Even though the sky is very high today, even though the sun is shining brightly today, the Shen Mansion seems to be shrouded in a haze.
It was lifeless, as if there was no life left.
Shen Qianshan's study room in Shen Mansion.
He was holding a cup of bird's nest soup in his hand, but he had no appetite at the moment——
That’s a full 1.2 million kilograms of rice!
Even if the cost is twenty-five cents per catty, it is still thirty thousand taels of silver!
Damn it, Li Chenan, he actually burned all the 1.2 million kilograms of rice with a fire... Shen Qianshan felt that his heart was still bleeding.
"I just want to know whether Li Chenan is dead or not!"
"Back to Uncle Shen, he should have died, but no one expected that Zhongli Mansion would intervene."
"My nephew, I won't hide it from you. Not one of the three hundred guards sent by my Huo family to Taohuaxi Winery survived. In addition... we also lost a guest minister who was at the lower level of the second realm."
Sitting opposite him were Huo Shufan, who had just arrived, and Butler Lin from the Huo Mansion. Sitting beside him were his daughter Shen Qiaodie and son Shen Jiye.
Shen Qiaodie poured a cup of tea for everyone. Huo Shufan took the tea cup and said again:
"Uncle Shen, this is what grandpa said. A temporary loss or loss is nothing. The winner is the one who laughs in the end!"
"Grandpa didn't expect that fool Li Chenan to be so cunning, but now that things have happened, my nephew thinks, we should look to the future."
Huo Shufan knocked on the table and said again very seriously:
"The focus is on this year's autumn harvest, on the grain from Jiangnan!"
Shen Qianshan put down the bird's nest cup and took a deep breath, "Uncle knows this, but he can't swallow this breath!"
He pointed out the door and said angrily: "Didn't you say that Zhongli Mansion has nothing to do with him?"
"With Zhongli Mansion being so high, why did Li Chenan let Zhongli Mansion get involved?"
"Since the Zhongli Mansion has intervened, will Shen Qianshan, I, have to swallow this bad breath? Will your Huo family still have a back-up plan to deal with him?"
He withdrew his hand, knocked on the table, looked at Huo Shufan and said cautiously: "If his peach blossom wine is allowed to go on the market... this is a big step for Li Chenan!"
"If we can't stop him from taking this big step, the Huo family may fall into an extremely passive situation!"
"Although my Shen family lost 1.2 million kilograms of grain, in the next few months, I will be able to transport the grain stored in other counties to Guangling."
"The Shen family's business can still continue, but your Huo family..."
Huo Shufan raised his eyebrows, "My uncle is very thoughtful, so early this morning, my second uncle went to the government office. He will take the police to Li Chen'an's wine shop."
"If Zhongli Mansion really protects Li Chenan, what use will Huo Tongxuan do if he goes away?"
Huo Shufan smiled slightly, "Zhongli Mansion is also a reasonable person. My second uncle didn't go to his wine shop to kill people. After all, so many people died by the Taohua Stream, so we have to bring some people from the wine shop back to the Yamen to investigate, right?" "
"That's enough. As for the rest...the rest will settle accounts with Li Chen'an after Qiu."
Shen Qiaodie on the side understood this sentence, and she suddenly tugged on her father's sleeve, "Dad, the Huo family will definitely not let Li Chenan go. My daughter thinks Shu Fan's words are very reasonable, and she is not careless now." At this time of gain and loss, it is not the time to fight to the death with Li Chenan."
"Food in Jiangnan is the top priority this autumn!"
"Since the Huo family has sent Butler Lin to accompany them, and since Butler Lin will take his father to Pingjiang City to get to know Cao Mansion... My daughter is thinking, this will be of great benefit to our Shen family in the future. As for what happened last night Those losses can be easily made up for in the future.”
Shen Qianshan thought about it carefully and found that the current situation certainly could not sway the good intentions of the Huo family. Although the bad idea of burning Cai Zhengyao's granary last night was the Huo family's idea, it could not be blamed on the Huo family.
If you can get acquainted with the Cao Mansion in Pingjiang City, and then establish relationships with officials from various places in the south of the Yangtze River through the Cao Mansion, then you can basically control the Jiangnan Granary in your hands.
In comparison, last night's losses were nothing.
He let out a long breath and said, "Okay, Mr. Huo, Butler Lin, please wait a moment. I'll pack up and then we'll set off!"
As soon as he stood up, he saw a family rushing in.
The servant rushed straight into the study, even forgetting the rules of etiquette. He looked nervous and panted and said: "Master, sir, I just got some news!"
Shen Qianshan was startled and frowned in displeasure, "What news?"
"Huo Tong ordered Mr. Huo to take the police to Li Chen'an's wine shop!"
Shen Qianshan was overjoyed and asked quickly: "Have you captured Li Chenan?"
The servant shook his head, and Shen Qianshan was immediately disappointed. He thought that the boy was tough, but it would be good for Huo Tongpan to arrest the craftsmen in his winery. In this way, the brewing method of Taohua Niang would fall into In the hands of the Huo family, this was also a huge blow to Li Chenan.
But he never expected that the servant would say something else at this time: "Huo Tongpan seems to have suffered a loss in his winery. He heard from the policemen who went to Li Chenan's winery that Li Chenan's identity was very high. It’s scary!”
"...What identity can he have?"
Shen Qiaodie asked this question because she knew Li Chenan too well.
"Is it related to Zhongli Mansion?"
"No, miss, they, they said that Li Chenan is the helmsman of the Guangling Branch of the Fish and Dragon Society!"
Shen Qiaodie opened her mouth, unable to say even a single word.
Shen Qianshan froze and couldn't take even half a step.
Huo Shufan suddenly jumped up, "How is that possible?!"
"How could Li Chenan be related to the Ichthyosaurus Society? It's even more impossible for him to become the helmsman!"
The servant was startled, and quickly bowed and replied: "Master Huo, I heard what those detectives said. Master Huo can go and verify it."
Shen Qiaodie pondered for a moment. Of course she knew what it would mean if Li Chenan was really the helmsman of the Guangling Branch of the Fish and Dragon Club.
This is even scarier than having Zhongli Mansion standing behind him!
"Shu Fan, this matter is extremely important. Why don't we go to the government office to find an agent and ask about it?"
At this moment, a voice came from outside the study, "No need to ask, he is indeed the helmsman of the Guangling Branch of the Fish and Dragon Society!"
The one who came in was Jiang Zhao, the prison chief of the Guangling City Prison Department.
He stood in front of Shen Qianshan and others, "Master Huo asked his subordinates to tell the Shen family head that due to the huge change in Li Chenan's identity, for the Huo family, and for your Shen family... from now on, there will be no reconciliation. Li Chenan is making enemies!"
"Presumably the Shen family leader also knows the evil of the Fish and Dragon Society. The Huo family does not want to arouse Li Chenan's concern. The Huo family even needs Li Chenan's friendship."
"Therefore, Li Chen'an's peach blossom wine will be sold in the east and west markets at this time. Mr. Huo will go to the west market to congratulate. Mr. Huo means that he hopes that the head of the Shen family can go to the east market to congratulate."
"It's just that the Shen family has to go to Pingjiang City urgently, so if it's inconvenient for the Shen family, please send one of the Shen family's children to go. No matter what, you can't conflict with Li Chen'an. You must fully express the Shen family's goodwill!"
"In addition... Mr. Huo hopes that your Shen family will give you ten thousand taels of silver to calm Li Chen'an's evil intentions!"
Shen Qianshan rolled his eyes, staggered and fell to the ground with a thud.
Shen Qiaodie's face suddenly turned pale, she staggered back two steps, and her mind went blank for a moment.
