Chapter 485 (1/2)
Chapter 485: 485
Chapter 485: Zhaoshang Money House
Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio
The tedouAlthough it snowed heavily earlier in the year in Suzhou and Hangzhou, the snow clouds in the sky were pulled by the seaside directly into the interior of Qing Kingdom and buried all the far of the year passed and winter reached its end, the snow in Jiangnan stopped and the sun came outThe snow melted and immediately lost its chill
The trees outside Suzhou even sprouted new tender growths early
Ming Qingda, the currentfamily and known as the wealthiestinside a little pavilion in the Ming gardenHis gaze surpassed the high garden walls and landed ah the walls around the garden were very tall and becahtly defended fortress once the doors were closed, these high walls could not stop his gaze or hide the frail but gradually growing signs of spring
Although it inter, he still anticipated the spring
Ming Qingda let out a breathA gliht happily that winter was about to endThe flowers and trees were going to co faain
Within a year, the Ming family had experienced too much misfortuneThe enormous fortune they earned each year in the past from the palace treasury had been cut by half, and their various trade routes were being endlessly harassed by the Overwatch CouncilThe floeen goods and cash was difficultThere was a gradual sense of i doom
Further the Ming family, had been ”forced to death” by the i master had al anted a piece of the fa fada to breathe and surviveHe knew that the person behind all of these things was the E out these things was imperial envoy Fan Xian, who appeared warhtsFortunately, in this half a year, Fan Xian had zhou and played around in Wuzhou and DanzhouHe rarely returned to the Suzhou palace treasury to overseethe two nan and returned to Jingdou
After Fan Xian left Jiangnan, the dark cloud over the Ming fanan branch of the Overwatch Council continued to work hard to carry out Fan Xian's orders to put pressure on the Ming fananThere were countless officials who extended a helping hand in secret, so the Ming faain and welco Qingda sighed happily as he looked at the neth outside the garden walls
However, his face immediately darkened because he suddenly realized he had let the joy get to his headSpring was here, trees were sprouting but…the i back
His rilyHe shook his sleeve and walked toward his own courtyardMing Garden took up an expansive piece of landMost of theto tradition, after the old Ming da, thepower, should hest position in the gardenHowever, Ming Qingda resolutely refused to agree to the discussion in the clanAs an excuse, he said he missed his mother and turned the courtyard in a memorial hall
He knehy he didn't move into that little courtyardHe was afraid that once he woke up in there, he would see a white cloth tied to the bea little feet
Thatcoda had picked up a boiling hot towel and rubbed it vigorously over his faceHe felt a tiredness that seeped out froThere were too s to worry aboutIn the past, he could easily handle specific matters as the head of the family because most of the direction and the collusion with the nobles in court were single-handedly dealt with by the old Ming matriarch, so there was no need for him to tire himself over it
It was not the same nowHe had to personally handle the secret coest headache was that the i familyOutside crisis was i fah the lawsuit, Fan Xian had forcefully stuffed Xia Qifei, the vile spawn, into the fa was recently very close to Xia Qifei
In front of pressure froda could doHe could only watch as Xia Qifeifao, on the first day of the year, he had actually watched with his own eyes as Xia Qifei returned to the clan and worshi+pped the ancestors
With the internal proble on anymoreBut, he had to persistFor the clan, he had to endure until the Eldest Princess succeeded
He looked at the two people beside hihed in his heartBeside him were a man and a womanThey were the people he now trusted theLanshi+, the other was once the old irl, his present second concubine
If it weren't for this serving girl, it would have been ifaiven sufficient co Lanshi+…Ming Qingda glanced at his son and furrowed his browsHe knew that Ming Lanshi+ was capable and had good judgementHowever, the father and son recently had so fa Lanshi+'s opinion, since the court was suppressing them so harshly and the palace treasury was firmly controlled by Fan Xian, it was already ih the palace treasury like in the pastThey should use this opportunity to gradually leave this business and use the Ming fae a out coer operating as the palace treasury's royal merchantsIn this way, the court and irateful, and they would be able to da resolutely opposed this suggestionEven though the Ming faht now, he still did not allow the clan to move away from the palace treasury at all and had the intention of developing toward a different direction
The concubine left the front hallMing Qingda looked at his son and furrowed his brows”Your suggestion last night…it can't be done”
”Why not?” Ming Lanshi+ asked unhappily”Who can stand against the court? If we don't pull back now…once Fan Xian returns to Jiangnan again, I'm afraid on't be able to pull back even if ant to”
”What can Fan Xian do?” Ming Qingda glanced at him”Can he move troops and have us all killed?”
”Who knows? The iitiard to the rules, ould he be afraid of?” Ming Lanshi+ knew that Fan Xian would not do such a thing but couldn't resist saying it
”We also have people in the Palace” Ming Qingda furrowed his brows”The eer, the empress, and the Eldest Princess…could these people really not defeat an illegitimate child of the Emperor?”
”What about our business? If Fan Xian continued to do as he did last year…howfa Lanshi+ asked aggrieved”In the past, e did business for the palace treasury, we could earn however antFor every sale we make noe lose money on anotherWhen we bid for the lots, we set the price too highIt was impossible to make a profitPlus, we are harassed daily by the Overwatch Council peopleFather, if this continues, we can't support it for longIn another threeland”
”What are you anxious about?” Ming Qingda asked with disapproval”We have to continue the palace treasury businessThis is the Eldest Princess' intentionsIf we let go at this tioBut, hoe explain it to the Eldest Princess? Without the label of the palace treasury, the Ming family is like a fat piece of meat and could be eaten by someone at any moment”
He didn't notice that he had said this to his son a year ago