Vol 2 Chapter 219 (1/2)
Chapter 219: What’s It Got To Do With Minister Fan?
”It's rare that I have an envoy visit , ”even though I aer But that was Fan Xian, the ihly on ly crestfallen He knew that although his family lived a life of luxury and had considerable pohen it came to their reputation in Northern Qi, they were not spoken highly of His position of vice-ed to shut soranted to hihed He knew that his father had studied under Zhuang Mohan, and that he had been preparing to do great deeds all across the land, but due to his aunt, his father was left only able to be an idle noblerown over the years, as had his attach s Fan Xian had told him before he had departed, he still felt a certain quiet fear ”Fan Xian just told me that he wanted to do business with you He is a co; what business can he do? And what business would he need you for?”
”I'hou ”The person he needs is Master Shen”
”Uncle Shen?”
”That's right Fan Xian's father is Minister of Revenue in the south He hiiti the businesses of the palace treasury from the Eldest Princess He wants tosteps to prepare for his future position On their journey north, without your Uncle Shen escorting the”
Wei Hua's jaw dropped, shocked by what his father had told hioods?”
”It's a trap!” This was Wei Hua's first response
”He didn't threaten reeitated ”Do you not know that there is still an agreement between our two countries? Fan Xian is anxious about it, and His Majesty wants to delay it to cause the Qing diploardless of whether or not this business is legiti with Master Shen, then we can't disassociate ourselves froain, then how can I put hier?”
”So His Majesty says it should be delayed, and it's delayed?” Chang Ninghou looked at his son ”In any case, that et some benefit out of it and help Fan Xian, then we should What's there to worry about? Anyway, your aunt is still in the palace”
Wei Hua sighed He didn't knohat to say After a long while, he finally spoke in a quiet voice ”Do you think Fan Xian is telling the truth? I really don't understand why he would take such a great risk to soods into the country”
”Men will die for hou was still drunk He thought himself the sort of man who understood the world completely ”The palace treasury?” he said with a sneer ”That's quite a gold to the Fan family! Even if his father is the Minister of Revenue for the Kingdo, how much benefit can he oods produced by the palace treasury's business up north to sell, do you kno much money that could make?”
Wei Hua was a clever, niure Over the past decade and a half, the Kingdo's every expense had been funded by the businesses left behind by the Ye family At the same time, they had made plenty of money from other places across the land If Fan Xian really could pull off such a shocking stunt, the p
rofit he could make was stupendous!
”Fan Xian wants to pocket thatit hard to associate the talented Master Fan he had heard so reed
With a wry face, the Marquis poured hilass of wine and belched ”What do you think? You know, poets have to eat too”
After he finished speaking, the Marquis, once a gifted scholar of Northern Qi, was now asleep hunched over the table He was covered in liquor and gave off an unpleasant s Qinian looked at Lin Jing, as pretending to be asleep next to hilare It seemed he felt that the co in front of a minister of the royal court
Fan Xian s serious, do you?”
wang Qinian thought he was As did Gao Da Who wouldn't be te coe profits frolass wares? Fan Xian was not tempted, because as the Eldest Princess saw it, the palace treasury belonged to the royal court, and as Fan Xian saw it, the palace treasury belonged to the Ye family It was his At the least, one day, it would be