Chapter 94 Tragedy! Zuoqiu's Foundation Was Dug
…
"It's the grain of the Wang family in Changning!"
After all, Zuoqiu Guanyu was a cultivator in the Heavenly Realm. His memory and reflexes were far superior to ordinary people. After being stunned for a moment, he remembered the "Wang's No. 19" rice seed and the "Wang's No. 23" wheat seed.
Although these wheat varieties are not titled with the title "Wang's", judging from the naming rules, most of them are the grain varieties of the Wang family in Changning.
Of course, there is another possibility, that is, someone is pretending to be Wang's Grain Seed. Judging from the current situation, the probability of the latter possibility is very low.
"Okay, okay! Changning Wang family, you are so courageous!" Zuoqiu Guanyu's anger suddenly surged in his heart, "You actually dare to be an enemy of my Zuoqiu family in terms of grain crops, in an attempt to shake the foundation of my Zuoqiu family!"
He really wanted to ask his ancestor to come out immediately and go over to destroy the Wang family.
But this idea was rejected in just a moment. Nowadays, the fierce business war between Qingfeng Trading Company and Shouda Trading Company has caused countless people to watch the battle. If the Zuoqiu family used force to deal with the Wang family, they would probably cause huge trouble.
"What's the price of Wang's wheat seeds?" Zuoqiu Guanyu's face was as gloomy as water.
Lao An's expression was equally bad, and he kept wiping his sweat and said, "It's 30% lower than our price in previous years."
"What?" Zuoqiu Guanyu said with an angry smile, "No wonder our wheat seeds can't be sold...are you planning to start a price war with us on grain seeds? What a good idea~ Okay, if you pass on the order, we will also lower the price. The grain seeds are sold at a 50% discount. The spiced rice seeds are also sold at a discount."
Such a price reduction has caused [Yuzhimai]'s gross profit to be extremely low. But now that Yuzhi wheat cannot be sold, a large amount of spiced rice will have nowhere to store.
You should know that the storage of grains has high requirements for ventilation, heat preservation, and drying, so special warehouses need to be built. If stored improperly, the quality of grain seeds will be greatly reduced, and they may even fail to sprout. When the time comes, the losses will be even greater.
The Zuoqiu family is worthy of being a fourth-grade family. There are many talents in the family, many manpower, and very strong execution ability. They quickly implemented Zuoqiu Guanyu's orders.
A 50% price reduction is indeed effective.
As soon as the news came out, many aristocratic families who were still waiting on the sidelines immediately bought a batch. Even many aristocratic families who had already bought Wang's grain seeds were eager to buy some.
After all, the price is so affordable, don’t take advantage of it.
But then, Wang's blows came one after another. Execute the activity of bringing old customers to new customers, old customers can get rebates, and new customers can get greater discounts.
As soon as this event comes out.
Yuzhi wheat seeds and rice seeds are once again unsaleable. Now, even the 50% price cannot be sold.
Zuoqiu Guanyu finally figured out that Wang was determined to dig up Zuoqiu's foundation.
If it were just one year's loss, Zuoqiu would certainly be able to bear it, but year after year, no matter how rich the Zuoqiu family's wealth was, it would gradually be depleted.
What's even more frightening is that once the foundation of a family is shaken, if there are no other changes, the family will inevitably decline rapidly.
The Zuoqiu clan has six Zifu ancestors, hundreds of elders in the Heavenly Realm, and countless main forces in the Lingtai Realm.
When the Zuoqiu clan had a stable source of income, this was undoubtedly an extremely terrifying and intimidating force. But once the foundation is gone, it becomes an extremely huge burden, and the annual consumption is astronomical.
This matter was no longer something Zuoqiu Guanyu could solve. He had to go and see his ancestors to find a solution.
After more than a month, the weather gets colder.
All the winter wheat that should be planted has been planted. Zuoqiu's jade-finger wheat seeds could not be sold at all. In the end, they had no choice but to move the wheat seeds out of the warehouse and make room for the rice seeds first.
As for the wheat seeds that have been moved out of the warehouse, they cannot be sold as wheat seeds. They can only be sold as ordinary wheat or ground into wheat flour. Because it is old grain, the price is not even as high as it was in season.
Zuoqiu's family was almost completely defeated in this round of confrontation, and the losses were incalculable.
…
Longzuo County City, in the garden of the County Sheriff's Mansion.
At this time, the autumn chrysanthemums are in full bloom in the garden, and they are colorful and colorful. In terms of color, they are no less beautiful than those in spring and summer when hundreds of flowers are blooming.
In the pavilion, Taishi Ankang and Wang Shouzhe were drinking at each other's table, while Qian Xuehan, the head of the Qian family, was accompanying them.
Compared with the last time, Taishi Ankang and Qian Xuehan looked relaxed and calm this time, their faces were glowing, and they were obviously in a good mood.
"Shouzhe's move was very cruel, and it hit the Zuoqiu family's weak spot." Taishi Ankang said while drinking tea, "I'm afraid they will come to visit us soon."
"It's just some little tricks." Wang Shouzhe looked indifferent, but he didn't think he was that great. "As the saying goes, you need to be strong to make iron. The development of the family must be based on self-improvement. These little tricks are just Auxiliary.”
He knew in his heart that in this world, strength was ultimately respected.
This time, the reason why Wang was able to use grain seeds to leverage Zuoqiu's foundation was that, on the one hand, he made arrangements in advance. Wang's grain seeds were indeed better than Zuoqiu's, catching Zuoqiu's family off guard.
On the other hand, it was also because he tied the Qian family and Taishi Ankang to the warship, and because the Wang family also had a great genius in the academy, the Zuoqiu family could not directly use force and could only compete through commercial means.
Otherwise, no matter how clever he is, the Zuoqiu family only needs to send two Zifu realm experts to kill him secretly, and the Wang family will be finished.
Of course, this is also because Zuoqiu has not been completely cornered. It's hard to say whether Mr. Zuoqiu will still care about this when things get really desperate.
"Well said, Shouzhe is truly worthy of Master Changchun's disciple." Taishi Ankang laughed loudly, "However, even if it is a small trick, it is amazing that it can be used to such an extent."
Qian Xuehan made another cup of tea for the two of them. Hearing this, he couldn't help but sigh with emotion: "No matter what, it's thanks to the Shouzhe family that we can win back the victory this time. The Shouzhe family has predicted the enemy first." His intelligence and ability to strategize are truly astonishing."
Wang Shouzhe shook his head with a smile and said nothing more.
In fact, how can there be any strategizing and predicting the enemy's opportunities? Just be cautious, cautious, and cautious.
It is not easy for the Wang family to develop to this day. There are so many clan members in the clan, and many of them have learned the language little by little under his nose and grown up to be able to stand alone.
What he carries on his shoulders are the expectations of countless people and their future.
He can't afford to lose, and he doesn't dare to lose.
"By the way~ From the Cao family, I heard that the investigator has returned to Beijing?" Wang Shouzhe took a sip of tea and suddenly remembered something and looked at Taishi Ankang.
"Yes." Taishi Ankang nodded, "Cao pushed a few heavenly realm elders out, put all the blame on them, and used this to extract himself. The investigator had already brought those heavenly beings with him Elder Jing has returned to Beijing, and when the verdict comes down, he may be sent to a battlefield outside the territory."
Since there is no direct evidence, the Cao family's collusion with the pirates cannot be proven to be related to the direct lineage. Cao Shi decisively abandoned his troops to save his chariot, and the investigating officer had no choice but to accept this result.
This can be regarded as the routine operation of the family.
However, as a result, Cao was seriously injured. After all, Cao's total number of Heavenly Realm experts was only a dozen, and now only a quarter of them were gone, and their strength was greatly weakened.
After Taishi Ankang said this, he added: "In addition, Cao Bangyan was also redeemed by the Cao family."
"?"
Wang Shouzhe raised his head and glanced at him.
"Originally I didn't plan to let him go, but they paid a ransom of six million to subsidize the losses caused by pirates in Longzuo County over the years. They gave too much~" Taishi Ankang showed a smile that everyone understands .
Daqian Kingdom is a country where the royal family and aristocratic families rule the world together, and they have their own set of rules.
One of the tacit unspoken rules is that whenever a direct descendant of a family commits a crime, as long as it is not a serious crime such as treason and rebellion, the family is allowed to spend money to redeem the person.
Of course, it's very expensive.
This is somewhat similar to bail, ransom, and the like. Of course, if he commits another serious crime, there will be no second chance for ransom. Therefore, Wang Shouzhe is not worried about letting the tiger return to the mountain at all. After this son returns, he will probably not dare to go out for decades.
Six million dry gold is a huge sum of money even for the county magistrate's mansion. Since the Cao family was willing to spend a lot of money to ransom the person, Taishi Ankang naturally followed the trend and released the person.
"Tsk~ You are really willing to spend a lot of money." Qian Xuehan clicked his tongue in surprise, "If it were me, I wouldn't spend such a huge amount of money for a guy like Cao Bangyan."
"Don't say that, Cao Bangyan is a genius after all." Wang Shouzhe took a sip of tea and said calmly, "Moreover, from the information I collected, the remaining life span of the ancestor of the Cao family's Zifu should not exceed two years." Hundreds of years ago."
"Huh? That's it, what do you think~" Qian Xuehan suddenly realized.
If it was for the replacement of the Zi Mansion, then it would be understandable that the Cao family would spend a lot of money to redeem people.
You know, genius is rare, but for a Zifu family like the Cao family, Cao Bangyan is not the only one.
The problem is that for a young man with genius qualifications to grow to the Purple Mansion Realm, it will take two hundred years at the fastest, and it may even take three hundred, forty or fifty years at the slowest.
It is estimated that the Cao family had bet all their money on Cao Bangyan before, and now it is obviously too late to train the successor of the Zi Mansion from scratch. As a genius of the Holy Land, Cao Youqing cannot sit in the family and maintain the family's rank.
No matter how reluctant he was, the Cao family could only bite the bullet and spend huge sums of money to redeem Cao Bangyan.
"Tsk tsk tsk~~ The Cao family has suffered a big loss this time." Qian Xuehan, as the head of the aristocratic family, is very sensitive to the family's capital flow. He couldn't help but gloat after thinking about it for a moment, "We have to deal with the investigation sent by the Supervision Department again. The envoy has to spend a huge sum of money to redeem the person. I estimate that the Cao family's wealth has been almost wiped out. But it is an advantage for the county governor, and he has made six million for nothing. "
As he said that, he glanced at Taishi Ankang.
These six million are not tax revenue and can be disposed of by the county magistrate's office on its own.
Taishi Ankang chuckled.
Knowing Wang Shouzhe's nature well, he took the initiative and said without waiting for Wang Shouzhe to speak: "Don't worry, since Shouzhe captured Cao Bangyan, the six million county guards will not take it all for themselves. I have already reported it to the superiors. I will keep three million of them in the county governor's mansion as a reserve fund for the county governor's mansion. The other three million, since it is not convenient for me to give it directly to the Wang family, can only be used as subsidy funds for the development of Qingluo Sea."
"It just so happens that Wei Wenxun has been very effective in clearing up the pirates recently. In a few years, the pirates will be almost cleared. Shouzhe can develop Qingluo Sea as planned. You can use this money as much as you want. Then the accounts will look good." correct."
The development of Qingluohai does require a large amount of capital investment. Wang Shouzhe sighed that Taishi Ankang was indeed on the right track, and stood up and saluted: "In this case, Shouzhe will thank the county governor."
"What the hell~ It's my county magistrate's house that has taken advantage of Shouzhe's influence."
Taishi Ankang smiled and waved his hand.
He just handled it, he didn't even arrest the person, so the money can almost be said to be in vain.
In Wang Shouzhe's words, this is "winning by lying down". So he now finds Wang Shouzhe particularly pleasing to his eye.
Several people were talking lively.
Suddenly, a middle-aged man dressed as a county official came in from outside the garden, stood outside the pavilion and respectfully reported: "Your Majesty, the Zhenghua ancestor of the Zuoqiu family, the head of the Guanyu family, and Qing'an County. Sheriff Wu Dinghai is outside asking for an audience."
Yo~
Qian Xuehan couldn't help but his eyes lit up: "The Sheriff is really good at predicting things. Then the Zuoqiu family really came to our door."
"Hahaha~ They came faster than I expected. It seems that this time, Zuoqiu clan is really anxious." Taishi Ankang couldn't help but laugh.
The official was not sure of Taishi Ankang's attitude for a moment, so he hesitated and said: "Then... Lord Sheriff, do you still want to see me?"
"No." Ankang, the governor of the county, waved his hand, "Just tell them that I am meeting guests and ask them to wait."
He still remembers the "humiliation" he received in Qing'an County~
Now, I finally got the chance to get my revenge. If I don't give them a hard time, how can I be worthy of myself?
As a result, it took most of the day to dry.
…
Wu Dinghai, the governor of Qing'an County, Zuoqiu Zhenghua, the ancestor of Zifu, and Zuoqiu Guanyu, the head of the Zuoqiu family, waited in the reception room of the governor's mansion for more than three hours, but no one was there.
By the afternoon, Wu Dinghai and Zuoqiu Zhenghua's faces were already livid. Even Zuoqiu Guanyu, a junior, had an extremely ugly expression.
"This Taishi Ankang is just taking revenge!" Wu Dinghai was so angry that he almost dropped the tea cup. "Didn't he just win a game temporarily? It's not his own ability. What can he say?"
"Ancestor..." Zuoqiu Guanyu looked at the face of his Zhenghua ancestor and said cautiously, "If word of this gets out today, our Zuoqiu family will become a laughing stock."
Zuoqiu Zhenghua thought about it and felt that continuing like this was not an option.
He slammed the table and stood up: "Let's go back!"
He still didn't believe it. The Zuoqiu family was a fourth-grade family, but they couldn't deal with the seventh-grade Wang family!
With that said, he flicked his sleeves and left the Sheriff's Mansion.
Soon, the group of three people left in a flying chariot.
After Taishi Ankang learned the news, he just smiled and didn't take it to heart at all. He still drank tea and chatted with Wang Shouzhe and Qian Xuehan, and continued to discuss the next development of Qingluo Sea.
On the other side, Zuoqiu Zhenghua and the others immediately started taking action after returning to Qing'an County.
As a dominant fourth-grade family, Zuoqiu's connections and influence within Qing'an County are quite strong, and the number of powerful people in the Celestial Realm and Lingtai Realm in the clan is astonishing. When they are determined to accomplish something, the energy they can unleash is amazing.
It didn't take long for an additional layer of sentry posts to be installed at every checkpoint entering Qing'an County, and they began to strictly guard against the entry of any items that might be Wang's grain.
Although winter wheat has been planted, within half a year it will be time to raise rice seedlings again. As long as Zuoqiu's defense is tight enough, Wang's rice seeds cannot appear in Qing'an County. The aristocratic families in Qing'an County have no choice but to buy Zuoqiu's spiced rice seeds.
In order to ensure that the Wang family's grains could be completely blocked, the inspectors sent by the Zuoqiu family tried their best to intercept all the grains that had been disguised and tried to get through.
As a result, Wang's rice seeds failed to reach Qing'an County through normal channels.
After Wang Shouzhe learned the news, he didn't panic at all and let people spread the news.
By the way, he also asked Qian Xuehan to write a letter to the person in charge of Qian's transportation team, asking them to rent a warehouse close to Qing'an County and store the rice seeds on the spot.
Sure enough, as soon as the news spread, many aristocratic families in Qing'an County couldn't sit still.
Many of them had already ordered rice seeds from the Wang family in advance. Now that the rice seeds cannot enter Qing'an County, their money has been wasted. What will they plant this year?
You know, after planting a round of Wang's high-yield wheat, they have all fully experienced the benefits of high-yield grain seeds, which are real family benefits.
Now if they are asked to grow Zuoqiu's grain seeds, which are inferior to those of Wang's, how can they still be willing?
There are always no solutions to problems.
As long as there is enough profit motivation to do things in this world, no matter how difficult it is, it is always possible to achieve it.
Not long after the news spread, many casual cultivators sensed business opportunities and looked for ways through various channels, even going over mountains and ridges, in order to bypass Zuoqiu's checkpoint and transport rice seeds into Qing'an County.
Nowadays, there is a huge demand for Wang's rice seeds in Qing'an County. As soon as their rice seeds are shipped in, they will be robbed in minutes. This also allowed these casual cultivators to make a lot of money.
However, the rice seeds that casual cultivators can bring in are only a small part, and most aristocratic families still cannot buy rice seeds.
Many aristocratic families were so anxious that they even secretly rented a convoy and tried to take the convoy to Qian's warehouse to buy grain seeds and transport them back. Naturally, they were stopped by Zuoqiu's checkpoint.
After several flips, those aristocratic families suddenly stopped working.
You must know that the Zuoqiu family has been the dominant family in Qing'an County for a long time. In recent years, apart from the Zuoqiu family, a fourth-rank family, there is not even a fifth-rank Zifu family in Qing'an County.
It's not that those sixth-grade aristocratic families are unlucky, and they can't even cultivate a genius after so many years in the family, but even if they are lucky and a genius comes out, they can't afford to cultivate one at all.
If a genius wants to grow into the Purple Mansion Realm, he will consume a huge amount of resources.
Most of the resources in Qing'an County are occupied by the Zuoqiu family. Their family only raises six Zifu realms. The resources that the sixth-grade aristocratic families below have naturally become extremely limited, and they cannot cultivate Zifu at all. Government realm.
Over the years, I don’t know how many sixth-grade families have been forced to send their proud children to the academy. So far, there are only two masters of the academy in the Purple Mansion Realm, but the family rank still cannot be raised.
It can be said that these sixth-grade aristocratic families in Qing'an County have been dissatisfied with the Zuoqiu family for a long time.
In the past, they did not dare to confront the Zuoqiu family. Now, seeing that the Zuoqiu family has made people angry, how can they let go of the opportunity?
At that moment, some sixth-grade aristocratic families began to secretly fan the flames, arousing the same hatred among many aristocratic families. Coupled with the secret fueling of the Wang family and the Qian family, soon the dissatisfaction with the Zuoqiu family in Qing'an County reached its peak. .
This situation quickly attracted the attention of the academy.
Seeing the rare opportunity, the two academy masters who came from Qing'an County's sixth-grade family simply broke the news to Guilong City, the capital of the country.
All of a sudden, this matter became a big deal.
If Zuoqiu Clan had not been involved in Guilongcheng, the capital of the country, and had helped to say a few words at the Xiaochao meeting in time, buying some time for Qing'an County, perhaps Zuoqiu Clan and Wu Dinghai would have welcomed the capital directly. of accountability.
But even so, Wu Dinghai, the governor of Qing'an County, and several ancestors of the Zuoqiu clan could not sit still.
Nowadays, the atmosphere in Qing'an County is already very tense. If the situation continues to ferment and the problem cannot be solved immediately, Wu Dinghai's position as county governor will come to an end, and the Zuoqiu family will also be condemned by the court.
The Daqian Kingdom is a system in which the royal family and local aristocratic families co-govern, which means that local aristocratic families need to bear part of the responsibility of protecting the country and maintaining local stability.
Just like when there was a flood in Longzuo, aristocratic families such as the Wang family helped gather a bunch of refugees. This is the responsibility of the aristocratic families. Otherwise, why should the imperial court give 10% of the tax to local families?
If a large-scale mass incident occurs within the Zuoqiu family's sphere of influence, this will definitely be considered a major dereliction of duty by the Zuoqiu family. At the most minor level, the Zuoqiu family may issue a document to hold them accountable. In serious cases, the Zuoqiu family may even be deprived of their family rights.
It can be said that in this situation, Zuoqiu's attempt to block Wang's grain crops has completely failed.
This once again gave Zuo Qiu a loud slap in the face, and also cast a thick layer of haze inside Qiu.
They have stayed in the position of the fourth-grade family for too long, and have long been accustomed to the mentality of being superior.
They have forgotten that they are not the masters of Qing'an County, but just a part of it. The other aristocratic families, large and small, are not pigs and sheep raised by the Zuoqiu family, allowing them to take whatever they want.
Once you violate the word "human nature" and harm the interests of everyone, you will inevitably suffer backlash.
No choice but to do so.
Zuoqiu had no choice but to take Wu Dinghai along with him again, and then, relying on some connections in the capital, contacted Ankang, the governor of Longzuo County, hoping to get him to mediate the matter.
At this time.
Taishi Ankang's genealogy is almost complete, and the relationship between the capital and the country that Zuoqiu has invited is also very good. Therefore, under the arrangement of Taishi Ankang and Wu Dinghai, the three heads of the Zuoqiu, Wang, and Qian families sat down to discuss. Of course, the discussions were limited to the head-level discussions, and the ancestors did not participate in anything.
This is Taishi Ankang's protection of Wang Shouzhe. After all, the Changning Wang family is a "seventh grade family", and there is no Zifu ancestor sitting in the family.
The chosen location for the negotiation was the Zifu Palace of the Wang family in Longzuo.
It was not until the official meeting between the two parties that Zuoqiu Guanyu, Wang Shouzhe, Qian Xuehan and others met for the first time.
At their level, it can be said that they are all bosses. In previous exchanges, the two sides hid behind the scenes, operating from a distance, and never faced off head-on.
"I, Zuoqiu Guanyu, have met the head of the Xuehan family and the head of the Shouzhe family. As expected, both of them are outstanding young men from the Daqian Kingdom, and they are true dragons among men." Zuoqiu Guanyu, the head of the Zuoqiu family, took the lead in greeting them gracefully.
After all, he is the head of a fourth-grade family. His appearance and manners are impeccable, and he can be said to be majestic and extraordinary in bearing.
Wang Shouzhe and Qian Xuehan naturally returned the gift in a graceful manner, and exchanged a few false words with Zuoqiu Guanyu's business, as if there had never been any conflict between the two parties.
At such a level, it is normal for you to fight with me in private. But there is no point in breaking up on the surface. Unless there is some special strategic purpose, it is necessary to put on a show when meeting each other and show the style of the family.
After some hypocrisy.
The two sides sat down to drink tea and chat. Zuoqiu Guanyu then raised his hand to Wang Shouzhe and said with a wry smile: "Master Shouzhe, I didn't expect that you are a direct disciple of Master Changchun of Longzuo Academy. No wonder you are so interested in the cultivation of grain seeds." Proficient. Your family’s wheat and rice seeds really amaze me. It’s amazing~amazing~”
With the Zuoqiu family's network, it would be easy to investigate Wang Shouzhe's background as long as he was willing to put in the effort.
"What the hell~" Wang Shouzhe said with a modest smile, "My level is much lower than that of Master. Wheat seeds and rice seeds were both cultivated unintentionally by luck under Master's guidance."
Call? Unintentionally?
Regarding this, Zuoqiu Guanyu was filled with disbelief.
He collected some secret information. Master Changchun had explored the ruins of a Shenwu Dynasty more than a hundred years ago.
Master Changchun never talked about what he had obtained in the ruins, but kept the matter low-key. But just after that, a baby girl appeared beside him, who was his disciple "Lvwei".
Is it a genius to just adopt a baby girl?
This matter has to make people doubt that Master Changchun has something special to gain from that ruins. He even has the ability to cultivate some high-quality grain seeds.
Most of the grains in Wang's hands are related to Master Changchun's secrets.
Fortunately, Wang Shouzhe didn't know what Zuoqiu Guanyu was thinking, otherwise, he might not be able to help but spit out a mouthful of tea.
It has to be said that Zuoqiu's imagination is really too rich... He actually made such bizarre calculations about the origin of grains, which are miles away from the truth.
Then, Zuoqiu Guanyu's expression straightened slightly, and his eyes became sharp: "However, the head of the Shouzhe family sells grain in our Qing'an County. Doesn't he think too little of our Zuoqiu family?"
"Things have developed to such an extent that your Zuoqiu family is in critical danger, and the head of the Guanyu family still wants to use his power to suppress others? Is this because he is used to being aloof, or is he being slapped on the forehead?" Wang Shouzhe's face also straightened, and his eyes suddenly flashed. Turning cold, "If you want to talk, let's talk. If you don't, then get out."
"puff!"
Qian Xuehan almost spit out his tea and looked at Wang Shouzhe with admiration.
Facing a fourth-grade aristocratic family, he actually fell out with him as soon as he said he wanted to, which is awesome!
…