This is a mysterious manor on the outskirts of the capital, the manor covers an extremely large area, and the outline of several snow-covered mounds can be seen in the depths, and not many people know who the mysterious owner of the manor is, because the stone plaque next to the iron gate does not leave any handwriting, not even a symbol.

The convoy of black bulletproof cars and dark green military vehicles was forced to stop in front of the wordless stone plaque, except for a middle-aged man who looked like a butler bowed respectfully, no one came to welcome him, and the iron door was tightly closed.

It is inconceivable that the President of the Union should be stopped at the door when he arrives, and no one in any region of the Union, even Bermuda, would dare to act so disrespectfully.

The door opened, and the Secret Service agent in a black suit got out of the car with an indifferent expression, monitoring the surrounding movements, and communicating with the system through the small white piece in his ear, trying to solve the current embarrassing and infuriating situation.

As the time passed, Du Shaoqing's expression in the back row of the carriage became more and more gloomy, and although there was no emotion in his cold eyes, anyone could see that he was about to be unable to suppress the anger in his chest.

It is intolerable for the people in the manor to treat the elected president who should be respected like this, the person he respects the most, and he frowned and said: "The Li family is so rude, do you really think that you can do whatever you want with money?"

President Pabul's expression was very calm, he put down the teacup in his hand, looked at him and said with a smile: "People who are about to leave this world, no matter how many sins they carry with a golden smell on their bodies, should always have some privileges, not to mention that old man deserves your and me's respect to some extent." ”

Smooth metal wheels crushed the expensive journal = material floor, dozens of the most advanced medical equipment in the entire universe, were quietly pushed away, and the luxurious room suddenly became much empty.

The soft curtain beside the bed was blown by the wind, and the large environment made the shriveled old man on the bed extremely small.

The old man of Liyuan Palace, the contemporary head of the Tiesuan Li family, coughed heavily, and let his seventeenth wife wipe the phlegm off his lips with some disgust, looked at Li Xiuzhu and Li Xiaotong who were standing in front of the bed, and said in a hoarse voice:

"I shouldn't die at this time, but death can't be arranged after all, it's just that the time is up, you don't have to be sad, you just need to remember my words.

The old age spots on Li Yuangong's face were very thick, and they had lost all their luster, and as his smile grew, they were like small round yellow leaves floating in a pond, and they were piled up extremely densely.

"I am glad to see the real sadness in your eyes, which proves that it was right to choose you from so many boys to be examined. A real businessman doesn't need to pretend to be ruthless, that's Du Shaoqing, so what is a real businessman?"

"What a businessman has to do is very simple, and that is to stare at all the money, the money on the feet, the bed

The money at the bottom, the money now, the money in the future. ”

"This is not an inferior tomato, but the greatest glory, because only money can facilitate the distribution and circulation of the source. Since the catastrophe, what we have been doing is to ensure the circulation of human social resources. ”

"Merchants are the foundation of modern society, and whoever tries to stop businessmen from making money is all mankind

of the enemy, they are all dying in battle. ”

The sparse white hair on the top of the old man's head was like a willow catkins blown by the wind, hanging weakly, but his voice was hoarse but still firm and powerful.

"I shut out the ambitious president and said these things to you in the hope that you

Understand that businessmen need perseverance and a strong heart the most. ”

He slowly turned his head to look at Li Xiaotong, and said with pity: "I told you three years ago that investment must be persevered to the end, Xu $ that thing is a pity, you must know that investing in an emperor is the biggest dream of my life, but unfortunately this dream still has no chance to be realized until death." ”

Li Xiaotong knelt down to admit his mistake, and Li Xiuzhu also knelt down.

Liyuan Palace smiled and said: "You all know that the ancestor of the family once voted for Emperor Tai, although we may have missed an imperial emperor, but don't miss it again this time, you must invest in at least one President Tai." ”

The old man sneered lightly: "Although it is not challenging to say that investing in the president, the family has done it too many times, but it is always better than nothing." ”

"Don't be deceived by Mo Chou's attitude, the reason why Madame didn't stand up and support herself

Son, it is the picture that she still has a lot of hole cards that have not been revealed, and she is entitled to wait. ”

"But we are not qualified to wait, our hole cards are obvious, it is money, and there is only money, continue to increase the support for the silent march, we will give whatever the prince wants, and Lin Banshan and Tian Da stick on both sides, as far as possible to meet their needs. ”

"As for Xu Le, who claims to be coming back, although I think this stinky stone is a nostalgia

people, but he is the imperial prince after all, so let's watch quietly. ”

The old man of Liyuan Palace calmly finished the most important instructions, and then waved his hand tiredly, signaling the two most important men of the next generation to leave.

The room was dead silent, and the old man of the palace of Liyuan, who was lying on the bed, and the president of Pabul, who was sitting in a chair at the end of the bed, looked at each other with their eyes open, and no one spoke for a long time.

The war between the federal government and the Seven Great Families has already begun and is about to enter a white-hot state, and it is hard to imagine that President Prabhu has come to the Lijia Manor at such a critical moment.

Because of some very important questions, Mr. President must come and find the answer before the old man closes his eyes.

"Mr. President, my family and I have controlled federal finance for many years. As for this war, if you want to fight, I can fight, in fact, if I say at this point, "The federal financial system will collapse immediately, the federal government will go bankrupt this afternoon, and the whole federation will be in chaos." ”

Anyone who said this would look arrogant, stupid and funny, but it was Lige Palace who said the lucky sentence, and no one dared to doubt it.

"I know very well what you mean, the government accuses the Li family of colluding with the imperial people, and I don't have the guts to think about it

really put my little seven in the Allure Military Prison. ”

The old man of Liyuan Palace looked at the man in the chair and said slowly: "Use this kind of crime to threaten me that the Tie Ji Li family will not make too crazy 6 ruin measures before it is destroyed, don't you think this kind of request is ridiculous?"

After a moment of silence, President Pabur replied: "The end of the war is never to be annihilated, the government and the people only need to win, and they need to lay the foundation." An ancestor of your family once said before he died: Even if there is a flood after my death, and the government does not want to see the flood, the government can give your family some promises in exchange for your compromise. ”

"What is the promise? Promise not to exterminate everything, and to leave enough after the spin-off of all the properties of the Li family

The fund will be used by my children and grandchildren for generations to come?"

The old man said, "You don't know the merchants, you want to rob me of my money."

It's more terrible than taking my life, you have to know that the money is mine, and it's my business that I'm willing to donate to the army, but when I don't want to, no one wants to take it. ”

"Your army, you have Du Shaoqing, you can kill all the people in this manor, the Zhong family has no tigers, you can even kill all the people of the seven families, but you are very afraid of this kind of picture. ”

The old man looked at President Pabur and said mockingly: "Because in that case, the Federation left to you by the Seven Families, and the world left to you will only be in ruins." ”

"You're intimidating the federal government?" President Pabur asked with a smile.

"I'm just stating the facts. Li Yuangong replied with a smile: "Speaking of intimidation, I am Xiang."

Believe that the silence of the mountains behind you is what you fear the most. ”

Long indulgence ■0

The old man waved his hand and muttered in a low voice: "Let the government withdraw the charges against Xiao Qi, even if I die, I will not let the economy of the Federation collapse."

"But it has nothing to do with the government's clumsy approach.

The old man laughed in a low voice: "How can you understand the love of a businessman like me for this kind of system? How can I bear to hurt it? I don't believe that you have the ability to force these families of thousands of generations into a desperate situation of committing suicide by martyrdom." ”

The old man slowly turned his head, looked into President Pabul's eyes, and said, "In the end, the crown prince did a very good job, although the impeachment motion against you on Parliament Hill did not even pass the first reading, but I think that day will come sooner or later." ”

"Do you really dare to force the council at that time? Even if you are really so crazy, Du Shaoqing and the military will follow you crazy? Even if you crazy people are really sick, don't you know that Xu Le is going back to the federation soon?"

An incomprehensible smile appeared on the old man's face, and he said, "Xu Le's return means that the little princess of the Zhong family is going to return to Xilin, and you and Li Zaidao will not have any chance, unless you dare to fight a civil war." ”

"As for what Xu Le will do that is even crazier than you, I can't even think of it

Resemble.

The old man smiled innocently like a child, and the white hair on the top of his head tossed and turned, and he watched Pabul shake his head with difficulty to express sympathy.

"This war has not yet begun, and you are already doomed to defeat because you have been following a wrong path. To demolish a dilapidated building, you have to carefully start from the top floor, and you choose to rudely destroy the foundation of the building, even if you destroy the building, the building will fall and crush all the demolitionists, including you. ”

President Pabur replied after a long silence: "Slowly tear it down from above, I don't have that much time." ”

"Don't have that much time?"

The voice of the old man of Liyuan Palace suddenly became stern, and he asked indifferently: "You don't have time, Yu Federation has time"

"The chair you sit in is the one I've been sitting on for decades, and I'm used to taking it with me wherever I go

Because the chair represents the position. ”

"And location is responsibility.

Li Yuan Gong looked at President Pabul with a blank face and said: "As an elected president, you should know that the president's responsibility is not to realize selfish ideals, but to seek a better present for the people of the Federation. ”

"You're not even qualified to talk about a slightly further future"

President Pabur frowned slightly.

"The organization of human society is very fragile and cannot withstand the toss of the so-called ideals, and you insist on doing so, just to satisfy your own ** in history. ”

The old man of Liyuan Palace looked at him indifferently and said: "You don't have time, but the Federation has, your successor has, you can lay the foundation, pass the bill but don't rush to clean it, take it slowly."

"You didn't do it, you were anxious, you were anxious, because you knew that if you did that, then it would be your successor or even some president hundreds of years later to do it for you, and you would never have the opportunity to be the most famous president or even the savior in the history of the Union.

"Mr. President, admit your selfishness and hypocrisy, and perhaps let me keep it until I die

Some respect for you.

President Pabur was silent for a long time, and then asked with an awe-inspiring expression: "Do you want to pin your hopes for the change of the federation on the politicians who are raised by you, or on the seven nobles like Tai Zhiyuan?"

"Why not? History has its own power, and man has the power to betray his belonging

The desire of the camp, he will start the curtain more smoothly than you. ”

"Garbage will never go into the garbage heap of history on its own, and someone needs to be the cleaner

Make.

Pabul replied, and then frowned slightly, feeling that this sentence was very familiar, as if he had heard someone say it a few years ago, because of this memory, his mood became a little strange, and he looked at the old man's speckled face, and asked:

"Speaking of selfishness, what about you? There is no difference between you and the first ten generations of the Li family, your name will not be left in history, and even the people don't know who you are, and you die with incredible wealth in your hands, won't you be unwilling and feel that your life is very meaningless?"

"That's not what life is all about. "What's that?" When you die, you will know that life is meaningless.

The old man of Liyuan Palace calmly looked at the snowflakes outside the window, sighed a little moved, and said slowly in a low voice: "Life is a meaningless journey, so whether it is you or the man who took off my little black hat back then, it is actually meaningless to do so many things in this life." ”

"Maybe you have a point, but I always think that since I am alive, I should do something about myself

Something meaningful. ”

President Pabur replied calmly, and for the first time in the conversation, he used honorifics to the dying old man.

The old man of Liyuan Palace said slowly: "There are two people in my life who can't see through, one is the man who lifted my hat just now, and the other is Xu Le. ”

"I can't see the former because I don't know what he cares about, I can't see through the latter, yes

Because I don't know why he cares so much. ”

"Hearing your answer, I finally have the answer, people like you talk about living

The meaning, in fact, is just unwilling to be lonely. ”

The old man had a mysterious smile on his face and muttered, "It's all unteachable idiots, and I'm glad to confirm this." ”

After saying this, the old man of the Liyuan Palace, who has ruled the federal financial and even economic circles for sixty years

And so it passed.

The old man closed his eyes, and the little black hat next to the pillow was silent, like an old-fashioned oil lamp that would never be lit, which was said to represent some mysterious religious belief of the ancestors of the Li family.