Chapter 194

After a day of hustle and bustle, Raging Tide City had fallen into silence.

Although there have been great changes, people in the whole city can still sleep peacefully.

Those who can make a living in Raging Tide City have thick nerves.

Suddenly, the pier and the lighthouse rang again with a shrill bell.

Suddenly, everyone in the castle woke up again.

Take up arms and prepare for battle.

And most of the businessmen in the city can't help but prick up their ears?

Whose fleet is this coming?

Could it be Zhang Chong?

Should not be!

The Jin family had already captured the main castle. Although there were only 2,000 people, Zhang Chong would not be able to defeat even 10,000 people.

Besides, where did Zhang Chong get ten thousand people?

Not everyone is as perverted as Qiu Yaoer, who is invincible in battle and invincible.

The bells on the dock soon changed, though.

From sharp and harsh to melodious.

This means that it is one's own people, not the enemy!

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Xuanwu Bo Jinzhuo led the fleet to the Wharf of Raging Tide City.

He really tried his best to hurry, but he was still slower than Qiu Tianwei before.

There is no way, the sailors of the Jin family are not familiar with these pirate warships.

The fleet has not approached the port, and the two sides immediately met the family code.

In an instant, Uncle Xuanwu relaxed and let out a long sigh of relief.

Good luck!

God bless.

Shen Lang is fine.

Not only that, he really took down Raging Tide City.

Tang Lun next to him was so envious that his eyes burst.

His grandmother's, the Jin family really took down Raging Tide City.

God!

This is the core of the entire eastern sea trade.

It is a place where gold coins are flowing.

Now it belongs to the Earl of Xuanwu.

The Jin family's fief expanded several times at once.

This achievement is catching up with Count Jin Zhou back then.

Of course, Count Jin Zhou fought for the monarch from the south to the north, and made countless military exploits, which is incomparable.

But in the expansion of family power, Jin Zhuo has done it.

You Jin Zhuo are only Chinese people's money.

How can it be so strong?

Some time ago, your family was still alive and dead, but now it has taken off all of a sudden?

Is it because he has a good son-in-law?

This world is so unfair!

Shen Lang immediately got up from the bed and rushed to the pier to meet his father-in-law.

Faster than him was the alchemist An Zaitian, who could not hide his excitement at all.

Over the past ten years, he has had several contacts with Earl Xuanwu's mansion, but he has never seen Earl Xuanwu again.

Earl Jin Zhuo stepped forward and looked at Shen Lang with fiery eyes.

Then, he suddenly stepped forward and hugged Shen Lang.

This startled Lord Lang.

Father-in-law, you were not like this before.

You used to be very old-fashioned and cold, and you have never acted so affectionately.

I'm not used to you being so affectionate all of a sudden.

"My son has worked hard..." Earl Jinzhuo said.

Shen Lang: "Uh, not hard, not hard at all."

The key is to really not work hard.

He didn't fight a single battle, and he let Qiu Yao'er finish the fight. He and the warriors of the Jin family watched from the beginning to the end, and then they got to the city of Raging Tide.

"Hey!" Earl Tang Lun next to him suddenly said: "Shen Lang, in fact, I also have daughters, and there are several."

After despair, Tang Lun became much cuter.

Shen Lang looked at Bo Jin Hai Tang Lun for a while and said, "Bo Jin Hai, you don't have any hatred for my family anymore?"

"It's despair." Tang Lun said: "But I can't die, so I can only pretend to be relieved..."

It can't be said to let go of hatred.

The Ottoman Empire once hated the British Empire, and now Turkey is not kneeling and licking Britain and the United States?

The situation is stronger than the people.

Shen Lang said: "It's very good that you have this kind of mentality, very good."

Tang Lun felt that there was something in Shen Lang's words, and couldn't help but say: "Mr. Shen, you might as well make your words clearer."

Shen Lang said: "Count Tang Lun should go back now and pack up his belongings. The family members should be dismissed, and those who should take refuge should take refuge, and leave the seeds."

As soon as these words came out, Tang Lun's face changed dramatically, and he trembled: "It's going to be like this? It's really going to be like this..."

Shen Lang nodded and said, "Go back!"

Tang Lun lost all his blood in an instant.

What is the worst thing in the world?

In the stock market, you feel that you have already bought the bottom, but you did not expect that there are eighteen layers of hell below.

Tang Lun felt that he had lost Jinshan Island and all his private troops, which was enough for him.

However... there are worse things to come.

Shen Lang said: "For the sake of letting go of your hatred for my family, I advise you to lower your posture, take the initiative, and try to save your family's lives."

Tang Lun's tears fell and he grinned, "Can't you live?"

Shen Lang shook his head and said, "I can't live anymore."

Tang Lun laughed desolately: "Hahahaha, this world is really interesting, interesting! The one who killed me is not the enemy!"

Then, he bowed to Shen Lang and said, "Thank you, Young Master Shen, for telling me that if...if the Tang family does not die this time, I will definitely thank you for your kindness."

Then Earl Jinzhuo sent a boat to Tang Lun to let him go home.

Tang Lun came back after getting on the boat, bowed to Shen Lang and said, "I... can't I live?"

Shen Lang said: "I can't live."

Tang Lun said, "Where are the people in my family?"

Shen Lang said: "Tang Yan is fine, but let him go to Tianya Hai Pavilion as soon as possible to be safe. Among the other sons, you can choose a son to save his life. Let him break with the family ahead of time and personally report and expose you for colluding with the pirate Qiu Tianwei, Then immediately throw yourself into a prince's account, or simply flee to another country."

Earl Tang Lun bowed deeply towards Shen Lang.

"Thank you Lord Shen for saving your life."

Then he went back to the boat.

The ship left and headed to Jinhai City Wharf.

Tang Lun's gratitude is not wrong. Shen Lang's words can be said to have saved the seeds of the Tang family.

This upheaval.

There must be a family that has completely fallen.

Someone has to be responsible for this.

The reason why Shen Lang did this was not to sympathize with the Tang family, but to bury a nail.

What if it can be used in the future?

Earl Jin Zhuo couldn't help but glance back at Earl Tang Lun.

This should be the last time I see him.

The distance between heaven and hell is so close.

Almost, it was his Jin family who fell into hell.

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Inside the main castle of Raging Tide City!

Earl Jinzhuo still feels a little unreal.

The city now belongs to the Kim family?

Does this castle belong to him?

It's dreamy!

"When Langer explained the four-move chess to me that day, although I was amazed, I felt that it was extremely difficult, and I felt that the chance of success was very small. But my Jin family would rather be broken than broken, even if it is only one percent. We have to go all out for the opportunity." Earl Jin Zhuo said, "I never thought that this great event would be a success, it's amazing, it's amazing!"

Then, Jin Zhuo said again, "Lang'er, what a waste of your talents in our family."

Shen Lang said: "Father-in-law, I can't get tired of listening to the touted words. You can say a few more words."

Uh!

I used to have a lot more, but I don't want to talk about it now.

Then Shen Lang sighed.

He came to the map and said, "Father-in-law, our strategy of becoming king across the sea has not been completely successful."

Then, he pointed to the map and said: "We have captured the most crucial Raging Tide City and Leizhou Island, but there are dozens of large and small islands in the entire Leizhou Islands, and the second largest island is Tianfeng Island, which was captured by Prefect Zhang Chong. The rest of the archipelago was seized by Qiuhao."

Shen Lang did not have a fleet and could not capture these islands.

Qiu Yao'er was able to take these islands, but she had no reason to fight for Shen Lang at all. Even Shen Lang couldn't open his mouth. Once he opened his mouth to ask, he would be completely self-inflicted.

Shen Lang said: "Prefect Zhang Chong is very powerful, too powerful."

Since yesterday, Shen Lang has been repeating this sentence.

He not only planned the plan of the mantis catching the cicada and the oriole behind.

After Zhang Chunhua failed to persuade Qiu Yaoer, he immediately went to persuade Qiuhao.

At least on the surface, Zhang Jin's raging tide cities have been assured.

After all, according to Zhang Chong's estimation, Shen Lang was going to kill Qiu Yao'er, and then take the opportunity to seize the main castle.

In fact, Shen Lang really planned to do this.

He can indeed kill Qiu Yao'er.

Once Qiu Yao'er was killed, and then the Jin family attacked the castle of the Lord of Fury Tide City, the army of 6,000 people from Zhang Jin came up from behind.

There are only more than 2,000 people in Shen Lang, and there are tigers behind the wolf.

Therefore, Zhang Jin has a very high probability of winning the Tide City, and Zhang Chong's plan has a very high probability of success.

As a last resort, Shen Lang took the risk to negotiate with Qiu Yaoer.

Perhaps it was God's will that Qiu Yao'er was pregnant. Although this factor did not greatly affect the situation, after all, the child's father made her feel a little softer.

And the most important thing is that Shen Lang caught the incident of someone using poisonous salt to murder Qiu Yaoer, and found out that the real murderer was Qiu Tianwei, so that Qiu Yaoer completely gave up his loyalty to his adoptive father.

This is the key to Shen Lang turning defeat into victory.

I would also like to thank the alchemist Taoist An Zaitian. He lurked next to Qiu Tianwei and did almost nothing, except to save Shu Shu and make her belly bigger, but that was enough.

In short, the victory and defeat of Raging Tide City was in an instant.

Life and death are also at this moment.

The most arrogant is Zhang Chong, the prefect.

When Zhang Jin had a high probability of capturing Raging Tide City, he even had a backup plan.

He requisitioned the second-tier army of Nujiang County, and persuaded Qiuhao to borrow his fleet to capture all the islands outside Raging Tide City.

Especially Tianfeng Island.

This is his plan, get it.

If Zhang Jin can succeed in capturing Raging Tide City, of course it is good!

But in case it is unsuccessful, he still has a way out, so as not to completely destroy the Zhang family.

Think about defeat before thinking about winning!

When it was about to be completed, there was no pride, and there was no flutter. Instead, he immediately made a move to mend the sky to avoid the worst situation.

This kind of talent, this kind of temperament, really made Shen Lang amazed.

From the time the two fought to the present, Zhang Chong only lost half of every move.

Not even half a child.

Shen Lang looked at the Leizhou Islands on the map, more than 10,000 square kilometers.

Today, the Jin family has only captured the largest Leizhou Island.

5,000 square kilometers, accounting for half, and the remaining half belonged to Zhang Chong and Qiu Hao. However, there are no big castles in this archipelago, which is difficult to defend and lacks strategic depth.

"It's a pity that we didn't do all the work..." Shen Lang said: "But we didn't make a mistake, but the opponent was too strong."

On the side, Uncle Xuanwu heard his scalp go numb.

"Fortunately there is Lang'er, otherwise my Jin family would be Zhang Chong's opponent." Jin Zhuo said.

This is indeed the case.

If it wasn't for Shen Lang's appearance to turn the tide, the House of Earl Xuanwu would have been destroyed a few months ago.

Even Zhang Chong didn't have to do it himself. He besieged the Earl Xuanwu's mansion in all directions, and took advantage of the greed of several powerful families to destroy the Jin family.

Although it was not as easy as destroying the Earl of Dongjiang at that time, it was also effortless.

This person is so powerful that it is simply impossible to defend against.

Shen Lang said: "Fortunately, our struggle with him is over. At least for a long time, we will not be opponents."

Of course, it is very exciting to play against such a top player.

But Shen Lang is not a masochist, he still likes to crush.

For example, against opponents like Tian Heng, Xu Guangyun, Zhu Lanting, and Tang Lun.

It's cool to run over it all the way.

To play against an opponent like Zhang Chong, it is not enough to be extremely smart, but also to be lucky enough.

"The strategy of becoming king across the sea has been completed 90%, and there is still one last tremor." Shen Lang said: "After this tremor, our Jin family will be in long-term peace, and even the title of the father-in-law will be raised by one liter."

Earl Jin Zhuo is helpless, this son-in-law will use it in a yellow accent no matter what the occasion or any major event.

"Next, it's up to the monarch." Uncle Xuanwu said.

Shen Lang said: "Yes, we are going to have a game with the monarch Xiaoxiao. It may be extremely fierce, and Mount Tai will be on the top, or it may be a breeze. I hope it is the latter ending."

Earl Jinzhuo said, "Me too!"

Although the Jin family hardly lost anyone in this battle, the strategic resources they paid were astronomical.

It will take some time to recuperate, at least for the recruits to grow up.

To be able to complete the entire strategy lightly, and to completely take down Raging Tide City is naturally the best.

Shen Lang said: "This requires the cooperation of Zhang Taishou, but I am very optimistic about this person. The cooperation between us will definitely be perfect."

"Tomorrow, the prefect will come to negotiate. I'm really looking forward to it! However, there should be no surprises."

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The next morning.

Zhang Chunhua appeared in the big castle in Raging Tide City, with scars on her forehead.

At this time, the gaze that looked at Shen Lang was no longer intriguing, but full of indifference.

That's how women are, no matter how smart they are, they can't afford to lose.

Of course, Qiu Yao'er was an exception.

She is not a man, nor a woman, just a pregnant woman.

"Where's my brother?" Zhang Chunhua asked.

Shen Lang waved his hand, and Jin Hui and Shen Shisan carried in a coffin containing Zhang Jin's body.

Open it up and take a look.

Zhang Chunhua burst into tears.

She has three brothers, but only Zhang Jin is the closest.

The eldest brother is under the account of General Pingnan, and the second brother is a civil servant in the capital, but Zhang Jin and her always follow their father.

Although she had imagined this ending for a long time, when she actually saw Zhang Jin's body, she was still heartbroken.

Shen Lang, I want to smash your corpse into tens of thousands of pieces.

The words almost came out of my mouth.

But Zhang Chunhua still took it back.

Her father repeatedly warned her that people can show weakness, but they cannot really have a weak mentality.

Some words should never be said.

For example, a poor man should never say that so-and-so is rich and powerful, so what? I don't ask him.

This is the typical underdog mentality.

At this time, if she clamored to smash Shen Lang into ten thousand pieces, this is also the mentality of the weak.

If you vent, don't say it.

"Yesterday you and Qiuhao's fleet approached Raging Tide City. Zhang Jin thought your father was on the boat, so he tried his best to warn the White Castle, but you couldn't hear him, so he jumped off the castle and committed suicide. I hope you can see the result. ...you didn't see it."

As soon as these words came out, Zhang Chunhua fell to the ground crying.

Although brother Zhang Jin is not the best son of his father, he is the most obedient and the most filial.

Now the brother is gone.

After crying for a long time, Zhang Chunhua put away the tears.

Then she said to Shen Lang: "My father invited you to negotiate at sea, just the two of you, of course you can bring a bodyguard."

Shen Lang said: "No need!"

No bodyguards really needed.

Because Earl Xuanwu had already guarded Raging Tide City, even killing Shen Lang would not change the outcome.

Besides, Shen Lang and Zhang Chong were already on the same boat to some extent.

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Shen Lang went out to sea by boat.

Although he felt that there was no need for bodyguards, the Tiandao Society, Jin Shiying sent a thousand warriors and five ships to follow Shen Lang out to sea.

However, Zhang Chong really only had one boat there.

This gesture made it look like the villain of the Jin family.

But it's nothing, my father-in-law is so conservative.

After sending Shen Lang onto the boat, Zhang Chunhua also left.

On this boat, there were only Zhang Chong and Shen Lang.

The ship did not open its sails, but drifted with the current.

Several ships of the Jin family followed closely behind, even maintaining a state of siege, with a distance of no more than 500 meters.

………………

Shen Lang entered the cabin.

I met Zhang Chong.

Couldn't help but be astonished.

We haven't seen each other for a few days, but Governor Zhang Chong is getting old faster than Earl Tang Lun.

The originally black hair has turned a fraction of that white.

However, he still sat up straight, his eyes piercing, but not aggressive.

Shen Lang stepped forward, bowed and saluted, "Meet Duke Zhang."

Zhang Chong said: "If Uncle Xuanwu didn't come, the old man wouldn't get up."

Shen Lang hurriedly said, "Don't dare."

He is a junior after all, so Zhang Chong should sit and welcome guests.

Then, Zhang Chong poured a cup of tea for Shen Lang.

Shen Lang held up his hands and drank it, not at all worried that it was poisonous.

"I am very sorry about the matter of Linglang Zhang Jin."

What Shen Lang said was regret, not sorry.

Zhang Chong waved his hand and said, "There is no grudge on the battlefield."

Then, the two fell silent.

Zhang Chong is a top-notch politician, but he is not good at being eloquent and speaking.

Shen Lang didn't like to pretend to be a snake even more.

Zhang Chong said, "Did Master Shen start, or did this old man start?"

Shen Lang said: "I'm a junior, let me start."

Zhang Chong said: "Okay!"

Shen Lang said: "Qiu Tianwei captured Jinshan Island, the monarch was furious, and the prefect was in a state of urgency."

Zhang Chong said: "On the surface, the monarch said that he was unable to send troops to retake Jinshan Island for Uncle Xuanwu, but in reality he never wanted to take back the fief for his subjects."

Shen Lang said: "The prefect was worried about the monarch's worries, so he used Nujiang County's troops and successfully persuaded Qiuhao to go anyway, and my Jin family set up a net of heaven and earth on Wangya Island, attracting Qiu Tianwei's army to attack."

Zhang Chong said: "You and I have both hands, to destroy the pirate Qiu Tianwei, and to restore the eastern seas and borders of Yue to Taiping."

Shen Langdao: "Jin Hai Bo Tang Lun colluded with the pirate Qiu Tianwei, and his crime is unforgivable. As a veteran nobleman, he does not want to be loyal to the emperor and patriotic, but instead colluded with bandits and harassed our country and territory. What is the face of such an unfaithful and unfilial person? Listed in the Yue Kingdom Hall, I implore the prefect to invite the monarch, deprive the Tang family of the title, take back any fief, and deal with the crime of treason. In this way, the prefect's new policy for Nujiang County has been successfully completed."

Zhang Chong said: "Uncle Xuanwu sent troops to capture Raging Tide City, and eliminated the giant pirate Qiu Tianwei. His hard work and achievements are high."

Shen Langdao: "From now on, Raging Tide City will no longer be Haigu City, but an inseparable part of our Yue Kingdom. Congratulations to the monarch, Hexi, the monarch, for adding more territory. The prefect led the army to seize the Leizhou Islands and built immortal meritorious deeds. , For this kind of credit, my Jin family will definitely play the monarch, and I will never be humiliated."

Zhang Chong stopped talking.

Shen Lang said: "The monarch's new policy benefits the country and the people, and my Jin family absolutely supports it! In order to set an example for the old nobles in the world, the Earl Xuanwu House is willing to cut 2,000 troops."

You just expanded your army by 2,000 before, and now you have abolished it, and then transferred it to the sea caravan escort. This abacus is making a lot of noise.

Zhang Chong remained silent.

Shen Lang said: "In the battle of Furious Tide City, the official army of Nujiang County was defeated by Qiu Yao'er and captured more than 3,000 people. My Jin family defeated Qiu Yao'er and rescued these prisoners, and I am willing to hand them over to the prefect."

Zhang Chong said, "Thank you."

Then the two of them finished talking.

There are no surprises.

It didn't even look like a negotiation at all, no tug of war, no bargaining.

It was as if the two had fully negotiated.

Shen Lang and Zhang Chong sang together, of course, it was a superficial article for the world to see.

For the specific details, Zhang Chong will definitely play the monarch in secret.

"I have already handed over the secret book to the monarch." Zhang Chong said: "The next thing is war or peace, lightning and thunder, or the wind and the wind, it all depends on the will of the monarch."

Shen Lang said: "The day the monarch's will comes down is when I release more than 3,000 prisoners."

Zhang Chong said: "I have just seen the ships of the Tiandao Society entering the Raging Tide City one after another."

"Yeah!" Shen Lang.

After the expansion of Earl Xuanwu's army, there were a total of 5,000 private troops, followed by the more than 1,000 pirates who received Qiu Yao'er's legacy, plus the more than 1,000 people supported by the Tiandao Society.

Therefore, there are a total of 7,000 soldiers and horses used to defend Raging Tide City.

The most important thing is that the Jin family has taken over all the ships of Qiu Tianwei and has most of the sea control power.

Zhang Chong only had four thousand pirates in his hands, but he had to defend more than a dozen archipelagos.

Now that the Jin family has occupied the three castles in Raging Tide City, and Qiu Tianwei's castle is too strong, it is a complete nonsense to want to use four thousand pirates to capture it.

Want to go to war?

So unless the monarch assembles an army of 20,000 to 30,000, and then builds a large warship.

In this way, it will take a year and a half before they can attack Raging Tide City across the sea.

But is the monarch willing to pay such a high price?

The fight against rebellion in Nanwu Kingdom is in full swing.

If the Jin family was in a hurry, and they directly took the city of Angry Tide to the north to join the Wu Kingdom, then it would be a national upheaval.

Therefore, what Shen Lang and Zhang Chong talked about just now is the best way to give the world an explanation.

The king's face is also decent.

Even on the surface, it was a huge victory.

Opening up the territory, isn't it awesome?

Of course, this was considered a slap in the face by the Jin family on Ning's face.

Can the king bear this breath?

………………

Zhang Chong poured another cup of tea for Shen Lang.

"No matter what the final will of the monarch is, this old man has lost this battle." Zhang Chong said, "It's really a formidable young man."

Shen Lang said: "The credit of the prefect, and your painstaking efforts, I believe that the monarch sees it in the eyes."

Zhang Chong said, "Uncle Xuanwu and I are about the same age. We stumbled for more than ten years before, and now I have fallen so hard, I don't know when I will be able to get up again."

Shen Lang said: "That's not true, I believe that Zhang Gong must have good luck."

He said it all, but he really wasn't sure about Zhang Chong's fate.

In the battle of Raging Tide City, Zhang Chong did save half of the situation for the monarch, at least not allowing the Jin family to take away the entire Leizhou Islands.

In this way, the Jin family will not be completely expanded overseas, at least it can be contained and monitored in the surrounding archipelago.

However, the battle between Zhang Chong and Jin was indeed defeated.

The monarch is also moody, mean and unkind.

So what will happen to Zhang Chong? No one knows, it is completely in the monarch's mind.

Zhang Chong laughed at himself: "At least the New Deal has nothing to do with me."

The New Deal has nothing to do with Zhang Chong.

After the First World War in Raging Tide City, the New Deal of the Yue Kingdom was basically suspended.

Because who do you pick to start with?

Who do you ask to be the vanguard of this New Deal?

After any political struggle is defeated, the first thing to do is to hibernate and wait for an opportunity, rather than rushing to the next battlefield immediately.

Zhang Chong's secret performance has been sent to the capital at the fastest speed.

Shen Lang could hardly imagine how shocked the monarch would be, and how shocked the entire court would be.

Zhang Chong stood up and said, "So, even if we're done talking, the old man will stay in his old house and wait for the king's decision."

Shen Lang bowed and said, "Duke Zhang, the mountains are high and the water is far away, there will be a future!"

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