For a family. Without commercial support, that's fatal.
Although some of the following towns have manors where families grow plants and produce some necessary food, etc., this cannot support a family to continue to operate. Without commercial support, a family is bound to decline.
And now the situation of the Xia family is even more fraught, the Xi family is bound to destroy the Xia family now!
In the meeting hall, patriarch Xia Feilong and several elders sat from morning to night, but they still didn't come up with a feasible solution. The current situation is that there is not enough financial support, and everything is empty talk.
"Patriarch, maybe only Xia Yan can get our Xia family out of the predicament!"
The third elder Xia Changhe's eyes suddenly brightened, he stood up from his seat, looked around at the elders present, then turned his gaze to the patriarch Xia Feilong and said.
"Xia Yan?!" Xia Feilong's body shook slightly, his eyes flashed.
Xia Yan, the most promising child of the Xia family, not only successfully entered Ziye Academy to practice, but also successfully emerged in Ziye Academy, and even became the disciple of the president of Ziye Academy.
Years ago, Xia Yan also represented Ziye College to participate in the Continental College Exchange Meeting.
Although a family like the Xia family is not familiar with the academy exchange meeting, the patriarch Xia Feilong also has several elders. Obviously, everyone knows about the college exchange meeting.
"But, Xia Yan doesn't know where he is now, how can we find him?!" Xia Feilong frowned and shook his head.
"Even if we find Xia Yan and come back now, I'm afraid we can only deter the Xi family by force. Xia Yan, it will be difficult to revive the family business!" Great Elder Xia Lai said hesitantly.
"No matter what, with Xia Yan here, the Xi family dare not be so arrogant!" Xia Changhe said.
"Send someone to Ziye City to try!" Xia Feilong nodded, "Maybe some of Xia Yan's friends can provide some information about Xia Yan's whereabouts!"
What Xia Feilong said was naturally the vernacular and Bai Rui.
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A side hall in the attached courtyard of Xi's family!
"Mr. Lu, this Xia family can't hold on for a few more days! Now there are almost no people in their northern district of Fangshi. More than half of the shops are all closed." Xi Potian, the patriarch of the Xi family, is bringing a With a humble smile on his face, he spoke to a middle-aged man in a yellow robe.
That Mr. Lu nodded, his eyes were condensed, and he looked outside through the main entrance, "Patriarch Xi Potian!"
"We have an agreement to deal with the Xia family this time. After expelling the Xia family from Yushui City, 30% of the profits of all the Xi family's properties will be ours!" That Mr. Lu suddenly turned his gaze to Xi Potian. , The sharp eyes are palpitating.
Xi Potian immediately said, "Of course. If we can overthrow the Xia family this time, our Xi family is the largest family in Yushui City. In the future, if we control 90% of the industry and business in Yushui City, the Wang family, Wang Yue, will have to step aside. stand."
"This Wang Yue, who didn't know what medicine he took wrongly, unexpectedly withdrew from our alliance temporarily!" Xi Potian's eyes froze, and he gritted his teeth and said, "I will let him know what regret is. At that time, even if he kneels on the ground Please, I won't even agree to work with him."
"Patriarch Xi Potian, in your opinion, is there any trump card that the Xia family can't use?!" Mr. Lu asked with a frown.
"Hole card?!" Xi Potian was taken aback.
"Hahaha...Mr. Lu, you are worrying too much. My Xi family has been fighting with the Xia family for so many years. Everyone knows who has a lot of money. If Xia Feilong had any cards, he wouldn't have waited until this time. "Xi Potian laughed and said confidently.
"Besides, the head of the temple in our Yushui City, and more than half of the deacons in the temple. But they all support us! There is nothing wrong with this Xi family." Xi Potian said triumphantly and disdainfully.
This time, the Xia family is bound to be completely ruined! Xi Potian thought to himself.
Now the church in Yushui City also supports the Xi family.
Xi Potian relied on the powerful forces behind him to win over Mr. Lan, the hall master of Yushui City, and more than half of the deacons. The other deacons also chose to remain silent.
If there is a dispute between the Xi family and the Xia family in the church, the Xi family must win.
Xia Yan can only swallow his anger!
"That's great!" Mr. Lu nodded in satisfaction, "It's getting late, so I'll go back and rest. I wish the Xi family will become the first family in Yushui City as soon as possible!"
A sly smile appeared on Mr. Lu's face!
"Thank you Mr. Lu for your good words!" Xi Potian clasped his fists and laughed.
Three days later!
Two carriages slowly drove into Yushui City.
"Mr. Xia Yan, where are we going now?!" the coachman asked in front.
Before, although they knew that Xia Yan's destination was Yushui City, now that they have arrived at Yushui City, Xia Yan has not told them the specific location.
"Hmm..." Xia Yan thought for a while, "Let's go to the church first!"
If Mr. Zhang wasn't accompanying him, Xia Yan would naturally go back to Xia's house first. And now Mr. Zhang is here, and Mr. Zhang has to summon the deacons to announce Xia Yan's status as the hall master.
As a result, Xia Yan decided to go to the church first after consideration.
"Okay!" The coachman replied.
A coachman got out of the car and asked about the route, and then in front of the carriage was the Temple Palace of Yushui City.
About half an hour later, the two carriages in which everyone arrived arrived at the central square and got off.
Xia Yan looked at the familiar square, the extreme challenge hall opposite the square, the auction house and so on. There is also the restaurant Jufulou next to it, which is the property of the Wang family and the best restaurant in Yushui City.
Taking a deep breath of air, Xia Yan looked at the temple palace.
"Guard Zhang, let's go to the church."
Xia Yan turned his gaze to Guanshi Zhang who just got off the carriage.
"Okay!" Manager Zhang checked the direction a little bit, and when he heard Xia Yan's words, he hurriedly responded.
Xia Yan took out a handful of gold coins from his purse, then took out another handful of gold coins, took out four gold coins in a row, put them into a bag, and walked to several coachmen.
"You guys have worked hard. These gold coins, excluding the carriages of the compensation dealership, are considered fare." Xia Yan stretched out his hand and gave the gold coins to one of the coachmen.
Before the coachman could react, he felt something in his hand. The other three coachmen all stared at the coachman holding the gold coin with wide eyes.
At this time, the coachman came to his senses and looked at the gold coin in his hand.
There are two to three hundred gold coins in this bag. They drove the car because they were traveling around, so although their monthly salary was relatively high, it was only three or four gold coins. And Xia Yan. This time, two to three hundred gold coins were given to the four of them. Of course, these gold coins also need to compensate for the loss of carriages and horses in the car dealership. However, after removing that loss, there are at least a hundred gold coins left.
On average, each person can have twenty or thirty coins!
"After you drive these two carriages to the dealership in Yushui City, go back to Ziye City." Xia Yan said with a smile.
"Thank you, Mr. Xia Yan! Thank you, Master Xia Yan!" Several coachmen knelt down to thank Xia Yan, their faces flushed with excitement.
The fare that Xia Yan gave them was almost their salary for driving for a year. This sum of money is a small sum of money.
"Xiaoqing, let's go." Xia Yan turned around and took Xiaoqing with her. Then he greeted Guanshi Zhang again and started walking towards the church.
The earth dog naturally followed Xia Yan and Xiaoqing.
Of course, the temple in Yushui City cannot be compared with the temple in Ziye City. However, this sanctuary is also extraordinarily gorgeous, with pairs of guards outside the gate constantly patrolling, ordinary people are not allowed to enter the sanctuary at will.
When Xia Yan arrived outside the holy hall, Zhang Guan took out his token in advance. When the guards saw the token, they immediately welcomed Xia Yan and others to enter the holy hall.
After entering, Steward Zhang found several stewards of the church, announced the identity of Xia Yan, the new head of the church, and then ordered them to notify the deacons that they would gather for a meeting in the church on time tomorrow morning. When the deacons saw the documents of the temple and Xia Yan's hall master's token, of course they obeyed immediately.
"Master Xia Yan, after tomorrow, Yushui City will be officially taken over by you." Steward Zhang said with a respectful expression.
"Yes!" Xia Yan nodded, "I grew up in Yushui City since I was a child, and I have a special affection for Yushui City. Being the hall master of Yushui City is also my wish a long time ago."
Xia Yan said with some emotion.
Looking at the entire magnificent hall, a deep voice echoed in Xia Yan's heart, "Finally, I can let my mother's spiritual tablet enter the ancestral hall, and be with my father's spiritual tablet."
"Master Xia Yan, why don't you go back to the family to have a look first?!" Steward Zhang asked suspiciously.
Xia Yan shook his head, "Since we have already arrived at the church, there is no rush to go back. I will go back to the family to deal with some matters after I am officially appointed tomorrow."
The first thing is to let the mother's spiritual seat enter the ancestral hall! And the second thing is to solve the crisis the family is facing now. The third thing, of course, is to find Bai Hua, Bai Rui and the others. Baihua Bairui and the others should have been in Yushui City for three months, and they don't know where they are arranged now.
"Hall Master Xia Yan is only sixteen years old, and he has served as the head of the temple in a county. In the future, he will definitely serve as the head of the temple in the main city..." Zhang Guanshi seemed to express his feelings.
Although he is the steward of the temple, he is extremely envious of the head of the temple.
The head of the temple, in control of a county. In this county, the hall master has the final say. And although he was in the temple, he was only on errands, mainly to help the hall master with some things.
Guanshi Zhang also prefers to be the hall master of a county town, rather than being the steward of the temple. However, it is not easy to be the head of the county town.
Hearing Guanshi Zhang's tone, Xia Yan smiled and didn't say much. Looking at Xiaoqing, "Xiaoqing, we will be working with Zhang Guan in a while, and these six brothers will have dinner in this church."
"Aww..."
The earth dog barked suddenly, and Xia Yan said that he didn't take it with him for dinner, obviously it was very dissatisfied.
However, although it called out in dissatisfaction, Xia Yan seemed not to hear it, and ignored it.
"Woo..."
Seeing this, the earth dog leaned its head on Xiaoqing's calf in a dejected manner.
Time of day!
"The head of the hall summoned all the deacons?!" Xia Feilong, the head of the Xia family, was surprised.
"Why are we summoned for a discussion at this time? Didn't we just discuss it half a month ago?!" The head of the Xi family, Xi Potian, frowned and wondered.