The Zhu family laughed and did not shy away from their concerns, "The needs of the Mo family are really too great and it is difficult for the Shennong Hall to maintain it. Thank you Xiakui for your understanding."

'Tian Yan' nodded slightly and replied, "Palace Master Zhu is too polite. Official matters should naturally be handled openly."

Once the most important issue of manpower has been solved, it’s time to discuss other issues.

They are cooperating with the Mohists, not working for the Mohists, and they cannot just listen to what others say.

"Xia Kui, the Qinglong Plan is now missing a key link. Do we have to stick to it to the end?" Zhu Jia pinched his beard and asked meaningfully.

He hopes that farmers will deeply participate in the Qinglong Project, but this does not mean that they must participate at any cost.

If the situation is not right, you still have to get out, so as not to involve the farmer.

It's just that they need to carefully grasp the appropriateness.

To be honest, the Mo family's current Qinglong plan is already quite risky in the Zhu family's eyes, and he needs to talk to 'Tian Yan'.

'Tian Yan' did not express his position in a hurry, but asked, "Hall Master Zhu thinks there is something wrong with this?"

Zhu Jia laughed and replied, "Xia Kui must understand that this is not a question of whether it is appropriate or not, but a question of difficulty of execution."

"If the Mo family only needs two or three thousand people in the end, we can send Songhai to him with a little effort. But if they need five thousand or even nearly ten thousand people, even if the farmer's family can afford it, who should this person be?"

How to get to Songhai?”

Songhai is a prosperous city in Jiaodong County and even the entire Qilu region. Even so, the entire city, including the towns, villages and other places outside the city, has a permanent population of only a few hundred thousand to less than two hundred thousand.

Farmers sent thousands or even tens of thousands of people to Songhai at once, which was equivalent to an increase of nearly one-tenth in the number of people.

Of course, this number will not affect the stability and normalcy of Songhai, but it will definitely be discovered - a lot of people can be hidden outside the city, but the eating, drinking and diarrhea of ​​thousands of people cannot be hidden.

The commander of the Shadow Guard is now in Songhai. It is impossible not to alert him by making such a big noise.

Once he is alerted, the Qinglong Plan can no longer be hidden, and the difficulty of executing it will inevitably skyrocket.

"What Hall Master Zhu said makes sense." 'Tian Yan' did not refute the Zhu family's views, but still did not express his position. Instead, he asked, "What do Hall Master Zhu think?"

"Thinking?" Zhu Jia chuckled, "This is an unsolvable problem, and I don't have any ideas."

"But..." He changed the topic, "If Xiakui is really interested in the Qinglong Project, he might as well consider getting more involved in it."

The Zhu family's meaning is very simple - since you want to pursue excitement, then follow through to the end!

According to the current rough plan of the Mo family, they not only need enough manpower to find the whereabouts of the East Patrol convoy, but also need people to attack the convoy to create opportunities for assassination operations. They also need people to clean up the head and tail afterwards. The number of manpower required must not be a small number.

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As the Zhu family said, it is indeed an unsolvable problem that people cannot hide when there are too many people.

Since open source is not possible, we can only think of ways to reduce expenditures.

In other words, we have to find ways to reduce the manpower needed by the Mohist family.

The Zhu family had nothing to do about this, because the manpower needed by the Mo family was basically used on the Eastern Patrol Team, and he did not have any relevant information, and he would not be able to obtain such information unless something unexpected happened.

But the hero ‘Tian Yan’ is different.

Her relationship with the Empire and Luo Sheng is ambiguous, so there is no guarantee that there won't be any connections.

The Zhu family couldn't say this explicitly, they could only make it implicitly.

If 'Tian Yan' approves his proposal, then the implementation of the Qinglong Plan may go smoothly.

If 'Tian Yan' does not accept this proposal, the Zhu family can also use this opportunity to observe her reaction to the proposal, and then judge her deeper attitude towards the Qinglong Project and the extent of her entanglement with the empire.

It's not a loss either way.

'Tian Yan' smiled playfully when he heard this. He probably understood the deep meaning of Zhu's words. After thinking about it for a while, he responded, "Palace Master Zhu's proposal is indeed reasonable. I wonder if you have any further ideas?"

"This... it's up to you, Xiakui, to make your own decision. I can't overstep my authority." The Zhu family didn't answer the question and kicked the ball back with a smile.

Xia Kui does not have the power to directly lead the Sixth Hall of the farm family, but major matters concerning the entire farm family must be decided by Xia Kui himself. The head of the Sixth Hall can have questions and make suggestions, but he cannot make decisions on his behalf.

The Zhu family's evasion can be said to be reasonable.

'Tian Yan' did not insist on letting the Zhu family express their position, and replied with a smile, "This matter does not only depend on our attitude, we also need to ask the Mo family's thoughts."

"If there is a suitable opportunity, it doesn't matter if the farmers put in more effort. After all, if the Qinglong Project succeeds, it will be a great good thing for everyone."

As the old proverb goes, a thousand people can point to one, but they will die without any disease.

There are too many people in the world who hope that Ying Zheng will die, and his early death seems to be reasonable.

Of course, the accusations from thousands of people cannot actually cause any harm to Ying Zheng. What really caused his premature death was that he was too diligent, but his diligence to a certain extent intensified others' dislike of him. Calculating it this way

His death seems to be related to Qianfu's accusation.

The natural cycle is really interesting.

‘Tian Yan’ had set the tone for the general direction, and the Zhu family smiled with ‘joy’ but still did not make any comments, only making secret calculations in their hearts.

Judging from 'Tian Yan's' response, it seems that she really supports the Qinglong Plan. In this way, the bond between the other party and the empire is not deep, and it is probably just a relationship of mutual use.

This is definitely good news for the Zhu family.

After all, it is a foregone conclusion that 'Tian Yan' will become the new leader of heroes, and most of the power of the farm family will be taken under her command. This is something that the Zhu family cannot resist or change.

However, the Zhu family cannot rule out the possibility that 'Tian Yan' is just pretending.

What the other party's position is depends on her next behavior.

"Since Xiakui has reached a conclusion, we should serve him." Suspending his thoughts for the time being, the Zhu family replied with a smile and clasped their fists.

'Tian Yan' did not mean to continue talking nonsense, and ordered in a deep voice, "This matter will be handled by Hall Master Zhu on his behalf. Please communicate more with the Mo family and let me know if anything happens."

"Of course, I will also make preparations in advance so that the Mo family can provide timely assistance when needed."

The words "Tian Yan" are equivalent to a further guarantee to the Zhu family, a guarantee to participate more deeply in the Qinglong Project.

The Zhu family felt relieved and responded with a smile, "Don't worry, Xiagui."

Then ‘Tian Yan’ stopped staying and left Shennong Hall directly.

She was fully aware of the Zhu family's attempts to test her, but she didn't pay attention.

The Zhu family definitely supports the Qinglong Plan, and she also supports the Qinglong Plan. Since there is no conflict in their goals, a little suspicion will not affect the overall situation.

………………

Jiaodong County, on the outskirts of Songhai City, the Mohist stronghold.

Liu Ji, who received the Zhu family's reply, met with the Mo family again.

"Brother Liu Ji, is there any information from Hall Master Zhu?" Master Ban came up and asked first.

Don't blame him for being anxious, time is somewhat tight - the key is not that there is not enough, but that he doesn't know if there is enough, so he can only do everything as quickly as possible.

Liu Ji simply nodded and said the key points first:

"Brother said over there that people are not a problem. It's easy to talk about how many people are involved."

Upon hearing this, Master Ban and others were obviously happy, "Passion Master Zhu is so righteous, I would like to thank you in advance."

Liu Ji waved his hand and said politely, "You are too polite. Nongmo has always been a good friend. This is what we should and should do."

"But..." Liu Ji then changed the subject. After finishing the key points, it was time to talk about the difficult part, "Brother, he also has some doubts."

Master Ban's expression became serious and he said in a deep voice, "If you have any doubts, Brother Liu Ji, just say it's okay."

Liu Ji laughed and replied, "We don't dare to say anything else. We must have enough people, so it doesn't matter whether it's three thousand, five thousand, or even tens of thousands."

"But Songhai is not the territory of farmers. On the contrary, this place is under high alert from the empire. How can these people come here?"

"Brother said that he really couldn't think of a way to arrange for so many brothers to quietly enter the Songhai realm. The imperial court would definitely find out."

"I heard before that the commander of your Shadow Guards, named Zhang Han, is here now. If he knows about it, the Imperial Master will also know about it, and your plan to hide from him will be in vain.

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Hearing Liu Ji mention this question, Master Ban and the others looked at each other and nodded with a wry smile, "In fact, we have also thought about this question."

"Think of it? Do you have a solution?" Liu Ji couldn't help but ask after hearing this.

"You can say yes, you can say no." Master Ben replied with a wry smile, "Our approach is to just ignore it."

"Since I can't hide it, I won't hide it. I just try to cover up the real number of people and specific traces."

"Even if the Shadow Guards are aware of our actions, it is difficult to think of the real goal of the Qinglong Project, let alone that we intend to ambush Ying Zheng before he arrives at Songhai."

"As long as the purpose is not seen through, it will be exposed...it will be exposed."

In layman's terms, Master Ben's method is shock therapy, or in other words, it means destroying the body.

Doing this kind of thing, logically speaking, there is definitely no risk of exposure that should be taken, but in reality, there is not so much choice.

The Mo family really had no choice.

When Liu Ji heard these words, the corners of his mouth twitched, not knowing what to say.

He didn't particularly care whether the Mo family was in ruins or not, but what was involved was their farm brothers.

Naturally, he himself was not willing to accept this kind of shock therapy, but it was difficult to openly oppose the Mohists at this time.

"Is this plan... too risky?"
To be continued...