After Huo Shangyin finished speaking, Ye Fan nodded lightly:
"To put it bluntly, it's a modern version of The Orphans of Zhao."
"It's just that I'm a little confused. Decades ago, the four wealthy families were able to join forces to kill Du Minggong. Now what is there to be afraid of when his daughter comes back?"
"Although she has the status of a princess compared to her original status, it is not enough to dominate the Hong Kong City."
"Furthermore, Du Minggong's lineage has been exterminated by you, and the princess has not returned to the port city for decades. She is completely like a rootless duckweed."
"On the contrary, Hong Kong City is the territory of four wealthy families. They need people, money, and guns. The revenge of the four princesses is no different than seeking death."
"Even if she has a few more people around her, the strength of the four wealthy families will be enough to kill her."
Ye Fan stared at Huo Shangyin and asked: "Be more ruthless, ignore her status as a princess, and strike first."
"The first one is that the fourth princess has a sensitive identity."
Huo Shangyin spoke out: "Although she is just a princess, she is very popular among the middle and lower classes in Xiang Kingdom, and she also has the support of many factions in the military."
"Her son Xiang kills a tiger and is called Shen Bancheng Yafu. There is a high probability that he will be the future Xiang King."
"If we don't catch her, not only will the four wealthy families be responsible for the diplomatic and public opinion turmoil, but they will also be subject to endless revenge from the Xiang Kingdom."
"You also know what is cheapest in Xiang Country: human life!"
"With a population of two billion, three melons and two dates can hire a bunch of desperadoes."
"It doesn't matter if we old guys die violently, but the younger generation like Zi Yan still have a long way to go."
"They are also extremely precious jades. It is not worth it for a hundred of the four princesses to die together."
He sighed: "That's why the Fourth Princess and the others didn't take action against us, so we can only do our best to stand still."
Ye Fan joked: "When she attacks you, I'm afraid you won't be able to resist a thunderous strike."
"Secondly, the four giants have already passed the stage of racking their brains to survive and develop, and now they have basically entered the stage where they can make a lot of money just by lying down."
Huo Shangyin is very direct: "We wealthy families have not only monopolized many industries, but also solidified our class so that ordinary people cannot squeeze in."
"As long as you don't deliberately fail or gamble away your family fortune, at least five generations of people will be able to live in a comfortable life."
He asked back: "Do you know what this means?"
"Of course I know. This not only means that the four wealthy families can eat together and wait to die for five generations, but it also means that the sons and nephews of the four families are accustomed to being comfortable and resisting sacrifice and bloodshed."
Ye Fan sighed: "If you have too many bottles and cans, you will not only be afraid of your hands and feet, but you will also lose your blood."
"That's right!"
Huo Shangyin nodded lightly:
"When I received the warhead, I called Ziyan and also contacted Han Changshan, Sun Beidou, Qian Ruhai and others."
"My original intention was to join forces with them to provide money and people to recruit a group of 100 dead soldiers."
"As long as something happens to any of the core nephews of the four families, these dead soldiers will attack the fourth princess regardless."
He said loudly: "We cannot strike preemptively due to various influences, but we cannot do without countermeasures after being attacked."
Ye Fan nodded subconsciously: "This is indeed a good idea."
"Unfortunately, apart from Han Changshan and the Huo family, Sun Beidou and Qian Ruhai both rejected me."
There was a hint of ridicule in Huo Shangyin's eyes: "They said that they are old, and my nephew hates fighting, and he doesn't want to fight with the fourth princess anymore."
"You must know that the latter is not a soft persimmon now, but a promising princess of Xiang Kingdom."
"Sun Beidou and Qian Ruhai also advised me that each of the four wealthy families would pay a sum of money, get an astronomical check, and then let the middleman negotiate with the fourth princess."
"They feel that there is nothing in this world that money cannot solve."
"And they also believe that for the sake of money, the fourth princess will not dwell on the blood feud from decades ago. After all, when will retribution happen?"
"Look, the two wealthy families are already kneeling before the fourth princess exerts any force. How do you think I should do it?"
His fingers slowly slid on the beads. He liked to use money to settle things, but he also knew that there were some things that money could not settle.
"Sun Beidou, Qian Ruhai...these two old guys..."
There was a touch of sarcasm on Ye Fan's lips:
"At the 80th birthday of Prime Minister Quan, the two of them were absent, and Mrs. Qian Chi Jingqiu was asked to deliver the bell."
"I want to slap Quan Xiangguo in the face and vote for the two major chaebols, Kim and Cui, to take care of their various interests in the southern country."
"It took a lot of effort for Mrs. Qian to convince me to let them go, but I didn't expect that not long after the incident, things turned into soft bones again."
Ye Fan recalled what happened on Quan Xiangguo's birthday, and regretted not letting Quan Xiangguo kill them all, leaving Qian Ruhai and Sun Beidou jumping around.
Fortunately, he instigated Chi Jingqiu, Mrs. Qian, to make her his lackey, which can be regarded as driving a nail into the core of the Qian family.
He also somewhat understood Huo Shangyin's difficulties. The pressure of public opinion and internal differences made it difficult for him to commit to one thing.
"Actually, to me, it doesn't matter if they are just weak teammates."
Huo Shangyin said softly: "What I'm worried about is that they will turn around and cooperate with the fourth princess to deal with the Huo and Han families."
"For them, the world of the four giants is far less comfortable than the two giants."
"I didn't have the opportunity to stab Huo Han before, but now that the Fourth Princess is a catfish, Sun Beidou and Qian Ruhai will inevitably be tempted."
"And for the four princesses, it is far better to defeat each other and take revenge than to force the four families to join forces."
"So I'm worried that there is a high chance that they will succeed in the peace talks."
"If the Fourth Princess, Qian Ruhai and Sun Beidou join forces, Zi Yan and Zi Qi will not be their opponents at all."
"They are too pure businessmen..."
He looked at his daughter as if she had courage, scheming and means, but refused to let the copper be stained with blood.
Ye Fan suddenly said: "You can seek asylum from Ye Tang."
"I can't help but look like this!"
Huo Shangyin's eyes flashed: "I even killed Du Minggong back then, but I still can't deal with the fourth princess. I'm not convinced."
He held his breath in his heart.
"Then why did you call me here?"
Ye Fan asked: "Joining forces to deal with the fourth princess?"
Huo Shangyin looked solemn: "No, I mainly want to say hello. If anything happens to me and the Huo family, can you take care of Huo Ziyan."
"Don't worry, I won't let anything happen to Zi Yan and Zi Qi."
Ye Fan looked at Huo Shangyin and said lightly:
"I don't care if Qian Ruhai and the others ask for peace from the Fourth Princess, but if they join forces to deal with Huo Han, or the Fourth Princess uses dirty tricks..."
"Then their best days will come!"
He has made up his mind that at the worst possible outcome, Hong Kong City will have to reshuffle its cards.
"One more thing, no, it should be an advice."
Huo Shangyin looked at Ye Fan and smiled playfully:
"If the cards are reshuffled this time, the Huo family can survive the difficulties and become the lord of Hong Kong City..."
"I think you can marry Zi Yan and stay in Hong Kong City as the Shadow Governor!"
