Chapter 362 Deliberate
However, they also felt a little strange.
To be honest, Lao San had been punished by Qin Shu since he was a child. Although he had suffered a lot of whipping, Lao San had to be whipped several times before he was in so much pain. But now, it was only a whip. How could Lao San become like this?
Originally, they thought that Lao San's health had deteriorated, but when several people helped Lao San up, Lao San was trembling and couldn't even walk. Only then did they realize that Lao San's back was already torn and bloody.
Fang Qinghong's whip just now was so heavy, without any reservation, and even much more severe than Qin Qixuan's usual beating.
Qin Qixuan's face darkened instantly, and he looked at Fang Qinghong coldly with a frown.
Xiao Si didn't care as much as Qin Qixuan, but pointed directly at Fang Qinghong and shouted angrily.
"You must have done it on purpose! The wound on Lao San's back is so serious, you really dare to be so cruel, are you really not afraid that Lao San will die?"
Xiao Si has been practicing martial arts since he was a child, so he can naturally see that Fang Qinghong didn't hold back at all when he whipped him. He looked calm when he beat him, but after beating him like this, Lao San couldn't even stand up and couldn't say a word. If Qin Qixuan hadn't pleaded for Lao San at that time, he might have been beaten unconscious by now.
Qin Xixi was also very angry when she saw this. She thought Fang Qinghong still had something to ask of the Qin family and would not show it so obviously.
[He was really ruthless and showed no mercy at all.]
Fang Qinghong faced Xiao Si's accusation with an innocent expression on his face.
"How can Xiao Si say that? Maybe I hit harder than the head of the Qin family, but this is the strength of a normal man after all, so it's normal to hit harder."
"You're talking nonsense! Even when my master deliberately increased the strength, he wouldn't hit so deep!"
Fang Qinghong thought to himself that it was not good, forgetting that Xiao Si had been practicing martial arts since he was a child, and he could tell the strength at a glance.
It was at this time that Qin Qixuan discovered that the scars on the third brother's body were so severe. He immediately felt distressed. It would have been better for him to punish him himself.
Although Qin Qixuan would not intentionally reduce the force, at least the third child would be safe.
Thinking of this, Qin Qixuan immediately felt some resentment towards Fang Qinghong, and could not help but complain about him.
Fang Qinghong also saw the dissatisfaction in Qin Qixuan's heart, and he thought to himself that it was not good, and he was still a little anxious this time.
Fang Qinghong was already a little impatient with these young people in the Qin family, and the third child criticized him in public, which made him lose face. Fang Qinghong hit harder on impulse, and it seemed that Qin Shu's favorability towards him decreased again.
However, Qin Qixuan did not have time to take care of these trivial matters at this time. Seeing that the third child was already somewhat unconscious, he hurriedly ordered someone to find a doctor.
After the doctor came, he was also shocked by the scars on the third child's back. He quickly sewed and disinfected him, and prescribed several prescriptions, asking the third child to lie in bed and rest well, and not to get angry again.
In this way, although the third child suffered flesh injuries, fortunately the injuries were not too serious, so he did not have to kneel in the ancestral hall. Qin Xixi didn't know whether this was a good thing or not.
On the next morning, the third child barely regained consciousness, and saw several brothers, younger brothers and Qin Xixi all surrounding the bed and looking at him. They were very happy to see him wake up.
The third child was beaten up, and now his mind is much clearer, but he still doesn't understand why his mother is so angry.
Qin Qixuan is waiting for the third child to wake up, not only to check his condition, but also to have a good chat with him, so that he won't make his mother angry again, and won't say such treasonous words again.
"So what is the situation? Tell me in detail."
The third child understood that Qin Qixuan wanted to know about the business they did. Although the third child was still a little upset, he still told Qin Qixuan everything.
"This is indeed a big business. Our Qin Mansion did a huge business with the wealthy business alliance in the Jiangnan area. The royal family did nothing, but they got most of the benefits. Although the Qin family was able to get a part of the reward, they were just like ants in front of those huge benefits."
The third brother was very dissatisfied with this huge gap and even developed a disgust for the royal family.
Qin Qixuan then understood what happened.
"I understand, Third Brother, you are looking at the problem from a businessman's perspective, so you think that this huge benefit should be in the hands of the Qin family, and should not be distributed to the royal family."
"Undoubtedly, Third Brother, you are a very good businessman. For a businessman, you should be very careful with every penny. But you should know that our Qin family is not just a simple businessman."
"If you were born in an ordinary family and became an ordinary businessman, that would be great, that's right. But you are in the Qin Mansion, and you are running a royal business, so you should understand that there are some things we can do and some things we can't do."
"With our current status and the respect that businessmen have for us, even some small families of low status need to give our Qin family some leeway. Do you think it's because our Qin family is rich?"
Qin Qixuan patiently induced the Third Brother. The Third Brother was a little confused, isn't it because the Qin family is rich?
Qin Qixuan shook his head.
"It is undeniable that as the richest merchant in the world, the Qin family undoubtedly possesses enormous wealth, but you have to understand that before becoming the imperial merchant, although our Qin family was rich, our status was not so prominent. This era is like this, merchants can never compare to officials. If we did not have the title of the emperor, those lowest small families in the capital would also sneer at us. But it is precisely because of the title of imperial merchant and the power behind us is the royal family that our Qin family can receive such preferential treatment and be so respected."
"Even the Qin family can cooperate with some merchants because they are willing to give us profits for the sake of the royal family, so as to establish a good relationship with the royal family."
"So what you see should not only be the huge benefits that the Qin family has given to the royal family, but also the help that the royal family's influence has brought to us, and the significant improvement of the status of the Qin family. All of this is nourishing us imperceptibly. So as royal merchants, we should also give profits to the royal family and repay them for their support."
Qin Qixuan told the third child a lot one after another, and even the descendants of the Qin family who were around the third child remembered what Qin Qixuan said today, and gradually became less disgusted with the royal family.
The third child also understood why his mother was so angry about his words and why she was so determined to give the profits to the royal family after Qin Qixuan's narration.