Prince of Song Dynasty

Chapter 358 Admiration and Fear

According to the information that Ye Chen gradually grasped this year, although the Jiangnan bank was run by the holy church, some princes and nobles in the Southern Tang, Wuyue, Song Dynasty, and even the Khitan Kingdom in the north also invested in it.And this is the most terrifying and powerful place in the church.Every time Ye Chen thought of this, he felt admiration and horror at the methods of the Holy Church.

The Holy Church pulled the princes and nobles of all countries into the water and became a community of interests. In this way, no matter how the countries fought and fought, it was amazing that the Jiangnan Bank itself was not affected. After more than 20 years, Jiangnan Bank has a first-class reputation, strong capital and considerate service.Secretly escorted by princes and nobles from various countries, it naturally became the largest bank in the world.Without one, Jiangnan Bank is the largest in the world.

The most important thing is that the great figures in most countries don't know that the Jiangnan Bank is related to the Holy Church, and they don't even know the existence of such a behemoth as the Holy Church.At most, they only know that there is a guild with extremely strong financial resources called Jiangnan Guild, and the Jiangnan Bank is nominally run by the Jiangnan Guild.

But Ye Chen never doubted that if the time came when the Holy Church was destroyed and the relationship between the Holy Church and the Jiangnan Guild was made public, most of these princes and nobles would stand up and use their power to protect the Holy Church by various means.When Ye Chen thought of this, he felt a headache.

As far as Ye Chen knew, the Jiangnan Bank was established after Jiang Feng became the Great Elder of the Holy Church. Obviously, this matter came from Jiang Feng, the Great Elder of the Holy Church.It has nothing to do with the dead Old Devil Shangyu, the founder of the temple.It can be seen from the times that Yufeng's ability is indeed extraordinary.

As for the nobles and ministers in the Song Dynasty who have shares in the Jiangnan Guild or the Jiangnan Bank, Ye Chen has been asking the intelligence department to investigate secretly. Although there is no obvious progress, he finally found out the Jiangnan Guild And the relationship between the Jiangnan bank and the church.

Therefore, this time going south to the south of the Yangtze River, apart from the affairs of Wuyue Kingdom, Ye Chen also has another purpose, which is to investigate the Jiangnan guild nearby.

Ye Chen has no extravagant hope that he can destroy this Jiangnan guild with the power he has now, but he is confident that when the Song Dynasty conquers the Southern Tang Dynasty and conquers Wuyue, with the strong support and cooperation of the Emperor of the Song Dynasty and the court, he will conquer Nanjiang in one fell swoop. The guild was destroyed, thus ruining the church's largest source of finance.

Thinking of this, Ye Chen asked: "How many people from the intelligence department of the Jiangnan guild have gone in?"

Hu Sanguang said: "Our people have entered 13 people in the shops of the Jiangnan Guild, and there are two people with the highest status. One is a front desk shopkeeper of the Jiangnan Chamber of Commerce in Chuzhou Branch, and the other is a Jinling Jiangnan bank. The front desk shopkeeper. The other 11 people are just buddies and ordinary guards, and they are not on the stage yet."

Ye Chen frowned slightly, and said: "You can't follow the steps, you have to think of some ways, use some means to let them take the top position in the Jiangnan guild. But you must not reveal your identity, it is not good to arouse the vigilance of the Jiangnan guild. This You, the intelligence department, can take care of it yourself."

Hu Sanguang respectfully said yes.

Speaking of the holy hall, a beautiful face appeared in Ye Chen's mind, and deep thoughts emerged in his heart. He sighed deeply, and murmured in his heart: "Yu'er! Where are you?"

Few people know that the person who has really allowed Wuyue Kingdom to maintain a peaceful and pure land in the past few decades is not in the royal city in the city of Hangzhou, nor in the mansion of high-ranking officials and nobles to the north of the royal city, but in the highest mountain range outside the city. Ruyi in the mountains.

There is a bamboo forest outside a small valley on the hillside of Ruyi Mountain. This bamboo forest can be said to be the scariest place in Hangzhou City. His name is Ghost Bamboo Forest, because it is said that anyone who enters this bamboo forest will get lost. The sky came out again in a daze, and the unlucky man never came out.Among them are some martial arts masters who came here especially for their fame.

No one knows that there is a small lake in the middle of this bamboo forest, and there are thirteen families living around this small lake, twelve of which are bamboo huts, and only one family is a thatched hut, which even has thick bamboo huts. The thick green moss is enough to tell that the bamboo house is not young.Except for the old woman in the thatched cottage, each of the other twelve households has three people. The husband and wife plus a child seems normal, but there is something strange about it.

"The descendants of the Qian family are becoming less and less promising." A woman's mocking voice came from the cottage. The owner of the voice seemed to be no longer young, but the voice itself was extremely pleasant: "The emperor of Song Dynasty, that bastard , It’s really deceiving, even if your father’s idiot was tricked to death by Lou Yanming, the disciple and grandson of the big liar, but since the people of Song State killed Xiao Wu, they are so arrogant, Hongchu’s idiot is just like his father, They are all idiots. Emperor Song's people killed his younger brother, so he didn't dare to take revenge, and let his son marry Emperor Song's daughter. Even if Wuyue Kingdom could not defeat Song State, could he marry Emperor Song's daughter? The emperor will let our Qian family continue to be in charge of the Wuyue Kingdom in the end? What a joke."

Outside the thatched hut, Qian Zhengning, the eldest son of Duke Qian Wu of the State of Yue who suddenly disappeared from the mountain road, was kneeling obediently under the stone steps, listening to the voice of this age.

The voice in the thatched cottage was full of sarcasm and an almost arrogant arrogance. He criticized the lofty founding emperor of the Song Kingdom severely, and said, "Keep a marriage! Idiots will believe that after the marriage, the Song Kingdom and our Wu Yue The National Congress has always been friendly. It is no wonder that Wuyue Kingdom can still exist after the Southern Tang Dynasty is destroyed. Although that big liar Lou Yanming lured your father's idiot into death, his actions are actually right. Wuyue Kingdom and Tang Kingdom are originally The lip-tooth relationship, whoever is destroyed, the other will definitely disappear. Your grandfather, that idiot, didn't listen to me back then, thinking that as long as he made good friends with the orthodox power of the Central Plains, he could exist for a long time. He is an idiot, a family idiot."

Qian Zhengning's knees were a little painful. He knew that his aunt was talking to herself at this time, and she obviously forgot that she was still kneeling. She rubbed her knees and got up on her own, with a wry smile on her face, but in her heart, It was an icy chill.He originally wanted to find this legendary great-aunt to avenge his father, but now, in the eyes of his great-aunt, his father died rightly, and he even had a vague feeling that this great-aunt was not He cared about the life and death of the descendants of the Qian family, but cared more about the existence of Wuyue Kingdom.

After all, Qian Zhengning was still young. Most young people have a common problem, that is, they are arrogant, and it is easy to express their dissatisfaction, so he said a few words to express his opinion.

The old woman in the thatched cottage fell silent, but obviously the old woman's silence was not because of what Qian Zhengning said.But thought of another thing.

"In the Southern Tang Dynasty, there was Lou Yanming, a big liar, who must have been in a mess. At this time, the little guy Hongchu and the Song Kingdom can make Wuyue Kingdom survive for a while. And it can really threaten the Song Kingdom, and indirectly help Our Wuyue Kingdom will continue to exist only in the northern Khitan. So Wuyue Kingdom should form an alliance with Khitan. After you go back, tell your uncle what I mean, and then you will take my token to Khitan to find that old bastard Zhang Wumeng. Tell this old bastard what I mean, and he will help you make Khitan and our Wuyue Kingdom form a real alliance. Hmph! Others don’t know the real relationship between that old bastard and the Khitan royal family, so I won’t know either.”

Qian Zhengning said respectfully that he understood, but he smiled wryly in his heart.

"When you leave, take six sword slaves out and pick them out yourself. You don't care how to use them. Listen to your uncle. He is the Lord of Wuyue after all." The voice from the thatched hut sounded again, asking Qian Zheng Ning issued an order.

Qian Zhengning said hesitantly: "Grandma Guzu, these six sword slaves are probably not the opponents of Song Guolai."

The old woman in the grass hut let out a cold snort, which stinged in Qian Zhengning's ears.Qian Zhengning hurriedly shouted, "That man killed Chen Jingyuan from Tianyi of the Southern Han Dynasty."

Qian Zhengning heard the sound of a sword shaking and unsheathing in the hut... The sound was clear and long, and it spread in the valley for a long time.

"Very well, the Song Kingdom has produced such a master. Tell him about my existence, and then let him come here to fight me. I will kill him directly, and it will be regarded as revenge for your idiot father." After a while, the voice of the old woman came out again from the thatched cottage, but it was full of overwhelming fighting spirit, which made Qian Zhengning happy, but at the same time, he was also extremely speechless, wondering how old this old ancestor was, and still like this warlike.

"Then the arrangement you made just now..." Qian Zhengning said carefully.

The voice in the thatched cottage was a little impatient: "Do as I told you just now, you still have to find that old bastard Zhang Wumeng, and you take the six sword slaves away too."

To the south of the capital city of the Khitan Kingdom is a desolate mountain range, and after walking south for several hours, they came to a green and secluded mountain environment.This mountain is not very tall, but the tall trees and low bushes on the mountain are densely packed, which is extraordinarily primitive and quiet, mixed with layers of light or dark green, very beautiful.

In the eyes of some people in Khitan, this green mountain is an inviolable and sacred place high above.Because this unnamed green mountain is where the Taiping Sect's Taoist sect is located, and the Taiping Sect's head teacher Zhang Wumeng sits and meditates.

Walking from the rugged mountain road to the quiet valley, you can vaguely see the place where Wansong gathers.

Thousands of pine trees have different shapes of pine needles and different roundness and width of the trees. Some pine needles are soft and dangling like hair, some pine needles are like fire and hard to pierce the sky, and some pine needles are like thin round tubes, which are very interesting.It was early morning at this time, and the morning dew was all over the plants in the mountains. Most of the dew moistened the pine needles and then fell to the ground. Only those pine trees with dense pine needles would store crystal clear dew in their branches and leaves.Reflecting the morning light, clear as a jewel.

His eyes followed the glimmer of dew and looked into the mountains.Then you can see the Taiping Taoist buildings, which inherit the traditional aesthetic style of Taoism in the Tang Dynasty.It is mainly in blue and black, solemn and solemn, standing in the sky and the earth.

(End of this chapter)