"Grandmother, grandson is here to see you."
Li Ke followed his uncle inside and finally saw this woman who had left all kinds of marks in history.
She was old, and her hair was already a little gray.
After his cynical greeting, he sat down on the futon beside him with a smile and held Dugu Liushuang's arm before his grandmother could speak.
"You're really a monkey child.”The old man reached out and patted his head as he smiled kindly.
Li Ke chuckled." Grandmother, shouldn't young people have the vitality of young people? Are they like those aristocrats in Chang 'an? They are all scheming and full of evil ideas."”
Xiao Yu sat across from him, sizing up this His Highness who carried the blood of the previous dynasty.
As the outside world had said, he acted erratically and had no manners.
When Li Ke mentioned the Shi clan, he vaguely saw Yang Guang's shadow in this nephew.
Empress Xiao also had the same misconception and couldn't help but fall into a daze.
* Cough cough *
Xiao Yu coughed and solemnly reminded,"Ke 'er, you must never say such words again in the future. Your identity is already hated by the Shi clan. Do you know how much hatred the Shi clan has for you because of your recent mischief?”
In fact, he had deliberately mentioned the gentry clan just now to lead to this topic.
He held his grandmother's arm, shifted his body, and sat on the futon. He asked,""Uncle, Dou Wei came to visit Grandmother because of me, right?”
Empress Xiao also came back to her senses.
Li Ke's attitude of not even being able to sit properly was really too similar to her talented, arrogant, and unruly husband.
She reached out and touched Li Ke's cheek. Suddenly, she gently grabbed her nephew's ear and scolded him with a smile,"Your uncle is doing this for your own good."
Li Ke grabbed his grandmother's hand and begged,""Grandmother, I was wrong. I didn't mean to disrespect uncle.”
"Ke 'er, Dou Wei represents the Guanlong Group and hopes to reconcile with you.”Empress Xiao said.
"Grandmother, how do we reconcile?”
Empress Xiao looked at her brother.
"Ke 'er, Dou Wei promised that as long as you can share the production methods of glass and other goods with the Guanlong Group, the Guanlong Group will not target you anymore."”
"And the entire Guanlong Corporation promises to ensure your safety for the rest of your life!”
The smile on Li Ke's face disappeared.
He raised his head slightly to look at his grandmother. Other than kindness and love, there was also a hint of worry in his eyes.
He understood.
The two old men in front of him wanted to protect him.
He hoped that he could use the things in his hands to obtain a promise from the Guanlong Corporation.
Protect him in the future.
Let him be safe and sound.
He struggled to sit up and bowed solemnly."Ke 'er thanks Grandmother and Uncle for their good intentions.”
Poor parents all over the world.
These were two elders who were about to reach the end of their lives. For his future, they did their best to plan.
He was sincerely touched.
"Grandmother, the Guanlong Group's promise is indeed quite heavy, but nephew will not put his own safety in the hands of others.”Li Ke said solemnly.
Empress Xiao was slightly shocked, and her expression changed.
She looked at her nephew, who was kneeling in front of her, and her back was straight.
" Ke 'er, you want to fight for the crown prince…" Empress Xiao asked with difficulty."Ke 'er, although your surname is Li, you don't have the qualifications to fight for the throne. Don't put yourself in danger. We only hope that you can live a safe life. When you're old, you'll have a lot of children and grandchildren.”
"Grandmother, grandson has never thought of fighting for the crown prince.”Li Ke raised his head and smiled as he hugged his grandmother's arm."I've already said that I'm not interested in the position of Crown Prince.”
"Putting aside the fact that my grandson doesn't believe the Guanlong Group's promise at all, the conditions they offered are too low. Under the circumstances where they are at a disadvantage, these bastards still have such a high attitude and want to force me to sign an alliance under the city.”
"Ke 'er, do you really know the power of the Guanlong Group?”Xiao Yu became serious, which was rare.
The smile on Li Ke's face also disappeared, and he solemnly replied,""Yes, from the start of the Five Barbarians era, they have been controlling the change of regime.”
"Grandfather lost to them, and the Sui Dynasty was destroyed because of them.”
"The Tang Dynasty was established with their support.”
"Their infiltration of the court far exceeds that of the Sui Dynasty.”
"Then why didn't you listen to my advice?" Xiao Yu said sternly," The art of business is just a small trick. Your current achievements do indeed have the capital to be proud at your age. In the eyes of the Guanlong aristocratic families and the entire world's aristocratic families, it's just a joke.”
"I understand." Li Ke changed the topic and continued,"However, I want to give it a try. I want to wrestle with the aristocrats of the world and see if I can dismember this class that harmed my grandfather and secretly manipulated the imperial power of my Li family in my lifetime!”
"I will trample them under my feet. I will let them live so that they can struggle to survive. I want them to die, they must die!”
This was something Li Ke had never said to anyone.
It had been in his heart for a long time.
When he decided that even the imperial power could not threaten his power, he began to think about how to deal with the aristocrats.
This was because he was in a dynasty where the aristocrats controlled the regime.
He wanted to have power that was not threatened.
They needed to first knock out the class with the most power.
He would replace this class!
In the end, he chose to start from the path of commerce.
Scholars, farmers, merchants and businessmen.
They were all heavily infiltrated by the gentry clans.
And business was something that the gentry clans did not value the most.
It wasn't just the gentry, it was the opinion of everyone in this era.
He would attack from the areas that the enemy did not pay attention to, slowly nibbling away at them and killing the powerful opponents.
The two elders were stunned by their nephew's words.
It was not difficult for them to see from Li Ke's expression that even if they persuaded him, he would definitely not change his mind.
……
The Guanlong Group found out about Li Ke's rejection within a few days.
Dou Manor.
Zhangsun Wuji and Dou Wei sat at the main seat.
Dou Wei sighed and said,"Xiao Yu has already replied. His Highness Ke has rejected our goodwill."”
"You're an evil woman from the previous dynasty, yet you don't know what's good for you!”Dugu Yanwen coldly snorted.
Dou Kangyi said coldly," Then there's nothing else to say. Let him know the consequences of offending our Guanlong Group. We'll drive him out of Chang 'an first, and then we'll think of a way to prevent future troubles!"”
"Yes, we must eliminate future troubles!"
"We can't let the second Yang Guang have any chance to appear!”
"This is an unprecedentedly good situation for our Shi clan. No one can touch our interests!”
……
Zhangsun Wuji looked at everyone's righteous indignation and laughed in his heart.
He did not agree to reconcile with Li Ke.
It was a pity that Dou Wei was old, or rather, the entire Guanlong Group was envious of the technology that Li Ke had mastered and wanted to use the method of reconciliation to exchange for technology.
Although he was the leader of the Guanlong Group, he couldn't make decisions alone.
He could only let Dou Wei contact Li Ke through Empress Xiao.
Now, it was time for these people to give up.
"Uncle, should we spread the news?”Someone suggested.
Zhangsun Wuji immediately denied it." Now is not the time. Wait for another storm to rise. Then, we will spread the news. It will be a double blow and force His Majesty to make a decision.”
Dou Wei's eyes twitched.
Those young people were unaware of another storm.
But he knew!
He was shocked by the methods of this rising star of the Guanlong Group, but he also felt a chill.
'I'm old, I'm old. I dared to pull Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty down and support Gaozu in fighting for the world. I'm really old now…'
Dou Wei looked at the confident Zhangsun Wuji from the corner of his eyes and sighed in his heart.
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