BXBX NOVEL Chapter 112: 89: The Tang Family Heritage, Three Elder Ancestors_2
In the beginning, the Tang Family was caught off guard,
and directly lost a county city as well as two towns.
Latter, as the Tang Family reacted and defended on all fronts, they managed to stabilize their footing with difficulty.
Since then, the Tang Family’s influence experienced a slight contraction.
From the original territory of six counties and eight towns, it shrank to the current five counties and six towns.
And Feng Wentai, the one titled King of Huai Shui, saw his forces undergo an expansion.
From initially eight counties and twelve towns, it grew to the present nine counties and fourteen towns.
In such a state of affairs, Feng Wentai could indeed be considered the true ruler within Huai Shui County.
Whether it was the Chen Family, the Tang Family, or even the Luo Family, which was so weak as to be negligible.
None had any longer the power to confront Feng Wentai directly.
…
In Huai Shui County, within the Tang Family city, their clan territory.
Inside an extremely luxurious room.
The current head of the Tang Family, the enormously corpulent Tang Huaiping,
was sitting with a somber face at that moment,
restlessly seated in the master’s seat.
“How is the situation now?” he asked, his voice low as he questioned the Tang Family servant kneeling on one knee before him after a moment of silence.
“Master, the forces of the King of Huai Shui have temporarily ceased their assault,”
“It seems they are busy stabilizing their control over the newly acquired county city and two towns.” The kneeling servant of the Tang Family spoke softly, with his head slightly bowed.
“Feng Wentai, Feng Wentai, Feng Wentai…”
Tang Huaiping once again began furiously smashing anything within reach.
However, after being reprimanded by his family’s ancient ancestor before,
he refrained from randomly slaughtering servants in the house.
…
After a while,
the Tang Family servant left the room.
Now, within the extremely luxurious room, only Tang Huaiping remained.
“The ancient ancestor told me to hold the line, to wait for the right moment…”
“But now that Feng Wentai has already started to make a move against my Tang Family, how can I hold steady?”
“When will the real opportunity arrive?”
Tang Huaiping furrowed his brow slightly, pondering this in his mind.
Within Huai Shui County, his Tang Family indeed had the largest food reserves among the various forces.
It could even be said that the King of Huai Shui, the Chen Family, and the Luo Family,
their food reserves combined might not reach one-third of the Tang Family’s supply.
Therefore, as long as they held out,
the Tang Family’s chances of victory would grow increasingly larger.
However, there was one premise.
That was the Tang Family could continue to coexist peacefully with the various forces within Huai Shui County.
But should war suddenly break out,
like Feng Wentai suddenly giving them such a blow,
catching them off guard and seizing one of the Tang Family’s county cities and two towns,
over time, Feng Wentai’s strength would grow stronger,
while the Tang Family would become increasingly weakened,
In the end, even if the Tang Family’s food reserves far exceeded the other factions,
the likelihood of the Tang Family emerging victorious in Huai Shui County would become increasingly slim.
…
Before long, evening arrived.
At this time, the sun was setting.
The afterglow of the sunset spread across this land,
bringing with it a distinct beauty even as it cooled.
“Master, a caravan from the Xu Family has arrived…”
Within the Tang Family territory, within the room where Tang Huaiping was,
just as he was considering how to deal with Feng Wentai,
a Tang Family servant suddenly hurried into the room.
“The Xu Family caravan?”
Tang Huaiping narrowed his eyes slightly. After pondering for a short time, a look of surprise flashed in his eyes, “Is it the Xu Family from Wan Shan Prefecture?”
The servant nodded and replied, “Yes!”
…
After the servant departed,
Tang Huaiping, who sat in the master’s seat, couldn’t help but stand up excitedly.
Previously, the people from the Xu Family did indeed say,
they intended to request an additional quota of ink jade qilins and then transport them to Huai Shui County for another transaction with the Tang Family.
At that time, Tang Huaiping merely thought,
it was just a drunken jest, not to be taken seriously.
However, he hadn’t expected…
that the people from the Xu Family would actually come.
“The ink jade qilins from the previous transaction were stolen by others, but this time…”
“The ink jade qilins must not be snatched from my Tang Family by outsiders again.”
Thinking this, Tang Huaiping silently walked out of the room.
This time, he planned to request the presence of an ancient ancestor from the Organ Refinement Realm from his clan.
To have the elder from the Organ Refinement Realm keep watch near the ink jade qilins for a while,
to see if anyone dared to lay hands on the possessions of his Tang Family.
…
As one of Huai Shui County’s more traditional clan forces,
the Tang Family, in recent years,
had been dubbed the major grain merchant.
But no matter what outsiders said, the foundation of the Tang Family was still quite sound.
Although it was not as profound as the mysterious Chen Family.
“Ancient ancestor, this is roughly the situation…”
Within a mysterious courtyard in the Tang Family territory,
there were currently three withered old men,
each quietly sitting under a stone pavilion, each holding a cup of cool tea, silently sipping.
“Do you want this old one to come out of retirement?”