Chapter 178 Warning
In late September, at the foot of Jade Mist Mountain, three people left their family and headed east.
They will pass through Anling City, get on a flying boat, and continue to the east until they reach Donghai City. Then turn from the East China Sea to the north, cross a sea area in a straight line, and reach Liao County.
Lu Xueting, Lu Ranting, and Lu Mingling walked together. They went to propose marriage to Wen En.
The marriage of Lu Wenen and Gongsun Que should also be put on the agenda.
Ran Ting is Wen En's grandmother, so she should leave now; Xueting and Ran Ting are sisters, and if there is a foundation-building cultivator in charge, it will show the family's attention.
As for Lu Mingling, who went with him, it is one thing to follow him to propose a marriage. In addition, he also has an important job, which is to discuss with Gongsun's family and expand business.
The Lu's Firm has grown rapidly in the past two years. Now they not only undertake the sales of the family's own output, but other allied families in Anling County have also been drawn into the Chamber of Commerce. Some of their products and specialties will gradually have a considerable part, and they will be sold by their agents.
This is also the result of Lu Mingling's talk. It's just that this matter has not been completely determined, and the trust of other families in Lu's firm is still relatively limited. And Lu Mingling hopes that through this communication with Gongsun's, the north-south trade route can be opened up, so that the goods will be sold better, and it will also be of great help to the prestige of Lu's firm.
Ordinary small families do not have the ability to sell their output to Selangor in the north. They usually have to rely on the Husheng firm to sell the goods.
And now, it is definitely better to be able to pass through Lu's firm. In the past, Husheng Trading Company was a bit of a monopoly business, and the oil and water pumped in the middle, the purchase price, etc., were relatively dead. In this regard, Lu's Firm will give a much more favorable price.
Mingling's negotiation with Gongsun went well by taking advantage of the proposal. When the Lu family came to deliver the goods, Gongsun could directly eat the next batch. In addition, Lu's firm was also allowed to do business in Liao County. Of course, this also had to cooperate with Gongsun, and everyone had money to make money together.
The Lu family's trip to northern Xinjiang has accomplished several goals.
The wedding will be held on the Jade Mist Mountain in two years, and some people from the Gongsun family will also come. The two also reached an agreement to expand business cooperation, and the relationship between allies has become more reliable.
Even, to a certain extent, the communication between the two has become very equal this time.
Of course, the Gongsun clan was still much stronger than the Lu family. After the battle against Bai Gui Nanxing that greatly damaged their vitality, they were now relieved. Although the Gongsun clan still did not have any Jindan cultivators, the Qiming cultivators instead increased to eight, and the foundation-building stage cultivators had thirty. There are more than 1,000 monks, and there are many affiliated families. If they are fully mobilized for war, they can mobilize more than 5,000 monks.
But the Lu family has golden pills, and maybe two years later.
This makes up for everything.
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Two years later, the marriage of Lu Wenen and Gongsun Que was officially held.
After the two of them's wedding, Lu's firm and Gongsun's people went to Liao County's business road together.
The distance between the two places is too far, and it is necessary to coordinate the flying boat used by the business - this is provided by Gongsun's, not just for them, but during the twice-a-year traffic, part of the storage is given to Lu. 's firm.
Otherwise, with the current economic strength of the Lu family, it would still be difficult to get a large flying boat specially designed for north-south transportation. That thing is very expensive.
The preliminary preparations for the trade have been completed in the past two years. After Wen En's marriage,
Mingling also tried to run.
no problem.
After returning to the family, he suddenly received a message that Lu Xinting, who was working for the caravan in Changhong County, was attacked.
The strength of the enemy was very strong, and almost instantly defeated the team she led. She herself is a Qi practitioner at the seventh level, and the other five loose cultivators in the team also have strengths above the middle stage of Qi training. Being destroyed by others in an instant, it is obvious that the shot is above the level of Foundation Establishment.
But the attackers didn't kill anyone, and even after defeating them, they didn't even steal the goods, but just left a letter for Lu Xinting to hand over to the principal of their Lu family.
After returning, Xin Ting gave the letter to his nephew Ming Ling. Although he was a little older, according to the family's rules and regulations, Mingling was the head of the family chamber of commerce and the boss of Xinting.
After getting the letter, Lu Mingling found out that it was a warning letter.
At this moment, the clan also held a corresponding meeting, and Lu Chaoxi, the patriarch, was alarmed.
Faced with the question, Lu Mingling said, "I guess it is Husheng Firm."
Although the warning letter was not signed, Ming Ling still guessed it.
He further explained: "Actually, this is not the first time. The last time I went to Donghai County to prepare a trade route, I encountered some resistance. A steward of Husheng Trading Company even told me about these things. , to persuade our Lu family not to do business across continents, it is easy to lose money."
Husheng Business, once the Lu family did business with them, the relationship is not bad.
However, this time, Lu's firm's plan to open the North-South Commercial Road really stepped on the cat's tail.
There are two major commercial firms in Feiyun Prefecture. Feiyun Commercial Firm is mainly engaged in local business, as well as trade to the south; the second ranked Husheng Commercial Firm is mainly engaged in commercial exchanges between Feiyun Prefecture and Selangor.
The Lu family wanted to find a trade route to Liao County by themselves, but they were obviously trying to rob them of business.
"Haha..." Lu Chaoxi laughed twice, and then said to Mingling, "The ancestors of the family still attach great importance to the development of business routes. You should continue to do it well. I will deal with the Husheng Commercial Bank."
He wanted to ask how to solve it, but after hesitating for a while, Lu Mingling still didn't ask.
The patriarch has his own way.
He went back and continued to prepare for the North-South trade affairs, and he also made some compensation for Xinting, who had been beaten.
Lu Chaoxi, on the other hand, set off for Qingfengmen a few days later.
He had planned to go there soon. This is also the norm. Every once in a while, he will go to Qingfengmen to stay for a while, and live directly in Li Yanling's cave. The cultivation efficiency of the fifth-order spiritual meridian is quite acceptable. Even, as the elder Keqing of the sect, he took on a mission last year, bringing three foundation-building cultivators from the Qingfeng Sect to deal with the haunting of a small family in Guangyang County, which is considered to have worked for the sect.
The reason for this... The newlyweds, he and Li Yanling separated not long after they got married. Li Yanling wants to return to the sect to practice hard, and strive to enter the Jindan stage as soon as possible.
Since Li Yanling is not good at running around, he can only work harder.
And this time, he had planned to stay for half a year.
Not surprisingly, Li Yanling should start trying to make a breakthrough in the Jindan period this year. As a husband, at times like this, he should be on the sidelines.
By the way, something happened to the family business that was warned, and he also went to solve it. .
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