Chapter 322 Calculating Gains and Losses
After all the members of the Chen family left, members of the Xie family moved in one after another.
At this moment, Xie Zhan was in a special state of alternating excitement and calmness.
After he calmed down, he began to calculate the gains and losses.
Although he succeeded in this battle, the gains were not as good as expected due to Lu Songli's intervention.
Half of the Zhu family's harvest had been plundered by the Liaodong County people. They took away the grain hidden in the fields, while the grain and wealth that were visible belonged to the emperor, leaving him with nothing.
The Ji family's harvest was not achieved because of the interference of Liaodong County.
The Lu family, now headed by Lu Fei, was considered a success. However, due to the successful opening of the Liaodong Chamber of Commerce's bookstore, the Lu family's status in the literati community was affected to a certain extent.
Money, grain, and the Lu family's leadership and voice in the literati, the three interests that he cared about most, were all interfered with by Lu Songli.
Because she picked the peaches, she took away the profits that should have belonged to him. His harvest was far less than he expected.
What is more gratifying is that he almost swallowed up the entire Chen family.
Now, the Xie family has occupied a place in the South, and has basically achieved the goal of causing chaos in the South.
Later, they can join forces with the Lu family and quickly take action against the Liu and Zhang families.
The Liu and Zhang families were also deeply involved in this turmoil. Their main business was cloth and clothing, as well as jewelry. When the Xie family was in the capital, they also ran jewelry stores. It wouldn't be a problem for the Lu family to expand their business scope and seize the market share of the Liu and Zhang families.
All in all, in this chaotic situation, the South benefited greatly, he got five, Lu Songli got three, and the emperor got two.
Reviewing it again, Xie Zhan still felt regretful.
The bank died from a run. As long as the run was big enough, the bank would be doomed! According to his original plan, once the Southland was in chaos and the six major families were fighting, he would guide them a little, which would definitely trigger a huge run on the bank.
At the critical moment, either the Gu family would deal the final blow to the Ji family's bank, or the Ji family's bank would collapse and drag the Gu family into the game.
If Ji's Bank was caught off guard, it would inevitably be run and collapse.
Once the Ji family falls, the Gu family will be forced to be involved in the chaos in the south and will not be able to remain immune as they do now.
By then, Xie's Bank will take advantage of the situation to rise and control the economic lifeline of the south.
The Xie family will surely become the largest family in the South.
Even if the remaining aristocratic families came to their senses, they would not be able to shake the status of the Xie family.
Unfortunately, all his plans failed because of Lu Songli's interference. It's such a pity.
Xie Zhan was right.
If Lu Songli had not intervened, the situation in the South would have evolved as Xie Zhan had expected. The Zhu and Chen families would have been destroyed, and the best that could happen to the Lu and Liu and Zhang families would have been that they would have lingered on. The Gu and Ji families would have also been severely damaged.
Xie Zhan will also be deified because of this battle and become a legendary figure in the South.
Unfortunately, there is no if.
Xie Zhan was reviewing the gains and losses, while the major and minor forces in the South were speechless in horror.
Overnight, the Chen family changed its leader, and the entire family evacuated to the south. This incident left them in a state of shock for a long time.
Everyone looked at the Xie family, who had suddenly risen to prominence, with a mysterious gaze.
The next day, Xie Zhan personally visited the Lu family to visit Mr. Lu and the new head of the Lu family, Lu Fei. They discussed the previous quarrel between the Chen and Lu families and agreed to a truce, putting an end to all past grievances.
The two sides even discussed cooperation.
Afterwards, the Xie family's jewelry and silver shop, the Lu family's cloth shop, and the ready-made clothing store were set up around the Liu and Zhang families' shops at lightning speed.
The Liu and Zhang families panicked and rushed to provide support, but they still lost part of their business to the Xie and Lu families.
At this time, the elders and leaders of the Lu family could only sigh that Lu Fei was lucky. As soon as he became the head of the family, the Chen family changed hands, and he didn't even have to use the 300,000 taels of silver borrowed from the Ruan family.
After Xie Zhan left and the clan elders and leaders said goodbye one by one, only Grandpa Lu and his grandson Lu Fei were left in the entire conference room.
Mr. Lu looked at Lu Fei in surprise, "Lu Fei, you——" Too many coincidences made him doubt...
Lu Feiqing looked at him with a cold gaze.
Lu Fei knew that her grandfather suspected her, but even so, she would still do it.
Even if the Lu family is to be destroyed, it must be destroyed in her hands. Could it be that if the Lu family is passed on to that idiot Lu Xihua, the Lu family will be able to recover?
Mr. Lu didn't say anything else.
But Mr. Lu finally sighed in his heart.
Secretly, Lu Fei was probably following Xie Zhan's lead.
On the surface, the Lu and Xie families are allies of each other, but in reality, it is better to say that the Lu family is Xie Zhan's reserve food.
Forget it, I won’t be a father-in-law if I’m not deaf or dumb.
It was obvious that neither his son nor his grandson was a match for Xie Zhan. It was better to perish later than to be killed by Xie Zhan early and end up like the Zhu and Chen families.
It's not unacceptable now. I just hope that the Xie family will become stronger and stronger and last longer, so that their Lu family's grain reserves can be safe and secure.
After Xie Zhan came out of Lu's house, he looked at the still dark sky and thought to himself, next, it's time to close the door and catch the mice, and clean out the mouse holes by the way.
Zhao family
Zhao Wenkuan and Zhao Minglou, father and son, were stunned for a long time. Xie Zhan was such an amazing son-in-law, brother-in-law, and sister-in-law.
This brain is really useful.
Zhao Wenkuan said, "From now on, our Zhao family will follow the Xie family's lead."
The rest of the Zhao family echoed this sentiment. Xie Zhan was so capable, yet he didn't despise their Zhao family as a relative. What else could they say? Furthermore, Xie Zhan only had their sister as his wife.
Zhao Wenkuan looked at his sons and said, "You can also help persuade Ah Tan to follow Xie Zhan well and stop being so petty."
Zhao Minglou and the others nodded, "My mother and I will personally take her back to the Xie family later."
Zhao Wenkuan: "Let's do this. She's been at her parents' house long enough."
Zhao Yutan had no way to resist her father and brother's decision, but she always felt suffocated in her heart.
She found an excuse to pick out a gift for her husband, and before going back, she went out with her mother, Luo, accompanying her with her already visibly pregnant belly.
As soon as they got to the street, her mother took her to the largest jewelry store to pick out gifts.
When she came out of the jewelry store, she felt even worse.
At this moment, a person flashed past her.
She was stunned at first, then her eyes couldn't help but follow the other person.
The person in front of her gave her a very familiar feeling, although she only caught a fleeting glimpse of the other person's profile.
"Qin Sheng? Is that you? Qin Sheng!" She took two steps forward with her big belly.
It's a ghost! Qin Sheng's face was cold and he turned a deaf ear to the call from behind him. His wife said that he was handsome and asked him to protect himself outside.
Zhao Yutan kept his eyes on the man, but the man didn't react at all, and didn't even stop walking.
Zhao Yutan couldn't help but suspect that he had seen it wrong.
Because Qin Sheng is proud, whether before or in the precognitive dream, his hair is always tied up meticulously.
The man just now was dressed like a roguish man, something Qin Sheng had never seen before. But the man's figure was very familiar.
Qin Sheng didn't expect that he just came out to help Liu Erxi escort a batch of foot-operated threshers to the buyers, but he actually met Zhao Yutan on the way back. What bad luck!
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