Bai Yuegang of Prince Ning's Mansion

Chapter 40 Old things
At first everything went smoothly, Li Ningshuang and her brother made a lot of money in Dalan.

Gradually gaining a foothold in Dalan, as long as businessmen who come to Dalan from Bishui, most of them will go to Li's to say hello.

Brother and sister Li Ningshuang are not just businessmen in Dalan, they are more like diplomats connecting the two countries.

Dalan's Kyoto is located inland, with four distinct seasons and a pleasant climate, which is completely different from the clear water along the coast.

Li Ningshuang's elder brother, also Wanwan's uncle, planned to settle down in Kyoto and move part of the family's business to Dalan.

The variable is that one of Bi Shui's hard work is being followed by Da Lan.

Because of the long coastline of clear water, the equipment of the navy is very advanced.

Merchant ships traveling to and from the strait must guard against pirate attacks and are often escorted by fleets.

Most of the ships are equipped with firearms and artillery, which is understandable.

Besides, Bishui's ships did not only protect their own merchant ships, Dalan's merchants also benefited a lot.

But in the era of cold weapons, it is impossible for people who have seen the power of hot weapons not to want to own them.

Even though the Bishui people had no intention of fighting at all and only wanted to make money, Da Lan still regarded those things as a threat.

If you can't own it, then try your best to destroy it.

From the perspective of the superior, this is a very wise decision.

After all, it is a matter of the safety of a country, and it is imperative to guard against others. If you have it or not, it is a threat to me.

There are many ways to obtain the formula, which can be negotiated, bought and sold, or even exchanged.

But Da Lan used the most unwise method, grabbing it hard.

From the moment he asked Bi Shui for the formula of the firearm, the two sides had been in constant friction.

You can't fight other people's navy, and you can't fight the opposite side.

Just trying to torture the Bishui people stranded in Dalan.

Confiscated, confiscated, no matter what your status is, you will be treated as the lowest pariah.

The two countries have turned against each other, and since then the port and wharf have been closed, and they have not been able to formally resume business until now.

The good things that are abundant in clear water have to go around the boss to reach Dalan.

Those Bishui people who were implicated and stayed in Dalan couldn't integrate into Dalan, live an ordinary life, and couldn't return to their hometown safely and smoothly.

So most of them gather together to live, take care of each other, and help each other.

The reason why there was such unreasonable confusion was because there was also a disturbance in the Dalan court at that time.

The deposed prince fell in love with a foreign woman at that time, and vowed to be a couple for the rest of his life. Even if he succeeds in the future, he will not marry another woman in order to consolidate the imperial power.

The old emperor was furious, and angrily abolished his crown prince, cut off his reward, and sent him directly to the northern border for garrison.

Since then, the old emperor's health has been deteriorating. When he calmed down and was about to recall the prince, he suddenly became seriously ill and passed away.

At that time, the battle in the northern border was fierce, and the crown prince had no time to spare himself. The only person in the capital who could take charge of the overall situation was the crown prince's own younger brother, the current emperor.

Everyone thought that the crown prince was so outstanding that his younger brother, who was a compatriot of the prince's mother, would not be far behind.

Unexpectedly, he had no intention of recalling the prince at all, and took over the throne swiftly.

The first thing after ascending the throne is to clear up the princelings in the court.

In order to scare the chickens and monkeys, in just a few years, several hundred-year-old clans in the capital city were uprooted.

Huaiyu's natal family's Xiahou Mansion is also among them.

Because Huaiyu's grandfather, as the teacher of the two brothers, only supported the prince, but not the new emperor, he suffered a catastrophe of extermination.

The liquidation of Bishui people was ruthless and quick, and Li Ningshuang's family was not spared.

And because Li's family was well-known in Dalan, Li Ningshuang's brother was sent to prison.

In Bishui, they were regarded as royal relatives and nobles, but now they are in Dalan, the port is closed, diplomatic relations are severed, and they can't even send a letter from the family, and they can't use their strength.

At that time, Jiang Huai, who was not the left minister, was right. He was originally the companion of the two brothers, and now he has become the sword of the new emperor.

He has long been greedy for the wealth of the Bishui Li family, how could he easily let it go now that he has the opportunity.

If they were searched and confiscated according to the rules, all the money would only go into the Xinhuang's treasury.

The only way to get a share of the pie is for him to marry Li Ningshuang and let Li Ningshuang bring his family property into the prime minister's house.

Jiang Huai was a man of talent, he looked like a dog, and stretched out his hand to Li Ningshuang who was in a desperate situation.

It didn't take much effort at all to let Li Ningshuang marry into the Prime Minister's mansion with her family property.

At that time, Li Ningshuang probably loved Jiang Huai, otherwise she would not have given birth to a pair of children for him.

Under Jiang Huai's manipulation, Li Ningshuang's brother was released back to Bishui.

Since then, Li Ningshuang has lost a single family member in the capital.

After she slowly discovered Jiang Huai's true face, almost all the property she brought into the Prime Minister's House had been looted by Jiang Huai.

Without value, Jiang Huai no longer treats Li Ningshuang as his wife.

Li Ningshuang was exhausted physically and mentally.

She knew that she might never be able to leave Da Lan in her life, but she couldn't tolerate her children growing up beside someone like Jiang Huai.

She began to prepare, plan, and win over everyone she could, and wanted to send Ruixue and Rui'an back to Bishui.

Jiang Huai did not object to Li Ningshuang making money, but after a long time, she found that the money Li Ningshuang made was not for him.

The mental torture of Li Ningshuang also intensified.

In the end, Li Ningshuang still failed to fulfill her long-cherished wish, leaving Ruixue and Rui'an to pass away.

Wanwan has been by Li Ningshuang's side since she was born, and has been nurtured and taught by her, and she is very sensitive about making money and doing business.

When Li Ningshuang died, she was already sensible, knew her mother's wish, and had been working hard for it.

Shibalipu is actually a refugee camp.

When the people of Bishui were liquidated, the Li family took out the wasteland where the factory was going to be built.

Hire those refugees who have nowhere to go to build dams, so that they can find a place to stay and have something to eat.

Later, as more and more refugees gathered, they built houses nearby, did some small business to make ends meet, and gradually developed into a small town.

Before she died, Li Ningshuang made a deal with the old lady, giving all ten shops on West Street to the old lady.

I just ask her to keep the one thousand mu land deed for Ruixue, and hand it over to her when Ruixue can stand on her own.

The old lady and Jiang Huai were not biological mothers and children. She knew in her heart what she had raised.

For her own daughter and the orphan left by her son, she needs this money very much.

So she agreed to Li Ningshuang, and the land deed did not fall into Jiang Huai's hands.

After Li Ningshuang's death, Jiang Huai took over the governance and management rights of Shibalipu by means of means, but the land was never his.

All he wanted was the title deed and those talented people who worked for Li Ningshuang.

He didn't dare to do anything to the old lady, so when Ruixue came back, he tortured Huaiyu and asked Huaiyu to lie to Ruixue about the land deed and body deed.

But Huaiyu also has her own plans. Although she has the handle in Jiang Huai's hands, she is not someone who doesn't know everything.

Jiang Huai can threaten her, and she can also use this to exchange and negotiate terms with Jiang Huai.

She knew that Jiang Huai was very generous to what she wanted with all her heart.

Although this was tantamount to seeking skin from a tiger, she still wanted to try.

So things are still in Ruixue's hands so far.

(End of this chapter)