The four major families in Jiangnan couldn't tell who was richer. Qian Manguan had never had such an opportunity to control the lifeline of other families before, but he has it now.
All businessmen are dishonest. Qian Manguan considers himself a dishonest businessman with a bottom line, but facing this, he couldn't help but feel shaken.
This is indeed a great gift, it all depends on how he uses it.
The Qian family and the Deng family have always been on good terms, not only because he and Deng Qian are childhood friends, but also because of interests. Not to mention the overlap in business between the two families, when the strength of the four families is similar, after forming an alliance, the effect of one plus one plus two is also very obvious, and they will indeed have more say.
But after Fu Zhiyu showed his ability, the benefits of the so-called alliance were greatly reduced. After all, no matter how big their alliance was, it would never be bigger than Fu Zhiyu.
What happened before made Qian Manguan feel that no one in this world can be trusted. No matter how good the words are, they are useless when something goes wrong.
The result of his alliance with the Deng family was that his wishful thinking led to a major setback. In contrast, the Lin family kept to themselves and had a very happy time during this period.
But he was still a little cautious when facing this.
"Why give it to me?" Qian Manguan asked. He did not dare to take it, with obvious vigilance on his face. "If King Zhao has this, he can ask the Deng family to do anything he wants, right?"
Doctor Chen smiled and said, "You see, you underestimated Prince Zhao again. He originally wanted to save people when he was looking for this medicine, but who knew that the Deng family was so ungrateful? But after all, the medicine was found, and the person had to be saved, but my prince was not very happy about it and did not intend to give it directly.
My prince is very satisfied with the Qian family. Although there was unpleasantness before, Mr. Qian also corrected his mistakes. My master has long forgiven him and told me that he didn't expect it to be so big at the time and make the young master of the Qian family suffer. So, I want to give this thing to Mr. Qian.
Firstly, the Qian family and the Deng family have always been on good terms. It is legitimate for you to deliver this thing. He knows that there have been some misunderstandings between the Deng and Qian families recently. With this incident, he hopes that the previous affairs between the two families can be written off. As for the coachman, the prince's intention is not to pursue it any further. Secondly, although the Deng family should suffer a little to save people, this medicine is not obtained for no reason. Deng Qian's life is indeed worth a lot of money. My master does not want the Deng family's things, but the Qian family can use this to make up for some losses. "
At that time, Fu Zhiyu had only said a few words, and now what Doctor Chen and Qian Manguan said were mostly his own expressions. Qian Manguan was stunned by such a long and high-sounding speech.
Indeed, although his son has returned, Qian Manguan still feels pain when he thinks about the money he lost.
After all, the barbarians and the State of Chen will not return his money.
But when it comes to breaking off all ties with the Deng family, Qian Manguan just can't let it go even if he is asked to.
The Deng family deliberately set a trap for him. Even if it was not Deng Qian's instruction, he had already experienced the sinister intentions of this family.
Doctor Chen paused for a moment, giving him some time to think, and then continued, "So, Master, after thinking it over, I will give you this medicine. The rest of the matters will be left to Master Qian to decide."
Qian Manguan is not stupid either. In fact, the main meaning of this long paragraph is to tell him to make his own choice.
Option one, is to give the medicine out directly, and after waking up Deng Qian, pretend that the incident never happened. From now on, the two families should keep a low profile and make up for the losses during this period honestly. Option two, is to use the medicine to blackmail the Deng family. Anyway, King Zhao is much less dissatisfied with the Deng family than the Qian family. Although there are losses, the Deng family has hardly ever asked Fu Zhiyu for help. Do you think he is right or not? No one can tell. Fu Zhiyu doesn't want to make trouble anymore, but in this situation, it's not wrong for him to use this thing to whip the Deng family and tell them to be honest.
Qian Manguan knew clearly that he was the whip of Fu Zhiyu, and it all depended on whether he wanted to do it or not.
Do we have to break up with the Deng family at this time
Doctor Chen expressed it very clearly. After he finished speaking, he sat in his chair and slowly drank his tea, leaving Qian Manguan to think for himself.
While listening, Qian Manguan had actually already made a choice in his mind.
A wise bird chooses a tree to inhabit, and it is very important for him to change Fu Zhiyu's impression. He does not expect him to be biased towards him in the future. After all, no matter how close the Qian family is, it cannot compare to the Yuan family. But at least he should not find fault when he is unhappy. No one can stand it if he does it a few more times.
As for the Deng family, he had already done his best by asking for less money because of their previous relationship.
After all, businessmen are profit-seeking.
"Then thank you for your help," Qian Manguan thought it through and smiled again, "When I need you, I will send someone to the clinic to invite you."
When Doctor Chen heard this, he knew what choice he had made.
"No trouble, no trouble," he waved his hand. The work was done and he was ready to leave. "Then I'll take my leave first."
Doctor Qian personally escorted him to the door. At that moment, servants came out carrying several boxes.
"I sent it to Prince Zhao several times, but he refused to accept it. He was angry before, so it was normal for him not to accept this gift," Qian Manguan held Chen Taiyi's hand affectionately. It was their first meeting, but they were like old friends. "But you must accept it this time. Prince Zhao is clear about rewards and punishments, and he doesn't hold grudges. It is a great fortune for the people of Jiangnan to have Prince Zhao."
Doctor Chen knew what Fu Zhiyu meant. He refused it slightly this time but finally accepted it.
Qian Manguan is a smart guy. He doesn't send it when he is inside, but only sends it when he is outside the door, so a lot more people see it.
The outside world will soon know that King Zhao accepted the Qian family's gift. This will at least show everyone that the Qian family's crisis is over. It will also indirectly tell certain people with ulterior motives that it is best not to add insult to injury at this time.
Doctor Chen brought these boxes of things to Fu Zhiyu. Fu Zhiyu opened the boxes and took a look. It was full of money, most of which were gold, silver and jewelry, and the rest were also valuable things.
"I see there are still some medicinal herbs in there, you can take them to the clinic," Fu Zhiyu said, "You can also take this box of money. The reason why we asked the Qian family to pay for this is to subsidize you.
You opened a clinic before and saved so many people. I didn't care about anything at that time and didn't ask about this matter. Now I think it was really wrong."
Doctor Chen shook his head and said, "Master, what nonsense are you talking about? I can save people like this because of your support. When I fled from the capital, I didn't bring much with me. It was you who gave me the money to open the clinic. After that, I asked Butler Zhou to send me money every month. Otherwise, with the speed at which the clinic was spending money, I would have collapsed long ago."
"But it's still not enough," Fu Zhiyu sighed, still holding the file in his hand, "This amount of money is really a drop in the bucket for the entire Jiangnan region."
Qian Manguan is generous, but the money he has now is not enough for just Doctor Chen’s clinic. It would be great if it can last for half a year.
"Fortunately, the weather was good last year. There was no heavy rain and no drought. The harvests in several cities were good, and this winter went smoothly," Fu Zhiyu continued to tell him, "but in the long run, it still won't work."
He had never intended to use Qian Manguan's money himself. Fu Zhiyu was not short of money, so not only did he not spend it, he was also prepared to pay more out of his own pocket.
But how to spend the money is also a problem.
Doctor Chen also knew that he wanted to do something big.
"Master, just do it." He stroked his goatee with a kind smile on his face. "I believe in you."
Fu Zhiyu rubbed his brows, glanced at him and said, "Everyone says they believe me, but this makes me feel uncertain."
Faced with the current situation in Jiangnan that I have learned about, no matter how much money I have, it may not be enough.
What's more, Fu Zhiyu knew clearly that it is better to teach a man to fish than to give him a fish. Even if he plundered all the money from his home and the Yuan family and divided it equally, it would be useless. Not to mention that each person would only get a small amount, and the money would be spent sooner or later.
Dividing equally is not the way to govern.
"It's just the beginning of spring, and life isn't that hard during this period. I'll think about it carefully." Fu Zhiyu murmured, as if he was talking to himself. "Tax cuts are a must, but more important than cutting costs is to increase spending. We need to find ways for many people to make a living, and we also need to give them channels for upward mobility."
Wishes are beautiful, but their realization is complicated.
Apart from anything else, he has not finished reading the key files. It is not enough to just read the files. He also needs to visit many places in person before he can make a good choice, otherwise it will be just talk.
Fu Zhiyu never made so many plans for himself before. After he came to Jiangnan, he always lived one day at a time. Most of the time he stayed at home, doing nothing all day. Even if he went out occasionally, it was either to see other people, such as Yuan Lu and others, or if Yuan Wanyun was in a good mood and asked him to go out.
To be honest, Yuan Wanyun is much more active than Fu Zhiyu. After coming here, she realized the dream she had talked about casually when she was a girl, and she can finally live her own life. Seeing that Fu Zhiyu couldn't pull, she followed Yuan Jiangwen's caravan out by herself. The places she went to were all around Jiangnan, which were not dangerous. She often brought gifts back to Fu Zhiyu, trying to lure Fu Zhiyu to go out with her.
Fu Zhiyu didn't want to spoil his mother's fun the first few times, so he went along as well. However, unlike the enthusiastic Yuan Wanyun, he was not interested in anything and no matter how beautiful the scenery was, it didn't attract much of his attention.
Now that he has decided to take over all of this, Fu Zhiyu, who has been idle for a long time, feels a headache when he thinks about the things that will happen next.
"Is it my destiny to work hard?" he said to himself. "After a few years of rest, I still have to come back to do these things."
Although he said this, he felt the passion flowing in his blood for the first time in a long time. This feeling made him feel that he still had some ambitions that he could not let go of, and it was useless to deceive himself.
After Fu Zhiyu was reborn, he didn't want to fight for power, but what he saw before him had nothing to do with fighting for power.
He should do his job well. After all, he had been an emperor and had the belief of governing his family, the country and the world. Before his death, he had many ambitious wishes for the world, even though he did not realize them in the end and even did not have time to deal with the disaster relief, which led to a catastrophe. He felt guilty about the position of emperor and dared not plan anything anymore.
But his unfulfilled ideals are beautiful in themselves, and once they are aroused, it is difficult to calm down.