When the incident in Shunzhou first happened, Han Yunqian reminded his grandfather Mr. Han, but Mr. Han didn't take it too seriously at that time. In recent years, the reputation of the Han family in Yanbei has been good, and they have not formed any other enemies, and now they are gaining momentum, and the marriage with the Yun family is imminent. The Han family also did this to the Lei family.
After the problem with the Northwest Salt Well, although Han Yunqian had doubts in his heart, for some reason he did not mention it to his grandfather.
But then, the Han family had several other businesses that didn't go well.
The Yun family originally married the Han family, and they intended to use the Han family's business identity to cooperate with each other to achieve a win-win situation. But the head of the Yun family is also a very cautious person. When the Han family had problems one after another, and the Yun family also suffered some losses, the head of the Yun family also became alert, and at the same time, they were also surprised.
Obviously someone is targeting the Han family in the dark, but now the Han family and the Yun family are tied to a boat. As the saying goes, don't look at the monk's face and look at the Buddha's face. There are not many families in Yanbei who dare to directly confront the Yun family. One, even Lei Ting, the head of the Lei family, would have to give Mr. Yun a bit of a thin face. He would not be so ruthless to pit the Yun family and the Han family together. In terms of the current power of the Lei family, even if Lei Ting had this ambition, he would not Not yet this ability.
So the person behind this...
Even the well-informed Mr. Yun broke out in a cold sweat the more he thought about it.
Yun Wenting, the eldest young master of the Yun family, also noticed the unusualness of this matter early in the morning, and he advocated watching the changes first. In the end, after careful consideration, Mr. Yun postponed the cooperation with the Han family.
If it was an ordinary family, it would be better to break up the engagement in a surprise and leave the other party clean. Fortunately, the Yun family is not an ordinary family. Yun Wenting, the eldest master of the Yun family, and Han Yunqian are still best friends. He didn't mean to leave the relationship with the Han family, he just didn't talk about cooperation.
However, the momentum of the Han family's rapid development was slowed down because of the cautiousness of the Yun family.
After the old man came back to his senses, he has been searching for the reason, wanting to know who was secretly targeting the Han family, but found nothing. From time to time, the people behind him would find opportunities to oppose the Han family, making the Han family suffer a small loss, and even the people who had business dealings with the Han family were also unlucky. But for some reason, the people behind them didn't want to kill him. Obviously, sometimes they could be more ruthless, like playing the Han family as monkeys, but the more they did, the more scruples they became.
Grandpa Han didn't realize at this time that the hand behind him was playing tricks on him in the same way as when he played Ren's family. Now the feng shui turns and it's just that he's not as ruthless.
In this way, until one day, another in-law of the Han family, the Jiang family, came, and it was Jiang Qianniang, the sixth lady of the Jiang family. Jiang Qianniang's father, Jiang Yan, became the head of the Jiang family in the last Jiang family infighting. He is also a man of means, so he quickly secured the position of the head of the family.
Miss Jiang Liu came to live at her aunt's house this time, that is, the Han family. Her aunt Jiang Shi married the eldest master of the Han family as a continuation string.
Jiang Shi was also a little surprised by the arrival of Miss Jiang Liu. Although Jiang Shi was Jiang Qianniang's aunt, Jiang Qianniang's father and her were only cousins, and they were still ten years apart in age.
So she did not expect that Jiang Qianniang, who had little contact with her, would come to visit her from Shunzhou on purpose.
However, Jiang Shi is a smart and shrewd woman. She knows that Jiang Qianniang is currently the head of the family. Since Jiang Qianniang said that she was here to see her, she was very affectionate when facing this niece, and she even went to the second door in person to pick her up , When outsiders saw it, they thought how close the relationship between the two aunts and nephews was.
In fact, Jiang Shi and Jiang Qianniang are not familiar with each other, but they have a closer relationship with Jiang Yuanniang, Miss Jiang Ba, because she and Jiang Yuanniang lived upstairs and downstairs in a small building before she got married. Embroidering and talking together to pass the time. At that time, the Jiang family was still the head of the second house, but the shrewd Jiang family would not miss this opportunity to get closer to the big house.
After entering the Han family and meeting the elders of the Han family, the aunt and nephew closed the door and chatted for an hour. No one knew what they were talking about, but laughter kept coming from the room, and it sounded like they were talking. Very happy look. When the two came out of the house to eat, Jiang Shi's eyes were slightly red.
Jiang Qianniang stayed at Han's house for one night. The next day, she said she was going to meet some friends she had met in Yunyang City before. The first person to visit was actually Ren Yaoqi, a young lady from the Ren family who was married to the Yanbei Palace.
After Jiang Qianniang and Jiang Shi left, Han Yunqian asked Han You thoughtfully, "Miss Jiang's sixth lady is familiar with the young lady of the Xiao family?"
Han You thought for a while, and said uncertainly, "I know you, but you shouldn't be too familiar with each other, right? Speaking of which, the two young ladies of the Jiang family and the young lady of the Yun family should be more familiar with each other." Han Yunqian glanced.
Han Yunqian didn't care, just frowned in thought.
Ren Yaoqi was not surprised when she learned that Mrs. Han and Jiang Qianniang had sent a message to the Yanbei palace to visit her, and they waited outside for a while before being led into the small flower hall where she would receive guests.
Xiao Jingxi's Zhaoning Hall has never been entertaining people, and Ren Yaoqi rarely sees guests in Zhaoning Hall, and usually uses the Yingya Pavilion in front of Zhaoning Hall. Ying Accord is not a big place. It used to be vacant. After Ren Yaoqi married into the Yanbei Palace, he had people tidied up. The big flower hall was used to meet foreign guests.
When Ren Yaoqi passed, Jiang Shi and Jiang Qianniang had already used up half a cup of tea.
"I have seen the young lady." Jiang Shi and Jiang Qianniang hurriedly stood up to salute.
Ren Yaoqi supported Jiang Shi, who was closest to her, and said with a smile, "Don't be too polite, please take a seat. It's been late for a while, please don't take offense."
Jiang Qianniang said with a smile: "Young Madam is serious, you can come to see my aunt and me, it has already given us a lot of face."
Ren Yaoqi smiled and glanced at Jiang Qianniang. Jiang Qianniang had a good appearance, and she had a scholarly spirit from a scholarly family, which made people feel good about her, but Ren Yaoqi knew that this girl did not look like she was on the surface. So harmless, on the contrary she is very powerful.
Mrs. Jiang has a full disc face and curved eyebrows with willow leaves. Although she is not as outstanding as Jiang Qianniang and Jiang Yuanniang, she has the same skin as the Jiang family girl, which is very attractive. It was the first time for Ren Yaoqi to have close contact with Jiang Shi, and the first impression was not bad.
Jiang Qianniang was also looking at Ren Yaoqi secretly. Compared with the last time they met, Ren Yaoqi's appearance was a bit more out-of-the-box. Although it wasn't the dazzling beauty of her sister Ren Yaohua, she had her own kind of eye-catching look. The elegance is in the body, and the temperament is particularly outstanding.
On the bright side, Jiang Qianniang was a visiting friend today, but everyone here knew in their hearts that Ren Yaoqi and Jiang Qianniang didn't have any personal friendship, and Ren Yaoqi could ignore their sudden request. But no one here mentioned this stubble.
After talking about the special products she brought from Shunzhou this time, Jiang Qianniang said apologetically, "Actually, it's a bit abrupt that we didn't come here today, so please don't blame the young lady."
Ren Yaoqi raised his eyes and smiled slightly, but did not answer, waiting for Jiang Qianniang to say the following.
Jiang Qianniang pondered for a moment, glanced at the Jiang family, and then sighed: "Our Jiang family has opened an academy in Shunzhou since the emperor's decision in Shunzhou. Speaking of the Jiang family academy, although it can't be compared with the Yunyang Academy, but After all, it is also a benefit to one party, a little famous."
Ren Yaoqi nodded: "Jiang's Academy is indeed one of the best academies in Yanbei."
Jiang Qianniang shook her head with a wry smile: "Yes, but this is only superficial. My ancestors of the Jiang family have the first rule, that no descendant of the Jiang family can engage in business. The eldest son of the eldest house, and the rest of the Jiang family's children can only rely on the few acres of thin fields allocated to their names or the help of the clan." This is also the reason why the eldest house and the second house of the Jiang family fought to the death.
Ren Yaoqi had heard about these things, but she didn't say anything.
Jiang Qianniang added: "But the Jiang family has a population of four or five hundred people, most of them are scholars who are helpless, and do not do production on weekdays. To survive, most people would starve to death. So the Jiang family came up with a compromise. They bought a large piece of land in the city and built two-street shops. They planned to rent out these shops in the future. Some money. This is not a business, but it can support more Jiang family members. "
Having said this, Jiang Qianniang sighed: "This was originally a good thing, but unfortunately, there were some twists and turns. The land where the shop was built was bought back by my father at a relatively low price, but now that There are some problems with the title deed. It turns out that the land there is jointly owned by three brothers, and the two older brothers sold the shares belonging to the younger brothers without authorization. That one was sold again. Seeing that all the shops were almost built, we learned that a third of them belonged to someone else. My father has been graying his hair lately because of this.”
It's no wonder that Jiang Qianniang's father was in a hurry. He was able to drive his uncle to step down and take over the position of the patriarch because he let many clansmen see the benefits. He persuaded his grandfather to buy this piece of land to build a commercial street. of. Now that there is a problem with this land, the interests of some clansmen will be damaged, and it is very likely that the position of his clan leader will be unstable.
"Can't find another person who bought the land to buy back the land in his hand?" Ren Yaoqi asked.