Fortunate Young Gentleman

The 816th chapter of the main text of Ruyi Xiaolangjun. The couples who visited the Duke of Zhao's mansion were Yongping Marquis, Yichun Marquis and others.

In the capital, there are some families like this. Although they are powerful, the entire family only has one title left. In addition to receiving some salary from the court every year, they have no real power. After several years, this remaining title will be re-deprived by the court with the passing of a generation.

Yongping Marquis, Yichun Marquis, including the Zhou family, are such families.

The short period of time after that is the last light they can ignite in the capital.

For these families, revitalizing is already a luxury. In the absence of successors in the family, they will eventually decline. However, even if they decline, there are two situations.

Some families will have nothing after the decline, and some families have accumulated enough wealth long before the decline. Relying on the family's little shadow, they can still enjoy themselves in the capital for many years.

Yongping Hou Yichun Hou and others had long given up hope of reviving their family. Over the years, they followed the Zhou family and made a lot of money. Even if they lost their titles, they could still live the same life as now.

They only did one business over the years, which was to send people to the Western Regions to plunder those beautiful Western women and sell them to the dignitaries in the capital at a high price.

These families used to have some small businesses in Kyoto, but none of the profits could compare to this business without capital. Over time, they only did this business.

Now, the court wants to ban their business, which means they will cut off their retreat.

After hearing the news, several people gathered at Zhou's house to discuss countermeasures.

"We are arresting people from the Western Regions. What does it have to do with Tang Ning and King Huai? Is there any benefit for them to do this?"

"The last tax reform was initiated by them. The two of them have repeatedly cut off our financial resources."

"Duke Zhao, didn't you go to the palace today? What did the Queen Mother say?"

In this business, they have always been headed by the Zhou family, and Duke Zhao Zhou Wu is naturally their backbone.

Zhou Wu was upset and waved his hand, saying, "What else can I say? The whole court is now one-sided. This matter must not be done openly in the future."

"What?"

"Then how much silver will we lose?"

One person's face changed drastically and said, "I have received a deposit of 100,000 taels for the next batch of goods. Now I am told that I can't do it. How can I explain to the buyer?"

Zhou Wu glanced at Yongping Hou and said, "There has never been a shortage of buyers for goods in the Western Regions. Who asked you to rush to collect the silver?"

Yongping Hou's face was gloomy. The deposits of those buyers had been given to him. He used the silver to hire a lot of people and was about to go to the Western Regions. However, the court prohibited them from going to the Western Regions to rob people at this juncture. Wouldn't it cut off his financial path?

This is not the most important thing. The important thing is that he has been squandering money in recent years. Every time he has silver in his hand, he will soon gamble it all away. Now that the business is over, how can he pay back the silver to those people?

Which of those buyers is not a powerful person? If he can't make friends and can't pay them back, he will die a very ugly death.

Zhou Wu said: "I can't do anything about this matter. You can do it yourself. Zhou Da, send the guests away."

Yongping Hou looked at him and said hurriedly: "Duke Zhao, Marquis Yichun, we are all in the same boat. You can't ignore me."

Zhou Wu glanced at him and said: "This is the trouble you caused. It has nothing to do with us. You can solve it yourself."

These dignitaries came to Zhou's house with worries, and soon they returned disappointed.

If the court does not allow them to do this again, they naturally cannot go against His Majesty and the court officials in the hall. At most, they will just turn this matter from the open to the underground.

As for letting them give up completely, this is of course impossible.

This is their only and most important source of income. Giving up this matter means that they will have to eat up all the money they have accumulated, and their accumulated wealth will soon be lost.

Compared with them, Yongping Hou is obviously more miserable.

He likes gambling and is extravagant. If the court bans this business, he will immediately fall into a dilemma.

This time, he received the money from those people and had already gathered all the people, but such a thing happened at this time. Not only did he lose both money and people, but he also had to think carefully about how to explain to those bigwigs behind him.

After walking out of the Zhou family gate, Yongping Hou quickly caught up with someone and said, "Yichun Hou, please stay."

Yichun Hou stopped, Yongping Hou walked up and said with a smile, "I'm a little tight on money recently. I wonder if Yichun Hou can help me."

Yichun Hou looked embarrassed and said, "I'm not well off."

He knew the character of Yongping Hou very well. If he lent the money, he might be throwing meat buns at a dog. It would never come back.

Yongping Hou said, "As long as Yichun Hou can help me through this difficult time, I will remember your kindness for the rest of my life!"

Yichun Hou looked at him and asked, "How much do you want?"

Yongping Hou said, "One hundred thousand taels."

Yichun Hou shook his head and said, "One hundred thousand taels is too much. I can't afford it even if I sell all my money."

Yongping Hou said, "Then how much can you lend me?"

Yichun Hou thought for a while and said, "One hundred taels."

When Yongping Hou returned to the mansion, he could no longer suppress his anger. He took out the one hundred taels of silver that Yichun Hou had lent him from his sleeve and tore it into pieces.

He frowned and said angrily, "How dare you humiliate me like this!"

He took a deep breath, calmed down, raised his head, and found a figure standing in the yard.

The man looked back at him and asked, "When will the twenty Western Region maids arrive?"

The face of Yongping Hou changed, and he said, "Listen to me, the court recently..."

"We don't care about the affairs of the court." The man looked at him and said, "It's the rule to take money to do things. If you break the rules, it's not good for anyone. Either you hand over the people when the time comes, or return the silver we gave you double. Otherwise, it won't be me who comes to you next time."

A long time after the man left, Yongping Hou stood in the yard, his face pale, as if his soul had been taken away.

After an unknown period of time, he raised his head, his face extremely gloomy, and gritted his teeth and said, "Tang Ning, King Huai, the surnamed Zhou, you forced me to do this!"

Today in the imperial study, after Princess Anyang left, what Emperor Chen said to him showed that he agreed with the proposal of Tang Ning and King Huai.

These gray industries have existed in Chen State for a long time, and they are usually hidden in the dark, where no one can see.

When these things were brought to the table, the Chen people, who had the word "etiquette" engraved in their bones, could not hold their faces.

Tang Shui's case was completely settled by Princess Anyang's disturbance. Tang Ning turned his head and looked at the pavilion behind him, hoping that after this incident, Princess Anyang would not try to take his money again.

In the pavilion, Tang Shui looked at Princess Anyang and said, "Thank you."

"No need to thank me." Princess Anyang glanced at Tang Ning and said indignantly, "It's still that your majesty is biased towards him, otherwise, this matter would not be so easy to end."

Speaking of this matter, she remembered Tang Ning's disdain for her in the palace, and she felt a little ashamed, but when she thought of what he said later, she felt a little more balanced.

After all, in addition to being his cousin, Tang Shui was also his wife who had not yet married into the family. She was indeed a stranger who could not compare.

She looked at Tang Shui, then glanced at Tang Ning who was not far away, and said: "Don't mention it, you two look like a couple."

Tang Shui glared at her and said angrily: "You are the only one who looks like a couple!"

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