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"Alas, His Royal Highness the King of Qin lifted the lid on the war in the Five Lakes at this time, and no one can control the civil war in this empire, His Royal Highness the King of Xiang is really, what kind of thing is that Cheng Dayou, why bother to crusade against him at this time, this is good, this wall grass was thrown into the camp of His Royal Highness the King of Qin at once, making His Royal Highness the King of Qin and His Royal Highness the King of Xiang suddenly become fire and water, and the situation in the Five Lakes has become so unpredictable, and the price of grain in Yanjing this year is only afraid that it will remain high again. The gentry who talked to www.biquge.info were concerned about the price of goods in Yanjing, which was the largest supply base in Yanjing, and when the price of grain rose, the price of everything else would soar with it, and no one wanted to see this situation except for some people engaged in speculation.

"I can't say that, this Cheng Dayou was originally a remnant of peace, although he served the empire on the surface, but the order to the empire has always been yang and yin, not to mention that Jiujiang was originally the land of the five lakes, since His Royal Highness the King of Xiang has a territory sealed in the five lakes, he naturally will not watch this Jiujiang and one place not be promoted, but I didn't expect why His Royal Highness the King of Qin would react so strongly. I think this Cheng Dayou is only afraid that he has already lost his sincerity to His Royal Highness the King of Qin, so that the contradictions between the King of Qin and the King of Xiang will break out all of a sudden. "The gentry in the circle also understand that His Royal Highness the King of Qin is extremely ambitious, as long as there is an opportunity, his hand will be stretched out, this time it is not easy to get this opportunity, I am afraid that it will not be so easy to let go, but this kind of deep-seated words are not good for anyone to talk nonsense on this occasion, after all, now the western territory is strong, and there is also an army stationed in this Yanjing City, if there is really a day when His Royal Highness the King of Qin will reign in the world, at this time, is it not asking for trouble to say something that is not listening?

The number of people in the hall gradually increased, and some important guests began to appear, tonight is the engagement ceremony of Qin Tiecheng, the second son of the Qin family, and Miao Yao, the third daughter of the Miao family, this is also a marriage between the two major families of the empire, this engagement should have been brewing for a long time, especially the Miao family is painstakingly trying to promote this marriage, originally the Miao family has been hoping that Miao Yao can be engaged to Maximi, the second son of Duke Marco of the Huey family, but the Huey family has always been opposed, which led to the miscarriage of this marriage, and the Miao family leaned on the Qin family.

As the editor-in-chief of "Business Week", Robson naturally will not be absent from this grand marriage event of the two major families of the empire, although this grand event has been affected by the decline of the power of the Miao and Qin families and the great changes in the war of the Five Lakes, but as a huge family in the hundreds of years of history of the Proud Empire, both the Miao family and the Qin family still play a pivotal role in Yanjing.

And Qin Tiecheng is one of the four famous sons in the upper class society of Yanjing, and Miao Yao is the Miao family's golden jasper, not only born with a beautiful appearance, but also rare is that this woman is quite talented in business, for the Miao family after experiencing the iron smelting and mining base was confiscated by the Internal Affairs Bureau of the Western Xinjiang Metropolitan Protectorate, not only came up with a lot of good ways to adjust the industrial structure, but also took the initiative to go to Qingyang to communicate and negotiate with the officials of the Internal Affairs Bureau and the Finance Bureau of the Western Xinjiang Metropolitan Protectorate, hoping to exchange for the Miao family's equity in these industries in a more reasonable way。 This was also supported by her handkerchief handed over to Zhu Zimei, and the ambiguous relationship between Zhu Zimei and His Royal Highness the King of Qin, which was blown up by some tabloids, still made the officials of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the Department of Finance of Western Xinjiang a little jealous, and they did not dare to categorically refuse some requests made by the other party.

At the same time, the director of the financial secretary, James, admired the talent of the third lady of the Miao family, but this involved the property of all parties that had been confiscated, and James did not dare to speak casually, otherwise once the reference came, the Western Xinjiang Metropolitan Protectorate would face many legal disputes, especially the director of the Legal Affairs Department, Mo Lun, who had been not quite in the right direction with the financial secretary and the bank he was in charge of, and was found by the other party to find an excuse, and he was not sure how much storm it would set off. But even so, Miao Yao's bold trip to the northwest has begun to break through the layer of ice between the Miao family and the western Xinjiang, the western Xinjiang side has always refused to negotiate with the Miao family on this issue, at least now the western Xinjiang side can be received, and the position has also loosened, this is a great breakthrough.

Such an event was absent for the editor-in-chief of BusinessWeek, although he was not optimistic about the marriage. The two came together in fact, more factors were forced by the situation, the trade industry that the Qin family relied on to survive was greatly squeezed with the continuous expansion of the area controlled by the Western Xinjiang, and the Qin family in the western part of the empire had completely lost the market, and was constantly squeezed out of the local market by the newly rising local business families in the Western Xinjiang, which made the Qin family have to focus on the east to open up new markets, but the East China Sea, Jiangnan originally had a strong business atmosphere, the market was already quite saturated, and the situation affected by the withering of industry and commerce, the Qin family's eyes could only lead to outside the empire, and it took a lot of money to open up the market outside the empire, especially to Duotun and Wadi, which required huge investment, so the Qin family also hoped to have an ally with the same idea to share this risk, and at this time, the Miao family, which had been deteriorating, seemed to have become an acceptable choice, although the Miao family suffered huge losses in the empire, but after all, hundreds of years of accumulation, there is still a fairly solid foundation in terms of capital and experience in all aspects, and the two sides can go to everything may help each to get out of the predicament。

Of course, this is just the idea of both sides, in Robson's eyes, this marriage does not have much significance, because they ignore the most important factor, that is, the influence of political factors, the idea of the two sides to marry in the hope of revitalizing their respective families must be established under the current political pattern, and as the situation in the five lakes gradually becomes clearer, it is inevitable that Jiangnan, The East China Sea will be affected, even Yan Yun is the same, as for Yan Jing, it is the center of the storm, when the power of the Western Frontier gradually spreads to the whole empire, will it still tolerate these families who have maintained close ties with Situ Tai and those conservative nobles and have always been opposed to the Western Frontier? If the ruler of a family does not even have this politically sensitive surname, then the family is really quite dangerous, this is Robson's assertion to the Miao and Qin families, although it is a bit alarmist, but it is sincerely approved by the old man next to Robson.

"It seems that the Qin Miao family seems to want to downplay the political significance of this marriage, but some people don't seem to want it, well, isn't that coming?" The old man standing next to Robson raised his chin, and his gaze also fell to the entrance of the foyer, and the noble ladies at the door fluctuated, as if a distinguished guest was coming, Robson turned his gaze, " Hmph, it was originally self-deception, but now every move in Yanjing will attract the attention of countless people, you blindly want to make people believe that you are just marrying for economic interests, but will anyone who cares think so? At this time, even if you want to get off the boat, I am afraid that people will not let you live in peace. ”

Robson's words would definitely not be able to understand the meaning if they fell on the ears of outsiders, but the old man in an indigo robe nodded knowingly: "Hehe, the thirteenth princess is going to roast the Miao family and the Qin family on the fire, such a high-profile attendance at this engagement, well, and the envoy of His Royal Highness King Yan, isn't this peace of mind to tie these two families to the chariot?"

"Well, it's really interesting, look at the people of the Miao family, their faces have changed, probably because they didn't invite these two uninvited thirteen princesses and His Royal Highness King Yan, hmm, why haven't the heads of the two families appeared at this time, what's going on?" Robson looked at the back hall with a deep curtain at the back of the hall in confusion.

"Father, I suggest that you cancel this marriage immediately, otherwise my trip to the northwest will be meaningless, Xijiang will definitely think that we are provoking at this time, what is the relationship between the Qin family and His Royal Highness King Yan, they are already tied to a chariot and can't get down, why do we have to go to this troubled water? You see, the envoys of the Thirteenth Princess and His Royal Highness King Yan are here, this is good, what will Xijiang think? Why, is it that our Miao family also intends to fully support His Royal Highness King Yan?" The cold words were a little choking, and the few people sitting on the side couldn't help frowning. The one who spoke was a delicate girl with a beautiful face, who was the current hope of the Miao family, Miao Yao.

"Ah Yao, isn't it a good thing to marry the Qin family for a long time?

"Hmph, it's better than the destruction of the family in the future! The Qin family wants to get rid of it with King Yan now, but can they get rid of it? Our Miao family must not be involved, and the Qin family can do business, but the marriage must not be connected, the marriage was just an expedient move when the situation was not yet clear, and it would be unwise for us to do it now. What's more, now that Xijiang and our Miao family have hope of reconciliation, why should we refuse? Look at the posture of Situ Yushuang and Zhuang Lichen, this old guy, it is clear that they want to drag our Miao family into the water, and our Miao family can't be fooled by this!" Although the girl's appearance is like a weak willow cherishing the wind, her words are extremely tough.

"That's right, we didn't invite the thirteenth princess, and Zhuang Lichen didn't have any dealings with us, so to congratulate them with such fanfare, didn't it just want to show that we were on the same line with them, which may bring many negative effects. Immediately someone began to chim.

"Then A-Yao, do you mean to let it go first?" The old man sitting on the main seat finally opened his mouth, obviously moved by the other party's words.

"It's not to let it go, it's to cancel, there's no need to leave any tails, we can use other methods to make up for offending the Qin family, but leaving a bad impression on the western Xinjiang will make our Miao family even more troublesome." The delicate girl came to a categorical conclusion.

(To be continued)