At night, Wen Xingyuan climbed to the third floor of Wanfu Building and walked into a wing room under the guidance of his servants.
There are several dishes on the round table in the room. They are not many, but they are all top-quality fresh food. For example, deep-sea red shrimp as long as an arm, almost transparent gauze water ginseng, and plump surgeonfish fillets that melt in your mouth, etc., each of which is valuable.
It was really the Wang family's style. Wen Xingyuan snorted in his heart. Even if the focus of the meeting was not on eating at all, the other party would not let go of anything to show off.
But when he saw the person sitting at the table, he couldn't help but pause in his steps, "Why is it you?"
The visitor turned out to be Wang Yi'an's eldest son, Wang Qingzhi.
He has met this person many times, but all of them were under the leadership of Wang Yi'an. Although it has long been heard that most of the Wang family's property has been transferred to Wang Qingzhi, such a common thing cannot make the Privy Council take a high look at it. In the final analysis, he is just an ordinary person who cannot feel anger.
"My father was unable to attend and I came in his place."
"Absurd!" Wen Xingyuan shook his head, turned around and walked towards the door. Without the Prime Minister, he is now the nominal head of the Privy Council House. Why does the Royal Family have a boy under thirty years old to have secret conversations with him? It's absolutely ridiculous!
"My lord, please stay," Wang Qingzhi said calmly. "It was you who conveyed the meeting proposal to the Wang family, and it was me who accepted the proposal and went to the appointment. I have nothing to do with my father from the beginning. I hope you know this."
… Has nothing to do with Wang Yi’an
Wen Xingyuan turned around and asked, "What do you mean?"
"My father no longer intends to fight against Her Royal Highness the Princess." Wang Qingzhi replied calmly, "In other words, if the order is supported by the Princess, he will naturally not intervene for you anymore. If the person sitting here is Father, not me, I am afraid that the princess will know the full content of the meeting not long after the conversation."
"Wang Yi'an now..."
"Everything is fine now, but it is no longer suitable to interfere with family affairs."
"Can you make the decision?"
"Yes, otherwise I wouldn't have come."
Wen Xingyuan hesitated for a moment, then slowly returned to the table, "I'll stop beating around the bush, I'll tell you the ugly story ahead. If you can't fulfill what you said, the Privy Council won't let it go."
"Naturally, the Wang family would never dare to deal with the Privy Council." Wang Qingzhi lowered his head slightly and said.
Wen Xingyuan snorted softly, pulled out his chair and sat down, "You guys started cultivating your own underground forces a long time ago, right? As far as I know, the predecessor of the Donghai Gang was a group of pirates who secretly raised thieves , The Wang family is indeed very courageous."
Wang Qingzhi remained silent.
"It's not surprising that the government turns a blind eye for the sake of tax money, but the Privy Council has no such concerns." Wen Xingyuan continued, "I came to your Wang family this time just to borrow this money. The pirates use it. If you agree, then everything is easy to talk about. If you don’t agree, you should be clear about the charge of having an affair with the pirates."
He nodded, "How do you plan to use it?"
"Let them loot Jinxia City."
Wang Qingzhi looked surprised, "Are you sure?"
"I need an illusion that Jinxia City is being attacked." Wen Xingyuan replied.
Zhang Wenwen's words gave him a lot of inspiration. In an emergency, he could indeed go beyond the regulations and directly take up the position of Prime Minister temporarily, and then report to the Gyeonggi Privy Council. No matter what the reply was, this time was enough for him to kick Xia Fan out of the Privy Council House.
Jinxia City was attacked by pirates, which was undoubtedly a "major danger".
Although there has been no bandit disaster in Shenzhou for decades, as long as it does not cause too much damage, the court will not pay attention to it.
Then he thought of the Wang family.
A domestic dog is naturally more docile than a wild dog.
What's more, this dog owner still has the leverage in the hands of the Privy Council.
"This... I'm afraid it won't work." Wang Qingzhi pondered for a moment, "It's not that I don't want to. In the end, the Donghai Gang is just a Jianghu gang, with less than a thousand people in total. If you let them loot Jinxia... they are really weak."
Jinxia City used to be an important town in Yongguo. There were strong high walls on the south, west and north sides. Even if the east side by the sea was weakly defended, it was still weaker than the other sides. At least there are a lot of beacon towers, ballistas, and arrow towers. Just once the city gate is closed and the guards are standing on the city wall, it is not something that a group of gangsters can get involved with.
The most important thing is that one of Shenzhou's garrison is in the outer suburbs of Jinxia. Once the beacon smoke is lit, they can rush to help here in at most one day.
Wen Xingyuan obviously knew this information, "Idiot. There are only a thousand people in the Donghai Gang, which does not mean there are only a thousand pirates. What they do is burning, killing and looting, not sailing, so you are afraid that they can pretend Not like it? The government may be a threat to others, but it shouldn't be an obstacle to the Wang family, right? As for the garrison, I will find ways to delay it. "
"How long can I delay this?"
Wen Xingyuan stretched out a finger.
"It's too short, at least two days." Wang Qingzhi shook his head.
Wen Xingyuan was immediately displeased, "Are you teaching the Privy Council how to do things? Don't forget what I said before!"
"My lord, please forgive me." Wang Qingzhi replied sincerely, "They are not dead soldiers of the Wang family. They are just a group of cruel and violent bandits. They only have enough time to enter the city in one day. You must at least give them time to evacuate, so that I can be sure. Encourage them."
"Wouldn't it be better to let them all die in Jinxia City?"
Wang Qingzhi insisted, "Then the Wang family will not be able to sleep peacefully for the rest of their lives."
Wen Xing stared at him for a long time, and finally nodded, "Two days at most."
"Thank you for your understanding, sir."
"You prepare this matter yourself. Everything has nothing to do with the Privy Council. When you are ready, inform me a few days in advance." Wen Xingyuan stood up, "I don't like to force others to do things. If the Wang family does well, The Privy Council will definitely reward you. Although you are not an alchemist, what if there is someone who is sensitive to Qi among your descendants?"
"I understand what you mean." Wang Qingzhi stood up and held his hands, "Master, don't you want to leave before you finish?"
Wen Xingyuan waved his sleeves and walked out of the wing.
After the door closed, another man wearing a mask quietly walked out from behind the screen. He wore a black robe inlaid with gold trim, metal finger gloves on his hands, and long hair reaching his waist. "Is this what the Jinxia Privy Council is doing? From his tone, it seems that the one asking for help is not you, but you."
Wang Qingzhi changed his previous expression and smiled disdainfully, "Alchemists are all like this. They look down on ordinary people like me from the bottom of their hearts."
"This is normal. After all, those who sense Qi are closer to the origin of the world." The man said unconcernedly, "Just as a professional, his level really makes me a little disappointed. The previous fifth-grade alchemists were not so slow. . It seems that long-term stable life does make us weak."
He paused, "Of course, ordinary people can also play an irreplaceable role at certain times - for example, without the support of you and your father, we would not have been able to obtain a large amount of salt so smoothly."