Chapter 729: 871: Nangong Family, Fairy's Words

The waves crash against the shore, and the sky and sea are boundless.

Sichuanhai Chaoping County, as a coastal city of the Wei Dynasty, was not affected by water pirates and was considered a prosperous county. In addition, the imperial court reopened the shipping department two years ago and lifted the maritime ban. Countless merchants who smelled money flocked here. , in just over a year, Chaoping County has become lively and prosperous, even comparable to Xiangyang City in Linzhou.

The bustling and lively scenery, coupled with the magnificent scenery of mountains and seas, also attracted many literati.

Wu Changlin, who was arranged by Chen Mo to take up the post in Sichuanhai, was considered to have a business mind and immediately thought of building Chaoping County into a tourist city, which is now under construction in full swing.

But in the eyes of the Nangong family, all this felt very dazzling and uncomfortable.

As a local leader, the current development of Chaoping County is based on harming the interests of the Nangong family.

Especially after Nangong Jin secretly transferred the private army to the Boliu Kingdom, publicly announced the disbandment of the private army, and distributed the fields under the clan's name, this situation was regarded as a cowardly move in the eyes of the outside world. As a result, the prestige created by the Nangong family in Chaoping County has gradually weakened.

The people here no longer have such a strong sense of awe towards the Nangong family.

Later, Wu Changlin led the army to Sichuanhai and became the prefect of Sichuanhai. After taking over the port that originally belonged to the Nangong family, in order to clarify the law, he used the Nangong family as a model to beat the Nangong family and establish Wu Changlin's own prestige.

"Brother-in-law, I can't bear it anymore. Wu Changlin is a bastard who eats people without spitting out their bones. Our goods that just arrived at the port were seized by his people without even showing any kindness." Zhang Feng walked in with a sullen face. He walked into the hall of Nangong's house and vomited his bitterness to Nangong Jin who was enjoying the maid's shoulder squeeze.

“frizzy”

Nangong Jin, who was dozing, opened her eyes and raised her hand to wave. The maid behind her who was squeezing her shoulders immediately stopped what she was doing, bowed and left the hall.

Nangong Jin sat up straight, frowned and said, "How much did you lose this time?"

"A rough estimate, no less than one hundred thousand taels." Zhang Feng sat down next to Nangong Jin, lifted the teapot on the table, pointed it at the spout, and drank heavily. Obviously, this incident made him very angry.

After quenching his thirst, he put the teapot down hard and made a loud noise. He still said angrily: "It's too much. The imperial court asked for a port and we gave it to them. We were not allowed to have a private army. We did it and rebuilt the city. Shipping Secretary, we gave him the overseas trade routes we wanted. Even when Wu Changlin wanted to establish his authority, we gave him enough face.

But as for him, as of today, he has seized our goods seven times, worth one million taels. He shows no mercy and is simply too much of a bully. "

With that said, when Nangong Jin didn't speak, Zhang Feng took a breath and said coldly: "Brother-in-law, in my opinion, since he is merciless, there is no need for us to show mercy to him. After all, he also It’s just the fourth grade.”

Zhang Feng had murderous intent.

"Don't mess around." Nangong Jin quickly dissuaded him, fearing that he would act impulsively, and said, "It's easy to touch him, but have you ever thought about the consequences? If this matter is according to the laws of the Song Dynasty, we will not be justified."

That's right, the Nangong family's goods were seized more than a dozen times because of smuggling.

Although the Nangong family's private army has been transferred to the Boliu Kingdom, it needs a large amount of money to support it.

The country of Boliu is rich in gems and medicinal materials, but these cannot be eaten after all, and if you want to turn them into food, you must sell them for money.

But those small countries overseas couldn't digest this at all. In the end, they could only get the Song Dynasty to sell it off.

If you sell it through formal channels, you will definitely have to pay taxes to the Shipping Department.

Since ancient times, commercial taxes have been the highest, not to mention customs duties.

After paying the tax, the profits in the hands of the Nangong family will not be much.

Of course, this so-called not much is just not much in the Nangong family's opinion.

After all, the Nangong family is used to seeing big money, and the Nangong family is used to being wealthy. They earn a lot and spend a lot of money, so they look down on these "little money".

But in the eyes of other businessmen, it is still a lot of money.

So the Nangong family thought of smuggling.

The Nangong family has controlled Chaoping County for so many years and has already established a complete smuggling system.

In Nangong Jin's view, she is somewhat related by marriage to the King of Wei, and she can be regarded as a "brother-in-law" with your Wu family. As the saying goes, don't look at the monk's face to look at the Buddha's face. Nangong Jin feels that even if the smuggling is discovered, Wu Changlin will turn a blind eye. Just close one eye and let it go.

So Nangong Jin did whatever he thought.

But the reality was different from what he thought.

The Nangong family's first smuggling.

He was arrested by the Shipping Department.

At first, Nangong Jin thought Wu Changlin had made it for others to see, so he just wanted to make it clear.

But Wu Changlin not only failed to return the goods to them, but the Shipping Department still seized the Nangong family's subsequent smuggling attempts.

So Nangong Jin asked someone to find Wu Changlin.

But who knows that Wu Changlin has no mercy at all and is selfless.

"Then let him keep hindering us? If this continues, we won't have money to support people." Zhang Feng said unwillingly.

"No, although we can't touch him, we can't let him manipulate us. The top priority is to find the traitor in the team first. If the traitor learns that we did not disband the navy, but transferred it to Poriu country and spread to Wu Changlin’s ears, that would be a disaster,” Nangong Jin said.

"Traitor?" Zhang Feng was stunned.

"If we were seized once or twice, we could still stubbornly think it was bad luck. But if we were seized seven times, we can't explain it by bad luck. Someone below must be tipping Wu Changlin off."

After Wu Changlin showed no mercy, Nangong Jin changed his methods and made the smuggling extremely secretive. Without his help, it would have been impossible to have been seized so many times.

"Damn it, someone dares to rip off the inside and outside. If I catch him, I have to peel off his skin. Don't worry, brother-in-law, leave this matter to me." A fierce light flashed in Zhang Feng's eyes.

"Yes." Nangong Jin nodded and asked, "How is the matter on Immortal Island going?"

Zhang Feng frowned: "It went well at the beginning. Although hundreds of people died, two people later saw the fairy island. However, before they could land on the island, they were sent out by the white-clothed fairy inside, and they were warn.

I guessed that the fairy in white was a kind-hearted person, so I ignored her warning and sent people to try again. I told the people who went to try that if they saw the fairy in white again, they should directly explain their purpose. This time, another person successfully saw the Fairy in White, but this was also the last time our people saw the Fairy in White. No matter how we tried after that, no one came out alive. "

Nangong Jin frowned and asked hurriedly: "Then what did the person who saw the fairy say for the last time?"

"The man said that this time the fairy not only gave another warning, but also said that we would not be able to bear the fruit, so we should not force it again."

"No more?"

"That's all I got."

"No blessings to endure?" Nangong Jin frowned and murmured to himself: "What does the fairy mean by this?"

"Brother-in-law, according to my guess, strong men like these who are otherworldly like to talk about mysterious fate, cause and effect, and so on. If you say that we are not blessed, then there must be people who meet the fairy's words of being blessed. People." Zhang Feng said.

Nangong Jin's eyes lit up, and just when he was about to say something, someone from below came to report that the prefect was here.

Nangong Jin and Zhang Feng looked at each other, and both of them frowned in unison.

Wu Changlin came alone in official uniform. As soon as he came to the hall, he raised his hands and smiled: "I congratulate the Marquis of Chaoping County and General Zhang."

When Zhang Feng heard this, he thought that Wu Changlin had come here specially to be weird. They had just lost a piece of goods worth 100,000 taels. Wu Changlin could not have known that coming to announce the good news at this time would be the same as coming to Nangong's house to shit on his head. ?

About to get up and get angry, Nangong Jin stretched out her hand to hold the back of his hand, shook her head slightly, then looked at Wu Changlin, and said with a smile on her face, "Master Wu, I wonder where this joy comes from?"

Without waiting for Nangong Jin's invitation, Wu Changlin sat down directly on the other side of Nangong Jin and said with a smile: "This is a document issued by the imperial court. On August 7, the fourth year of Yong'an, the former emperor stayed at Mingyang Mountain, and the zen was located at the King of Wei. On the same day, King Wei ascended the throne and proclaimed himself emperor. He changed the name of the country to Da Wei and the reign name of Zhenghe.

The next day, the Nangong clan was granted the title of Concubine Yuan. He was granted the title of Madam of the First Grade, the General of the Imperial Order, and the title of Uncle Yongning, and the title of the Third Earl. I think it won't take much, and the formal edict will be delivered to both of you. This is considered a great joy. "

"King Wei proclaimed himself emperor?" Nangong Jin and Zhang Feng looked at each other and were stunned.

In Nangong Jin's opinion, Chen Mo would definitely take this step in the end, but he didn't expect it to be so fast.

"You two don't know something. Your Majesty is loyal and kind. He wanted to help the world. When the country was stable, he would return power to the previous emperor. But who would have thought that the previous emperor knew that he was not capable enough. Before that, he abdicated the emperor twice. Your Majesty, Your Majesty refused, but at this time, the people petitioned the officials, and God also sent down prophecies. Even at the beginning of the month, there was a scene of the Tengu eating the sun. In order to prevent God from blaming the people, Your Majesty had no choice but to take over this heavy responsibility. ”

Wu Changlin said with deep affection.

When Nangong Jin and Zhang Feng heard this, the corners of their mouths couldn't help but twitch.

Can you believe this?

Nangong Jin forced a smile and said, "Your Majesty, he serves the country and the people, and he deserves this high position."

"The county prince and the official are really close friends, and they actually coincide with the official's ideas." Wu Changlin said with a smile.

Nangong Jin: "..."

"How can I be happy? It is Mr. Wu who should be congratulating you. King Wei is crowned the great treasure. From now on, Princess Wei is the mother of a country. The Wu family can also retire with the country." Nangong Jin said. .

"Alas, I haven't even scratched the horoscope yet. Your Majesty has so many concubines and heirs, so who can say for sure." Wu Changlin said.

"Lord Wu, please be humble. Your Majesty is the wife you married before your Majesty ascended the throne. She also gave birth to a prince for your Majesty. Who can challenge your status?"