Wang Qingyun smiled slightly and said: "I want to buy Keyun Building from Mr. Lin."
Want to buy a Keyun Building?
Lin Xuan frowned slightly and said, "You think Buyer Yunlou must have taken a fancy to his good business. Since the business is good, why should I sell?"
Hearing Lin Xuan's words, Wang Qingyun was not angry and said with a smile: "Since Mr. Lin won't sell it, I wonder if I can sell you the method of making oil?"
Sure enough, when Wang Qingyun said he wanted to buy Keyun Tower, Lin Xuan probably came here just for the oil.
In order to keep it secret, the people who pressed the oil used it and sold themselves as domestic slaves of the Lin family.
Wang Qingyun must have tried to bribe the cook at Guokeyunlou, but found that it was impossible without oil, so he came to Lin Xuan.
Lin Xuan shook his head slightly and said decisively: "I'm sorry, the oil thing is related to the restaurant's business. I can't sell it."
Wang Qingyun still smiled and said with a hint of meaning: "I come from the Wang family in Taiyuan."
Taiyuan Wang Family?
Of course Lin Xuan knew that the Taiyuan Wang family and several other families were known as the Five Surnames and Seven Hopes, and were the largest aristocratic families in the Tang Dynasty.
The five surnames are Qiwang, also known as the five surnames and seven clans. Among all the noble families, there are five most noble families. They are the Longxi Li family, the Zhaojun Li family, the Boling Cui family, the Qinghe Cui family, the Fanyang Lu family, and the Xingyang Zheng family.
The surname is the Wang family in Taiyuan. Among them, the Li family and the Cui family each have two county names. Therefore, they are called five surnames and seven families, or five surnames and seven clans.
The Five Surnames and Seven Hopes have great prestige among the gentry. Everyone in the world is proud to marry a girl with the Five Surnames. In history, Li Shimin once asked to marry a girl with the Five Surnames, but the Five Surnames jointly refused and said that girls with the Five Surnames would not marry.
Royal words.
Even so, Li Shimin was unable to do anything against them. Although he used various methods to attack the five surnames later, by the time Li Shimin died, not a single one of the five surnames had been left behind. This shows how powerful they are.
Lin Xuan took a deep look at Wang Qingyun and said, "Is Mr. Wang threatening me?"
"You can understand it that way!" Wang Qingyun said with a smile.
Lin Xuan said angrily: "At worst, I'll close the restaurant, and I won't be able to find a way to make oil."
He knew that the method of soybean oil could not be hidden for long. After all, there was already a method of pressing oil at this time, but they did not know now that it was pressed from soybeans.
If Wang Qingyun told Lin Xuan properly, he might really be able to sell it, but now that he is being threatened, he would rather die than sell it.
His life as an orphan in his previous life led to his stubborn temper.
Lin Xuan was angry, but Wang Qingyun seemed not to notice, smiled and said: "Master Lin can close the restaurant, can he also close all the family business, can he also close the Lin Mansion?"
Lin Xuan asked with a gloomy face, "What do you mean?"
Wang Qingyun smiled calmly, "It's not interesting. Since Mr. Lin doesn't want to sell it, I'll take my leave."
After saying this, Wang Qingyun stood up and left without delay. The entourage standing behind him quickly followed.
Lin Xuan looked at Wang Qingyun's leaving figure with a gloomy and terrifying face.
This was the first time Chunyue saw her young master so angry, and she said worriedly, "Young Master..."
Lin Xuan came to his senses, waved his hand and said: "It's okay, I'll go back to the room and be quiet, don't disturb me."
He now needs to think about how to deal with it. He knows that Wang Qingyun will not give up and must have some back-up plan.
…
Wang Qingyun looked back at the Lin family, smiled slightly, then turned around and got on the carriage.
"Wang Zhong, you will go to the West City Municipal Office later and ask people to seal off the Keyun Building." Wang Qingyun ordered his follower Wang Zhong.
"Yes!" Wang Zhong nodded in response.
Wang Qingyun murmured to himself: "This is just an appetizer. I hope you can persist more."
…
Boom, boom, boom!
Lin Xuan heard the knock on the door and said dissatisfied: "Didn't I say don't disturb me?"
Chunyue said quickly: "Sir, I sent someone to find you, saying there is something urgent."
"I know, I'll be there right away." Lin Xuan responded, straightened his clothes, and walked to Lin Dongyang's yard.
Not long after, Lin Xuan came to the yard where his parents lived. As soon as he entered, he saw that Zhao Min was there, and his father Lin Dongyang and Zhao Min both looked sad. He couldn't help but asked curiously: "What happened?"
whats the matter?"
Lin Dongyang saw Lin Xuan coming and said with a sullen face: "You came just in time. Our restaurant has been closed down by the Xishi City Department. Do you know what happened?"
"What? The restaurant has been closed?" Lin Xuan said in shock.
There is no need to ask whether it was Wang Qingyun who did it, but I didn't expect that he would move so quickly, and he would only be gone for less than an hour.
Lin Xuan looked at Zhao Min and asked, "Did they say why they closed the restaurant?"
Zhao Min said with a grimace: "No, I asked them, but they didn't say anything. They just said it was an order from above."
Only now did Lin Xuan feel the cruelty of ancient times. Officials in later generations had to find a reason to seal up shops, but there was no need for it in ancient times.
Why? Because Wang Qingyun knew that the Lin family had no power and was just a businessman.
Thinking of Wang Qingyun's previous words, Lin Xuan's heart dropped. He knew that this was just the beginning.
For the first time, Lin Xuan realized the importance of power. If his family was a prince or a prince, Wang Qingyun would definitely have some scruples about what he wanted to do.
Wang Qingyun was so unscrupulous just because his family had no power.
Lin Dongyang said worriedly: "Xuan'er, have you offended someone?"
After he learned that the restaurant was closed, he thought about it carefully and found that he had not offended anyone recently, so he asked someone to call Lin Xuan for questioning.
Lin Xuan thought for a while and told Lin Dongyang everything about Wang Qingyun's previous visit.
"What can we do?" Lin Dongyang panicked when he heard that it was the Wang family with the fifth surname and Qi Wang who took action.
The Lin family is just a businessman. Let alone a behemoth like the Taiyuan Wang family, they cannot afford to offend any ninth-grade official.
Among scholars, farmers, industry and commerce, merchants have the lowest status, and this is not just talk.
Lin Xuan had thought about how to deal with it before, but found that there was no way.
My family has no foundation, except a little money, there is nothing.
And the little money my family has is nothing compared to the Wang family in Taiyuan.
The only big shot I know is Cheng Yaojin.
But he had only met Cheng Yaojin once, and he didn't know if Cheng Yaojin would help him.
After all, it is not worthwhile to offend the Wang family for him.
"Xuan'er, I'm going to beg the Wang family and give them the restaurant. Do you think they will let us go?" Lin Dongyang asked.
He didn't blame Lin Xuan. After all, it wasn't Lin Xuan who took the initiative to cause trouble. He just wanted to resolve the matter as soon as possible so that his family would be safe.
Lin Xuan held his hands tightly, and his nails almost pierced into his flesh, but he felt no pain at all. He only felt a deep weakness.
No!
Lin Xuan shouted in his heart that Lin Dongyang must not be allowed to beg Wang Qingyun in a humble way.