Chapter 8 Picking the Side
When Lin Feng was inspecting the city defense system at the head of Shouzhou City, a debate surrounding him unfolded in the study of the newly purchased luxury house of Fangjia, an overseas Fang family in Jinling City.
The topic was extended from the news brought back by the Fang family from Shouzhou. The information conveyed by Lin Feng was very clear. The war between the north and the south is very likely to happen. Shouzhou is the first to block the brunt. You can decide for yourself that you can temporarily withdraw your assets or even withdraw Fang Ning and Fang An who are in the Youth Military Academy.
This time, due to the surprise of the head of the family, Fang Hongli, who served as the store manager of Jinling Supermarket, became the opponent.
Fang Hongli made a reason why Lin Feng was not well-founded in the court, the north was too strong, and the power in Shouzhou was too small, and he kept talking nonstop, trying to convince his elder brother to recognize his views. The Fang family should leave more ways out and should not bet on Lin Feng alone.
Fang Hongxing stared at Fang Hongli in surprise, then turned his head to look at Mr. Fang Ruicheng, who was sitting upright on the table and resting with his eyes closed, but did not answer.
"Father, brother, if Lin Feng is defeated in Shouzhou, our Fang family is very likely to be uprooted by his political enemies, and the foundation accumulated by our Fang family for generations will be destroyed." Fang Hongli almost shouted and said these words.
Fang Hongxing was really puzzled, staring at his younger brother, and finally asked: "Second, you have been with Lord Lin the longest time and are the store manager of the supermarket. You should know the most about Lord Lin, why do you lack confidence in Lord Lin?"
Fang Hongli looked a little hesitant. He had always mentioned his son to Lin Feng many times, wanting to get Lin Feng to support him, but he did not get an ideal response. The eldest brother's son Fang Tai has now gained a lot of reputation with Lin Feng, and even the emperor has seen him, which makes him complain about Lin Feng a little.
Fang Hongxing was a little dissatisfied and pointed at his brother and scolded: "If you have something to say, it is related to the future of the family, what else can I hide?"
Fang Hongli stomped his feet and replied loudly: "To be honest, for a long time, some people from the court have come to the supermarket to find me and have been testing me. They reminded us that the Fang family considers to switch to the real power minister of the court, and promised to add a few more Beijing-level officials to our Fang family after the defeat in Shouzhou."
Fang Hongxing sneered in anger, pointed at his younger brother and said loudly: "You are so lard that you are so heartbroken. There is a open gentleman like Lin Feng who doesn't believe it, but he believes in some fraudulent words of real villains. Such nonsense can be believed. What are the few officials in the capital? As long as Lord Lin overcomes this difficulty, he will definitely return to the court to hold important positions in the future. It is probably not a problem to have a few real positions."
Fang Hongxing retorted dissatisfiedly: "Be more friends and more roads, I am also considering the future of the Fang family."
Fang Hongxing shook his head with a sigh and said, "Second, it seems that you have been in this prosperous capital for a long time and are a little lost. You can't even see who is the real friend. Do you still remember Shu Ya."
"Shu Ya is the scholar who was following Lin Feng but later did not go to Shouzhou." Fang Hongxing was a little puzzled.
"Yes, a few days ago, I happened to visit the Urban Academy of Foreign Studies. I caught a glimpse of him and found that he was very haggard. After inquiring, I learned that he had not been to Shouzhou because someone introduced him to a so-called good marriage. As a result, after a few days of getting along, people found that there was not much insider information from him, so they began to neglect him. He heard that it was difficult for him to see a woman from the Zhu family now. This is the best proof that he met a villain and ran into a villain. The villain has always been to make friends with others with wise, and Lord Lin never put profit first." Fang Hongxing's tone was both regretful and angry, and he sighed loudly.
Fang Hongli was speechless, but his face still looked unanimous.
Fang Hongxing shook his head in anger and opened his mouth, almost trying to tell the secret of Lin Feng's involvement in the navigation agreement and producing weapons, but he forced himself to suppress this idea.
At this time, Mr. Fang Duancheng Fang, who had been sitting firmly in the central military tent, coughed lightly and said slowly: "Small victory depends on wisdom, and great victory depends on virtue. Lin Feng can reach the point where he is today, not only wisdom, but also virtue. Although there are many people in this world who are heartless, ambition, and morality and untrustworthy, we still have to believe that there are truly moral people in this world."
"Yes, thank my father for his teachings." The two brothers bowed and bowed to Mr. Fang at the same time.
Mr. Fang paused the sandalwood crutch in his hand on the floor tiles, and then said, "There is one thing I have never told you. There is no outsider today. I will tell you. Back then, I just took over the family business, and there was someone in Dongdu who wanted to interfere. But at that time, I really couldn't judge his character, so I had to spend a lot of money and took a lot of effort to settle the matter. As a result, after two years, the man lost his power."
Fang Hongxing and Fang Hongli looked at each other and were confused. The old man said two passages, as if he supported the two people respectively. What does this mean?
"I have retreated, and I will never interfere in the specific decision. I will tell you this. I hope you know that there is no fixed situation in the water and the world is impermanent. You must make wise judgments and make the most correct decisions. Once the decision is made, don't look around anymore. According to my personal thoughts, our Fang family has now boarded Lin Feng's ship. Can we change the boss temporarily?" Mr. Fang's voice became lower and lower. When he said the last sentence, he seemed to have fallen asleep and stopped talking.
Fang Hongxing clapped his hands gently and said in a deep voice to Fang Hongli: "Second, we have no way back, we must fully support Lord Lin to the end."
Fang Hongli was muddy for a long time before whispering: "Okay, I'll listen to my brother."
At the same time, in an inn room in Shouzhou City, Wang Jianfeng, a deputy general of the Shouzhou Army, met with a middle-aged man.
Wang Jianfeng found that the other party's face was not familiar with it, so he immediately became alert. He flipped his hand and showed the short blade in his sleeve: "Who are you? Why do you ask me to come secretly in the name of Lord Feng?"
Two people with quick body movements suddenly rushed in from the door and blocked Wang Jianfeng in the middle of the inn.
"I am the little person under the Privy Councilor, and his name is not worth mentioning, but the adult's autograph and seal are not false at all. Today I just want to chat with General Wang for a moment, please sit down." The middle-aged man smiled faintly and looked very sincere. After illuminating a document, he took it back in his arms and asked Wang Jianfeng to sit down and talk.
Wang Jian's cover was as deep as water, and he sat on the stool and pushed the teacup handed by the middle-aged man away from his eyes.
The middle-aged man was not offended and pushed the cup of tea again, laughing and said, "I don't know what General Wang thinks of the future Shouzhou war."
Wang Jianfeng still said angrily: "The progress of the war is turbulent, who can assert the victory or defeat?"
The middle-aged man shook his head slightly and waved his hand and said, "That means that General Wang at least has no confidence in Shouzhou. The fact is obvious. The Tang Dynasty's long-distance battle formation army has not had a great chance of victory in the face of the powerful north. Moreover, in the future, it will be Zhou, Wu, Yue, and Southern Han attacking our Tang at the same time. Shouzhou can look forward to a few reinforcements. After all, it is very likely that a small Shouzhou will face a big country. Everyone knows that Lin Feng is dead. General Wang believes that all the troubles caused by Little Lin Feng can last for a few more moments."
Wang Jianfeng replied angrily: "I don't care who you mean, or what you mean. I just tell you that Lin Feng even gained the title of Chu land, Qingyuan, and Liao Kingdom. These are not spoken by words. I have confidence in Lord Lin."
The middle-aged man sniffed repeatedly, slapped the table lightly, and said a little louder, "That was his chance to catch up with the luck of the dog. Once hundreds of thousands of troops from the north headed south, he would leverage his strength and make good choices."
Wang Jianfeng slapped the table suddenly and stood up: "I don't say anything but a long sentence, I'll take my leave." After that, he turned around and left.
"I know General Wang has never been Lin Feng's confidant. Now please consider it. On the one hand, he is the deputy general of the imperial guards and the 20,000 ounces of money, and on the other hand, he is not guaranteed and his family is not available. General Wang should not choose the wrong side." The middle-aged man said slowly.
Wang Jianfeng turned around suddenly, drew his sword in his hand, and stared at the middle-aged man with his eyes blazing fire.
"I have a cheap life, General Wang can take it at any time, but General Wang's family in Jinling City is more precious. As long as I can't go back within five days, or I can't get a satisfactory answer, or if the matter today is leaked, Lingzun, Lingtang, noble lady and noble son, I'm afraid it will be..." The middle-aged man was drinking tea leisurely and said lightly, revealing a tail without saying it, but the threat was self-evident.
Wang Jianfeng's right hand holding the knife rose and he glared at the middle-aged man with a heavy breath.
The four people remained motionless, and the room fell into terrible silence until it was broken by the sound of a short knife falling to the ground.
Chapter completed!