Pang Qi's heart was not calm.

Five years ago, it was the most difficult and painful time for him, his own cultivation reached a bottleneck and could not be broken, everything was not going well in the family, and the income of the shops he took care of declined.

His son Pang Ling originally had good cultivation qualifications, but because he got few pills, he lagged behind the stupid sons of the head of the family, and he was about to embark on his old path of middle-aged and depressed.

At this time, a wealthy businessman who claimed to be from Jiangnan came to the door through a business friend of the silk village he managed, saying that they had good silk and hoped to supply Pang Qi's silk village.

Although Pang Qi is only a marginal figure in Ponzi, he is still an existence that ordinary people look up to and stammer in the market. Ponzi is a behemoth after all, and giving a few channels to do business is enough to change the fate of ordinary businessmen.

Pang Qi takes care of several silk villages, naturally there are fixed suppliers, and under normal circumstances, Pang Qi cannot be replaced without reason.

But the other party's silk quality is really good, and the price is low, plus he has given Pang Qi a lot of personal benefits, so he has no reason to refuse.

With cooperation, under the intention of the other party, the two gradually came and went, and they became familiar with each other.

That merchant is worthy of being a wealthy merchant in the south of the Yangtze River, and his business is not only silk, but also high-quality porcelain and tea, which are also of high quality and low price.

In the Ponzi industry managed by Pang Qi, except for the silk village, which is a porcelain shop, it does not involve tea. Driven by huge profits, Pang Qi made the other party also his own porcelain supplier, and the relationship between the two sides went further.

At this time, the rich merchant spoke out about his predicament and hoped that Pang Qi would do him a favor.

It turned out that this wealthy businessman had offended an official in Jingzhao Mansion, and many of his shops were seized, and the other party also released a message to make him have no place in Yanping City.

In desperation, the wealthy businessman could only use his own connections to do everything possible to get through the relationship between the family. The real power figure in the family, he can't get along, and Pang Qi, a marginal figure, has become his lifeline.

The previous silk and porcelain were not really good and cheap, and the things in this world were worth every penny, and the reason why the rich merchant gave Pang Qi a low price was entirely because he didn't make money at all.

In order to let Pang Qi help, the rich merchant provided rich conditions, as long as Pang Qi could let his shop continue to open in Yanping City, the profits of all the shops could be divided into 30% of Pang Qi, and Pang Qi could be given a few tea houses.

When the wealthy merchant said the name of the official in Jingzhao Mansion, Pang Qi agreed to the other party's request. That's just a humble official, and the rank is not high, just a sixth-grade official, and he is the kind of official who has succumbed to the family.

Such an official with real power is high up to the common people, unable to confront head-on, and cannot be offended at all, but for Pang Qi, the steward of the scholarly family, he is just an ordinary existence.

Pang Qi came forward, and under both soft and hard measures, the poor official finally shook hands with the rich businessman because he did not dare to offend Pang Zi.

In this way, after a period of collusion, Pang Qi's relationship with the wealthy businessman became extraordinary.

Later, many shops opened by wealthy businessmen in Yanping City had Pang Qi's share of interests as an umbrella. The wealthy merchant even helped Pang Qi set up his own shop and caravan, allowing him to have more income.

Relying on the banner of Ponzi, the business of wealthy merchants became bigger and bigger, and they began to get involved in industries that needed protection such as kilns and gambling houses. Both of them have gained a lot, and the benefits are far from comparable to those of the original silk and porcelain business.

In order to avoid harming the public and private interests, the family has family rules, and the children of the clan are not allowed to own their own private property, and Pang Qi has his own shops and caravans, which has violated the clan rules.

But he has his own ambitions, and he doesn't want to be just a Ponzi bug for the rest of his life, and in the face of the constant wealth in his pocket, his desire is also increasing, and he wants more.

Later, the wealthy merchant said that he had a way to obtain the precious cultivation elixir, and he could get the "Panacea of All Spirits" produced outside the Saiwai, which had a miraculous effect on the cultivation of the Yuan Shen Realm to break through the realm, but it required a large amount of silver.

Pang Qi, who has fallen into the abyss of wealth and relied on this cultivation to increase his speed, in order to improve his strength and gain more wealth and power, after several trade-offs, he finally took the risk of joining forces with a wealthy businessman.

They joined forces in Guangling, a famous and prosperous city in Daqi, and crushed the entire pharmacy industry of Ponzi and replaced that market share.

Medicine has been a profiteering industry since ancient times, and in this way, it didn't take long for Pang Qi, who gained a lot of wealth, to get the "panacea" and successfully entered the late stage of the Yuanshen Realm.

With the qualitative change in the status of the family, Pang Qi has the same power as before, and he can provide more convenience for himself and wealthy businessmen.

The two were in cahoots, and even began to sell illicit salt, and their wealth grew rapidly again, more than they meddled in the pharmaceutical industry.

It was also from this time that Pang Qi realized that something was wrong.

The rich businessman's demands became more and more excessive, and he even asked Pang Qi to give him a detailed situation of the Pang family, whether it was in business or officialdom, and asked him to inquire about the affairs of the court, the national politics of Daqi, the people's livelihood in the prefecture and county, and so on.

Not only that, but the rich businessman even asked Pang Qi to buy some unambitious poor officials for his own use!

At this time, Pang Qi finally realized that this rich businessman was not simple, and he was by no means a serious private businessman!

For the first time, Pang Qi did not confront the rich businessman, but went to meet the previous one, the official of the Liupin Hanmen of Jingzhao Mansion. Under his torture, the other party honestly confessed: In fact, he has never felt sorry for the rich businessman!

He was originally a rich businessman, and he had long been bought by a rich businessman!

The difficulties of the rich businessmen in the past were just a game they did together.

The purpose is just to give the rich businessman a reason to approach and bribe Pang Qi, so that the two can quickly establish a relationship!

Pang Qi immediately reacted, it turned out that everything that happened before was a premeditated plan by a wealthy businessman. All the actions of the other party are to buy him as a child of the family.

After figuring out the cause and effect, Pang Qi pretended to have nothing to do with the rich businessman to dinner, and prepared to make a sudden attack during the banquet to control the other party.

However, when a wealthy merchant who cultivated to the Imperial Qi Realm came to the banquet, he actually brought a late Yuan Shen Realm and two mid-Yuan Shen Realm masters with him!

Pang Qi not only has no chance of winning, but he is also in prison.

The rich businessman who was there took out a large stack of papers, all of which were the account books of the industries that Pang Qi had colluded with him to establish by the two of them, as well as evidence that they had joined forces to defeat the Pang Clan's pharmaceutical industry in Yangzhou!

These things, once they are placed on Pang Qingde's desk, Pang Qi will definitely become the target of the Pang clan rules, and there will be no room for it.

Pang Qi invited the other party to the banquet, just to get these things back and get rid of the other party to prevent future troubles, but he didn't expect that there would be such a strong cultivator behind this rich businessman!

All his plans fell through.

Pang Qi, who was in the hands of a wealthy businessman, has since become the other party's marionette, and can only obey the other party's words.

Fortunately, this so-called rich businessman did not do anything excessive because of this, and the interests belonging to Pang Qi were not deprived at all, and Pang Qi still had a steady stream of financial benefits.

The other party did not force him to risk his life and death to do anything, and he was as polite and polite as ever when getting along, as if nothing had happened.

Pang Qi, who had no choice, gradually accepted reality.

What is the identity of the "rich businessman" is something Pang Qi has always wanted to know. After all, in Great Qi, only the masters of the late stage of the Yuan Shen Realm existed in the family.

Pang Qi couldn't get an answer to this question, and his doubts could only be doubts. He wanted to investigate, but because the other party held his fatal handle in his hands, he didn't dare to act rashly.

The only thing Pang Qi knows is that the "rich businessman" is not short of money.

There is no shortage of money, not because the other party has done a lot of business and earned a lot of wealth over the years when he has joined forces with him - this is only one aspect, but the other party has a strong family foundation from the beginning.

It is difficult for the poor to make money, it is easy for the rich to make money, and it is even easier for the super-rich to make money.

Because they have a strong family background, they can do all kinds of business, as long as they run it properly, there will be more and more silver in the prosperous era of Daqi.

What's more, the other party also has a strong cultivator as the backing, whether it is business competition or solving all kinds of troubles, it is a breeze.

Just like now, because the other party has money, he has befriended himself, so he has earned more silver.

This is definitely not the first time that the other party has used such a method, and Pang Qi knows this very well. If you have a large amount of silver, you can make friends with the children of the big clans and bribe officials, and under the collusion of officials and businessmen, making money is like drinking water.

The six-rank Hanmen official of Jingzhao Mansion is probably not the only Jingzhao Mansion official that the other party has bought. Compared with the children of the family, poor officials who have no money are easier to be bribed, and the risk is less and it is easier to deal with.

And once the other party is like him Pang Qi, revealing the handle in the other party's hands, he has to be controlled by the other party all the time, and it is impossible to break free.

As he got in touch with the other party more and more, Pang Qi was shocked and impressed by the strong financial resources and power shown by the other party. Later, he finally realized that he was just an ordinary chess piece in the opponent's hand.

Although he was already a powerful elder of the Pang Clan, there was nothing special in the eyes of the other party.

Pang Qi once suspected that in order to control him, the other party also planted eyeliner beside him.

It may be his concubine, or it may be his maid, or even the servant who cleans the courtyard may be the other party's person, who was either bought or coerced by the other party!

It's not that Pang Qi didn't want to turn back, but no matter what method he used to turn back, the previous guilt could not be erased.

Once the matter is exposed, his reputation will stink on the street, and no matter how difficult it is to be a man, the huge wealth he has now will disappear and be knocked to the dust.

A husband must not be without power for a day, much less without money.

Therefore, Pang Qi's plan is to use the power of the entire Pang family to wipe out the other party when he becomes the head of the Pang family, or Pang Lian becomes the head of the Pang family.

Until then, he must rely on his existing financial resources to continuously improve his strength.

This plan is not so much a plan as it is self-soothing.

This time, it was the first time that the other party showed an unprecedented strength in front of Pang Qi, and they had only one purpose: to unify the rivers and lakes of Yanping City.

Pang Qi was not surprised.

Becoming the master of the underground world of Yanping City, it goes without saying how convenient it will be. It's good for business, it's good for everything.

And the true identity of the other party is also partially revealed: they are the remnants of the Goshawk Gang.

Pang Qi also met the leader of the Goshawk Gang!

In this way, it is not surprising why the other party has strong strength, why he befriended him and bribed government officials. It's not that it's not strange at all, after all, there are masters in the late stage of the Yuan Shen Realm, but the doubts have dissipated a little.

The Goshawk Gang not only has power in Yanping City, but also has many rudders in the entire northern part of Great Qi. The Goshawk Gang in Yanping City was eradicated by the Duwei Mansion before, which does not mean that the Goshawk Gang will be completely wiped out.

This is the statement of the Goshawk gang leader.

It is logical that the Goshawk Gang will make a comeback, restore their position in Yanping City, and borrow the power of the Pang Clan to go further and unify the rivers and lakes of Yanping City.

And Pang Qi's duty is to mobilize Pang Shi to dispatch the officials of Jingzhao Mansion to cooperate on the bright side.

The condition given by the Goshawk Gang is that after the matter is completed, the Goshawk Gang is willing to be Ponzi's underground world allies, and they can help many things that Ponzi is inconvenient to do, and give Ponzi Sancheng Gang benefits.

The Goshawk Gang also has conditions for Pang Qi, including that the Goshawk Gang only recognizes Pang Qi among the Pang clan, and the two sides must pass through him. In this way, the importance of Pang Qi is highlighted.

All in all, it's settled.

The Mendi overthrew the Zhao family, and the civilian officials suppressed the generals, also for their own interests, and the Pang Clan helped the Goshawk Gang as long as there were enough interests, there was nothing that could not be done.

The carriage returned to the Pang Mansion, Pang Qi got out of the carriage, looked up and saw the moon in the middle of the sky, the night sky was full of stars, and a flowing black cloud was covering half of the moon.

He was silent for a moment.

Pang Qi knew very well that the Goshawk Gang was not the complete face of the other party.

He didn't know how strong the other party was, and what was the root of the scheme. He vaguely felt that after the success of this operation, maybe it would not take too many years for Daqi to have one more family.

The other party has a solid financial foundation, and has a great cultivator as the keel, and has also made friends with many family figures and officialdom officials. It is not inconceivable for such a force to grow into a family of Great Qi.

If it weren't for the sake of becoming a family, the other party would not be so interested in the major events of the court of Daqi, the civil and military disputes, and the national politics and people's livelihood.

Maybe that's the truth.

If yes, then everything makes sense.

Probably not.

If not, then everything is terrible.

Pang Qi didn't want to think about it.

It doesn't help to think too much.

He only knew that he had gone from a marginal figure in a family to a powerful elder of the family, and he could become stronger and more powerful, and even covet the position of the head of the family.

This is his struggle, the struggle to change his destiny and fulfill his lifelong ambitions.

Although this process is fraught with danger, at least for now, it will not be too much of a problem.

Once the operation was successful tonight, Ponzi helped the Goshawk Gang, and the entire family was tied to the Goshawk Gang's chariot. In the future, the entire Ponzi family will have a handle in each other's hands. Looking at it this way, he Pang Qi can also be much safer.

Of course, this may also make the situation of him and the Ponzi family more dangerous.

But because of the danger, he doesn't want to get ahead, he doesn't want to hold power?

The answer, of course, is no.

Haoyue was gradually completely enveloped by black clouds, Pang Qi retracted his gaze, and sighed in his heart:

"The world is dangerous, and life is difficult. Since ancient times, how can aspiring and ambitious people have lived an easy life?"