It's not just their Xu family's business that will be destroyed and affected. If it's really as Mr. Hu said, Shen Chen really wants to burn his boats and reshuffle the four major families, then it will be the four major families that will be affected!
Liu Biping was promoted by the entire Liu family in Fujian with all their efforts. He is a solid umbrella for the Liu family in the local area.
If the Liu family is touched, will Liu Biping have no reaction
Mr. Hu sighed: "You only know one side of the story. In the past, you had a fight with Shen Chen over the smuggling business..."
The Xu family also vaguely knew about this matter at the time.
The Xu family only made money from silk and sea salt, but the Liu family was different. They would even take out the copper coins from the oil pan and use them. They not only sold contraband salt, but also military weapons.
Not only that, Liu Biping was so greedy that he acted as a protector and middleman for them. He also embezzled the weapons issued by the court and sold them to the pirates at high prices. The pirates then sold them to the Japanese at high prices.
Therefore, the Japanese invasion in Fujian and along the coast could never be quelled.
But two years ago, the Liu family's business, which had been developing smoothly, suddenly hit a snag - their middlemen, the Yi family and the Peng family, both ran into trouble, so the Liu family had to cut off their own arms and give up this business.
He lowered his voice in shock and asked, "You mean, this incident was done by this imperial envoy?!"
Mr. Hu sighed and shook his head: "That's exactly the case. The Minister and the Imperial Envoy have had a grudge for a long time. The Imperial Envoy wants to take action against him as soon as he arrives. What can he do? Moreover, the Minister is walking on thin ice in the court now..."
Although the Xu family is a merchant family, they have such a big business, there must be a reason for it. They have information channels, but you just can't find out too much.
Now, after listening to Mr. Hu's ambiguous words and being guided by him, I felt that I had found the way: "Even if that is the case, is the Minister prepared to let others slaughter him?"
Mr. Hu put down his cup in an unfathomable manner: "The Minister is in trouble now, so he naturally cannot confront the Imperial Envoy openly. Among the three departments, the Provincial Surveillance Commissioner has always been at odds with the Minister... Some things should not be done too obviously."
Mr. Xu understood a little, lowered his head and said nothing.
The waiter knocked on the door and started serving the dishes. The table was full of delicacies. Mr. Hu was not polite. He ate and drank. Then he poured himself a glass of wine and drank it slowly. He said softly: "You are an intelligent person. The imperial envoy is a difficult character to deal with. There are some things that the minister cannot interfere in openly. The Liu family is your family, so it is naturally not good to be involved. Then I can only trouble others..."
He said slowly, "This person cannot be an ordinary person either. He must be able to get things done. The Imperial Envoy is arrogant and young, so he has no sense of propriety and does not know how to behave... When he comes, he will definitely stir up trouble in Fujian. By then, the Liu family may be able to withstand it, but..."
But this may not be the case for the Xu family and the other three families.
Mr. Xu knew this very well. He understood the current situation and Mr. Hu's words made sense. If Shen Chen really came for the aristocratic families and planned to attack them, then the Xu family would not be able to bear it. Not only would the business plummet, but the orders they had received before...
It will also be turned out...
Mr. Hu saw that Xu Yuanwai's forehead had begun to sweat, and he knew that he had completely understood what he meant, so he stopped talking and urged him: "No more, no more, there is no point in talking about this, Xu Yuanwai, come, pour the wine, pour the wine!"
Mr. Xu refused. He stared at Mr. Hu and said after some hesitation, "Sir, we have known each other for a long time. Tell me the truth, Mr. Minister, is that what you mean?"
Mr. Hu smiled but said nothing.
But he just told him in an irrelevant way: "The Minister is wise, he naturally knows which is good and which is bad..."
Mr. Xu nodded carefully: "I understand what you mean, sir. But..."
He looked at Mr. Hu, hesitated for a moment, and then asked: "Sir, what do you think if..."
Mr. Hu waved his hand and smiled: "Please don't ask me, sir. How can I ask others to help me with some ideas? Of course, I have to make my own decisions."
He had finished talking and eating, so he stood up and said goodbye.
When he got out of the door, another staff member who had just been discussing matters with him in the mansion came up to him and asked, "How is it?"
"The Xu family is the weakest of the four families." Mr. Hu walked slowly in front with his hands behind his back, and smiled lightly: "They may look prosperous on the outside, but they actually have no foundation and may be uprooted at any time. They have someone in the court to do things, but they don't have it. They themselves understand their shortcomings, so they keep marrying with other families. But you see, the other three families are not stupid. Is there any legitimate branch who married them or their daughters married a legitimate branch?"
The staff member sneered, "They know this in their hearts, and they are afraid of being cannibalized by the other three companies. That's why they are so enthusiastic about building the Maritime Customs Office. If they knew that Shen Chen is not their lifeline, but their arsenic poison... and the Minister of the Ministry has made them a promise... In order to please the Minister, they will of course spare no effort to deal with the imperial envoy."
When he said this, Mr. Hu hurriedly shook his head and laughed: "Don't talk nonsense. When did the Minister say that he promised them? When did the Minister contact them?"
The staff laughed in response: "You are right, they will definitely take some action, but I don't know how capable they are, and whether they can give our imperial envoy a surprise."
"If the Xu family didn't have some ability, they wouldn't have been able to follow these three families so closely for so many years. Just wait and see. They either won't take action, or they won't return empty-handed." Mr. Hu walked leisurely and contentedly, his hands behind his back. "But I have to remind them not to do things too radically at once, otherwise it will be difficult to deal with."
Shen Chen has a special identity and has been attacked once in Dongchang Prefecture. The tail has not been cleaned up yet. If he happens again in Fujian, Liu Biping will inevitably be in more trouble.
The staff was a little confused, not knowing what Mr. Hu was thinking: "What do you mean by that? After all this effort, it turns out that it was just to give the imperial envoy a gift?"
"Of course I'll give him a meeting gift first." Mr. Hu looked back at him and said, "He will only be hated by Fujianese people. It will only be natural for him to die when the time comes!"