Fight the Giants

  Chapter 463 Overwhelmed nest with no eggs

  Gong Ziyi heard his grandfather's question, thought for a while, and said, "Is grandfather talking about moving the capital?"

  Gong Fang nodded: "Exactly."

  Gong Ziyi breathed a sigh of relief: "Grandson knows about this matter, and I heard people talking about it in the capital city last year. But, what does this matter in court have to do with grandson's marriage?"

  Gong Fang took a deep look at him and sighed inwardly. It seems that his grandson still has a lot to learn.

  The language is earnest: "Yi'er, state affairs are connected with family affairs, and they have been inseparable since the beginning. The court is not irrelevant to us, and it is also closely related. Every change in the court is related to the fate of our business."

  Gong Ziyi listened carefully, looking like he was being taught.

"Now that the imperial court is in Jinling, our family has taken advantage of the geographical advantages and the contacts we have established for many years. This is why we stand on top of all the salt merchants and have accumulated this family business. If we move the capital to the north, all the contacts will follow. , With this movement, the future pattern will change accordingly.”

   Whether the Gong family can maintain the status quo is still unknown.

  Gong Ziyi frowned, he didn't understand the complicated personnel affairs very well.

Gong Fang Zunzun taught: "Moving the capital is related to the fate of the country, and naturally it also affects the fortunes of our merchants. Now countless silver, grain, and supplies are shipped to the north, and the national treasury may not last long. Once the treasury is out of money, we salt merchants, Bear the brunt of…”

"Just before the dredging of the canal, the imperial court raised millions of taels of silver from our salt merchants. Now the three major administrations in the court: river administration, water administration, and salt administration are closely related to us. No salt merchant's home is clean. Yi'er, do you know what's involved?"

  An accident in the future may lead to ransacking the family and exterminating the family.

   They are going to lay out now. If possible, the marriage of the children and grandchildren is a bargaining chip. His house will not be moved, and other salt merchants' homes will also be moved. The Gong family cannot be left behind.

   "Yi'er, if the court wants to attack our family, can the family you like have the ability to help our family turn the tide? Can you help our family and protect our family?"

  Gong Ziyi was stunned by his grandfather's continuous questions.

  Is his marriage so important? He just wanted to find someone he liked.

   Gong Fang couldn't bear to see him in a daze.

Sighing: "Families like ours are most jealous of their children. If you can find a powerful official family to marry and have official protection, it would be the best. If you can't, find a family with a back and ability. Merchants are also good. Small family and small family... Grandfather is not saying that it is not good, but it is not suitable for us and cannot help our family."

  Gong Fang was full of a sense of crisis in his heart. Ever since he was seriously ill the year before last, when he was lying on the bed, he was always worried that he would never be able to get up again, and that everything at home was not properly arranged, and he was very worried.

   Now that God has allowed him to survive again, he naturally wants to take advantage of the limited time to arrange everything in the house properly. The grandson in front of him is his favorite candidate for the future master, even better than his father.

   He didn't want him to go astray.

  The burden on the grandson's shoulders is too heavy, and the future of this family will be handed over to him.

  For the unmarried and unmarried juniors in the family, he will find suitable candidates for them. They enjoyed the glory and wealth of the palace family and were sheltered by the family, so they naturally wanted to give back to the family.

   There are no eggs under the overturned nest. This is the family motto that everyone in the Gong family should remember.

  Gong Ziyi tossed and turned in the night, his grandfather's words buzzed in his ears, deafening, and could not go away.

  He understands the truth, but he can't accept it.

   Is the glory of the family based on sacrificing the happiness of the clan?

  Is the grandfather too sensational? How could their palace family be suppressed and overturned because they were doing business in their own right?

The Gong family is not just started. The ancestors started as a salt worker when they were young. After decades of hard work, several generations have accumulated the current family business. Now they have salt farms, salt workers, and their own fleet. Business spread all over the north and south of the Wei Dynasty.

  Will it be suppressed once in a while, and will it be put to waste?

  Is it so difficult for him to marry someone he likes?

  Gong Ziyi locked herself in the room for several days, and did not come out behind closed doors.

  Seeing that his son hadn't moved for a few days, Mrs. He thought that the head of the family had made sense of him, so he was very happy and went out frequently. Since her son doesn't like the He family's cousin, then she can find a suitable one for him.

  There are so many ladies from famous families in Huai'an, and many high-ranking officials and nobles still want to marry their own families. Which of them is not better than the small Huo family?

  All the concubines and young girls of Yipin Houye's family are chosen by her. If one is not enough, just pick a few more, and when the time comes, marry first and then marry, Yi'er will always have one he likes.

  He Shi thoughtfully asked for a list of girls to be married from Iceman, sorted it out, and planned to give it to his son for him to choose.

   Thought her son had died down, how could she have imagined that Gong Ziyi locked herself up for a few days, and became even more determined to marry Huo Xi.

   Finding Gong Fang, she knelt down in front of him.

   Gong Fang's heart sank to the bottom of the valley.

Gong Ziyi kowtowed to him three times: "Grandfather, my grandson still wants to marry her. Now that you are still in good health and your father is in his prime, it is not yet his turn to take over the family. The grandson wants to marry the person he likes." .There are so many people in the family, maybe there is no shortage of help from the grandson..."

  Gong Fang's chest rose and fell, and he was so angry that he didn't even look at it. He grabbed an inkstone on the table and threw it at him.

  Gong Ziyi didn't expect his grandfather to make a sudden attack, so he didn't hide, and was hit hard by the inkstone. Although the angle was slightly off, it still hit his forehead heavily, and blood gushed out immediately.

"Grandfather..." Seeing his grandfather's angry and agitated face, Gong Ziyi was terrified. He was afraid of making him sick, so he knelt still and didn't dare to wipe the blood on his forehead. He just closed his eyes and felt dizzy. Huhu.

  Gong Fang did not expect that he would not hide. Seeing that his grandson was bleeding, he also felt a little distressed, and was about to get up from the chair to look at it, when he thought of what he had just said, and sat back down again.

Nodding him with his hand: "Grandfather always thought you were a sensible and sensible boy. Since you were born, your deceased grandmother and I have loved you very much, and have given you all the resources and contacts in the family. You want wind and rain Deyu, your grandmother's private property and her dowry money are also left to you, is this how you repay us?"

   There is a little disappointment on the face: "There are many children in the clan. Could it be that they can sacrifice, but you, as the head of the family, can't? You get the most, but you are the least willing to give back a little bit for the family?"

   "Grandfather. Grandson doesn't mean that."

  Gong Ziyi knelt on the ground, knocking his head on the bluestone floor. What his grandfather said was too serious, he couldn't bear it.

"Isn't that what you said just now? Let me agree with you to marry the person you like. You don't care if you have a relationship at home. You just marry the one you like and let your other brothers and sisters sacrifice their happiness to fulfill you. You Isn't that what it means?"

  (end of this chapter)