Linjiang County has always had three big, four small and seven families, which refers to the seven aristocratic families in Linjiang County.
The three major families are the Wu family, where Wu Yang, the county magistrate, lives, the Liu family, where the chief historian lives, and the Rong family, where the Qing Yun Department inspects, and the fourth family is slightly worse than these three families.
However, with the downfall of the Rong family, these seven aristocratic families have now become six.
There have always been some fights between aristocratic families, but they are also intricately linked. They have lived together for many years, married each other, and come and go, and they can all have some relationships.
For example, before the Rong family collapsed, the head of the family, Rong Yichu, was engaged to the eldest daughter of the Lin family. If nothing happened, their wedding would have been scheduled for this year's Mid-Autumn Festival.
It is precisely because of this entanglement among the major families that they have restrained their internal disputes and naturally formed alliances to jointly resist the system of officialdom.
However, all cooperation is based on interests. During this period, due to the fall of the Rong family, a lot of interests were released. The major families also fought a lot to compete for the resources accumulated over hundreds of years. .
And after the government government threw out all the major cities in Nancheng,
The atmosphere among the major aristocratic families suddenly became a little stiff. However, because the time was still short, the interactions between you and me were still relatively restrained.
In order to prevent big problems from arising, the major families only sent some juniors to take charge of Nancheng, and they all had a tacit understanding. Each family only sent one innate warrior to take charge.
However, an innate warrior is still an innate warrior.
Even if only one person from a family comes, it is enough to plunge Nancheng into a terrifying depression.
After all, over the years, Nancheng has had one innate warrior from the Tianshui Gang and two from the Luo family, but now there are six, and the local forces that have been suppressed directly cannot hold their heads up.
In just a few days, many armed fighting incidents occurred in Nancheng.
Because the arrangement of the government office this time is very strange,
Regardless of the size of the market, they are all divided into several parts, so that in the dozens of markets in Nancheng, without exception, there are people from the six major families.
When they are close, conflicts will naturally arise.
However, after fighting for a few times, the children of these aristocratic families were able to taste the meaning, and began to gather everyone to transfer territory to each other, trying to disperse everyone.
For a time, the storm began to subside.
And at this moment,
The heads of the six major families all received an invitation letter almost at the same time.
The inviter was Gu Zhan, the famous murderer in Linjiang City.
After a brief hesitation,
Several people in charge accepted the invitation. They all understood that since they came to Nancheng, it would be a matter of time to deal with the recognized overlord of Nancheng. They all knew that this god of death had an extremely domineering and arrogant style of behavior. If we face it alone, it is better for everyone to join forces and negotiate on any terms.
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At night, Baihua Tower is brightly lit.
The most famous Baihua Building in Nancheng is closed tonight. Although the lights are brightly lit, it seems a bit quiet. All the girls in the building have arranged to leave, leaving only a few helpers and a team of royal guards.
slowly,
The heads of the six major families arrived one after another.
Each family arrived with great pomp, luxurious carriages, energetic escorts, and elegant young men from aristocratic families.
Linjiang City is not small, big or big.
Being from the same aristocratic family, these direct descendants all knew each other even if they were not familiar with each other.
When they arrived at about the same time, they bowed to each other and entered the Baihua Building together.
Soon, the large living room in Baihua Building was filled with people. These young masters brought many confidants and personal guards with them, especially the six innate warriors who were all present.
Gu Zhan hasn't arrived yet.
The children of the aristocratic families in the hall started talking.
It can be vaguely seen that these people are still dominated by the Wu family and the Liu family.
The person arranged by the Wu family to be in charge of Nancheng was Wu Juncheng's nephew, named Wu Ming. He was also a famous young talent in Linjiang City. He was proficient in poetry, poetry, and songs. It is said that the Wu family also wanted to polish it, so they promoted him as filial and honest. He entered the officialdom and was trained as the successor of Wu Juncheng.
The young master of the Liu family is called Liu Yijie, who is similar to Wu Ming. However, his status is not as high as Wu Ming. He is not the successor of the head of the family and does not plan to enter the officialdom, but he has already been exposed to most of the Liu family's business, and will be in the future. The number two figure in the Liu family.
The others are similar, but compared to these two, there is still a gap in status.
The hall was already full of people, so only the main seat was still empty.
However, Gu Zhan didn't let them wait long before he came in.
Everyone stood up and saluted.
Gu Zhan also returned the greetings one by one, and then there was a period of greetings and a process of listening to the self-introductions of the young masters.
These people are all children of aristocratic families, the leaders of the younger generation. Their status is not low, but their cultivation is very high. Even though they don't think highly of Gu Zhan's background in their hearts, they still don't show any trace on the surface. .
After some courtesy,
Gu Zhan announced the banquet.
Naturally, this banquet cannot be shabby. It is no exaggeration to say that the treasures on the jade plate are worth ten thousand dollars. However, the people present are not people who have never seen the world, and no one is really here to eat, so , the banquet was opened, but no one moved their chopsticks.
The only one who was excited about eating was Gu Zhan.
Everyone present was a little helpless, but no one took the initiative to speak first, and they all waited quietly.
After a long time, Gu Zhan put down his chopsticks, picked up a glass of wine, looked at everyone, and said: "Since everyone is not interested in this dinner, I will go straight to the point. I won't mince words."
Gu Zhan drank a glass of wine, then slowly poured another glass, and said: "I have no intention of conflict with you, but I also hope that you can give me a face. You need to put some of it in Nancheng's market." Come out and don’t push all the major gangs in Nancheng to a dead end, and don’t push this officer to a dead end.”
After a moment of silence, Wu Ming cupped his hands and said, "Master Gu, we are only doing serious business. You don't know much about things in this business world. It's really not as simple as you said..."
"Stop using these official words," Gu Zhan waved his hand and said, "Wan Yan and Magistrate Yang want to deal with you big families, and now they want to use me as a sword, but I don't want to be this sword, you big families themselves You should know it in your heart. Sometimes, don’t be too greedy.
You six families have enough territory in your hands. Sometimes, being too greedy will push you to death. I don’t want to say more nonsense. You all know it well. In just one sentence, if you are willing to give up, I will give you the money you deserve. I will compensate you, I just hope you can leave me a way to survive. "
Wu Ming smiled and said: "Mr. Gu is serious, it's just a little business. However, we all go through formal government channels. If Mr. Gu is really serious, I can give you an idea. You can go to the government." May I ask again? How about it?"
Gu Zhan narrowed his eyes slightly and said, "Are you determined not to give me a way to survive?"
