Chapter 14: The Banquet
After Steward Liu left, the study was quiet again, and Ye An looked at a long list on the table.
Lu Niu, deputy director
Sheng Gang, enshrined
Chang Maojiu, Jersey Road Caravan Chief
Wen Wu, captain of the caravan on the Jersey Road
......
This is the name of the Ye family's supervisor and worship, and it is also the list of secret agents who have secretly mastered the family to hand in and betray the family's interests.
The family is big, and there are always people who can't control their hands and feet, and the moths on this list are the ones that his father gave him to use to establish his authority when he left.
After all, he's only fifteen!
The age of the weak crown to take the position of the head of the family is the suspicion of the lord Shaoguo, if he does not show his strength, shock people's hearts, and grasp the Ye family as soon as possible, then he will be stripped of power and become a puppet family master.
The bigger problem is that he is the only one in the entire Ye family now, and if he goes, there will be no one to inherit the huge family business.
With the accumulation of three thousand years of family and the wealth of the sky, this large piece of fat will inevitably attract the covetousness of a large group of jackals.
How many jackals there are, naturally how many people want to take a risky blow.
Ye An is just a mortal, and he doesn't have the time to guard against these people day and night.
It's better to wait passively than to be proactive!
The banquet four days later was an opportunity he gave to see how many cows, ghosts, snakes, gods, and ghosts jumped out automatically.
The scene will be very lively at that time, Ye An smiled, and then looked at the one-person-tall account book beside him, but before that, he had to settle these things first.
......
Not long after Steward Liu left, the news that the Ye family held a banquet in Yanliu Town during the Dragon Dance Festival spread from Qingpu Ridge to Luojiang City, and soon entered the ears of the major families and wealthy merchants in Luojiang City, and Ye An, the new head of the family, would appear in the banquet.
There are four major families in Luojiang City, one big and three small, the big finger is naturally the Ye family, the three little fingers are the Hong family who deal in grain and cloth, the Chen family who sells salt and drives the fleet, and the Wang family who runs the carriage and horse shop and dart bureau.
The Langya Pavilion in the Hong family's mansion is the favorite place for the old man Hong, who drinks tea in the Langya Pavilion every day at noon and enjoys the breeze and sunshine.
"Dad, big things are coming, big things are coming!" Hong Houlin ran into Langya Pavilion with a shout, and said loudly: "Dad, that guy Ye Cheng handed over the position of head of the family to his son." ”
"It's not surprising!" Hong Jinluan calmly took a sip of tea, and continued: "None of their Ye family masters can last more than twenty years, and it is normal for them to change shifts in the past seventeen years. ”
"No, I'm not saying that. Hong Houlin explained.
"Sit down. Hong Jinluan glanced at his son and said calmly
Hong Houlin took a deep breath and sat quietly opposite Hong Jinluan, Hong Jinluan poured a cup of fragrant tea for Hong Houlin, and said flatly: "Drink tea." ”
"Dad, Dragon Dance Festival, the little cub of the Ye family is going to hold a banquet in Yanliu Town, and he will appear when the time comes, this is an opportunity!" Hong Houlin finished speaking in one breath, then picked up the cup and drank the dry tea in one gulp.
Hong Jinluan shook his head and said, "Whenever there is calm in major events, when will your frizzy temperament change, it is estimated that you will be able to enter the foundation building period." ”
"Dad, this is an opportunity!" Hong Houlin said eagerly, "Kill that little cub, the Ye family's business is not ours yet!"
For the Ye family's sky-high wealth, he has been hot for a long time.
"Hmph. Hong Jinluan snorted coldly, put down the cup, and said, "Do you know why I don't leave the affairs of the family to you?"
"It's because of your frizzy nature!"
"Dad, why am I so frizzy?" Hong Houlin said aggrievedly.
Hong Jinluan glanced at his son, sighed, and said, "If you weren't frivolous, you wouldn't have the idea of the Ye family's wealth, your eldest brother saw this problem thoroughly at the age of twelve, otherwise I wouldn't have chosen him to join the Qingshan faction instead of you." ”
Hearing this, Hong Houlin was resentful, and he asked himself that his spiritual root talent was better than that of his eldest brother, but his father chose the eldest brother instead of him.
Hong Jinluan shook his head and said, "You know the puppet sect of the Ye family, right?"
"Of course, isn't this just a joke, a family of waste plays behind closed doors, who doesn't know in the whole Luojiang City!" Hong Houlin sneered.
Hong Jinluan glanced at Hong Houlin with some disappointment, and said, "Then have you seen the Chen family's jokes?"
"Have you seen the Wang family's jokes?"
"Did you see me laughing at people?"
Hong Houlin thought about it and really didn't find that the two families had a shameful behavior with his father, and suddenly had some aftertaste.
"Hmph, although that puppet sect seems to you to be a joke, it was a nightmare three thousand years ago. ”
As if remembering something, Hong Houlin frowned and said, "Isn't that a story?"
"If the Puppet Sect is really so strong that even a Divine Transformation Cultivator can kill him, then why is he still cowering in that place? And the entire Immortal Cultivation World has never heard of the name of the Puppet Sect. ”
Hong Jinluan said: "I don't know why they shrank in that place in Qingpuling, but our Hong family, the Chen family, and the Wang family moved here because of that story, understand?"
"This ——!," Hong Houlin was speechless in shock.
"I know why your eldest uncle and your brother were able to join the Jiuhua faction?"
"Do you know why Chen Tang of the Chen family and Wang Kun of the Wang family were able to join the Qiankun Sect and the Heavenly Evil Sect?"
"That's because the ancestors of our three families are all from these three factions, and they were sent here three thousand years ago to monitor the puppet sect's Ye family's every move. ”
"Otherwise, with your brother's miscellaneous spirit root qualifications, you can enter the eyes of the Jiuhua Sect Master?"
"This ......" Hong Houlin was shocked and didn't know what to say, at this time he recalled that the Ye family occupied Qingpu Ridge and had nearly 100,000 people, and the court let it go, even the taxes were collected by the Ye family.
If it were for the few Qi refining period cultivators of his Ye family, they would have been devoured a long time ago, and it turned out that there was a lot of articles in it.
"There are some things that should be known to you, if you have time to go to my study, there is the news about the Ye family and the puppet sect that our family has collected for many years, after reading it, you will know why the Ye family can gain a stable foothold here. ”
Hong Jinluan took a sip of fragrant tea and said indifferently: "I'll take you over to this banquet, you don't want to bring anything, just bring your ears and eyes, and close your mouth for me." ”
"This time, the Ye family kid is unusual, and he dares to step out of Qingpu Ling's lair, that must be his certainty, and the Ye family's wealth does not know how many people's eyes will be fascinated. ”
"That kid from the Ye family is still spinning in the quenching realm, four days later, you go to the warehouse to get a bottle of Yijin Washing Pill as a congratulatory gift!"
Hong Houlin took a deep breath, nodded and turned to leave.
At the same time, the Chen family, the Wang family, and the prefect all heard the news, and several families coincidentally made the same choice - to calm down.
But not everyone made the same choice as the Hong family, the Chen family, the Wang family, and the prefect.
The son of Lu Yuanwai, a well-known philanthropist in the city, quietly left the city; the steward of Tian Zhen's family, a wealthy merchant who sold medicinal herbs, left the city to make purchases; Zuo Nian, the owner of the Tiger Elephant Martial Arts Hall, gathered all his close disciples; and Guan Lin, the captain of Qipin Yilu, hosted a banquet at home to entertain his subordinates......
For a moment, the air in the entire Luojiang City seemed to be agitated.