Protect Our Clan Leader

Chapter 1694: Chapter 123 Wang Lixian’s Amazingly Bad Performance_3

“Can’t you be more mindful? Wang Shouzhe is someone with unfathomable schemes.” The Nine Tailed Fox Demon Emperor rolled her eyes and poked her forehead with slender fingers. “With your naive and clueless look, you’d even happily count money for him if one day you were sold.”

“As long as Brother Shouzhe needs it, I’d be willing to be sold.” Yuwen Chiwei’s head tilted from the poke, instantly shaking it in indignation, and returned a glare.

“You useless little thing~” The Nine Tailed Fox Demon Emperor was so angry her eyebrows stood on end, “This old lady is working for Wang Shouzhe at this age just to earn some extra money to replenish the vital energy you’ve lost over the years. Bringing you to North Zhou was meant to broaden your horizons~ but look at you, do you intend to anger your mother to death?”

This time, she traveled aboard a cloud ray flying boat, having accepted Wang Shouzhe’s commission to handle affairs in North Zhou.

Originally, with her identity as the Nine Tailed Fox Demon Emperor, she wouldn’t have bowed for mere grain. Naturally, she declined.

However, Wang Shouzhe’s offer was too tempting for her to refuse.

After all, Chiwei hadn’t grown up by her side, not knowing how much hardship she endured from childhood to adulthood. She hadn’t been cultivated using their Nine Tailed Fox Clan’s secret techniques since young, emerging with innate deficiencies, resulting in only achieving Level Seven cultivation at her current age.

Wang Shouzhe even mentioned that when ascending to Level Seven, she nearly couldn’t overcome the heavenly tribulation.

All this was because she failed to protect her.

The Nine Tailed Fox felt immense guilt, naturally wanting to acquire top-tier Heaven and Earth Treasures to compensate for the years of deficiencies, trying to make up the foundation as much as possible.

“Chiwei sister, Aunt Nine Tails, please stop arguing.” Wang Lixian persuaded, “We’re all family, and we must live harmoniously and love each other. I really like both of you, why not both marry my father as concubines…”

“…” The Nine Tailed Fox Demon Emperor was stunned and grabbed Wang Lixian’s ear, “Confess, did your father teach you to say that? Wang Shouzhe, you’re really as greedy as a snake swallowing an elephant~!”

“Haha, that’s quite a good idea. I’ll ask Liu Ruolan’s opinion later. If she’s okay with it, my daughter and I are fine with it!”

…

Meanwhile.

Far away in the old mansion, Wang Shouzhe, lying leisurely under the shade of a tree, suddenly sneezed twice, feeling a chill creeping into his heart.

This made him frown.

Why would an ominous feeling arise for no good reason?

Could a part of this grand plan be going wrong?

He couldn’t help but settle down and carefully consider the drafted plan. Yet, he couldn’t figure out any potential issue even after repeated consideration, feeling that every segment had been meticulously planned, so there shouldn’t be any more problems.

Poor Wang Shouzhe, little did he know that his darling daughter inadvertently left him a hidden trouble.

…

The national capital of North Zhou, Muxian City.

Inside the Luo Jia County Palace.

In a luxurious and grand study room, a graceful figure sat behind the desk, frowning and listening solemnly to the complaints of a group of imperial elders.

This figure was naturally the Duchess of Luo Jia.

She recently had a headache.

Ever since signing the trade treaty between East Qian Country and herself, both parties sent trade teams to each other’s countries.

With that, naturally came both good and bad aspects.

The good aspect was, East Qian Country’s products were of good quality and affordable, with high sales, and they handled affairs meticulously, paid taxes according to the rules, and never delayed on duties, significantly adding to the royal treasury.

In the future, as commercial activities increase, the gradually depleted treasury will steadily replenish.

Many projects that once seemed out of reach due to financial constraints will now commence, effectively elevating the strength and prestige of the royal family and government.

Additionally, the decrease in living commodity prices greatly benefits lower-tier prominent families and commoners. This eases their finances, allowing for more surplus to pursue other ventures.

Yet, for those controlling the industries like prominent families or independent civil trade manufacturers, the benefits of commerce are nowhere to be found, instead causing harm.

A ‘Little Pei Yuan Dan,’ after long transit and huge tariff payment, ended up selling for just over six Zhou Gold, merely sixty percent of what it fetches in Da Zhou.

This left many alchemy workshops of prominent families out of options.

Furthermore, clothing, artifact refining, spirit seeds, and other industries also faced enormous impacts, being comprehensively crushed by Dongqian in terms of cost, quality, and after-sales maintenance.

As for exporting these related products to Dongqian, let alone that, they couldn’t even compete locally.

Da Zhou’s exports to Dongqian were limited mainly to resource types of goods, such as various ingots, spirit wood materials, specialty food ingredients, and future labor too…

Because once trade and exchange began between the two countries, many heard about Dongqian’s similar occupations offering far better treatment, feeling unbalanced, with many prepping to travel miles to work in Dongqian, even surfacing associations specializing as labor agencies.

The only consolation Duchess Luo Jia felt was that the hardest-hit prominent family wasn’t any else but Wei King’s Mansion.

Wei King’s Mansion thrived spectacularly over the years, monopolizing or leading various industries, earning fortunes, living well. But with the advent of Dongqian’s products, they’re first to suffer.

Source: Webnovel.com, updated by novlove.com