The group rode their horses and traveled slowly, but it didn't take long to reach the city of Jiangzhou.

Hearing that Zhang Rao had returned, the Qin family, who had asked someone to assassinate him, began to panic.

Qin family, Qin Mu walked around the hall with an anxious face, the servant handed over the tea and was also thrown to the ground, Qin Shi, who had just been in a romantic mood all night when he heard the movement, was also startled, and hurriedly got dressed from the room, and didn't have time to take care of the two young women on the bed, and ran straight to the hall.

"Father, what's going on? Why are you so angry? ”

Qin Mu looked at Qin Shi who was tired, and he was even more angry.

"Bastard thing, I only know that I am stuck in the pile of women all day long, and sooner or later I will kill you, if I am so attentive to my Qin family's business, how can I make that Zhang family infinitely beautiful, alas!"

"Father should be angry, isn't the child also thinking about inheriting the lineage for my Qin family as soon as possible! Father, why are you so anxious? ”

Qin Mu also eased up a little at this time, and said: "Alas, the Flying Shark Gang sent to assassinate Zhang Rao last night failed, and now that shaft has returned to Jiangzhou, with the ability of his Zhang family, I believe that he will soon be able to guess that it is my Qin family's handiwork and respond, if it is really out of control, with the current strength of my Qin family, I am afraid it will be difficult to compete with his Zhang family." ”

Qin Shi also understood the stakes of the matter, and his face became slightly heavy.

"Father, is there no other way? It's better for us to take the lead in showing goodwill to the Zhang family, so that the Zhang family will have no good reason to make trouble no matter how much they want to. ”

Syllable!! Qin Mu slapped Qin Shi directly in the face, Qin Shi only felt that his face was hot, and hurriedly said: "Father, even if the child says something wrong, you can't beat the child." ”

Qin Mu scolded angrily: "How could I, Qin Mu, give birth to such a bastard thing as you, you are just extravagant on weekdays, and now you actually say such spineless words from your mouth, it really annoys me!" I'm mad at me! ”

"Father, the child knows that he is wrong, but now it seems that there is no better way, the child is just in a hurry, please father don't blame the child."

Qin Mu looked at Qin Shi again, and then sighed: "Alas! It seems that this is the fate of my Qin family. ”

And Qin Shi suddenly thought of something at this time, and his eyes flashed.

"Shi'er, what did you think of?" Qin Mu also saw the changes in Qin Shi.

Qin Shi also leaned over with a smile and whispered something in Qin Mu's ear.

"No!! It's going to hurt her!! Besides, it's extremely difficult!! I'm afraid it's hard to do it! Qin Mu said suddenly after listening to Qin Shi's words.

Qin Shi said: "Father, now that my Qin family is at stake, if you hesitate any longer, it will be too late, besides, if the Qin family has something, everyone should contribute." ”

Qin Mu was silent, thought for a long time, and finally compromised, so he wrote a letter, hung on the foot of a special carrier pigeon, and flew eastward.

Seeing that the letter had been sent, Qin Shi also changed his previous attitude and said: "Father, just wait at home in the past few days, if the Zhang family dares to come to find trouble, it will only be them who will suffer at that time, so my father should be relieved." ”

"Alas, so far, that's all it can be, and I hope everything will be the same as we predicted." Qin Mu said a word, then sat down calmly, took a sip of the tea newly sent by the servant, and took a sip.

Qin Shi saw that Qin Mu's anger and worries had disappeared, so he hurriedly said goodbye and returned to his gentle hometown.

Qin Mu told at this time: "Bastard, you know that little, I will explain it to you today, you can do whatever you want at home these days, but don't go out to make trouble for me, if you see someone from the Zhang family, you can avoid it, don't make trouble in vain, otherwise you can let the Zhang family catch the spearhead until my Qin family." ”

Qin Shi replied with a hippie smile: "Knowing my father, the child has been making a good man at home in the past few days, and he will not go anywhere." After saying that, he ran away.

Qin Mu looked at his son and didn't think about anything except this lustful thing, although he was angry, but he was helpless, after all, the Qin family still pointed to him to inherit the ancestry, so he could only let him, just tossing for so many years, he was stunned that he couldn't add a son and a half daughter to the Qin family, the more Qin Mu thought about it, the more disappointed he felt.

And after Qin Shi left, he also ran to his room, and at this time, the two women in the room were already dressed and were about to leave.

"Two little beauties, don't you say hello to my brother when you leave in such a hurry?"

The two women were the prostitutes of the famous Qingyanagi House in Jiangzhou City, who were brought back by Qin Shi last night, and when they saw Qin Shi returning, one of them hurriedly said: "Young Master Qin misunderstood, the slave family just thought that the young master had something to do and was busy and it was inconvenient to disturb, and our sisters came out all night for fear that our mother would worry, so we were about to go back and tell them." ”

When Qin Shi heard this, he said: "Don't bother, I'll send someone to send money to tell the old bustard later, you will live in my house in the next few days, and accompany the young master and me to be happy, so naturally I won't treat you badly." ”

Qin Shi said and pushed the two women into the room with their arms and hugs, and in the middle of the day, there was another sound in the room that made people think about it.

At this time, Li Chouxin and others and Zhang Rao had already arrived at Zhangfu, but they didn't expect this Zhangfu to be set up exactly the same as Zhangfu in Oroling.

"Zhang Shao, it seems that the Zhang family is the richest man in Jiangzhou, although these arrangements are consistent with the Oroling, but the materials are very different, these are valuable strange stone bonsai, and even the trees are also precious varieties, which are really luxurious." Li Chou said.

Zhang Rao scratched his head and replied: "This is all made by my father, saying that he came here, he should be more magnificent, so that more people know the prestige of my Zhang family, and don't make fun of my worried brother." ”

While speaking, Zhang Shu walked out, and saw that Li Chouxin still had some resentment in his heart, but soon changed his face again, and said to Li Chouxin: "The sorrowful son is coming, it is really a disappointment, if there was no sorrowful son, there would be no Zhang family today, hurry up and use tea." ”

"The head of the Zhang family has something to say, is it possible that he is still blaming and worrying about what happened back then?" Li Chou also said bluntly.

Seeing Li Chouxin's words, Zhang Shu hurriedly smiled: "If you want to say that there is no resentment, it is false, but I am also grateful to the sorrowful son, if there was no sorrowful son back then, my Zhang family is afraid that it will only become a victim of their profits, and it will fall deeper and deeper into the quagmire, and the dog will not have the same spirit as it is today, so I am more grateful." ”

Li Chou also laughed and said, "In this case, Master Zhang, then we can be regarded as laughing and hating today, how about it?" ”

"It's so good, don't worry about it with the old man, and besides, the dog regards you as a confidant and idol, and the old man can't be unreasonable, right, since you're here, let's live for a few days." Zhang Shu replied.

So a few people laughed and walked into the hall of Zhang's mansion, and Zhang Shu immediately ordered his subordinates to prepare wine and food.

During the banquet, Zhang Rao and Zhang Shu talked about the Qin family's hiring of the Flying Shark Gang to assassinate him, and Zhang Shu was furious.

"It seems that this Qin family is determined to get along with my Zhang family, since they have already ridden on the head of my Zhang family, my Zhang family must not sit still."

Zhang Rao also said: "What does my father mean? Could it be that you have already made a decision? ”

Zhang Shu said: "Since everyone is in business, then let's see who is hard, Rao'er, and instruct to go down, and start raising the purchase price of sea salt and silk tomorrow, and all the goods on the first line of the East China Sea will be purchased at a price one or two higher than the Qin family, and see if his Qin family will be so arrogant if there is no supply." ”

After hearing this, Zhang Rao hurriedly said: "Father, if the Qin family raises the price, won't my Zhang family have to follow suit?" ”

Zhang Shu smiled and said: "Silly son, no matter how he raises the price, my Zhang family will accept it as ordered, and my father will have his own way to deal with him." ”

Li Chou also smiled: "The head of the Zhang family is really wealthy, but this is also a good way to kill people without seeing blood, of course, the premise is to have the financial resources of the Zhang family." ”

Zhang Shu also laughed and said: "This little trick is nothing, it was still seen through by the sorrowful son, but it was enough to deal with the Qin family." ”

Zhang Rao didn't understand what the two were talking about, but felt that he was surrounded by the conversation between the two.

The next day, the Qin family, who had not yet reacted, was hit by the impact of the Zhang family's sudden price hike, and the shopkeepers of the Qin family's major commercial houses ran to the Qin family one after another.

"Oh no! Master Qin, today all the suppliers in Jiangzhou City have gone to the Zhang family's shop, and the Qin family's shop not only has no goods, but even there are few customers. "One person is reporting to Qin Muyu.

When Qin Mu heard this, his face was very ugly, and he asked, "Tell me clearly, what is the situation?" ”

"Master, today the Zhang family seems to be crazy, without warning to increase the price of the purchase in the past by one or two, attracting all the suppliers to go to the Zhang family's shop, no matter how much is supplied, they all accept the order, and the selling price has not changed, this comes and goes, people are attracted by them."

When Qin Mu heard this, he suddenly felt that the situation was not good, and he suddenly became anxious.

But after a while, he suddenly said: "That's it, since the Zhang family wants to play a price war, then let's play with them, so that starting tomorrow, no matter how much the Zhang family bids, our Qin family is five yuan higher than them, and I don't believe in fighting them." ”

The person in charge of the shops had Qin Mu's words, and they were also like reassurances, and then left the Qin family and began to mobilize funds to prepare.

Another day, Jiangzhou's suppliers were all attracted by the Qin family, but it didn't take long for the Zhang family to raise the price again, and at the end of the day, the two suppliers were tired enough, but they were also tired and happy, after all, they had to earn a lot more than usual at the end of the day.

In the next few days, the two families were still like this, but it had no impact on the Zhang family, after all, the family foundation accumulated in the past year was very rich, but the Qin family was already stretched thin after three days.

Qin family, Qin Mu was so anxious that he turned around.

"! This Zhang family is rich, but I never thought that it would be so rich, the price war in the past few days has been pressing my Qin family day by day, and it is about to hollow out my Qin family, it is really not possible to go on like this. Qin Mu said as he looked at the account book in his hand.

"Father, according to the child, it's better to give it a go, no matter how much the Zhang family bids tomorrow, we won't move, and arrange some people to pretend to be suppliers to sell all the goods accumulated in the past few days to the Zhang family, so that the losses in these days can be made up, and maybe we can make more."

After listening to Qin Shi's words, Qin Mu's eyes lit up, and he couldn't help but glance at the cynical bastard son in front of him, and said again and again: "Good son, today is a sudden enlightenment, yes, just follow this method, with the goods that my Qin family has accumulated in the past few days, it will definitely make the Zhang family bleed, and if you order it, you will follow my son's method." ”

Sure enough, the next day, the Zhang family began to buy according to the practice of the previous days, but also found an abnormality, today's suppliers are especially many, and the goods supplied will have to be piled up a few days ago, and even the person in charge of the store began to panic, and hurriedly found Zhang Shu to report.

"What are you afraid of, how many are accepted, I think it should be that the Qin family can't hold their breath and sold all the goods from the previous days to my Zhang family, and I want to make a profit from it, the idea is not bad, but I have to suffer a bigger loss later, and I ordered to go down, today is the last day to buy, and all the suppliers will receive all the goods according to the order." Zhang Shu said confidently.

The major commercial houses of the Zhang family also spread the news, and the Qin family took this opportunity to sell all the accumulated goods, but they really made a lot of money, not only made up for the previous losses, but also took the opportunity to make a lot more, and the father and son of the Qin family were also happily laughing in the hall, but they didn't know that the crisis was coming.

Although the Zhang family received a large number of goods, they also sold a lot of goods to the mainland through shipping, so they were always able to maintain operations, and this is also a link that is easy to be ignored by the Qin family.

There are two reasons why Zhang Shu is confident, one is that he has purchased all the goods but does not worry about sales, and the other is that the annual silk and sea salt tribute of the imperial court will be the turn of the Qin family in three months this year.

But since Zhang Shu knew Li Chouxin's identity, he planned everything, and he didn't even plan to leave it to the Qin family for three months.

At night, Zhang Shu found Li Chouxin in private.

When Li Chouxin saw Zhang Shu coming, he knew Zhang Shu's intention.

"Master Zhang, are you here for this year's New Year's tribute?"

Zhang Shu was surprised: "Sure enough, everything can't be hidden from the sorrowful son, oh no, I should call you a prince at this time!" ”

Li Chouxin naturally knew that this prince was not called in vain, so he said: "If the head of the Zhang family needs to do anything with worry, just say it, and you will definitely try your best to help." ”

Zhang Shu didn't hide it, and said: "I only need to send a letter to the saint as a prince to collect this year's annual tribute in advance." ”

Li Chou said with a smile: "Sure enough, it's the same as I thought, in this way, the Qin family will be eager to raise the annual tribute, and the opportunity to bring down the Qin family is here, and the Qin family may be difficult to turn over." ”

Zhang Shu nodded and said: "Although this Qin family is a businessman, they have done a lot of harmful things behind their backs, especially when it comes to Qin, they have not spoiled the girls of the good family, and it is time for them to suffer some hardships." ”

After listening to Zhang Shu's words, Li Chou said: "In this case, although the head of the Zhang family can rest assured, there will be an answer within three days." ”

In the next three days, the Zhang family still did not stop purchasing goods, basically the silk and sea salt of the entire East China Sea entered the Zhang family's warehouse, and the suppliers basically had no inventory in their hands for a while.

What the Qin family didn't expect was that three days later, a document from the capital almost didn't make Qin Mu angry on the spot.

The imperial court actually advanced the date of the annual tribute on the grounds that the border soldiers were tight and the Xihe disaster occurred, and the Qin family was limited to collect and hand it over within half a month, otherwise it would be held accountable as usual.

This really caught the Qin family off guard, and the Qin family's father and son and the shopkeeper all gathered together, and they were in a hurry.

"Master, how is this good? asked the suppliers of the past one after another, and all the goods entered the warehouse of the Zhang family, and there was really no accumulation, and the preparations in just half a month were not complete anyway. A shopkeeper said.

Qin Mu also realized the seriousness of the situation and said, "Is there really no way? If the court blames it, my Qin family can't stand it. ”

Qin Shi said at this time: "Father, in my opinion, the only way to do this is to bow to the Zhang family and see if they can sell some to my Qin family." ”

"To put it lightly, even if this Zhang family is willing, it will inevitably take the opportunity to hollow out my Qin family's foundation, and then it will really be the Zhang family." Qin Mu's voice also began to tremble a little.

For a moment, everyone was silent, so quiet that even the sound of a needle falling on the ground could be heard clearly, and the whole hall was silent.

After a while, Qin Mu said with a heavy heart: "There is no other way now, come with me to Zhang's house early tomorrow morning to make amends, and negotiate this matter by the way, alas!" Even God is helping his Zhang family, and the last hope is pinned on the carrier pigeon. ”