Tang Dynasty Little Godfather

Chapter 284 Best Teammate

An unnamed academy.

"Brother Que, we're really going all out this time, you guys!"

Guo Jian, who inherited the family business ahead of schedule, felt no excitement at all. Instead, he was very uneasy. This kid was even younger than Wang Xi and had no ideas of his own. He could only rely on Wang Xi and the others.

"rest assured."

Wang Xi put a hand on his shoulder and comforted him, "With so many of us, there's no way we can lose."

Wang Shuang said, "That's right, my dad will give your family more of the horse manure from the farm."

Wang Maozhong was a staunch supporter of the Nameless Academy, and the other side was also launching a campaign to suppress him. Given Wang Maozhong's temperament, how could he tolerate such humiliation? He controlled a large amount of fertilizer raw materials.

However, the owners of the other fertilizer plants are also friends, so they cannot be completely transferred to the state, but they will definitely take good care of them.

Guo Jian nodded, feeling somewhat confident.

Wang Xi shouted out again, "Get rich!"

Wang Facai walked in.

Wang Xi then said to Guo Jian, "This is my chief steward. He will represent our Wuming Academy to take over your family's fertilizer factory. Before long, your family's fertilizer factory will become the number one fertilizer factory in our Great Tang Dynasty. As for you, just play your part as you please and don't put too much pressure on yourself."

Guo Qian chuckled and said, "Alright, then I'll leave it all to you."

“Take Facai to your family’s fertilizer workshop now; he knows how to arrange things.”

"Hey!"

After Guo Jian and Wang Facai left, Li Jie said with a sigh, "I didn't expect it to be so easy this time. Hehe."

Wang Xi laughed and said, "If Uncle Guo doesn't agree to the monk Nian's intervention, Nian Nian can anger him to death. The result will be the same."

"When it comes to being infuriating, I dare not compare myself to you, you scoundrel."

Huangfu Sengnian gave a soft hum, sat down at the table, and elegantly poured himself a glass of wine.

Wang Shuang sat down as well: "Seng Nian, didn't Uncle Guo make things difficult for you?"

Huangfu Sengnian said, "This matter only seems difficult. Due to the setbacks the Guo family suffered during the Xiantian era, their influence in the court is very weak."

The person with the best relationship with Uncle Guo is none other than your father and the Duke of Song. If he sides with Lady Zixia, he's just an insignificant nobody, and no one will take him seriously.

But if he's on our side, he'll become the leader, and he can also rebuild relationships with the various families through the Nameless Academy.

Wang Xi laughed and said, "Seng Nian is right. Even if we lose, the Guo family's situation won't be too bad. Do you think your father and my father will really distance themselves from him just because he helped us?"

But if they win, the situation will be very different.

Huangfu Sengnian smiled and said, "Actually, I hadn't even mentioned this point yet when Uncle Guo agreed."

Li Jieman rubbed his hands together and said, "So what should we do next?"

Wang Xi laughed and said, "Of course we will do everything we can to divide them. Now that the Guo family has chosen us, my aunt will definitely make an example of them. We can take this opportunity to sow discord among them."

We can use the Guo family's change of heart to promote our fertilizer production and coal mining technologies, making them feel fear.

Wang Shuang asked curiously, "How do we promote this?"

Wang Xi smiled and asked, "How did we promote it before?"

Li Jie's small eyes darted around, and he said, "Wu Chongwen?"

"Xiaoman is clever this time."

Wang Xi chuckled and said, "We'll hold our victory celebration at Zhang Baishou's shop. Xiaoman will lead the team to have a fight with them. Wu Chongwen and the others have been a great help to us along the way."

Li Jie said confidently, "Leave this to me. Hehe."

Initially, he needed Huangfu Sengnian's assistance, but now he is very skilled at it.

Huangfu Sengnian suddenly said, "In addition, we must continue to have the Yuchi family and the Guo family persuade other families to make this struggle clear-cut, so that we can deliver a fatal blow to them later."

"Not bad!"

Wang Xi nodded. "In short, we must separate my aunt's core forces from the other forces, and then concentrate our strength to attack her core forces later. Only in this way can we force my aunt to submit. This time, we absolutely cannot let her escape unscathed. Even if she wants to give up everything, it will be impossible. Haha!"

Anchangfang.

"Madam, the Guo family has chosen to cooperate with the Nameless Academy."

Guang Sheng hurried into the house and reported to Madam Zixia.

Lady Zixia frowned deeply. "Why?"

Guang Sheng said, "We don't know yet, but General Guo has already handed over the fertilizer factory to his youngest son, Guo Jian, who is a student at Wuming Academy. Of course, he will choose to cooperate with Wuming Academy. Moreover, it is said that the Guo family will also mine coal together with Wuming Academy."

Lady Zixia clenched her fist gently, her expression slightly anxious.

Guang Sheng said, "Guo Yuanzhen, the head of the Guo family, was exiled for committing a crime. Although he was later pardoned by the Emperor, it still greatly impacted his family. Their power is not great, so we don't need to worry too much."

"This is not a matter of the size of one's power."

Madam Zixia gently shook her head and said, "Give the order to sever all ties with the Guo family, but don't do it in a big way. After all, they are father and son. Going too far will only backfire. We want to cause them losses, but we must also do our best to prevent them from suffering any humiliation."

Guang Sheng nodded and said, "Yes."

In Guang Sheng's view, the Guo family's joining the Nameless Academy will not change anything, because the Guo family's influence is very limited.

However, Lady Zixia knew in her heart that her alliance was still relatively fragile at present, and if anyone in it changed, it could trigger a chain reaction.

This is like a piece of porcelain; it may look beautiful, but it's actually very fragile. Even a tiny crack, if not handled properly, could easily spread to the surrounding areas. This is both her strength and her weakness.

Wang Xi and his group understood this very well. As cunning eagles, they naturally wouldn't let go of the cripple's bad leg.

They first arranged for Li Jieman to take Guo Jian, Linghu Baodi, and the others to Zhang Baishou's shop to celebrate their success when the time was right.

Unsurprisingly, they encountered Wu Chongwen and his group.

When enemies meet, their eyes are filled with hatred. In particular, Wu Chongwen and his friends believe that Wuming Academy has made a huge mess this time. As formidable rivals, they will naturally kick them while they're down and make all sorts of sarcastic remarks. The two sides immediately started a fierce argument.

During the argument, Li Jieman boasted that the Nameless Academy had made a major breakthrough in fertilizer production and coal mining, and would wipe out the entire coal mining and fertilizer production industries in one fell swoop.

They even stated that, according to research from the Anonymous Academy, current coal mining is not properly processed and contains toxins, which will bring significant side effects whether used for steelmaking or fertilizer production.

Although it may seem like just a quarrel among a group of spoiled brats, nothing out of the ordinary.

However, it has quietly triggered anxiety in many people.

It should be noted that most of Zhang Baishou's customers were elders, including officials from the imperial court.

In other respects, people wouldn't believe these young kids, but in these matters, no matter what you say, you still have a bit of respect for the Nameless Academy. After all, they were the ones who created the fertilizer factory, so people still feel uneasy when they hear that.

Is it poisonous?
this.!

The person most worried was Dou Xiguan. If the fertilizer he produced was toxic, that would be terrifying.

So he immediately sent people to the coal mine to investigate.

"Reporting to the Duke, there is indeed a pungent odor."

"what?"

Dou Xiguan stood up, excitedly asking, "What is Zixia up to?"

The servant added, "But it is indeed much weaker than the pungent smell before, even better than the coal mines of the imperial court. Moreover, the copper and iron they smelt from that coal are indeed better than before."

Dou Xiguan asked, "Then can you be sure there's no poison?"

The servant replied, "I cannot be certain about that."

Dou Xiguan said, "No, I can't take that risk. Go and discuss with Zixia's side, and tell them not to let their coal enter our fertilizer plant for now."

"Yes."

In this respect, he trusted the Nameless Academy more.

After the servant left, Dou Xiguan was still a little worried. Just then, Dou E returned and quickly called the boys into the house.

"I heard that you got into an argument with students from the Imperial Academy at Zhang Baishou's shop yesterday."

"Ah."

Dou E nodded and said, "This is not my fault. They provoked us first."

Dou Xiguan said, "I didn't ask you that. You guys say that coal is poisonous, is that true or not?"

Dou E immediately replied in a serious tone, "It must be true."

Dou Xiguan asked urgently, "Do you have any evidence? And do you really have a way to prevent this?"

Dou E nodded and said, "There should be."

Dou Xiguan asked, "What do you mean by 'should exist'?"

Dou E said irritably, "Thanks to Father, I am temporarily unable to access these technology research and developments."

Dou Xiguan was furious, puffing out his beard and glaring at him, saying, "How dare you talk like that, brat?"

Dou E lowered his head and said, "I was wrong."

Dou Xiguan then asked, "What did you mean by what you just said?"

Dou E said, "To prevent these technologies from being leaked, currently only a few people in our academy have access to them."

Dou Xiguan frowned slightly. "Aren't you all very united? Why are you ostracizing you?"

Dou E said, "This is what we have all agreed on, because when Father asks, we need to know. If we don't tell, that would be unfilial. In order not to be an unfilial son, I would rather know nothing."

"you."

Dou Xiguan said angrily, "You are really filial!"

Dou E nodded and said, "Of course I will be filial."

"I'm being sarcastic, can't you understand?"

Dou Xiguan was furious. "Are you stupid?! Our family has invested so much money in the fertilizer factory. If something goes wrong, do you know how much we'll have to pay?"

Dou E asked, "Then why doesn't Father support our Nameless Academy?"

“This is a matter for the elders; you wouldn’t understand,” Dou Xiguan waved his hand, then asked, “But you should at least know whether you’ve really developed a better technology?”

Dou E nodded. "It's not a secret. In fact, Que Ge'er's aunt knows about it too."

Dou Xiguan immediately gasped.

she knows?
Then she knows why she didn't tell us.

(End of this chapter)