In the Qin family's mansion southwest of Tokyo, Qin Fangzheng, as the head of the family, sat in the study with a sad face, thinking about the affairs of the family. Qin Fang has a total of three daughters and one son, three of which have been married early, but the remaining son Qin Xiang makes him a headache, because Qin Xiang has always refused to get married, the matchmaker introduced many women from good families, but Qin Xiang didn't fancy any of them, and finally offended the matchmaker, and simply stopped coming to their door.

Qin Fang didn't worry much about his son's marriage, but unfortunately Qin Xiang was not in a hurry at all, speaking of which Qin Xiang was good at everything, although he was ordinary, he was also polite and polite, and his personality was also very gentle, and the means of doing business had almost learned from him, half of the family's business was taken care of by him, but he was very stubborn in marriage, and he had not married until he was in his twenties, and even Qin Fang once doubted whether his son had a habit of breaking his sleeves, if this was the case, then he really had no place to cry. After all, he's just such a son.

But fortunately, two years ago, Qin Xiang went to other places to collect debts, and actually rescued a girl in the river, Qin Fang didn't care at that time, but what he didn't expect was that Qin Xiang fell in love with this woman named Yinniang at first sight, not only took care of each other meticulously, but also tried to please the other party, this is the first time Qin Fang has seen his son interested in women.

Qin Fang has also seen Yinniang a few times, and he also feels good about this smart and clever woman, if Yinniang was from a lower background, Qin Fang didn't care much, after all, he was almost driven crazy by his son's marriage, but Yinniang was obviously not an ordinary woman, because she was not only literate, but also knew arithmetic, music, etc., and Qin Fang also asked a few times about her life experience. But Yin Niang didn't want to say more every time, as for Qin Xiang, although he also wanted to know Yin Niang's life experience, but when he saw that Yin Niang didn't say it, he didn't ask much, in his own words, that is, he didn't care about Yin Niang's previous background at all. As long as she's willing to be by her side.

Qin Fang was also quite helpless about his son's infatuation, as for Yinniang, she may have some concerns at first, and she was not very willing to accept Qin Xiang, but later she was slowly moved by Qin Xiang, and as a result, last year, she finally agreed to marry Qin Xiang, but Qin Xiang was overjoyed and wanted to marry her immediately. Although Qin Fang still had some concerns about Yinniang's life experience, he couldn't stand his son's insistence, so he could only agree, so he held a wedding for them last summer.

After marriage, Qin Xiang and Yinniang were very affectionate, which made Qin Fang feel a lot more relieved, and Yinniang's expression also made him very satisfied, not only very filial to their couple. And he got along very well with his three daughters who were married outside, which he didn't expect. Yin Niang even knew the new arithmetic created by the king of Guangyang County, coupled with her cleverness, she was also very good at doing business, and as a result, she soon became Qin Xiang's good helper, and under the management of their young couple, their Qin family's grain business was thriving. It's a step up from when he was in charge of the business.

What makes Qin Fang even more satisfied is that just after the New Year this year, Yinniang is pregnant, although it is not obvious now, but this is enough to make the Qin family, which is scarce, celebrate. Qin Fang was even more drunk because of this, and he was even fantasizing about the scene of teasing Sun in the future.

However, it may also be because the Qin family was too smooth during this time, but they didn't expect a happy and sad event to happen, that is, their family's originally thriving business suddenly had problems, to be precise, it should have provoked the villain.

Everyone knows that although the profit of the grain business is not high, it is a very stable business, as long as the luck is not too bad, generally will not lose much money, and it is precisely because of this that the grain business in the capital has long been monopolized, and the monopoly people are the same royal family as Zhao Yan, such as his uncles and brothers, many of them are mainly engaged in opening grain stores, which is similar to the situation of Cao and Gao monopolizing the coal industry in the capital.

The so-called grain business of the Qin family, to be precise, should be the grain transportation business, which mainly transported rice and other grains from the south, and then sold them to those grain stores opened by the royal family, so as to earn a price difference. However, all transportation business is definitely not very easy to do, after all, the process of transportation alone is full of risks, and problems may occur if you are not careful, and it is precisely for this reason that those royal families do not look down on the business of grain transportation, which leads grain merchants like the Qin family to survive in the capital.

Originally, the Qin family's grain transportation business was not big, and it only supplied grain from the five medium-sized grain stores in the capital, but after Qin Xiang and Yinniang took over the business, they actually won the grain supply of a large grain store, which made the Qin family's business scale increase by more than three percent at once, which made the Qin family very happy.

However, the expansion of the Qin family has brought them a hidden danger, for example, the largest grain supplier in the capital is the Hu family in the south of the city, monopolizing the food supply of a small half of the capital, it just so happened that this time the old head of the Hu family abdicated to make way for Xian, and his son Hu Miao took the throne.

If it was before, a small and medium-sized businessman like the Qin family would not have been able to enter Hu Miao's eyes, but some time ago, the expansion of the Qin family attracted the attention of many people in the industry, and as a result, Hu Miao decided to buy the Qin family's business almost as soon as he patted his head, firstly, to expand his own business, and secondly, to establish his own authority, so that outsiders would know that he, the new head of the Hu family, was not easy to mess with.

Qin Fang's father and son never expected that disaster would fall from the sky, and they would be targeted by such a big thing as the Hu family, and the Hu family's actions were very fast, half of the six grain stores supplied by the Qin family were robbed by the other party in just a few days, and the remaining half were also swaying, of course, this is not only the reason for the Hu family's wealth, in addition, the Hu family also has a close marriage with the royal family, and with this level of kinship, it is easy for them to take away the Qin family's grain store.

The supply of grain stores is less than half, which has already plunged the Qin family into a crisis, and what is even worse is that the Qin family has already entered a large amount of grain before, and these grains have been hoarded in their hands, and it is not too difficult for the six grain stores to digest these grains, but now the six grain stores are less than half, and the remaining half is also ambiguous, and they are not in a hurry to buy at all, which makes this batch of grain almost smashed in the hands of the Qin family, and they can't receive food payments at all.

Grain transportation merchants generally owe grain on credit in the hands of merchants in the grain producing areas, and then sell it after transporting it to the destination, and only then will they give the money to the merchants in the producing areas when they get the grain payment, but now the Qin family can't get the money, and they can't pay the money at all, and as a result, even the caravan transporting grain has been deducted, so now the Qin family is also in a hurry to raise money to repay the debt.

Thinking of the predicament in business, Qin Fang in the study couldn't help sighing, for the persecution of the Hu family, he had already found someone to go to the Qin family to make peace, hoping that the other party could raise his noble hand, but unfortunately that Hu Miao was determined to take the Qin family to establish his authority, and he didn't pay attention to the Qin family's peace at all, even if the Qin family was willing to give up another grain store and only keep the supply of two grain stores.

"It seems that this time it is really difficult to escape, so if you can't do it, you will pack your luggage and go back to your hometown in the south!" In the end, Qin Fang suddenly said to himself, people who do business will leave a way back for themselves, and the Qin family is no exception, they still have hundreds of acres of fertile land in their hometown, and if they can't do it, they will go home to farm and collect rent, but they don't have to worry about starving to death.

However, as soon as Qin Fang's words fell, he saw Qin Xiang suddenly rush into the study in a hurry, and said loudly with an excited face: "Dad! Come out and take a look, Hu Miao and the shopkeepers of the six grain stores are all here, saying that they are here to apologize. ”

"Apologies? Your ears are not misheard, right? Qin Fang was also shocked when he heard the news, Huo Ran stood up and said, he was now wondering if he was dreaming, otherwise how could such a thing happen.

"Dad, you can see it when you go outside, it is indeed Hu Miao who came with a gift, and his posture is very low, and he keeps saying that he has eyes and does not know Taishan, this is not to apologize, but to do it?" Qin Xiang said excitedly again at this time, he is usually a steady character, but today's events are too unexpected, so he is so excited.

When Qin Fang heard his son say this, he couldn't stay any longer, and hurried to the front hall with big strides, and sure enough, he saw Hu Miao, who was about thirty years old, standing in the hall with his hands tied, and there were six other men, old or young, who were the shopkeepers of the six grain stores he supplied before, but these people were now the same as Hu Miao, all of them stood there with a humble look, and they no longer had the arrogance and sleek before.

As soon as Qin Fang came in, Hu Miao immediately stepped forward with six shopkeepers, apologizing and apologizing, not caring about their own face at all. Although Qin Fang was mentally prepared, he was still a little flattered, and he didn't know what to say, so he could only try to be polite and polite, and then Hu Miao took the lead in sending the gift, and in order to express the Hu family's apology, in addition to returning the three grain stores to the Qin family, he also took the initiative to give up the grain supply of two grain stores to the Qin family, so that the Qin family had the supply of eight grain stores at once.

Qin Fang was also stunned for Hu Miao to give such a generous apology all of a sudden, but the other party didn't give him a chance to refuse at all, so he took out the written note on the spot, and then pulled the dizzy Qin Fang to sign, and then got up to say goodbye, at this time Qin Fang's father and son finally came to their senses and hurriedly sent each other out of the door.

It's just that after sending Hu Miao away, Qin Fang and Qin Xiang's father and son were still confused, and they couldn't figure out what was going on? But this is still a good thing in general, so Qin Xiang hurriedly ran back to the inner house to tell his wife Yinniang about the matter, but after Yinniang listened, her face showed a complicated look, and she had vaguely guessed the reason for the Hu family's sudden change of attitude. (To be continued......)