Chapter 401 Royal Merchant Name

"Son and others have met father."

"Yes, you are all thoughtful."

Seeing their father appear, Gu Yanguang and Gu Yanli could no longer continue to talk about business matters. The family sat together, not talking when eating or sleeping, which was the usual rule in the family, and no one dared to break it rashly.

After a silent meal, the younger generations sat in the hall and talked, but the three brothers followed the seventh old man to the study.

As soon as he entered the door, the seventh old man slapped the third son inexplicably on the face, hitting Gu Yanli so hard that he saw stars.

He is obviously in his seventies or eighties, how can he still have no less strength, like a young man!

The eldest son Gu Yanguang and the second son Gu Yanxing still looked strange, but the third son Gu Yanli, who was beaten, knelt down in a proper manner, with a red and swollen face, but he did not dare to talk back at all.

"You are so rude. Look, Gu Shaoyu's revenge is here. He will cut off most of your profits this year. Do you really think he is a vegetarian in Cezhou and Sui'an City?"

"Father, I was just joking. Who knew he was serious? Shameless, he got the East Palace and the Guo family involved. Of course, I made a mistake."

"Gu Shaoyu's only sister married into the Guo family. He is the right-hand man of the East Palace Prince. Even the current Queen grew up in front of her sister-in-law. Don't you know this kind of relationship? It's really going backwards. For a breath, he put our family in danger."

The third cousin who was scolded was angry in his heart. He was naturally unconvinced.

He said that on purpose at the table that day, just to embarrass Gu Shaoyu and let him know who has the final say in Jinling City.

But now, he regretted it. No one would go against his money, and he was upset that the money was about to go into his pocket, but was taken away by someone like this.

The eldest brother Gu Yanguang, who was standing next to him, saw that his younger brother was scolded and had no power to fight back, so he had to come out to smooth things over.

"Father, don't be angry. You can earn money if you lose it, but it's not worth it to get angry."

Hearing this, the seventh old man gave his eldest son a thin face and said no more.

After a moment of silence, he motioned the third son to stand up, and then said the instructions.

"The power of the Eastern Palace is not something we can deal with at will at this moment, so you should give in when you should give in, and give up when you should give up. Even if you lose all the profits this year, you can't anger the Eastern Palace, understand?"

"Son, I understand."

Gu Yanli has been in the business world for so many years, he certainly knows the principle of sacrificing the car to save the driver. As long as he wants to survive in the Daxing Dynasty, he naturally has to follow the rules of the Daxing Dynasty, and the next maker of these rules, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, is naturally not someone who can be easily offended.

Otherwise, arbitrarily accusing him of a hat would be enough to make his years of hard work come to nothing, so no matter how unhappy he is, he can only give in.

Seeing some fluctuations on his face, the Seventh Old Master took a deep breath and continued.

"It's just one year's profit. If you manage it well, you will get it back eventually. But the position of the imperial merchant, which is elected every five years, will start in April next year. We must not make any mistakes at this time, otherwise we will be passive in many things. Do you understand?"

"Son, I understand!"

The Gu family has been re-elected as the imperial merchant twice. In the past ten years, they can be said to have made great strides, and many of their halos are due to this, so the people in the seventh room dare not take it lightly.

Seeing that the third son did have a solemn expression, the seventh old man let him go.

"Okay, go out and reunite with your family during the New Year. I have something to say to your eldest brother, and I will come back later."

"Yes, father."

After the two brothers left the house, Gu Yanxing asked the third brother.

"What's the situation?"

Gu Yanli said with gritted teeth.

"It's the end of the year. We were originally planning to stop shipping, but suddenly we received a message from the Eastern Palace, requiring us to deliver the needed things before the New Year. As a result, we encountered a disaster halfway. Not only did the whole batch of things fall into the water, but we also had to compensate the Eastern Palace for the losses. In order to satisfy the prince, I gave away 50% to 60% of this year's profits, and only then did the matter settle. Otherwise, you and I would not have a good New Year's Eve dinner."

"Why didn't my elder brother and I hear about the news from the Eastern Palace?"

In any case, the two of them are the parents who protect Jinling City, and they have both literary and martial arts, how could they not know?

"Hey, if I had known that the news was released by the Eastern Palace, would I have been so stupid to be fooled? The Su family deliberately spread the rumor that they were going to deliver goods to the dignitaries in Sui'an City. I thought it was not difficult, so I snatched it. Who knew it would be a trap. They said it was what the Eastern Palace wanted after the goods were gone. What can I do?"

"You can't detect the tricks of the Su family?"

"If it was just the Su family, I would naturally not be fooled, but the kid from the Yan family and the Han family in Sui'an City also joined in the fun. I thought it would be a good thing, but who knew it would be full of thorns!"

Hearing his younger brother's words, the second brother Gu Yanxing was not stupid either, and asked as soon as he opened his mouth.

"Did the three families unite to deal with you?"

Gu Yanli shook his head, and then said with certainty.

"That's not the case. I guess the kid from the Yan family just came to join in the fun because he smelled something. As for the Han family, I heard that they also had dealings with Prime Minister Guo's residence through the Du family, so it's not difficult for them to know the news."

Although he said that, Gu Yanli still had some doubts in his heart.

It was a coincidence if it happened once, but so many coincidences happened together, it might not be a coincidence.

So after having this idea, he began to think about how to fight back, but this was a trap set for him by Gu Shaoyu and Du Jingyi, and they wanted to make this third cousin hate him so much that he would take action.

In the study, although the seventh old master was a little unhappy about the loss of profits in this family, this thing could always be recovered after it was lost, so he cared more about other things, so he deliberately kept his eldest son and told him the news he had received in the past few days.

"I'm afraid your Third Uncle's family won't last long. Since Gu Shaoyu has taken action against our business, to put it bluntly, he wants to cut the Gordian knot and do it for outsiders to see! We have thick blood, and you two brothers are supporting us, so he can't bite off much in a short time. But your Third Uncle's family is much easier to deal with, so let's clean up what needs to be cleaned up, and don't let their troubles affect us."