Chapter 148

Zhang Chong, the prefect of Nujiang County, did not return to the county town immediately, but found a yard beside the Nujiang River and stayed there.

Then he stood at the window staring at the surging river, motionless.

He has been wasted in the officialdom for many years. Because he has no backer, and has a rigid personality and is not good at flattering, he can be called a downfall in the first ten years of the officialdom.

He was also a second-class jinshi back then, which can be described as a spring breeze.

But first, I spent a few years in the Censor's Desk, and then I worked in Zhongshu Province for several years.

Listening to the unit seems to be very powerful. Yes, it is the Censor Desk and the Zhongshu Province.

But there is no bullshit power, and every day is to write and copy, and anyone can call and drink.

For the children of wealthy families, these seats are all gold-plated, while for ordinary people, they are completely used to polish the edges and corners.

Zhongshu Province, the prime minister's agency.

As a result, in the third year of Zhang Chong's entry, Zhongshu Province and Xiashu Province were all abolished, and the three provinces were merged into Shangshutai.

The large-scale errand officials were cleared out, and Zhang Chong left the capital and began to serve as the city lord in a remote town.

Several city lords have been doing it for more than ten years.

Until a few years ago, the battle to destroy the Earl of Dongjiang made him enter the eyes of the monarch and the governor of Zhu Rong.

Immediately soaring into the sky, after a short period of gold plating in the capital, he was immediately promoted to the prefect.

This is already a senior official of the frontier, and it is almost the pinnacle of local officials.

Of course, there are also provincial governors above, but they are not necessarily permanent.

If he succeeds in destroying the Earl of Xuanwu this time, it will be a foregone conclusion that he will be promoted to the lower governor of Yanzhou.

This is his chance to leap like a dragon.

The position of the lower governor of Yanzhou is not to implement the New Deal, nor to be a cruel official.

It is a test of Zhang Chong's ability to look at the big picture in military, political, and diplomatic fields.

Because Yanzhou originally belonged to the state of Wu, the mighty Duke Bian Xiao went to South Vietnam and brought this territory.

More than 20 years later, the people's hearts in this area still haven't fully surrendered.

The merchants, spies, and brokers of the Wu Kingdom, Chu Kingdom, and even the Great Yan Empire are all active here, and the fish and the dragon are mixed.

Serving as the lower governor in this place is a great test of ability.

But once it is done, it means that the next step will directly enter the power core of the capital as the six ministers, then the six ministers, and finally one of the prime ministers of the Shangshutai.

That is the pinnacle of life.

The monarch regarded Zhang Chong as a cruel official and a knife.

But he didn't let him take this cruel official to the end, he wanted to really train him to become the pillar of the country.

In the past, when his ambitions were difficult to achieve because of his wasted time in the officialdom, Zhang Chong often lived on the edge of the Nujiang River and watched the galloping river.

His heart will soon be on fire again.

Once again majestic and high-spirited.

No matter how turbulent the political tide is, can it compare to the surging river in front of you?

Besides!

I, Zhang Chong, are the tide of the Nu River, and the residence of the Earl of Xuanwu is just a stubborn rock in the river.

Even on a hard rock, it can't stop the shocking tide, and one day it will burst and disintegrate, turning into gravel and rolling away.

Zhang Chunhua came over with the medicinal soup and said softly, "Father, the wind is strong by the river, and your body has not recovered yet."

Zhang Chong took the medicine bowl and drank it.

"Chunhua, I'm sorry for being a father, so you have to kill your emotions alive."

Zhang Chunhua shook his head and said, "Men and women's love is just a leisure pastime. What is it compared to fate? Besides, what is emotion is just a reproductive impulse, and it is ultimately for the momentary trembling."

I can't talk anymore today.

Zhang Chunhua said: "Father, Shen Lang won the battle for Jinshan Island, is it bad for us?"

Zhang Chong said: "It's intense! Originally, I could stage an ambush gracefully and use relatively gentle means to end the fate of the Xuanwu Earl's Mansion. I don't need to use too violent means, let alone large-scale bloodshed. If a successful politician kills people and destroys Earl Jinzhuo's family, it will show that my ability is inferior."

"If there is a choice, I really don't want to cooperate with beasts like Qiu Tianwei, that will be a political/governance stain on my future."

"But now that the Jin family has won the battle for Jinshan Island, the situation has changed from a political struggle to a military struggle in an instant, and then there will be endless bloodshed. And my Zhang Chong's reputation will be even worse."

Zhang Chunhua said: "Although the battle for Jinshan Island has been won, the predicament faced by the Earl Xuanwu has not changed. Instead, it has become more dangerous and fierce, right?"

Zhang Chong said: "As long as the determination of the monarch's new policy remains unchanged, the crisis of the Jin family will never be resolved. When you are fighting with a behemoth, a small loss is actually the best outcome. If you win, the consequences will be even more tragic."

This is the truth.

Just like on Earth, a superpower teaches a small country a lesson because of territorial friction.

If a big country wins, everyone will be happy.

If a big country loses, in order to save face and consolidate his international status, he will become angry and escalate the war into a war of national destruction.

Zhang Chunhua said: "The moment when the Count Xuanwu's mansion is completely destroyed, I will provoke Shen Lang again, and it will not be too late to sleep with him."

Zhang Chong couldn't wait to cover his ears, but sighed: "There is no possibility of this. Before, no matter whether you win or lose, you can still maintain a sense of dignity. But then you will die, and there will be corpses everywhere."

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An hour later, Zhang Chong dragged his sick body and took a carriage to the mansion of the Earl of Jinhai.

At this time, the entire Count of Jinhai was in a mess.

Tang Lun was frantically venting the anger in his heart.

The beautiful rockery was directly smashed by him with his heavy sword.

Expensive famous kiln porcelain was smashed into pieces by him.

The paintings and calligraphy on the wall were also burnt down.

The servants in the house were killed four or five by Tang Lun because they couldn't escape in time.

When Zhang Chong walked into the study.

Jin Haibo Tang Lun rushed over with a big sword and roared, "Are you courting death? Didn't I say no one should come in?"

next second.

He found out that it was Zhang Chong, and immediately put down the great sword.

"It's Prefect Zhang, what's the matter?"

Zhang Chong said, "I'll ask Jin Haibo, what are your plans next?"

Tang Lun said coldly: "What else can you plan? Of course, it's not going to be given. I signed the contract, but wanting me to hand over Jinshan Island is a complete nonsense."

Zhang Chong said: "Even so, how long can you delay. When the monarch's will comes down, don't you hand over the island?"

Tang Lun sneered and said, "Wait for the monarch's will? Let's wait for the year of the monkey, the horse and the moon, the monarch can't wait to die in the Count Xuanwu's mansion."

Zhang Chong said: "Can Jin Haibo listen to me?"

Tang Lun said: "Speak."

Zhang Chong said: "Immediately hand over Jinshan Island and hand over it immediately. Don't destroy the iron smelting workshop or mine pits, and hand it over to Earl Xuanwu's mansion."

As soon as these words came out, Jin Haibo Tang Lun said sharply, "Prefect Zhang, are you crazy?"

Zhang Chong said: "In this way, the Earl of Xuanwu will be ecstatic and send a large number of troops to Jinshan Island. The iron ore grade on Wangya Island is too low, and the Jin family owes debts, and will restore the production of Jinshan Island in the shortest possible time. , will invest a lot of manpower, material resources, financial resources, and military power on Jinshan Island."

Tang Lun said: "I handed over the entire Jinshan Island to him, didn't I follow his intentions? Zhang Taishou, you really plan for Jin Zhuo."

Zhang Chong said: "Jin Haibo, all the steel weapons under the pirate king Qiu Tianwei's army were provided by you, Jinshan Island, right?"

Jin Haibo Tang Lun said: "Zhang Taishou, this kind of thing can't be said nonsense, there is no such thing."

It's really interesting, at this moment, you are still playing tricks?

Who doesn't know that Jinhai Earl's Mansion and the enemy are good enough to wear a pair of trousers, and even Tang Lun is one of the white/gloves of Qiu Tianwei in the country of Yue.

Zhang Chong said: "After you hand over Jinshan Island to Earl Jinzhuo, you will sign a secret contract with the pirate king Qiu Tianwei to give him 70% of Jinshan Island. But he needs to send troops to capture Jinshan Island. Do you think Qiu Tianwei will come? "

"Of course?" Tang Lun said, "Qiu Tianwei is a cruel and greedy big shark. If I gave him Jinshan Island, how could he give up this big piece of fat?"

In fact, Tang Lun had a secret he didn't tell.

Every year, 30% of the iron on Jinshan Island is owned by Qiu Tianwei, which is a kind of protection fee.

Zhang Chong said: "Qiu Tianwei will lead the army to fight against Jinshan Island and Count Xuanwu's mansion. At that time, will the monarch decree to send troops to help Count Jinzhuo exterminate the pirates?"

Tang Lun said: "Of course not, the monarch wants Jin Zhuo to die. Qiu Tianwei's troops are several times that of Jin Zhuo, so he will win."

Zhang Chong said: "At that time, Earl Xuanwu's mansion had invested a lot of manpower, military and financial resources on Jinshan Island. How many people would die if they fought against Qiu Tianwei? How much financial resources would they lose? A piece of fat, but a meat grinder, will make the Jin family shed the last drop of blood."

Tang Lun said: "Then Yinyuan will ask the Jin family for a huge amount of debt and ask for the mortgage of Wangya Island, and the Jin family will be finished. In this way, the Jin family recaptured Jinshan Island, not only was it useless, but it accelerated. die?"

The words say so.

But the price paid was to attract Qiu Tianwei, a greedy big shark, into the game.

And this Pirate King is an uncontrollable factor.

It can be said that Zhang Chong really doesn't want to go this far unless it is a last resort.

Zhang Chong said: "So Jin Haibo, please hand over Jinshan Island completely and hand it over to the Jin family."

Jin Haibo Tang Lun frowned and said coldly: "Why should I hand it over? What good will it do for me to destroy the Jin family? Jinshan Island is still in my hands."

This is to be demolished.

I have no opinion on destroying the Earl Xuanwu Mansion, but if you want me to pay the price of Jinshan Island, then let's not talk about it.

Anyway, the New Deal is none of my business. It is your Zhang Chong's duty to destroy the Earl Xuanwu's mansion.

Zhang Chong frowned.

The characters of Bo Jin Hai and Bo Xuan Wu are really one heaven and one underground.

An upright fortitude, noble character.

A vicious, fickle, greedy and selfish.

Zhang Chong said lightly: "Jin Haibo, you must hand over Jinshan Island intact, and you need to hand over it in the shortest possible time."

Hearing that, Uncle Jinhai laughed and said, "Oh? I just want to know, why should I obey your orders? You, the prefect of Nujiang River, can't control my mansion of Earl Jinhai, right?"

Zhang Chong said: "Because I will play the monarch and force you to hand it over. If you don't hand it over, then I don't have to hit the Earl Xuanwu's mansion. My fist of the New Deal will hit you directly. It's better to destroy your Tang clan first. Anyway, you It's also an old-fashioned aristocrat."

As soon as these words came out, Jin Haibo's face changed drastically, and he said sharply, "Zhang Chong, do you dare?"

Zhang Chong said: "I have already sent the memorial to the capital, and the monarch's will will soon come down. If you have the courage to resist the decree, you can try it without handing it over to the island. I want to see if you have the hard bones of Earl Jinzhuo?"

Tang Lun's bones are of course not as hard as Jin Zhuo's, otherwise he wouldn't have waited to betray the old noble camp and join the monarch camp.

"Zhang Chong, you are so vicious..." Tang Lun pointed at Zhang Chong in a trembling voice.

Zhang Chong said, "It's better to understand the words first, then the gentleman. Count Tang Lun, if I were you, I would definitely not wait for the king's will, and I would definitely hand over Jinshan Island ahead of time, so that I would appear to be loyal and cooperative."

Jin Haibo Tanglun roared furiously: "I will pay, I will pay, I will pay..."

Zhang Chong, I fuck your mother!

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Lanshan Viscount Mansion Zhu Lanting rode his horse wildly.

In just over a hundred miles, he changed a few horses.

The closer he got to the house, the faster his heart beat, and his entire chest hurt.

Not only that, but the closer to home, Zhu Lanting felt a burst of suffocation, and it was difficult to breathe.

Because he was so worried.

The Jin family also has fiefs, Hope Cliff Island, manors, and castles.

And he wished that Lanting had only one family manor!

That is tens of thousands of acres of fields and plantations, beautiful gardens, and countless workshops.

This is the only property of his Zhu family.

A family business that has been accumulated for hundreds of years.

If something goes wrong, his home will be over.

It's going to be alright, it's going to be nothing.

I'm just frightening myself.

Bypassing the mountain in front is the valley where Zhu's Manor is located.

But Zhu Lanting couldn't wait any longer, so he abandoned the war horse and used light and force to climb the mountain.

His martial arts have not been used for many years, and now he is used to climb mountains.

Hurry up……

Having exhausted his strength, even on the battlefield, Viscount Zhu Lanting has never worked so hard.

Finally, climbed this mountain.

Look down sharply.

Within the valley, there is a vast ocean.

He Zhu's family's manor, castle, workshop, fields, and plantations were all swallowed up by the flood.

The tallest tower in the family castle, only one spire now sticks out of the water.

The flood has subsided by this time and is in the soaking stage. Above the water, there are various ruins floating.

Done!

It's all over!

The only property of the Zhu family was destroyed.

A century-old family business.

I wish the clan's prosperity and wealth, it's all over!

All ruined!

"Ah...ah...ah..."

Viscount Zhu Lanting let out a burst of miserable howls.

Like a wounded... stray dog.

Unprecedented tragedy, unprecedented grief.

"Shen Lang, I'm fucking your mother!"

"Shen Lang, I must smash your corpse into tens of thousands of pieces..."

Immediately, Viscount Zhu Lanting couldn't bear the huge blow any longer, and this roar exhausted his true energy, tearing his chest with all his might.

A sharp pain.

A mouthful of blood spurted out.

Viscount Zhu Lanting's body fell down and rolled down the hillside.

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After a whole day!

Only then did Shen Lang and his party return to Earl Xuanwu's mansion.

The mother-in-law had long been waiting, leading a group of people to wait at the gate of the castle.

As soon as she saw the figures of Shen Lang and his party, she rushed out immediately.

Earl Jin Zhuo was excited and joyful, and rarely broke his inner restraint, and wanted to tell the good news to his closest lover.

Jin Mucong also sped up and rushed up. He would proudly tell his mother that this time he turned the tide and won the battle for Jinshan Island, and he completely crushed Tang Yun.

Mother, I want you to know that my son is not a waste, and my son has contributed to the family.

However……

Count Jin-joo flinched.

Jin Mucong even more embarrassedly opened his arms and embraced the air.

The mother-in-law rushed directly in front of Shen Lang, put her arms around his shoulders and said, "Oh! Mother's good son, mother's good son!"

"My son is amazing."

"My son is so awesome."

"The reason why our family won the battle for Jinshan Island this time is all the credit of my son, Shen Lang."

"Thanks to my son, otherwise with your father-in-law and Jin Mucong, I'm afraid I don't know what it will be like to lose."

"Let my mother take a good look." The mother-in-law stared at Shen Lang's face and found a tooth mark. She was about to exclaim her concern, but she swallowed it back immediately and said distressedly, "It's only been two days, and my son has lost weight. already."

Maybe this tooth mark is the taste of the young couple?

Maybe Mulan also has it, but it can't be seen from the outside.

This kind of thing, as my mother-in-law, don't break it.

Count Jinzhuo was speechless next to him.

Jin Mucong was really about to cry.

Obviously I have credit.

Obviously I am the one who needs to be praised the most?

Brother-in-law, does he lack praise? Does she lack attention?

He was about to hook up with other women at the Nujiang Hunting Ground.

Over the past month or so, I have been working hard to copy books and endorse them. Is it easy for me?

Seeing that the fat mansion was so miserable, even the stone-hearted Earl Jin Zhuo put down his restraint, stepped forward and patted Jin Mucong on the back and said, "You have worked hard too."

Immediately, the fat man's tears welled up.

"Father, I said ten years ago that I have a daughter-in-law. Now, where is my daughter-in-law? Where is she?"

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Jin Hui and Shen Shisan have both returned.

Kneel on the ground quietly.

"Uncle, fortunately not to be disgraced, I and Thirteen have both completed the task."

Shen Lang nodded.

Something is wrong in front of you!

Because there was a woman beside Jin Hui, a beautiful woman.

This woman was covered in wounds, her face was beautiful, her eyes were extremely stubborn, and she looked at Shen Lang without showing weakness.

The key is that her hands and feet are still tied, and her mouth is also helping the cloth.

Shen Lang said: "Jin Hui, you can't marry a wife, so you took the opportunity to grab one back?"

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Note: I got up and went out to do errands after sleeping for more than four small things today. When I got home, I immediately buried my head in the code, and finally drove out the second update, and I went on to write the third update!

Brothers, your support is my stimulant, please!