When Song Shang, a member of the group, saw this, he was extremely grateful for how wise his original decision was. This boy is indeed an extraordinary person. He actually did something like this that ordinary people would never dare to think of.
In just one month, he really did it!
They didn't talk loudly when they got together. Instead, they all sighed. They were not elites in the big families, but compared with this young man, they were nothing but mere fireflies.
Someone suggested that everyone has been putting pressure on President Wang, but has not helped much, and has also eaten a few big meals from others. Now it is time to repay the benefits.
As soon as this person said this, all the Song merchants responded one after another, and finally made a rule: Let Fengxiang Mansion serve wine and food at the restaurant on the stage, and invite everyone from the Chamber of Commerce to the caravan guards below to have a feast.
Therefore, the goods were too valuable, so the Wang family army, including 3,000 conscripted guards, all went out. There were so many people in Fengxiang Mansion that it was impossible to let them go.
So just outside the city, a bonfire was lit, and thousands of people sang and danced around the bonfire, drinking and eating meat, and indulged until midnight.
Wang Zhen, on the other hand, and a group of servants in the Chamber of Commerce were working on the abacus sleeplessly, calculating the day's harvest, and finally came up with an astronomical figure that shocked everyone.
Wang Zhen hurriedly put the recorded account book into his arms. After a while, his heart was still beating fast.
"Don't let anyone know this number, otherwise we may not be safe even in Fengxiang Mansion. Do you know that?"
The servants nodded repeatedly, they naturally understood the principle of not revealing their wealth.
Wang Zhen felt that the instructions were not enough, so he said in a more serious tone: "You are either from the Wang family, or you have signed a life-long contract with the Wang family. If you are with the Wang family, you will both prosper and suffer. I think you all understand the importance of things. I will not be harsh in my words." I won’t say much more, you should all know the consequences of leaking family secrets, as long as you do good things and keep your mouth shut, I can protect him from two lifetimes of wealth."
After hearing this, all the servants swore to heaven, and then Wang Zhen nodded and asked them all to go down.
The candlelight flickered on his face, which showed no joy and was extremely complicated.
In this way, no one else knows the number tonight except the people present.
Including Wang Zhi, who was confused by numbers and fell asleep when he heard three, four, and five. Wang Erlang, who returned to the chamber of commerce, interrupted Wang Zhen's words and said, "Don't tell me," and fell asleep.
He is not short of money, nor does he love money. He does not do these things to make money. Even if he does not make money, he will do it as long as he achieves his goal.
If you make money, that's a good thing, nothing more.
Early the next morning, the door of the Northwest Chamber of Commerce was opened, and a group of merchants gathered in front of the door. Some of them came to buy goods, and more came to sell goods. Except for the members of the Northwest Chamber of Commerce who could get an extra 50% profit from selling items, the rest were ordinary. Merchants at the Northwest Chamber of Commerce did not receive price reductions, and all came without rejection. After all, there was still a street-wide fleet of vehicles waiting to ship goods.
Wang Erlang was sitting on the second floor having morning tea, contentedly watching all the commotion downstairs.
He also felt a little unreal at this time. A whim plan was actually completed by him like a dream.
Yes, the plan can be declared completed at this point. No matter it is the tribes of Xixia or the powerful families of the Song Dynasty, they will not allow anyone to destroy this pattern after they have tasted the benefits.
The Tuoba Li family, who had been beaten down by the Song Dynasty and the Jurchens, could not do it, and the Zhao and Song Dynasties, which had failed in the Northern Expedition, could not do it for the time being. The Langya Wang family, which owns the two major chambers of commerce, would gradually gain control over Xixia until they completely sidelined Tuoba. Pull out the Li family.
Jianshi held a richer and more powerful Xixia Kingdom in his hands, and even if the Zhao and Song Dynasties had free hands to deal with him, the Langya Wang family was unable to do so.
After more than a hundred years of fighting against the Tuoba Li family, there is no way to deal with it. Is there any way to deal with the Langya Wang family?
Wang Zhi wanted to laugh loudly, but when he thought that the biggest contributor to all this was the failed Northern Expedition, Wang Erlang couldn't be happy again.
"Second Young Master, do you have any other orders?"
Wang Zhen walked to Wang Zhi, did not sit down, and stood aside with some respect.
After what happened in the past two days and the astronomical figure last night, he no longer dared to look down upon this young boy who had not reached the top, but admired this brave boy from the bottom of his heart.
He may plunge the entire family into the abyss, but he may also lead the Langya Wang family back to its peak.
And he chose to believe the latter.
"Uncle Zhen, come and sit."
Wang Zhi stood up and pulled Wang Zhen to sit down and said, "I will return to the border with the caravan in two days. Fengxiang is entirely dependent on you."
"It is my duty to share the family's worries."
"Well, as long as the Chamber of Commerce is not a matter of life and death, you don't need to tell me. You can just make your own decision."
As the plan progresses, Wang Erlang has clearly understood the fact that he only has half a brain, so he will not interfere with big and small things if he can.
But Wang Zhen didn't know. He only felt that Wang Erlang was trustworthy in employing people and did not use suspicious people. He had the demeanor of a heroic leader. He immediately patted his chest and promised that he would live up to the high expectations of the second young master.
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Two days passed quickly. Wang Erlang climbed on the fat and strong white horse he had raised, said goodbye to Wang Zhen and all the Song merchants, and waved his hand to lead the caravan westward.
Traveling at sunrise and resting at sunset, we encountered some unscrupulous people along the way, but we didn't dare to touch the tiger's whiskers when we saw this endless caravan, not to mention the three thousand horseback riders with bows. Well-dressed guard.
Bi went west along the official road, passing through Longzhou and Weizhou to Zhenrongjun. The guards of the cities he passed did not look sideways, as if they had not seen this huge caravan.
They were sensible, and Wang Erlang was also sensible. On the night he arrived at Zhenrongjun, he sent someone to bring three heavy boxes of things and put them in Zhong Hao's office.
Zhong Hao, who was handling official documents, looked up at him and said nothing.
Wang Zhi waved the guard carrying the box back, and he sat carelessly in the guest seat, eating melon seeds.
After a while, Zhonghao put down the pen and paper and asked him, "Did the trip go smoothly?"
Wang Erlang laughed and said: "Thanks to my uncle, it went very smoothly."
"Three days ago, the Xixia Emperor summoned the tribes to take over Pingxia City."
Zhong Hao's tone was calm, as if he was talking about something insignificant.
Wang Erlang's laughter stopped suddenly, and he was stunned for a moment before he came back to his senses, "The Tuoba Li family has great talents, and they can understand my intentions so quickly."
Zhong Hao said angrily: "What do you think? We are also a huge country with an area of thousands of miles, and an army of half a million. We also have two palaces in the east and west, and the courts of the three nobles and nine ministers. You do a little trick under their noses, and you still think that others Don’t you know?”
"They didn't touch you earlier because they thought you couldn't accomplish anything and they didn't want to disrupt the current peace at the border."
"Now that your caravan has come and gone, why don't you wait for the New Year?"
Seeing his uncle's unhurried expression, Wang Zhi felt somewhat confident, "What about their half-million-strong army? Have they been dispatched?"
Only then did Zhong Hao say with some approval: "As you expected, the Xixia tribes openly responded to the call, but not a single soldier was recruited. There are various reasons."
"Hahaha……"
Wang Erlang laughed loudly when he heard this. He wanted to boast a few words, but then he thought that his neck was still stuck in his uncle's hand, and immediately flattered him, "My uncle is very smart and has already seen through the reality of this salt merchant gang." , knowing that these people are disobedient to education and only care about profit, our uncle and nephew used some tricks to play with these people."
Zhong Hao blushed when he heard this, but after thinking about it carefully, he seemed to have said this, and the flattery was not too hot to deal with, so he coughed twice and said: "Don't let your guard down, the Tuoba Li family is also It’s not that we don’t have a direct army. Although Tie Yao Zi was severely damaged, it is not difficult to raise an army of 30,000 to 50,000 people in a short period of time.”
"You have to be prepared. There should be a big battle waiting for you in the near future. Only if you can survive this fierce battle can your Xixia Chamber of Commerce truly gain a foothold."
Wang Erlang raised his brows, looking dandy, "My uncle is here, what should I be afraid of!"
Zhong Hao was obviously a little bit offended by this move, and after humming, he said helplessly: "Uncle can't mobilize the border troops without the Privy Council's transfer order. At most, he can only mobilize 10,000 soldiers from the Zhenrong Army to defend the city for you."
"Enough, enough!"
Wang Zhi nodded repeatedly and said: "There are still more than a thousand garrison troops available in Pingxia City. If ten thousand soldiers cannot defend Pingxia City, I, Wang Erlang, will kill himself on the top of the city without my uncle taking action."
"Well, you can go back and rest, and go to Pingxia City early tomorrow to arrange the arrangements."
"Yes, uncle."
Wang Zhi stood up and took two steps before turning back and saying, "By the way, uncle, what about Gao Yaofu?"
"Going on vacation."
Zhong Hao waved his hand and drove away his nephew who still wanted to ask questions. He looked at the three big boxes under the stage and smiled knowingly.
Destroying a person's wealth is like killing his parents. He can use his power to silence the caravan guards for a while, but it will definitely breed dissatisfaction and the news will be exposed as time goes by.
The yellow and white thing is hard and fits the gag perfectly.
What Wang Erlang didn't know was that at this time, the Gao Family Yameni was looking up to the sky in a deserted thatched cottage in a deserted mountain. He originally thought that he was just going to the northwest for a vacation, to do some military exploits, and to kill the kid by the way. Unexpectedly, it turned out to be a vacation. Here we have food, drink, scenery, and no one else to do anything...
Early the next morning, the caravan set out. Wang Erlang told Yue Fei in front about the Xixia Kingdom's upcoming attack.
Yue Fei didn't squint, staring straight ahead. The war in his eyes became more intense, and it was about to burn out of his eyes.
In recent days, he has been doing business with Wang Erlang. Although he has also recruited and trained troops, when he thinks that the soldiers he is training are to deal with his compatriots, he wants to wash out the four words behind him.
Carrying the words "Serve the country with all your heart" but wanting to attack your own country, how can you still be honored? This is a complete shame, okay?
Although he knew that Wang Zhi's original intention and purpose was for the good of the Song Dynasty, and wanted to obtain the greatest results with the minimum loss, he could not hide the fact that he was training troops to deal with the Song Dynasty.
Now that I know that there is going to be a war with Xixia, everything is worth it!
