Yizhou, Chichan City.

After the martial arts tournament came to an end and all parties dispersed, Wang Jiangque and his group still stayed in Chichan City to deal with some matters that needed to be finalized in Yizhou, which was within the Wang family's sphere of influence.

It turned out that Wang Jiangque had transformed into a dragon, so the Shaolin Temple felt that those who were not from our race must have different hearts, and wanted to deal with Wang Jiangque.

But after the Mo Sect made trouble, the real dragon seemed to be less important.

The Shaolin Temple was wise enough not to deal with the Wang family, but it could not hide the fact that Wang Jiangque had turned into a dragon. The Wang family had known about the dragon scales for a long time, so they were very calm and there was nothing unusual about it.

But Wang Zhi's fiancée, the legitimate daughter of the Wu family, always had her suspicions.

Wu Yi was very afraid of Wang Jiangque, who was obviously his future sister-in-law.

"Your sister-in-law is just an ordinary person. If you can't accept it for a while, don't take it to heart." Wang Zhi saw that Wu Yi was avoiding Wang Jiangque and refused to even meet her, so he could only sigh.

"Thank you for your hard work, fourth brother."

The marriage between the two families of Wu and Wang is because the Wang family will be handed over to Wang Zhi in the future, so it is most sincere to do it by Wang Zhi.

Wu Yi is indeed pretty, but at their level, appearance is only the basic requirement, more is ability. Obviously, she is just an ordinary wealthy lady.

In terms of appearance, Wang Zhi is more beautiful than Wu Yi...

Of course, the Wu family also hopes to have better girls to marry, but the one who has better abilities is a concubine. Among the legitimate daughters, Wu Yi is already the best.

It does not mean that the descendants of wealthy families must be elites or geniuses.

Their education and resources have given them a better vision and understanding of the city, but that is only compared to ordinary people, and pales in comparison to real geniuses.

Wang Jiangque understood that Wang Zhi made a sacrifice for his family.

"It's all trivial. I don't really like anyone. I want to pick someone who is not so smart. At least he can live in peace and won't mess up the family business. This martial arts competition was a complete victory. Xu Hai has left the Xu family.

, the Xu family’s building is about to collapse.”

"But Tianwen found some bad news."

"I think you saw it too."

Wang Jiangque nodded and said with a hint of coldness: "Xu Jie helped the Xu family transform. Xu Dong just wanted to survive. He sold the family business and worked behind Xu Jie."

"I want to avenge my mother, but I can't do it for the time being."

Wang Zhi sighed and said: "I will arrange for someone to assassinate Xu Dong, but it may not be successful. The trend of pushing the wall down has been reversed by Xu Jie. The Xu family has still retained its vitality, so the assassination method is unlikely to be effective."

"We can only take it slowly and overthrow the Xu family completely."

"Xu Dong would have nowhere to escape at that time."

"Our fleet has returned from the Lancang River, including the Hongxi left by Xu Hai, and the external Four King Kongs who Xu Hai cooperated with us to surround the captives."

"Forget about those pirate prisoners. There is no need to recruit them, but there are many ships."

Wang Jiangque said: "Chen Dong, Ye Ma, Huang Kan, and Hong Donggang. Among them, Chen Dong was in the Sunda Islands and only intercepted a small part. The main force has fled."

"Yema led the Fuso people to attack Borneo. We cooperated with the Wu family to severely damage their fleet and gained a lot, but the battle losses were too many and we didn't gain much."

"It's mainly Huang Kan and Hong Donggang's troops, right?"

Wang Zhi nodded and said: "In order not to leak the news, and to cooperate with Qiu Luan in annihilating the Xiluo pirates, Xu Hai led the main force to help us deal with Huang Kan and Hong Donggang at the mouth of the Lancang River, and then went straight to Mancajia."

"These are the two groups we mainly captured."

"There are about 30,000 prisoners, and there are about 1,500 or 600 ships."

"If we don't take in prisoners, if we train our own navy, although we have sufficient reserves, it will take at least half a year to take shape. There is no way for us to directly take over the sphere of influence that Xu Hai gave up."

"The escaped Chen Dong, Ye Ma, and other pirates, big and small, will inevitably find a new way out after losing the control of the Xu family."

"We are not pirates and cannot satisfy their interests."

"But Nanjing will absorb them."

With the fall of the Xu family and the rise of the Wang family, Nanjing will naturally not sit still and wait for death. When the Wang family has finished digesting it and completely takes over the sea power, won't Nanjing be attacked from both sides?

So they will never sit idly by.

Not only will they absorb the remnants of the Xu family, but they will also integrate and form a new navy to fight against the Wang family.

It was also a fight against the Japanese pirates that followed the imperial court.

Like Xia Yan's long-standing strategy and support for Jianzhou, now the Jianzhou Jurchens have retreated to the Tumen River. Restoration, reconstruction and development rely entirely on maritime transport. Once they lose sea power, logistics will be cut off directly, and Jianzhou Jurchens will not need to attack either.

After three years, I will have to forage among the black mountains and white waters.

When the heavy snow comes in five years, I don’t know how many people will starve to death.

Therefore, the ocean is not only the lifeline of merchants, but also the lifeline of Nanjing. Nanjing’s annual income is divided into three parts. One is taxation based on the Ming system, which has two accounts, the open and the actual. The second part is the Wang family and others

Rich merchants provide it through specialized supplies such as salt, iron, tea, etc. The third part is the dividends from the four major merchant gangs.

The salt industry was affected, wars were going on at sea, and Nanyang was strangled by the imperial court and the Wang family.

Maritime trade has been greatly affected, so much so that the dividends that the four major business gangs can give to Nanjing have also been significantly reduced. This year, Nanjing's "revenue" is likely to drop by at least 30%.

Everyone is happy when they make money, but who takes the responsibility when they lose money?

Anyway.

As the Speaker, Xia Yan has taken the blame. Although Nanjing supports some of Xia Yan's plans, they have actually started to do their own things. For things like integrating pirates and forming a formal navy, Xia Yan has been involved.

There was no discussion.

"The decision-making power in Nanjing should lie with Zhanruo Sailor."

"Unlike Xia Yan, who has a shallow foundation, Zhan Ruoshui's words in the parliament have weight, and he is naturally more effective in doing things. However, while Nanjing wants to deal with us, it also needs to be wary of Xu Jie."

"Zhan Ruoshui probably won't be willing to give up the position of Speaker to Xu Jie."

Wang Zhi analyzed Nanjing's response.

Wang Jiangque shook his head and said: "It's not whether Zhan Ruoshui is willing or not, but the current situation. Nanjing is gradually unable to cope with it, and Xu Jie's reputation has risen too fast."

"It's a reputation, but also a foundation."

"When the time comes, the people of Jiangnan will carry Xu Jie into the parliament and sit in the position of speaker."

"Zhan Ruoshui and Xu Jie have no irresolvable interest relationship."

"It's just that Zhan Ruoshui is famous and strong, while Xu Jie is young and weak. When Xu Jie's strength exceeds their imagination, he will naturally become the Speaker."

"They are the same kind of people, the same class."

When there are external enemies, internal conflicts will be temporarily put aside. Facing the immortal revolution of Jiajing and Zhang Zhixiang, and facing this mighty reform, Zhan Ruoshui will naturally be willing to step back when the pressure is strong enough.

.

After all, in the parliament, the speaker is not an extremely noble person.

Your own strength is the foundation.

Instead of fighting, it's better to just pick up the money. What's the hard choice?

The alliance of enemies is not good news, but it cannot be stopped and can only be dealt with. Wang Zhi said: "In the next six months, we will mainly digest Nanyang, and then use the Liuqiu line as an outpost to fight against Nanjing's navy."

"I will probably stay in Nanyang."

"After Qiu Luan and the others leave Mancajia, I need to cooperate with the imperial garrison to complete the construction of the Xuanwei Division in the old port."

"We can't return to land for the time being. What are your plans to accompany me, Fourth Brother? Or do you want to go to Wudang and wait for Zhang Zhixiang to come out of confinement?"

Wang Jiangque shook his head and said: "If I don't go to Wudang, I really want to wait for him and protect my children's love, but I don't have that much time. My students are still in the capital, and the reform is about to begin. I want to

Go help them."

"Anping lacks experience in working on the front line. The theory is correct, but he has not been able to figure out how to implement it."

"There are no such capable ministers around Jiajing now."

"I have to participate in the formulation of the framework."

"in addition."

"Anping gave this to me, I have to find a way to crack it."

Wang Jiangque took out the Mo Ju. This thing is similar to a Rubik's Cube. It is by no means as simple as a Rubik's Cube. Only by finding a way to crack it can we know the secrets of the universe that the Mo family has studied for so many years.

She is confident that she is not inferior to those mathematicians in the world. As long as she is willing to spend time, Mo Ju will be solved one day.

Wang Zhi was slightly curious and asked: "Jiang'er, do you think this Mo Ju is a token of the Mohist Juzi? Does it have more symbolic meaning, or does it contain the mystery of the universe that has such a high value?"

"Maybe they are all there." Wang Jiangque was not curious, and even if she knew about things at this level, it would actually be of no use. This was for Zhang Zhixiang and others to inquire for evidence.

Wang Zhi shrugged and said, "Just teach Zhang Zhixiang those civilized things."

"There is one thing that is more important to you and me."

"How the Wang family can retreat bravely cannot wait until the war is over to think about it. It must be considered now. We will replace the Xu family and become the new ocean overlord. This is the future trend."

"As a result, our Wang family's power will be too great."

The Xu family not only has maritime power, but also has such a huge business, it can almost be said that it is a country of its own, even if the Wang family does not engage in business, colonization, banditry, or human trafficking.

But the customs benefits brought by maritime rights alone are frightening.
To be continued...