boyutpedia Chapter 629: Recruitment from the Black King
Chapter 629: Recruitment from the Black King
As soon as he finished speaking, Wang Qiang saw an indescribable expression on Li Cunxi's face.
He quickly said, "Don't misunderstand me, my dear brother. I just wanted to help you. When you fight back in the future, I will also have some credit for it."
Li Cunxi just shook his head and said, "Brother, why do we still say these hypocritical words between brothers? If you have something to say, just say it directly."
Wang Qiang was embarrassed: "My dear brother, you will definitely face many difficulties when you go to the Western Regions. I would like to help you."
Li Cunxi took a sip of the bitter tea and said, "Since you told me the truth, I should also speak up."
Li Cunxi then began to make up stories about his plans for the Western Regions.
The first thing to do is naturally to find a suitable place to occupy the land and then recruit soldiers to control the area under its jurisdiction.
Once they have sufficient military force, they can find ways to annex the surrounding areas.
Once we are strong enough, we can unite with the countries in the Western Regions and fight a fierce battle with the Great Zhou head on.
However, because the population of the Western Regions is not as large as that of the Central Plains, retail investors are a smaller group after all. Wanting to achieve the condition of sufficient military force as soon as possible is ultimately like fishing for the moon in the water and seeing flowers in the fog.
Wang Qiang thought for a long time and realized the most difficult part, which was also the one that Li Cunxi was in trouble for.
"Good brother."
"What you just said really shocked me. However, you may not know that it is even more difficult to gain a foothold in the Western Regions and recruit people."
"If we fail to recruit new people for a long time, I'm afraid my youth will be wasted on this."
"So, I have a solution. Would you like to listen to it?"
Li Cunxi cupped his hands and said, "Brother, please tell me about it."
"That's right." Wang Qiang coughed, "I wonder if you know that there is a group of forces in Liangzhou called the Black Clothes Society?"
Li Cunxi immediately became alert and reached for the Youlan sword at his waist.
Li Yuanfang and Hu Jinghui stood up, one holding a chain knife and the other holding a waist knife, with murderous aura spreading in all directions.
"Although we didn't know about the Black Society before, when we arrived in Liangzhou that night, we wanted to stay in a village, but no one was willing to keep us overnight, so we had to find a temple to stay."
"Less than half an hour after we went to bed, eleven villains suddenly appeared in the temple. The leader claimed to be the Black Clothes Saint Envoy of the Black Clothes Society, and they wanted to kill us brothers."
"If we didn't all have martial arts skills, we would have been killed by now."
"From what you said, brother, do you have any relationship with the Black Society?"
Wang Qiang nodded and said loudly:
"I am a humble man, but I am a member of the Black Society. I am one of the Black Society's great protectors and a Paladin of the Kun rank of the Black Society."
Li Cunxi suddenly drew his sword with great momentum.
"Brother, are you going to kill me?"
Wang Qiang shook his head and said, "My dear brother, please be patient and listen to me slowly."
Li Cunxi did not put away his sword, but looked vigilantly at the gates around him.
If someone was ambushing them, they would have come out from these gates.
"My dear brother." Wang Qiang laughed and stood up. "My dear brother, if I really wanted to do something to you, I would have sent someone to kill you long ago. Why wait until today?"
Li Cunxi's expression changed for a moment, and he said, "That's true. I was too cautious."
Li Cunxi put away the Youlan Sword and bowed to Wang Qiang: "Brother, I am sorry for my intrusion. Please forgive me."
Wang Qiang felt more and more that Li Cunxi's reaction was normal.
If he were a fierce bandit like Li Cunxi, he would certainly draw his sword and fight him.
In fact, if he were in Li Cunxi's position, he might not believe what he said now.
"It's not a big deal, it's not a big deal, it's just a small matter."
"Brother, you don't know much about our Black Society. Our Black Society has a long history, which can be traced back to the Sui Dynasty."
"Of course, I am not the one who can explain this to you."
Wang Qiang looked at Xiao Tao who had been sitting alone on the side and said, "Heavenly King, you should come."
Xiao Tao changed her previous lively and cheerful personality, slowly stood up, and looked at Li Cunxi with a pair of dead eyes.
"It's quite creepy."
Li Cunxi placed his hand on the hilt of the Youlan sword at his waist, ready to draw the sword at any time.
The momentum that Xiaotao had worked so hard to build up was instantly broken. She smiled awkwardly and sat down again.
"Mr. Xi Ze, I am the king of the Black Society. I came here to approach you today with no other intentions, but just to invite you to join the Black Society."
"I see that you are a genius, but although you have great ambitions, you have no soldiers under your command. I am afraid it will be difficult for you to gather a force to fight against the Great Zhou in a short period of time."
"Therefore, I would like to invite Mr. Xi Ze to join the Black Society and lead the Black Society with me as the Black Heavenly Master."
"To show my sincerity, I am willing to inform you of the origin of our Black Society and our recent plans."
"It's just that..." Xiao Tao smiled slyly, "If the gentleman knew our plan and was unwilling to join the Black Society, I'm afraid..."
Li Cunxi frowned and pretended to think about it.
He was actually very happy in his heart. He had only been to the ancient castle and stayed there for a few days, but Xiao Tao, the King of Black, actually came up to him and asked him to join the Black Society and become the Black Master. This was truly a pleasant surprise.
After a long while, Li Cunxi said:
"The King of Heaven has shown me great kindness. Xi Ze is grateful for that."
"However, I don't want to know the origin and plan of the Black Society for the time being."
"I do have a question, and I hope the king can answer it."
Xiao Tao knew something was up, so she quickly asked, "What's your problem?"
"How many people do you have under the Black Society?" Li Cunxi asked directly.
"Excluding the 11 people you killed a few days ago, our Black Society still has 926 official members." Xiao Tao said bluntly.
Li Cunxi was silent for a long while before he bowed.
"The capital is too small, so it's hard to accomplish anything big."
"Please forgive me, my Lord. We brothers will go to the Western Regions."
Wang Qiang quickly spoke up and advised, "Brother, I'm afraid you don't know the capabilities of our Black Society yet."
"As long as we are willing, we can quickly gather a group of troops in Liangzhou and go to war with the Great Zhou directly."
Li Cunxi said nothing and just drank tea.
Naturally, he had to pretend not to believe it. How could he continue his acting if he believed whatever Wang Qiang said?
"Brother, do you think I am drunk and talking nonsense?"
Wang Qiang suddenly smiled triumphantly.
"I'm sure you and your brothers will see after you enter Liangzhou that there are Black Heavenly King Temples in every village in Liangzhou, and the people in each village will not agree to let you stay overnight."
"We have a lot of power in Liangzhou, but we are definitely not the 926 pieces of trash in your eyes."
Before Li Cunxi could say anything, Wu Yanhao showed joy and quickly looked at Li Cunxi.
"Xize, if the Black Society really means this, you can join them!"