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There are also four famous merchants in Quan Dayu, namely Ji, Xing, Ye and Yu.
Except for the Ji family, the ancestors of the other three families have been merchants for generations and their businesses are booming.
But those who can continue to prosper must have people backing them. Otherwise, they can't last long.
This is also why the merchant escort agency under Wu Weian cannot make much money.
Because once there are too many of them, they will be noticed by the powerful and wealthy, and then they will either seek refuge with them or be suppressed and disappear.
Ji Yunxi lowered her eyes slightly and took a sip of tea: "Well, the Xing family's parents died young, and they only have one daughter, Xing Shuyue."
Ji Yunxi and Xing Shuyue had met several times. Although Xing Shuyue was born into a merchant family, her aunt was now the Concubine Wen in the imperial harem, and Xing Shuyue would occasionally attend various banquets in the capital.
Before knowing the plot of the book, Ji Yunxi thought that the person behind Xing Shuyue was Concubine Wen.
But after knowing the plot of the book, Ji Yunxi realized that Xing Shuyue was the heroine of the book, and she and Concubine Wen were both the Fifth Prince's people.
In this book, the first half of the plot is about the fifth prince and Xing Shuyue joining forces to seize power, and the second half is about the bloody and abusive love between the two.
This tragic love story happened much later, after the fifth prince ascended the throne.
Wu Weian raised an eyebrow: "The Fifth Prince is having an affair with Xing Shuyue. Could it be that he is also attracted by the Xing family's money?"
Ji Yunxi, who was drinking tea, choked.
Wu Wei'an looked at her face flushed from coughing, and said softly, "Drink slowly, we have a relationship."
Ji Yunxi: “…”
After she calmed down after coughing, Wu Weian asked curiously, "Who has more money, you or the Xing family?"
Ji Yunxi was speechless: "How do I know how much the Xing family has?"
Wu Wei'an said "oh" and asked casually, "How much do you have?"
Ji Yunxi raised her eyebrows slightly, sat up straighter, and said lightly: "I said, as much as you want, I will have as much as you want."
Wu Wei'an nodded: "Two thousand and fifty taels."
Ji Yunxi: "What?"
Wu Wei'an repeated, "I want two thousand and fifty taels, no more, no less."
Ji Yunxi was silent for a moment, then nodded: "Okay, I'll let Baofu give it to you."
"No." Wu Weian shook his head.
He looked out the window and just happened to see the round-faced steward instructing Xuezhu not far away.
Feeling a little uneasy, he said, "Wait a month, when your blessing arrives, then give it to me."
Ji Yunxi had no idea what he was up to: "It's up to you."
Wu Weian: "Remember, give it to me when it's just the two of us."
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After Wu Weian gave instructions, he usually didn't care about them anymore.
All the people under him were personally selected by him one by one over the years.
Trust people you employ; don’t employ people you don’t trust.
Besides, he has a lot of things to do and doesn't have the energy to keep an eye on it.
But Manager Yuan noticed that in the following days, his son would ask almost every few days, "Have the Fang couple passed Heichun Mountain yet? When will they reach Heichun Mountain? Why is it so slow? Are these people too reluctant to trade over four thousand taels of silver for a faster horse?"
And so on.
The days passed one by one. Apart from competing with the Crown Prince and other princes in the court, the Fifth Prince used all his remaining energy to keep an eye on the matter of Hei Chunshan.
The Fifth Prince has always had an instinctive intuition about danger, and Wu Weian made him feel very dangerous.
But his people haven't found anything yet, and the Fifth Prince is not in a hurry to take action until he understands what cards the enemy has.
Moreover, after his men had been staking out the case for a while, they finally unraveled the mystery and discovered that the steward of Wu Weian's family seemed to have sent a secret letter to the bandits in Heichun Mountain.
The Fangs had to cross Heichun Mountain to return to Fangjia Village. The contents of this secret letter spoke for themselves. The Wu family's connection to the bandits was also self-evident.
But the person behind this Heichun bandit is his uncle.
The emperor's uncle has always been neutral and does not support any prince or the crown prince.
But this bandit is related to the Wu family, the Wu family is related to the Ji family, and the Ji family is related to the prince.
Could it be that the emperor's uncle is secretly the prince's man?
Wu Weian must have some status in the martial arts world. The emperor's uncle knew him and sent him to the Ji family, that is, to the prince.
If this is the case, his current situation is probably worse than he thought.
The more he thought about it, the more terrifying it seemed. The Fifth Prince made a prompt decision and decided to wipe out the bandit's lair.
Who knows what terrible things are hidden in the bandit’s lair, and there must be clues to Wu Weian’s identity!
The fifth prince secretly planned and when the Fang couple entered the territory of Heichun Mountain, he sent an army not far from Heichun Mountain, secretly lurking around in the name of suppressing bandits.
In order to ensure that nothing went wrong, the Fifth Prince also sent many of his close experts and secret guards to help.
Everything is under control.
As expected, the Heichun bandit appeared and robbed the Fang couple of their money. The Fang couple refused to comply and were beheaded on the spot by the bandits.
The army took advantage of the bandits' unpreparedness and surrounded them.
The Heichun bandits are cunning and very familiar with the terrain.
The Fifth Prince's troops chased for three days and three nights, suffering heavy casualties, but they successfully tracked down the bandits' base camp and wiped out the Heichun bandits.
Up to this point, the Fifth Prince had everything under his control. But everything that happened afterwards was like a wild horse that had broken free from its reins.
The bandits' base camp had jewels, jade, fine wine and delicious food, but there was nothing that the Fifth Prince wanted.
Not at all.
The Heichun bandits are really just a bunch of vicious bandits.
His uncle is really neutral, but he loves money a little.
The Fifth Prince did this secretly, and that army was not openly his.
But that day, when the army came down the mountain after suppressing the bandits, they found a group of martial artists at the foot of the mountain. They said that they spontaneously wanted to suppress the bandits and do something good for the people and the court.
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