Chu Chuyan's anger level increased by 99!
After saying that, he left with a frosty expression. Seeing that the young lady was angry, Xue'er took the young lady's arm and turned around to glare at him with a gloating look.
Zuan sighed inwardly. "I told you, but you don't believe me. What's wrong with this world? When I lie, everyone takes it seriously, but when I tell the truth, nobody believes me?"
However, collecting this cheap wife's anger points is not easy. Even so, she only contributed 99 points. She's like an iceberg all day long.
Seeing that the two women were almost gone, Zu An hurriedly chased after them.
After a while, Chu Chuyan's expression gradually softened. After walking for a while, she hesitated and said, "Do you feel uncomfortable staying at the manor?"
Zuan was taken aback: "Why do you ask that?"
Chu Chuyan replied, "I heard you want to buy a house outside."
Zuan was furious. Cheng Shouping had promised him so clearly, but then he turned around and made the whole world know. He had felt a little guilty for forgetting to bring him along this time, since he had promised to create an opportunity for him to get to know Xue'er.
Now? Go eat shit!
"No, I was just looking around," Zu An said with an embarrassed smile. After all, he would need her help soon, and it wouldn't be a good idea to anger her at this time.
Chu Chuyan gave an "oh" and then stopped talking, walking silently down the street.
Zuan secretly praised her; this cheap wife's temperament and appearance were a perfect combination. She was as aloof and elegant as could be, and she would definitely turn heads wherever she went.
They arrived at the entrance of a magnificent shop. Zu An said, "We're here. This is it." The place was bustling with people coming and going, indicating that the business was booming.
Chu Chuyan's expression changed slightly as she looked at the four large, elegant characters of "Silver Hook Gambling House" on the signboard: "The place you brought me to is a gambling house?"
Zuan nodded: "Yes."
He had already found out that the Plum Blossom Gang was the largest gang in Bright Moon City, with income sources including protection fees, loan sharking, and so on, but the most profitable source was the gambling den.
As the saying goes, the economic base determines the superstructure. All wars are actually about economics. Since the Chu family cannot use power to solve the problem, then he will wage an economic war against the Plum Blossom Gang. As long as they destroy their biggest source of income, the Plum Blossom Gang's strength will be at least halved.
Therefore, fearing that the other party might resort to desperate measures and physically destroy him, he invited Chu Chuyan to accompany him. Not to mention that Chu Chuyan herself was a fifth-rank cultivator, even Mei Hua Shisan wouldn't dare to touch her because of her status as the daughter of a duke.
Yes, the Chu family does have many things they can't interfere in, but if something happens to any family member, do they really think the Duke's private army is just for show? Even if it escalates to the imperial court, the Chu family isn't afraid.
However, although his plan was well-conceived, Chu Chuyan might not be willing to cooperate. Her face darkened and she said, "Do you know that our Chu family has always had a family rule against gambling?"
"I don't know, why?" Zu An said, his eyes wide open, trying to scare people. In reality, he was genuinely curious about why the Chu family had such a rule. Even the strictest noble families wouldn't forbid gambling altogether.
Chu Chuyan slowly said, "Because one of our Chu family members was addicted to gambling, he almost ruined the entire Chu family. After several generations of hard work, the Chu family was able to barely recover its strength. Even so, compared to its heyday, it had lost nearly half of its salt and iron fiefdoms. Otherwise, there would only be our Chu family in Mingyue City, and not the other major families."
During this time, Zuan also figured out that among the four major families of Mingyue City, in addition to the Chu family, there are three other wealthy merchants: the Zheng family, the Yuan family, and the Wang family. The Zheng family deals in salt, silk, porcelain, and so on; the Yuan family mainly deals in weapons; and the Wang family mainly deals in chain restaurants and grain trade. Although they do not have such a high title as the Chu family, these families are not much inferior to the Chu family in terms of wealth.
As for the Yu family, since their main base is not in Bright Moon City, they are generally not included in the calculation.
Upon hearing Chu Chuyan's words, Zu An finally understood that a large portion of the businesses of the other major families today originally belonged to the Chu family. The Chu family's ancestors were truly wealthy.
Chu Chuyan continued, "So later the Chu family established a family rule that no descendant of the Chu family is allowed to gamble. Although you are not surnamed Chu, you are still my husband in name, so you must also abide by this rule."
Zu An inwardly grumbled, "Husband is husband, why insist on the nominal one?" However, he was prepared for this situation: "I'm not gambling. I was forced to fight back to protect myself. I don't think the Chu family has any family rules against being bullied and then not fighting back."
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