So suddenly?
Wang Xing felt a little uncomfortable. But suddenly he remembered what Xiaorou had said about related topics, and he realized that while he was busy practicing, big things were happening in his family.
"The family's clan meeting was held once ten years ago. Since then, I have rarely seen my eldest brother."
Once the clan meeting in Wang Xing's memory is held, it will inevitably have a goal, and everyone will focus their efforts on one goal. Even his father's brothers, who had a bad relationship with him at the beginning, will fully support the clan association's decision.
The person who came to inform was none other than the dead man Chen Long left for him. After the other party informed the news, he left the yard and closed the door. If Wang Xing went, he would follow him. If he didn't go, he would continue to guard the door.
Of course Wang Xing is going.
He stood up, lowered his head and glanced at the clean training clothes on his body, without changing them again. The dead soldiers arranged by Chen Long stayed behind, and Wang Xing asked Xiaorou to lead the way, leading the summoned four sword-wielding guards to the courtyard where the clan meeting was held.
In Wang Xing's memory, the Wang family in Quan'an City was not that big at first. There were five courtyards, one for his parents, one for him and his eldest brother, one for his servants, and the rest were guest rooms and warehouses.
Unlike the dynasty in Wang Xing's previous life, there was a bedroom, a firewood shed, and a wall surrounding it to form a courtyard.
The courtyard here has a standard shape. There should be large enough flowers and trees outside the courtyard. There should be more than 300 square meters of open space inside the courtyard and more than eight rooms. It is divided into primary and secondary parts. One is the inner courtyard where the owner lives, and the other is where guests receive guests. The outer courtyard of life, etc.
At this time, Wang Xing, led by Xiaorou, walked through the winding corridors and passed the pond bridge up to 100 meters wide. Back and forth, we have covered a distance of nearly a kilometer.
Seeing the strangeness in Wang Xing's eyes, Xiaorou kept introducing him.
Which area was the area where the family bought the nearby courtyard to expand after the family expanded a few years ago; where is the "gold pool" dug underground after the guidance of a Feng Shui master, which can make the family's wealth roll in.
"Unknowingly, the family has expanded to such a large size." Wang Xing sighed in his heart.
In the past few years, the eldest brother studied business with his father. He studied hard at his ancestral home in the countryside. Although he had no worries about food and clothing, and he could still ride horses, shoot arrows, and practice sword skills, he still had to memorize a lot of sage books.
With everything pressing on his head, he didn't even have time to get to know his family.
However, it is also because this part of the memory is small. Wang Xing's main memory and mental thinking retain the habits of his previous life.
Feeling that his home was good, Wang Xing watched all the way, and soon came to the place where business was done, the Black Eyed Hall.
The courtyard where Black Eyed Hall is located is very large, surrounded by vast open spaces. Entering from the main entrance, you can see a dark building like a hilltop castle in front of you.
The square, five-meter-high wall is made of black stone mined from the Black Mountain outside the city. It is completely black and looks solemn and solemn.
It is rumored that the black stone is a special stone soaked in the blood of the ancient snake that was killed. This kind of stone is heavy and cold, cool in summer and cold in winter. The black stone is hard. Once the family is attacked by an expert, they can hide in it and have more vitality.
Wang Xing stepped on the cobblestone ground in front of the hall. There were many people standing on the lawns on both sides. At a rough glance, there were about six to seventy people.
Middle-aged and elderly people wearing all kinds of fancy clothes are either strong in stature, with twinkling eyes, or they are big and round, carrying weapons such as sledgehammers and swords.
Many people had evil spirits in their eyes and looked bad when they saw Wang Xing.
Being stared at by this group of people, Wang Xing felt like he was being pricked by needles. This is because his five senses become more acute when he becomes stronger. The more threatening people are targeting him, the stronger his sense of danger will become.
In the past, he would have felt uncomfortable being targeted by so many masters.
But now Wang Xing just feels threatened. If it was really a life-and-death struggle, he would summon ten sword-wielding guards to take action. He didn't dare to say he would kill them all, but he felt he could kill less than half.
Wang Xing ignored these people, guessing that they might be masters recruited and trained by various branches of the family.
As Wang Xing came to the door, two thick black doors four meters high and two meters wide were open. Two strong men with straight backs and single swords hanging on their waists saw Wang Xing and took a step back to give way to the road. open.
Behind the two of them was a spacious flat area.
A group of men, women and children, who looked at least three-thirds like Wang Xing, were chatting in the spacious courtyard.
Twelve meters ahead is the six-step staircase of the indoor lobby. Entering it, you can see the spacious lobby. There are twelve Taishi chairs on the left and right, facing a chief seat. The lobby has a strange appearance, with no front walls and windows. People in the courtyard can hear and see clearly what people say and do.
As Wang Xing walked in with his sword-wielding guards, the heavy door of Black Eyed Hall slowly closed.
Click! Bang!
"Ahem, now that everyone is here, I announce that the clan meeting will begin!"
The speaker was an old man, standing behind the main seat opposite the door. Wang Xing has the impression that this is an old man from the previous generation of the Wang family. The twenty-five positions are the heads of each branch. The old man announced that he started to back away and left without participating in the decision.
The clan meeting begins.
First, Wang Xing's father, who was sitting in the main seat, stood up and said something.
"Whether it is in the ancestral home, Solitary City or Quan'an City, every important address has the word "purpose". Everyone will listen to it at every clan meeting, and I will still say it this time."
"The purpose is to let us open our eyes and see further! No matter whether we are happy or sad at the moment, open our eyes again, because the clan will start again, and the moment to decide the fate of our clan has arrived!"
Wang Xing said nothing, silently watching the father of the family, Wang Yunfei, make an impassioned speech.
At the end of the opening, each branch began to report on the gains and losses in the industry. There are seventeen branches of the family, and thirteen of them only have a few or even one small shop. They occupy space in the surrounding cities to collect information and keep them as backup.
Mainly the gains and losses of the main family and the other three families in the four nearby cities.
Briefly reporting on the industry, the issues that are being debated these days are once again on the table.
"Brother, as I said before, there is a mysterious person who is sniping at our industry. Not only Quan'an City, but also the four main branches are under attack of varying sizes."
"The situation has gotten worse and worse in the past three months. Now we can no longer open our business. No one dares to deliver the goods we want. Whoever delivers the goods is robbed, and our relatives are also attacked."
"Brother, I admire you for being able to endure for your family when your son was attacked. But everyone has relatives who were attacked. Maybe it will be our turn next time. It's really impossible not to come up with an explanation!"
"Brother-in-law, don't you have some relationship with the county magistrate? This matter not only involves us, but also the eight alliances promoted by the county magistrate. Something happened to them. Who doesn't have an explanation?"
Everyone asked the questions in their minds one by one according to their seats.
Only now did Wang Xing know that the whole family was behind his attack. No, many families in the entire Quan'an City were attacked.
After everyone's questioning was over, the head of the family, Wang Yunfei, finally spoke slowly.
Just after hearing the end, everyone's expressions changed.
"I and several other companies have already obtained the answers from the county magistrate to the matters you are asking about. You all understand that when we saw the county magistrate's new arrival here, he would definitely suppress the three families of the city owners, and small families like ours would be able to take advantage of the situation to develop."
No one refuted this, and they all had to admit that Wang Yunfei was able to take advantage of this and decisively join him, which allowed their Wang family to develop like this in a short period of time, and they had a strong vision.
"But the three families of the city lords have been entwined in the local area for hundreds of years. How can they be local snakes that a powerful dragon can easily overpower?"
Wang Yunfei smiled bitterly and said: "The attack we are receiving now, according to the county prince, is the revenge of the three families of the city lords. Not only us, but all the families who have joined the county prince's command are the targets of revenge."
Upon hearing the truth, there was an uproar. Even those who had already guessed had expressions of disbelief on their faces.
"The county magistrate is proficient in the ways of sages and is surrounded by masters, not to mention having a behemoth like the Dynasty on his back. How dare the city lord!?"
"It shouldn't be. There are three thousand soldiers and horses of the Tiger Camp stationed outside the city. If you disagree, you can dispatch the troops."
"The tenth team of the county government has ten Kongli masters and three hundred strong men in the squad. Not to mention that the county magistrate is also protected by concentration masters who are above Kongli. In addition, in recent years, a death squad has been formed to hunt and kill Kongli. How dare the city lord resist? County magistrate?"
A group of people could not figure out why the city lord would be so irrational and suddenly act against the county magistrate.
The silence lasted for a long time.
It was still the head of the family, Wang Yunfei, who said in a low voice: "You know about the uprising in the south, right?"
"I heard something."
"It's happened before."
"Won't it be suppressed soon?"
A group of people said they understood, but in fact they didn't pay much attention.
Wang Yunfei sighed: "There is no official news, but as far as I know, the uprising is getting bigger and bigger, and now it has swept through most of the state. The army previously prepared by the dynasty was dispersed, and the dynasty was furious and sent another 200,000 The army is going."
Most of the state! ?
This time even Wang Xing was shocked. The Baiyu Dynasty he belonged to had a total of seventeen states. It seems like a small amount, but the Baiyu Dynasty has a vast territory and a large population. Even the smallest state has more than two hundred cities like Quan'an City, not to mention the large cities with a large population and a cloud of experts.
Most of the state was swept away. There were so many people involved and the incident was so big that Wang Xing could no longer imagine how terrifying that kind of thing was.
"If an uprising happens around me..." Wang Xing briefly thought about it. Tongli warriors took the lead in causing rebellion. The reclusive master of concentration killed Tongli warriors everywhere. With his current ability, he would not be much better than cannon fodder.
The third uncle spoke in silence.
"Brother, the uprising you mentioned is indeed terrifying, but that place is still a state away from us. What does it have to do with us?"
Hearing this, everyone who was frightened in their hearts also realized that this was still far away from them, so what were they afraid of?
Wang Yunfei shook his head when he saw the performance of his clansmen.
"This matter has been going on for more than half a year. We businessmen can pretend not to care. But the city lords from all over the country have discovered that they have to pay tribute to the dynasty every year and have people appointed by the dynasty come to suppress them. In the end, the dynasty cannot suppress them. Do you have any ideas in mind?"
Everyone was stunned, and some people wanted to open their mouths to defend themselves. Wang Yunfei slammed his palm on the table.
Boom!
Wang Yunfei stood up and shouted: "Don't forget the ancestral teachings! Open your eyes and look! We are sitting here today not to make excuses for the dynasty, but this kind of thing has already happened! Use your brains and come up with a response. way!"
Everyone was shocked. Whether they could see the reality clearly or not, they had to face the reality.
The sense of security born of power in Wang Xing's heart was once again muted.
Wang Xing looked at the people in the position who were qualified to make decisions. He wanted to see how these people would decide how the family should go, and whether they could point the direction for him.
