The Great Li Kingdom is at the southernmost point of the major forces on the mainland, and the two thousand miles of wasteland to the south is the Southern Wilderness, the Great Chen Kingdom to the north, the Qiankun Empire to the west, and part of it to the east bordering Xuanyuan Tianzong, and the other part is bordering the sea.

Due to its favorable geographical location, the trade of the kingdom was very prosperous, and almost all the major families were trading houses, reselling goods from all over the country to earn a lot of wealth.

The Wang family's main business was maritime trade, reselling the rich specialties of various parts of the mainland to overseas forces, and at the same time reselling special vehicles from the sea to all parts of the mainland.

In fact, the origin of the Wang family is not noble, more than 200 years ago, the ancestors of the Wang family were fishermen by the sea, and lived a hard life in the wind and rain.

However, luck came, and the city walls could not stop it, and the ancestor of the Wang family once went out to sea to fish and encountered wind and waves (very old-fashioned story), as a result, the fishing boat was broken, and he also drifted to an unknown island. On this small island, he actually found dozens of large mussels, and from them, all of them were pearls the size of a fist, including three priceless black pearls.

At that time, the ancestors of the Wang family were ecstatic, this is a windfall from heaven. The so-called antiques of the prosperous times, the gold of the troubled times (of course, the gold of this world is not the general equivalent) is in the Great Departure Kingdom of the peaceful and prosperous era of singing and dancing, and people's pursuit of luxury goods is not inferior to the Moon Shadow Kingdom. These dozens of pearls are definitely a lot of money.

However, after the joy, the ancestor of the Wang family was worried, he was trapped on the island and couldn't get out, and no amount of money was of any use to him. didn't eat or drink, and in the end he had to starve to death in Jinshan.

However, God really gave the ancestors of the Wang family great luck, and it was on the third day. When the ancestor of the Wang family was dying because he could not find fresh water, a merchant ship passed by and found him.

The ancestors of the Wang family were very brainy. understood the truth that wealth is not exposed, and did not bring those dozens of pearls. Instead, they memorized the location of the island and the route of the merchant ships on their way back.

After returning to the fishing village, the ancestors of the Wang family sold all the belongings of the family, built a small boat, and re-landed on the island from memory before retrieving the pearls.

After that, the development of the Wang family was smooth sailing. Luckily, every business competition did not affect them. In the division and integration of forces again and again, the Wang family has gradually grown. After five generations of conscientious development. The current Wang family is already the number one business family in the Dali Kingdom.

The development of the Wang family so far, in addition to excellent luck, is also directly related to the education of the next generation of the ancestors of the Wang family. And when the Wang family was determining the heirs of the younger generations. Trials are also everywhere.

This time, Wang Tong, the fourth generation head of the Wang family, celebrated his 80th birthday. The birthday gifts of several grandchildren are his test for the next generation. Mr. Wang Tong is eighty years old, and the market he has seen is bigger, how can the ordinary birthday gift make him excited. Therefore, from this simple birthday gift, we can not only see the intentions of several juniors, but also the thinking mode of the next generation, as well as the ability to manage contacts.

On February 33rd, in Linhai City, an important town in the east of the Kingdom, the Wang family's mansion was decorated with lights, and the guests were like Peng. Although the fourth-generation head of the family, Mr. Wang Tong, has retired, the tiger is still there. His 80th birthday not only did the upper-class nobles of Linhai City arrive, but even many people came to the capital.

Wang Zhicheng, the fifth-generation head of the family, was very busy, and all the people who came were figures with heads and faces, and of course he, the head of the family, had to greet him personally.

However, although Wang Zhicheng had a smile on his face, there was a trace of anxiety in his eyes. Seeing that the birthday banquet is about to start, why hasn't Wang Lun come back yet.

Wang Zhicheng, as the head of the family, of course knows the importance of this birthday banquet, and the Wang family chooses the heir, but there is no such thing as a side branch. He himself is not Wang Tong's child, but the second son of Wang Tong's eldest brother.

But people are selfish, although the rules of the family make the identity difference between the next generation not so big, but the son of the head of the family still has an innate advantage, whether it is the usual learning, or the supply of money, it is destined to be unbalanced. And he only has one son, Wang Lun, of course, he also hopes that his son can win.

"This soul is faint, if the old man's 80th birthday is delayed, I will break your leg when I come back!" Wang Zhicheng was ruthless in his heart, he was really angry, I don't know how important today's day is. The Wang family has developed to this day, and it is already a big family of 100 people, and there are more than 30 people in the sixth generation......

After waiting for a while, seeing that the guests were already seated, Wang Zhicheng had to turn around and go to the backyard to invite today's birthday star, Mr. Wang Tong, to come out......

In the backyard of the Wang family's mansion, several old men with white hair were talking in low voices.

"Lao Wang, it's better for your Wang family, the maritime trade is not affected at all. This time, a few of us have suffered a big loss, the Xuanyuan Heavenly Sect has been defeated in the Moon Shadow Kingdom, and many of our trade with us has been cut off!" one of the old men shook his head with a bitter face.

"Hey, this time it's really unlucky, who knows what kind of madness Xuanyuan Tianzong has made, and he actually wants to attack the Moon Shadow Kingdom!" The other old man's face was not good-looking, obviously after this war, it would also have an impact on their business.

The old man in the middle chuckled, with a hint of pride in his eyes, and said slowly: "Although the previous Xuanyuan Heavenly Sect was strong, their ambitions were too great, I didn't dare to deal with them, lest I be eaten by them in one bite...... In fact, you didn't lose much, but you just lost your trading partner, just find it again!"

Another old man said: "Lao Wang, you don't talk about it there, is it so easy to find a trading partner again?" Or we're all going to get involved in the maritime trade......"

As soon as the old man said a word, the other people all nodded, how prosperous the Wang family's maritime trade was, they knew very well that they had long been greedy.

"Okay!" Wang Tong in the middle nodded with a smile: "The current maritime trade is not ours, and the other few are under great pressure on our Wang family, so you can form an alliance when you join......

"Pull it down!" the others waved at the same time, they were joking, the benefits of maritime trade were great, but the risks were greater, and a shipload of goods swallowed by the sea was enough to break a family's bones. And he rushed in without doing maritime trade, making it stupid for people to make a fool, and overseas trade is a big list.

Wang Tong knew that this was the result, and he smiled and said: "Actually, you don't have to be like this, it is not necessarily a bad thing to break off the trade with Xuanyuan Tianzong, now that the Qiankun Empire is dominant, you can try to contact them!"

"Old thing, it doesn't hurt if you really stand and talk, you can get in touch when you say contact. Don't you know that there was a conflict with the Qiankun Empire before the Great Departure?

Wang Tong's smile retracted, and after thinking for a while, he asked, "Is that the time when the Orc Alliance came to ask for help?"

"Isn't it!" an old man nodded and said, "The salt mines of the Great Qin Kingdom are all bitter salt, and Xuanyuan Tianzong exchanged salt for vegetables, the purpose of which was to kill the vegetable supply of the Orc Alliance...... After that, the envoys of the Orc Alliance and the Qiankun Empire came here at the same time, wanting to ask for the purchase of vegetables...... I heard from the people in the court that our emperor wanted to take advantage of the fire to rob him......"

As soon as the old man's voice fell, another old man followed: "Now not only the Qiankun Empire and the Orc Alliance have a lukewarm relationship with us, but also the Great Qin, which is the Four Kingdoms...... Now the development momentum of Daqin's world trading houses is amazing, the west is as far as the desert, and the south reaches the Southern Wilderness, which is one step ahead of us, which is closest to the Southern Wilderness, we have contacted them, but the result is a negative answer, people don't want to trade with us at all. ”

After hearing this, Wang Tong exhaled lightly and said lightly: "Now the world's commercial houses are really bullish, they were far from the current scale at the beginning, and they were so pressed by Wan Xiang of Xuanyuan Tianzong that they could barely raise their heads. ”

"It's not because they hung Jiang Xingchen's hooks, honey, candles, and spirits, these things are all sold exclusively by them, and others can't touch them at all! Even the last crisis in the bitter salt mine was solved by Jiang Xingchen for them!"

"If you want to say that this Jiang Xingchen is really amazing, I heard that he has his shadow in several major battles between the Qiankun Empire and Xuanyuan Tianzong, and as long as he appears, the Qiankun Empire will all win!"

"Now the world-famous Bauhinia Song and Dance Troupe also has him, it's funny to say, my granddaughter is still his, what's that called...... By the way, call it a fan, Jiang Xingchen is on his lips all day long, and he is so fascinated...... What's the use of fanning him?"

"What's the use of being obsessed with him, old thing, if your granddaughter can really catch Jiang Xingchen, you can kneel down and worship the gods of the sky!"

"Do you know that in this battle between the Qiankun Empire and Xuanyuan Tianzong, Jiang Xingchen also played a decisive role......

"Aren't you talking nonsense, the news has spread all over the place, and the reason why the Moon Shadow Capital City can be kept is because Jiang Xingchen invented the powerful weapon called grenade...... Now the people of the royal family are running to the Moon Shadow Kingdom to discuss how to buy the method of making zuò!"

"I bought it for a fart, that thing can only be made by Jiang Xingchen, and Moon Shadow has already announced it to the world!"

"You said that the Qiankun Empire has obtained grenades, will it also attack the four neutral kingdoms like Xuanyuan Tianzong?"

"No! The eight kingdoms form an alliance, and they don't dare to act rashly, and the orc alliance is not optimistic, and the two races have rebelled...... Moreover, Moon Shadow said that the cost of grenades is extremely high, and the Qiankun Empire is at most small-scale equipment, and if the whole army is equipped with it, they can't afford to spend this money......"

When several old men were talking here, the old man Wang Tong's gaze gradually froze. He was not very interested in the things that a few people were talking about, and he knew that the Qiankun Empire was unable to expand. What he thinks about now is: "How much money can I make if I sell honey, candles, and spirits overseas......" (To be continued......

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