After sending away the thirty undercover agents from the same boat club, Wei Changtian was busy with the "post-disaster reconstruction" work in Shuzhou for more than ten days.
After all, a large number of officials had "accidentally died" and a large number of wealthy businessmen had "ran away with their money", which would inevitably affect the normal social order. Coupled with the vigorous "pay attention to detail" activities that had been carried out throughout Shuzhou,
It really gave him a taste of what "the greater the ability, the greater the responsibility."
"Sir, these days the craftsmen in Shuzhou City are basically afraid to show their faces..."
In the study, Chen Bo leaned his buttocks on the chair and asked very respectfully: "Do you want to continue?"
"No need, you will never be able to catch up on the details. This level is enough for now. You just need to pay more attention in the future."
Wei Changtian nodded, then turned to Liang Zhen and asked, "Uncle Liang, how is the situation in Jizhou?"
"The war is coming."
Liang Zhen just said four words concisely and concisely, and everyone in the room sighed after hearing the words.
Is this finally the point?
Half a month ago, the imperial guards left the capital and went straight to Jizhou, but in the end they stationed themselves in the neighboring Bingzhou, as if they wanted to force the Xu family to surrender with the force of overwhelming force.
However, the Xu family obviously had no such plan. Not only did they firmly control Jizhou, they even abducted the prince who was far away in Liangzhou, Prince Jian, at some unknown time.
This is clearly a plan to use the prince's name to confront Ning Yongnian head-on.
Of course Ning Yongnian couldn't bear this, and immediately ordered the five states around Jizhou to gather troops to prepare for a decisive battle with the Xu family together with the Imperial Guards, and even went to supervise the battle in person...
So, is the fight finally about to begin?
"Changtian..."
Liang Zhen pondered for a moment and then asked: "Now the imperial court has gathered soldiers and horses from the five states together with the imperial guards to attack Jizhou. Even if the Xu family is fully prepared, they will not be able to hold on for too long."
"But we still don't break away from the Xu family. Isn't this too...dangerous?"
Liang Zhen’s question reveals what many people are thinking.
Nowadays, in the entire Daning Thirty-six Prefectures, except for Ji and Shu Prefectures, the rest of the prefectures have made many moves to suppress the Xu family, no matter what they do secretly, at least on the surface.
Only Shuzhou remained unmoved. Although they kept saying they "supported the imperial court," the Xu family's businesses on the street were still open for business, and even those Xu family members who had fled from nearby state capitals were welcome to come.
Ning Yongnian really has no time to take care of such an act of obedience and violation at the moment, but he will definitely settle the score after he finishes dealing with the Xu family.
Strictly speaking, this idea is not wrong.
But...it can only be said that we didn't look far enough.
"Uncle Liang, do you think the Xu family is so vulnerable?"
Wei Changtian knew that if he didn't explain a little bit, the doubting mood would continue to spread, so after thinking for a while, he slowly said:
"If you want the God of Wealth to enter your home, you should first ask the Xu family for permission."
"Although the rumors are exaggerated, they are not too far off."
"The Xu family may not be as powerful as Liu, nor as powerful as Wei, but the amount of money they have at their disposal is definitely a huge number."
"But what's the use of just having money?"
Liang Zhen frowned and asked: "How can one state's military strength be equal to that of five states?"
Wei Changtian smiled and asked: "Haha, Uncle Liang, what do you think the war is about?"
"Of course it's the general's strategy and the strength of the soldiers!" Liang Zhen replied without hesitation.
"That's true, but in my opinion..."
Wei Changtian smiled: "What you fight in a war is money."
"money?"
Everyone was stunned, but Chu Xianping, who was sitting in the corner, nodded slightly.
"Yes, it's money."
Wei Changtian continued: "Since it is a war, at least one side will need tens of thousands of people."
"With so many people, how much food and grass are needed in a day? How much military pay is required? How many weapons are consumed?"
"The imperial court is rich now, but what about the various state capitals?"
"Can they still be richer than the Xu family?"
"Besides, over the years, the Xu family must have accumulated countless rare treasures in addition to money."
"With these treasures, it won't be difficult to hire a few experts from the green forest, right?"
"Without going into details, as long as the Xu family can have three or four more second-level masters, will the situation be different?"
"this......"
Liang Zhen now understood what Wei Changtian meant, and couldn't help but ask: "Changtian, according to your wishes...can the Xu family still succeed?"
"There is a high probability that it won't happen."
Wei Changtian shook his head in "self-denial": "After all, the power of a family cannot compete with a country. If the Xu family has no backup, failure will only happen sooner or later."
Liang Zhen was puzzled: "Then why didn't we sever ties with them early?"
"Uncle Liang, who loses or wins between the Xu family and the imperial court has nothing to do with us? Our opponent is just the Liu family."
Wei Changtian took a sip of tea and said with a smile: "As long as it is beneficial to this matter, there is nothing that cannot be done."
"As for the settlement of accounts after the fall... Haha, if that day comes, the emperor can find any reason for it."
"..."
As soon as these words came out, both Chu Xianping and Chen Bo instantly understood Wei Changtian, or what the Wei family wanted to do.
Only Liang Zhen still looked confused, obviously not understanding the meaning of these words.
Good guy, my uncle is really a standard warrior head, only suitable for fighting...
Wei Changtian shook his head and turned his gaze to Chu Xianping.
The latter immediately leaned over and explained the mystery to Liang Zhen in a low voice. Wei Changtian stretched himself, opened the door and walked out of the study.
For safety reasons, his office is no longer at home, but has been moved directly to the state government office.
Although it is indeed much more convenient to deal with things, the disadvantage is that I cannot look up and see the laughing and busy orioles in the small courtyard.
Pooh!
I am a person who has big things to do now, how can I still be addicted to women all day long like before!
But then again, it has indeed been a long time since I had a good exercise with Yang Liushi and Yuan'er.
or......
"Zhang San!"
"Sir, I'm here."
"Prepare the car! Go home!"
"yes."
Just do what you say, Wei Changtian can indeed be said to be vigorous and resolute in terms of "movement".
He walked towards the gate of the state government office, and at the same time looked up at the sky, which was almost dusk.
Thousands of miles of depression, yellow clouds at sunset.
Although he and Wei Xianzhi are constantly writing letters, the situation in the capital is changing rapidly, and I am always worried from time to time, fearing that the next letter I receive will be the final work of my cheap father.
But since Wei Zhaohai is still here, there shouldn't be any big problems.
By the way, since Zimu Jade has a real-time communication function, why don't you invent a set of "Chinese telegraph codes" or something like that, so that you can save the time of sending letters back and forth in the future and truly achieve instant communication...
After thinking wildly in my mind for a long time, I slowly turned my gaze away from the sky.
But at this moment, an old eunuch standing in front made Wei Changtian stop instantly.