367 Staying Dorman (1/2)
When Shanhai Alliance held their alliance gathering, Yanhuang Alliance had not sat around while doing nothing.
_Jingdu Region, Handan County._
”Second brother's appetite is really big!”
Di Chen stood by the window, his body straight, and his facial expression really complicated.
Outside the window, the white snow covered the earth.
The huge snow storm last night had covered the dirt of mankind.
”You promised him?”
Fenghua Juedai was wearing a white coat. She held a cup of hot tea in her hands. The steam from it slowly rose into the air, forming a thin fog.
”I promised him? Impossible!” Di Chen coldly smiled, ”Handan County is what I built up. However, this second brother, who watched on from the sidelines, wants to snatch it over now that we have problems.”
After he vented his frustration, he gave out a long sigh, ”Grandpa is very disappointed in me!”
Di Chen's words led Fenghua Juedai to think of that merciful-looking old man. Her calm demeanor could not help but shiver and cramp up, as she thought about some unhappy experience.
”Actually it's not only second brother! For us to so smoothly rule the basin this time, if one said that there was nothing done behind the back, I would not believe it.”
Di Chen saw the entire situation very clearly. He was very certain about his brothers and sisters.
His words left Fenghua Juedai stunned, ”What are you preparing to do?”
”Heh!” Di Chen laughed coldly, ”They think that they are sneaky, but they do not know that I'm just playing along. When the time comes, they are definitely going to cry.”
Fenghua Juedai raised her eyebrows but did not reply.
The current Di Chen had grown more and more mysterious. Even Fenghua Juedai could not understand his thoughts some of the time.
Di Chen raised his head and looked at the sky, ”Qiyue Wuyi, wait for me. Our war is far from over.”
_Xiangyang Region, Pill Sun County._
Different from Di Chen and his brothers and sisters, Chun Shenjun was the sole heir to his family. Moreover, his operation to sweep up Jingzhou went very smoothly.
Even so, he was not happy.
Due to the family tradition, those running the surrounding territories were all branch family members or the weaker ones in his family.
The real elite family members were hidden in the various imperial cities. They used the funds and resources of the family to open up Chamber of Commerces.
Each Chamber of Commerce would hand over 30% of their profits to Pill Sun County to support the development of the county, which was also another reason why Chun Shenjun held so much funds.
However, with the end of the Battle of Lianzhou, his prestige was badly damaged and his ability was questioned by all of his family.
Under the instructions of their head of families, some of the Chamber of Commerces started to fake accounts to reduce the amount of money they had to hand over.
”They are just striking us when we are down!”
When Chun Shenjun heard the report, he was furious and shattered the tea cup in his hand.
During the Battle of Lianzhou, Pill Sun County had lost many troops and generals. As a result, he currently needed large amounts of gold for rebuilding purposes. However, his brothers and sisters wanted to reduce the amount of gold. How could he be happy about that?
”Lord, do not be angry!”
The butler quickly asked servants to clean up.
Chun Shenjun looked really cold and scheming, as he gritted his teeth, ”Since they do not treat me as family, I won’t either!”
”What's your plan?”
”I'm going to find my father to expose them.” His biggest backing was the absolute support of his father, ”I'm also going to send auditors to check their books.”
The butler added at the right time, ”It's best if we can station auditors there to keep watch!”
With that, the various Chamber of Commerces would have no chance to fake their books.
”Not bad, that's a good idea!”
Chun Shenjun looked at the butler with praise in his heart. He felt that he was still not vicious enough, that he was still too nice to his brothers and sisters.
”Lord, even if the Chamber of Commerces pay what they are suppose to, we still have a lack of funds. If we want to recover in a short time, it will be difficult.”
Although this butler was a lap dog, he was one with some skills. If not, Chun Shenjun would not trust him so much.
Chun Shenjun frowned, ”How much?”
The butler raised his palm and said, “At least fifty thousand gold.”
”Fifty thousand? Are you sure you did not calculate wrongly!” Chun Shenjun freaked out.
”Definitely, I've done the maths several times.”
The butler definitely would not tell Chun Shenjun that he would secretly take a portion of the sum that the Chamber of Commerce handed over.
”I know, you can leave!”
Chun Shenjun waved him away, his expression looking exceedingly serious.
”Yes, my lord!” He got up and left.
Chun Shenjun was left alone in the reading room. In his heart, he was weighing if it was possible to raise the percentage of profits handed over to 40%.
Although his father fully supported him, he could not underestimate the presence of the other uncles.
However, such a huge lack of money was something that Chun Shenjun had to take the risk for.
”I do not care anymore!”