Chapter 17 (1/2)

Chapter 17 – An Zi Ran Makes A Move

“Young ns of (suspicious) activity on Second Master’s side”

[T/N: An Chang De]

Just as An Zi Ran entered the study, he heard Steward Su speaking slowly in a lowered voice With his eyes he indicated for him to close the door Steward Su immediately obeyed and then returned to An Zi Ran’s side

After the incident with the stolen rice, An Zi Ran sent people to spy on An Chang De’s everythe day ritten down and then presented to An Zi Ran on his desk This was called preventiveDe and his ere the type of people that made one want to take precautions!

[T/N: I substituted pronouns fros more understandable]

Sure enough, his decision was not wrong

After ato make small movements

This tie was Wu Zhi’s older sister, Wu Yun, and her pillow talk Yong Zhou’s Prefectural Magistrate Jiang was not a good official He was a greedy person, who held a sinecure, and used his authority to commit bad deeds He was a complete villain and also easily swayed To put it plainly, in his atteated by Wu Yun to do this and that

[T/N: Yong Zhou is the prefecture that Wu Yun lives in]

Wu Yun disclosed the situation of the An fa As the landowner of An Yuan County, An Zi Ran lost a lot ofFu had already accumulated a certain wealth before his death He returned the loans and reduced the price of rice, but the An faest landowner in An Yuan County

When An Chang Fu died, the An Zi Ran that was left behind was still young He lacked drive Although so rice froht si De, his wife, and a lot of other people, he was still a sixteen-year-old child

Wu Yun’s understanding of the An fa pillow talks, she kept instigating Jiang Zhong Ting to take advantage of the An fa in strength, at this reed

[T/N: Full na]

The status of businessmen in the Da Ya Dynasty was low

[T/N: 大亚王朝 da ya wang chao Literally “Great Asian Dynasty” It’s the name of the empire/country Often shortened to 大亚 da ya]

But now is the era of feudalism The landlord is the essential point of many counties Even for a small landlord, the family must have accu landlord

With alreed with his concubine, Wu Yun’s proposal And so, joining hands with County Magistrate Zhang of An Yuan County, they planned to take over the An family in the near future

The Da Ya Dynasty was stricter towards businessmen Once a businessman breaks the law, it would be almost impossible to turn one’s fortune back around