Chapter 30.2 (1/2)
Book 2 - Fame SpreadsChapter 30.212 Mar 2017Note:3/5
”Smuggling?” He Yiming astoundedly asked, ”Our family still needs to rely on smuggling to survive?”
”Of course,” He Quanming said in a lowered voice, ”Actually, every big clan is secretly involved in one illegal activity or another. We're only involved in smuggling, which is the cleanest one of all.”
He Yiming bitterly laughed, not expecting to hear smuggling being just and expected from his father's mouth.
He Wude lightly coughed and said, ”Yiming, if in the future, our He manor can be as built as the Xu castle, the debt every year can be overlooked.”
He Yiming made a sound of agreement. He inwardly said, 'Xu castle's background of hundreds of years was indeed too far above the current He manor.'
He Quanyi lightly patted the table and said, ”Yiming, actually Xu and Cheng family are also the same as our family. They are also secretly involved in shady businesses. It's just that their current reach is too far and wide. However, a few hundred years ago, when they had barely started to develop, they were much crazier than us. If this was not the case, where do you think they managed to get such big family properties?”
He Yiming thought for a bit, then slightly nodded. His ittle bit of hesitation had completely dissipated.
”All right,” He Wude waved his huge hand and said, ”Enough of this. What about Yiling?” As soon as these words sounded, everybody's brows creased.
Although Yiling was a cultivator in speaking, her cultivation talent was not too good. She'd taken two years to make the breakthrough pertaining to the sixth layer.
Hereby, one could say that her future accomplishments would be quite limited. Moreover, cultivation was more challenging for females in comparison to males. As such, the possibility of another breakthrough was quite low for her.
Under such circ.u.mstances, female cultivators usually gave up on cultivation and thought about marrying into influential families.
The elders of the He manor had been the most worried about this issue recently.
Both Xu family and Cheng family had raised marriage proposals for He Yiling.
If it had been happening before, He Yiming certainly would have sneered at this issue. However, his trip outside had made him understand many things.
To establish one's clan firmly in a certain region, moreover to pa.s.s it on for a thousand years, was in no way easy.
Even though He family was exceedingly strong currently, they couldn't possibly stand against the whole county. Otherwise, when He family's power would wane in the future, the counterattack they would suffer could easily destroy the He family in its entirety.
Xu family and Cheng family could be considered as the two oldest influential families in the Tai Cang county. Previously, there had been several families standing alongside them. Several among them had their share of glory in the history of Tai Cang county. However, after a hundred years, these families had already waned, and some among them had even completely lost their roots.
Only Cheng and Xu, these two families had silently developed on, spreading their roots deep into the Tai Cang county.
This affair was similar to that of the four big, influential families of Fire Crow country. Regardless of the place, regardless of the clan, if one wished to pa.s.s on one's family milleniums without fail, he wouldn't be able to accomplish this feat on the power of his own family alone.
More swift the rise, the more swift the fall.
Only by stretching branches and scattering leaves, continuously enriching one's connections, developing good relations.h.i.+ps with nearby powers&h.e.l.lip;and so on..could one plant one's roots deep into the ground.
When the clan flourishes, seize all the power and gather all the powers under one banner.
Likewise when clan declines, retreat to one's roots and adhere to the powerful. In other words, as long as one's blood vessels are innumerable, one would have a chance of nirvana and be reborn from ashes.
Before the third generation had matured, although He family was still reputed to be one of the three influential families, their foundation and connection lacked too far behind that of the other two. If their strength hadn't been too high, they wouldn't have even this qualification.
However, as He family's third generation slowly made their appearance and exhibited outstanding development, the family eventually gained the approval of the other two.
After the marriage with the Cheng family, the two families had again dropped the olive branch.(Tl: symbol of peace)
Seeing everybody preserving silence, He Wude involuntarily let out a sigh and said, ”Quanyi, you're her father. You tell, Xu or Cheng, which one do you choose?”
Old man's words immediately set a tone. He Yiling's future husband could only be chosen from these two families.