Volume 9: Nine Reincarnations Chapter 1337: Nine Reincarnations! (VI)
In the ninth life, he was the eldest son of the Li family in the city, and she was the second daughter of the Shen family.
Both families are extremely wealthy families in the city. Although they are not the best, they are already top powerful forces.
But there are even stronger top families above these two. They have gradually discovered that the development speed of the Li and Shen families is extremely alarming. They think that it will threaten their status and have already made plans to deal with the Li and Shen families!
The top family here is the Cheng family. They even control the cloth, medicinal materials, jade and gold businesses of several cities. They are rich enough to rival a country and have become the wealthiest family in the country. Even the royal family does not dare to provoke them easily.
Under the careful planning of the master of the Cheng family, they first secretly bribed a large number of residents and went to the Li and Shen families to order a large amount of cloth. They also signed a contract that required three times the compensation if the goods could not be delivered on time.
At first, seeing that only a few residents placed orders, and the quantity per person was not too much, the Li and Shen families did not pay too much attention to it. The employees of the two families even thought that with the booming business, they would get more monthly silver.
But as a large number of residents came to place orders over the next few days, and the total amount was already an extremely astonishing number, the servants of the Li and Shen families felt something was wrong and immediately reported the matter to their employer.
Upon hearing this news from all their own stores, the expressions of the two top executives suddenly changed, and they immediately ordered to purchase weaving materials as quickly as possible, the most important of which was silk.
However, the news they received was that all the silk in the city had been bought by the Cheng family at double or even triple the price, and they had already made arrangements in advance, so the Li and Shen families did not notice it at all!
If it is not possible to buy all the silk from all silk producers within a short period of time, it will instantly attract the attention of the Li and Shen families.
The Cheng family's methods were extremely clever. They had secretly communicated with the silk producers half a month ago. They purchased a portion of the silk at a high price, but these people still supplied the Li and Shen families normally, so that the Li and Shen families were completely unaware of it. Only now did they suddenly stop supplying.
When they went to purchase in large quantities, they found out that almost all the goods in the hands of the silk producers had been taken away by the Cheng family, and less than 10% were left.
Not only that, the Cheng family also bought up most of the silk from other cities. The remaining silk was only enough to supply the merchants in this city, and the Li and Shen families could hardly buy any.
This meant that the Li and Shen families were completely out of supply of weaving materials, and they were simply unable to produce the huge quantities ordered by all the residents.
The accumulated orders from all the stores were already a terrifying number. If they were to pay triple the compensation, it would be enough to nearly bankrupt both of their stores!
Although she was not in charge of the family business, she was very familiar with it. She was also aware of the family's critical situation at this time and took the initiative to come and discuss countermeasures with her father.
Only then did her father realize that his second daughter actually possessed a strong talent for business and had already been familiar with the family business.
Because of this, her father decided to let her help deal with this big trouble and help the family get through the difficulties.
He and she had exactly the same thoughts, knowing that the only options for the Li and Shen families now were to pay three times the compensation for the order or to buy silk from the Cheng family.
But they all knew very well that if they went to the Cheng family to buy silk, they would definitely be offered an extremely high price, which would probably not be much better than the first option!
As they sent people to negotiate with the Cheng family, they unsurprisingly received news that the Cheng family was asking for a very high price, directly five times the normal price!
Such a price is almost the same as the direct compensation of three times the deposit, so it would be almost a waste of time even if you buy it.
After hearing the Cheng family's response, the Li and Shen families were immediately completely certain that the Cheng family's large purchase of silk was for the purpose of directly eliminating their two families!
While he was anxiously thinking of a countermeasure, he and she got to know each other and decided unanimously to join forces to fight against the aggressive Cheng family.
The two companies gathered together all the cloth-making materials they had in their hands to make as much cloth as possible, and asked all their employees to do their best to purchase or produce materials.
But both of them knew that no matter how hard they tried, it was too late and they could only try to minimize the losses.
After using up all the materials, the two discussed for a long time and decided to sell the more valuable things in the family to avoid being unable to bear the loss.
While selling valuable items, the two companies also fully integrated and combined the suitable items they owned to sell them at a better price.
After half a month of preparation, when the agreed time arrived, the two families began to directly compensate the customers for their orders instead of buying silk from the Cheng family at a high price.
This was the decision he and she had discussed. They both agreed that even if they gave the money to the guests, they would never give it to the Cheng family, as that would make the Cheng family even more powerful!
Since the Cheng family likes to collect and store large amounts of silk so much, let the silk rot in their hands!
After the compensation, although the Li and Shen families were badly damaged and their strength was greatly reduced, they were not yet at the end of their rope. The two began to actively develop and expand their trade routes, no longer relying too much on the cloth business.
Both he and she possessed great talent in business and came up with many new businesses, which enabled the businesses of the Li and Shen families to develop rapidly and gradually recover from the huge losses in the previous cloth business.
Of course, the two companies are still purchasing silk, but they are accepting orders from customers within their means.
At first, the Cheng family wanted to continue suppressing the market and purchased silk at high prices, but they soon found that this method was no longer effective against the Li and Shen families, so they had to gradually restore the original price.
As the two families gradually received silk, the Cheng family found that they had too much silk left and it was difficult to consume it, so they had to lower the price to encourage customers to buy.
But as the price dropped significantly, the Cheng family suddenly found it difficult to make back the cost of purchasing the silk and had to lose some money.
Only then did the Cheng family realize that in dealing with the Li and Shen families this time , they were hurting the enemy by a thousand and hurting their own eight hundred. Although the Li and Shen families were severely injured, the Cheng family also suffered considerable losses.
Moreover, the Li and Shen families have secretly developed a lot of businesses, covering almost half of the residents' lives. They have gradually replenished their vitality and become powerful again.
Not only that, this move has also promoted the Li and Shen families to join forces, posing a stronger threat to their Cheng family!
When the Cheng family realized this and wanted to deal with the Li and Shen families again, they found that they could no longer pose a threat to his and her alliance.
In just two years, the two combined forces had devoured all of the Cheng family's business in the city, and they could no longer pose a threat.
Although the Cheng family had transferred resources from other cities for support, they were still unable to do anything to the Li and Shen families. They could only watch the two devour their territory like a sick tiger.
In the process of jointly fighting against the Cheng family, he and she both admired each other very much, believing that they were smart people of the same kind and they sympathized with each other.
Two years later, with the rapid development of the two families, the Cheng family no longer had a foothold in the city where they were located, and their business completely disappeared from the city.
After completely defeating the Cheng family, the Li and Shen families held a celebration banquet. He was extremely happy and drank a lot of wine at the banquet. Finally, he was emboldened by the wine and said to her: "Luoyan, I, Li Xuanfeng, want to marry you. Are you willing to marry me?"
She was slightly stunned at first, then a look of great surprise emerged on her face, and she smiled and nodded, "I do!"
The two families were now completely certain that the two had already secretly been in love with each other. Both the elders and peers thought that the two were a perfect match and immediately began discussing their marriage.
A year later, he and she held a grand wedding banquet, which shocked the whole city. No one had expected that the Li and Shen families, who were already the most wealthy, would actually arrange a marriage.
After getting married, they loved each other very much. He took good care of her in life, and they developed their two businesses together. The deeper cooperation between the two businesses accelerated the development speed again.
The two companies were no longer limited to the city they were in, but were spreading their business to other cities at a very fast speed.
Although he had married her, he still respected her choice very much. He did not merge the Shen family into his business, but let the Shen family manage it themselves, and took great care of them in business.
During the years of famine, he and she opened their granaries to distribute grain and were generous and charitable, which made them admired by countless people and made the reputations of the Li and Shen families even more famous.
After several years of development, their prestige in the Li and Shen families has even surpassed that of the head of the family, which has won them great praise from the elders and immense admiration from the younger generation.
Ten years later, he took over the position of the head of the Li family, and she began to be his good wife wholeheartedly, leaving the affairs of the Shen family to her younger brother who was already able to take care of himself.
The Li and Shen families have joined forces and made progress together, forming a force that is even more powerful than the Cheng family, and they are constantly swallowing up the Cheng family's business.
Although the Cheng family was extremely angry, they could not think of any solution and could only watch their family decline.
Six years later, the Cheng family had completely declined and become a small force. If the Li and Shen families had not acted too ruthlessly, the Cheng family would probably have disappeared completely.
His and her achievements have won the admiration of countless people, making the Li and Shen families powerful families that are rich enough to rival a country.
Perhaps the only regret is that the two have been married for more than ten years but still have no children , so they can only teach their nephews and nieces.
Until she was 43 years old, she suddenly developed extremely severe nausea. He was worried that she might have developed a disease, so he immediately asked a doctor for diagnosis in a panic.
Unexpectedly, after feeling the pulse, the doctor smiled, clasped his fists and congratulated, "Congratulations, sir. Your wife is pregnant, and it's been three months!"
The two were stunned after hearing this. They had already thought that they had no chance of having children and had given up hope, but they did not expect that God would send them a surprise.
Afterwards, he handed over many family affairs to his younger generations and freed up plenty of time to take good care of her, allowing her to take care of her pregnancy with peace of mind.
Half a year later, she gave birth to a very cute baby girl. After thinking for a moment, he named her Li Siyan!
