novelraw Chapter 891: 557: Conquer All You See
Chapter 891: 557: Conquer All You See
Chapter 891: Chapter 557: Conquer All You See
He trusted his daughter; he knew his daughter couldn’t do those dirty things.
Now Shen Wuxiang sending Security Bureau agents to intercept them at the airport truly crossed his Reversed Scale.
What can be tolerated, who cannot tolerate.
Bang!
Sheng Jing slammed his hand on the massive nanmu desk.
“This is too much!”
Sheng Jing didn’t act rashly, he sat in place, deep in thought for a moment, then dialed Shen Wuxiang’s number.
The ring tone lasted for a while, but no one answered the phone.
Just after the call ended, Shen Wuxiang’s number called back.
Sheng Jing’s lips curled into a cold smile.
He always needs to take the initiative in everything.
Sheng Jing answered the call, his voice filled with anger: “Shen Wuxiang, what the hell are you up to? My wife and child go on a trip, and it’s not okay? Is it worth sending Security Bureau agents to blockade them?”
Seize the initiative.
At this moment, you must never show weakness. If you show weakness, it will make you appear guilty.
Once guilty… doesn’t that expose your own position?
“Huh? Did that happen?” Shen Wuxiang feigned confusion and asked, “Brother Sheng, don’t be angry. It might be people acting on their own. I’ll have someone look into the situation… contact you later?”
“…”
Four ounces to move a thousand pounds.
With just one sentence of ‘I don’t know the details,’ he rendered Sheng Jing’s accusations useless.
Even if you wanted to discuss anything further, there was no foothold or space for counterattack.
One always has to know what happened, right?
“Fine, I’ll wait for your call.” Sheng Jing had already prepared for such a response, not surprised at all, still maintaining his ‘angry’ state: “Shen Wuxiang, if you don’t give me an explanation, we’re not done. There’s no such thing as humiliating people like this.”
“Yes, yes… I will certainly give Brother Sheng an explanation. Let’s see who had such audacity to dare do such a lawless thing.”
Clap!
Sheng Jing was the first to hang up the phone.
“Finance Minister…”
Secretary Kong Che pushed the door open and walked in.
Kong Che had been a graduate student Sheng Jing mentored, following him to major in finance and international trade.
After Sheng Jing took charge of the Ministry of Finance, he brought Kong Che to his side as a secretary.
From a kid from an ordinary family to the Finance Minister’s secretary, it could be called a great rise.
Truly lived up to the saying, ‘It’s good to have someone in the court when you’re an official.’
“Has Xin Huai returned?” Sheng Jing asked.
“Mistress and Miss are on their way back, and our people have already gone to meet them. They are expected to meet at Fujiao.”
“Hmm.” Sheng Jing nodded.
The Ministry of Finance also had a contingent of guards, but their numbers were few, and their combat capability was far from comparable to the agents of the Security Bureau.
Better than nothing, Sheng Jing mainly used it to make his voice heard.
“The Military Minister’s side…” Kong Che asked worriedly.
Security Bureau agents intercepting the Finance Minister’s wife and daughter at the airport, this news could be hidden from the ordinary people, but in that particular echelon, it had already spread.
Everyone was speculating and observing, is the Military Minister and the Finance Minister going to tear each other apart?
If the Finance Minister falls, who could take this lucrative position?
Would it be controlled by the Shen Family’s people internally, or chosen from other close families?
As Sheng Jing’s secretary, Kong Che knew more inside information.
He and Sheng Jing were already bound together, sharing glory and defeat.
If Sheng Jing were taken down, this secretary couldn’t escape either.
“Don’t worry.” Sheng Jing’s calm demeanor, he lowered his head, opened the folder before him and said: “Shen Wuxiang is not ready to completely fall out.”
“Yes.”
“During this time, just do what you need to do, don’t disrupt our strategy.”
“Yes, Teacher.” Kong Che saluted respectfully.
This time he didn’t call him ‘Finance Minister,’ but as in his student days, called him ‘Teacher,’ to express the attitude of advancing and retreating together with the Finance Minister.
“Hmm, go ahead with your work.” Sheng Jing waved his hand and said.
“Teacher…” Kong Che hesitated.
“What do you want to say, just speak up. Do we still have so many apprehensions?”
“Teacher, shouldn’t we make some preparations?”
“What preparations?”
“Shouldn’t we let the media and experts in the economic sphere voice something?”
Sheng Jing shook his head and said, “That would disrupt the balance, forcing Shen Wuxiang to take more extreme measures… For now, let’s wait and see.”
“Teacher has profound foresight.” Kong Che saluted again, then turned and left.
Sheng Jing walked to the large floor-to-ceiling window in his office, looking at the trees in blazing Phoenix flowers in the distance, and the shimmering Phoenix Tail River regarded by Phoenix City dwellers as the ‘Golden River,’ with some odd emotions rising in his heart.
“Shen Wuxiang, are you really forcing me down that path?”
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When Shen Wuxiang received Sheng Jing’s call, he was in the middle of a video conference with senior military officials.
He didn’t answer the call in front of everyone but went to the adjoining lounge to call back.
After the call ended, Secretary-General Chang Zhengxin, guarding beside him, looked at Shen Wuxiang and asked: “Military Minister, was it Sheng Jing?”
“Yes, he wants an explanation.” Shen Wuxiang’s face was expressionless, but his eyes were as deep as the sea, pondering something.
“Then… how should we respond?”
This matter was entrusted to Chang Zhengxin by Shen Wuxiang. Now that the concerned party had come to hold them accountable, he naturally had to see it through.
“No response needed.” Shen Wuxiang waved his hand and said, “Just leave it be. Sheng Jing is a family man, as long as his wife and child are still in Phoenix City, we can hold him however we like.”
“Yes, I’ll call Director Guo Nu to ensure they closely monitor Sheng Jing and his family.”
Shen Wuxiang nodded and strode towards the conference room.
Compared to Sheng Jing’s family matters, regaining Golden City and Red Moon City was more pressing.
Otherwise, popular unrest would occur, and the political situation would be unstable.
Individuals like Sheng Jing, who are like reeds, would develop other thoughts, affecting their progress.
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Red Moon City. City Lord Mansion.
Tang Fei, in the name of Princess Phoenix, gathered Little Fatty, Lu Siyu, Shen Qingping, Qin Jianyi, and other senior military officials, along with the city lords and city defense generals of Golden City and Red Moon City, for a meeting.
With everyone gathered in one place, there were over twenty people.
The Righteous Army team, headed by Tang Fei and Phoenix, was beginning to take shape.
Under Tang Fei’s introduction, Xun Pu appeared for the first time in the capacity of a Righteous Army advisor, met with warm applause.
Joking aside, as the leader of the Dushan Army, having defended Dushan for decades, stopping the wild Barbarians and the seemingly invincible Iron-eating Beast from crossing the boundary by even a step, enduring countless attacks…
For this alone, he deserved everyone’s respect and admiration.
Tang Fei invited Phoenix to speak, but Phoenix waved his hand, indicating for him to lead the meeting.
Tang Fei no longer declined, looking around and spoke: “Everyone knows, since our departure from Dushan, we’ve rapidly conquered Golden City and Red Moon City, killing seventy thousand enemy troops, achieving brilliant victories.”
“Everyone’s contributions have been recorded, and later we will reward you according to merit. Our brothers fought fiercely, staking their lives, and we cannot let them bleed and sweat in vain.”
“Recently, we stopped to fortify our positions and consolidate our victories, ensuring complete control over Red Moon City and Golden City, forming a vast strategic space with Dushan and the vast desert behind it.
“Secondly, we restructured our troops; both Qin Jianyi’s Sky Wolf Army and Shen Qingping’s Dushan Army required personnel reorganizing and equipment replenishing.”
“Sharpening the axe does not waste the woodcutter’s time, I believe that after this reorganization, they will become a complete, united, and formidable iron-clad lion. The banner will command, sweeping all before us.”
“Next, we have new tasks. The new task is to attack, attack, and attack again…”
“Conquer everything in sight.”