There are a total of twelve big families in the inner city of Sunset City, and they are the pillars of Sunset City in all walks of life.

Among them, there are eight families with a long history, which are rumored to be the descendants of the founders who came to this world together before the Sunset City was built, and the descendants of the founders who opened up this land have a history of hundreds or even thousands of years. Their names are Xinshui, Yuanta, Shendi, Dipping Field, Yaoshi, Fan Zhong Falcon, Tian Twelve Festival, and Wei Huai.

"The most primitive eight families."

This is the common sense that Mr. De once taught Gu Chuan's Sunset City.

As the name suggests, it can also be seen from the name that these eight families are in charge of the water, construction, excavation, agriculture, medicine and sacrifice, animal husbandry, astronomical calendar and funeral in Sunset City. The council was first formed in the era of the founding of the castle in order to reconcile the contradictions between multiple families, including these eight families.

"But in fact, according to Mr. De, the historical development of Sunset City is the history of His Majesty's suppression of the original eight families."

Gu Chuan bit his nails and said.

"Originally, border residents were not allowed to become citizens, but now there are several openings. Originally, the council was all controlled by people from the original eight families, but now it is also mixed with some people who do not belong to the major families. The next four families started by relying on the patriarch who first entered the council to gradually make profits. ”

This startled the young people.

"Did getting involved in the council become the key to getting started? On the contrary, did the patriarchs of those families obtain great selfish benefits from their respective families? Riverbank asked.

"Judging by the results...... That is true. Gu Chuan replied.

The evening classes of the people of Rizhao Village have been transformed into history classes and social analysis classes. The bank is still developing as usual, and the young people are actively preparing for possible competition from PharmaBlock.

Gu Chuan prepared a stack of scratch paper and put it on the table, and as he spoke, he sketched on the paper,

"Not only that, His Majesty continued to support a small number of bills, in the past, he split the control of the Round Tower family over the building, the control of medicine and sacrifice by the Dipping Field and the Medicine Stone, rejected the monopoly of the original eight families on the land of Sunset City, and also forbade them to develop tenant farmers on a large scale, and some time ago suppressed the Shendi family's strange trade in strange things, which made the Shendi family plummet."

He'an's face turned pale, and after communicating with Gu Chuan, he also knew that the bankruptcy of his previous employer, Doctor Ding, was nothing else, it was precisely because the Shendi family was suppressed that the odd bond market was in an avalanche.

Qinglu grabbed her single ponytail, lowered her head, and asked another question in a low voice.

"And which family does the crown that no one is allowed to talk about?"

When Gu Chuan heard this, he showed a blank expression:

"Mr. De never mentioned this, only that His Majesty has been in power for a long time, and he has been in the position since he was a child."

Gu Chuan kept recalling, but found that Mr. De was also silent about His Majesty. Even though it was his direct employer, the Yuanta family, Mr. De closed the door and opened the curtain, and slandered as usual. But His Majesty, Mr. De only said a few euphemistic words, and the most serious thing was to say to Gu Chuan that His Majesty's power overrode the council.

Gu Chuan racked his brains before he thought that the history chapter of the encyclopedia had recorded that during several city founding festivals, His Majesty had a private chat with the patriarch of the Tianxijie family.

"Your Majesty, you may have a very good personal relationship with the Heavenly Twelve Festival family."

This bit of information obviously doesn't care about revealing the face of the crown.

The so-called crown is the ruler's top hat, and under the crown is the person who wears the ruler's top hat, which means the supreme ruler of Sunset City.

However, the civilians of Sunset City also know very little about the crown, and although they usually think of the title of the crown, they don't know anything about the deeper content.

This was a common state in ancient times when information was not developed, not to mention the name of the emperor, and even the name of the dynasty sometimes did not know that it had been changed. It's just that His Majesty is already the lord of a city, and the decree will be issued directly to the inner and outer cities, and the people in the inner and outer cities don't even know the name of the city lord, so it can't be considered normal.

"I see......"

Qinglu muttered.

"His Majesty may not belong to the Primordial Eight Families, and his family name is not obvious. Mr. De didn't say much, and I told you that Mr. De has nothing to do with me anymore, and I don't want to look for him anymore, so I don't know much about His Majesty. ”

"Actually, we don't know much about the original eight. To us, they are like gods living in legends, and they have nothing to do with our lives! ”

Pebble said coldly, making everyone stunned, and they were all stunned.

After that, it's powerless.

I want to find a backer, but I don't know what path to follow. And they don't know anything about this group of people who may become backers.

A few insects chirped outside the building, and a few steps downstairs. In the cloudy night, everything was heavy.

The young men were confused as they gathered around the sheet with the names of the twelve families written on it.

"Or, do we want to learn from the concave face merchant and join forces with the Deep Earth family."

Pebbles had a bad idea.

Gu Chuan shook his head:

"The conflict with PharmaBlock is no more trivial than a small fight in the bicycle business. I'm afraid that the Deep Earth family won't want to interfere either. But then I consulted with the concave merchant to see if the path would be easier. ”

These words make the child's heart feel troubled.

At this time, Qinglu whispered:

"So...... Suppose you want to find a backer, if you really want to find a backer, Brother Ogawa...... Can we find a crown? If you want to find it, you can find the biggest ...... Isn't it? ”

Gu Chuan looked at Qinglu, and Qinglu somehow immediately lowered his head.

"That's true."

He said.

"That's what I think, and I want to work with the council."

It's just that it's also a difficult road.

Not to mention anything else, whether it is the twelve surnames in the inner city or the original eight families, at least they all have business and land in the outer city, and if there is a need, they will definitely be able to get in touch.

But the crown is different, and there are only two ways to contact the crown and the next, from the encyclopedia history or the earlier history of the city chronicles. One is the founding festival celebration – which is already missed. Next time, I have to wait for the next big heat. The second is to enter the inner city and apply to the council for an audience.

"You want to meet His Majesty?"

When Gu Chuan asked the concave-faced merchant sideways, the concave-faced merchant showed a surprised expression.

"Do you have any ideas?"

"You're right. There is only one way to apply to the council. ”

The concave face merchant said.

"That's a problem...... I'm not familiar with the council either. ”

"You are also a star nobleman in the city now, so it may not be impossible to make some money."

"But this is the trouble, the money ability costs money!"

Gu Chuan said.

"In the face of competition from Pharmastone Bank, my money is also in a panic."

"Is it not going well?"

The concave-faced merchant's eyes were shining, he didn't know the truth about the Chuanshui Bank, and he was naturally curious about what the recent competition between the newly opened Yaoshi Bank in the city and the Chuanshui Bank would go.

Gu Chuan didn't know that the concave-faced businessman had a complicated mind, and his face was still light and light, and he said lightly:

"The opposite side is menacing, and it is difficult to ride a tiger, so we have to come up with some solutions."

"It seems that you are very confident, so I can rest assured of you. We are all partners, you can tell me about any difficulties. I will never lie to you. ”

Where did Gu Chuan dare to talk about his predicament!

The last thing he believed in in his life was a businessman. You must know that the so-called business alliance is the people who are connected by doing business, not because of money.

It's only about money, when you don't have money, can you believe it?

Gu Chuan didn't dare to ask himself.

Later, the concave merchant said that someone had already approached him at the Medicine Stone. The concave face merchant is also a new upstart in Sunset City, and naturally a potential customer of PharmaBlock Bank. Yaoshi Bank offered an interest rate of nearly two points per solar term to the concave-faced merchants, which made the concave-faced merchants also feel excited.

What a staggering difference of one percent!

Gu Chuan was silent when he heard this.

"I'm afraid, the days of peace at Sunset City Bank are numbered."

The concave-faced merchant said with a smile while observing Gu Chuan's face.

It's not just not much, it's actually started.

The offensive of the medicine stone bank lies in the invisible, it is not a fantasy fight, and it will not ride directly on the face. The Yakushi clan will not use offensive strange objects against people under the constraints of the council.

When the teenagers woke up one night, they found that there were people everywhere in several urban areas discussing the newly opened Yaoshi Bank, saying the slogan shouted by Yaoshi Bank, saying that Yaoshi Bank had absorbed more than one million deposits on the first day, and was building a super-large vault in order to save money.

"How can there be so many?"

Hearing this, Riverbank slammed his fist into the table.

"It's normal. Pharmastone Bank is not like us in Sunset City, they have no foundation, some of them are people, and some are small families and small businessmen who are attached to them. Maybe your former teacher also relied on the Yaoshi family to eat and buy medicinal materials from the Yaoshi family, and as soon as Yaoshi put pressure on them, they would naturally choose Yaoshi Bank and make up a good number for Yaoshi Bank's good start. ”

As Gu Chuan imagined, PharmaBlock Bank also started from the group of businessmen who had the most motivation for the need for money safekeeping. PharmaBlock's method of expanding its business is very simple: coercion, intimidation and inducement.

The inducement is the interest, the actual benefit.

The intimidation lies in the fact that Yaoshi Bank is consciously or unconsciously belittling the existence of Chuanshui Bank, believing that Chuanshui Bank was created by border people and is really not safe enough.

And the Yaoshi family has an extraordinary ability to control the medical industry of the entire Sunset City, it is that everyone can get sick, so they need medicine and treatment, which is the coercion of the Yaoshi family.

After only half a solar term, Yuhua and Qinglu, who were in charge of the accounts, found that many large customers and businessmen had asked to take out all of them.

The deposits they occupy are one-tenth of the bank's deposits, and if all of them are withdrawn, the bank's capital flow will inevitably be broken.

Pebbles and Hongsha are both very sociable, and communicating with these businessmen one by one, it is a promise and a concession, which is barely stable.

When they returned, they brought back many of the conditions offered by the Pharmastone Bank, as well as their own pained and uneasy faces.

"Pharmastone Bank has also gone too far."

The riverbank couldn't help but slap the table and shouted:

"We're not doing anything yet, so why do they make us enemies? Why is that? ”

"Riverbank, this is because the concept of a bank is what we came up with!"

Pebble pursed his lips.

"We will naturally be targeted by those who come after us...... Just like Brother Chuan said...... It's not something we can do without fighting. ”

The teenagers' quarrels were frustrating with each other. No one can have confidence on their faces.

At that time, Gu Chuan withdrew from the quarrel.

He was asking a few craftsmen hired by the bank to make him a few gifts for His Majesty.

This is the case for a day, and it is also the same for more than ten days, and I no longer care about the dynamics of PharmaBlock Bank.

This made the young people even more uneasy.

One night, He'an couldn't help but knock on the door of Gu Chuan's bedroom.

When Gu Chuan opened the door, he saw that the riverbank had two black eyes, and he was pale and weak when he walked. He hurriedly told Gu Chuan about the decision to withdraw the deposit and deposit it in Yaoshi Bank that he had received another batch of businessmen today.

Gu Chuan also listened carefully, but there was no reaction after listening.

The river bank waited for a while, and when he saw that Gu Chuan still didn't speak, he said:

"Xiaochuan, what do you think we should do?"

"What else can I do?"

In the dark, followed by a little candlelight, Gu Chuan's eyes were exceptionally bright:

"Didn't we say that we want to find a backer?"

The river bank was deflated all of a sudden, sat on the ground, and asked Gu Chuan with concern:

"What's wrong with you!"

"I was thinking, why can't PharmaBlock get along with us? Do you have to tempt the merchants who deposit with us? ”

The more he talked, the more angry he became, and when he was the most angry, he couldn't help but hammer his chest with his fist.

Gu Chuan was angry and funny:

"Riverbank, riverbank, you don't know, all kinds of human behaviors are like riding a tiger, since you have taken the first step, it will be difficult to ride a tiger."

The river bank always had illusions, and Gu Chuan only had a sense of urgency.

"For example, this banking business has reached the point where it is impossible to be good with competitors or new competitors."

If you want to move forward, you have to go head-to-head with your opponent.

If you want to retreat, your opponent will not retreat, and you will be forced by the trend of the times.

If you want to stay the same, then the opponent's progress will crush you to death until you are left with nothing!

"Which side is less expansive, and when the other side expands, others will eat you. What is good, gentle, that is not capable of expansion, will be brought down by something that is harsh, crazy, and constantly expanding. There is only one best, most likely way for us to do good. ”

"What is it?"

Riverbank asked.

In the dead of night, I don't know when, Gu Chuan looked up and saw several young people also piled up outside the door, listening to them, he knew that these people were all nervous now.

The joy of success is gone.

"Negotiate clearly with the PharmaBlock family, complete the merger and acquisition, and merge the two into one, so as to completely cancel the competitive relationship. After that, we may have to work for the Medicine Stone family!"

This is unacceptable to the young people, and it is also unacceptable to Gu Chuan.

"That's it, the success rate won't be high. When the time comes, the king of Yaoshi Bank will say that those little ghosts will still disgust us every day. ”

"But don't worry."

In the dim candlelight, Gu Chuan pulled up the riverbank, opened the door again, saw the timid faces of the group of young people, and said calmly:

"I've already spoken to the council office outside the city, and the application has been approved. Soon, I will be able to meet His Majesty...... At least the spokesperson for the crown. ”

Outside the door, Gu Chuan turned his head and stood on tiptoe, looking at the unreachable inner city.

Countless lights are like stars, floating up and down the inner city, like a shining ocean, illuminating the slowly flowing Huai Shui.

And the supreme ruler of Sunset City lives there.