Joy of Life: Starting from Teacher Fan Xian

After carefully putting the letter into his arms, Wang Shisanlang asked, "Is this silver enough?"

"It's not enough. This money is obviously not enough to eat up the Ming family's money." Lin Ruo shook his head. The Ming family has made a lot of money through marketing in the inner treasury for more than ten years and has become very wealthy.

To fight against the Ming family, we still have to make moves from within.

"As long as the Ming family can't find a reasonable excuse for the deficit in the inner treasury, I will start bidding again and sell the marketing rights of the inner treasury's products."

"I may not be able to guarantee that Xia Qifei will be the only one to win the bid for this business, but I can guarantee that if the Ming family wants to bid again, they will have to pay a heavy price."

"So you want to use this to weaken the Ming family." said Wang Shisanlang.

"That's about right. When the Ming family is weak, there are too many places to attack." This is Lin Ruo's temporary idea, but in fact, he is confident that he can defeat the Ming family in the bidding.

But this depends on whether the young master of the Ming family is willing to cooperate.

"How can you be sure that the Ming family will not make a bold move and withdraw from the management of the inner treasury? After all, the Ming family has been the number one family in Jiangnan in recent years. They don't need to continue to work hard to get into the inner treasury when the court is wary of them." Wang Shisanlang analyzed reasonably.

"Retire after success?"

Lin Ruo smiled when he heard this: "Once you come in, it's not that easy to back out. The Ming family relied on so many channels to rise to power by controlling the inner treasury. Even the people in Jiangnan are united as one, not to mention those in Beijing. There are too many interest chains involved."

"If the Ming family wants to withdraw, the eldest princess of Xinyang will probably turn against them. What use will the Ming family have no matter how much money they have then?" Lin Ruo looked at Wang Shisanlang jokingly.

“Without the flat ground, can a tall building still stand tall?”

Wang Shisanlang's expression darkened as he understood the meaning behind the words. It turned out that once you get into some situations, you can never retreat from them for the rest of your life.

If you want to back out of a decision made with your life, you must give up your life as well.

The rain gradually stopped and Lin Ruo got up and went back to the house.

"Pack up, the imperial envoy from Jiangnan is here."

……

Nearly half of the area downstream of Suzhou Wharf is owned by the Ming family. Ming Lanshi, the young master of the Ming family, stands by the wharf, watching the men working.

Once the rain stops, the business that needs to be done cannot be delayed.

"Why is father here?" Ming Lanshi glanced at the person next to him. He was wearing a blue shirt and looked ordinary, not like the head of the Ming family.

"Mother asked me to come and see how your business is doing." Ming Qingda said this like an assigned servant.

In the past two years, most of the Ming family's overseas businesses have been managed by Ming Lanshi, and Ming Qingda has basically stayed at home and never gone out.

The head of the Ming family had endless complaints about this. He was in his prime at the age of forty, but he had to be a child who stayed by his mother's side.

Although the son is obedient and always asks his father before making any decision, who knows? The head of the Ming family also has to see the old man's face first.

Ming Qingda cannot achieve any results outside, and does not have the power to make decisions inside.

The respected mother always told him to take care of everything, but she also wanted to give suggestions on everything.

It was a rare opportunity for Ming Qingda to leave the Ming family. He felt like he had walked out of a cage, and his exhausted body and mind gradually regained vitality.

"It seems that grandmother doesn't want her grandson to do those things." Without waiting for her father to speak, Ming Lanshi knew what the words meant.

"Yeah." Ming Qingda nodded without surprise.

"Father, have you ever thought that maybe we can turn our enemies into friends with this imperial envoy?"

After Ming Lanshi finished speaking, he couldn't help but shook his head: "No, there is no deep hatred. The one who is resentful is Xinyang, what does it have to do with our Ming family." "The eldest princess is trapped in a place now and can't protect herself. Fighting with the imperial envoy for her is not worth the loss. Father should know how powerful the imperial envoy is." Ming Lanshi continued.

Ming Qingda sneered: "Haha, I've said the same thing to my mother many times."

Ming Lanshi sighed: "Grandma is old, why do you still like to do things that young people do."

"Because your father, I am useless." Ming Qingda said self-deprecatingly.

"Father, you must not say that. Every skill that my son has acquired since he was a child was taught by you," Ming Lanshi immediately comforted him.

Ming Qingda looked at the sea and said nothing more.

"What exactly is father thinking?" Ming Lanshi asked again.

Ming Qingda was silent for a long time before he said seriously, "Actually, what mother said is right. The Ming family can't be separated from the inner treasury after all, so no matter what time, the inner treasury must be firmly in our hands."

"And I don't believe that the Imperial Envoy has the ability to offend most people in the world."

"So we are destined to go against the Imperial Envoy?" Ming Lanshi couldn't help feeling discouraged.

Ming Qingda listened to this and shook his head: "The inner treasury belongs to the princess, not to us. If he can really take over the inner treasury easily and stabilize production, it won't be too late to discuss this point of view then."

It is not easy for the princess's inner treasury to listen to an outsider.

Moreover, this outsider is not the future master of the inner treasury, the legitimate Lord Fan in the capital, he is just an imperial envoy who comes to investigate the deficit.

Even if one is very famous in the capital, he has no right to manage the management of the Jiangnan treasury.

……

At the upstream entrance, when night fell, the guards quietly boarded the official ship.

Mu Tie waited for a long time on the boat before he finally saw the person coming. He couldn't help crying, "My Lord, you are back."

"Today, all day long, I have been terrified, afraid that someone will come up."

Lin Ruo smiled and said, "How could they be so bold as to board the official ship without permission?"

"The official ship is not brave enough, but there are many people sending gifts. Since the rain stopped at noon, many officials have secretly sent servants from their homes to give gifts. The ship is now full of gifts." Mu Tie pointed at the inner ship.

Zong Zhui said, "Why don't you refuse? Aren't you damaging the reputation of the Master?"

Mu Tie was also helpless and said, "It is not good to offend so many officials at once. I am also considering you, my Lord."

"I'm unfamiliar with Jiangnan, and I have to deal with these people. I dare not act on my own and create conflicts."

Lin Ruo nodded and responded: "You did the right thing."

"It's not like these people haven't heard of your reputation, yet they still dare to give you gifts so openly." Zong Zhui was very confused.

Mu Tie had a deep look on his face and said with a grin, "People who are used to being dirty will naturally see everyone as the same as themselves. In their eyes, who are all dirty, they will not believe that you are a clean person."

"Well, let's show them tomorrow who is innocent and who is dirty."

Mu Tie was startled: "What do you want to do, sir?"

Lin Ruo exhaled: "I came to Jiangnan to make enemies. If that's the case, it's a good idea to establish my authority as soon as possible."

(End of this chapter)