Qingxue's family is just an ordinary prestigious family, not comparable to the Tang family, one of the thirteen prestigious families. If they offend someone like this, even if the Green City Lord's Mansion has the Zhao family, one of the thirteen prestigious families, backing them up, it will probably be difficult to clean up the mess.
"Ahem... Qingxue, perhaps we should just forget about it."
"Let it go? How can I let it go? I didn't force this kid; he wanted to gamble with me!" He's practically offering himself up for her to take advantage of; how could she not?
"Qingxue, this young master should be from the Tang family," Bai Naijiong coughed lightly, explaining.
When dealing with the Tang family, it's best to avoid their sharp edge. After all, the Tang family practically controls the lifeline of the capital, and nearly four out of ten businesses in the capital belong to the Tang family.
If the Tang family gets angry, the entire capital city will be shaken.
The financial lifeline of the capital city is practically in the hands of the Tang family.
Even the fruit wine business in this tavern is owned by the Tang family.
This is why Tang Dingsheng suddenly became angry because of their words.
Saying that this fruit wine is not as delicious as the wine from Jincheng is a veiled criticism that the Tang family's business is not as good as that of the Jincheng government.
This is a blatant slap in the face to the Tang family.
Bai Naijiong was unaware that members of the Tang family were present. Had he known, he certainly wouldn't have said those things and caused such a conflict.
After all, this kid who claimed to be from the Tang family looked unfamiliar; he really had never seen him before.
That's why I can speak so freely here, saying that Jincheng wine is the real fine wine.
Yan Qingxue paused, pondered Bai Naijiong's words, and frowned. The Tang family?
The Tang family, one of the thirteen prestigious families?
"What? You're scared just because I'm a member of the Tang family?"
Yan Qingxue laughed coldly, "Of course I wouldn't dare. Your Tang family is one of the thirteen prestigious families, while I come from an ordinary family. Naturally, I wouldn't dare to gamble with your Tang family. If you lose, it will bring shame to your Tang family, and they'll come looking for trouble in my Green City. How could I dare? Once your Tang family's status is revealed, I'll be scared to death."
The implication of her words was clear: she wasn't afraid of losing the bet, but rather afraid of his Tang family's status.
"Don't worry, I can afford to gamble and I can afford to lose. If I lose, I will definitely not let my family cause trouble for Greentown. I will write this down as proof."
"Do you mean what you say? Can your words represent your Tang family? If your Tang family loses face and becomes disgraced, won't you take it out on my Greentown?"
Even if you lose, I wouldn't dare to use someone from the prestigious Tang family to make my Green City a servant. Although she sometimes went too far, she still knew her limits. A higher rank can crush someone, and a higher level of power can crush her, Green City.
She didn't want to bring disaster upon her family.
"Don't worry, my words will naturally carry weight. After all, I am the only direct grandson of the Tang family, and I always keep my word."
A fleeting look of surprise crossed Bai Naijiong's eyes. The eldest grandson of the Tang family?
He had heard some rumors about the Tang family. It was said that the Tang family had only one son per generation and had always been small in number and had not produced many offspring.
Although the Tang family is large and powerful, holding an absolute position in finance, there is one problem: for several generations, the Tang family has only had one male heir.
They had quite a few daughters, but these daughters all got married and left home, so they were naturally not as successful as the sons.
Therefore, this direct descendant was well protected by the Tang family, and very few people knew about his situation.
I have never seen the Tang family take their grandson to a banquet to meet anyone.
No wonder this kid hasn't been to Jincheng to see the world. Among those from prestigious families, how many haven't been to Jincheng to see the world? It seems this kid has been protected too much by his family and can't even leave the capital.
"Qingxue, then we absolutely cannot gamble with this young master." If the Tang family finds out that Qingxue led people out of the capital and went to Jincheng, they will probably cause a huge uproar in the capital.
With the power of the Tang family, it was absolutely possible to do so. This was because the Tang family almost exclusively had daughters, and their daughters were almost all married off to various prestigious families as part of political alliances. Therefore, the Tang family wielded considerable power.
With Tang family daughters scattered all over the country, and some even married into the kingdoms of Islaile and Kro, the Tang family's power is no longer limited to the capital.
Anyone with common sense knows that you can't afford to offend the Tang family, no matter which prestigious family you're dealing with.
The reason why the Tang family's business is so successful is entirely due to the abundance of resources and extensive connections they possess. Just how extensive are these connections?
Let me put it this way: I've heard that the Tang family has dealings with the local tyrants within the borders of the Kingdom of Islail and the Kingdom of Kro. Many of the concubine's daughters they've raised have been given to those tyrants to curry favor.
The Tang family was the only family that could make contact with the local bigwigs in the Kingdom of Islail and the Kingdom of Kro, which is why the Tang family's business was able to spread everywhere and grow bigger and bigger.
The reason why the thirteen prominent families in Tianqi usually cannot expand their businesses is entirely due to the obstruction caused by the local tyrants in the Kingdom of Kro and Islail.
Often, the goods are seized by local thugs outside Tianqi before they even reach the country, resulting in the loss of both the goods and the people. Forget about making money; they even lose their initial investment.
Therefore, the businesses of the Thirteen Famous Sects are almost entirely within the territory of Tianqi, with very few involving businesses outside of it.
Of course, there is one family that is different, and that is the He family of Hongcheng.
The He family of Hongcheng is comparable to the Tang family in terms of business scale.
If the Tang family relied on smooth tactics to win over local bullies, then the He family of Hongcheng used forceful methods to suppress them.
They directly and forcefully forced those local bullies to bow down and submit.
The Tang family relied on their intellect, while the He family relied on their military might.
This is common knowledge among all the prestigious families.
Over the years, the He family and the Tang family's businesses have grown larger and larger, and many of these businesses have conflicted with each other.
Fortunately, the He family's business mainly involved itinerant merchants operating outside the country, so they rarely competed with the Tang family within the territory.
So, all along, they've kept to themselves and lived in peace.
The Tang family was more renowned within Tianqi, while the He family was merely known as a wealthy family.
The Tang family is a force to be reckoned with by the other twelve prestigious families and even the royal family, but they also hold an unshakeable position in controlling the financial lifeline.
Therefore, even Bai Naijiong dared not provoke the Tang family. If it were another prestigious family, he would have dared to cause some trouble.
The Tang family is no good.
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