Kamigawa, the residence of the Su family.

If you want to talk about the Su family, then everyone in Shenchuan City knows about it, and everyone knows it. This Su family is the number one family in the city, and they not only control the income lifeline of most of the freight ship merchants in Dongguan Gudu, but also manage the incomparably prosperous industries below. It can be said that in addition to the Su family, he has almost the same status as the prefect of Yangzhou in Shenchuan City. It can be described as a scenery in all directions.

Nasu Yuanwai has been doing business with his parents since he was a child, and the business covers the north and south of the river, Huaishui and Heyin. At a young age, he has a brilliant mind and clear judgment. The business of the Su family is getting bigger and bigger under the leadership of Su Yuanwai, and it has caught up with the heyday of the empire and the heyday of the great rule of the world. suppressed the power of thousands of families, and no one could shake the status of the Su family.

In recent days, Su Yuanwai's life has been mixed. Happily, the Su family likes to fill in a daughter, referring to the moon as the name, and calling it Su Mingyue. And because Su Qing, the eldest daughter of Su Yuanwai, was valued by the Xuanzhen faction and became the closed disciple of Xuanzhen Shangxian. This should have been a double happiness and a blessed thing. However, what happened to the Su family in the business field recently made Su Yuanwai very worried.

In the early days, the canal boat gang under the control of the Su family turned against the water one after another, and almost dispersed in a hurry. The initial reason was that the cold weather meant that the boatmen needed to increase their income and maintain their boats. The internal steward of the Su family weighed it for a long time and agreed to the boatmen's request, but the wages demanded by the boatmen were too outrageous, almost several times higher than the previous amount. This is a lot of silver taels of investment, so the Su family is extremely reluctant to give so much silver taels to those boatmen.

Therefore, these boatmen could not get more money and were in a hurry, and they went on strike one after another. In desperation, Su Yuanwai had no choice but to suspend the business in Dongguan Gudu, and let them go. However, yesterday there was news from Shenchuan City, and all the slender sailors who had stopped work had defected to the Lin family. In this way, the Su family's water transportation business in the Yangzhou Grand Canal was taken over by the Lin family.

Su Yuanwai has been in business since he was a child, and he doesn't know how many winds and waves he has encountered in his life, and he can always trace the roots of some things. This incident happened, although it was those boatmen who coaxed, causing the Su family to lose this season's water transportation business. However, Su Yuanwai did not see this matter in this way. In the stacked ledgers, the Lin family caught his attention.

For this Lin family, Su Yuanwai still knows a lot about it. Just because the real name of the Lin family is called Lin Xian, he used to be just a poor man, and in desperation, he relied on the relationship of relatives to come to Shenchuan to seek refuge in Su Yuanwai. Su Yuan showed kindness, and saw that this person was an upright man, but he had to suffer from cold and hunger. There is no shortage of such a person at home. So he treated each other with wine, so that Lin Xian, who was poor at the time, temporarily helped in the Su family.

Time passed, Su Yuanwai secretly observed Lin Xian for a period of time and found that he was hardworking and not afraid of hardship. At the same time, he has a brilliant mind. So he took a fancy to Lin Xianwai's talent, so Su Yuanwai called Lin Xian to the front and said to him: "Lin Xian, I will give you one hundred taels of gold, if you can use this one hundred taels of gold to do business, within a year, buy the entire street and alley on Dongguan Street, then I will appoint you to take care of the Su family's property." Would you like to?"

It's ridiculous that this Su member only knows how to use people, but he doesn't know how to recognize people at all. After hearing this challenge, Lin Xian's eyes rolled and he smiled to express his promise. In the following year, Lin Xian took one hundred taels of gold bars as the principal and moved around various industries. It is good to say that the industries that can be won with silver taels, but the industries that cannot be won are coerced and enticed, and even attract forces, and do a lot of business that secretly harms people's lives. The corpses in the middle and lower reaches of the river are listed, and the prefect draws shadow graphics, which is not a case. But they didn't know that it was Lin Xian's instructions.

A year later, it was the day that Su Yuanwai and Lin Xian agreed. But Lin Xian had his own power and family background at this time, so he rebelled and tore up the agreement with the Su family. In the middle of Kamigawa Castle, the Lin family was established. Su Yuanwai also only said that people have their own ambitions, and they are not much embarrassed. Let it establish the Lin family's industry. After all, he is Lin Xian's benefactor. They may also be able to do business with each other in the future. Since then, the Lin family has grown under the indulgence of the Su family, and has climbed to the position of the second largest family in Shenchuan City.

The Lin family, which took root from the Su family, is doing serious business on the surface, and there are also a few restaurants and markets. However, these are just the appearance of the Lin family. According to Su Yuanwai's understanding of the Lin family for many years, Lin Xian is becoming more and more restless. He colluded with the pirates, sold illicit salt, and used cargo ships as a cover to transport prohibited ordnance and weapons to ****. From small weapons to large muskets and artillery bought from the West, they were secretly sold.

The profits in this made the Lin family's family property reach a terrifying level. At least Su Yuanwai has worked hard for half his life, and he can't imagine how much profit Lin Jiafa can get from such extralegal wealth. It's just that I heard that every year, the Lin family will play with gold silk and jade, and put it in a cart, which is enough to transport hundreds of treasures to the imperial capital Chang'an for customs clearance. Such a wealthy family has a private collection, but with the financial resources in the Su family's treasury, it is very difficult to make it up.

So when Su Yuanwai heard that it was this Lin family again, he couldn't help frowning tightly. Regarding the problem of Dongguan boatmen, it is obvious that the Lin family gave these boatmen rich benefits, and then manipulated these people to play tricks on the bright side. But Su Yuanwai never believed that the Lin family could have such a big appetite and wanted to swallow the Su family, which was at the top of Shenchuan City. However, the Lin family's gradual encroachment on the Su family's internal strength is constantly happening. This is also the reason why Su Yuanwai is worried.

"Master, master! The Lin family sent a lot of people to the mansion to spread the word!"

With the sound of hurried footsteps, the family below came to report. Su Yuanwai heard that it was the Lin family who came to send a message, and couldn't help but be a little surprised, since the time when Lin Xian escaped from the Su family, there was very little contact between his Lin family and the Su family. But I don't know what kind of news the Lin family sent this time. At the same time, the Lin family was powerful, so Su Yuanwai did not dare to slack off, and immediately dressed up and took six servants to the hall to welcome the guests.

As soon as he entered the main hall, Su Yuanwai found that the hall was full of people. Except for his Su family's guards and servants, those dressed in green robes were all visitors from the Lin family who came to visit at this time. These people are clustered around the left and right, guarding a richly dressed son in the center. The boy was dressed in a fur coat, and his body was ringed up and down, full of glamour. But his obscene and ugly appearance did not match his luxurious clothes. It seems that instead of a trace of the luxury of a wealthy son, it is a little more rustic.

The boy sat crookedly on the sandalwood chair, pinching his teeth and playing with the paper fan. An absent-minded look. The guards around him were extraordinary. It seems that all of them are practitioners who practice the truth. When Su Yuanwai saw this person's appearance, he knew that this was the rumored debauched skeleton, Lin Huafa, who was like a scoundrel all day long, Lin Gongzi. That Lin Xian's son!

Although Su Yuanwai and others extremely despised a prodigal and foolish person like Lin Huafa, they also had to pretend to be generous and courteous because of their status, and sat down on the top. While arranging for the family to arrange good tea for guests, he said politely: "Lin Gongzi is really a rare guest when he comes here." I think that the old man and your father Lin Xian used to work together. But now the Lin family has achieved such prosperity. The old man often thinks about visiting, but he has no time. Today's son is here, and he should be well entertained. ”

"It's okay, it's okay, Su Yuanwai is too modest......" Lin Gongzi clapped his hands and smiled, poked his head over, and said: "I came to Su's house today, but I didn't come to be a guest." As for me, I've always been straight to the point, so I don't go around in circles with Uncle Su. I heard that Su Yuanwai has a daughter under his knees, with unparalleled looks and has not yet been married. The kid is not talented, this year is also the year of marriage, but he has admired his daughter for a long time, so he came to visit Uncle Su in person at the Su family today, just to invite Uncle Su to marry his daughter into the Lin family!"

"This ...... Marrying a daughter?" After hearing the intention of this Lin Gongzi, how could Su Yuanwai not know the Lin family's wishful thinking? The Lin family secretly manipulated the boatmen of Dongguan Gudu to collectively turn against the water, which was the first step of the Su family's plot. And now, Lin Gongzi came to the door and wanted to have a marriage, not to mention what kind of person this Lin Gongzi is, if Su Yuanwai refuses the Lin family's marriage request, then the Lin family may not know what kind of idea they will use to secretly poison the Su family's industry.

"What? Uncle Sue. If you marry Su Qing to me, then from now on, our Lin family and the Su family will be tied to the same boat, advancing and retreating together, and sharing weal and woe. "Lin Gongzi is a vulgar and vulgar person, and he doesn't know those literary and crepe talking routines. At this time, peach blossoms appeared in his eyes, shaking a paper fan, and he looked cunning and impatient. I can't wait to use the eight sedan chairs to marry Su Qing back to the Lin Mansion immediately and become his Lin Huafa woman!

Su Yuanwai hesitated, but Mrs. Su turned around the hall, said to Lin Gongzi to be a guest, and then pulled Lin Yuanwai into the back hall to discuss. Lin Gongzi also replied with a smile, and the group was not anxious, just sipping fragrant tea in the house, quietly waiting for the reply given by the Su family.

"Master, how is this good? This Lin family is prepared, it seems that Ah Qing has to be. But if the two are happy, I, who is a mother, am also willing to make decisions for Aqing and find a husband who treats her well. However, this Lin Gongzi has always been stubborn, and he has been in the company of those splashes all day long. The people of Shenchuan suffered a lot. How could Ah Qing marry such a gentleman?" the old lady rubbed her forehead painfully and discussed with the forester.

"Men should get married, and women should get married. There's no escaping that. Even if Ah Qing cultivates with the immortal masters in the Xuanzhen faction, she is still a woman after all. I think we have to take into account our daughter's feelings in many things, and we can't let our Qing'er be wronged because of the Lin family's current oppression of us. ”

The forester lit a cigarette pouch outside, sat in the back hall and thought for a long time before making up his mind. He personally repaired a book, ordered someone to send it to the Linghe Division, and passed it on to Su Qing, who was far away in the Xuanzhen Immortal Realm, through the disciples of the Linghe Division.

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