Chapter 1035, Lessons
Ganzhou City.
Li Mansion.
Fang Liangji rode his horse at full speed for several days to get here, but he couldn't even get through the gate.
It’s nothing, the master of the Li family is not at home.
After Li Chenzhi came back from Liangdu, he guessed that Fang Liangji would come to find him. He had long wanted to help his sister deal with this guy, so he naturally would not miss this opportunity and decided to give this guy a good beating.
Ever since the Fang and Li families married, Fang Liangji's lineage has been connected with the Fang family's direct branch, and has helped the Fang family's direct branch make money over the years.
He knew that Fang Liangji came to Xiliang this time to do something big. Many members of the Fang family's direct branch had invested money. If he returned to Zhongzhou in disgrace, he would not only be laughed at, but also be looked down upon by the Fang family's direct branch.
Fang Liangji, who already felt somewhat inferior because of his status as a branch of the Fang family, would never allow such a thing to happen and would definitely come to him for help.
He had already instructed the doorman that if Fang Liangji asked to see someone, he should just say that he and his wife were not at home.
Seeing the perfunctory expression of the Li family's doorman, Fang Liangji felt a little heavy in his heart. He took a deep breath and asked with a smile, "I wonder where my third uncle has gone and when he will be back?"
The doorman said, "My master and mistress are out inspecting the winery. I don't know when they'll be back."
Fang Liangji looked at the half-open door of the Li family and knew that his third uncle was deliberately trying to embarrass him. Otherwise, as the son-in-law of the Li family, he should have been invited into the house and treated well even if the master of the Li family was not at home.
But the Li family didn’t!
Is my third uncle really not at home?
He knew that the Li family had been dissatisfied with him because of Jiayue's affairs over the years, but he felt that he had done his best for his wife. His wife had always been in charge of the household affairs, and he also gave his wife enough respect. What else did the Li family want from him?
My third uncle should also know about this matter. Given the relationship between the Li family and Princess Weiyuan, he will definitely be informed.
Now that his third uncle doesn't want to see him, does that mean he doesn't want to help him anymore?
But if he is not well, how can his wife and four children be well?
Thinking of the goods temporarily stored at the Bamu Inn, Fang Liangji suppressed his frustration and said to the doorman with a smile, "I will stay in Ganzhou for a few days and stay at the Sihai Inn in the city. If my third uncle comes back, please send someone to notify me."
The concierge agreed with a smile.
Fang Liangji looked at the Li family's gate again before turning around and leaving with his servant.
At the same time, in the Li family's backyard.
Li Chenzhi's wife, Mrs. Qiu, watched her husband leisurely playing with their son in the garden. After a moment's hesitation, she stepped forward and asked, "Son-in-law Fang is coming to visit. Can we avoid him?"
Li Chenzhi said calmly, "We were too kind in the past, which is why the Fang family kept taking advantage of us."
Mrs. Qiu: "Mr. Fang is not a good person, but we have to consider Sister Zixuan more. Now that Mr. Fang has been humiliated by us, what if he goes back and takes his anger out on Sister Zixuan?"
Li Chenzhi handed his son to the wet nurse, then snorted coldly, "We were too concerned about these things, so we weren't strong enough when facing the Fang family. That's why the Fang family repeatedly indulged Fang Liangji in favoring Sun."
"This time, our cousin has already taken the initiative to help us. If we don't act more firmly and resolutely, her efforts will be in vain."
Hearing this, Qiu didn't say anything more.
Fang Liangji stayed in the inn for a few days, but he never waited for the Li family to come. Finally, he had to send a servant to wait in front of the Li Mansion.
In this way, half a month passed. Fang Liangji was worried about Sun Jiayue and the goods in Bamu, and wanted to see Li Chenzhi as soon as possible, so he had to shamelessly come to the Li family again.
Before he could speak, the doorman took the initiative to say, "Master Fang, the master and mistress haven't come back yet."
Fang Liangji took a deep breath: "Didn't they say when they would be back?"
The doorman shook his head. "When the master and his wife go out to inspect the winery, it can be as short as half a month or as long as two or three months. It's hard to predict."
When Fang Liangji heard that Li Chenzhi might not be back for two or three months, he felt very bad.
Is he going to wait here for two or three months, wasting so much time?
Fang Liangji returned empty-handed, and after that he would come to Li's house every few days. He wanted to see how long Li Chengzhi would continue to treat him badly.
After several setbacks, Fang Liangji initially blamed the Li family for their ruthlessness. Later, he slowly began to regret bringing Sun Jiayue to Xiliang.
It was not until the end of August that Li Chenzhi agreed to meet Fang Liangji.
However, the location was not Li’s Mansion, but the Li family’s textile factory outside the city.
At this moment, Fang Liangji no longer had the energy to care about this. He had been ignored for nearly a month, and now as long as Li Chen volunteered to support him, that would be enough.
Fang Liangji was led into the textile factory.
Looking at the scale of the Li family's textile factory, Fang Liangji was very envious. He heard that the military uniforms of the Xiliang soldiers were all produced by the Li family. Just like that, they could make a lot of money every year.
Moreover, the cotton grown in Xiliang is of very high quality, and the cotton cloth produced is very popular in many places. The Li family's silk shop in Zhongzhou sells the cotton cloth produced here, and the sales are particularly good.
The Fang family also wanted to order cotton cloth from the Li family, but unfortunately, they were directly rejected by their father-in-law.
Thinking of this, Fang Liangji couldn't help but feel a pang in his heart, and suddenly realized that the Li family's dissatisfaction with him had actually been very deep for a long time.
"Third uncle!"
Seeing Li Chenzhi walking out of the factory, Fang Liangji quickly calmed down and walked up to him, greeting him with a smile.
Li Chenzhi glanced at him indifferently and continued to talk about this year's cotton procurement with the manager beside him.
Seeing that Li Chenzhi ignored him, Fang Liangji did not dare to interrupt even though he was angry. He could only stand by carefully.
Li Chenzhi explained everything, signaled the manager to leave, and then looked at Fang Liangji.
Fang Liangji was just about to say a few words to ease the atmosphere, but he didn't expect to hear Li Chenzhi's rude question.
"I heard that you married another wife?"
Fang Liangji's face paused, and seeing Li Chenzhi's ugly expression, he quickly denied: "Third uncle, what are you talking about? I only have Zixuan as my wife."
Li Chenzhi sneered, "Really? But as far as I know, when you were doing business abroad, you were always accompanied by a 'Mrs. Fang'."
Fang Liangji's heart skipped a beat, knowing that Li Chenzhi was talking about Sun Jiayue.
It was wrong for Sun Jiayue to call herself "Madam" in public, but he did so to make things easier for himself.
When doing business outside, one has to deal with people. He can receive male relatives, but for female relatives, only Jiayue can come. It would be a bit embarrassing to tell others about it, so he acquiesced to Jiayue calling herself Mrs. Fang.
Fang Liangji defended himself, "Uncle, you may have misunderstood."
Li Chenzhi interrupted Fang Liangji directly: "Misunderstanding, your concubine is very good, she directly called herself Madam Fang in front of Princess Weiyuan. If the princess hadn't told me this, my family would still be kept in the dark by you."
"Fang Liangji, ask yourself, since you and Zixuan got married, how much has the Li family taken care of your family? How dare you treat Zixuan like this? It's simply too much!"
"Before, for Zixuan and our four children, as long as you didn't go too far, we turned a blind eye. I didn't expect you to go so far as to openly treat your concubine as your wife. Do you still regard Zixuan as your wife? Do you still care about the Li family?"
Fang Liangji knew he was in the wrong and wanted to make some excuses, but Li Chenzhi didn't give him a chance.
Li Chenzhi looked at Fang Liangji coldly: "Fang Liangji, you are so brave! Even my Li family doesn't dare to openly act under the name of Weiyuan Palace. But you are amazing! As soon as you arrived in Bamu Town, you said you were a relative of Weiyuan Palace. Who gave you the power?"
As he said this, he snorted coldly.
"I know why you came to me, but I'm sorry, I can't help you. Even the Yan family wouldn't dare to use the title of the palace casually, let alone you!"
"You should go back. Even if father and second uncle come, it will be useless for this matter."
Looking at Li Chenzhi who left with a flick of his sleeves, Fang Liangji chased him for two steps, but then stopped.
He knew that his business venture in Xiliang was over.
In the past, he had displeased the Li family, and the Li family would at most restrict the Fang family in their business dealings. But this time he had offended Princess Weiyuan, who was the one who could uproot the Fang family from Xiliang.
Suddenly, Fang Liangji's expression was shocked. The Fang family's business in the south was able to expand rapidly because of the protection of the Fourth Master of the Yan family. If Princess Weiyuan sent a letter to the Fourth Master of the Yan family...
Fang Liangji didn't dare to think any further and left in a hurry.
If the business in Xiliang is gone, it’s gone. It hasn’t started yet anyway. But if the business in the south is gone, the Fang family will be seriously hurt.
Seeing Fang Liangji panicking, the servant couldn't help but remind him, "Master, you don't have to worry too much. For the sake of the Madam, the young lady, and the young master, the Princess and the Li family won't go too far."
These words really calmed Fang Liangji down. Yes, although the Li family had been dissatisfied with him over the years, they had not done anything too excessive. Wasn't it just because of his wife and children?
After Fang Liangji returned to Bamu Town, he felt inexplicably irritated when he saw Sun Jiayue. This irritation reached its peak when he had to look for people to buy the silk that was delivered to him.
This time when he came to Xiliang, he was confident that he would gain a foothold here, so he brought more silk.
In order to sell the silk, he had to lower the price.
The direct branch paid for this batch of goods, and after returning, he had to make up the difference. He didn't make any profit, and he had to put in some money. It was annoying just thinking about it.
Sun Jiayue has been in a bad mood recently. She comes from a business family and knows best that what businessmen value most is profit. If the Fang family loses because of her, then no matter how hard she tries to please them, she will not get any good results.
"Li Zixuan, how could she be so lucky!"
It would be fine if she had an uncle who was the Minister of Revenue, but now she also had a cousin who was a princess to support her.
After processing the goods, Fang Liangji left Xiliang with Sun Jiayue with a gloomy look.
After returning to Zhongzhou, Master Fang heard about their experiences in Xiliang and scolded Fang Liangji harshly: "You are not allowed to take Sun with you when you go out in the future."
Fang Liangji nodded. Even if his father didn't tell him to, he wouldn't take care of the child anymore.
Some lessons are enough to be learned once.
Mr. Fang looked at his son and sighed, "I haven't taken good care of you these years. Be nice to your wife in the future. As for the Sun family, you'd better go there less often. Even if it's the Sun family, it's best to have less contact with them."
If the Li family really takes action, the Fang family will be in big trouble.
The Li family helps the Fang family for the sake of their daughter-in-law and grandchildren. If their son can't even do this, they will forget about getting help from the Li family.
Having lost his business and offended his Yue family, Fang Liangji dared not refute his father at this time: "Dad, the direct branch is on the other side."
Speaking of this, Master Fang also had a headache. The reason why the direct branch looked up to them in recent years was because they could establish relationships with the Yan family, as well as the Prince Ping's Mansion and the Prince Weiyuan's Mansion behind the Yan family.
Now that his son has offended Princess Weiyuan, even his qualification to do business in Xiliang has been rejected. If the legitimate family knew about this, they would probably avoid them again.
Mr. Fang sighed and said with a pained look, "Use the money in the family to make up for the loss of the direct branch. As for the rest, we will take it one step at a time."
(End of this chapter)
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