Chapter 96 - 96: The Banquet at Hongmen_l

Chapter 96: Chapter 96: The Banquet at Hongmen_l

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The young man’s expression hesitated before revealing an eager look in his eyes.

The Breaking Soul Elixir could help Golden Elixir Stage cultivators break through one level of cultivation.

He was currently at Tier 6 Foundation Establishment, and one more step would put him in the late stage.

But for someone like him who squeezed every bit of potential to increase his cultivation, this step was too difficult.

In the Red Mill, strength equated to value.

“Thank you, City Lord!” The young man bowed his hands, completely letting go of the last little bit of resentment in his heart.

Women were far less important than his own cultivation.

Moreover, if Bai Liu could take action in advance and thwart that animal Qin Changqing...

Then he would still have a chance!

“Mm, go ahead.”

Jin Tianfeng waved his hand to let the young man leave.

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Jin Tianfeng’s face lit up with joy: “Has the Marshal finally sent someone? Haha! We now stand a chance against the Lingxiao Sect!”

Qin Family.

Everyone in the Qin Mansion has been incredibly busy this past month.

Even Qin Changqing, the master who was always slacking off, no longer had time to dual cultivate with his wives. Can you imagine how busy that was?

With the collapse of the Gongsun Family, the Qin Family had to fully take over their remaining assets. While it may not have seemed difficult, the entangled details and conflicts involving other families’ businesses were endless and could not be resolved in a short time.

The Gongsun Family was just too massive!

The industries they regulated far exceeded Qin Changqing’s expectations.

Or rather, he hadn’t cared much about business matters before, occasionally checking up on the Qin Family’s situation, understanding the general picture, and knowing how many shops they owned and what the monthly income was. But when Qin Haotian roughly estimated the assets of the Gongsun Family, even he was taken aback.

It was more than a hundred times greater!

The Gongsun Family’s assets were more than a hundred times those of the Qin Family!

This was no longer just getting fat in one breath; it was practically choking to death!

However, great achievements come with great sacrifices, and the rise of a force inevitably involved many casualties.

External hostility cannot be eliminated.

Even if Qin Changqing could wipe out these families, there would still be other families emerging to replace them.

It was the inevitable result of the large environment.

So Su Xiaoyue had two suggestions.

“Firstly, our Qin family can spend money to buy out the shares of the major families. They will benefit and will not resist desperately even if they are unwilling. However, this will still limit the business prospect of the Qin family in the future.”

“Secondly, you can talk to these families and continue doing business together in the future.”

Qin Changqing frowned: “You want me to adopt a conciliatory policy and take over the relationship that Gongsun family had before?”

“Exactly.”

“But these families don’t harbor any goodwill towards us, and I’m not so confident about making contact.”

“It’s not a problem.” Su Xiaoyue smiled lightly, “There are no eternal enemies, only eternal interests. In Yinxu Prefecture, how many family relationships are genuine? As long as the Qin family remains strong, we will only have friends around us, and no enemies.”

Qin Changqing laughed: “That’s right, there are no enemies around the strong.”

Because the enemies are all dead.

He decided to heed Su Xiaoyue’s advice.

Otherwise, it would take ages to completely clean up the entangled industries of the Gongsun family.

Even if the absorption is complete, the business of the Qin family will still be difficult to expand if the major families unite and secretly hinder it in the future.

“There’s also another option.” Su Xiaoyue joked, “Aren’t you good at marriage alliances, my husband? Since we have to get married anyhow, I think the power of these families isn’t bad.”

Qin Changqing was stunned: “Xiaoyue, you’ve become naughty!”

In the following period, it took the Qin family another two months to gradually sort out the affairs of the Gongsun family.

When Qin Changqing invited people from those families for talks, everyone thought that this would inevitably end up like a banquet at Hongmen.

But the result was quite the opposite.

Qin Changqing did not kill people, nor did he forcefully occupy the market, he continued to maintain the relationship that the Gongsun family had before.

This surprised the people of the major families.

Especially those who originally had interests in the Gongsun family’s industries, they thought that Qin Changqing not causing trouble would already be quite decent. Little did they know that they would still continue to make money.

For a time, amidst the joy, they were also somewhat frightened.

They feared that Qin Changqing was using some kind of delaying tactic to annihilate them one by one after they let their guard down.

In order to prevent them from having such concerns, under Su Xiaoyue’s suggestion, Qin Changqing deliberately added several conditions and reduced the benefits of these families.

Afterwards, they became even more grateful..