Chapter 318 Blatant
Xie Nan immediately reported the opening of the Liaodong Chamber of Commerce bookstore to the clan leader.
Xie Zhan's veins jumped when he heard this!
Then he sneered, "Liaodong Commercial Bookstore, this is not concealed at all, right?" What's the difference between this and robbery?
Lu Songli, Lu Songli, how can you stretch your hands so long?
Xie Nan lowered his head and felt that the air around him seemed to be stagnant, and even his breathing became cautious.
Zuo Anmin next to him looked at his nose and his heart, but he didn't say anything.
He sighed in his heart that the South was turned upside down by a Pingyang tiger and a dragon crossing the river.
After a while, Xie Zhan suppressed the anger that had just risen. He knew very well that anger had no benefit except making him lose his mind and making more and more wrong decisions.
Xie Nan then asked the question in his heart, "Patriarch, don't you think those people from Liaodong Chamber of Commerce are afraid that the government will cause trouble for them?"
Xie Nan was puzzled. From the point that they could block the major city gates, couldn't the other party see that they had people in the government of Nandi?
As soon as the Liaodong Chamber of Commerce bookstore opened, Xie Zhan understood that he had made a feint before and failed to scare the people of Liaodong County.
The other party had seen through his trump card long ago. His trump card was that he could mess up Nandi, but in the end he must destroy it and then build it up, rather than making Nandi a mess and then patting his butt and leaving without cleaning up the mess.
The emperor would not allow this.
Xie Zhan took a deep breath again and began to think about what to do next.
After the plan to mess up Nandi was launched, he had imagined many unexpected situations that would affect the situation.
However, the matter of the Liaodong Chamber of Commerce bookstore was really beyond his expectations and caught him off guard.
He thought that the Lu family was the least likely to be replaced, so he did not make relevant preparations. After all, the Lu family is a scholarly family with a rich collection of books. In addition, they run Yinguang Paper, one of the four major paper industries, and have a superior status in the literati in the South.
Any force that wants to replace it is unlikely.
He casually flipped through the two books that his subordinates brought back from the Liaodong Chamber of Commerce Bookstore.
Looking at the two identical words, Xie Zhan felt that Lu Songli and the others must have mastered some method to quickly make a book. This method is better than manual copying.
This is troublesome.
"Close the net." Xie Zhan said.
Xie Nan was stunned. Are they going to close the net in advance?
Zuo Anmin said, "Master, the Chen family and the Lu family have both suffered losses. I support your decision."
Xie Zhan nodded.
Close the net, must close the net! The Chen family, whose strength has been greatly reduced, is among those he can conquer. As for the Lu family, Lu Fei should be able to conquer it with the help of his in-laws.
In fact, according to their original plan, the Chen and Lu families could continue to fight for a while, and both sides would suffer a little, which would make it easier for them to conquer.
But Lu Songli's people were waiting to take advantage of them. Xie Zhan was worried that if he didn't close the net, he would end up with nothing.
Moreover, the situation was different at that time. Liaodong had intervened. The four bookstores opened by the Liaodong Chamber of Commerce seized the market and resources of the Lu family.
Now the Lu family was attacked by both the Chen family and the Liaodong Chamber of Commerce. If the Chen and Lu families continued to fight, the Lu family would be beaten to death.
They closed the net, and after Lu Fei took the Lu family into his pocket, the Lu family needed to regain the lost ground.
Unfortunately, the Shilin in the south was eventually occupied by the Liaodong Chamber of Commerce bookstores, and the Lu family could not restore its unique position in the Shilin.
However, they still had an advantage. The collection of books in their family was itself an invisible wealth.
This advantage should not be available to the Lu family.
The Lu family still has a chance of winning.
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On this day, Lu Fei broke into the resting place of Mr. Lu Yuanheng.
Five or six years ago, Mr. Lu had a serious illness and went to seek medical treatment in other places for two or three years. Later, although Mr. Lu met a good doctor and saved his life and returned to the south, he was often in poor spirits and drowsy, so he gradually stopped taking care of things. In addition, the south was hot, so he stayed in the manor built by the Lu family on the hillside for recuperation all year round.
At this time, Lu Fei knelt in front of Mr. Lu's sickbed and cried, "Grandfather! Go back and stop my father, otherwise the Lu family will be finished."
At this time, Mr. Lu had just finished drinking the medicine and was still awake.
"Granddaughter, why are you here?"
"Grandfather, yes, I'm here!"
"Get up first, get up first if you have anything to say."
Mr. Lu signaled the servant to help him up.
After Lu Fei stood up, he personally helped him up.
"What did you mean when you said that the Lu family was about to end? What did your father do?"
"Grandfather, this is what happened..."
As Lu Fei narrated, Mr. Lu became angrier and angrier.
"Quick, get me some medicine!" He felt dizzy.
The trusted servant immediately fed him a pill, and Mr. Lu breathed better.
Lu Fei said with red eyes, "Grandfather, you can't get into trouble again."
He was almost mad at his stupid son.
What is the most important thing for the Lu family to stand firm among the six great families? It is a good reputation!
"Go on."
Lu Fei nodded obediently and continued to narrate.
The more Mr. Lu learned about the current situation in the South, the more frightened he became.
"Such a big thing, your father actually let someone hide it from me?!"
The Lu family is now being attacked from both sides. If one thing goes wrong, it will be destroyed in an instant.
Lu Fei knew her father. At first, he just wanted to protect Lu Xihua. Later, things got bigger and bigger, and he dared not say anything.
Old Master Lu couldn't sit still any longer, "Let's go back!"
Lu Fei replied, "Okay."
Before returning to the Lu family in Panyu, the two of them went to the Ruan family in Linchuan County, which was also Lu Fei's maternal grandfather's home.
As soon as he saw the person, Mr. Lu couldn't wait to say, "Old Ruan, this time my Lu family is at the crossroads of life and death, you must help me this time!"
"Seventeen years ago, you said the same thing. My Ruan family helped you, but what happened in the end? My daughter Ruan Wan married into your Lu family with a generous dowry and used the dowry to help your Lu family through the difficulties. How did your son treat her in the end?"
"This is because our old Lu family is sorry for A Wan. But this time the situation is very critical. Even if you don't consider our friendship, you have to help the Lu family for A Fei's sake."
"I can help you this time, but I have a condition."
"What condition?"
"I want Lu Fei to be the next head of the Lu family! If you agree, I agree to help. If you don't agree, please go back." After saying this, Mr. Ruan stopped talking.
The Ruan family's attitude was revealed, and it was very tough.
Mr. Lu could understand his friend's thoughts at this time. The Ruan family helped the Lu family last time, but they didn't get any benefit. If they don't get any benefit this time, then the Lu family will perish, and what does it have to do with the Ruan family?
After thinking for a while, Mr. Lu said, "Okay, I can promise you this, let Lu Fei be the next head of the Lu family."
Mr. Lu thought very clearly that the Lu family and the Chen family were separated by a blood feud, and they would not stop easily. In addition, there was a Liaodong Chamber of Commerce next to them, so the Lu family was attacked from all sides.
At this time, the Lu family needed support and help. If the Ruan family didn't help, the Lu family might no longer exist.
If the skin doesn't exist, where can the hair be attached? The most important thing now is to let the Lu family survive this crisis.
And although Lu Fei is a woman, she should not be worse than Lu Xihua.
"But I also have a condition. Lu Fei must marry a son-in-law in the future and cannot marry outside. Among her children, at least one must have the surname Lu, and the next head of the Lu family can only be this child with the surname Lu."
This condition given by Mr. Lu is also a test. If a woman is the head of a family and does not have the necessary determination, then this head of the family is not qualified.
Before Mr. Ruan spoke, Lu Fei on the side expressed his opinion, "Grandfather, Grandfather, I can do it."
After leaving the Ruan family, Mr. Lu looked at his granddaughter on the side, "Lu Fei, Grandfather didn't expect you to have such ambitions?"
Lu Fei smiled and said, "Grandfather, you can try to believe me."
Even a fool like Lu Xihua, her father was willing to hand over the Lu family to him, she will not be worse than Lu Xihua.