"Lord Xu, there are some things that can't be said too clearly, and it's not good to understand too well, I don't know if you're interested in listening to me tell a story." Qin Du said.

"If you have something to say, if you have a fart, let it go, where is so much nonsense." Xu Donghai said impatiently.

"Hehe, I'm here to help your Xu family, your attitude is not very good." Qin Duan said dissatisfied.

"Fourth, you shut up for me."

After Xu Dongyi scolded Xu Donghai, he turned his head and looked at Qin Duhui deeply, and said, "Then ask Gongzi Qin to tell us this story." ”

"This story takes place in the Chu State during the Warring States Period, there is a doctor named Shen Wanqian in the Chu State, and his family monopolizes the entire iron ore business in the Chu State, and the family is rich enough to rival the country, but this Shen Wanqian is not satisfied, so he set his sights on another money-making industry, the cloth business, and in less than a year, Shen Wanqian quickly monopolized the cloth business of the entire Chu State with his strong capital."

"Just three years have passed, the Shen family's wealth has exceeded the treasury of the Chu State, one day the Chu State wants to build the city wall of the national capital, but the treasury can't come up with so much money, so a minister asked Shen Wanqian to fund half of the cost, Shen Wanqian is also very willing to contribute to the Chu State, and take out one-third of the family wealth to build the capital of the Chu State."

"The king of Chu was very happy, sealed the officials of Shen Wanqian's two sons, and gave Shen Wanqian's family officials a knight, the entire Shen family was very happy, and held a banquet for three days, and on the third day of the banquet, a large group of officers and soldiers rushed into Shen Wanqian's house, and arrested the Shen family and all the people who participated in the banquet, and all the family wealth was not collected into the treasury."

"Within three days, the King of Chu ordered the destruction of the nine clans of the Shen family, which made Shen Wanqian unable to figure it out, and he did not commit the crime of rebellion, and also paid to build the capital, and the king of Chu also rewarded his own family, how could he destroy his nine clans in a blink of an eye."

"Why did the King of Chu kill Shen Wanqian? He's a meritorious man, isn't he? Xu Donghai was fascinated by the story, and he couldn't remember his hostility to Qin Duan, so he asked curiously.

"Hehe, this is also what Shen Wanqian couldn't understand, so he wrote a letter to the King of Chu, hoping to tell him the reason, so that he could die."

"The night before Shen Wanqian was executed, the king of Chu sent someone to reply to Shen Wanqian, Shen Wanqian opened the letter and looked at it, he understood why he was exterminated by the Chu State, Shen Wanqian regretted it, but unfortunately there is no regret medicine in this world, the entire Shen family was destroyed, and all the merchants who had business dealings with the Shen family were confiscated."

"Gongzi Qin, can you tell us what was written in the letter of King Chu?" Xu Dongliang asked, Xu Dongliang vaguely heard the meaning of Qin Du's words.

"Under the whole world, it is not the king's land; On the shore of the land, it is not the king's minister; If you are rich and invincible, how can the king rule the country......" Qin Duan said.

"What does this story you are talking about have to do with our Xu family?" Xu Dongyi asked with some confusion.

"Lord Xu, don't you understand? Now that your Xu family is already rich and rivals the country, if you monopolize the cloth business in the north and south, then it will not be a rich country? ”

Qin Duan looked at Xu Dongyi with a smile and said, there are some things that can't be said too clearly, and if you explain it clearly, it won't make any sense.

When Qin Du was studying in college, when he was studying history, he found a very strange phenomenon, that is, there were big corrupt officials in all dynasties, and every one of them was corrupt, and it can be said that he was rich enough to rival the country, even if it was the emperor of Shengming, there were several such corrupt officials below.

Qin Duan was very puzzled at that time, could it be that this emperor was stupid? Don't you know how many such big borers there are down there?

Later, Qin Duan checked the final outcome of these big corrupt officials of all dynasties, and basically all of them raided their families and exterminated their families, solving the urgent financial needs of all dynasties.

This made Qin Duan very suspicious, whether these corrupt officials were deliberately indulged by the emperors of previous dynasties, after all, as a monarch, if he went to collect the people's fat and ointment, the reputation would be ugly, and the emperors of all dynasties wanted to be famous for a hundred years, but did not want to leave a stench for thousands of years.

Let the corrupt officials below collect the fat and ointment of the people, and when it is almost time, they will kill these corrupt officials, confiscate their property, enrich the treasury, and kill corrupt officials for themselves, and leave a good reputation for rectifying the rule of officials.

I have to say that the emperors of all dynasties and dynasties are all powerful characters, and they are very shrewd.

"You mean that the imperial court is going to do something to our Xu family?" Xu Dongyi looked at Qin Duan in disbelief and asked.

"My lord, I didn't say that."

Qin Duan said, after all, Qin Duan didn't know if the imperial court had any intention of dealing with the Xu family in Jinling, these were just Qin Dui's use to scare the Xu family.

"There is a way for bystanders to be clear, and the authorities are fascinated, Qin Gongzi, can you give us an analysis and analysis." One of the two middle-aged men who had been sitting in the living room without opening his mouth said.

This person's name is Xu Dongwang, he is the leader of the Xu family's side clan, and he has been taking care of the Xu family's side family affairs, originally he was not ready to speak, just listened to Qin Duan's meaning, if he didn't make the Xu family suffer the big crime of exterminating the nine clans, this is a big deal, you must know that the Xu family's side line is also within the nine clans.

"Hehe, since you want me to talk about it, I'll talk about it, now our Great Qin Dynasty is not very peaceful, there are Xiongnu in the north, there are disasters in the northwest and rebellions in the northwest, these are all going to fight, this war, it will cost money, our Mu family has heard that the imperial court doesn't seem to have much money, and the treasury is empty?" Qin Du said.

"What does the emptiness of the treasury have to do with our Xu family?" Xu Donghai asked a little puzzled.

"It doesn't matter, it's not what you tell me, you have to say what the court says, originally your Xu family is the richest man in Jiangnan, and the richest man in the Great Qin Dynasty is Prince Yu in the capital, but once the Xu family and our Mu family join forces to open up the fabric market in the north and south, the richest man in the world is your Xu family, it is really famous all over the world, hehe." Qin Du said with a smile.

"Qin Gongzi, what do you mean?"

Cold sweat began to break out on Xu Dongliang's forehead, if it was really like what this Qin Gongzi said, the Xu family was really in danger.

"There is a saying, I don't know if you have heard of it, people are afraid of being famous, and pigs are afraid of being strong." Qin Duan said after taking a sip of tea.

"People are afraid of being famous, pigs are afraid of being strong? What do you mean? Xu Dongyi asked with some incomprehension, after all, there was no such thing in the Great Qin Dynasty.

"When the pig is strong, it will be killed and eaten, is this man? I don't need to say anything. ”

Qin Duan said that he didn't talk about it here, and it would be meaningless to continue talking, let the Xu family understand it by themselves, and it would have an effect than what he said.

"What do you mean, the imperial court will attack our Xu family?" Xu Dongliang asked.

"Didn't I just say that? I don't know, by the way, I'm here to talk about the joint venture with your Xu family, I don't know what your Xu family masters have opinions. ”

Qin Duan said that if he was so intimidated by himself, if the Xu family still wanted to join forces with the Mu family, Qin Duan could really only admire the courage of the Xu family.

"Forget about the joint venture."

Xu Dongyi thought for a while and said, after all, what Qin Duan said is very reasonable, once the cloth market in the north and south is opened, the Xu family will soon become the richest family in the world, this is really looking for death, whether it is the emperor today, or the court and those people of the royal family, they don't want to see the Xu family rich and rival the country, when the time comes, it will really be as Qin Duan said, a big disaster is coming.

"In that case, then I have nothing to say goodbye to."

Qin Duan stood up and said, the goal has been achieved, Qin Duan doesn't want to stay in this Xu family for longer, how can he say that he is not familiar with the Xu family, there is nothing to talk about, it is better to go back early to wash and sleep.

"Wait a minute, Gongzi Qin, you better sit down first, we still have a few questions that we need to ask you for advice."

Xu Dongyi saw that Qin Du was leaving, and hurriedly said. At this time, Xu Dongyi didn't dare to put on the qualifications of a big official, after all, Xu Dongyi's psychology was very uneasy when Qin Duan said this, if it was really as Qin Duan said, the Xu family was really finished, this was related to the life and death of the entire family, and there was no difference.

"But it's really not early, if I go back late, my second uncle will be in a hurry."

Qin Du said with an embarrassed face, but he was overjoyed in his heart, he didn't expect that he would flicker so lightly and scare these Xu family members enough.

However, Qin Du is not untargeted, if the Xu family is really associated with the Mu family, it will soon become the richest man in the Great Qin Dynasty, although the Xu family is very prominent, but compared to the entire Great Qin Dynasty, the Xu family can only be regarded as a second-rate family, a second-rate family has become the richest family in the Great Qin Dynasty, and the consequences will be known if you think about it.

"It's okay, Steward Liu, you send someone to Master Mu's house and tell Master Mu, our Xu family will have a banquet for Master Qin in the evening, and Master Qin won't go back in the evening, by the way, we will prepare a table of good dishes in the kitchen immediately, and today we will not get drunk with Master Qin."

Xu Dongyi said to the middle-aged man who had been sitting in the living room without speaking. Sometimes, I have to admire these officials, who change their faces as quickly as turning a book.

"Yes, second master, I'll go and prepare." After Steward Liu finished speaking, he went out of the living room to make arrangements.

"Lord Xu, you are too polite." Qin Du said with an embarrassed expression.

"Yes, if it weren't for Gongzi Qin coming to sue us about this, our Xu family would really be the same as Shen Wanqian in your story, and we don't know how to die." Xu Dongyi said.

"Actually, Lord Xu, you just didn't think of it for a while, I think if I just don't come, your Xu family will also be aware of this problem." Qin Du said.

"Qin Gongzi, now we know that there may be a way to save it, if it's too late, it may really be powerless."

Xu Dongliang opened his mouth and said, if this matter weren't for this Qin Gongzi, and he would have given his own people, he would never have realized this problem, those who have high merit and the master will die, and those who are rich enough to rival the country, will there be a good end? Xu Dongliang is scared when he thinks about it now.