freenovelworld Chapter 2114 Taking it step by step
Chapter 2114 Taking it step by step
Mu Huanying looked at an old man with a stern face, whose age was similar to Hou Wanjin's.
"The Mu family owns a total of thirteen coal mines and iron mines in the Fangshan and Mentougou areas of western Beijing, holding more than 70% of the shares! Why, 40 years later, have they all become sole assets of your Chen Family Industry in the official statistics and registration?"
"The commissioner in charge of the registration back then was your brother-in-law! And why were all the original deeds, ledgers, and registration documents that could prove the Mu family's shareholding destroyed in an accidental fire on the eve of the registration, in the county government archives where they were temporarily stored? Can you explain this?"
Chen Nianyao's face stiffened. He never expected Mu Huanying to bring up such a serious matter right away. Cold sweat rolled down his face like rain. He wiped the sweat while thinking about how to answer, but after thinking for a long time, he still couldn't come up with an answer.
But Mu Huanying didn't give him time to think of a solution, and said coldly, "Since you can't figure out the answer, then I might as well tell you the truth! This fire was caused by you spending twenty yellow croakers to bribe Chao Zi Huang, the local gang leader!"
"Chaozi Huang was to be executed by firing squad five years ago because of another case. In order to live a few more days, he had to confess to other cases. This matter became his lifeline!"
At this point, Mu Huanying slammed the notebook in her hand onto the table and shouted, "I have copied his confession from back then here!"
Chen Nianyao's stern face twisted instantly, his fists clenched so tightly that his nails dug into his palms.
Coal mines and iron ore mines are now one of the Chen family's important pillar industries, and were also the key to their initial success.
He thought the fire was perfectly concealed and that all those in the know had been dealt with!
Chao Zi Huang!
Why wasn't that damn bastard killed?!
Seeing his ever-changing expression, Mu Huanying coldly looked at the five members of the group whose expressions suddenly changed.
"You top five are the smartest ones. You know how to avoid trouble, how to shift your industries, and how to develop other industries completely unrelated to the Mu family's businesses to expand your family's influence. But... do you really think I can't find out about these things?"
Mu Huanying stopped looking at Chen Nianyao's face and turned to a slightly plump, ruddy-faced middle-aged man whose temples were now turning gray. "Wang Shouye, what a nice name you are!"
Upon hearing his name called, Wang Shouye instantly shuddered.
"How did the Mu family's 3,000 mu of high-quality paddy fields and 2,000 mu of orchards in Luanzhou and Changli in western Hebei, along with the attached irrigation system, storage facilities, and farmhouses, end up being transferred to your Wang family's name during the land re-measurement and registration after the autumn harvest in 1943?"
Wang Shouye's face was ashen; he dared not look at Mu Huanying's face and could only turn away.
"What, are you like them, or are you just too cowardly to admit your mistakes?"
After a cold outburst, Mu Huanying calmly said, "Your father bribed the land administration official in charge of the surveying at the time, and altered the original fish-scale map, swapping the Mu family's land registration numbers with the long-abandoned land registration numbers of your Wang family!"
"As for the old households in Mujiazhuang who had some knowledge and knew about the old town, they were either sent to jail by you on charges of colluding with bandits, or forced to leave their hometowns by the thugs you kept to protect the land!"
"What a pity!" At this point, Mu Huanying chuckled and shook her head slightly. "The son of Song Laoqian, the headman of the village who was framed and imprisoned by you back then, is now in the border region. He still has the written evidence that you ordered your thugs to force him to relocate and the evidence that you bribed the local officials and intermediaries!"
The rosy complexion on Wang Shouye's face vanished, turning deathly pale, and his obese body trembled slightly.
The Wang family is wealthy and powerful, and they control steel resources. But ultimately, their foundation lies in these lands.
He never expected that Mu Huanying could even find those who had slipped through the net from beyond the Great Wall!
"Genuine Lu product!"
Wang Shouye was still trembling with fear, afraid of being scolded by Mu Huanying, but the other party's attention had already shifted away from him and turned to the serious middle-aged man from the Lu family.
"Sister Mu!" Lu Zhengpin was taken aback by the call. After a moment, he hurriedly tried to stop her, "Our Lu family has never done anything so shameless..."
"Lu Zhengpin, you make it sound so nice!" Mu Huanying glared at him with eyes as sharp as knives. "How could your Lu family, with its twelve major trade routes and freight hubs across North and East China, including warehouses, wharves, and docks in Dezhou, Jinan, Xuzhou, and Bengbu, have been so thoroughly eroded by your family in just two years under the guise of 'cooperation,' equity participation, and mergers, ultimately ending up with the Lu family's name?"
"Isn't your Lu family in the pharmaceutical business? What? These businesses aren't yours?"
Lu Zhengpin's face turned extremely ugly, and he immediately fell silent.
"Your Lu family took advantage of the chaos in postwar logistics to quickly find the window of opportunity when the Mu family was without a leader. You colluded with gangs and thugs along the way to harass, rob, and set fire to the Mu family's old members who were still trying to maintain their business, forcing them to submit!"
"At the same time, you forged the Mu family's power of attorney and acquired rights from some employees who were unaware of the truth and had not yet had time to take over or notify the Mu family!"
"The lawyer you forged documents with back then was later silenced by you due to a dispute over the division of spoils. His daughter managed to escape and went into hiding. Over the years, she has been searching for the descendants of the Mu family, hoping to find the truth for her father! Three years ago, she sent me a handwritten order for handling the aftermath, as well as some samples of the forged documents!"
For the first time, panic appeared in Lu Zhengpin's shrewd and serious eyes.
The Lu family has been in the pharmaceutical business for so long that they have become almost industry giants, but Shanglu Network is also the lifeblood of the Lu family.
He thought his father had already handled the forgery and cover-ups cleanly and efficiently.
who knows……
"Han Xianfeng!"
At this moment, Mu Huanying's gaze fell on the youngest member of the group of four.
"The Mu family's secret dyes and spices, passed down through generations, are the foundation of our Mu family's large dyehouse! And how did you find out about our advance procurement channels for special southern raw materials, and how did they end up in your Han family's hands?"
"Grandma Mu!"
Han Xianfeng first lowered his head, then suddenly raised it, and argued, "You must be mistaken! Our Han family doesn't do these kinds of businesses..."
"Is that so?" Mu Huanying said coldly, "Then I might as well tell you today that your Han family is just like the other nine families in Yanjing, birds of a feather, scoundrels who collude in evil!"
"Almost 40 years after the great fire, your Han family found the Mu family's dyehouse before the other families. You used a large sum of money to bribe and threaten the lives of Mu family members, forcing the old craftsman Wu Sansheng, who had not yet left, to submit!"
"Nonsense, you're talking nonsense! Our Han family has never done such a thing, you're lying..."
Upon hearing Mu Huanying mention the shameful deeds of the Han family from back then, Han Xianfeng immediately became agitated and started shouting. Even though Zhang Long and Zhao Hu held his shoulders down, he struggled violently, attempting to disrupt the scene and force Mu Huanying to give up exposing the crimes of the Han family.
"is it?"
Mu Huanying gave a cold laugh, then suddenly clapped her hands, "Then take a look and see who this is?"
She turned to the doorway and nodded to Song Ziming, who was standing by the door. "Young man, could you please open the moon door?"
Song Ziming shuddered and instinctively opened the moon gate...