Doctor, I'm really strong!

"If you could stand up and greet me when you say that, then you've done your job properly."

Kosichrie smiled and shrugged, not caring about Liu Jiuli's insincere performance.

Talulah, who was Liu Jiuli's secretary, sat next to him and looked up at the guy who should theoretically be dead.

Black Snake wasn't at work today (slacking off), so Talulah naturally didn't give Koschei a friendly look.

"Hey, Little Tower, it's been a long time."

Kosiché smiled like a friendly neighbor.

Talulah simply replied coldly, "It's such a shame to meet you."

Koschke didn't mind. His goal today wasn't Talulah, and there was no need for him to do anything to her, because the black snake on Talulah's body had already made its choice, and he still had his own principles.

Just like the left, the black snake is infinitely divisible (I'm sure of it).

"You're going to play Alexei, aren't you?"

Liu Jiuli had previously given the eldest prince to Kosich, and then Kosich hadn't made any moves. As a genius who habitually stirs up trouble, if this guy wasn't holding back a big move, Liu Jiuli would rather believe that Trump lost to Sleeping King because the latter was worse.

Kosiché said with a smile, "This gives Ursus another option for its future."

Liu Jiuli yawned: "It's just a competition between two reserve monarchs under the feudal system. Next, can I watch the Ursus civil war, where they fight amongst themselves?"

Kosiché pinched his chin, a playful expression on his face: "If the eldest prince really has that ability, it's not impossible, but I'm afraid his efforts are merely to make the seventh prince great."

Liu Jiuli: "You have a very high opinion of the Seventh Prince."

Koschke: "If it weren't for his exceptional talent, Black Serpent wouldn't have started assisting him when he was still a teenager."

Liu Jiuli: "In other words, from Black Snake's perspective, you also think Nikolai is stronger than Alexei."

Kosic: "That's true, but I have my own perspective."

Liu Jiuli smiled and said, "I already know about the competition among the Black Snakes, so your choice is that if the First Prince is capable, he can compete with the Seventh Prince for the throne; if he is not, he can serve as a whetstone for the Seventh Prince's training. Is that right?"

Kosichek: "That's right."

Liu Jiuli: "So you came to see me today because the situation has changed?"

Kosiché looked somewhat embarrassed: "Well, the Crown Prince's talent, well, it's a bit unexpected. He's a promising child. Although there's something he can't say about it, his abilities are indeed quite good. Or perhaps this is compensation?"

Liu Jiuli couldn't help but laugh: "Without worldly desires, you've opened the door to a new world in other areas, right? It's like a castrated warhorse running faster, hahahahahahaha."

Kosich said helplessly, "Although you have no respect for the imperial authority, at least don't be so obvious about it. This is a tragedy for a person. Please show some basic sympathy."

Liu Jiuli put away his smile and said, "Okay, I apologize for this issue, but only for mocking Alexei."

In other words, as equals, we should respect each other; there is nothing superfluous.

Kosiché: "I will accept this on behalf of the Crown Prince. Now, shouldn't we talk about something more valuable?"

Liu Jiuli nodded: "That's right. So, is this cooperation Alexei's choice, or yours, Kočice's?"

Kosiché countered, "Is that important?"

Liu Jiuli shrugged: "It seems to be Alexei's choice. He has quite a strategic vision. This point is indeed not important. We welcome any cooperation that does not harm our interests."

Alexei is now an entity that is hostile to the Ursus royal family. From the day Liu Jiuli took him away, he was no longer someone who should exist. The royal family's subsequent actions only strengthened his belief in not being human.

"Last month, the royal family announced that the eldest prince, Alexei, had died of a serious illness, and now the seventh prince, Nicholas, is the only heir."

Kosiché's face was filled with sarcasm. The decision of the Ursus royal family was not unexpected to him. From a political point of view, it was the right thing to do, but some things cannot be analyzed from a purely political perspective.

Alexei originally had two options: neutrality and alliance. The royal family could have simply left him with them and avoided seeing him altogether. However, they chose the most brutal and direct approach, eliminating him completely and ruthlessly declaring him dead.

As the eldest prince, Alexei had no power to resist, but declaring death and being completely dead are two different things. The royal family's actions were clearly intended to legally strip Alexei of his sacred claim, but they also completely pushed Alexei to the brink of no return.

Survival is the instinct of all living things, and after being abandoned and persecuted, Alexei went completely insane.

Driven by a rational madness, he chose the most difficult, yet also the cruelest, path—to reclaim everything that was his.

Admittedly, Liu Jiuli was the one who caused all of this, but don't forget that Liu Jiuli at least gave them a chance before, and once gave them a choice, which was the best possible outcome. If the Ursus royal family had shown even a little humanity, the ending would have been a good one.

But they didn't do that. Instead, they took the most rational, yet also the most ruthless, approach, which destroyed all of Alexei's trust and expectations. Now, he has truly become a cold-blooded and rational decision-maker.

He may not be as capable as Nikolai, but he is still a crown prince who has received elite royal education. Coupled with the stimulation and awakening he has experienced recently, it is entirely understandable that he would display a level of madness and persistence far exceeding that of others.

Sometimes, you just lack a bit of effort and perseverance.

Alexei certainly hated Liu Jiuli, but he hated the ruthlessness and coldness of the royal family even more. Those cruel ruling machines had turned him into a stray dog. In comparison, after he was abandoned, Liu Jiuli still took him to a relatively safe place and gave him a chance to make a comeback.

Whatever the motivation, it's much better than those bastards in my own family.

In summary, this child is currently being severely affected by PUA (Pick-Up Artist) tactics.

Once a plan is in place, it needs to be implemented. Alexei currently has no men, no guns, no money, and no food. Kosiché can provide some support, but Alexei needs to prove himself to obtain that support.

Black Snake will not support someone who has no value.

So Alexei wanted to demonstrate his worth, so he devised a plan to unite all available forces, relying on the initial funds provided by Kosiché, but most importantly, to strengthen himself.

This frantic effort moved Kosic.

The Ursus King he sought should be like this: trusting no one but his own strength, believing only in the judgment of force, where strength is everything, justice, and truth!

So Kosic decided to increase his stakes, for example, by joining in himself.

This was considered a formal choice, but Koschke didn't care. Each of the Black Serpent's clones had made their own choices, and he was simply making the right choice.

So how does Prince Alexei plan to cooperate with Liu Jiuli?

Or, to put it another way, how the power-grabbing faction, represented by the eldest prince, cooperated with the Red Guards.

Therefore, as long as you don't give up, there will always be more solutions than problems.

The eldest prince discovered an opportunity, or rather, a good way to poach talent—smuggling.

He himself didn't have the resources to do this, but the Red Guards did. Since Chernobog was renamed Steelgrad, the Red Guards' smuggling and infiltration of the surrounding areas had reached an insane level.

Liu Jiuli's purpose in doing this was very simple: first, to influence the Far East and even the entire Ursus through economic infiltration; second, to spread the ideology of the Red Guards, unite like-minded people, and incidentally, to corrupt the Ursus Empire through a system of shared interests.

Those powerful and wealthy people may hate the Red Guards, but they won't hate the Red Guards' money, especially money that can be exchanged for pure gold.

Moreover, the goods produced by the Red Guards are hard currency not only in Ursus, but throughout the entire continent of Terra.

Sugar, salt, spices, vodka, and various canned goods—these were things that the nobles of Ursus simply could not resist.

The fact that Red Guard products have begun to appear even in the northernmost fortress of the Ursus Empire shows how successful the Red Guard's economic infiltration has been. Often, a small gift, along with a universal bank card, is enough to allow Red Guard goods to circulate freely in any Ursus city.

Previously, the Ursus regular army, which was at loggerheads with the Red Guards due to the destruction of the Fourth Army, is now waving around Steelgrain vodka and calling the Red Guards' messengers brothers.

In some places, the Red Guards' operations have become completely public; this is the magic of economic infiltration.

Of course, in this snowy plain where people are devoured without spitting out bones, force is also very important. The Red Guards' Dongfeng Express convoys are all fully armed. Anyone who dares to touch them will be sent straight to the sky. They also carry out a brutal and comprehensive extermination of the surrounding bandits. If anyone dares to show up even once, the Red Guards will make sure that the other party does not have a second chance.

Many nobles' private armies were affected, but in the face of huge profits, these losses were insignificant to them. They even specifically demanded that their private armies, which had changed license plates, not to be robbed by others, but not by the Dongfeng Express convoys, because they had investments in them.

An efficient and secure logistics system has become the Red Guards' second sharp weapon. After all, no one wants their goods to disappear inexplicably. In contrast, although Dongfeng Express's escort fees are as high as a heart attack, its reputation is guaranteed. It will definitely be delivered, and the delivery time is particularly fast. Now, the nobles of the Ursus Empire in the Far East all use Dongfeng Express to send things, firstly because of its efficiency, and secondly because it makes them look high-class.

After nearly two years of influence, the entire Far East region of the Ursus Empire is now connected by the Dongfeng Express, which can even deliver to the fortresses guarded by the Wendigo Legion in the north.

Thanks to the high efficiency of logistics, the economic development of the Far East region of the Ursus Empire has accelerated, and some minor nobles can now enjoy delicacies and clothing that they never dared to dream of in the past.

It's no exaggeration to say that if Dongfeng Express were to stop, at least half of the GDP of the Ursus Far East region would drop, and it's not impossible that it would drop by more than two-thirds. The impact of this is beyond description.

Backed by powerful military force and supported by strong economic strength, and with everyone making money, the Red Guards have now become the uncrowned kings of the Far East, and many dukes have to act according to the Red Guards' wishes.

The rather tragic thing is that the things the Red Guards were doing had nothing to do with the Ursus Empire; they didn't pay a single penny of tax to the Ursus Empire.

It wasn't that no tax officials had come to urge him to pay; they would simply disappear without a trace that same day. In any case, after breaking ties with the Ursus Empire, Liu Jiuli became a tax defaulter.

If you have any complaints, come to me personally and I guarantee I'll send you on your way in a humane manner.

This situation will continue until the Ursus Empire finds a way to deter the Red Guards.

This means that Liu Jiuli will not favor either side, and given their previous "friendship," Alexei saw an opportunity for cooperation.

He can provide the channels, and Liu Jiuli can provide the resources. At worst, they can split the profits 30/70. Even if he only gets 30%, the money will still flow in. Once the money is in place, many problems will be easily solved.

As for whether Liu Jiuli would refuse, Alexei himself didn't know. Reason told him he wouldn't, but what if he did?

So the black snake Koschie appears here, striving for success in one go.

Chapter 117: A New Year's Sister Arrives at Longmen

Lungmen, Block 13, somewhere in the slums

"Shadow, this is your mission."

Someone took the note, read it carefully, and then burned it using Originium Arts.

"It's rare for you to use me, yet your target isn't Wei Yanwu."

"Do your job and don't ask unnecessary questions."

"Enough nonsense. I just want to know if I can get my revenge. Although I may not succeed, if I want to cause trouble, you guards can't stop me."

A dangerous gaze scrutinized the person before him, who met his gaze without hesitation.

"You should know that if it weren't for your special status, you wouldn't have the right to speak to me like this."

"That's why I'm bargaining with you."

After a brief silence, the Emperor's bodyguard spoke up: "The goal this time is to destroy the Dragon Gate, and your revenge will naturally be achieved as well."

The other party looked surprised: "Did I hear that right? Not control or occupy, but destroy."

"That's right, destroy it, that's the order. Is there a problem?"

"No, not at all. In fact, such an order makes me very happy."

"Then do it, Shadow. Everything has been arranged. You can get help from the Primus Group and support from us, but please remember, the Empire cannot accept defeat."

"Don't worry, I can't either."

Future Science City, a paradise in Longmen, a place of unimaginable order, is hiring today!

Well, they're recruiting here 24/7 right now, because for Liu Jiuli, human resources are never enough.

The factories that are in operation need labor, the growing armed forces of workers and peasants need soldiers, and the high-tech industries need intellectuals.

These all need to be trained starting with ordinary people, so whether they are infected people from slums or ordinary people with families, Future Technology will not refuse them.

As for the recent decrease in recruitment efficiency, it must be due to various factions in Longmen secretly targeting them.