It was the first time that Song Wen saw Wang Zhiwei so angry... In a county south of Chuzhou, there was no trace of An Daoquan and the others who were supposed to have arrived.
Song Wen sent almost all his men and several of Wang Zhiwei's confidants to search around. Finally, they found a dying guy beside a small dock outside the city.
After being treated for a long time, the Wang family guard woke up and said a few words... His companion attacked behind his back, saying that he was injured and kicked into the water. An Daoquan was also drugged, and another group of Wang family generals
He kidnapped and headed straight to the south of the Yangtze River.
Wang Zhiwei sorted through the clues and came to a conclusion... Wang Yuan and Fang La colluded, and then secretly controlled his subordinate, kidnapped An Daoquan and went to Fang La in exchange for benefits...
Because of the secret arrangements of his eldest brother, the Cai family, and Wang Yuan, the Wang family has transferred a lot of family business from the Central Plains to the south of the Yangtze River in the past two years. It can be said that Fang La suffered heavy losses after the uprising! Wang Yuan is very likely to take risks for the sake of money and Fang La
There is some connection.
Now the issue of the Southern Tang Dynasty's relics has been brought up secretly by someone, and it has been accidentally linked to An Daoquan, saying that their ancestors were once disciples of the Zhou family of the Southern Tang Dynasty, and were secretly trusted by Empress Li...
It was also treated as a gimmick that the An family had superb medical skills but would never enter the court to serve as the royal physician of the Zhao and Song Dynasties... It was well-arranged.
Is Wang Yuan crazy? Cai is a woman, so they can ignore her... Who is Fang La? A traitor! If we really want to connect Wang and Fang La, if Fang La dies, the Wang family will probably be liquidated by the court.
The dog does not stay...
Or, leaving aside the Fangla Wang family, do you want to get some treasures from the Southern Tang Dynasty? Do you think the Wang family didn't die quickly enough?
Song Wen patted Wang Zhiwei on the shoulder and said, "Get uncle out first! Get mixed up with these people... If something happens, you won't be able to save him in time..."
Wang Zhiwei shook his head and turned pale: "Father will not leave, and he does not want me to go back... In his heart, the Wang family's face is greater than anything else! It is greater than his life, and it is greater than my life.
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Song Wen did not comment, but in his heart he was extremely contemptuous... The idea of family world, even in later generations, is still the biggest evil in the bones of the Chinese nation, like a shackle tightly placed on the neck of the Chinese people's national rejuvenation
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Song Wen shook his head: "Even if this kind of Wang family, this kind of family survives, even if they join Cai Jing's family and climb up, losing their bottom line and humanity... what's the point? Brother Wang... if we want to end it,
Just cut it off completely! Give the Wang family another choice, and give yourself another choice!"
Wang Zhiwei was stunned for a moment, then looked up at Song Wen, who had a calm face... Suddenly he said to Song Wen word by word: "Then you have to let me know your ambition... Taoism is different, but the goal must be enough to make people gamble.
On everything!”
Song Wen curled his lips... "The powerful businessman who governs the world, the tycoon in troubled times... What do you think of this?"
Wang Zhiwei stood up and looked into Song Wen's eyes... and asked word for word: "Your Qingshan Camp is almost in full force, and the Sihai Chamber of Commerce is hoarding food like crazy... The iron that was transported into Daqingshan by my hands
There are also charcoal, cowhide, beef tendon, fire, saltpeter, and sulfur, the amount is outrageous...Song Wen, your warship is being built in the naval camp of Dengzhou, and Yang Zhi, the current military commander in Dengzhou, is also using Bianliang.
Recommended by the exchange of interests... Although you are just a Zhizhai, your power is already terrifying! Not to mention that you have gone deep into the Liao territory and have private business dealings with the Grand Prince's Palace of Khitan South Academy... You, you dare to say that you have no differences.
Ambition?"
Song Wen opened his mouth... What did Wang Zhiwei want to say? When did this guy get to know his dirty little things so thoroughly?
Wang Zhiwei's eyes gradually turned red, and he continued to say to Song Wen: "Do you dare to say that you just want to protect yourself? The small Daqingshan has long been unable to satisfy your appetite... You still don't admit it? You... you
Is there an agreement with the Liao people?"
Song Wen nodded... "Yes!"
Wang Zhiwei's complexion suddenly became ashen again... After trembling for a long time, he began to persuade: "Although when Emperor Gaozu of the Tang Dynasty raised his army, he also borrowed troops from foreign tribes... But in the end, the Tang Dynasty expelled the Turks, went on an expedition to Goryeo, and fought with the Tibetan people.
The struggle for supremacy in the Western Region has finally erased the stain of the beginning... With the help of foreigners, you are most likely to be reviled for thousands of years like Shi Jingtang... You..."
Song Wen sighed helplessly: "You are sure that I must rebel, right? If I have an agreement with Brother Yelushan, they must collude with the foreigners to go south and massacre the Central Plains? I can't be honest and serious.
Do you want to do business with others?"
"How can we differentiate between ourselves and our enemies when our interests are intertwined?"
"If you make money, you will make money. Will it delay your falling out?"
"You... are shameless enough... you can be considered the way of a king."
Song Wen smiled and said: "Open your horizons and expand your horizons! Being a human being is not just about rebellion and becoming an emperor?"
Wang Zhiwei said suspiciously: "You are not even a scholar. You will never be able to become an able minister like Guan Zhong Yiyin in the Song Dynasty! Even if you make more achievements, you will be trampled to death by those scholars sooner or later...
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Song Wen curled his lips: "Then be Cao Cao... be Huo Guang! What I want to establish is not the interests of the family, but the rules! Whether we value literature over military affairs, or resort to militarism... they are all people who are of no benefit to me, China.
I am the enemy of the Chinese people! Only those who protect the country and the people and allow the people to live and work in peace and contentment are worthy of being the lord of this great country!"
Wang Zhiwei lowered his head and thought for a long time, and finally asked tentatively... "You really don't want to rebel?"
"real!"
"Don't you be a foolish and loyal person and let others slaughter you?"
"Whoever wants to kill me, I'll kill him first! Even the emperor can't..."
Wang Zhiwei gritted his teeth and bowed and saluted... "Wang Zhiwei paid homage to Mr. Song! From then on, Wang Zhiwei left the Wang family in Yingtian Prefecture and joined hands with more than 700 people from six chambers of commerce in the Central Plains to join Mr. Song... I wish you
Advance and retreat together with your husband, rain or shine!"
Song Wen was stunned for a long time, then he raised his hands and said: "Do you know what I am going to do now? How much money and resources do I have to invest, or even risk all my wealth? What you are taking away now is the close relationship that the Wang family has been operating in the Central Plains for generations.
Semi-property..."
Wang Zhiwei gritted his teeth and said: "I earned most of these money and assets, and they were all controlled by my confidants..."
Song Wen fell silent and said softly: "Old Wang, do you hate your father?"
Wang Zhiwei was stunned for a moment, then smiled bitterly: "Who told me that after so many years of hard work, I still can't get back a Jinshi title?"
Song Wen curled his lips and nodded: "Are the good men the ones called out outside Donghua Gate? Haha... don't worry, you will see soon, these good men have destroyed the army and ruined the world, and are facing catastrophes
What kind of man's true nature will be revealed when he comes!"
Wang Zhiwei nodded: "Is this what you have been preparing for? Is it possible that the Khitans are going south?"
Song Wen looked into Wang Zhiwei's eyes and told the truth for the first time... "The Khitan people have to imitate the Han literati if they want to die. They are hopeless... The real disaster is that the imperial court is now
Our allies, the Jurchens!”
Wang Zhiwei's pupils shrank, and after thinking for a while, he raised his hands and asked, "Do you intend to help the Liao people or the Jurchens?"
Song Wen was stunned for a moment, then stretched out his hand and punched Wang Zhiwei... "Still testing me? I chose to help the Song people! The emperor is not good, the ministers are not good, the generals are not good... Then let's do it! And if I really raise an army to fight with the aliens,
Even if I want to kill him, I won’t get myself a loyal minister and put shackles on myself. I just want to be a local warlord who doesn’t listen to orders or propaganda..."
"What is a warlord?"
"Well... let's just say he is the Tang Dynasty's military governor of the Western Regions!"
Late at night, Song Wen sent two guards to let the two large-scale ships of his family weigh anchor and continue to move south along the coastline. Every three days, they would go to the nearest port to resupply and wait, preparing for the possibility of boarding the ship and leaving at any time.
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Wang Zhiwei returned directly to Bianliang full of guilt. Since he had officially joined the gang, Wang Zhiwei generously handed over the certificate of investment to Song Wen... which was the 300,000 shi of grain accumulated by Wang's Central Plains business, as well as working capital.
One hundred and forty thousand taels of silver!
Looking at the desperate Wang Zhiwei, Song Wen just waved his hand... "The grain will naturally be settled at half the market price and half of the profit. The money is your own and has nothing to do with me! But use the money as the principal to invest in mine."
Sihai Chamber of Commerce, we can do a lot of great things together..."
"What about Bianliang? That's a place where real money is made...the business there..."
Song Wen looked at Wang Zhiwei with a calm expression... "Bianliang, I have sold off all the properties in Bianliang at the beginning of this year. In my eyes, Bianliang is now... a dead place, a dead end!"
Wang Zhiwei's face turned pale, and he cupped his hands and said, "Langjun is busy with business, and my business is merging with the Sihai Chamber of Commerce..."
Song Wen replied: "After handling all your business in Bianliang in batches, go to Dengzhou quietly... Our Mr. Sun Mousun is sitting in Dengzhou and preparing to open up all the workshops and businesses! I will take care of it in the future
Most of the business is done at sea. Don't you, Wang, not know about the large-scale merchants from the south of the Yangtze River to the south China sea?"
Wang Zhiwei's eyes lit up: "I see, I will go back to Bianliang immediately to handle business, and then go to Dengzhou to see Mr. Sun!"
Song Wen nodded... "It won't take long for the Central Plains to be in chaos. Maybe I won't have much energy to deal with business matters. Originally, I was still worried that Mr. Sun alone could not support the entire peninsula's farming and commerce. Now with you
Come and help, I can feel relieved...I'll leave the business matters to you in the future!"
Wang Zhiwei bowed and saluted... "I will never let you down!"
In the early morning, Song Wen changed into casual clothes and dressed up as a gangster, and left this small county with An Chun and others... The fifty most elite Qingshan Camp soldiers also dressed up as gangsters, and a group of ten or five lurked around Song Wen
They escorted Song Wen southwards.
This is Song Wen's first visit to Jiangnan. Firstly, Song Wen wants to rescue his brother An Daoquan... Secondly, Song Wen also wants to find out where the Jiangnan Li family came from? Has the long-missing green slave been found?
Did the proprietor of Zixuan Tower take him back to Yangzhou?
As for Fang La... Song Wen simply regarded him as a dead person.