Protect Our Patriarch Chapter 94: Tragedy! Zuoqiu’s foundation was dug
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"It is the grain of the Wang family in Changning!"
After all, Zuoqiu Guanyu is a monk in the realm of heaven and human beings. His memory and reaction power are far beyond ordinary people. After being stunned for a moment, he remembered the "Wang's No. 19" rice seed and the "Wang's No. 23" wheat seed. .
Although these wheat varieties are not named "Wang's", judging from the naming rules, most of them are the grain varieties of the Wang family in Changning.
Of course, there is another possibility, that is, someone is pretending to be Wang's Grain Seed. Judging from the current situation, the probability of the latter possibility is very low.
"Okay, okay! Changning Wang family, you are so brave!" The anger in Zuoqiu Guanyu's heart suddenly surged, "You actually dare to be an enemy of my Zuoqiu family in terms of grain, in an attempt to shake the foundation of my Zuoqiu family !"
He really wanted to ask his ancestor to come out immediately and go over to destroy the Wang family.
But this idea was rejected in just a moment. Nowadays, the fierce business war between Qingfeng Trading Company and Shouda Trading Company has caused countless people to watch the battle. If the Zuoqiu family used force to deal with the Wang family, they would probably cause huge trouble.
"What is the price of Wang's wheat seeds?" Zuoqiu Guanyu's face was as gloomy as water.
Lao An's expression was equally bad, and he kept wiping his sweat and said: "It's 30% lower than our price in previous years."
"What?" Zuoqiu Guanyu said with an angry smile, "No wonder our wheat seeds can't be sold... Are you planning to start a price war with us on grain seeds? Good trick~ Okay, pass on the order, we The price is also reduced, and grain seeds are sold at a 50% discount. The spiced rice seeds are also sold at a discount."
Such a price reduction has caused the gross profit of [Yuzhimai] to be extremely low. But now that Yuzhi wheat cannot be sold, a large amount of spiced rice will have nowhere to store.
You must know that the storage of grains has high requirements for ventilation, heat preservation, and drying, so special warehouses need to be built. If stored improperly, the quality of grain seeds will be greatly reduced, and they may even fail to sprout. When the time comes, the losses will be even greater.
The Zuoqiu family is worthy of being a fourth-grade family. There are many talents in the family, a lot of manpower, and very strong execution ability. Zuoqiu Guanyu's orders were quickly implemented.
Reducing the price by 50% is indeed very effective.
As soon as the news came out, many aristocratic families who were still waiting on the sidelines immediately bought a batch. Even many aristocratic families who had already bought Wang's grain seeds were eager to buy some.
After all, the price is so affordable, don’t take advantage of it.
But then, Wang's blows came one after another. Execute the activity of bringing old customers to new customers, old customers can get rebates, and new customers can get greater discounts.
As soon as this event comes out.
Yuzhi wheat seeds and rice seeds are once again unsaleable. Now, even the 50% price cannot be sold.
Zuoqiu Guanyu finally saw that Wang was determined to dig up the foundation of the Zuoqiu family.
If it were just one year's loss, Zuoqiu would certainly be able to bear it, but year after year, Zuoqiu's wealth would be gradually depleted.
What is even more frightening is that once the foundation of a family is shaken, if there are no other changes, the family will inevitably decline rapidly.
The Zuoqiu clan has six Zifu ancestors, hundreds of elders in the Heavenly Realm, and countless main forces in the Lingtai Realm.
When the Zuoqiu clan has a stable source of income, this is undoubtedly an extremely terrifying and intimidating force. But once the foundation is gone, it becomes an extremely huge burden, and the annual consumption is astronomical.
This matter was no longer something Zuoqiu Guanyu could solve. He had to go and see his ancestors to find a solution.
After more than a month, the climate becomes colder.
All the winter wheat that should be planted has been planted. Zuoqiu's jade-finger wheat seeds could not be sold at all. In the end, they had no choice but to move the wheat seeds out of the warehouse and make room for the rice seeds first.
As for the wheat seeds that have been moved out of the warehouse, they cannot be sold as wheat seeds. They can only be sold as ordinary wheat or ground into wheat flour. Because it is old grain, the price is not even as high as it was in season.
In this wave of confrontations, the Zuoqiu clan was almost completely defeated, and the losses were incalculable.
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Longzuo County City, in the garden of the County Sheriff's Mansion.
At this time, the autumn chrysanthemums are in full bloom in the garden. They are colorful and colorful. In terms of color, they are no less beautiful than those in spring and summer when hundreds of flowers are blooming.
In the pavilion, Taishi Ankang and Wang Shouzhe were drinking at each other's table, while Qian Xuehan, the head of the Qian family, was accompanying them.
Compared with the last time, Taishi Ankang and Qian Xuehan looked relaxed and calm this time, their faces were glowing, and they were obviously in a good mood.
"Shouzhe's move was very cruel, and it hit the weak spot of the Zuoqiu family." Taishi Ankang said while drinking tea, "I'm afraid it won't be long before they come looking for them. ”
"It's just some little tricks." Wang Shouzhe looked indifferent, but he didn't think he was that great. "As the saying goes, to make iron, you need to be strong. The development of the family must be based on self-improvement. These little tricks , it’s just an auxiliary."
He knows in his heart that in this world, strength is the most important thing.
This time, the reason why the Wang family was able to use grain seeds to leverage the foundation of the Zuoqiu family was, on the one hand, because he made arrangements in advance. Wang's grain seeds were indeed better than those of the Zuoqiu family, beating the Zuoqiu family. Caught off guard.
On the other hand, it was also because he tied the Qian family and Taishi Ankang to the warship, and the Wang family also had a great genius in the academy. The Zuoqiu family could not use force directly, so they could only use business Means competition.
Otherwise, no matter how clever he is, the Zuoqiu clan only needs to send two Zifu realm powerhouses to kill him secretly, and the Wang clan will be finished.
Of course, this is also because Zuoqiu has not been completely cornered. It's hard to say whether Mr. Zuoqiu will still care about this when things get really desperate.
"Well said, Shouzhe is truly worthy of Master Changchun's disciple." Taishi Ankang laughed loudly, "However, even if it is a small trick, it is amazing that it can be played to such an extent."
Qian Xuehan made another cup of tea for the two of them. Hearing this, he couldn't help but sigh with emotion: "No matter what, it's thanks to Patriarch Shouzhe that we can win back the victory this time. Patriarch Shouzhe, this time His ability to anticipate the enemy's opportunities and strategize is truly astonishing."
Wang Shouzhe shook his head with a smile and said nothing more.
In fact, how can there be any strategizing and predicting the enemy's opportunities? Just be cautious, cautious, and cautious.
It is not easy for the Wang family to develop to this day. There are so many clan members in the clan, and many of them have learned the language little by little under his nose and grown up to be able to stand alone.
What he carries on his shoulders are the expectations of countless tribesmen and their future.
He can't afford to lose, and he doesn't dare to lose.
"By the way~ From the Cao family, I heard that the investigator has returned to Beijing?" Wang Shouzhe took a sip of tea, suddenly remembered something, and looked at Taishi Ankang.
"Yes." Taishi Ankang nodded, "Cao pushed a few elders of the Heavenly Realm out, put all the blame on them, and used this to extract himself. The investigator had already brought those few An elder from the Heavenly Realm has returned to Beijing, and when the verdict is finalized, I am afraid he will be sent to a battlefield outside the territory."
Since there is no direct evidence, Cao's collusion with the pirates cannot be proven to be related to his direct lineage. Cao Shi decisively abandoned his troops to save his chariot, and the investigating officer had no choice but to accept this result.
This is considered a routine operation of the family.
However, as a result, Cao was seriously injured. After all, Cao's total number of Heavenly Realm experts was only a dozen, and now only a quarter of them were gone, and their strength was greatly weakened.
After Taishi Ankang said this, he added: "In addition, Cao Bangyan was also redeemed by the Cao family."
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Wang Shouzhe raised his head and glanced at him.
"Originally I didn't plan to let him go, but they paid a ransom of six million to subsidize the losses caused by pirates in Longzuo County over the years. They gave too much~" Taishi Ankang revealed something that everyone liked An understanding smile.
Daqian Kingdom is a country where the royal family and aristocratic families rule the world together, and they have their own set of rules.
One of the tacit unspoken rules is that whenever a direct descendant of a family commits a crime, as long as it is not a serious crime such as treason and rebellion, the family is allowed to spend money to redeem the person.
Of course, it’s very expensive.
This is somewhat similar to bail, ransom, and the like. Of course, if he commits another serious crime, there will be no second chance for ransom. Therefore, Wang Shouzhe is not worried about letting the tiger return to the mountain at all. After this son returns, he will probably not dare to go out for decades.
Six million dry gold is a huge sum of money even for the county magistrate's mansion. Since the Cao family was willing to spend a lot of money to ransom the person, Taishi Ankang naturally followed the trend and released the person.
"Tsk~ You are really willing to spend a lot of money." Qian Xuehan said in surprise, "If it were me, I wouldn't spend such a huge amount of money for a guy like Cao Bangyan."
"Don't say that, Cao Bangyan is a genius after all." Wang Shouzhe took a sip of tea and said calmly, "Furthermore, from the information I collected, the remaining longevity of the ancestor of Cao's Zifu should be No more than two hundred years ago."
"Huh? That's it, what do I say~" Qian Xuehan suddenly realized.
If it was for the replacement of the Purple Mansion, then it would be understandable that the Cao family would spend a lot of money to redeem people.
You know, genius is rare, but for a Zifu family like the Cao family, Cao Bangyan is not the only one.
The problem is that for a young man with genius qualifications to grow to the Purple Mansion realm, it will take two hundred years at the fastest, and it may even take 340 to 50 years at the slowest.
It is estimated that the Cao family had bet all their money on Cao Bangyan before, and now it is obviously too late to train the successor of the Zi Mansion from scratch. As a genius of the Holy Land, Cao Youqing cannot sit in the family and maintain the family's rank.
No matter how reluctant he was, Cao could only bite the bullet and spend huge sums of money to redeem Cao Bangyan.
"Tsk tsk tsk~~The Cao family has suffered a big loss this time." Qian Xuehan, as the head of the aristocratic family, is very sensitive to the family's capital flow. He couldn't help but gloat after thinking about it for a moment, "I have to deal with the Supervision Department again. The investigators sent out had to spend a huge sum of money to redeem the person. I guess that the Cao family's wealth has been almost wiped out. But it was an advantage for the county governor, and he made six million for nothing."
As he spoke, he glanced at Taishi Ankang.
These six million are not tax revenue and can be disposed of by the county magistrate's office on its own.
Taishi Ankang chuckled.
Knowing Wang Shouzhe's character well, he took the initiative and said before Wang Shouzhe could speak: "Don't worry, since Shouzhe captured Cao Bangyan, the county guard will not keep the six million for himself. I have already reported it to the superiors. After that, I will keep three million of them in the county governor's mansion as reserve funds for the county governor's mansion. The other three million, since it is not convenient for me to give it directly to the Wang family, can only be used as subsidy funds for the development of Qingluo Sea."
"Wei Wenxun has been very effective in clearing up the pirates recently. In a few years, the pirates will be almost cleared. Shouzhe can develop Qingluo Sea as planned, and you can use this money as much as you want. Just make sure the accounts look good."
The development of Qingluohai does require a large amount of capital investment. Wang Shouzhe sighed that Taishi Ankang was indeed on the right track, and stood up and saluted: "In this case, Shouzhe will thank the county governor."
"What the hell~ It's my county magistrate's office that got the credit of Shouzhe."
Tai Shi Ankang smiled and waved his hand.
He just handled it, he didn’t even arrest the person, so the money was almost free of charge.
In Wang Shouzhe's words, this is "winning by lying down." So he now finds Wang Shouzhe particularly pleasing to his eye.
A few people were talking lively.
Suddenly, a middle-aged man dressed as a county official came in from outside the garden, stood outside the pavilion and respectfully reported: "Your Majesty, the Zhenghua ancestor of the Zuoqiu family, the head of the Guanyu family, and Wu Dinghai, the governor of Qing'an County, is seeking an audience outside."
Yo~
Qian Xuehan couldn't help but his eyes lit up: "The Sheriff is really good at knowing things, and Zuoqiu's family really came to the door."
"Hahaha~ They came faster than I expected. It seems that this time, Zuoqiu clan is really anxious." Taishi Ankang couldn't help but laugh.
The official was not sure of Taishi Ankang's attitude for a while, so he hesitated and said: "Then... Lord Sheriff, do you still see me?"
"No." Ankang, the governor of the county, waved his hand, "Just say that I am meeting guests and ask them to wait."
He still remembers the "humiliation" he received in Qing'an County~
Now, I finally get the chance to get my revenge. If I don’t give them a hard time, how can I be worthy of myself?
As a result, it took most of the day to dry.
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Qing'an County Governor Wu Dinghai, Zifu ancestor Zuoqiu Zhenghua, and Zuoqiu Guanyu, the head of the Zuoqiu family, waited for more than three hours in the reception room of the Sheriff's Mansion, but no one was there.
By the afternoon, the faces of Wu Dinghai and Zuoqiu Zhenghua were already ashen. Even Zuoqiu Guanyu, a junior, had an extremely ugly expression.
"This Taishi Ankang is just taking revenge!" Wu Dinghai was so angry that he almost dropped the tea cup, "Didn't he just win a game temporarily? It's not his own ability, what is there to say about him?"
"Ancestor..." Zuoqiu Guanyu looked at the face of his Zhenghua ancestor and said cautiously, "If word of this gets out today, our Zuoqiu family will become a laughing stock."
After much thought, Zuoqiu Zhenghua felt that continuing like this was not an option.
He slammed the table and stood up: "Let's go back!"
He still doesn’t believe it. The Zuoqiu family is a fourth-grade family, but they can’t deal with the seventh-grade Wang family!
As he said that, he flicked his sleeves and left the Sheriff's Mansion.
Soon, the three of them left in a flying chariot.
After Taishi Ankang learned the news, he just smiled and didn't take it to heart at all. He still drank tea and chatted with Wang Shouzhe and Qian Xuehan, and continued to discuss the next development of Qingluo Sea.
On the other side, after Zuoqiu Zhenghua and the others returned to Qing'an County, they immediately started taking action.
As a dominant fourth-grade family, the Zuoqiu family has quite strong connections and influence within Qing'an County. The number of powerful people in the Celestial Realm and Lingtai Realm in the clan is even more astonishing. When they are determined to accomplish something, the energy they can unleash is amazing.
It didn’t take long for an additional layer of sentry posts to be installed at every checkpoint entering Qing’an County, and they began to strictly guard against the entry of any items that might be Wang’s grain.
Although the winter wheat has been planted, within half a year it will be time to raise rice seedlings again. As long as Zuoqiu's defense is tight enough, Wang's rice seeds cannot appear in Qing'an County. The aristocratic families in Qing'an County have no choice but to buy Zuoqiu's spiced rice seeds.
In order to ensure that the Wang family's grains could be completely blocked, the inspectors sent by the Zuoqiu family tried their best to intercept all the grains that had been disguised and tried to get through.
As a result, Wang's rice seeds were not transported to Qing'an County through normal channels.
After Wang Shouzhe learned the news, he didn't panic at all and let people spread the news.
By the way, he also asked Qian Xuehan to write a letter to the person in charge of Qian's transportation team, asking them to rent a warehouse close to Qing'an County and store the rice seeds on the spot.
Sure enough, as soon as the news spread, many aristocratic families in Qing'an County couldn't sit still.
Many of them have already ordered rice seeds from Wang in advance. Now that the rice seeds cannot enter Qing'an County, their money has been wasted. What will they plant this year?
You know, after planting a round of Wang's high-yield wheat, they have all fully experienced the benefits of high-yield grain seeds, which are real family benefits.
Now if they are asked to grow Zuoqiu's grain seeds, which are inferior to those of Wang's, how can they still be willing?
There are always no solutions to problems.
As long as there is enough profit-driven motivation for things in this world, no matter how difficult it is, it is always possible to achieve it.
Soon after the news spread, many casual cultivators sensed the business opportunities and tried to find ways through various channels, even going over the mountains and ridges in order to bypass Zuoqiu's checkpoint and transport rice seeds into Qing Dynasty. Anjun.
Nowadays, there is a huge demand for Wang's rice seeds in Qing'an County. As soon as their rice seeds are shipped in, they will be robbed in minutes. This also allowed these casual cultivators to make a lot of money.
However, the rice seeds that casual cultivators can bring in are only a small part, and most aristocratic families still cannot buy rice seeds.
Many aristocratic families were so desperate that they even secretly rented a convoy and tried to take the convoy to Qian's warehouse to buy grain seeds and transport them back. Naturally, they were stopped by Zuoqiu's checkpoint.
After flipping through several times, those aristocratic families immediately stopped working.
You must know that the Zuoqiu family has been the dominant family in Qing'an County for a long time. In recent years, apart from the Zuoqiu family, a fourth-rank family, there is not even a fifth-rank Zifu family in Qing'an County.
It's not that those sixth-grade aristocratic families are unlucky, and they can't even cultivate a genius after so many families. It's that even if they are lucky and a genius comes out, they can't afford to cultivate one at all.
If a genius wants to grow into the Purple Mansion realm, he will consume a huge amount of resources.
Most of the resources in Qing'an County are occupied by the Zuoqiu family. Their family only raises six Zifu realms. The resources that the sixth-grade aristocratic families below have naturally become extremely limited. Can't afford the purple mansion realm.
Over the years, countless sixth-grade families have had no choice but to send their proud heirs to the Academy. So far, there are only two masters of the academy in the Purple Mansion Realm, but the family rank still cannot be raised.
It can be said that these sixth-grade aristocratic families in Qing'an County have been dissatisfied with the Zuoqiu family for a long time.
In the past, they did not dare to confront the Zuoqiu family. Now, seeing that the Zuoqiu family has made public outrage, how can they let go of the opportunity?
At this moment, some sixth-grade aristocratic families began to fan the flames secretly, arousing the hatred of many aristocratic families. Coupled with the secret fueling of the Wang family and the Qian family, the dissatisfaction with the Zuoqiu family in Qing'an County soon became reached its peak.
This situation quickly attracted the attention of the Academy.
The two masters of the Academy, who were from the sixth-grade families in Qing'an County, saw that this opportunity was rare, so they simply broke the news and broke the news directly to Guilong City, the capital of the country.
Suddenly, this matter became a big deal.
If the Zuoqiu family had not been involved in Guilongcheng, the capital of the country, and had helped to say a few words at the Xiaochao meeting in time, buying some time for Qing'an County, maybe the Zuoqiu family and Wu Dinghai would have asked directly It’s time for accountability from the capital.
But even so, Wu Dinghai, the governor of Qing'an County, and several ancestors of the Zuoqiu clan could not sit still.
The atmosphere in Qing'an County is already very tense now. If the situation continues to ferment and the problem cannot be solved immediately, Wu Dinghai's position as county governor will be over, and the Zuoqiu family will also be condemned by the court.
The Daqian Kingdom is a system in which the royal family and local aristocratic families co-govern, which means that local aristocratic families need to bear part of the responsibility of guarding the country and maintaining local stability.
Just like when there was a flood in Longzuo, aristocratic families such as the Wang family helped to gather a bunch of refugees. This is the responsibility of the aristocratic family. Otherwise, why should the imperial court give 10% of the tax to local families?
If a large-scale mass incident occurs within the Zuoqiu family's sphere of influence, this will definitely be considered a major dereliction of duty by the Zuoqiu family. At the most minor level, they may issue a document to hold them accountable, but in serious cases, they may even directly deprive the Zuoqiu family of their family rights.
It can be said that in this situation, Zuoqiu's attempt to block Wang's grain crops has completely failed.
This once again gave Zuo Qiu a loud slap in the face, and also cast a thick layer of haze inside Qiu.
They have stayed in the position of the fourth-grade family for too long, and have long been accustomed to the mentality of being superior.
They have forgotten that they are not the masters of Qing'an County, but just a part of it. The other aristocratic families, large and small, are not pigs and sheep raised by the Zuoqiu family, allowing them to take whatever they want.
Once you violate the word "human nature" and harm the interests of everyone, you will inevitably suffer backlash.
Nothing can be done.
Zuoqiu had no choice but to take Wu Dinghai along with him again, and then, relying on some connections in the capital, contacted Ankang, the governor of Longzuo County, hoping to get him to mediate the matter.
This is the time.
Taishi Ankang's genealogy is almost complete, and the relations between the capitals that Zuoqiu has invited are also very good. Therefore, under the arrangement of Taishi Ankang and Wu Dinghai, the three heads of the Zuoqiu, Wang, and Qian families sat down to discuss. Of course, the discussions were limited to the head-level discussions, and the ancestors did not participate in anything.
This is Taishi Ankang's defense of Wang Shouzhe. After all, the Changning Wang family is a "seventh-grade family", and there is no Zifu ancestor sitting in the family.
The chosen location for the negotiation was the Zifu Palace of the Wang family in Longzuo.
Until the formal meeting between the two parties, it was the first time that Zuoqiu Guanyu, Wang Shouzhe, Qian Xuehan and others met.
At their level, it can be said that they are all bosses. In previous exchanges, the two sides hid behind the scenes, operating from a distance, and never faced off head-on.
"I, Zuoqiu Guanyu, have met the head of the Xuehan family and the head of the Shouzhe family. They are indeed young heroes of the Daqian Kingdom, and they are true dragons among men." Zuoqiu Guanyu, the head of the Zuoqiu family, took the lead in fighting in a graceful manner. call.
After all, he is the head of a fourth-grade family. His appearance and manners are impeccable, and he can be said to be majestic and extraordinary in bearing.
Wang Shouzhe and Qian Xuehan naturally returned the gift gracefully, and exchanged a few false words with Zuoqiu Guanyu Business, as if there had never been any conflict between the two parties.
At such a level, it is normal for you to fight against me in private. But there is no point in breaking up on the surface. Unless there is some special strategic purpose, it is necessary to put on a show when meeting each other and show the style of the family.
After some false feelings.
The two sides sat down to drink tea and chat. Zuoqiu Guanyu then raised his hand to Wang Shouzhe and said with a wry smile: "Master Shouzhe, I didn't expect that you are a direct disciple of Master Changchun of Longzuo Academy. No wonder you are so interested in cultivating grain seeds." You are so proficient in the art. Your family’s wheat and rice seeds really amaze me. It’s amazing~amazing~”
With the Zuoqiu family's network, it would be easy to investigate Wang Shouzhe's background as long as he was willing to put in the effort.
"Where is it~" Wang Shouzhe said with a modest smile, "My level is much lower than that of Master. Wheat seeds and rice seeds were both cultivated unintentionally by luck under Master's guidance."
Call? Unintentionally?
In this regard, Zuoqiu Guanyu was filled with disbelief.
He collected some secret information. Master Changchun explored the ruins of a Shenwu Dynasty more than a hundred years ago.
Master Changchun never talked about what he had obtained in the ruins, but kept the matter low-key. But just after that, a baby girl appeared beside him, who was his disciple "Lvwei".
Is it a genius to just adopt a baby girl?
This matter has to make people doubt that Master Changchun has something special to gain from the ruins. He even has the ability to cultivate some high-quality grain seeds.
Most of the grains in Wang's hands are related to Master Changchun's secrets.
Fortunately, Wang Shouzhe didn't know what Zuoqiu Guanyu was thinking, otherwise, he might not be able to help but spit out a mouthful of tea.
It has to be said that Zuoqiu's imagination is really too rich... He actually made such bizarre calculations about the origin of grains, which are miles away from the truth.
Afterwards, Zuoqiu Guanyu's expression straightened slightly, and his eyes became sharp: "However, the head of the Shouzhe family sells grain in our Qing'an County, doesn't he look down on our Zuoqiu family too much? ?"
"Things have developed to such an extent that your Zuoqiu family is in critical danger, and the head of the Guanyu family still wants to use his power to suppress others? Is this because he is used to being aloof, or is he being slapped on the forehead?" Wang Shouzhe's face also straightened, His eyes suddenly turned cold, "If you want to talk, let's talk. If you don't want to, just get out."
"Poof!"
Qian Xuehan almost spit out his tea and looked at Wang Shouzhe with admiration.
Facing a fourth-grade aristocratic family, he actually fell out with him as soon as he said he would, which is awesome!
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