The night falls.

The southernmost tip of Qiongzhou is the "Tianzi Seaport" that ranks among the top three in Chixian China.

A huge convoy consisting of hundreds of oxcarts and horse-drawn carriages secretly arrived at the dock under the protection of a large group of capable guards.

Among the people who got off the bus were men, women, old and young.

Although most of them have unattractive faces, they are all dressed in beautiful clothes and have beautiful jade, and have good temperament. They are obviously an extraordinary aristocratic family.

There was already a large number of ships with black flags waiting for them on the shore.

But the strange thing is that there is not a single outsider on the huge pier. It seems that the place has been cleared in advance.

Looking at the style of the big ships on the shore and the attire of the sailors, it is clear that they are a group of Moro pirates who do all kinds of evil!

Dayan's wealthy family actually associates with a group of pirates, which is a bit strange to people's eyes.

The pirate leader, who had been waiting on the shore for a long time, spoke in Dayan Mandarin with a strong Qiongzhou accent:

"Uncle, the change of dynasties is not like it used to be, and the family's face is not easy to use for the Municipal Shipping Department that manages the port.

We don’t have much time left, so let’s get on the boat as soon as possible, right?

Our Kunling Fang family will first go to the Southeast Asian countries to do business for a while, and when the news is over, with the help of the other four families, we will one day return to our homeland."

Only then did people know that this was a group of Yanren pretending to be Moro pirates.

Of course, there is no need to say more about what business they went to sea to do.

There was an old man and a young man at the head of the group of visitors. The old man had a calm expression on his face, but the young man had an unhappy face and did not want to just give up everything and run away in disgrace.

And he still has to go to places like the Southeast Asian countries where there are uncivilized natives and nothing to do with them.

I don’t know how many times I argued with the old man next to me along the way, trying to persuade him to stay:

"Dad, our Huang family has survived for many dynasties and thousands of years. Our bloodline can be traced back to Huang Longshi, an official of Fuxi in ancient times. Even we are related to the First Emperor's surname Ying.

But the ancestors of the Great Yan Dynasty and King Jing were much more noble.

Didn’t our family just buy so many acres of land, steal a few more women from the common people, kill a few untouchable families, help a few county magistrates to become officials, and have the children of our family serve as officials in the beast dynasty...?

As for making such a fuss and causing hundreds of people from the direct lineage of Kunling Fang to move all their families?

When the imperial examination is re-opened, how can those scoundrels who don’t have enough to eat compare with the talented people in my family?

Our people are also indispensable to the Dukes in the court. If the Zhou family wants to be stable, they must rule the world with us.

Even if any official of the imperial court comes to our Kunling territory, he must first go to our house to pay homage to the dock.

There will never be a vacuum in power. If we leave now, everything in the past will be replaced by the Zhang family and the Zheng family."

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The young people's words were full of indifference towards the new dynasty.

It also reflects the arrogance and confidence of these millennium-old families in Chixian Shenzhou.

In troubled times, they may not directly rebel, but most of them will use money, food, and people to support some ambitious people, and even make multiple bets to support several dragons at a time.

They will continue to raise bets depending on the situation, and ultimately earn a follow-the-dragon merit.

Just like the Huang family, a thousand-year-old family, it is divided into five houses: Yunyan House, Jiping House, Xishan House, Yushan House, and Kunling House.

Just like the three brothers of the Zhuge family, dragon, tiger and dog during the Three Kingdoms period, were divided into ministers in the three kingdoms of Wei, Shu and Wu. The five families made their bets separately.

No matter which family among the Qianlongs succeeds, it can ensure that the millennium family will continue to be passed down.

It's just that the Kunling House is not very lucky, and its support is the beast dynasty that suffered a huge defeat.

Many of the children in the clan were transformed into monsters and transformed into [clothed beasts], and during the battle of Tianqianjiang to break the country, they were all burnt to ashes by the dragon's energy.

But, to be honest, they really didn't think much of the person sitting on the dragon throne.

The emperors of Chixian Shenzhou changed one after another, but they were always the best.

There has never been any thousand-year dynasty in the world, but there are endless thousand-year-old families!

The emperor cannot govern the world by himself, he must rule together with a specific class.

No matter who wins the country, they must rely on them to achieve stable rule.

Even if they fail for a while, they can make a comeback quickly with the money and connections they have accumulated over the years.

They even slowly emptied the emperor and turned the entire empire into a puppet serving their interests.

I heard the complaints from my son who is also the next generation head of the family.

Mr. Huang's eyes were distant, and a [Heart Light] rose above his head. He used the Zhanwang Qi Technique to look back at the hinterland of China.

There is a [Dragon Qi French Net] woven node by node with the city as a unit, and even this "Tianzi Harbor" is no exception.

He spoke slowly and in a meaningful tone:

"A Thousand-Year-Old Family? Gonggun Dukes?

That was really no choice in the past. If there was a choice, the emperor would be the first to kill the Gonggun Dukes and us who stand behind them.

Moreover, the King of Jing who won the artifact was different from the ordinary princes who came to power, but the second prince of the previous dynasty.

He holds the righteousness of the rule of law and is fully qualified to settle the old accounts of the previous dynasty!

If my prediction is correct, not only will we run away, but the other four families and even most of the aristocratic families will run away sooner or later, but I don't know if they can still escape.

If our Kunling room can take the first step and escape in time, you can enjoy it secretly."

Mr. Huang obviously knew very well that his family deserved to die, and his crimes were too numerous to list.

The crimes committed by the Nine Tribes alone are countless.

Until the end of the Great Yan Dynasty, taxation had always been mainly agricultural taxes.

In the mid-to-late period, due to the sharp drop in tax revenue from land annexation, the national finance gradually failed to make ends meet, so the court began to collect industrial and commercial taxes.

However, this behavior seriously damaged the interests of Huang and the entire Jiangnan Industrial and Commercial Group.

The Gong Gong princes in the court are inextricably linked to these groups.

So they began to use various means to desperately encourage the emperor to abolish the industrial and commercial tax on the grounds that "instead of competing for profits with the people, the country wants to hide wealth from the people."

But those ordinary people who support the princes in the court, how do they know that the "people" here are not them, but the bureaucrats and gentry represented by aristocratic families such as the Huang family.

A few years later, someone petitioned to open a mine to collect mining taxes.

However, most of the mines in various states and governments are in the hands of large landowners and local bureaucrats and wealthy families. Naturally, mineral taxes have taken a bite out of their pie.

So the Gonggun princes began to fiercely oppose the mining tax, and even encouraged a generation of people in Jiangnan who did not know the truth to violently resist the tax.

They even beat tax collectors to death in the street, causing the bloodshed of hundreds of people.

After the court officials tried their best to dissuade him, Emperor Shenzong had to stop the mining tax collection without persisting for long.

It coincided with the Little Ice Age when natural disasters continued.

Without industrial and commercial taxes and mining taxes, which bring in the most money, the state can only continue to increase agricultural taxes, exploiting the people at the bottom who are already living in poverty.

Their ability to withstand risks is getting worse and worse. If there is a slight disturbance, they can only sell their ancestral property and become tenants of gentry families.

It also allowed the latter's family business to grow bigger and bigger through land mergers.

To put it bluntly, the Great Yan Dynasty had all the princes and powerful gentry lying on their bodies to suck their blood, and they died of poverty!

Only the Huang family and other wealthy gentry families, whose families have been around for thousands of years, are full of food.

There are also sea trade smuggling, salt merchants, hiding the population, obscene worship in family temples...the number of major crimes committed by the Yi people is too numerous to count.

If it were not for Wang Yuan and his industrialization of Taoism, the prohibition of dragon qi, and [Ji Sheng] human ghosts, even if Zhou Jinghuan sat on the throne of emperor, he could only pinch his nose and continue to cooperate with them.

But they do!

There is no fear of operating on these parasites.

It is also impossible to allow an "overlord" to sit above oneself.

At this time, if a big family like the Huang family worships the wrong temple and they still don't run away, they may not be able to run away.

"Stop talking nonsense and get on board!

Our family has a lot of gold and silver private soldiers. Even if we do bad things, the retribution will never come to us.

After going to sea, we will occupy several large islands near the golden waterways of the Southeast Asian countries, and our Huang family will also enjoy being the owners of the country who sit on the land and collect rent."

Mr. Huang's words once again inspired the panicked military morale.

Just as they were about to lead the whole family onto the ship, there was a sudden noise from behind the team, which stopped them in their tracks.

"What happened?"

After a while, two private soldiers quickly came to them dragging a young man with his legs broken and a bruised nose and face.

"Sir, this man has been sneaking around behind the convoy, and has been following us all the way from the clan."

Looking at this young man with eyes full of hatred, Mr. Huang and his son were a little confused.

He has done so many evil things that his enemies simply cannot recognize him.

But the housekeeper whispered a few words beside them, which immediately made their brows frown deeply.
To be continued...