Chapter 401 Royal Merchant Name

"The son has met his father."

"Yeah, I'm very thoughtful."

Seeing their father appear, Gu Yanguang and Gu Yanli stopped talking about business matters. The family sat together, not talking while eating or sleeping. This was the family's consistent rule and no one dared to break it.

After a meal in silence, the younger generations sat in the hall and talked, but the three brothers followed the Seventh Old Master to the study.

As soon as he entered the door, the seventh old master slapped his third son on the face for no apparent reason, making Gu Yanli see stars.

He is obviously in his seventies or eighties, but how come he has so much strength and acts like a young man!

The eldest son Gu Yanguang and the second son Gu Yanxing were still looking puzzled, but the third son Gu Yanli who was beaten actually knelt down obediently, his face was red and swollen, but he did not dare to talk back at all.

"You're just being rude. Look, Gu Shaoyu's revenge is here. He's going to cut off most of your profits this year. Do you really think he's a vegetarian in Cezhou and Sui'an City?"

"Father, I was just joking. Who knew he was serious? He was shameless and persuaded the East Palace and the Guo family to participate in this. Of course, I made a mistake."

"Gu Shaoyu's only biological sister married into the Guo family. He is the right-hand man of the Crown Prince of the Eastern Palace. Even the current Queen grew up in front of her sister-in-law. Don't you know about this kind of relationship? He is really going backwards. For the sake of a breath, he puts our family in danger."

The third uncle who was scolded was very angry and naturally he was not convinced.

What he said at the table that day was indeed intentional. He just wanted to embarrass Gu Shaoyu and make him realize who has the final say in Jinling City.

But now, he also regretted it. No one would go against his money, and the money was about to go into his pocket, but it was taken away by someone in this way. Of course, he was unhappy.

The eldest brother Gu Yanguang, who was standing nearby, watched his younger brother being scolded without being able to retort, so he had no choice but to come out and try to smooth things over.

"Father, don't be angry. You can earn money if you lose it, but it's not worth it to get angry and hurt yourself."

After hearing this, the Seventh Old Master gave his eldest son some face and said no more.

After a moment's silence, he motioned for his third son to stand up, and then gave instructions.

"We can't deal with the power of the East Palace at will at this moment, so you should give in when you should give in, and give up when you should give up. Even if you lose all the profits this year, you can't provoke the East Palace to be angry. Do you understand?"

"My son understands."

Gu Yanli has been in the business world for so many years, he certainly knows the principle of sacrificing the pawn to save the king. As long as he wants to stay in the Daxing Dynasty, he must naturally abide by the rules of the Daxing Dynasty. And the next maker of these rules, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, is naturally not someone who can be easily offended.

Otherwise, putting a random label on him would be enough to make all his hard work over the years go to waste. Therefore, no matter how unhappy he is, he has no choice but to give in.

Seeing some fluctuations on his face, the Seventh Old Master took a deep breath and continued.

"It's just one year's profit. If you manage it well, you will get it back eventually. But the five-year election for the position of the Royal Merchant will begin in April next year. We can't make any mistakes at this time, otherwise we will be passive in many things. Do you understand?"

"Son understands!"

The Gu family has been re-elected as the imperial merchant twice. In the past ten years, they have made great strides and a lot of their glory comes from this, so the people in the seventh branch dare not take it lightly.

Seeing that his third son indeed had a serious expression, the seventh old master let him go.

"Okay, go out and reunite with your family during the New Year. I have something to say to your eldest brother, so come back later."

"Yes, father."

After the two brothers left the house, Gu Yanxing began to question his third brother.

"What's going on?"

Gu Yanli said with gritted teeth.

"It's the end of the year now. We were originally planning to stop shipping, but suddenly we received a message from the Eastern Palace that we must deliver the needed items before the New Year. As a result, we encountered a disaster halfway through. Not only did the entire batch of items fall into the water, but we also had to compensate the Eastern Palace for the losses. In order to satisfy the Crown Prince, I paid 50% to 60% of this year's profits to settle the matter. Otherwise, you and I might not be able to have a good New Year's Eve dinner."

"How come my elder brother and I haven't heard about the news from the East Palace?"

No matter what, they are both the parents who protect Jinling City, and they have both literary and martial arts skills, how could they not know? "Hey, if I had known that the news was released by the Eastern Palace, would I have been so stupid to be fooled? The Su family deliberately spread the rumor that they were going to deliver goods to the dignitaries in Sui'an City. I thought it was not difficult, so I snatched it. Who knew it would be a trap. After the goods were gone, they said it was something the Eastern Palace wanted. What can I do?"

There is no mistake in the poem, post, content, and read the book on 6, 9, and bar!

"You can't detect what the Su family did?"

"If it was just the Su family, I wouldn't have been fooled. But the kid from the Yan family and the Han family from Sui'an City also joined in the fun. I thought it would be something popular, but who knew it would be full of thorns!"

After hearing his younger brother's words, the second brother Gu Yanxing was not stupid and asked.

"The three families have united to deal with you?"

Gu Yanli shook his head, then said with certainty.

"That's not the case. I guess the kid from the Yan family just came here to join in the fun because he smelled something. As for the Han family, I heard that they also have dealings with Prime Minister Guo's residence through the Du family, so it's not difficult for them to get the news."

Although he said this, Gu Yanli still had some doubts in his heart.

If it happens once, it is a coincidence, but if so many coincidences happen together, it is not necessarily a coincidence.

Therefore, after having this idea, he began to think about how to fight back. However, this was a trap set for him by Gu Shaoyu and Du Jingyi. Their goal was to make this third cousin so angry that he would take action.

In the study, although the Seventh Old Master was unhappy about the loss of profits for the family, he thought that things could be recovered after all, so he cared more about other things. So he kept his eldest son and told him the news he had received in recent days.

"I'm afraid your Third Uncle's family won't last long. Since Gu Shaoyu has taken action against our business, to put it bluntly, he wants to cut the Gordian knot and do it for outsiders to see! We have thick blood, and you two brothers are supporting us, so he can't bite off much in a short time. But your Third Uncle's family is much easier to deal with, so let's clean up what needs to be cleaned up, and don't let their troubles affect us."

(End of this chapter)