Xue Chunyue was slightly surprised, he never thought that Li Jingfeng, who seemed to be unconcerned about the world, still pretended to be a family enemy in his heart......

The Li family used to be a family in the eastern capital of Luo'an, operating the copper mining business for generations, and when the Taizu of the Great Cause Kingdom was founded, the Li family helped each other, so the emperor was gracious, and the people in the clan had many graces.

Li Jingfeng inherited his father's shadow, he was originally a wealthy son of a beautiful family, and he never thought that his relatives Lu family coveted the Li family's copper mining business, and after taking power, he designed a frame-up, forcibly seized it, and robbed the copper mine in Lijiaguan North Road.

The Li family not only lost their ancestral property, but also suffered humiliation, the Li family and his wife could not afford to fall ill, and soon died, when Li Jingfeng was only 14 years old, weak and weak, had to pretend to be sick to avoid trouble, and moved to Haizhou.

A few years later, due to fate, I got acquainted with Xue Yuya, the eldest lady of the Xue family. Xue Yuya didn't dislike his identity as a fallen son, and decided to marry him as his wife. Xue Chenggui couldn't bear to love his daughter and suffer with the impoverished Li Jingfeng, so he gave her a dowry of 30,000 taels, which caused a sensation in Haizhou.

With this money, Li Jingfeng went to Changxing to carry out activities, poured out his family wealth, and finally cleared his father's grievances, and Emperor Hongyuan re-granted him the false title of not driving from Sipin Haizhou, but he avoided talking about the Lu family's planting. Li Jingfeng is also knowledgeable, and no longer provokes the Lu family and King Xu, and since then he has pretended to be in Haizhou, not asking about the world, and avoiding the suspicion of the Lu family.

Although the Li family's clearing of grievances was not directly done by Xue Chenggui, the dowry of 30,000 taels he gave was a great boost, and this matter added another crack to the already not close alliance between the Xue family and King Xu's camp.

"Speaking of which, father, you still want me to move closer to the Ye family."

"I'm just analyzing the situation with you, the business in the world is a big game of chess, and more defense is always beneficial to the chess game. Of course, we don't rely on the imperial court and there are other things we can do, and it is not my Xue Chenggui to bend my waist for five buckets of rice, otherwise we will not allow the relationship between the Xue family and King Xu to continue to deteriorate. I just think that Ye Qinyu is a good girl, and she was involved in the infighting of our Xue family for no reason, and she suffered great physical and mental trauma, I feel ashamed of her in my heart, I hope you can treat her well...... Alas, if I had a second son-in-law, I would not make you so embarrassed......"

Hearing him sigh again, Xue Chunyue couldn't help but look up, but saw Xue Chenggui's gray hair, but at the age of his early fifties, he already looked old, and the complexity and harshness of the Xue family's affairs could be seen.

Xue Chunyue was reluctant at this time, so he said, "The child has taken his father's advice to heart. This trip to Changxing will definitely live up to your entrustment, no matter how the policy of the imperial court changes, our Xue family will definitely be able to gain a firm foothold among many imperial merchants! ”

Xue Chenggui nodded, stood up and prepared to leave, and said before leaving, "If Ye Cizhun is not a person who is easy to get along with, and things backfire, there is no need to force it, the Xue family can have three meals of tea and rice." On the contrary, it is a family affair of the Ye family, and you need a snack. Besides, Miss Ye is also your mother's favorite daughter-in-law, don't let her down too much. Don't send it, let's settle it early. After speaking, Xue Chenggui turned around and left.

Early the next morning, Xue Mansion set up a large battle to see off Xue Chunyue, and originally prepared dozens of servants and miscellaneous servants to serve, and purchased more than a dozen carriages and dozens of boxes for luggage handling, but they were all pushed away by Xue Chunyue. After breakfast, he only brought his personal guard Xue Xuecheng and the maid Xinyan, who had always been by his side, as well as seven or eight guards, dressed lightly and prepared to set off.

After the relatives and friends who came to greet him left, the Xue family slowly sent Xue Chunyue and his party to the canal outside the city. Xue Chunyue chose the waterway he was most familiar with for this trip, called a passenger boat of his own, and entered the Huaishui along the canal ditch, from the Huaishui into the canal Tongji Canal, from the Tongji Canal into the Yellow River, and after a short rest in the eastern capital Luo'an, he needed to take a land route, and then enter the canal Guangtong Canal to reach the national capital Changxing.

Xue Chunyue's departure was the top priority of the Xue Mansion, and Su Yuming was naturally in the send-off team, but she followed closely behind Xue Huijin and did not take half a step. Xue Chunyue knew that she was embarrassed, and she didn't take the initiative to come forward to greet her, but just took a deep look when the boat was sailing. Su Yuming raised her head and caught his fiery eyes, her heart was sour, and her eyes couldn't help but redden.

As the passenger ship drifted away, Xue Chunyue finally retracted his gaze, and from the moment he turned around and entered the warehouse, he made up his mind to abandon his past and love......

Located in the Central Plains, the Great Cause has been established for more than 100 years, and the scars brought by the war to unify the Central Plains have gradually calmed down. In particular, Haizhou City, as the largest foreign trade port of the great cause, is even more bustling and lively.

Located in the east of Haizhou, the largest shipping company in Daye Country "Ding Taihe" is the largest industry of the chaebol Xue family. There are many people who have money and status in Haizhou, but there are few who can be called chaebols, because all walks of life in the country are respectful and orderly, and the ranks of "scholars, farmers, industrialists, and merchants" from respect to humility are ranked last, so those who can be called "valves" must have at least two conditions, one is that the industry is large and the financial resources are abundant; The second is to surpass the merchant class and be a noble family.

The Xue family's ability to become the largest chaebol in Daye is inseparable from its identity as an official and a businessman. Xue Chenggui's father, Xue Yin, was the official to the third grade of the household department when he was alive, and he had a wide acquaintance and deep foundation in the national capital of Changxing, and his eldest daughter, that is, Xue Chenggui's eldest sister Xue Shi, was the wife of Liu An, the prince of the dynasty and the second grade of the Chinese book.

Through the relationship between Xue Yin and Princess Jing, the Xue family is not only a dignitary, but also a relative of the emperor. The Xue family's business basically revolved around the needs of the imperial court, and almost monopolized the water transportation industry of the entire Daye country.

The rare treasures and delicacies in the palace are all Ding Tai and tribute, the royal relatives want to order something rare, almost all of them are purchased from Ding Taihe, if Ding Tai and there is no, then the entire Great Industry is estimated that no one has, so Ding Tai and has become a veritable "imperial businessman" in the mouth of the people. ”

Xue Chenggui, the head of the Xue family in Haizhou, is fifty years old, with three sons and four daughters, of which two daughters and one son are concubines, and two sons and two daughters are concubines. The eldest daughter and second daughter are all married, and the eldest son Xue Huijin is a concubine, so the real heir is the second son of the concubine, Xue Chunyue.

As Dingtai and the heir, Xue Chunyue can be said to have wind and rain, but the only thing he can't get is Su Yuming, because Xue Chunyue has already been married.

Xue Chunyue's fiancée, Ye Qinyu, is also a long-standing topic of conversation in Haizhou.

Ye Qinyu was born on a passenger boat on the Yu River in Guannan Province, so her father named her Qinyu. His father, Ye Cikai, was a four-grade Hubu Langzhong, talented, loyal and generous, and won the love of Xue Chunyue's grandfather, Xue Yinzhi, who was the head of the household department at the time.

Xue Yin is extremely good at managing money and has always been a financial master relied on by the imperial court. Under his care, the treasury of the great cause has always been surplus and balanced, and the two emperors praised him. He has two sisters-in-law, the eldest son Xue Chenggui is good at financial management but has no intention of career, and only wants to make a big career in the business world; The second son, Xue Chengming, is okay with dancing and ink, but when it comes to careful budgeting and managing finance and taxation, he is not able to do so, and it is difficult to take charge of the household department known as the "granary of the world". The foundation that has been in business for decades has no successor, which once made Xue Yin a regret in his life.

Ye Cikai's appearance made Xue Yin overjoyed, and his natural financial management ability impressed Xue Yin, so he regarded him as a parent and child, and had been secretly cultivating him, hoping that he would inherit his mantle and connections in the household department in the future, and continue the Xue family's desire to be influential in the field of finance and taxation.

Coincidentally, 20 years ago, the eldest son of the Xue family, Xue Chenggui's wife, Chen, was pregnant for a full month, but there was no sign of giving birth, but on the day of Xue Yin's wedding for Abbot Ye Cikai, she suddenly gave birth to Xue Chunyue, which was amazing.

Although the Xue family is prosperous and has many grandchildren, but the eldest son Xue Chenggui has not had a son-in-law for a long time, and it is always a pity that the eldest son's room is empty. On the one hand, it is the proud protégé Xiao Dengke, and on the other hand, the heir of the Xue family is coming, which can be described as double happiness, Xue Yin is very happy, and he and Ye Cikai have set up a family of children on the spot, and the eldest daughter of the Ye family in the future is the granddaughter-in-law of the Xue family.

Three years later, Ye Cikai was released to Guannan Province, served as the fourth grade of Shuzhou Assassin History, and after returning to the court, he could be promoted to the household department, when Mrs. Ye was pregnant with Liujia and was about to give birth, Ye Cikai was reluctant to leave Mrs. alone in Beijing to wait, so he took her to Shuzhou to take office, and Ye Qinyu was born at this time on the Yujiang passenger ship to Shuzhou.

The spring and autumn period changed, and it was another three years in the blink of an eye, and Ye Cikai finally waited for the imperial court to edict his return to the court, and was promoted to serve as a waiter from the Sanpin household department. It's a pity that there are unforeseen circumstances, and the family set off on the way back to Beijing, but encountered a violent storm, and the Ye family's official ship was also invincible to the fierce wind of nature and capsized on the vast Yu River......

Ye Cikai and his wife died, Ye Qinyu was young at the time, and since he got on the boat, he was carried on the back by a servant who was familiar with water, so when the boat capsized, he was protected by a servant and escaped.

Xue Yin was seriously ill at the time, and when he heard the bad news of his proud protégé, he was sad and anxious, and soon died, leaving his last words on his deathbed, the Xue family had to treat Ye Qinyu as his own daughter, raise him personally, and marry his grandson Xue Chunyue when he became an adult.

Three-year-old Ye Qinyu came to Xue's house in Haizhou and met six-year-old Xue Chunyue for the first time.

Life went on like this, but the Xue family soon had civil strife after Xue Yin's death. Xue Chenggui, the son of the Xue family, has no intention of pursuing a career, and has inherited the family business since he was eighteen years old and devoted himself to business, but after the family business became bigger, he attracted the jealousy of other brothers.

In the end, the Xue family's highest-ranking princess Xue came out to preside over the overall situation, and assigned the Xue family's property in Haizhou to the eldest son Xue Chenggui, and at the same time, the second son Xue Chengming attacked Xue Yinzheng's title of Duke of Sanpin Xincheng County, and inherited one level according to the law. Xue Chengren, the third son of the Xiazhou Thorn History of Jingnan Province, was unable to fight because he was a concubine, and only won the Xue family's sporadic industry in Jingyang, and finally took the initiative to reconcile with Xue Chenggui to help him expand the business circle of Jingnan Province.