mtl008 Chapter 346 Reasons for Defeat
Chapter 346 Reasons for Defeat
"Oh, as a businessman, how come you don't even have a little ambition? Two routes are nothing. If we really want to grab them, we'll have to have at least three!"
Jiang Changle and his companions still traveled by horse-drawn carriage. It was an unmarked carriage, and they did not deliberately hide their identities, but they did not show off either.
The people driving the carriage were guards. There were two rows of four tall horses leading the way in front, and more than a dozen people following behind, a total of twenty guards.
The team is not small, but not large either. If they come to an unfamiliar place, no one will recognize them.
In the carriage, Lu Xingyan was holding a blueprint. From the Ten Cities of the South China Sea to the Acid Rain Village in the Southern Exile Area, there were three routes heading towards the sea. There were many islands and island countries passing through, all the way to the largest Southern Kingdom.
Lu Xingyan pointed them out one by one and explained them to Jiang Changle.
As he was speaking, Chu Weifeng crossed his legs and tried to disrupt the show.
He Jing took a quick glance and was not interested, then took out the book of elixir recipes given by the divine beasts and studied it carefully.
"Why are you so greedy? We're not short of money. Do you think having more routes is a good thing? In fact, it's all a responsibility.
Furthermore, monopoly is a taboo for merchants. Even if no one dares to attack my caravan today, if we really block the roads of all merchants, they will still try to make other moves.
It will only lead to greater chaos and it is not a long-term solution.
My goal is revenge and to take back both routes. Even if I don't do it, the other one will not be left to the Gu, Yuan, or Yao families."
How could there be any innocent and pure people in a merchant family? The most calculating of the five beastly husbands of the Jiang family was Lu Xingyan, and of course there was also the scheming Xuan Qing.
Chu Weifeng rolled his eyes. He knew that this guy had bad intentions. He couldn't wait to trick his wife over as soon as he arrived. Humph!
It's so annoying to see the two of them wearing bright red clothes, like a couple's outfit.
"Speaking of which, how was the Lu family wiped out? I remember seeing the Lu family caravan when I was a kid. It was so majestic, almost like an army."
At that time, the Chu family army was not as powerful as the Lu family caravan. After all, they were rich, while their army was much more shabby.
“The Lu family’s business scope is very broad, and their rubber juice is quite famous and is one of their monopoly items.
The most important aspect of glue is its shelf life. If it is not stored properly, it will dry out and cannot be circulated in the market.
The Lu family has a secret recipe to preserve the rubber, as well as a special method of growing the rubber. Some of the rubber juice comes from the wild forest, and the Lu family has special means to collect it.
But in fact, the most difficult part is the transportation process, because the roads are uneven and there are many bandits.
The Lu family's team was huge, so of course they would not encounter insignificant bandits, but an army.
The army sent by the Yao family pretended to be bandits to intercept the goods, causing the Lu family to fail to supply the goods on time and delay the construction period in order to compensate them.
But in fact, it was the Gu family who deliberately advanced the construction period, and there was a traitor in the Lu family who postponed the construction period on the order.
At that time, the rubber was used to repair the river. The consequence of delay was flooding that broke the river bank and killed many animals and people.
During the same period, glue was used to build the city walls of Kyoto. As we all know, glue is white and turns yellow even after solidifying.
But what was strange was that on the third day after the glue was used to glue the city wall together, it turned blood red, which was extremely unlucky. At the same time, three members of the royal family died on the same day.
Which of these is not a capital crime? My mother had already planned a retreat, and in the end, she spent all her wealth just to save the lives of a few people in her family."
It can be seen how critical the situation was at that time. Now Lu Xingyan can still speak calmly. That’s because he has become stronger and wants to retaliate.
"I feel your family's mistake is not finding someone reliable to rely on. Even if you have more money, you won't be able to keep it."
Therefore, the little lamb has no self-protection ability and cannot grow too fat, otherwise it will become someone else's meal.
"How could I not find one? My mother said that it's impossible to find a suitable one. Those old forces are very greedy and want 70% to 80% of the profits, and that's all the profits from the business.
But the Lu family simply cannot afford it, because 30% of it is allocated to the backbone, and we can't do business at a loss.
In fact, my mother originally planned to join the Empress once she had accumulated a certain amount of wealth, but the amount was too much, and the people within the Lu family were jealous, so they betrayed her before she could succeed.
This is how the Lu family fell into decline, but there was one thing Lu Xingyan did not mention. During this trip to the capital, he eliminated many of the Lu family's former traitors.
The means used were too cruel. He didn't want Jiang Changle to have a bad impression of him. It was enough for him, Lu Xingyan, to be the little naughty boy of the Jiang family. He could never be a dark and cruel person.