Chapter 92: Partners
In ancient times, the modes of transportation were inconvenient, and it was not a long way from Shiqiao Town to Jiangyi Prefecture Capital, but according to the transportation here, it was a long way.
After half a month of hurrying, Wu Qingyuan and the two slaves arrived at their destination, and this was still when one of the slaves was already familiar with the road from the capital of Jiangyi Prefecture and they did not go wrong, if he was not familiar with the road, he was afraid that it would take a long time.
After arriving at the capital of the prefecture, Wu Qingyuan did not hurry to visit the Qi family, he had only heard about this imperial merchant Qi family, he was not very clear about the specific situation of the Qi family.In order to guarantee a win, he had to know himself and the other party, otherwise if he rush to the door without any preparation, he could only be eaten by others until there was not even dregs left.
“In the next few days, let’s inquire separately, and write down all the affairs of the Qi family, no matter how insignificant, I want it extremely detailed.”
After finding an inn to live in, Wu Qingyuan ordered the two slaves to go their separate ways to inquire about the Qi family.
This time, only the three of them came, there were many people from outside the capital of the prefecture, the three of them were inconspicuous, no one had any doubts about them, the two slaves were clever in their work, it was not difficult to inquire about this kind of thing. After a few days of busyness, they finally summarized all the things they inquired about, Wu Qingyuan could be regarded as having a relatively clear general understanding of the Qi family.
The Qi family’s deep-seated affairs are not discussed, but the using various ways of inquiry in the past few days has summed up that he has found a very important breakthrough in cooperation, that is, there is a problem with the relationship between the Qi family’s several grandchildren.
As an imperial businessman, the Qi family business can be called a strong and rich party, such a big family business descendants naturally want to inherit, but in ancient times, barely any attention was paid to branch families, and since the Qi family developed for generations, regardless of the side lineage, the descendants of the concubine line alone have five houses, but the head of the family has only one.
In order to inherit the position of the head of the family, the various houses of the Qi family have been fighting since childhood, they are brothers in the open, but secretly they are eager to slaughter each other as enemies, and the seemingly peaceful family mansion has actually been bloody for a long time.
However, no matter how fierce these descendants fight, there are contemporary Qi family old men so they do not dare to go too far, and the Qi family has been peaceful over the years.
But no matter how powerful the old man is, after all, his life span is limited, and now that he is old, seeing that the old man is about to go to see Yan Wangye, the wolf tail of a group of descendants is exposed. Several times he tore his face in front of Old Master Qi. Half a month ago, Old Master Qi finally couldn’t stand this group of wolf cubs, he was so angry that he had a stroke and fell into bed, it seems that he does not have long to live.
As soon as Old Master Qi fell, the descendants of the Qi family had no scruples, they completely uncovered their mask and fought, leaving Old Master Qi still on the hospital bed without one even looking after him, fighting for the family business to the death.
Now not only were the subordinates of the Qi family afraid of standing in the wrong line at any time, but even the merchants who rely on the Qi family in the Jiangyi Prefecture have a headache.
We’re sorry for MTLers or people who like using reading mode, but our translations keep getting stolen by aggregators so we’re going to bring back the copy protection. If you need to MTL please retype the gibberish parts.
The descendants of the Qi family fight so fiercely, all of them are fierce tigers, for a while and a half really can’t tell who wins and who loses, but before Old Master Qi hangs up, they have to make a choice. It’s important to choose the right one, they’ll have to continue to rely on the Qi family to survive and enjoy happiness, but if they choose the wrong one, the new head of the Qi family in the future will make a mark on them in his heart?!
Gbc’a ibbx ja atf Hl ojwlis jr pera j wfgmtjca, yea atf ojwlis ugevuf lr cb ifrr atjc atf gbsji ojwlis’r oluta.
“Zjrafg, kf jgf iemxs, atlr Hl ojwlis oluta lr jc bqqbgaeclas, jcv mbbqfgjalbc klat atf cfk ojwlis wjrafg lr ojg yfaafg atjc klat atf fzqfglfcmfv Hl wjrafg.”
Although choosing to stand in line is a headache, the time of replacement is the opportunity, the new owner needs to be a ‘founding hero’, and the risk and gain are directly proportional.
“Master, the eldest of the Qi family is moderate, the second is capable but has a vicious personality, the third is good to get along but not capable enough, the fourth is good in character and ability, but his means are stingy and it won’t work to get on the big table, the fifth is good in all aspects but now he is at a disadvantage just because he is too young and inexperienced, if you want to cooperate, the fifth is the best choice…”
Although only two slaves came out this time, these two were the wisest of the eighteen slaves, especially since one of them had been mixed in the Jiangyi Prefecture Mansion, and he knew the Qi family better, and the situation of the five of the Qi family was clearly analyzed as he gave advice.
Wu Qingyuan did not answer immediately after listening to him, he thought silently, and filtered all the news of the Qi family at high speed in his mind.
After a while, he shook his head and muttered, “We can’t choose any of the five brothers of the Qi family…”
“…”
The two did not speak, and the slaves looked at each other and then looked at him, not quite understanding what he meant.
“We are looking for cooperation, not investment, remember, although the Wu family is small, it will never work for anyone.”
Wu Qingyuan groaned.
Although his family is now gaining momentum and desperately needs backers, what he wants is cooperation, mutually beneficial cooperation, not directly relying on another as they work for them. The result of that can only be that his Wu family’s descendants will become the slaves of others for generations to come.
And even if they really want to work, the Qi family is just an imperial businessman, and it is not qualified at all.
“….. Now the five brothers of the Qi family are indeed an opportunity, but we can’t choose these five rooms, these people have been cultivated as future masters since childhood, and their calculation would definitely not be simple, and in the current situation, these rooms are not good soil, their means are vicious, and this kind of cooperation would be like plotting with the tiger.”
“But now they are the only ones who can inherit the position of the head of the Qi family, and I am afraid that the others have little hope…”
The two slaves were worried, while the master’s words were reasonable but who else could inherit the Qi family except these five houses? The other descendants of the Qi family are all unsuccessful, and some of the more outstanding and capable side members have long been suppressed without any ability to fight back.
“So what? No matter how strong the fight is, if the old man of the Qi family does not agree, who among the five families would dare to rebel?
Wu Qing smiled indifferently.
“Master, what do you mean…..?”
“Old man Qi has a stroke and is not really dead, as long as Old Master Qi sits up from his bed, who takes over the position of the head of the Qi family would depend on the meaning of Old Master Qi, not to mention that the capable branches of the Qi family are not only these sons, prepare, tomorrow we will continue to act separately to find out the matter of the third miss of the Qi family.”
Wu Qingyuan touched the wooden box in his hand, and his eyes were alight like torches..
…………
That night, after discussing with the two slaves, Wu Qingyuan slept calmly, got up early the next morning and went out with the slaves to investigate the third miss of the Qi family.
As the old saying goes, only after knowing oneself can one fight a hundred battles, and Wu Qingyuan does not like to fight uncertain battles.
After analyzing the situation of the entire Qi family, he finally decided to put his cooperation target on this daughter of the Qi family.
Although the heirs of all large family forces since ancient times are sons, especially in this backward feudal era, everyone ignores that women are actually no worse than men, and even in some ways women are stronger than most men, and many more enlightened family heirs in the postmodern era have not only set their sights on sons, as long as capable daughters exist, they can also inherit the family business.
And the third young lady of the Qi family is such a capable woman.
The Qi family is full of descendants, there are many sons of the concubine lineage, and there is only one like Madam Qi San in this group of descendants. She is still the concubine daughter of Old Master Qi but Old Master Qi is very fond of her, and she has been taught by his side since she was a child, and over time, Miss Qi San has learned Old Master Qi’s business skills, and after that, she has been able to independently help Old Master Qi deal with the Qi family’s transactions.
With age and as the years passed, the ability of the third young lady is becoming more and more significant, and now most of the Qi family’s industry depends on her to take care of it, if she were not a daughter, Old Master Qi really wanted to pass on his position to her, and the five sons of the Qi family would also regard her as a thorn in their side.
However, thanks to her being a woman, the brothers did not persecute her like other capable brothers in the side branch, but they were very close to her, such a capable sister is definitely a help, and the daughter will marry out sooner or later, and Miss Qi San will not be able to share the Qi family property no matter how capable she is.
But Wu Qingyuan just took a fancy to this Miss Qi San because he was not very comfortable cooperating with those dragons and tigers, because his Wu family started from scratch and had no foundation, there were too few chips, and the cooperation would only be annexed immediately.
But if it is replaced by this Miss Qi San, the situation will be different, at least this Miss Qi San’s character is much better than her brothers, even if Miss Qi San has the intention to swallow him, it will not be so fast, he has enough time and confidence to grow the Wu family before the Qi family tries to annex him.
Regardless of the fact that the battle between the five rooms of the Qi family had reached a white-hot stage, Wu Qingyuan and the two slaves acted separately to investigate the third miss of the Qi family, and after some inquiry and investigation, the matter finally came to an eyebrow.
“Master, we found out from the members of the Qi family that the third young lady of the Qi family will be married to the eldest young master of the Sun family, an imperial merchant in the Prefecture capital, at the end of the month, but it is rumored that this grand young master of the Sun family is very lavish and has already accepted seven concubines and attendants before she could even marry into the family, and the third young lady of Qi seems to complain about this matter…”
No woman would like her husband to be full of other people living in her backyard before he married him, especially a capable strong woman like Miss Qi San.
It’s just that due to the limitations of the times, no matter how capable a woman is here, she can’t escape this shackle, and the Qi family is still a profit-oriented businessman, and all children’s marriages cannot be decided by themselves, and whoever marries them all puts the interests of the family first.
In the past, Old Master Qi was pampered her when the third young lady was reluctant to marry out, and he kept his daughter in the intention of recruiting a son-in-law, but now Old Master Qi was so angry that he lay on the bed and was only waiting to die before he had time to leave a will, and a few ruthless unfilial sons naturally turned their faces and did not hesitate to sacrifice the happiness and life of their sisters for their own interests.
“Master, do you want to choose this Miss Qi San? But she’s a woman…”
By this time, the two slaves probably understood what their master wanted to do.
“What about if she was a woman? Prepare, tomorrow we will visit Miss Qi.”
After going through everything and chips in his heart, a smile appeared on Wu Qingyuan’s handsome face.
The first rule of the last days is never to underestimate women and children.
Yeah, never understimate women!
Thank You for the new chapter (o´〰`o)♡✲ﾟ*｡
Thanks for the chapters! We LOVE to see some girl power in Danmei!
Heck yeah! Never underestimate a woman!