Mei Niansu sent meals over several times, but found that Tang Wen was still sleeping on the bed, so she didn't dare to disturb him, so she had to retreat silently.
Wen Jinyuan, the personal bodyguard, is very dedicated and silently guards the door.
Except for going to the toilet and eating a steamed bun every meal, he never left except for changing shifts with Niu Hanzi.
One day and one night, Tang Wen finally woke up.
Mei Niansu was immediately busy taking bath, changing clothes and eating. Who would have expected that this girl was actually a second-level master.
"Nian Su, you are now a great master. Have you ever considered doing something else?" Tang Wen asked.
"Don't think about it!" Mei Niansu shook her head without even thinking about it.
"Isn't it better to do other things? For example, I will arrange for you to be in charge of a church." Tang Wen said.
"I will be responsible for the master's daily life. I don't think about anything in this life. When I am strong enough, I will take revenge." Mei Niansu said.
"Don't just be blinded by hatred, people living in this world don't just have hatred.
If your eyes are fixed on hatred, you will find that life is gray.
If you open your heart, you will feel the sunshine shining brightly.
Of course, doing this does not mean that you will forget your hatred.
Revenge must be avenged, but life must also be enjoyed.
Otherwise, what are you doing alive?" Tang Wen said.
"I know, I will change slowly. By the way, Ge Ziyun is back." Mei Niansu nodded.
"Call him over." Tang Wen said.
Soon, Ge Ziyun came in and said, "Sir, you are right as you expected. There is indeed a lot of iron ore on Black Rock Island."
"Did you get it?" Tang Wen asked.
"This is more difficult. Black Rock Island is different from other islands. This island belongs to two villages, namely Tianlong Village and Dihu Village.
It is said that Heiyan Island used to be a desert island. Hundreds of years ago, two families moved to Heiyan Island.
The family's surname is Li, and the family's surname is Lin. The ancestor of the Li family is called Li Shijin, and the ancestor of the Lin family is called Lin Zhengting. They occupy two territories in the west and east of the island respectively.
The two families had been getting along for hundreds of years, but later they started fighting over territorial issues.
More and more people died. In order to strengthen their own strength, the two families continued to recruit outsiders.
Some pirates who had nothing to eat also joined the two families, and of course, there were more refugees.
Over the past few hundred years, the two families have grown to thousands.
We stopped for a while, probably both families were recuperating.
No, what happened was that not long ago, the mountain collapsed after a heavy rain, and a large amount of iron ore was discovered.
The fight started again, getting bigger and bigger, with hundreds of deaths on both sides.
The heads of both families realized that if the fight continued like this, both sides would be hurt and everyone would die.
So, I sued the government. But the government was deploying troops and generals to fight against the Kingdom of the Sun, so how could they have time to supervise them?
Later, the two families invited Cui Jindong, the leader of the Jiangzhou Youth Gang, to mediate.
Cui Jindong took a group of people to Heiyan Island and mediated the situation, and the situation eased for a while.
However, now the fight has started again.
When Cui Jindong saw it, he was confused and he couldn't control this matter, so he simply ignored it now," Ge Ziyun said.
"Of course Gang Leader Cui will ignore it once he has made money," Tang Wen said.
"That's true. The two families spent more than 100,000 taels on inviting him to train him, but now it seems that it was all in vain." Ge Ziyun nodded.
"Cui Jindong's strength should be extraordinary. He is a local leader in Jiangzhou City. Why can't he mediate?" Tang Wen was a little surprised.
"Of course, Cui Jindong is at least a second-grade consummate person, and he also has a large group of subordinates with no less than five thousand men and horses. Moreover, Cui Jindong is a well-rounded person and is familiar with all the yamen. People in Linghai have to give him face." Tang Jun on the side.
said.
"It's useless! Those two families are not simple either." Ge Ziyun shook his head.
"What do you say?" Tang Wen looked at Ge Ziyun.
"Those two families are basically martial arts families. It seems that they moved away from the mainland and moved to Black Rock Island to avoid their enemies.
Black Rock Island is not more than a hundred miles away from the land as they said, but in fact it is four hundred miles away, which is very far away.
Otherwise, so much iron ore would have been bought by rich people long ago." Ge Ziyun said.
"There may be experts in the two families who are more powerful than Cui Jindong, so Cui Jindong probably gave up because he was threatened." Tang Wendao.
"Since they want to threaten Cui Jindong, why did they invite Cui Jindong before? They spent hundreds of thousands of taels of silver. Isn't this a waste of money?" Wen Jinyuan, who was standing behind him, asked with some confusion.
"I can't understand either." Ge Ziyun shook his head.
"Haha, don't listen to Cui Qiu's words. I'm thinking that it may not be their families who invited Cui Jindong over." Tang Wen smiled slightly.
"Why would he go without inviting him?" Ge Ziyun asked in shock.
"He wants to make money. Who is Cui Jindong? Both black and white want to take it all.
As long as he can make money, he wants to get involved.
So, when I heard about the fight between the two families, I took people there.
It was obvious that he just wanted to extort some money, so at first the two families gave him some face, since he was the overlord of Linghai after all.
However, later, he quit. The masters of the two families warned him. When Cui Jindong saw it, it seemed that this was not going to work and he could no longer blackmail him.
Otherwise, you may get yourself into trouble and retreat in despair." Tang Wen said.
"The master's inference is reasonable. It's possible that Cui Jindong failed to steal the chicken and lost a lot of rice, paying for it instead." Wen Jinyuan nodded.
"Ziyun, what do you think of their overall strength?" Tang Wen asked.
"The strength is still so-so. Most of them are in the eighth or ninth level. The fifth level is very rare. And among the people Cui Jindong brought, there are quite a few in the fourth level. How can you be afraid of them?" Ge Ziyun was puzzled.
"This is strange." Wen Jinyuan touched his chin and fell into confusion.
"The sects are divided into inner halls and outer halls." Tang Wen said.
"Yes, are they also divided into inner villages and outer villages?
What you saw was just fighting in the outer village, and all their elites were in the inner village.
Uchimura was also fighting secretly, maybe Cui Jindong discovered something and was so frightened that he quickly withdrew," Wen Jinyuan said.
"If this is the case, we will have no hope." Ge Ziyun shook his head.
"Why is there no hope? Haha, do you think that when they moved to Black Rock Island hundreds of years ago, did they report it to the government?" Tang Wen said with a smile.
"If it's to avoid revenge, why would you report it before it's too late to hide? Why don't you throw yourself into a trap?" Ge Ziyun shook his head and said.
"That's right, so that island was originally a desert island. Since it is a desert island, it is an ownerless thing, and an ownerless thing belongs to the government." Tang Wen said with a smile.
"What the master means is that we start with the government and capture the island first. Then, we can train it as the master, just like solving the dispute on Tianshi Island." Wen Jinyuan is indeed smart.
"Yes! I'm going to find Mr. Xiao now to see if I can get the island first.
At that time, I will be the owner of the island. Let’s see what they say?
No matter what, the initiative is in our hands." Tang Wen said.
"They are short of money and can just buy it." Wen Jinyuan nodded.
"Master Xiao has returned to Beijing." Tang Jun said.
"Back to Beijing?" Tang Wen was stunned, looked at Tang Jun, and asked, "Why are you returning to Beijing?"
"The war in Linghai has been tense recently, and the higher-ups seem to blame Mr. Xiao for his inability to cooperate well.
And we, Da Chu, fought against the Kingdom of the Sun and were retreating steadily.
All the naval forces were returned to important cities, and the coastal villages and towns were ignored.
The Kingdom of the Sun is pressing forward step by step, and has already closed in on the coastal villages and towns, some of which have been occupied by them.
The Great Qin Kingdom in the northwest was even more ferocious and attacked like a wave.
Da Chu was attacked from both sides and could no longer hold on.
The imperial court is in chaos, and we are afraid that if Qi, Yan, and others follow suit, Chu will be destroyed." Tang Jun said.
"So, Linghai Province is in urgent need of a capable person to take up the position of governor and cooperate with the military to command operations?" Tang Wen said.
"Eighty percent so." Tang Jun nodded.
"Do you think this is an opportunity for Wan Hansong?" Tang Wen said.
"Wan Hansong is still a master, this is an excellent opportunity for him." Wen Jinyuan said.
"Hahaha, I have a pillow when I fall asleep. Okay, I'm going to meet Mr. Wan now. Jinyuan, Niansu, you come with me." Tang Wen said and stood up.
Wen Jinyuan drove the carriage himself, while Tang Wen and Mei Niansu sat inside.
However, in the middle of the journey, Tang Wen thought for a while and told Wen Jinyuan to drive the carriage to the commanding office.
Jiang Xuan was busy when he saw Tang Wen come in. He immediately put aside what he was doing, sat down with Tang Wen to drink tea, and said, "How is it? I heard that you went to Red River City?"
"I've gone, no, I just came back." Tang Wen sat down.
"I'm telling you, brother, you have to be mentally prepared." Jiang Xuan said seriously.
"Oh? Are my people going to be recruited?" Tang Wen asked.
"There's nothing we can do about it. The branch committee came down from the general military office a few days ago.
Governor Xiao said that the province's defense was also very heavy and it was temporarily impossible to mobilize him.
What's the result? Xiao Senguo was separated." Jiang Xuandao.
"The purpose of removing Xiao Senguo is to divert my troops?" Tang Wen was stunned, but he did not expect that his weight would be so heavy.
"Of course Linghai Academy is involved in this, they want to kill you.
Of course, there are other more important reasons. The battle at Linghai is ineffective, and someone has caught Xiao Senguo's excuse to fight back.
Anyway, things in the yamen are complicated. Brother, you have to make preparations in advance.
It's still like what I said, just let your men die, you have to live." Jiang Xuan really cared about Tang Wen.
"It seems that once Xiao Senguo leaves, he will never come back." Tang Wen said.
"It's probably like this. He even took his family members away, and he must know that he can't come back.
In fact, I think he also wants to take advantage of the opportunity to escape. If he can't defend this mountain, he will be guillotined.
It's better to take the opportunity to leave and at least save one's life.
Moreover, he had been in Linghai for a few years, and it was time for him to change places.
It would be worthwhile to switch to a province without war, even if you suffer a little loss." Jiang Xuandao.
"Then it seems that Master Wan doesn't have hope?" Tang Wen said.
"Hope! It's probably impossible." Jiang Xuan said.
"Why is it impossible? Mr. Wan is a master. Didn't you say that he is the top strong man in Linghai? If he steps up and defeats the Sun Country thieves at this time, wouldn't it be a great achievement?" Tang Wen said.
"He alone is useless. Also, if he wants to sit in the position of governor now, he is not strong enough." Jiang Xuan shook his head.
"Isn't the second grade enough? Do you need the first grade to be the governor?
The governor is only a civil servant, so the requirements are too high, right?
How many first-level governors do we have in Dachu?" Tang Wen asked in astonishment.