"The Eagle, how are things outside?"
Wang Chong said as he raised his head slightly.
"The Court of Judicial Review and the Chamberlain of Dependencies are keeping us in check. There are people in the Imperial Army who are against us as well. However, thanks to the WuZi Steel Sword, the voices of those who oppose us are few and far between. The majority of the Imperial Army is still on our side. If not for their help, we probably wouldn't even be able to enter. The Court of Judicial Review and the Chamberlain of Dependencies have already dragged gongzi into their private prison. "
The Eagle said discontentedly.
Wang Chong smiled. Previously, he had been selling the WuZi Steel Sword to the Imperial Army without restraint. At this moment, it had turned into his greatest advantage. Just like what The Eagle said, even the two opposing factions in the Imperial Army didn't wish for him to die. Instead, they were doing their best to protect him.
After all, the secret of the WuZi Steel Sword was in his hands.
"How are things with big uncle?"
Wang Chong asked.
"No!"
The Eagle shook his head. A conflicted expression flashed across his face.
"The Court of Judicial Review and the Chamberlain of Dependencies won't allow anyone from the Wang Clan to enter. I was only able to enter because The King of Song paid a huge price and obtained a token from the Bureau of Military Personnel. But even so, I spent a lot of time outside. I'm afraid that Lord Wang won't be able to enter anytime soon! "
"Tell him that no matter what, he has to come in!"
Wang Chong suddenly said seriously.
"In addition, tell my big uncle that no matter what happens next, no matter what he hears, before seeing me, he and His Highness King Song must not express their opinions! Any opinions at all! This is very important, The Eagle, do you understand? "
"Ah!"
The Eagle exclaimed in surprise. Wang Chong's expression was extremely solemn when he said those words. Even The Eagle rarely saw him like this.
"Gongzi, is something going to happen?"
The Eagle asked.
He had followed Wang Chong for quite some time. Whenever this expression appeared on Wang Chong's face, it meant that something big had happened.
"The Eagle, remember what I said. Remember to tell him everything! "
Wang Chong shook his head and said with unprecedented seriousness,
"Also, I have an important task for you! I want you to complete it in the shortest time possible! "
"Young Master, please speak. This subordinate will definitely do his best!"
The Eagle also said seriously.
"Very good!"
Wang Chong flicked out his right index finger, his fingertip pointing downwards, and pressed against a narrow piece of paper on the ground. With a light stroke, that piece of paper immediately flew out like an arrow and floated into the Eagle's hand.
"This is the map I've drawn up. The Eagle, I need you to help me sell the Spirit Veins during this time!"
“!！！”
The calm expression on the Eagle's face instantly vanished upon hearing these words.
"Gongzi!!"
The Eagle was taken aback. He stared at Wang Chong in shock.
"Gongzi, why do you want to sell the Spirit Veins?"
This news was so sudden that the Eagle's first reaction was to wonder if he had heard wrongly. Wang Chong had a large amount of capital in his hands. The Hyderabad ores, a huge fortune, the Deflecting Blade Manor, the Spirit Vein, and so on. But the most important, unique, and important thing wasn't Wang Chong's Hyderabad ores, but the Spirit Vein several dozen li away from the capital.
The Hyderabad ores would eventually be used up, but the Spirit Vein could be passed down from generation to generation. It could help Wang Chong and the Wang Clan gather talents and win over the hearts of the people.
As long as the Wang Clan had the Spirit Vein, regardless of the ups and downs of the dynasty, the Wang Clan would be able to rely on the Spirit Vein to maintain its status.
The Wang Clan might not have had much of a foundation in the past, but ever since Wang Chong discovered the Spirit Vein, it had unquestionably become the foundation of the Wang Clan.
Only a madman would think of selling the Spirit Vein!
If only Wang Chong had known this would happen, he wouldn't have offended the First Prince in the first place.
"The Eagle, listen to me. I know what you're thinking. I'm not crazy, nor have I lost my rationality! As for the Spirit Vein, just do as I say! This matter has to be done. "
Wang Chong said.
His expression was calm and his eyes were bright. He didn't seem crazy at all. How could he not know what The Eagle was thinking? Under normal circumstances, he would never have made such a decision.
But after being imprisoned for six days, selling the Spirit Vein was the result of his careful consideration.
The Wang Clan couldn't possibly continue for a hundred generations.
The Eagle would never know that a massive calamity was about to strike. The storm brewing in the southwest was not some local battlefield, but the beginning of a calamity.
When this calamity struck, no one would be able to remain unscathed. If all went as expected, even the Spirit Vein would explode, so how could it be passed on for a hundred generations?
Right now, Wang Chong was not worried about the benefits this Spirit Vein could bring to the Wang Clan, but the war in the southwest that was about to shake the entire empire.
"Preparedness ensures success, unpreparedness ensures failure." Whether or not his plan would be effective, whether or not it could be stopped, Wang Chong had to prepare for the worst.
The entire empire was still ignorant. Many people didn't even know that Gelofeng had attacked the Tang Dynasty and that the cities in the southwest had fallen.
Solitary Wolf's news was much faster than the Imperial Court's. The chess piece that Wang Chong had planted was finally showing its effects.
Compared to the ministers of the court, Wang Chong had known what was happening in the southwest even earlier. And he had also known what he was about to face.
But Wang Chong had no way of warning those ministers of the court.
This was a matter of national importance, and it was impossible to be biased based on Lone Wolf's letter. The Tang Dynasty had its own channels of information. Even Wang Chong could only quietly wait for the news to explode.
The Tang Dynasty, Mengshe Zhao, and Ouzan — after several decades of peace, the three great empires of the continent were about to welcome a war of unprecedented proportions.
This war involved more than five hundred thousand opponents and one hundred and eighty thousand Tang Dynasty elites, totaling nearly seven hundred thousand soldiers.
Whether it was in Youzhou, Beiting, Anxi, or Longxi, a war of this scale had never occurred before. Even in the history of the Tang Dynasty, the number of times a war involving nearly seven hundred thousand soldiers had occurred could be counted on one's fingers.
The Tang Dynasty had already slipped into the abyss of decline!
What Wang Chong needed to do now was to avoid this war as much as possible. And once war became unavoidable, Wang Chong needed to prepare for the worst.
A war of unprecedented magnitude, a war involving seven hundred thousand professional soldiers, was not something that any single person or faction could easily contend against.
If he wanted to change this war, to change the fate of the Tang Dynasty, he needed one thing:
Money!
A vast amount of money! A vast amount of wealth that surpassed anyone's imagination!
War had never been a simple clash of weapons, but a war of economics! In order to wage a war, one needed an enormous economy and a reserve of resources.
Similarly, in order to intervene in a war, one needed sufficient wealth, an unimaginably vast amount of wealth.
The greater the wealth, the greater the aptitude to intervene in a war.
In normal circumstances, let alone someone of Wang Chong's wealth, even if any of the great clans of the capital poured out all their resources, they still wouldn't be able to reach this level of wealth.
This was no longer something that a single clan, or even several clans, could do.
For Wang Chong, only by selling the spirit vein could he gather this sum of money.
The news of Gelofeng's attack on the Tang Dynasty and the fall of the southwest was still on its way, but it wouldn't be long before it reached the capital.
Thus, Wang Chong didn't have much time.
Wang Chong had to complete the sale of the spirit vein before the news reached the capital. Otherwise, the war in the southwest would dilute any activity in the capital.
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