Jiapingguan Chronicle

Chapter 1617 Close to the truth 5.0
"It was the acquisition of a whole street of shops that made them interested in doing business?"

"Not exactly, but there is also this reason." Shen Cha smiled at Yan Rong, who was still in a daze, "Brother Ah Rong, as the kings with different surnames left behind in the early days, the people of the Li Palace have been cautious in the court for generations. Yes, I'm afraid that one day if you don't pay attention, you will be killed as an example, although our emperors in Daxia are famous for their benevolence and generosity, but the Li Palace has always been worried about their own children."

"Why do you worry about your own children? Is it because you have great ambitions and will take credit for yourself? Or because you think you have credit for your achievements?" Yan Rong shook his head lightly. I have almost no impression of the palace, if it wasn't for Xiaocha, I don't remember such a noble mansion at all."

"It's because Prince Li's Mansion is extremely low-key, and basically doesn't appear under the court. Their family has already expressed their attitude at the very beginning. They only receive a false title, do nothing, and don't need the court to give them a salary." Shen Cha smiled, and continued, "The ancestors of Prince Li's mansion were famous merchants in the northwest. They were the first batch to respond when the ancestors raised their troops before, but their children did not participate in the war, and were only responsible for giving money to them. Food, responsible for all supplies."

"All the supplies?" Yan Rong and Wei Zixin glanced at each other, both of them were surprised, "This is a lot of money, their family is really rich."

"Business for generations is not about being rich and powerful."

"Hey, isn't that what I'm talking about?" Wei Zixin gave a smirk, "Xiaocha, you said just now that they were interested in doing business because they bought Lao Yan's shop. Now it is said that their family has been in business for generations, isn’t that inconsistent?”

"It's not contradictory at all." Shen Cha waved his hand, "Their family's business is in the Northwest, but they put their heads on their belts. If they're not good, they'll lose their heads."

"What kind of business do you want..." Wei Zixin was halfway through speaking, and suddenly understood the meaning of Shen Cha's words, "Salt iron tea?" Seeing Shen Cha nodding, he let out a long breath, stretched out his Thumbs up, "He's really a warrior, then I understand why his family is rich and powerful, and why they don't receive the imperial salary. However, this business was done in the previous dynasty. I'm afraid it won't be possible in Daxia? If you do it, you really have to move your head."

"It's okay to talk about tea. We both trade tea with Liao and Jin. We are not afraid of this, but salt and iron are absolutely untouchable. Therefore, everyone's income has dropped sharply. But the Wuzhou City incident, Let them find out that the meat business and grocery business are not unprofitable. It’s just that they haven’t been involved in this area before, so they don’t know much about it.”

"So, the Chang family's turmoil in Torre Town actually made the young prince of Li Wang's mansion discover a way to make money?"

"That's what it means. Although the young son of Prince Li's mansion is not in good health, he has a vicious eye for business and is well-informed. When the Chang family started to make trouble, their family didn't take it seriously. It was just some gangsters looking for trouble. It was not their turn to make a move. Later, it was Xiaoshizi who found out that the real intention of the Chang family was to get rid of those dirty businesses, change their careers, and start a new business." Shen Cha paused, then continued, "At that time, Xiaoshizi didn't Knowing why they want to do this, I think there should be some struggles within the Chang family, and the faction that wants to change their face has gained the upper hand, so they moved this to lead the family business on the right track."

"Is that as Xiao Shizi guessed?"

"I don't know. It's not written in Prince Li's invitation booklet. I guess they don't want to waste their energy on being a bastard."

"Thinking about it." Yan Rong nodded, "But you said, they hold a business like buying and selling artifacts, no matter how much they want to go the right way, they can't do it? Besides, those market transactions, what kind of food stalls, meat Shops and the like, they can’t afford to support those touch gold captains, don’t they know this?”

"You should know it. What you said is similar to what Xiao Shizi said. He also said that only businesses like casinos, brothels, and brothels can afford to support such people. Although those people's livelihood businesses make money, they are very important for poachers. The activity of digging graves can only be said to be a drop in the bucket." Shen Cha sighed softly, "However, since I know the intention of the Chang family, and the people under the Chang family are really shameful, I have put the whole The town of Torre is full of smog, that's why Xiao Shizi joined forces with the other two to buy the street market. But if they did this, the Chang family would naturally not sit idly by. When the shop changed owners, they would find the new owner to make a fuss. They thought the new owner was at most a rich merchant, and it was no big deal. But they didn’t expect that they would get kicked on the first day when they went to the shop that had just changed owners to make trouble.”

"Drink your saliva first, and I'll talk about it next." Shen Haolin handed Shen Cha a cup of warm tea, watched her drink it, and then poured another half a cup, "Drink slowly, don't worry, be careful not to choke."

"Hao Lin is really thoughtful!" Yan Rong looked at the children in front of him, sighed with emotion, and then said, "Hao Lin, why did the bastard from the Chang family kick the iron plate? I love listening to this, it’s so refreshing.”

"Lao Yan, don't you know?" Wei Zixin turned his head to look at Yan Rong, "Isn't this what happened at your house?"

"After my family sold the shop, I didn't care about the subsequent affairs, because I knew that the buyer had some skills and some backing, so he would definitely be able to clean up the Chang's family. Later, I heard that the Chang's family was cleaned up and ran away. After leaving Wuzhou City, we don't know where we went. Afterwards, Torre Town returned to normal, and everyone did what they had to do, and no one paid attention to this matter anymore." Yan Rong looked at Shen Haolin, " So, what happened to the Chang family? Hao Lin quickly said, let me relieve my anger."

"I didn't expect Brother Arong, who has always been mature and stable, to have such a childish side." Jin Miaomiao covered her mouth and snickered, "I always felt that Brother Arong's performance was a bit out of line with his age, like a staid little old man. Hey, looking at it this way today, it looks like a young man should have the vigor!" She raised an eyebrow at Yan Rong, "Keep going, young man!"

"Understood, sister Miao Miao!" Yan Rong shook his head helplessly, and urged Shen Haolin, "Tell me quickly, what are you doing?"

"It's nothing." Shen Haolin couldn't laugh or cry when he remembered what he saw in the brochure, "The little prince is a mischievous one. These are the original words of Prince Li. He said that dealing with the Chang family is to flatter them. In the face of power, they are like bedbugs. But he likes the game of cat and mouse, no, to be precise, he likes to watch this kind of game, so when the Chang family came to provoke them a few times before, he and his little friends did not Regardless, these bastards can do whatever they want, but they arranged for a few people to record from a distance what those people destroyed, who they injured, and what outrageous words they said, all of which were recorded one by one. On paper, and then sent these directly to the Wuzhou government office. Along with these records, there were also autographed letters from Xiao Shizi and his little friends, with their respective seals affixed at the end. The Lord Fu Zun knew early on that Xiao Shizi The eldest son was recovering from illness in Wuzhou, but he had never seen him before. Now he suddenly received a letter from the younger eldest son, but he still came to sue. His lord was ashamed and angry, so he sent his soldiers to surround Chang's family in Wuzhou city. At the same time, they went to Torre Town and arrested all the troublemakers of the Chang family. Only then did the people of the Chang family know that the new owner behind the shop on that street was so powerful that they dared not He resisted stubbornly, and could only be beaten and punished, and then ran away in despair with the few remaining clansmen. Since then, there has been no news of them."

"But I didn't expect that the empress dowager's natal family was the Chang family. They fled to the south of the Yangtze River, and they didn't give up on Baiya Mountain. After the empress dowager used the Qinglian sect to make a comeback, they attacked Baiya mountain again."

(End of this chapter)