Because of the Tiger Flag, the Fan family's life became increasingly difficult.
The Fan family was originally a powerful businessman in Xuanfu, mainly engaged in smuggling business. In the original history, with the rise of Houjin, the Fan family's business grew bigger and bigger, and the money they earned every month increased, but because of the tiger-character flag With the advent of the epidemic, the smuggling business was completely cut off. On the mobile phone, remember "→m.\B\iq\u\g\\o\m" in one second to provide you with wonderful novel reading.
Not to mention the business with Houjin, even the business with Beilu was difficult to maintain.
The Fan family's caravan was robbed several times on the grassland and a large amount of property was lost. The shops opened by the Fan family everywhere were suppressed by the Chamber of Commerce of the Tiger Banner, resulting in a bleak business and almost closing down.
Businessmen who were once good friends with the Fan family have now cut off contact with the Fan family, causing the Fan family's business to further deteriorate, and the family has already been unable to make ends meet.
The Fan family is a big family, and Fan Yongdou is just the head of the Fan family. As the Fan family declines, life becomes difficult for each room in the Fan family, and there are voices of dissatisfaction among the members of the Fan family.
"They are all a bunch of brainless idiots. Brother, don't pay attention to them. If they were the head of the family, the fate of the Fan family would be even worse." Fan Yongcheng said to Fan Yongdou.
Fan Yongdou picked up the tureen on the table, took a sip of the tea inside, and said, "They are not stupid. This is the best time to attack me."
"They only had a few houses where they could only eat, drink and have fun. Now they are thinking about things they shouldn't have. They don't even think about it. How can they fight with the tiger-character flag because they are just such idiots?" Fan Yongcheng said sarcastically.
From the bottom of his heart, he looked down on the other members of the Fan family.
Fan Yongdou said: "There are still smart people in those rooms. They know that the tiger-character flag is about to die. As long as the tiger-character flag falls, Daojia's business will slowly recover. If we can take charge of Fan Ji at this time, we have a great chance." Sit tight in this seat.”
As he spoke, he patted the armrest of the seat beneath him with his hand.
"Humph, if we really let them take charge of the Fan family, the family property will be completely destroyed." Fan Yongcheng said bitterly, and then said, "Brother, the more this time is, the more we cannot let them take over the Fan family. The Fan family It can only be controlled by you, eldest brother."
Fan Yongdou sighed.
The internal fighting in the Fan family made him tired.
The study door was pushed open from the outside, and Butler Fan walked in, stood in front of Fan Yongdou with his hands lowered, bowed and said: "Master, the people in the fifth room have left, but before leaving, they called for a clan meeting. "
"These people have gone too far. I will teach them a lesson now." Fan Yongdou stood up and walked out.
Fan Yongdou, who was sitting behind the desk, spoke up at the right time: "Third brother, stop right here."
Fan Yongcheng stopped, turned around, and said: "The people in the fifth house are already clamoring for a clan meeting. If a clan meeting is held, the other clans will definitely use this to make things difficult for you, eldest brother."
"I know." Fan Yongdou said with a bad expression, "Don't worry about them for now. The Fan family is in my hands and they can't take it away. The most important thing is to keep an eye on the tiger-character flag. As long as the tiger-character flag falls, our Fan family can Take over the industries left by the Tiger Flag."
Fan Yongcheng frowned and said: "There are a lot of properties in Tiger Character Flag. If you want to take over, I'm afraid you will need a lot of silver. But our Fan family's business has not been good in the past two years. I'm afraid it will be difficult to prepare enough money to do it." .”
"I have asked Butler Fan to prepare the silver. Although our Fan family is not as good as before, we can still get tens of thousands of taels of silver." Fan Yongdou said.
Butler Fan, who was standing aside, interjected: "Don't worry, Third Master. I sold a few shops and a village outside the city to collect more than 10,000 taels. Counting the money at home, it is no less than 30,000 taels."
After hearing this, Fan Yongcheng sighed and said mournfully: "In the past, our Fan family could have spent not only tens of thousands of taels of silver, but even hundreds of thousands of taels of silver. There was no need to sell houses or land."
He sat back in his seat with an annoyed look on his face.
Fan Yongdou picked up the tureen and took a sip of tea and said: "Our Fan family has already established a relationship with Wang Xunjian. As soon as the tiger flag falls, we can continue our business with the grassland and Houjin. It will not take a few years." In this situation, our Fan family will be even better than before."
"The heaven and earth are retributive. The tiger-character flag deserves this retribution." Fan Yongcheng's teeth itched with hatred when he mentioned the tiger-character flag.
The reason why the Fan family is in this situation is all because they were forced by the Tiger Character Banner. Otherwise, based on the relationship between the Fan family, Beilu and Houjin, the Fan family would have long become the leader of the Xuanfu business.
Fan Yongdou said: "I quite admire Liu Dongzhu of Tiger Character Banner. He not only monopolizes the smuggling business with the Beibei soldiers, but also secretly raised a capable bodyguard. It's a pity that he is too courageous and does not know how to restrain himself. He actually Let the private soldiers of the Tiger Character Flag appear openly, otherwise the Fan family will have to go through a lot of troubles if they want to deal with the Tiger Character Flag."
It was no secret to him that Tiger Character Banner had private soldiers. Ever since the Fan family caravan was robbed by Tiger Character Banner, he knew that Tiger Character Banner had a military force. But what he didn't expect was that, The Tiger Banner has an army of several thousand people, and they are hiding in Datong.
"He is seeking death, and secretly raising private soldiers is tantamount to treason. Wang Xun sent a memorial to the capital about the tiger-character flag. Liu Heng and the people of the tiger-character flag are just waiting to confiscate their homes and exterminate their clans!" Fan Yongcheng said coldly.
Fan Yongdou nodded in agreement and said: "Although the Ming Dynasty's army is no match for Hou Jin, it is more than enough to deal with the private soldiers of a businessman. It is a pity that the Tiger Character Banner created such a good situation but made wedding clothes for others. "
As he spoke, he put down the bowl in his hand and placed it on the table.
Butler Fan who was standing aside saw that only the tea bottom was left in the tureen that Fan Yongdou placed on the table. He took it away and made a new cup of tea.
Fan Yongcheng said: "Brother, do you want to send someone to Wang Xunqian's place to find out when the imperial court will take action against the Tiger Flag?"
"We need to keep a close eye on the tiger-character flag. There must be many people secretly concerned about the tiger-character flag. At this time, our Fan family must maintain the relationship with Wang Xunquan." Fan Yongdou nodded and said. .
Fan Yongcheng said: "Otherwise I go to Datong. After all, I have a reputation, and it will be more convenient for me to contact Wang Xun as a scholar."
Fan Yongdou, who was sitting behind the desk, hesitated for a moment, then finally nodded and said, "Okay, then I'll let you go there yourself."
