Chapter 189: Locke's Condition The book in Locke's hand is naturally a castrated version, but even the castrated version of "A Guide to Survival in the Jungle" is enough to amaze him, not only marveling at the detailed description of this huge book, but also admiring Li Zhen in his heart - this is not to say that he has served Li Zhen, but he is shocked by Li Zhen's courage, and even more amazed that Li Zhen's financial resources are so strong.
You must know that if such a book is compiled, the financial and material resources spent will be an astronomical amount, and if the resources for compiling this book are put on expanding the army, then it will be enough for Li Zhen to train tens of thousands of young soldiers.
And if this money is given to him, the only purpose he uses it is to expand the strength of Chengjianxi, but Li Zhen commands his subordinates to have contacts with Chengjianxi, on the other hand, he can actually support such a big project, and at the same time support the expenses of the Young Army and Wentian Shuyuan, and will make some big moves from time to time to win the attention of the world......
How much money does he have?
It seems that the inferences of those people in the staff department are not reliable at all, Li Zhen definitely earns more than tens of millions of dollars every year, he is likely to have touched more than 10 million units......
"You really don't know modesty."
Restraining his mood, Locke smiled and said, "How can you be so boastful?
” Li Zhen also smiled: "But I think my book deserves this praise." ” "That's just as well."
Locke nodded approvingly, and his tone changed: "I know what you want, and I can give it to you, but I need you to promise me a condition." ” "On what terms?"
Li Zhen hurriedly asked, even he was a little out of shape at this moment, because what he asked for was very important - that is, the intelligence network that Chengjian Creek had established across Asia for more than 20 years.
In the previous encirclement and suppression, although Li Zhen captured a large number of high-level personnel of Chengjianxi, the problem is that many of Chengjianxi's intelligence networks are single-lined, and if you want to investigate it along the vine, it is really difficult to completely uproot this intelligence network.
After all, every intelligence officer has more than one downline, and if it continues to be investigated like this, it will be like a sheep on the wrong path, progressing with the law of the quadratic, and it will be more and more checked, and there will be no end to the investigation.
So if you want to find out all this intelligence network, you can only start from Locke, because only he will have a roster of all his intelligence officers, Li Zhen can be said to have gained a lot in that encirclement and suppression, and almost all the information has been found, but this roster is missing, and it should be stored separately by Locke.
Of course, Li Zhen didn't think about arresting and destroying Chengjianxi's intelligence network, his real idea was actually to take it into his hands and use it for his own use.
After all, although Li Zhen also has his own intelligence network, and it is no worse than Chengjianxi's, if several major intelligence networks are united, even Chengjianxi will have to kneel, but there is such a thing as an intelligence network, who else will have too much?
Chengjianxi has been able to dominate the world for so many years, naturally has its own uniqueness, and among the information in their hands, I am afraid that there are also some things that have not been detected by the intelligence organization under Li Zhen's command, especially in Central Asia and West Asia, Li Zhen's tentacles are not deep enough, but Chengjianxi is developing better there, and these are the things that Li Zhen needs most at present.
The only question now is, what are Locke's conditions, if it is simpler, but if he wants to kill Li Shimin himself......
Please forgive Li Zhen for not being able to do it.
"What I want is simple......
Locke pointed to himself, "I want to ask for a life from His Royal Highness the Prince......"
"Please?"
Li Zhen was surprised, he thought of countless possibilities, but he didn't expect that Locke would actually put forward such a condition, how could Locke put forward such a condition?
This is not the Locke he knows, since he has embarked on the road of rebelling against the Tang Dynasty, I am afraid that he is ready to die a long time ago, right?
Could it be that he overestimated Locke?
“…… I thought you were a smart man......
But now it seems......
Never mind......
Since you said so, I'll tell you the truth......
In fact, with your ability, you should already be able to guess it, but it is estimated that you are not sure......
Then I'll tell you the truth, since I kept you until this time, it means that I don't intend to kill you.
Although Li Zhen was disappointed, she still answered his question: "At most, I will exile you......
My father has also regretted it over the years, so he told me a few years ago that he could spare your life if necessary......
Otherwise, in the Three Clearings, why do you think I would let you go?
” Li Zhen actually lied about this, Li Shimin did say such things at the time, but he soon regretted it, because Cheng Jianxi's movements were getting bigger and bigger, which caused a big chaos several times, which made Li Shimin regret it, and regretted very much that he didn't let Li Zhen kill Locke at that time, but fortunately, it was not too late, he had already changed his will to Li Zhen, that is, once he caught Locke, he would be killed on the spot, and there was no need to care about any feelings at all.
However, Li Zhen can still see that Li Shimin actually wants to spare Locke's life, but in his opinion, Locke's threat to Datang is too great, and the two can hardly coexist, either Locke dies and Datang is stable, or Locke lives and brings a little trouble to Datang from time to time, and you can't have both, so for the sake of Datang, Li Shimin has no choice but to kill him.
But in Li Zhen's opinion, this matter may not have the law of double perfection, Li Shimin just wants Locke to live, which compares to how he lives.
So exile is the best option, as long as Locke is exiled to a place that no one knows about, and left to fend for himself, isn't that exactly the solution to this dilemma?
Some people may ask, with Chengjianxi's intelligence ability, I'm afraid that no matter where Locke is exiled, it may be found, right?
This problem may indeed be a problem in the past, even if Cheng Jianxi's intelligence network is finally found by Li Zhen, there may be many people who are loyal to the immediate and rescue him.
However, at this time, this question is not valid - you must know that the Tang Dynasty has now opened the Age of Discovery, and in the vast sea, there are endless islands, and these islands have not been explored even in the 21st century, let alone the seventh century?
Just choose a random island and block the mouths of the escorts, I'm afraid that no one will know Locke's traces in this world.
As for what will happen to Locke's life after being exiled, it's none of Li Zhen's business - the two sides have been fighting for so many years, and they already have a deep hatred, and Li Zhen can forgive Locke's life is already magnanimous, and if he wants him to live well, don't even think about it.
"Of course I know what you're saying, but you're underestimating me......
I never said I wanted this life because I wanted it.
Locke sighed, "I've probably guessed what happened to me, and even if you don't kill me, I'll definitely be exiled by you to a place that no one knows......
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The biggest possibility is that you will be exiled to an uninhabited island and left to fend for yourself. ” "You guessed it, that's exactly what I was going to do."
Li Zhen did not deny it, it seems that he misunderstood, and he has even thought about the location of the exile, that is, the North Pacific.
There are countless small islands distributed in the North Pacific Ocean, although these small islands are very small, even so small that they can't leave their own traces on the map, so that the North Pacific Ocean looks almost blank on the map, but in fact there are many islands in the North Pacific Ocean, but these islands are too small, and the distribution is also very sparse, except for some of them can be used as a base for building advances, the rest basically have no development value, and most of the living conditions are also very bad, But it was the best choice as a place of exile.
"Besides, what do you mean when you said that the life you asked for was not for yourself?"
Li Zhen glanced at Locke curiously: "Could it be that in this world, there are still people worth your thoughts?"
” "Ordinary people are naturally not worthy of my dedication, but what if this person is my child?"
Locke asked rhetorically.
"What?
You still have children.
Qin Huaiyu was shocked, and immediately suggested to Li Zhen: "Your Highness, your subordinates please order Locke to cut down the grass and eradicate the roots, we must not let the tiger return to the mountain because of a little mercy." ” Li Zhen ignored Qin Huaiyu, looked at Locke and said: "This is really strange, you still have children, logically speaking, with the character of a person like you, you will never leave any shortcomings and burdens for yourself before you reach your goal, and I haven't heard of you marrying a wife and having children......
It seems that the appearance of this child was an accident......
No wonder you look like you're resigned to your fate. ” "This is indeed an accident, it was just an affair between me and a woman, and it actually made her pregnant, but not long after I learned the news, the headquarters of Chengjianxi was breached by you, and I didn't even have time to make any arrangements for her."
Locke smiled bitterly: "If it were me, I would naturally fight with you until I am old, even if you imprison me and exile me, I will try my best to return to Datang and continue to fight with you, but not now......
As you said, this child has become my weakness, a stab to my strong heart, but it is also a gift from God......
Naturally, I can continue to fight with you, even if Chengjian Creek is broken by your people, it won't be able to reduce my fighting spirit......
But I don't want my children to live in such an environment - because I came from this age, and I was told that I was indoctrinated with all kinds of hatred for Datang since I was a child, and these things almost filled my childhood......
So that other people's children can have a good childhood, but I only have all kinds of training and brainwashing......
Even if you grow up, you will hide and live a life that is no better than a mouse, and you will be caught if you are not careful, and even if you are not dead, you will be exiled to the Jedi, and life is better than death......
I don't want my children to live like this......"
"I see, it's pretty much the same as I thought."
Li Zhen bowed her head slowly, this makes sense.
This reminded Li Zhen of a movie "Killing" that he had seen in later generations, Huang Bo's Niu Jieshi was a scoundrel in the village, prying the widow's door, digging up the grave, everyone was afraid, there was almost no one in the village who did not dislike him, the villagers wanted to kill him, but repeatedly failed to do it, and finally the widow who Niu Jiejian hooked up with was pregnant with his child, and the villagers wanted to kill the child, Niu Jieshi, a scoundrel, suddenly broke out, and took the initiative to carry the coffin to die, only begging the villagers to spare the innocent child.
In Li Zhen's view, Locke's idea is actually similar to that of a cow, although he was hated and hated, he had the power to resist, but because of the child, he was willing to give up his life and freedom, otherwise even if he was locked up in a place like the database, Li Zhen felt that Locke still had the possibility of escaping, not like now, willing to accept Li Zhen's arrangement - maybe this is the power of father's love, not as tender as mother's love, but at a critical moment, But he can give up his life and even his ideals for his children.
"And what about your opinion?"
Locke stared at Li Zhen tightly, with a hint of panic in his eyes: "I am willing to hand over all the secrets of Chengjian Creek to you in exchange for my child's life, I don't know what you think?"
What I can tell you is that Chengjian Creek is far from being as simple as you imagined, the power of Chengjian Creek that you have destroyed and mastered is only the tip of the iceberg of Chengjian Creek, only less than sixty percent of Chengjian Creek's total strength, and under this sixty percent, there is still more than forty percent of the power hidden, although it is not much, but if you continue to fight with you, it can also bring you trouble, and if I choose to hide, it will not take many years to recover to the peak again......
These forty percent of the power can only be used by me and my tokens, but your actions are too fast, and I haven't activated these forces yet, you have already ended the battle, and even I was captured by your spies, otherwise even if you destroy Chengjian Creek, you will not want to be safe after I escape......
I can give it all to you......"
In order to convince Li Zhen, Locke once again threw a huge chip.
This chip is indeed enough, and it is almost as deafening as Huang Zhongdalu when it falls into Li Zhen's ears, he really didn't expect that he has calculated so finely, and there are nearly half of the fish that have slipped through the net in Chengjian Creek, which is really shocking, and I have to say that Locke is too terrible.