Bringing the farm to another world

Chapter 14693 Gambling

Xu Kang said in a deep voice: "If His Majesty really keeps his word, then the integrity of the royal family will be gone. Don't forget that although Eunuch Decai came here in secret, there is a surveillance camera in my room. Everything he said was recorded without missing a word. If they really go back on their word, as long as we show this surveillance camera to the people of those big families, no one in those big families will believe the words of the royal family anymore. What do you think is more important?"

Hearing what Xu Kang said, his three younger brothers all fell silent. Xu Kang glanced at them and then said, "Although our Xu family has been developing over the years, the current development speed has slowly slowed down. If it continues like this, what will be the consequences? Have you ever thought about it? Slowly we will fall behind other families. Maybe before long, we will no longer be a big family and lose the qualifications to be on an equal footing with them. I don't know what they are planning this time, but they haven't taken us with them yet. This is a signal, so we are gambling now. If we really surrender to His Majesty, then can we get benefits and can our Xu family continue to develop? But doing so will have another problem, that is, those big families will regard us as enemies, but at the same time, we will also have an ally, that is the royal family."

At this point, Xu Kang paused, then he looked at his three younger brothers, and then continued, "Now our Xu family is actually gambling our wealth. We are putting our wealth and lives on it. If we win, our Xu family will continue to develop and remain a big family. If we lose, our Xu family may lose everything we have now, just like our first master did back then. Wasn't our first master also gambling back then? The bet was whether to follow the Zuoqiu family or not. In the end, the first master chose the Zuoqiu family, and they won the bet, so we have the current Xu family and all this. Now, it's our turn. I know you will say that the current situation of our Xu family is much better than it was back then, and even if we don't gamble, nothing will happen. But do you know that we are actually already at the gambling table now? From the moment that Eunuch Decai came to us, we have already been at the gambling table. Either we follow the royal family, or we go after those big families. There is no third choice. Do you understand?"

Xu Kang's three younger brothers are not stupid. They understand what Xu Kang means. Now when they hear what Xu Kang said, they also understand that the Xu family does not want to go to the gambling table, but they have been pulled to the gambling table by others, and they have no right to refuse. Don't think that they are a big family and can fight against the royal family. If Xu Kang refuses the royal family and the royal family suppresses them, other families may help them at the beginning, but what if it happens more times? Will they still help the Xu family? Just as Xu Kang said, those civil servant families, they hope that something will happen to the Xu family. If something happens to the Xu family, they can also get some benefits from the Xu family. So the Xu family seems to have a choice, but in fact, there is no choice. They either turn against the royal family directly, and then cooperate with other families with all their strength to fight against the royal family, but if they do that, the Xu family may be eaten by other families in the end, or they will cooperate with the royal family and fight to see what will happen in the end. Xu Kang has chosen this path now.

Xu Kang said in a deep voice: "Third brother, tomorrow you will take some outstanding children of the family, leave home through the secret passage, and live in our safe house first, using Line 12. Don't come out until you receive my call, but remember to pay attention to the news outside. If something really happens at home, you will stay in the safe house for three years and don't come out. After three years, find a way to leave the capital star and go to our 15th safe layer, then change your appearance and live there. Do you understand? You know how to withdraw the reserve fund in the An clan. Remember, no matter what, you must pass on the family." Xu Kang's face was very serious when he said this. He had made the worst plan, because he knew very well that if the royal family was cheated this time, although he could use the video to let all the big families deal with the royal family, the royal family would not let them go. Those big families would not let them go either, because those big families would think that they betrayed everyone, and then those big families might also deal with their family, so their family would be really in danger at that time, and protecting the outstanding disciples in the family would be better than anything else.

The third son of the Xu family responded, his face was very solemn. He knew very well that if it was not a very dangerous situation, Xu Kang would not let them move the safe house easily. This time, the situation seemed to be very dangerous indeed.

This is indeed the case. Fights between big families like theirs are often like this. If one thing goes wrong, the whole family will be ruined. A big family may be destroyed in an instant, so they must prepare for the worst. Things like setting up safe houses are something that all big families will do, because they know very well that once something really happens, the safe house may be used to save lives. They don't want to use the safe house, but when necessary, the safe house must be used. There can't be any fluke in the mentality, otherwise, their family is really going to be wiped out.

After some discussion, Xu Kang finally let the three brothers leave. However, he sat alone in the study for a long time, until late at night, and then he went to rest. Except for a few people, almost no one knew about this matter. Of course, the big families didn't know either. And this time, Decai not only contacted the Xu family, but the Xu family was only a representative among them.

In the blink of an eye, it was time for the grand court meeting. Xu Kang put on his official uniform early and rushed to the palace by car. When he arrived at the palace and parked the car, he got out of the car and walked into the palace. Along the way, all the other officials saw him and greeted him. Xu Kang greeted them just like before.

It was not until the court session that Xu Kang followed everyone into the hall. Not long after they arrived, Zuo Qiuwen arrived. When Zuo Qiuwen sat on the dragon throne, everyone saluted and wished him well. Zuo Qiuwen just nodded and said, "Stand up." Everyone thanked him and stood up. When everyone stood up, Zuo Qiuwen said, "Before the meeting today, I have good news to tell you, my dear ministers." After saying that, Zuo Qiuwen glanced at everyone, and everyone looked at him, waiting for him to continue.

Zuo Qiuwen smiled widely, and then said, "After Mr. Zhao Hai's research, we have mastered the method of activating spiritual roots. This is a great progress in the cultivation world of our Star Empire. From now on, people in our Star Empire will no longer need to reach the Star Lord level to practice those spiritual energy techniques. Isn't this good news for everyone?"

Hearing Zuo Qiuwen say this, the people from the major families below were all stunned, especially those families that united, their expressions were even more wonderful, they did not expect that Zhao Hai actually succeeded, they actually really mastered the method to activate the spiritual roots, this was too surprising to them, and at this time suddenly someone shouted: "Congratulations to your majesty! God bless the empire, congratulations to the empire!" The others only reacted at this time, they also followed in unison: "Congratulations to your majesty! God bless the empire, congratulations to the empire!"

Zuo Qiuwen laughed loudly and said, "My dear ministers, please stand up. Although we have found a method now, it is not yet mature and cannot be promoted throughout the empire. Therefore, if we want to make it so that everyone in the empire can practice it, we need to wait for a while."

Everyone responded and they all breathed a sigh of relief in their hearts, and at this moment, Xu Kang suddenly felt a gaze falling on him. He looked up and found that the person looking at him was Decai. Decai glanced at Xu Kang and lowered his head again, and the people below were so excited that they did not notice Decai's action, but Xu Kang understood what Decai meant. His heart began to beat violently, and he knew that the time had come. At the same time, he almost understood what Zuoqiuwen meant. Zuoqiuwen said that it could not be promoted throughout the empire yet. That is to say, this method would not be available to everyone in a short period of time. Of course, the person who got this method first would have the upper hand, and Zuoqiuwen obviously wanted to use this method to make a fuss, and he might be the horse bone that was bought for a fortune. When he thought of this, his breathing became heavier. He knew very well that if he really became that horse bone, he would definitely get huge benefits, and their Xu family would definitely get huge benefits. He immediately understood that he had made the right bet.

When Xu Kang thought of this, he immediately stood up and saluted to Zuo Qiuwen, saying, "Your Majesty, I have a memorial to report."

Zuo Qiuwen glanced at Xu Kang and said with a smile on his face, "My dear Xu, please speak." His expression was very normal, and even other people could not see anything unusual. Zuo Qiuwen was happy today, so he spoke to Xu Kang with a smile on his face, and no one would suspect anything.

But what Xu Kang said next shocked them all. Xu Kang knelt down and said to Zuo Qiuwen, "Your Majesty, I think I am not talented enough to be the commander of the Third Army. Please choose someone more capable."

As soon as he said this, everyone was stunned. They knew very well that the Third Army was established by the Xu family. Since the founding of the country, people from the Xu family have always been the commanders of the Third Army. But now Xu Kang suddenly wants to resign. What does this mean? Is he sincere or fake? If he is sincere, what does he want to do? If he voluntarily surrenders the military power, what will the Xu family do in the future? If he is fake, what does he want to do? Does he want to force the emperor to abdicate? But it is not time for them to force the emperor to abdicate yet? And it seems that no one has contacted Xu Kang, right? What does he mean? Is he kidding? Everyone looked at Xu Kang. They really didn't know what Xu Kang was thinking. In the huge hall, because of Xu Kang's words, it became so quiet that you could hear a pin drop. Everyone looked at Xu Kang blankly, not knowing why he suddenly went crazy.