Chapter 58

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After Su Shuang and Zhang Shiping left, Chen Xi started drinking tea again. At this time, it's always like this; even if you finish all the official business, you still have to wait for the time to leave. As for what you do during this time after completing your tasks, it doesn't matter as long as you don't violate the etiquette.

Chen Xi still maintained his good habit of taking a nap at noon, propping his head up and falling asleep in the office hall until he was finally woken up by Jian Yong, who had just finished today's official business.

"Oh, oh, is it time already?" Chen Xi yawned and prepared to leave, but was grabbed by the shoulder by Jian Yong.

"It's not time yet!" Jian Yong dragged Chen Xi over and pressed him into the main seat, "It's not yet the third watch of the afternoon."

"Ha, then why did you wake me up? Is there something you can't handle? That shouldn't be the case, now it's just some minor things left." Chen Xi said with half-closed eyes, looking extremely like Guan Yu, full of pride, but in reality, he was completely not awake.

"There's nothing much, I just wanted to look at the contract you and Zhang Su signed." Jian Yong shook his head and said, "You've set the framework and goals, we're just filling in the details. After you explained it clearly, there's nothing we can't handle."

"Okay, it's right there on the stack of bamboo slips, you can reach it. Why did you wake me up?" Chen Xi opened his dazed eyes and looked at Jian Yong blankly, too sleepy to even get angry.

With Chen Xi's permission, Jian Yong took the white cloth and started to read it, nodding slightly as he read, but began to frown when he reached the last three points.

Chen Xi, who had started to wake up after drinking a cup of tea, looked at Jian Yong and said, "If there's a problem, just say it." Chen Xi yawned, thinking it was great to sit with a carefree scholar like this. If he were sitting with a noble scholar like Chen Qun, doing this would probably make the other person jump up and say he was being disrespectful.

"Let's not talk about the first part, it's just some handling methods and financial allocations. But the last three points, I can understand them, but I don't get what you're trying to do?" Jian Yong looked up and said.

"Oh, the first part can be filled in casually, but the last three points are important. Zilong, listen too, you might find it useful in the future." Chen Xi turned his head and said to Zhao Yun, who was still handling official business.

Zhao Yun looked up, took the white cloth from Jian Yong, glanced over it to get a general idea, and then raised his head to listen to what Chen Xi had to say.

"There's nothing much. The third-to-last point is to prevent them from monopolizing the entire market, and to prepare for the second-to-last point. The second-to-last point is to plant people at various levels, and when we get involved in more industries, we can cross-plant them, with single-line communication. This way, we'll have a safe and usable intelligence network. For now, we'll just make do with it, it's much better than being in the dark like before." Chen Xi said with a smile.

Previously, when Sun Jian died, the information came too late to Liu Bei's side. It was only because someone specifically passed it to him that he knew. Otherwise, he wouldn't have known when. This was a great opportunity to plant spies.

"Indeed, it's a good idea. Planting them in this way, with the approval of the higher levels of each state, county, and district, makes it hard for others to notice. As for single-line communication…" Jian Yong couldn't continue, gesturing to Chen Xi with his eyes.

"The higher level doesn't show up and uses a special method to contact the lower level. As for what special method, you can think of it. For reporting, it's also done through a special method. That's about it, as long as they don't know about the higher and lower levels." Chen Xi shrugged and said.

"How do you ensure the information is passed from the lower level to the higher level?" Jian Yong, though perhaps not as wise as the famous ministers of the Three Kingdoms, was not stupid and immediately noticed the flaw in this method.

"There's someone outside who knows. The existence of this outsider is mainly to verify that the information is correctly passed, and to pass information in extremely important situations." Chen Xi smiled, "But this only happens once. After that, regardless of whether they are exposed, they will be transferred to another place to work or recalled." Chen Xi said this very seriously and solemnly.

"Brilliant method!" Zhao Yun's eyes flashed with a glint of approval, but before he could speak, Jian Yong had already said it for him.

"Oh, if Xianhe thinks it's brilliant, then I'll leave this matter to Xianhe to handle." Chen Xi casually threw a bundle to Jian Yong.

Zhao Yun chuckled, while Jian Yong looked gloomy. He shouldn't have spoken up. According to Chen Xi's logic, since he already understood the importance of this matter and the subtlety of the method, it should be left to him to handle. Zhao Yun had been caught in this trap once, and now Jian Yong was caught too.

"Of course, the last point is the most important." Chen Xi said solemnly after drinking a cup of tea, "The last point is the foundation of everything above. Whether it's planting people, or if the two sides don't get along in the future, or if we need to replace people, the last point ensures we stand on the side of righteousness."

"Hmm?" Both Zhao Yun and Jian Yong frowned and looked at Chen Xi. Finally, Zhao Yun asked, "But what about the final interpretation right?"

"Right, the so-called final interpretation right means that I can interpret it however I want. If I say it's black, it's black, even if it's white, it's still black. Anyway, if any of these merchants dare to mess with us, I don't mind making them give back everything they've earned." Chen Xi said casually, without a conscience.

"This will cause a lot of trouble. In the future, it will be very difficult to find business partners." Jian Yong said with a bitter smile, not disapproving of Chen Xi's style, but thinking that Chen Xi's method might damage his reputation.

"Don't worry, the great scholars will understand." Chen Xi said with a smirk.

"…" Jian Yong looked at Chen Xi speechlessly.

"Just a joke, at least this shows that we have no moral issues. Any problems arise only because the merchants haven't read enough books. That's it." Chen Xi casually shifted the blame to the merchants.

"Zichuan, stop joking, be serious. You know what I mean." Jian Yong frowned and said.

"Right, I understand. First, as long as the merchants don't betray us, I won't use that final interpretation right. Once I use it, I'll add it to the law." Chen Xi yawned and found what he needed from a stack of white cloths in the bamboo slips.

Jian Yong sighed after a long look, "Zichuan, you're taking advantage and then blocking the path to prevent others from doing the same." He laughed and handed the white cloth to Zhao Yun, who was sitting beside him.

"You should say it's being prepared. After all, I'm doing this for the people under my rule, to prevent being taken advantage of in the future." Chen Xi shrugged and said, "It's really boring, I wonder if General Guan and General Zhang have figured out the general location of the Taishan bandits yet."

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