurp the throne in the end, the monarch and ministers had long been restrained, and no one could do anything to anyone.

Then when the Taizu of Dayue unified the Central Plains and freed up his hands to use troops to the southwest, this small country that was only based on remote and high mountains and ridges, it quickly surrendered. The Duan Gao tribes became equal ministers of Dayue, but the struggle between the two sides did not stop.

It is precisely because of this that the court successfully established the Dingxi Marquis Mansion here and led an army to guard the southwest. But that's it, because in addition to these large clans, there are also a large number of barbarians in the southwest. These people do not accept the kingdom and do not respect the court, but they live in dispersed and mixed, and are in the mountains, making it extremely difficult for the court to use troops against them even if they want to use troops.

However, these barbarians only obeyed the great clans of Duan Gao. Therefore, after the Taizu Dynasty failed to use troops, they could only govern the place with a policy of restraint. Over the past century, the entire southwestern provinces became like being listened to the tune and not the Xuan. Because it was indeed poor, it was almost a useless existence for the court, so it was impossible to really spend a lot of effort here.

The Duan Gao tribes, plus the Long family, have been growing up with such convenience. Although they are still local officials in the court, they are actually no different from local emperors.

Li Ling knew this, but from Mo Li's mouth, he could hear more of the meaning: "Is the Long family more powerful in Qianzhou than Duan Gao in southern Yunnan?"

"It's not just that it's powerful, it's so much stronger. Because the two families still have Dingxi Hou Town in southern Yunnan. In addition to having an influence in the middle of Shengman, there is no absolute right to speak in ordinary big towns. But the Long family is completely a one-on-one existence in Qianzhou. Not to mention the people, the government has to rely on their own lives. You have heard that in addition to paying a tax to the county government, the local people also have to pay a three-fold tax to the Long family. In fact, the former is mostly in the hands of the Long family. It's an exception if 30% of the government can be used in major events."

Seeing Li Ling's face showing surprise, Mo Li continued, "Also, I think you must have worked hard to walk from the Central Plains, right? The road here was originally deliberately not built to protect itself in the Dali Kingdom. But after Dayue pacified the southwest, he deliberately built a passageway, and indeed he had built a relatively convenient official road.

"But as a result, this official road has existed for less than ten years and was completely destroyed by the Long family. What they wanted was such a closed environment, so that they could dominate the king and the court could not interfere. As for the road from Qianzhou to southern Yunnan, it was much smoother than before. As long as they entered the capital city, the road afterwards would not be much different from the Central Plains."

Li Ling and the others were really stunned at this moment. The Long family’s actions could no longer be said to be a cover-up. They are the gods of Qianzhou!

"Also, the local soldiers, barbarians, and ordinary people here are all dominated by the Long family. However, the government is unable to change this, so if you want to accomplish anything, you need the Long family nodding, which is why you are known as the Dragon King!

"I'm not afraid to tell you the truth. In fact, the reason why King Hun was able to quickly form an army was to obtain many refugees from Qianzhou who were destroyed by the Long family, but they still dared not start a rebellion in Qianzhou, so they went to southern Yunnan... Originally, in my idea, they wanted to seize control of the entire southern Yunnan first, and then slowly grow and grow as Duan Gao, and then use troops to Qianzhou. But as a result, the King of Heaven lost his caution due to the temporary success, and actually proposed to grab the entire southwest and become king. This attracted the joint encirclement of all forces, and he also suffered losses at the city of Anning, and his efforts were in vain..."

"The Dragon King of Qianzhou..." Li Ling said this gently once, and his eyebrows were locked tighter. "So, if you want to transport bulk goods, money, etc. in southern Yunnan, you will definitely not be able to avoid Qianzhou?"

"That's true if you go by land. As for water, the rivers leading to the Central Plains are even more surging and dangerous, and bulk goods are almost difficult to come out. It is precisely because of this that we have today's situation."

"Mr. Mo is indeed a talented person. Although he lives in seclusion in the town, he is very impressed by the current situation in the southwest. It is really admirable." After a while of distress, Li Ling couldn't help but exclaim.

Mo Li smiled: "I am here, and I am quite free, so I used a little snack, which is not worth mentioning."

Li Ling did not think that his humble words were true. I think so, this place is more news-free than that of Zhongyuan. To know the inside story, the effort required to be extremely huge, and there must be some other people behind it for him to use.

Thinking of this, Li Ling suddenly understood something and looked at him with a smile: "Although the Long family is powerful, it is definitely not that there is no chance at all. Didn't Mr. Mo think about doing something?"
Chapter completed!