Huanglongxi is one of the strongholds for Wu Xuanzhi's development.

He invested in a joint venture with local wealthy households to open a factory, and he invested 80%, and those wealthy households were responsible for managing and recruiting people. Every quarter, there would be a special accountant to check the accounts, and he was not afraid that these local snakes would dare to cheat their money.

If you really want to talk about local snakes, Wu Xuanzhi is the largest local snake in the central Sichuan area.

The Qiao family is Wu Xuanzhi's agent in Huanglongxi.

The local yarn mills, flour mills, steel mills, and mines are basically purchased by the Qiao family. Because of Wu Xuanzhi's influence, no one dares to make things difficult for these factories, and the annual profits are very considerable.

"Third Master!"

After the servant informed him, the entire Qiao family became lively. Master Qiao ordered people to open the door and greet him in person.

"Mr. Qiao, it's been a long time since we met." Wu Xuanyi bowed and jumped down from the car.

Mr. Qiao was thin and not tall. His face was very serious. His thick bags of eyes were drooping. Even if he was wearing a decent outerwear, he could not hide his decayed aura.

There is no way, birth, old age, sickness and death are things that no one can escape.

Calculate your age, Mr. Qiao is almost seventy years old this year.

Everyone exchanged a few greetings and walked straight in.

However, the main house of the Qiao family was arranged in the form of a Xitang, but there was a coffin parked in it. Some people in the house were covered with linen and looked sad.

Seeing this scene, Wu Xuanzhi's heart moved, and he remembered the team of ghost marriages he saw on the road.

It was such a coincidence?

"I am a sudden distinguished guest. It's really a child who has a sudden illness and passed away. Because of his young age, I was worried that he would not be at peace, so I helped him arrange a marriage." Mr. Qiao wiped the corners of his eyes, his face full of sadness.

Wu Xuanzhi nodded to express his understanding.

Although ghost marriage is not a good custom, he cannot come forward to stop him in this era.

Moreover, this may not be a bad thing for those women. Most women who get married in ghosts are from poor families and marry into wealthy families, at least they don’t have to worry about food and drink.

What is happiness or not? In this era of chaos, being able to fill your stomach is the most important thing.

If you want to blame, blame this era.

The Qiao family was holding a mourning hall, and Wu Xuanzhi was not inconvenient to bother. After saying hello, he and Bai Xin and Bai Xin went to the guest room to rest under the arrangement of the butler.

"Third Master, then Mr. Qiao didn't tell the truth." After the butler left, Bai Xin whispered.

"It's okay, don't pay attention." Wu Xuanzhi's eyes were quiet. For him, as long as it didn't affect him, it was an irrelevant trivial matter.

Bai Xin nodded and took a small step back.

Before leaving, he removed the oil lamp in the house. The huge guest room returned to darkness.

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"The third master is really understandable. You want to take back the steel plant and mine. There is no problem with this. Looking back, I will ask Yongnian to draft a document and then go to the county government to make a notarization." Mr. Qiao leaned slightly slanted and half leaned on the back of the Taishi's chair.

He trembledly picked up the soup bowl beside him, leaned closer and took a sip.

This should be some kind of tonic soup, and a smell of meat and medicine came from it. After a mouthful of soup, his breathing became much smoother.

The sudden death of his youngest son was a blow to him so much that he even seemed powerless to speak.

"In recent years, the Qiao family has put a lot of effort into managing these factories. My Wu family can't treat you badly. Pengshan County lacks a chief clerk. I heard that Mr. Qiao's eldest son was born in prison. Wu is willing to be the chief clerk of Pengshan County. I wonder what Mr. Qiao wants to do?" Wu Xuanzhi's eyes fell slightly on Mr. Qiao's soup cup, and then moved away again.

Mr. Qiao was stunned. He knew that Wu Xuanzhi was very powerful, but he didn't expect that he could reach this point. Although the chief clerk was only a small official of the ninth rank, he was also an official, and the appointment and removal had to be investigated by the court.

"This... my body is getting worse and worse, my child is decaying, and only Yongnian can take over the family business. The third master's kindness is enough, so I can only accept it." Mr. Qiao hesitated for a moment and rejected Wu Xuanzhi.

"I'm not thinking well. Since that's the case, Wu will give me the three-year profits of the flour mill and yarn mill in Huanglongxi. Please do not refuse." Wu Xuanzhi rubbed the ring on his thumb and said.

After saying this, Mr. Qiao was not polite. Three years of profit was a considerable amount of money for the Qiao family, but for the powerful Wu family, it was nothing.

The two continued to chat for a while, and Mr. Qiao went down to rest on the grounds of being unwell, and instead received by his eldest son Qiao Yongnian.

Although Qiao Yongnian is the eldest son of Mr. Qiao, he is only about thirty years old and he is full of ease.

I heard that the Qiao family has not been prosperous. Mr. Qiao has only had his first child until middle age, and his youngest son is only fifteen years old this year.

From this we can also understand that the death of his youngest son made him so sad.

"Yongnian, take us out for a walk." Wu Xuanzhi may not have come to Huanglongxi for a long time, and the changes should have been quite big over the years.

Qiao Yong nodded, took the lead, and took the two out.

Compared to the coldness of the evening, Huanglong River is quite lively during the day.

Because they are close to the Chishui River and travel to Rongcheng, a large number of ships in Meizhou pass through here. On the wide pier, there are countless coolies carrying them on their hands and shoulders, sweating profusely.

"Liu Laosan, you kid, don't know what luck you have left, but you actually got into the He family's eyes. If you become prosperous in the future, don't forget our brothers." Just as you walked to the river, you heard a few men shouting loudly under the shade of the trees beside you.

There are three major families in Huanglongxi, the Qiao family, the He family and the Tang family.

"I'm joking about this. When I marry into a marriage, I don't have the face to say that I have developed. What's more, the eldest lady of the He family is still a widow." Liu Laosan, who was mentioned by several people, was a young man with a strong body, with his hair tied around his head, wearing a coarse cloth jacket, dressed as a coolie.

Not to mention, although this young man is not well-known, he has a strong appearance and a well-known facial features, which is quite outstanding among the crowd.

Although he was kind-hearted, his eyebrows couldn't stop flying.

Although he married into the He family, he was a dwarf, but for him, he undoubtedly achieved a great class leap.

What's more, the eldest lady of the He family is still a famous beauty.

"The He family is becoming less and less powerful. It is really strange to call a hard worker to marry into the family." While speaking, they did not avoid people, and all the voices reached Wu Xuanzhi and the others.

When Qiao Yongnian heard these words, he couldn't help but shake his head.

There was quite disdain between words.
Chapter completed!