In particular, the last time Huang Qiong went south and stopped at Fan's house on the way back, he showed a trace of guilt for the child. Taking advantage of Huang Qiong's desire to compensate the child, he sent the child out and nominally passed on the position of head of the family to the child in advance. I just hope that the Fan family's actions in the Western Region will not arouse Huang Qiong's anger too much. Don't really bring any disaster to the Fan family. The head of the Fan family actually knows better than anyone else what the Fan family's actions in the Western Region will bring to the Fan family.
The most important thing is that Nangong Mei, as his wife, knows the inside story about why Fan Dao was seriously injured than anyone else. Fan Dao knows that his wife is much smarter than him, is much more considerate, and considers problems far more comprehensively than he does. Therefore, Nangong Mei is basically kept secret about anything. Even if the head of the family expressly prohibits him from telling his wife, Fan Dao will usually tell his wife in private. Fan Dao has believed in Nangong Mei's abilities since he was a child. Therefore, what exactly did Fan family and even Fan Dao do in the Western Regions.
So Nangong Mei knew the entire cause and effect. It was precisely because she knew that what Huang Qiong said was absolutely correct. Yes, the Fan family, Fan Dao to be exact, did intend to take advantage of the sudden death of the King of Shu and the leaderless situation of his old tribe to take the opportunity to control the Western Regions. Even if they can't completely control the Western Region, they can at least control half of the country, which can be regarded as a retreat for the Fan family's final management. Of course, Fan Dao himself had never thought about competing with the Qi Dynasty for the world by controlling the Western Regions.
He also knew that the situation in the Western Region could not support his struggle for the world. The reason why Fan Dao did this was because during his interactions with Huang Qiong, whether he was the King of England or the Crown Prince, or later the Emperor, he realized what it means to have power over the world. What is the power of an emperor? As a businessman, although he had no apparent influence in official circles before. But in fact, relying on money to pave the way has always been successful. But now he feels that money is nothing in the face of absolute power.
What he wanted even more was to give the Fan family a way out. He didn't know the relationship between his eldest son and Huang Qiong, but he had always felt a deep sense of uneasiness in his heart since Huang Qiong came to the throne. I have always thought about imitating the Guilin County Prince's Mansion and finding a way out for myself outside the territory of Daqi. It's just that the Fan family has just experienced the maritime merchant fleet, and their understanding of overseas countries is far less familiar and understanding than the Guilin County Prince's Palace, which has monopolized maritime trade for more than a hundred years. Relatively speaking, the Fan family is more familiar with the north and south of the Tianshan Mountains in the Western Region.
There are also countless supporters among the Uighur tribes in the Western Regions. It even includes the Kara Khanate further west, or Persia and Dashi in the far west. The Fan family in Shanghai is indeed no match for the Guilin County Prince's Palace back then. But on land, the Fan family thinks they haven't been afraid of anyone yet? As long as they can get a piece of territory in the Western Region, even if Huang Qiong is really cunning and killed by his lackey one day, the Fan family can move forward and retreat freely. Therefore, Fan Dao wanted to take advantage of the chaos in the Western Region after the death of the Shu people. I want to fish in troubled waters.
As a result, I didn't expect that there would be such a thorn in the old tribe of the Shu Waste Man. The two fought for hundreds of rounds. Fan Dao, who was not his opponent, was slapped by the opponent and vomited blood on the spot. Fortunately, the other party was quite restrained and only seriously injured Fan Dao without doing anything to kill them all. He even finally sent someone to send Fan Dao out of the Western Regions. In Fan Dao's words, this person's martial arts skills are extremely high and rare. Judging from his age, he was probably the Master Pen Scholar who was one of the two masters who was as famous as Ice Rakshasa.
Before Fan Dao died, he repeatedly told the Fan family, especially Nangong Mei and Fan Peng, not to avenge him. Because there is no one in the Fan family who can compete with the magic pen scholar. Including Fan Dao's father, the current former head of the family is no match. As for the power he had spent half his life in exchange for in the Western Region, he still gave it back to the imperial court. It's just that the Fan family has not given up, always hoping that the tens of thousands of troops and horses they have in the Western Regions will one day be able to invade the northern foot of the Tianshan Mountains with the cooperation of the Uighur tribes.
Even if he can't unify the Western Region, he can still kill his enemies and avenge Fan Dao. Everyone in the Fan family was blinded by hatred. In addition to Fan Dao being their son, husband, and nominal father who had been raised since childhood, it was impossible for the Fan family not to avenge the murder of their son, husband, and father. No matter they are Jianghu people or businessmen. It is impossible not to avenge such a great hatred. If he let it go, not only would the Fan family completely lose its position in the world. Even in the mall, people will look down upon them.
In one case, the Fan family did not intend to give up its power in the Western Regions. Although the southern foothills of the Tianshan Mountains are covered with yellow sand, there are only some oases at the foot of the Tianshan Mountains, along the Jishi River, the Kongque River and the Kashgar River. But in fact, it is quite rich here. In particular, the cotton produced is much higher than that in the mainland, both in terms of yield and quality. Even if it costs a heavy shipping fee, it is still quite cost-effective. Because the Uighurs living there have been in the long process of transforming from nomadic people to semi-nomadic and semi-agricultural people for more than a hundred years.
They have become the best cotton growers and cotton spinners in the world. In addition to these, the foothills of the Tianshan Mountains there are also rich in various gemstones, as well as various precious furs and medicinal materials, as well as the glazed technology of the people from the Western Regions, which the Fan family covets. Especially in the foothills of the Tianshan Mountains, the antler produced by the red deer all over the mountains and plains is not as good as that of the sika deer in the Northern Liao Dynasty. But it is still the best antler. What's more, the Yulong Kashgar River, which is rich in the highest-grade Khotan jade, is also at the southern foot of the Tianshan Mountains, within the original territory of Khotan.
What makes the Fan family not want to give up the little power of Tianshan Nanjuan is actually more of a profit. Because the Fan family has discovered jade veins that can be used to mine Khotan jade on a large scale at the source of the Yulong Kashgar River. If this jade vein is mined once, the output will far exceed that of the jade found in the Jade Dragon Kashgar River. Moreover, this precious jade vein produces mostly the finest mutton-fat jade. This will be a huge fortune for the Fan family. And only a few people in the Fan family knew about this matter.
If we give up the southern foothills of the Tianshan Mountains and the places that have already been controlled by the Fan family, it will be equivalent to giving up this vein worth millions of gold and jade to others. This is unacceptable to the Fan family in any case. Regarding Huang Qiong's sincere words, Nangong Mei could only shake her head and smile bitterly. How could she, who was quite smart, not know the meaning behind Huang Qiong's words, which were not only advice, but also a warning. She knew that the Fan family's move had really touched Huang Qiong's bottom line. For a moment, Nangong Mei was in a dilemma.
Nangong Mei was silent, but Huang Qiong sighed and said: "Mei'er, you have to understand me. As long as you withdraw from the southern foot of Tianshan Mountain, whatever needs you have, I will try my best to satisfy them as long as I can. You don't want to give up. At the southern foot of the Tianshan Mountains, I'm afraid Fan Dao's hatred is only part of it. In addition to the Uighurs there who are naturally good at planting and spinning cotton, I'm afraid it's the jade vein at the source of the Yulong Kashgar River. I can promise you that your Fan family will move south of the Tianshan Mountains. The foothills and the source of the Jade Dragon Kashgar River were all rewarded to the Fan family."
When the secret that the Fan family had been hiding was suddenly revealed, Nangong Mei, who had always been relatively calm, was completely unable to sit still. He stood up suddenly and wanted to say something, but he didn't know what to say. Looking at the shocked Nangong Mei, Huang Qiong stepped forward, gently stroked the beauty's hair, and said softly: "Mei'er, promise me, give up. The consequences are really not for you and Peng'er. , or what the entire Fan family can afford. In many cases, money may not be as useful as you think."
"Is it possible that one Fan Dao can't wake up the Fan family, but he continues to be obsessed with it? Is it possible that more Fan family members need to join in to wake up the head of the Fan family? Don't tell me, he really plans to do it now So he passed the position of head of the family to Peng'er. As for Peng'er's performance just now, whether it is the city, ability, or even vision, he is still far from taking over as the head of the family. If he takes over as the head of the family now, the Fan family will really It's over. Now, all he wants to do is use Peng'er to drag me along."
"Mei'er, you know that as long as you and the child are safe, even if the Fan family is really dragged in, I won't blink an eye. If it weren't for you and Peng'er, I would have regarded the Fan family as a family even if I didn't wipe out the Fan family. He is a chess piece. Does someone who cares about himself as a bandit really think that he has covered it up well? Who gave him the courage to fool me? If it weren't for you and the two children, I would have let the Fan family and him kill each other in darkness. Still. You want to use Chigas to fool me and get more things from me, do you really think that I am that easy to fool?"
"If it weren't for Mei'er, mother and son, who are really a bit jealous of me, how could I allow the Fan family to act so boldly? Mei'er promises me, at least I won't let you or Peng'er really be dragged into the water. You should know that this Once things get out of control, not to mention you and your two children will not be spared. It is even possible that the Fan family's accumulation of more than a hundred years and even the family will eventually fill in. Mei'er, the southern foot of Tianshan Mountain, as long as it can be truly controlled by the court, Is there any real difference between it and being in your or Peng'er's hands?"
Huang Qiong's last words made Nangong Mei shake her head and said with a sad face: "Your Majesty, I know how ambitious the Fan family is. I also know exactly what my father-in-law and Fan Dao want to do. But I am just a woman. I don’t care about those things, let alone have any great ambitions. But what I care about now is that Fan Dao is my husband after all. He is my childhood sweetheart, the husband who has grown up together and has been by my side. I had an affair with His Majesty and gave birth to two sons for Your Majesty. I have already felt sorry for him."
"If I can't avenge him, how can I have the face to see him again a hundred years later? Even before he died, he repeatedly told us not to avenge him. But as his wife, I have to avenge this revenge. The Scholar with the Magic Pen was one of the two masters who was as famous in the world as the Ice Rakshasa. In these years, after the Ice Rakshasa disappeared, he disappeared from the eyes of the world. At that time, many people in the world knew that he was bitterly in love. Ice Rakshasa for many years. I have a vague guess that the two of them have retired to the world."
"You know, almost everywhere there was the Ice Rakshasa, there was the Magic Pen Scholar. Although no one had really seen them together, in the world back then, the two were always called the couple of gods and immortals. .So after the two disappeared one after another, everyone thought that they lived together in seclusion. After all, it was too cold at high places, and their martial arts skills had reached their level, and they continued to walk in the world. Those so-called false names were meaningless to them. Every day, facing the challenges of those stupid young people is annoying and annoying."
"But no one expected that he would be recruited by the King of Shu. Not only did he become the King's most effective adviser, but he was also the King's private mentor. Even in the early years, the Fan family had always been known as the number one in the world. A big family. But that is just a false name given to the Fan family by the world."
