Chapter 331: A cornered dog will leap over the wall; dogfight

Qingning Palace was also far from calm at this time.

The atmosphere was downright gloomy.

Liu Huai went straight to Qingning Palace early in the morning with a cracked expression on his deeply veined face. He was anxious and irritated, and unable to hide his anger and frustration.

“Quickly come up with a solution here. If the Liu family falls this time, don’t ever think about having a lot of money to support your plans in the future!”

Consort Liu was also livid. “I have been thinking of ways, but can I think of a good way right now? The special tea is in the Lius’ treasury, yet you don’t even know when it has fallen into the wrong hands. It is your dereliction of duty as the head of the family! Now you come to me to make a fuss. You are really capable!”

“If you had gotten rid of Liu Yusheng earlier, would the Qian family be in the present situation?”

“Had I known that Liu Yusheng existed, do you think I wouldn’t have done it? Feng Qingbai had protected the person so tightly that it was only now she got exposed! I was also caught off guard! The Lius and the Qians have been fighting each other in the business world, but how many years has it been that their fruit wine and medicinal wine were in the capital? If you have a sense of impending crisis, why do you need to come to me now to vent your anger?”

Cornered dogs would jump over the wall;dog-bite-dog.

The two people accused each other for a while, and then fell silent in unison.

They were both guilty of the same fault – underestimating the opponent.

A while ago, when the nourishing tea was launched in the market, the Liu family immediately contacted tea farmers and tea merchants around, thinking of uniting people together to suppress the Qian family tea industry.

As a tea novice, it was the easiest to break the opponent’s foundation when the opponent was just beginning to sprout. Unexpectedly, as soon as they started to move, the tea farmers and merchants had already changed the wind direction!

It was all because of the Qian family’s external supply of low and medium-grade nourishing tea! They weren’t sold directly to the people in bulk, but only to tea merchants!

Several tea shops and teahouses in the capital have earned a pot full of money before the year ended just because of their purchase of the Qian family’s low and medium-grade nourishing tea! The popularity of nourishing tea has never waned, and they were even overcrowded every day!

Most of the tea farmers and tea merchants were integrated as one. In this line of business, who did not own a teashop or two? Following the legitimate health craze in Nanling, if they could obtain nourishing tea leaves from the Qian family, even the low- and middle-grade, could bring them plenty of profits.

They would sit in a business and just look at the word profit.

If the Qian family could let them earn more, why would they want to help the Liu family fight against the Qian family and thus harm their own interests? Not to mention, the mess on the Liu family’s head was still not cleaned up!

This directly led to the Liu family feast, which invited tea merchants and tea farmers to cooperate on a grand project, aborted midway.

The banquet started, but nobody came.

If this were before, those who have other plans in mind, they wouldn’t have dared not come due to the power behind the Liu family. 

But with the Qian family now, their backing wasn’t that bad. If the Lius’ backing wasn’t inferior, then so was the King of Nanling!

Who would still be afraid of the Liu family?

Liu Huai was so angry that he almost fainted, and then came the noise in Qingning palace in the early morning.

At this juncture, he seriously would bite whoever was caught.

They gradually calmed down after their quarrel. Liu Huai said in a deep voice, “If the Qian family’s momentum is not suppressed any longer, the Liu family will have no chance to win the business campaign next year. We have to work earnestly to figure out how to suppress them, at least to win the title, imperial merchant, first. “

Without the aura of the imperial merchant, even with Consort Liu behind them, the Liu family was bound to go downhill and had no chance of regaining their glory.

“In a nutshell, the Qian family rose to today’s prosperity ultimately because of Liu Yusheng. Without her, they can not produce nourishing wine and nourishing tea!” The woman laughed grimly. “As long as there is no Liu Yusheng, the Qian family will no longer be a problem.”

The two looked at each other, and both saw the cold glint reflected in each other’s eyes.

While the various forces were secretly planning, Xinghua Village ushered in the New Year spirit.

There were still three days to go before the New Year, but the workers of the winery already started taking annual leaves. On the last day, the accountant of the winery calculated the year’s profit, and then gave the workers who have been working in the winery for one year their monthly salaries, bonuses, extra dividends, and welfare benefits.

This was the happiest day of the year for the villagers.

Every family in the village has a worker in the winery, and after a whole year of hard work, they could get a large amount of bonus at the end of the year. Wasn’t counting money the happiest time?

Early in the morning, Village Chief Liu Jinfu asked the villagers to move the gifts prepared yesterday to be distributed to the winery. It was a whole five big-carts of stuff, piled up high.

Before the gathering began, the workers and villagers in the winery were commenting around the five wooden carts. Everyone was ecstatic.

When Liu Yusheng walked into the wine shop with Fu Yuzheng, laughter was already overflowing inside.

Seeing the two people entering, the workers in the winery quickly gathered together, their eyes crystal bright.

Nannan has arrived. It was time to divide the money.

In addition to the gathering of workers, there were also villagers watching the excitement. They squeezed each other in a big circle to share the joy of the end of the year. Even Grandma Liu and her daughters-in-law were among the crowd to join in the excitement.

“Uncles and Aunts have been waiting impatiently, but I am also anxious to see how much money we have earned this year, thanks to the joint efforts of everyone,” the young girl teased and amused the whole audience. “Yesterday, Grandpa village chief took the winery’s account book for me to check. After accounting, the annual sales of fruit wine, medicinal wine, loquat paste and so on; after deducting the operating costs, the profit increased by another 30% compared with last year! That is to say, we will get more dividends this year than last year!”

“Nannan, how much is it? Don’t be so secretive. Just tell us, we’re all anxious!”

“Yes, tell us directly how much money we can get. My mother-in-law is watching. Let her also listen to it, so that she does not always think that I am hiding money privately!”

Laughter erupted.

Liu Yusheng laughed and said, “I am usually a hands-off boss, and the village chief has always helped me look after and supervise all matters related to the winery. I’m not going to steal Grandpa Chief’s thunder with my visit today. He will announce all the benefits this year!

She took two steps back and gave up her home position to Liu Jinfu who was standing next to her.

Village Chief Liu Jinfu was grinning ear to ear, so much that his eyes were hardly visible. Nannan knew how to conduct herself. This was for him to show him honor and increase his prestige. He made no excuses either. In terms of the degree of familiarity and understanding of the operation of the wine shop, Nannan really could not catch up with him. The girl was too lazy!

Of course, wasn’t the reason the little girl dared to be lazy was also an indication of her trust in him and her neighbors in Xinghua Village?

If changed to another location and another supervisor? He should thank the heavens and earth for not scraping the layer of oil on his body.

Applause was heard from below.

The workers and villagers shouted in unison, “Village Chief, go straight to the point. Don’t do anything emotional such as year-end speeches or a summary. It’s too old-fashioned. We want to hear about welfare-related issues!”

“You’re all about the same. Don’t you see that the Village Chief’s beard is up? Save him some face. Let him express a word or two first! Don’t speak too long, Village Chief! We’re all impatient!”