797 On the Thief Ship 1.0
Mr. Chi's second son had always had a wish of being rich since childhood. Although he was born in a noble family, he said with a conscience that he was not very interested in studying, studying in a scientific examination, or entering an officialdom. Instead, he had some ideas about doing business. However, he also knew that his father would not agree, and could only take one step at a time and find a suitable opportunity to live the life he really wanted.
But Chi Hong's arrival completely disrupted the original plan of Mr. Chi Er. He never thought that the uncle who had been missing for many years and had no news could be found again.
He had suspected that this child was not the uncle he remembered. He could not find any trace of his uncle in this child. Moreover, after the child recovered from the serious illness, he claimed that he did not remember what happened before, which was the reason why he was suspicious of the newborn. However, when he thought of the things that happened to this child, he felt relieved. The same thing was said, others did not know his father, and he was not the kind of person who was compassionate and picked up the person back to raise him when he looked at the child.
Therefore, his suspicion was just suspicion, and he still regarded Chi Hong as his family and watched him grow up little by little.
It is also because I feel sorry for Chi Hong's tragic experience when he was young that Mr. Chi is very fond of him. As long as it is a reasonable request, he will always meet all requests. Although it cannot reach the level of not giving the moon to the stars, it is almost the same.
When Chi Hong grew up and finished his scientific examination, the family discussed that the child's life experience was a bit special, so it would be better not to become an official in the court, so that he would save some unnecessary trouble in the future. He still fulfilled his wish and let him go out to travel and enjoy the mountains and rivers, and live his life as he pleases.
Mr. Chi was very supportive of this decision, but he did not expect that this was the beginning of the nightmare. Maybe Chi Hong would not run out to play, and this nightmare would come a little later than expected.
Mr. Chi remembered it very clearly that his father had the first time he wanted to do business, and he came back from Chi Hong's first trip.
Chi Hong's first stop was to Jiangnan, the hometown of their Chi family. Before leaving, his father wrote several letters, entrusting his relatives and friends who still live in Jiangnan, and his old friends helped him take care of him. According to his father, these relatives and friends lived very well in the local area, so he was still very relieved to entrust Chi Hong to them.
But Mr. Chi never expected that his father's relatives and friends were all doing business. During the months when Chi Hong was in Jiangnan, they gained a lot of knowledge. When he came back, he told his family that he wanted to do business.
Mr. Chi originally thought that his father would firmly object and would never agree, but unexpectedly, his father agreed without even stuttering, and even made his own suggestions, saying that Chi Hong could not come forward, but instead handed over the work to his own hands.
"Brother, to be honest, I am indeed very interested in doing business. When my father found me and said that when he handed over the burden of the family to me, I still felt excited to achieve my wish." Mr. Chi sighed, looked at Chi Rui sitting in front of him, and smiled bitterly, "But I didn't expect that I would get on the pirate ship step by step."
"This is not your fault. If you have such a wish, it is very easy to take the bait." Chi Rui reached out to touch his brother's head. "According to the general and the others, at that time, Chi Hong had already remembered the past intermittently, and his father also used him to get in touch with the Teng Family in Yancheng. The Teng Family wanted to arrange personnel in Xijing, but it was not enough for them to do so. They had to have an inner support. His father and Chi Hong were the inner support they were looking for."
"Teng Family?" Mr. Chi looked at Chi Rui with a blank look on his face, "Is there any origin?"
Chi Rui briefly explained the relationship here, and after saying that, he sighed heavily.
"I understand why they want to do business and why they need so much money?" Seeing the second young master Chi Mumu nodding, Chi Rui continued to ask, "My father took the initiative to help you build the line of the Qing family at that time, and I felt something was wrong. From childhood to adulthood, what he told us the most was to let us study well, otherwise, we would fall to the level of the Qing family. He never missed the Qing family. Although the King of Wu and the Qing family were close friends, and the two were so good that they could wear a robe, my father still scoffed at the Qing family. But in order to make the business, he actually went to find the Qing family, which surprised me. Moreover, he did not go to find it himself, but entrusted the relationship between the Dai prince."
"I can put down my old face for Chi Hong and ask Prince Dai and Prince Eagle, my father is really..." Mr. Chi shook his head slightly, "Actually, I am quite happy that he helped me get on the line of Master Qing. Master Qing is a good businessman, and I am very lucky to be able to learn from him. But unexpectedly, they didn't give me this opportunity. The first time I followed Master Qing to take goods was the same as the one I knew about. When I came back, I felt pretty good."
"I remember, you took on a lot of business later, right?"
"It's true on the surface, but what I heard of is a different look." Mr. Chi Er closed his eyes slightly, "That time, all the goods I bought were the same as Mr. Qing, of the same quality, and can be guaranteed to be very good. But after being shipped to Yiqing Mansion, it looked the same on the surface, almost the same, but the owners of several shops wrote a letter back in two months and said that the materials were not very good and were not worth the price."
"Where are other shops?"
"The reaction is OK." Mr. Chi nodded, "I have figured it out now. From the beginning, they have planned to use inferior products as good products, but they have started step by step, gradually expanding from a very small number of companies. No wonder the market has spread rumors about my business by using any means."
"It's not just that, right?" Chi Rui looked at the prison guards guarding the door, asked them to pour a cup of warm water, and fed it to Mr. Chi for a few sips. "At the beginning, you parted ways with Qing Yuanhui because he discovered that you were in the salt and iron business, right?"
"Yes, I don't know when he discovered it. The second time he came back from the Qing family's convoy to Jinguo, he told me that he could not take me with me in the future. He should do it himself, don't be brave enough, and dare to get involved in any business."
"He is right. You are indeed very brave. Being caught by a private dealer is a serious crime and will cause the whole family to be implicated. You have been familiar with the law since you were a child, so you would not know this, right?"
"I know." Mr. Chi nodded, "But brother, it's not my idea to do this business."
"Is it Chi Hong?"
Chapter completed!