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Chapter 13 - Xiao Letian is about to establish his own sect

As the candlelight flickered, Fan Lian leaned on the bed and quietly pondered on the rise of Fan family. Ever since his father started walking down the road of business, he had always followed by his side, and the people who were slowly making the Guangde grow were the father, son and son.

What was Fan Ru doing at that time? He was studying in seclusion, reading the Four Books and Five Classics. According to his father, the eldest son was going to inherit the family's business, so it was best for him to get a good title. Only then would he be able to make a name for himself. As for the number two in the family, he would do the same. He would earn a lot of money and then supply it to his brother to take the exam to earn his reputation.

It was a pity that his brother was just a fool who had read books but had never made the slightest progress in his studies as a High Scholar. All he thought about was how to use his brother's money to buy a house and land. Furthermore, he spent money like flowing water to befriend the rich and influential families in the capital, wanting to regain the status of the Royal Merchant in his family.

Not only that, but after he became the family head, he became even more headstrong and insisted on pretending that his family was a family heirloom. He did not care about the strict rules at all and copied them in his own home, even going beyond that.

In the past, Fan Lian had already endured it for the benefit of the clan, but this year, this big brother of his actually became even more fierce, forcing his beloved concubine to death.

I didn't renew the chord for the sake of Hu Niu and her mother. Right now, the main house is empty, the two of them are the flesh in my heart! You killed Hu Niu's mother, now you still want to use 110 thousand silver to threaten me? ”Isn't it just not taking the official accounts? I don't care …”

When Fan Lian thought about this, he fiercely smashed the bed, and even spoke out everything that was in his heart, ”If worst comes to worst, we can just split the family, if worst comes to worst, we can start over from the beginning …”

Just as he was talking, a low sigh came from outside the window. If Manager Fan had known about this beforehand, he would have never known about this! ”

”Who?” Fan Lian immediately sat up, following that, the door opened, and a familiar face entered.

”Mr. Xiao!” Fan Lian immediately shouted out, scaring Xiao Letian to the point that he had to cover his mouth, ”My old shopkeeper, are you trying to kill me? ”I haven't even left my braid out yet, why don't you invite the officials over …”

Manager Fan was immediately excited and coughed continuously. Xiao Letian hurriedly supported him and lightly patted his back, ”old shopkeeper doesn't need to say anymore, I know the situation. I have come here to resolve the crisis in front of old shopkeeper. However … I want to ask Manager Fan, how much guts do you have? How much courage do you have? ”

Fan Lian coughed for a while, his face flushed red as he looked at Xiao Letian: ”Mr. Xiao, what do you mean by this?”

”The meaning is very simple, I have a set of wealth that I want to give to others, but I need extremely brave merchants to be able to eat them. If the old shopkeeper does not even dare to go to the branch families, I am afraid you will not get this wealth! ”

”How big is a fortune? How big is a fortune?” Speaking of business, Manager Fan was better.

”How old? ”Hehe, it's so big that even foreign people have to be polite in front of you, so big that you can talk business with the foreign government, and so big that even the Qing Dynasty, the imperial court, would not dare to kill you …” Xiao Letian gritted his teeth and said these words. At that time, Fan Lian was already covered in cold sweat.

”Divided families? Foreigners? The imperial government? ”Oh my mother, sir, are you joking with me?” Fan Lian was obviously shocked by Xiao Letian's tone.

Not to mention the foreigners and the imperial court, it was considered disgraceful, even outrageous, to divide the family in ancient ceremonies. In the society of late Qing, unless there was no other choice, no one would be able to split their family unless they were extremely poor or their family was simply too huge.

If Fan Lian now suggested that they split the wealth between them, not to mention how much of it they could split, just the saliva of the people of the four cities and eight villages would be able to drown him. Even break off the partnership because they think you're unfaithful and unfilial.

To put it bluntly, if the branch family were to suffer worse than losing their skin, what Manager Fan had said just now was just an infuriated statement from the sick, who would have thought that Xiao Letian would hear it.

”Manager Fan, I'll be honest with you, this wealth is too great, I don't want to give your brother even a little bit of it, and this wealth requires people to keep it a secret, the less people who know, the better …” After saying that, Xiao Letian suddenly took out a big black bag from her bosom and poured the contents of the bag onto the bed.

At that time, Fan Lian's eyes were already staring at them, what a guy! The entire bed was filled with Semen Orientale s, all of them top grade, and there was even a big piece of jade with goat fat and beautiful jade. Fan Lian's family also ran a pawnshop, his eye for business was not inferior to a senior executive, and in his heart he estimated that this bag of treasures was worth at least thirty thousand gold.

”Mr. Xiao, what do you mean by that?” Fan Lian quickly gathered the Semen Orientale s that were rolling around on the bed. Touching the warm feeling on his hands, the old man's heart trembled. This degree of roundness and comfort coupled with such a huge pellet was almost up to the standard of Wang Jue's Chao Pearl. The old man didn't even dare to think how popular this would be.

”I brought five bags of this kind of treasure today. I think it should be enough for you to escape from this crisis, right?” Xiao Letian smiled as she looked at Fan Lian as if she knew that this old man would never be able to escape his grasp even if he was beaten to death.