Transcendent Ember

Chapter 344 The Sealed Memory
boom!
In the Zhou family, Zhou Chang angrily smashed the exquisite teacup on the gorgeous carpet.At this moment, he felt the anger of being betrayed.

"What does Qin Huaimin want to do? Why would he promote such a government order without my consent? Huh? What does he want to do?"

Zhou Chang's furious roar echoed in the study, his eyes were so ferocious that all his subordinates trembled and dared not speak.Only Zhou Yun shook his head and said in disbelief, "No, no! The teacher and senior brother would not do such a thing without our consent!"

Snapped!
Zhou Chang almost slapped the stamped document on Zhou Yun's face: "See for yourself what this is?"

Zhou Yun took the document and looked at it, his heart sank to the bottom.
"Qin Huaimin!" Zhou Chang roared, "I have supported you unswervingly for so many years, why are you doing this to me?"

"Because this is the only way!" A majestic voice suddenly came into the study.

Shua, Shua, Shua! ——

Looking at the prestige one after another, I saw Qin Huaimin walking in with Qin Ziyu and a group of subordinates, the housekeeper of the Zhou family followed behind in a panic, and showed a helpless expression to Zhou Chang across the crowd.

But Zhou Chang had no time to take care of such trivial matters at this time, he stared at Qin Huaimin: "What do you mean?"

"Teacher, brother." Zhou Yun also stepped forward and asked with endless doubts, "Why did you do this?"

"Yes, Your Excellency the Duke, you are ruining our jobs."

"Yeah, doesn't this push us to the cusp?"

"Your Excellency, please give me an explanation. We have always supported you. If there is no suitable reason, it would be too chilling."

"Brother Zhou, Ah Yun, and you all." Qin Huaimin met everyone's eyes calmly, without changing his face, and said, "I know you will be angry, so I came here to explain to you, may I have a few words? "

"Hmph." Zhou Chang's expression turned pale, but his anger was still there. He returned to his seat, ignoring Qin Huaimin who was still standing there, staring at him coldly.

Seeing this, "teacher" Zhou Yun quickly said, "I believe you will be able to give everyone a reasonable explanation."

"Of course." Qin Huaimin didn't mind Zhou Chang's 'rude' behavior, looked around and said, "Everyone, do you think that besides the unification of weights and measures, there are other things to do when the Hai people already know the inside story of land and sea trade? Is there any way to solve this problem?"

All the officials and nobles in the study frowned unanimously. They had expected Qin Huaimin's words.

This time was different from the past. Someone revealed the whole inside story of the sea and land trade to the Sea Clan, and secretly fanned the flames, igniting the anger of the Sea Clan merchants.

A joint delegation hastily formed by the five major countries expressed strong dissatisfaction with the Sea Clan Chamber of Commerce during the initial contact, and asked the land merchants to give a reasonable explanation and plan. Their attitude was extremely firm and they would never back down.

So in fact, many people here have already expected this result, but
Money is touching.

Once the sea and land weights and measures are unified, the profits of trade with the Sea Clan will drop sharply in the future, and no one wants the situation to develop to that point.
Some people even go as far as to deceive themselves and others, not to think in that direction.

But Qin Huaimin tore off this fig leaf in such a bloody way, and presented the extremely cruel facts before their eyes.
Zhou Chang's eyes flickered for a moment, but he didn't say anything, he still stared straight at Qin Huaimin.

Qin Huaimin smiled slightly, and continued, "So, do you still think there is something wrong with this proposal?"

Without waiting for everyone to answer, Qin Huaimin continued: "No! There is nothing wrong with this proposal, it is our only choice.

"Remember, Gu Yue Kingdom took the lead in promulgating the decree to unify weights and measures, so the initiative is in our hands. If the other four countries do not follow, then we will eat all the land and sea trade shares. If the other four countries also follow
"Then during the negotiation with the Sea Clan, you must emphasize that it was Gu Yueguo who first proposed this proposal, and you must win the favor of the Sea Clan Chamber of Commerce so that they are inclined to trade with us.

"understand?"

An official with little background nodded thoughtfully: "That's right, Your Excellency the Duke is right. This matter should be done sooner rather than later."

Zhou Yun also quite agrees: "The teacher is right, since the reality is already like this, then winning the favor of the Haizu Chamber of Commerce is our top priority. Only by winning more trade shares can we fill the gap brought by the unified weights and measures. loss"

"Yeah yeah."

"It seems to be the case."

"Let me just say, Your Excellency the Duke will not harm us."

"Hmph." Zhou Chang pressed his hands and told everyone to shut up. He looked at Qin Huaimin and asked, "Even if this is the case, why are you in such a hurry? How can you expose your cards as soon as it comes up? Wouldn't it be better to delay it first?" ?”

"Two reasons." Qin Huaimin raised two fingers and said, "First, you know the financial situation of Gu Yue Kingdom, and it has also experienced the invasion of the Fire Demon King. There are three provinces that need to be rebuilt, and the financial situation is already stretched. we can't afford it
"As for the second, let Ziyu talk about it."

"Yes." Qin Ziyu stepped forward, bowed to Zhou Chang, and said, "Uncle Zhou, Ayun, and everyone, the second reason is that my Qin family's allies in the Hongji Kingdom sent news that Hongji China is already discussing the unification of weights and measures.”

"Ah?" Zhou Yun was startled. He knew that the Qin family had allies in Hongji. Qin Ziyu's mother was the eldest daughter of a veteran nobleman in Hongji.

He didn't expect that Hongji Kingdom would be so courageous that they were already discussing the unification of weights and measures.

Qin Ziyu continued: "Once Hongji Kingdom is the first to propose a unified weight and measure, we will have no advantage."

"I didn't expect the monarchs and ministers of Hongji Kingdom to be so courageous."

"It seems that we must hurry up, and it will be too late if we are late."

"Yeah yeah."

After hearing these two reasons, Zhou Chang's anger subsided more than half, his expression became more relaxed, and he looked at Qin Huaimin with three points of complaint and said, "Even if this is the case, can't you discuss it with me in advance? You didn't even get angry with me, just asked Ziyu to make a proposal, and even bypassed me and asked Li Luo and the others to stamp it, so what's the matter?"

"Because I have to do this." Qin Huaimin also relaxed, and explained, "Think about it, what would Li Luo think if your and my chapters are all on it? He will definitely think it's our conspiracy, so he will do everything possible to obstruct it.

"Only if I bypass you first and ask them to stamp directly, and make them mistakenly think that there is a conflict between you and me, which can drive a wedge between our allies, they will stamp.

"Do you think that's the truth?"

Zhou Chang thought for a while, then nodded reluctantly and said, "At least you should discuss it with me privately first."

Qin Huaimin smiled: "For acting, you have to be real to deceive people. Besides, I believe the relationship between you and me will not be so fragile."

"Of course." Zhou Chang was persuaded by these words, looked at the housekeeper behind and said, "If you don't have eyesight, don't let Brother Qin take a seat."

"Yes, yes." The butler said quickly.

"Don't bother, Your Excellency, sit here with me." An official closest to Zhou Chang got up and said.

"Okay." Qin Huaimin sat down without hesitation.

Zhou Yun also arranged for someone to arrange seats for Qin Ziyu and Qin Huaimin's subordinates.

"Brother Zhou, no matter what, I am sorry for you." Qin Huaimin took a sip of the newly served tea and said, "So I decided to give you a compensation."

Half an hour later, the two sides reconciled as before and became intimate again.

Zhou Chang's anger disappeared, and he personally sent Qin Huaimin out.

Watching Qin Huaimin and Qin Ziyu's carriage leave the door, Zhou Yun heaved a long sigh of relief, and the big rock hanging in his heart finally fell.

He bid farewell to Zhou Chang and planned to go to the quiet room to meditate. These days, he practiced much harder than before.

But at this moment, his footsteps suddenly stopped, his body froze, and there was a sharp pain in his mind. A sealed memory triggered the unblocking condition, and it automatically emerged:
The deep and quiet darkness, the isolated carriage, and the strange coachman
The hoarse voice echoed in Zhou Yun's memory: "My lord, the one who informed the Hai clan was your teacher Qin Huaimin. He would betray your Zhou family at all costs for his son to be promoted to the fourth rank. I know you don't believe it, but , when you recall this memory, you should understand."

boom!
Like a thunderbolt exploding in his mind, Zhou Yun's body trembled, and the blood on his face faded away in an instant.

"The whistleblower is the teacher? No, it's impossible, it's impossible." He stepped back a few steps, as if he had been hit hard, and spurted out a mouthful of blood.

"Young Lord!" A guard turned pale with shock, and quickly ran over to support Zhou Yun, but Zhou Yun seemed to have lost his backbone in an instant, without any strength at all.
When Zhou Chang came, what he saw was his son with an extremely ashen face. He had never seen this kind of expression on Zhou Yun.

Zhou Yun didn't respond even after shouting a few times, but kept murmuring something in his mouth:
"It turns out that the unification of weights and measures is the promotion ceremony of 'Shang Yang Fangsheng'
"It turns out that all of this was done by you for the sake of senior brother being able to advance to the fourth rank.
"He can obviously be promoted together with other extraordinary items. Among the extraordinary items he binds, there are obviously many extraordinary items with the potential of the fourth rank.
"There's no need for 'Shang Yang Fang Sheng', he can still be promoted.

"But you betrayed your most loyal ally without hesitation.
"Ah!"

Zhou Chang's complexion changed drastically when he heard these words, and the little bit of joy that he had just received as compensation disappeared in an instant.

"Your Excellency the Marquis." The butler who followed was shocked, "Where did the young master hear these words?"

Zhou Chang suddenly turned around, stared at the butler and said, "Send someone to investigate. I want to verify the truth of Ayun's words. Send someone to the sea area, and no matter what the price is, we must find out the identity of the informer."

The housekeeper shuddered in his heart: "Yes!"

(End of this chapter)