Wujian and Wei Fan hurriedly stepped forward and held Mu Hongyu in their arms.

Shen Gongao shouted: "All the retainers, all the generals, still haven't come to see your young monarch?" ”

Suddenly, all the retainers present bowed down to Shen Wuyu in the sedan chair and shouted, "Meet the young monarch." ”

"Meet the young gentleman." All the generals bowed down.

"Meet the young gentleman." All the slaves bow down.

But the whole scene was very weird, and everyone's voices didn't dare to be fierce and high-spirited, nor did they dare to get excited.

On the contrary, it looks bleak.

And Shen Wuyu in the sedan chair had a snow-white face and was motionless.

After all the visits, Shen Gongao lowered the curtain of the sedan chair.

"Starting today, Zhenhai City will enter a curfew."

"Any guest staying at the inn must provide directions, as well as proof of local government identity."

"From today, crowds are prohibited in Zhenhai City. No slogan shall be posted on any wall. ”

"Go home!"

With Shen Gongao's order, thousands of people entered Zhenhai City.

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Inside the Marquis' Palace.

Mu Hongyu sat there motionless like a clay sculpture.

The whole person was grief-stricken to the extreme, and even lost his reaction to the outside world.

And Shen Gongao always had a cold, serious, and wooden face.

Wu Jian stepped forward and said, "Father." ”

Shen Gongao trembled slightly, raised his head, and the wood on his face gradually began to thaw.

Then, he wanted to laugh, but he couldn't.

"Perfect, I'm sorry, you have made such a great contribution and won so much glory for the family, but when you went home, your father was not there." Shen Gongao said gently.

But he rarely speaks in such a gentle tone, so the voice is a little unnatural.

And because of excessive grief before, my throat was hoarse.

"How's the big brother? How is the second brother? Wujian asked.

Shen Gongao didn't speak, but his eyes gradually reddened, and he said, "Wufeng, are you wrong when you say daddy?" ”

Wujian did not speak.

Shen Gongao said: "You don't know what kind of days our family encountered in the Western Dan Khanate in the northwest back then. ”

"My father, your grandfather Shen Gonghu, was fair and just, and each of their seven brothers was brave and good at fighting, and made great contributions to the Khanate. He never showed favoritism, and was dedicated to the khanate. ”

"He fought so many victories, but he never took the opportunity to expand his tribe, and he became the great hero of the entire khanate, and became the khan's right-hand man."

"But...... In a great battle, we encountered the dark cavalry of the Apocalypse Empire, although outnumbered, but your grandfather led six uncles, enough to block the Apocalypse Empire for nine days, until the whole army was wiped out, seven brothers, none of them survived. ”

"It was because your grandfather bought nine days for the Khan King that reinforcements from the Great Xia Empire arrived, which saved the Western Dan Khanate from destruction."

"But in our family's tribe, all the elites are almost completely folded. Leaving only the old, the weak, the sick and the disabled, it is said that at this time the khan should be grateful for the merits of our family, give us more pasture, and send troops to protect us. ”

"However, this is not the case, those tribes of the White Dan Khanate, not long after the catastrophe, could not wait to raise their butcher knives and rush towards our family. Take away our pastures, take away our cattle and sheep, take away our population, slaughter our tribes. ”

"At the time, I was very young. My mother, who is also your grandmother, took the surviving population of our Shen Gong family and escaped from the Baidan Khanate and came to the Great Xia Empire to make a living. ”

"You don't know how difficult it was at that time, in the eyes of our Great Xia Empire, they were all barbarians."

"For a long time, our family has been struggling with food and clothing, living like a human being, and a ghost is not like a ghost. But even in the most difficult times, the husband also practiced martial arts desperately and fought to get ahead. ”

"Later, Wen Daozi Mountain Chief found me and took me and your mother as apprentices, and then I quickly became famous, participated in the school city martial arts examination, and won the first place at that time."

"Originally, I was supposed to continue to take the entrance examination, the temple examination. But my family was already poor and could not support it, and I had to hurry up to support the family business, so I went to get a job. ”

"But we have no backers, and we don't have money, and my position in a certain powerful household in the empire has also been replaced."

"Later, Mr. Wen Daozi recommended me to the Mi family and became a hundred households in the Mi family's army. So I will always be grateful to him for being a benefactor to our family. ”

"The surviving strong men of the family have all become my subordinates. We were not afraid of death, fought desperately, and made an unknown amount of credit. ”

"In this way, I have been promoted, from 100 households to 1,000 households, to 10,000 households. I commanded an army of 10,000 and became an indispensable force of the Mi family. ”

Then, Shen Gongao paused for a moment.

"The big battle that decided everyone's fate later, my father didn't want to talk about it, I didn't want to say a word."

"In short, I fought for my father in the south and the north, made countless meritorious contributions, and even saved the fate of the Mi clan at a critical moment, and I also became the most important force under the Mi clan."

"And at that time, the imperial family also intended to split the power of the Mi clan, so they canonized me as a viscount and separated me from the Mi clan."

"Under the auspices of the Imperial Center, I leased Zhenhai City from the Mi clan, and our family finally has a foothold."

"But the father is still very uneasy, because it is borrowed, and it may have to be repaid at any time."

"For my father, I continued to fight frantically, and I fought all the way to the south, and I won every battle. Countless people have been killed, and the land has expanded for thousands of miles. ”

"The Imperial Center, and even the Mi Clan, are very happy to see this. Because every piece of land that my father has conquered, most of it belongs to the empire, and a small part belongs to our family, and the power of the Mi clan will also enter these lands. ”

"Because of your grandfather's tragic situation back then, our entire family has no sense of security. Therefore, we have to expand desperately, so it has appeared for more than ten years, and our family's territory has expanded more than ten times. ”

"We only have a population of a few hundred thousand, but we have 60,000 or 70,000 private troops."

"Desperate and reckless, many people even say that our Shen family is an abnormal situational force."

"The faster we expand, the more enemies we create. Even if the center of the empire, even if the Qi clan can get huge benefits from our expansion every time, but...... And they are starting to look at us unpleasantly. ”

"Your second brother has always said that our family needs to have a buffer with the Great Separation Kingdom, so a few years ago, he was running the Moro Clan."

The Moro people, a very strong people, are inseparable from the kingdom of Dali.

It is only about 7,800 square kilometers and has a population of 200,000 or 300,000, but all of them are brave and good at fighting.

"Your second brother is very powerful, in a few years, he has manipulated several civil wars of the Moro clan, and infiltrated many undercover agents of our family. Some time ago, the most critical civil war broke out among the Moro clan, which is related to our family's planning to the most critical moment. ”

"Once we succeed, the Moro will all fall into our hands. Once you fail, all your previous efforts will be wasted. Moreover, the new chieftain of the Moro tribe will become our mortal enemy, a vassal of the Great Departure Kingdom. ”

"So, your second brother went home and asked me for a million taels of silver to operate the key civil war of the Moro clan."

"Our family has a lot of money, but we spend more money every year, and we can't make ends meet every year. I really couldn't take out this million taels, so I used the Black Gold City to mortgage the Tianxia Association and borrowed one million taels of silver. ”

"Your second brother was in Zhenhai City at the time, and he was assassinated twice, and when his life was in danger, he still went to the Moro tribe with the silver."

"At that time, your eldest brother led the main force of the family's private army, confronting the Dali Kingdom in Red Earth City, and was fighting openly and secretly with the imperial court. Because the imperial court did not want to canonize the red clay territory to us. ”

Although the laterite territory is only 3,000 or 4,000 square kilometers, it has 2 million acres of fertile land. Once the Shen family gets this land, they will have no worries about food from then on.

At present, although the territory of the Shen family is large, there is very little cultivated land, and a large amount of grain needs to be bought every year to feed the army and people. Although it is possible to go out to sea to fish, it is not enough.

Food is the lifeblood, and of course it cannot be in the hands of others.

Once the red clay territory is in hand, not only will there be two or three hundred thousand more people, but the key is to make up for the last strategic shortcoming.

Therefore, this piece of red clay collar must not be lost.

"At this critical moment, a plague broke out in the Red Clay Territory, and our family's private army, as well as the army of the Imperial Court, were infected with the plague in large numbers. At this time, the army of the Great Departure Kingdom went north and attacked the Red Clay City. ”

"The army of the Empire, in the name of the plague, retreated two hundred miles. And our army, more than half of them fell ill, and the situation was precarious. Your eldest brother is going to lead a sick army against several times the enemy. ”

"So that day, our Shen family almost reached the most dangerous moment."

"The enemy attacked us from three directions."

"You're in Yingzhou, your second brother is in Moro City, and your eldest brother is in Red Clay City."

"Three directions, no matter which direction you lose, it hurts your muscles and bones. In particular, if Red Clay City loses, it will be a catastrophe. ”

"As a father, you shouldn't have put your children in such a dangerous situation. But before becoming a father, he rushed too violently and was too greedy, so that he couldn't stop now. ”

Shen Gongao's eyes were full of guilt.

"My son, I really didn't expect that you could win in Yingzhou."

"How can I, Shen Gong Ao, be able to have three such outstanding sons."

"Your second brother won in the Moro tribe, and the side we supported won the civil war and became the new chief of the Moro tribe, and the Moro tribe has been used by us."

"Your eldest brother's battle in Red Clay City was extremely difficult. Our family's private army fell ill two-thirds of the way. In the face of several times more enemies, your big brother is brave and invincible. But when the enemy is outnumbered, he is about to be defeated. ”

"Once defeated, we will not only lose Red Earth City, but tens of thousands of family private troops will also be buried, without the army, our family is still finished."

"And at this critical moment, your second brother Shen Wuyu led the reinforcements of the Moro clan to kill, flanked back and forth, and defeated the tribal alliance of the Dali Kingdom, and we won a complete victory."

Although Shen Gongao said it very briefly, Wujian could still feel the thrill inside.

How thrilling was this battle?

How tragic?

"Win, we won in all three directions." Shen Gongao said: "We have kept thirty large warships, we have obtained the allegiance of the Moro clan, and we have occupied the Red Earth City. ”

"It should be an unprecedented victory, more than any previous victory."

"But ......"

"But your eldest brother disappeared on the battlefield, life and death are unknown, for a father for several days and nights, sleepless, searched for hundreds of miles, but did not find it."

"Your second brother has been extremely seriously injured, and he has reached the limit of manipulating everything in the Moro Clan. Leading the Moro army to support the battlefield of Red Clay City was even more exhausted, and at the moment of victory, he ...... was attacked by the enemy's demon spirit beads, and a full three demon spirit beads exploded in his body. ”

"After receiving the secret letter, I rushed to Red Clay City as soon as possible. But...... Still before I could see him being attacked by three demon spirit beads. ”

"I watched him fall apart and become the walking dead."

Speaking of this, Shen Gongao couldn't hold back any longer, and tears welled up.

"It's all my fault, it's all my greed. Put my sons in danger, even to death. ”

"I used to be proud and killed countless people, but now I want my son to pay for it."

Then, Shen Gongao gritted his teeth and bled out.

He was like an iron man before, and he cried directly.

Shen Gongao is really a steel-like character, and his face remains unchanged when Mount Tai collapses.

Back then, in the Baidan Khanate, no matter how miserable the family's experience was, he didn't shed a single tear.

And now, he's crying.

"Why should my sons be punished for my iniquities? Why didn't Heaven punish me? Why did I have to let my son go through this situation? ”

Shen Gongao's howling and crying frightened Mu Hongyu.

She woke up from the state of the clay sculpture, rushed over directly, and hugged Shen Gongao.

"Husband, husband."

"Brother, Xiao Ao, don't be like this, don't be like this."

"We're still flawed, we're flawed."

"We still have such a smart and caring son."

Then, Mu Hongyu couldn't help it, pulled Wujian over, and kept it tightly.

"My son, now we only have you, we only have you."

"Perfect, we only have you."

Then, Mu Hongyu couldn't help crying.

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Finally, Shen Gongao quieted down.

He looked at the flawless gaze, full of fire, relief, and a kind of happiness for the rest of his life, like a treasure.

Oh, yes!

Two of the most outstanding sons, one is missing.

One almost became the walking dead.

Thankfully, there is one left.

Moreover, this son is also sensible and has become extremely good.

This son became his only hope.

"I found a few onmyoji for my father to save your second brother, but they were all ...... Can't be saved. ”

"Your second brother has run out of oil and the lamp has dried up, and he was attacked by three demon spirit beads at once, and his soul was scattered."

"At this time, we must do our best to keep his soul, so that the idea that inspires him to live will only trigger his obsession."

"Therefore, for the father, he announced that he would be the son of the world, which has always been his obsession."

"Hopefully it will save his sanity, but ...... This...... It's probably just about masturbation. ”

"The three onmyoji have already sentenced him to death."

Then, Shen Gongao said: "Wufeng, you are the last hope for your father, and you are the only hope for the family." ”

He was solemn and did not speak.

Shen Gongao said: "Actually, according to the original plan, my father wants you to take the promotion route of the Sky Book City, or participate in the palace examination and take the promotion route of the imperial court." You and your second brother, one inside and one outside, make our family prosperous. ”

"But now, we only have you in our family."

"No lack of my son, although the Red Clay City side won, but it was also a miserable victory, the situation is still very dangerous, the family private army is our foundation, so my father needs to go to the army."

"The Magic Stone City side is our new foundation, and we also need to control the situation of the Moro clan, your fifth uncle's talent is far inferior to your second brother, so we can only barely defend it."

"And the lifeblood of our family is Zhenhai City, after my father leaves, this Zhenhai City will be handed over to you and your eldest mother."

"My son, because I was too aggressive for my father before, so I don't have any time to buffer, and you have to pick up the burden of the family now."

"While our family has won three of the most critical battles, this is the most dangerous moment for our family."

Wujian suddenly asked: "In the battle of Red Clay City, how many casualties did our family's private army have?" ”

It's top secret.

Shen Gongao will not let any outsiders know.

"We have 50,000 private troops, and we are still ...... There are less than 20,000 left. ”

Suddenly, Wu Jian and Mu Hongyu gasped.

This casualty?

What's more, it's not just a nerve?

It's like cutting off my siblings.

"Most of them fell ill, and some of them died in battle." Shen Gongao said: "So now the morale of the army is very low, and the Dali Kingdom is eyeing it, and the army of the imperial court, the army of the Mi clan, and the army of the Marquis of Bailing are all staring at it with malicious intentions. The situation is very dangerous, and I need to go to the army. ”

Wuqian said: "What about the pension?" How much do you need? ”

Shen Gongao said: "One hundred and nineteen thousand taels of silver." ”

Is this a lot of money? A lot!

But it was not much, and for every soldier killed or wounded, it was only thirty taels of silver.

That's a life.

Even if he is not dead, he is already crippled.

A pension of thirty taels of silver is a lot in this world, but for a soldier and a family.

Not much, really.

If this money is not given, people's hearts will be scattered.

The family is finished.

But where does this money come from?

Shen Gongao had just mortgaged the Black Gold City and borrowed one million taels of silver from the Tianxia Society.

Now, where do you go to raise these 1,190,000 taels of silver?

Shen Gongao said: "I promised all the officers and men of the army to issue all pensions within half a month. The hearts of the people cannot be lost, even if the Shen Gong family is going to perish tomorrow, the hearts of the people cannot be lost. As long as people's hearts are not lost, even if the family is destroyed, there is still hope for a comeback. If the human heart is gone, it is really over. ”

Wu Que said: "Then, what about this money?" ”

Shen Gongao said: "After the Admiralty Conference, you can get this money." ”

The sum of the two sums of money is a full 2.2 million taels, and if you add interest, I am afraid that there will be only 2.3 million taels.

Wu Que said: "In previous years, at the Admiralty Conference, we would only put less than one million taels of silver, and it was all hunger marketing. How many goods do we put in this year's Admiralty Conference? ”

Shen Gongao said: "If you clear all the inventory, it is twice as much as in previous years, and you should be able to earn about two million taels." ”

Wu Que said: "In this way, it's a bit of a smash to pick up the signboard of the Star Pavilion." ”

Shen Gongao said: "Yes, the luxury of the table clock, which is rare and expensive, can be less but not more, and cannot be sold in large quantities." But...... I really had to do it. When we breathe a sigh of relief, we will start to limit it to half of normal next year. ”

I have to say that Shen Gongao's expansion road is too fierce.

The three core financial resources of the Shen Gong family, maritime trade, black gold city, and star pavilion.

Now that the Black Gold City has been mortgaged out, the maritime trade is long-term, and now all the money is counting on the Star Pavilion and the Golden Bell Conference.

It's too dangerous!

In case the amount of money breaks, then everything is over.

The whole situation collapsed completely.

Wu Que said: "The Admiralty Conference, when will it be held?" ”

Shen Gongao said: "Six days later, in Floating Zero City!" ”

Drifting Zero City, which does not belong to any country, is an island city, completely neutral.

Any country, any power, can trade here.

The Western Holy See and Sky Book City are incompatible, but in Floating Zero City, these two forces can make contact.

Wu Que said: "Then, this batch of clocks has been shipped out?" ”

Shen Gongao said: "Yes, the escort of these clocks is our family's strongest naval battle Shen Lingluo, your sister-in-law, we sent two-thirds of the family's fleet. Moreover, the Admiralty Conference is related to the interests of many people, and basically no one will dare to do anything to this batch of goods. ”

Cover your forehead.

Two-thirds of the family's fleet had been sent, so it was no wonder that those thirty warships were so important.

If you lose the big test in the school city in Yingzhou, these thirty battleships will be handed over.

Then the coastal defense of Zhenhai City was completely empty, no wonder he was worried that the pirate queen Jade Rakshasa would take the opportunity to attack Zhenhai City.

Shen Gongao, too, too, ventured.

However, this kind of hero is like this.

In the modern earth, many of China's first-generation heroes are so crazy.

Every step of the way to the extreme of expansion.

Wu Que said: "Then the mortgage Black Gold City borrowed one million taels of silver from the world, when will it expire?" ”

"It's also half a month later." Shen Gong Ao said.

The Black Gold City is worth far more than one million taels of silver, and there are mines and smelting workshops in it, and all the weapons and armor of the family are produced here, which is completely the core of the life.

You can't afford to lose.

There is also a pension of 1.2 million taels, which must not be delayed.

Shen Gongao personally promised that after half a month, the pension must be paid in full.

If it cannot be fulfilled, the morale of the army will be lost, and the consequences will be unbearable.

plus interest, a full 2,300,000 taels of silver were vacant.

Within half a month, the money must be handed over.

It's too dangerous to count on the Admiralty Convention all.

Wujian kept patting his forehead with his hand.

Shen Gongao said: "No defects, what's wrong?" ”

Mu Hongyu trembled and said, "My son, you, do you have a headache?" Are you uncomfortable? ”

She was really scared.

The two sons have had an accident, and now Wujian is the only lifeline, and there must be no three long and two short.

She's really a soldier.

Wujian hurriedly said: "Big Mother, does the enemy know about our situation?" ”

Shen Gongao said: "Of course I know. ”

Now is the most dangerous moment and the most vulnerable moment for the Shen Gong family.

As long as the Admiralty Assembly is ruined.

That...... The amount of funds of the Shen family is broken.

The Black Gold City is about to be handed over.

The rest of the family's private army will also be demoralized, and Shen Gongao's prestige will be discredited.

And to achieve this goal, all you need to do is destroy the Admiralty.

Wu Jian said: "Do you think the enemy will let go of this opportunity?" ”

Suddenly, Shen Gongao and Mu Hongyu turned pale.

If there is no accident on the Moro City side, and there is no accident on the Red Earth City side, there will be no accident on the Jinzhong Conference.

But now something is wrong in those two directions.

Wu Jian said: "Our enemies have been brewing for a long time for this day, and their original plan was to ambush them on all sides. ”

"Let the Moro clan be cut off, let the Red Clay Territory fall, let me lose the Xuecheng exam, hand over thirty warships, cause Zhenhai City to be empty of sea defense, and the pirate Jade Rakshasa came to attack Zhenhai City, resulting in the fall of Zhenhai City, and then the Mi clan sent troops to take it back, and by the way, take back Zhenhai City."

"It's just that I didn't expect the three of us to be so good, and we won in all three directions."

"However, it was a pyrrhic victory in all three directions. Our family is at the most dangerous moment, do you think the enemy will let go of this opportunity? ”

"This time, no matter how big the price is paid, no matter how big the casualties, they will take action against the Admiralty, perhaps...... It's already shot. ”

And at this very time!

Outside, a samurai galloped in.

The footsteps were swift and full of fear.

"Marquis, my lord, the secret letter of the carrier pigeon of the sea."

Shen Gongao trembled and said, "Take it in." ”

The samurai came in and handed over the secret letter.

Shen Gongao unfolded the secret letter and opened it.

Suddenly, his face changed drastically and his body trembled.

The whole person even shook a little.

Wujian closed his eyes because ...... You can guess what this letter is about.

Straw ropes tend to crack in the thinnest places.

When you think the enemy is going to attack somewhere, it's almost certain because you know that's where you're most vulnerable.

Shen Gongao hissed: "Our fleet has been attacked by three sides and has been attacked by several times the enemy. The pirate queen Jade Rakshasa struck and sank twenty-six of our warships and transported seven thousand clocks, all of which were destroyed and sunk to the bottom of the sea. ”

The biggest bad news is coming.

Shen Gongao held the secret letter in his hand and remained motionless.

This is all the inventory of the Star Picking Pavilion.

All of them counted on selling these clocks and earning more than two million taels of silver to repay the loans of the Tianxia Association and to issue pensions for the casualties.

Half a month later, these two sums of money must be taken out.

Right now......

Seven thousand grandfather clocks, a whole few years of production, all ruined.

The money is gone.

And the family private army suffered two-thirds of the casualties.

The Shen Gong family has really reached the most dangerous moment.

Shen Gongao looked at Mu Hongyu, looked at Wu Jian and said, "Eldest sister, my son, our Shen Gong family is also in danger." ”

Because it doesn't end here, the enemy will come like a tidal wave.

Then, Shen Gongao's face became resolute.

The whole person is like a steel building.

"Since you're coming, let's come." Shen Gongao said slowly: "The eldest husband stands up to the sky, and he must protect the family and protect his wife and children. Eldest sister, don't be afraid, and then stay in Zhenhai City for your father, sheltering you from the wind and rain. No matter what the storm, as long as the Father does not fall, nothing will happen to you and the Elder Mother. ”

Wujian was silent for a moment.

Then he looked up at Shen Gongao and said, "No, you are going to the front line of Red Clay City, you are going to the army." The private army is the lifeblood, and nothing can happen. If you don't go to the town, our family's remaining private army of less than 20,000 will be leaderless, and once the enemy attacks, it will be really dangerous. ”

Shen Gongao said: "The family is the lifeblood, Zhenhai City is the lifeblood, and you are my lifeblood." ”

"No! You go to the front, you go to the army. Zhenhai City is left to me, no matter how big the storm is, I will resist it! ”

Suddenly, Shen Gongao looked at Wu Feng in disbelief.

Looking at his beautiful face, immature shoulders.

Such stormy waves, such storms.

Your flawless shoulders are too immature for you to stop.

Wujian slammed the table and yelled: "Shen Gongao, don't chirp crookedly, don't be indecisive." It's decided, you go to the front-line army, and Zhenhai City will be handed over to me! Whether it's stormy waves or storms, I can stop it alone! ”

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Note: The first update was sent, because it was conceived for a long time, and there are a lot of words, so the update was a little late, and today's update must be more than 15,000 words.

Gentlemen, the monthly ticket list is really super dangerous, and it will be driven down at any time.

Adults with tickets, help me, okay?