Chapter 547
Chapter 547
"hehe!"
"Who is he?"
"A peasant who climbed to power by clinging to powerful people dares to touch our Jia family?"
When Jia Tianxiang, Jia Tianteng's brother, finished his self-righteous remarks, Jia Qingming glared at him and said, "Everyone says that..."
"But the truth is, the entire Suzhou Prefecture is being manipulated by him!"
"Even my uncle was deeply implicated in the capital."
Hearing Jia Qingming's words, Jia Tianxiang immediately said, "Isn't it because you are incompetent?"
"You... Fourth Uncle, if you're really that capable, go out and wrestle Xu Shan instead of speaking harshly to me."
"Initially, I strongly opposed the use of these disaster relief grains, but you insisted on profiting from them."
"Why? You guys got less in this subject?"
'boom! '
Just as Jia Tianxiang finished speaking, Old Lady Jia, who was sitting in the first seat, knocked on the floor with her cane.
In an instant, the entire main hall became quiet.
"What are you all arguing about?"
"We all prosper together and suffer together. Will arguing about who is right and who is wrong solve the problem now?"
"Old Lady, calm down."
"Qingming, there's no need to over-glorify that young man named Xu. Neither His Majesty nor the Heavenly Master can reach Jiangnan. He's just an imperial envoy..."
"How big a wave can it create?"
"Besides, will the Qing Kingdom Guild just let this go? Will the Queen Mother and Prime Minister Lin, who are far away in the capital, allow him to continue his outrageous behavior in Jiangnan?"
"If this kid doesn't want to be the target of public criticism, he won't provoke our Jia family at this time."
After she finished speaking, Jia Tianxiang stood up and said, "The old lady is right!"
"Don't even mention that his court lackeys haven't come to visit. Even if they did..."
"I'll also make them leave in disgrace, with their tails between their legs!"
"Do you really take yourself seriously?"
'Pah-ta-ta.'
Just as he finished speaking, the sound of hurried footsteps came from inside.
"Old Lady..."
"The Imperial Guards have surrounded the entire mansion."
"The leading envoy, Xu, specially handed over a name card, saying he wanted to see the old lady."
"Ok?"
"This bastard, really dares to come?"
Jia Tianxiang, who was respected as the "Fourth Master" in Suzhou City, was famous for his bad temper.
Although he is not young anymore, his dissoluteness is even more hateful than his harshness!
But he is the behind-the-scenes boss of the largest grain merchant in Suzhou Prefecture.
The so-called famine here was hyped up by him by taking advantage of the flood.
Nearly half of the disaster relief grain distributed by his elder brother ended up in his granary!
Most of the grain merchants raided by the Jinyiwei today worked for him.
As for Jia Tianxiang, even Duke Qing in Suzhou Prefecture had to give him some face.
When he arrived in the capital, he was the guest of honor of all the dignitaries on Suzaku Avenue!
You, Xu Shan, who came from a peasant family, are taking chicken feathers as a token of authority and cutting off your own source of income?
In the middle of the night, he ordered people to surround the Jia Mansion?
Do you really take yourself seriously?
"Uncle Wu, order the guards to assemble. Especially, call up those masters I spent a lot of money to hire."
"I want to see if this Xu bastard dares to run wild in the Jia Mansion."
"Nonsense!" As soon as he finished speaking, Old Lady Jia scolded him.
"what?"
"He is an imperial envoy after all, and he even handed over a visiting card. If you directly call for war and killing, you will only give him an opportunity to attack you!"
"Our Jia family is a big and powerful family after all. How can this be so disrespectful?"
After Lady Jia finished speaking, Jia Qingming cautiously inquired, "Lady, Mr. Xu visited us late at night and ordered people to surround the entire Jia Mansion. What is this..."
Before the other party could finish, Old Lady Jia sneered and replied, "Use both kindness and force to divide the entire alliance of the Suzhou aristocracy."
"Handing over a name card is a sign of respect; surrounding the Jia Mansion is a form of pressure!"
"After all, they are alone in their deepest territory! Even though they seem to be enjoying great success today, that is also due to the incompetence of the Suzhou garrison."
"If Xu wants to achieve something in Suzhou Prefecture and live up to the emperor's orders, he must recruit some and kill some! Otherwise, if there's trouble, with his background and wealth, he won't be able to bear the consequences."
"Now that we're on bad terms with the Duke of Qing's Mansion, it's natural for us to win over the Jia family. At the very least, we need to give the other noble families a false impression—I, Xu Shan, don't intend to make enemies with everyone when I travel south of the Yangtze River this time."
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