Chapter Ninety-One: Sunrise
Shen Xin thought, inexplicably there was such a chill;
Since Qin Dongqin's death, Zhuang Feng's plan has begun;
With Qin Xian as a smokescreen, all the forces thought that the two states had lost their co-owners, but Zhuang Feng was secretly controlling the two states;
If that's all, Shen Xin still believes that Zhuang Feng will not do anything to Qin Xian, or that when Qin Xian grows up to be a qualified family head, Zhuang Feng will return the two states to Qin Xian;
However, while Zhuang Feng secretly controlled the two states of the clan, he did not only work hard to maintain the power of the Qin family there, but also put the tripartite forces of Yanzhou, Haozhou and Huangzhou into the scheme, and made the three forces believe that Huzhou was a piece of fat, and then fought to the death on the ground of Huzhou;
Zhuang Feng used the two states to introduce the Yanzhou Haozhou and Huangzhou, which were originally not boundaries, into the Huzhou, so that the three parties could consume each other's strength, while Zhuang himself took advantage of the fisherman's interests, and effortlessly contained the power of the three parties, and then easily obtained the land of the three states;
Zhuang Feng's scheming made Shen Xin feel a little terrible;
Zhuang Feng's capital is in the southwest, but he lets the northwest kill each other, and let Zhuang Feng, an outsider, pick up ready-made cheap; even if it is his own consumption caused by the struggle between the three forces, it is only the strength of the Qin family that is consumed, and as for Zhuang Feng's own business, it is a business without capital;
Shen Xin wanted to understand this, and looked at Zhuang Feng inexplicably, not knowing what to say;
Zhuang Feng looked at the change in Shen Xin's expression, and probably guessed that Shen Xin had figured out something, but Zhuang Feng didn't care about it, because these things were what Zhuang Feng wanted to tell Shen Xin to know;
"Figured it out?" Zhuang Feng looked at Shen Xin's expression and said there;
"I suddenly found that you are a little scary;" Shen Xin said bluntly;
Zhuang Feng listened to Shen Xin's words, smiled and said: "Actually, you think a little too much, I admit that I consciously let Yan Hao Huang fight in Huzhou, but I really have no intention of Yan Hao and Huang in Huzhou;"
Listening to Zhuang Feng's words, Shen Xin said directly: "I don't understand;"
Yes, Shen Xin didn't understand what Zhuang Feng said;
Since Zhuang Feng admitted that he had done the bureau of protecting the two states, and this bureau was close to success in the current situation, then the three states of Yanhao and Huang were about to become Zhuang Feng's bag;
But Zhuang Feng still said that he had no intention of going to Yanhao and Liangzhou, which made Shen Xin really unable to understand;
"Haozhou has the largest military scientific research institution in Jinguo, and the Xia family occupies Haozhou is just an ornament used by Jindu to hide people's eyes, only the fools of the Xia family will believe that they control Haozhou, in fact, as long as Jindu is willing, then Haozhou can turn the tables at any time, it can be said that Haozhou is actually a powder keg, I don't have the habit of sleeping with a powder keg;"
Zhuang Feng looked at Shen Xin's words directly, and knew that if some words were not clear, then there would be an irreparable rift between him Zhuang Feng and Shen Xin, and Zhuang Feng didn't want such a rift to appear, so he said something that Shen Xin didn't know;
Shen Xin listened to Zhuang Feng's words, and was also stunned, these things were indeed unknown to him Shen Xin;
"I didn't make it clear?" Zhuang Feng looked at Shen Xin and looked a little uncertain there, so he went on to say one more sentence;
"Make it clear;" Shen Xin responded;
Zhuang Feng's words, Shen Xin had indeed understood;
According to the current situation in Jinguo, the prefectures and provinces controlled by the family are relatively poor places, and compared with the prosperous hinterland of Jinbei and the southeast under the direct control of Jindu, the prefectures and provinces controlled by the family are more depressed;
It is precisely because of such a situation that the states and provinces controlled by the family will not have any important industries in Jindu, especially those for military purposes;
This is also a very normal thing, the family controls all places, if the military industry is controlled again, then these families no longer need to hide, they will directly tear apart the peaceful and prosperous world there, and fight by force;
According to Zhuang Feng, Haozhou has a very secret military scientific research institution, but Haozhou is under the control of the family, which makes Shen Xin a little puzzled, but under Zhuang Feng's reminder, Shen Xin also reacted;
In terms of secrecy, Jindu's military industry in Haozhou will indeed not be noticed, or who would think that Haozhou, which is controlled by the family, will have the largest military industry in Jinguo;
As for why the family in Haozhou controls Haozhou but doesn't find this, it's because Haozhou has nearly a thousand miles of no-man's land to the north, and in the no-man's land, the family in Haozhou will not run around in that place;
As Zhuang Feng said, since Jindu dared to put such an important military industry in Haozhou, it was really sad that the Xia family who controlled Haozhou was really a bit sad;
Haozhou, which was secretly controlled by Jindu, was designed by Zhuang Feng in the past two years and invested a lot of power in protecting the state, so Haozhou was indeed at his disposal, and at the same time, Shen Xin also understood why Zhuang Feng said that Haozhou would be given to him;
Haozhou is secretly controlled by Jindu, but on the surface, it belongs to the Haozhou Xia family, so Shen Xin's family can naturally seize Haozhou;
Shen Xin also understands the truth in this regard;
In terms of his Shen Xin's family, if he can stand tall in Jin, or that these founding heroes can still control the control of Jinguo, it is because these meritorious families have their own strength;
Whether it is politics or military circles or business circles and agriculture, and then there is the support of local bureaucrats, which is why the supreme power of Jinguo is transferred between these nobles, because they are the ones who actually control Jinguo;
To put it bluntly, the supreme power is a game of these nobles, you play it for ten years, and then I play it for ten years;
These things Shen Xin, as the heir of the Shen family, was taught to be small;
Now Zhuang Feng said that the purpose of sending Haozhou to the Shen family was also to increase the strength of the Shen family, but Shen Xin also knew that Zhuang Feng's Haozhou was not given for nothing;
One is that Haozhou is secretly controlled by Jindu, and he Zhuang Feng doesn't want to interfere, and he can't intervene; it is better to send him a favor to Shen Xin, so that he can exchange for the goodwill of the Shen family, and it is also the completion of the brotherhood between his Zhuang Feng and Shen Xin;
"Thank you;" Shen Xin wanted to understand the pass, and said quite sincerely;
"Brother, of course, it's close to your own people if you have a bargain, but if you don't buy something from an acquaintance, you still have a stranger;"
"There is another question, why not Yanzhou, that Yanzhou is connected to Shaozhou, with Yanzhou, then the western part of the world from south to north is yours ......" Shen Xin said, but suddenly he couldn't say it anymore;
Maybe Shen Xin himself didn't realize the meaning of these words, and he didn't realize that something was wrong until he was saying this;
According to Shen Xin's understanding, or Zhuang Feng himself, Zhuang Feng only owns Jiangzhou Shaozhou today, but Zhuang Feng once owned the entire five southwestern states;
The five states in the southwest are connected to the five states in the northwest, so the entire western part of the Jin kingdom from south to north will become Zhuang Feng's sphere of influence;
If this fact is true, then Zhuang Feng's strength is too terrible, so terrible that as long as Zhuang Feng is willing, then the peaceful and prosperous world of this Jinguo will no longer exist;
Shen Xin thought of this inexplicably, and he couldn't go on;
Zhuang Feng looked at Shen Xin and stopped talking inexplicably, but there was no surprise, Zhuang Feng had already thought of such a situation, and he knew what Shen Xin had thought of;
"What? Doesn't it feel scary to think about?" Zhuang Feng said with a smile;
"Yes;" Shen Xin said bluntly;
"That's why I don't want Yanzhou;" Zhuang Feng continued;
Hearing Zhuang Feng's words, Shen Xin also laughed, and then said: "Yes, I can think of it, and Jindu can naturally think of it;"
"Yes, you and I can think of a situation, Jindu old foxes can naturally think of it, Jindu thought of such a situation, naturally it will not be up to me to complete, I am afraid that when the time comes, I will not hesitate to tear my face to slaughter and eat meat;" Zhuang Feng also said with a smile;
"So you sent Yanzhou to our family to comfort the old foxes in Jindu;" Shen Xin said naturally;
Zhuang Feng smiled and continued: "Yes, otherwise I would still be alive until now, and I don't have the habit of wanting to be that bird;"
Shen Xin looked at Zhuang Feng with a smile, because Shen Xin knew that what Zhuang Feng said was true;
If Zhuang Feng really swallowed Yanzhou to connect the southwest and northwest and then control the entire western part of the Jin Kingdom, then half of the Jin Kingdom would fall into Zhuang Feng's hands;
Zhuang Feng controls half of the country, so the nobles of Jindu will no longer care about what is peaceful and prosperous, this country has lost half of the capital, so what is the peace of the prosperous world;
At that time, without waiting for Zhuang Feng to connect the southwest and northwest, Jindu will use the army to exterminate Zhuang Feng; although the use of the army to exterminate Zhuang Feng will cause turmoil in the world and tear apart the peaceful and prosperous world, as long as Zhuang Feng is destroyed, then the world will still be in the hands of Jindu, and those nobles can still continue to enjoy their extravagant life;
Shen Xin looked at Zhuang Feng's smiling appearance, and seemed not to be surprised at all by the loss of Yanzhou, which caused a great loss of his strength, and Shen Xin really admired Zhuang Feng;
Human nature is selfish and greedy, no one is willing to give up vested interests, since ancient times, there have been many people who have ended up in death in order to keep vested interests;
However, Zhuang Feng was able to judge the situation and suppress his greed and give up Yanzhou, this matter should be replaced by Shen Xin, that would rather be to fight with Jindu with all his strength, and if the prince is defeated, he will die;
However, objectively speaking, in terms of the strength that Jindu has now, all the families in this Jinguo country are probably evenly divided when they are united; if only Zhuang Feng is the strength of the entire west, if he really tears his face with that kind of fight there, he will only end up dead;
Shen Xin admired that Zhuang Feng not only understood the situation, but also decisively gave up his vested interests to keep the strength he has now;
The so-called green mountains are left there, even if there is no firewood, as long as Zhuang Feng retains his existing strength, sooner or later there will be the possibility of competing for the world;
In particular, Zhuang Feng gave Yanhao two states to their Shen family, which is Zhuang Feng's attitude to Jindu, with the attitude of these two states, I believe that Jindu will not bite Zhuang Feng to death;
"What are you trying to do in that case? I don't believe you're just trying to show your attitude to Jindu;" Shen Xin thought about something and then continued;
"Huangzhou, Shizhou, Huzhou and Beiwu;" Zhuang Feng said frankly;
"Xiao Zhuang, you're not kind;" Shen Xin looked at Zhuang Feng's confessional appearance and said with a smile there;
"Isn't it kind, as your brother, you go home to see your parents, and I show my respect for the younger generation in the land of two states, isn't this kind?" Zhuang Feng asked rhetorically;
"With Huangzhou, it can also connect the southwest and northwest, and connect with the two states of the clan and the protectorate, and also suppress Yanzhou condescendingly;
Shen Xin understood Zhuang Feng's words, and also knew that after Zhuang Feng gave up Yanzhou Haozhou, it seemed that he was at a loss, but in fact he did not suffer a loss, but made a lot of money, but this is normal in Shen Xin's opinion, he can't let Shen Xin eat it all, Zhuang Feng doesn't even have to drink the soup;
Zhuang Feng must give up such an important place as Yanzhou, there must be some return; the passage connecting the southwest and northwest is Yanzhou and Huangzhou; the difference is that Yanzhou is more important to the hinterland of Jinguo;
Spanning the north and south, Yanzhou is located in the hinterland of the northwest interior, spanning the middle of the Shihe River and the Side River, connecting the eastern and central regions of Jinguo and the important hub of the northwest and southwest.
Huangzhou is still west of Yanzhou, and this Huangzhou has little effect on Jinguo, but for Zhuang Feng, there is not much difference between Huangzhou and Yanzhou, anyway, they are all passages that can connect the southwest and northwest;
Let Yanzhou be taken over by Jindu, then the hinterland of Jinguo will be guaranteed; in this way, Zhuang Feng's attitude will naturally show; in addition, Yanzhou is actually a barrier; out of Yanzhou to the north there is a state, and then you can reach Huzhou;
Zhuang Feng was connected to Huangzhou and Shihu, and then connected to the southwestern states, and the importance of this Yanzhou to Zhuang Feng was reduced;
Shen Xin wanted to understand the key to this, and he knew that Zhuang Feng was still the same Zhuang Feng; he always gave sweetness to others when he took advantage of himself, so that the people who got the sweetness thought that he had taken a lot of friendship, but in fact, for Zhuang Feng, it was just a dispensable thing;
Zhuang Feng listened to Shen Xin's words, and knew that Shen Xin had also figured out the key to this, and Zhuang Feng was not surprised that Shen Xin would think about these things clearly, Shen Xin was also from the Xungui family, and it was not uncommon to see these things in the struggle when he was young, maybe there were some things that were not very transparent, but he only needed a little hint, and he would naturally understand;
"I can't do it in vain, I'll be a gift for the younger generation to send to the land of the two states, and I have to return some gifts, or I will return the favors;" Zhuang Feng also said jokingly;
"That's right, the so-called human relationship, that you also have to come and go, there is no constant human affection on one side, and the other side is taken for granted;" Shen Xin agreed with Zhuang Feng's words;
Zhuang Feng followed Shen Xin's words, smiled there, and said at the same time: "I gave this gift out, when will you go back?"
Shen Xin listened to Zhuang Feng's words, and his original emotions fell again;
"What are you afraid of, you are going back to the land of Liangzhou this time, I don't think anyone in your Shen family dares to quarrel with anything, right?" Zhuang Feng watched Shen Xin's mood fall, and said;
With Zhuang Feng's words, Shen Xin was really a little more and more uneasy;
Shen Xin's family is also a noble family, Shen Xin is the eldest son of the Shen family, and he had the first inheritance right back then, but he later gave up there;
Now, after many years, Shen Xin was also moved by Zhuang Feng's words, thinking that Shen Xin's father and mother should accept him, but the rest of the family may not be so easy to talk to;
Shen Xin left, and I don't know if the family has determined the next heir over the years; if there is a confirmed heir, then Shen Xin will be a little embarrassed when he goes back;
Shen Xin has no intention of fighting for any family inheritance, but other people in the family will not think like this; Shen Xin knows this very well, and this is one of the important reasons why Shen Xin has not been able to face his parents;
Shen Xin is not the only child in the family, if his parents appoint Shen Xin's younger brother as the heir, then Shen Xin's return will make his parents embarrassed, and at the same time, Shen Xin's younger brother will have ideas;
In Shen Xin's memory, Shen Xin's relationship with his younger brother is still very good; but Shen Xin also understands the changes in the world, the selfishness and greed of human nature; it is difficult to say whether the younger brother who used to have a good relationship can still maintain his feelings when facing the family inheritance;
If he broke the relationship in exchange for going home, Shen Xin felt that it was better not to go back;
Is a home without family affection still a home? Shen Xin thought so;
Zhuang Feng looked at Shen Xin's expression and asked with some hesitation, "Wouldn't you be really afraid?"
"You and I are both from big families, don't you know about the sibling struggle in the family? I believe what you said, my father and mother will definitely forgive me, but how should others deal with it?" Shen Xin said a little depressed;
"Only the love of parents is eternal, why bother with other people;" Zhuang Feng also said with a serious look;
Shen Xin didn't answer, although Zhuang Feng said the truth, but he Shen Xin couldn't be as rational as Zhuang Feng;
The so-called bystander is clear, but there is no personal feeling, and some things still need to be sorted out by Shen Xin himself;
Zhuang Feng looked at Shen Xin and was silent there, and didn't say anything;
Family affairs, Zhuang Feng, an outsider, is not good at saying much;
Zhuang Feng has done enough, because Zhuang Feng understands the battles in these big families, so he gave Yanhao and Liangzhou to the Shen family, so that Shen Xin can go back and get more benefits;
In silence, the moon sets, the stars disappear, and the darkest hours before dawn arrive;
"I'll go back tomorrow;" Shen Xin seemed to understand a lot, and said out loud;
"It's good that the prodigal son has returned home;" Zhuang Feng continued calmly;
Listening to Zhuang Feng's words, Shen Xin smiled as if self-deprecatingly;
Zhuang Feng listened to Shen Xin's laughing voice, lit a cigarette as if he was used to it, and looked at Shen Xin's expression through the firelight;
Zhuang Feng saw Shen Xin's expression, and then said out loud, "Homesick?"
"That's dew;" Shen Xin responded;
"I didn't say you cried, no need to explain;" Zhuang Feng said;
"I haven't been home for more than ten years, do you know how it feels?" Shen Xin said calmly;
"I know;" said Zhuang Feng;
"Also, you've been wandering outside for ten years;" Shen Xin said as if he remembered something, pulling the corners of his mouth;
Zhuang Feng didn't speak, just lit a cigarette quietly;
"Then do you miss home?" Shen Xin looked at Zhuang Feng and didn't speak, and said to the self-care;
"Why, won't I come back?" Zhuang Feng said calmly;
"What do you think I should say when I see them?" Shen Xin continued;
"First of all, you have to admit your mistakes, and then you have to apologize, then your mother should cry first, and you will cry too, and then your uncle will hide to the side and cry so that you won't see it, and then again, it's a reunion dinner;" Zhuang Feng said after thinking about it;
"Really?" Shen Xin asked;
"Fake, I don't have such an experience, how would I know, it's just my guess, no, well, from the TV;" Zhuang Feng said;
Shen Xin listened to Zhuang Feng's words, and couldn't help but laugh there;
"That's right, it's good to smile;" Zhuang Feng looked at Shen Xin who was smiling, and said there, paused and continued: "The wanderer has been away from home for ten years, and he must have a smile after going back this time;"
Zhuang Feng looked at Shen Xin and looked at him with a smile, and added one more sentence: "This is true;"
", I've found out now, you're a dog-headed military advisor, and you can come as soon as you open your mouth;" Shen Xin said with a smile;
Zhuang Feng also laughed, laughing quite happily;
Zhuang Feng and Shen Xin were laughing, and the sunlight also broke through the darkness and sprinkled it in this Zen courtyard and fell on Zhuang Feng and Shen Xin;
"I haven't seen this desert sunrise for a long time;" Zhuang Feng lit a cigarette and looked at the white sun in the sky;
"There's nothing to see, I watch it every day;" Shen Xin said incomprehensibly;
"Get out;" Zhuang Feng said angrily;
Shen Xin smiled and didn't disturb Zhuang Feng to enjoy the sunrise there;
Zhuang Feng didn't say anything more, just quietly lit a cigarette and watched the day change in the sky;
In a short time, the morning bell of the temple rang;
As the morning bell rang, Shen Xin subconsciously stood up;
"Why are you still doing morning classes?" Zhuang Feng watched Shen Xin stand up with the rush there, and said to the side;
Listening to Zhuang Feng's words, Shen Xin was stunned for a moment;
Yes, in the past two years, Shen Xin has been accustomed to getting up when the morning bell rings, and then preparing for morning class;
Shen Xin, who reacted, said there: "Go home;"