destiny eternal calamity

This pair of senior and junior siblings, the senior brother is named Zuo Fenghan, a martial artist at the Qi Sea Realm.

My junior sister's name is Du Qianqian, and she is a martial artist at the Meridian Opening Realm.

From the Kunlun School.

Those above the Spirit Bridge are called cultivators, and those below the Spirit Bridge are called martial artists.

Without crossing the Spirit Bridge, one is ultimately just a mortal. Zuo Fenghan's purpose in coming to the capital of Dali was to find an opportunity to break through the Spirit Bridge.

After arranging for the two Kunlun Sect disciples to stay in adjacent guest rooms, Li Wei returned to his study and summoned Uncle Xu.

He took out the family property ledger that Uncle Xu had compiled before, flipped through it again, then tapped the table with his index finger, pondered for a moment, and made a decision.

"Apart from the bookstore 'Wenhaige', the cosmetics shop 'Xu Niangzi Rouge Shop', and the restaurant 'Juweixuan', all other shops have been sold off."

"That casino also got involved. Those places are too chaotic. There have been several incidents in the past few days, and we've always been the ones who suffered losses and resolved them."

"We should also stop doing loan sharking. There are a lot of people watching the Li family now. This kind of unethical business is like gambling dens; it's hard to continue if someone targets us. If someone defaults on their debt and causes trouble, it will be difficult to resolve, and we might even face lawsuits."

Li Wei certainly knew that Princess Yuzhen was behind him, and that these businesses could continue.

But he felt it was unnecessary.

He just looked at it, and only two-thirds of these industries are profitable, while a few others are making very little money.

It's either due to poor management or someone lining their own pockets.

The operation is too large to manage, and the gray market is even more troublesome and unethical.

If you constantly resort to gangsters, you're easily set up.

If this "talented man" hadn't been assassinated, but instead had been sued and imprisoned, he would have lost all his prestige in front of the princess.

The three remaining businesses are all doing reasonably well, and the owners are all trustworthy veterans.

Most importantly, he had ideas for running these three shops.

The bookstore is part of the publishing industry, and Li Wei plans to create a large weekly newspaper.

They put up gimmicks like rankings of top martial arts masters, rankings of beauties, and weekly events in the martial arts world.

These lists will definitely cause some trouble, but this is a legitimate industry, and he can openly ask Long Bilin to invest in him.

With Princess Yuzhen's endorsement, there shouldn't be any major problems.

A cosmetics store is in the women's consumer industry; it could expand its business to include perfumes, lingerie, and other similar products.

They can provide creative ideas, find shoemakers and textile workers to develop them, and even sell novelties like stockings and high heels.

Yes, we could make Xu Niangzi a trademark.

The last one is the restaurant, which is the catering industry.

Besides the gourmet food from his previous life, Li Wei's core competitive advantage also included highly distilled liquor.

Dominating the catering industry should not be a problem.

Having planned everything, Li Wei went to Wenhai Pavilion alone, while Uncle Xu took the accountant to sell off the properties.

This newspaper is the most crucial and important thing, because controlling public opinion means controlling thought.

Moreover, once the newspaper is published, it can also be used for publicity for Xu Niangzi and Juweixuan.

With the city in broad daylight and Aunt Ying secretly protecting him, Li Wei wasn't too afraid of being ambushed.

It's not hard to guess whose job the "Blood Rain Tower assassin" we encountered earlier was on.

My second uncle's family must be in chaos right now; they won't have the time or inclination for this.

If the Crown Prince or the Prime Minister were to take action directly, the one who comes wouldn't just be a lowly henchman at the Meridian Opening Realm.

It's highly likely that it was Uncle San who found it.

Old Bi Deng is out of options; he's probably already emptied his pockets from the assassin's deposit.

Originally, this old man was planning to keep Li Wei around to slowly accumulate gold coins and take over the Li family completely.

Now that things are out of control, they might as well hire an assassin to carry out the assassination.

After this incident, Li Wei harbored murderous intent towards Li Anxing, his "third uncle."

Let's set aside for now how Li Wei could kill Li Anxing without anyone noticing, so as not to be accused of being heartless.

As these relatives gradually fail, the forces behind them should also have to step in.

As for the Crown Prince, he would definitely prefer to kill me as soon as possible.

To the Crown Prince, Li Wei had simply gone from an ant that could be easily eliminated to a slightly larger cat or dog.

But according to Aunt Ying, the Crown Prince's intelligence capabilities are practically zero. She doesn't even know how Long Ming discovered the connection between the clouds in the sky and the Prime Minister's residence.

It's possible that Long Ming really did kill Li's father simply to steal a woman.

In short, Longming is most likely unaware that his cat has already hooked up with a rich woman.

As for the Prime Minister's residence, its intelligence capabilities are top-notch; there might even be a spies within the Prime Minister's residence.

Therefore, Chancellor Gongsun Wen probably knew that Li Wei had already sent the evidence of his crimes to Long Bilin.

Moreover, Gongsun Wen also knew why Long Bilin didn't attack him.

What he needs to do now is to eliminate Long Bilin directly, rather than hunting down a nobody in the lower three realms.

In this situation, the threat of being silenced by the Prime Minister's residence is much smaller.

The Prime Minister's mansion only wants to take back the contract and 600,000 taels of silver. They would naturally want to kill him if they could, but the extremely ambitious Long Bilin wouldn't risk a fight for a mere man.

But if they find they can't kill him, they should negotiate with him.

As Li Wei sorted through the information in his mind and guessed the most reasonable possibility, he unknowingly arrived at Wenhai Pavilion.

I discussed the specific ideas for publishing the Da Li Weekly with Boss Cheng of Wenhai Pavilion.

Boss Cheng said he could handle the newspaper's distribution, but he knew nothing about the underworld-related content.

"You don't need to worry about that. The Princess's residence will send someone to handle this matter tomorrow. Just listen to them."

Then it took some time to finalize the specific layout and print a blank sample copy.

"Okay, let's use this format for the first issue."

After confirming the matter, Li Wei rushed to the princess's residence without stopping.

This time, with the jade token, Aunt Ying didn't need to show herself, and she easily entered the mansion.

Passing by the small courtyard where he first came to write his policy essay, Li Wei saw the old scholar, who seemed to be called "Old Zuo," answering questions inside.

However, this time he was alone.

Without letting the ever-victorious Zuo Lao discover him, Li Wei went straight inside to the elegant house where he had met Long Bilin last time.

There was no obstruction.

It seems that the policy essay and the painting from last time really made the princess happy.

As soon as I entered the courtyard, I saw a beautiful little girl walk in from the north gate.

The young girl was taken aback when she saw Li Wei, as she had never seen a man in this courtyard before.

"Are you the Li Wei that my sister was talking about?"

The girl looked to be about fifteen or sixteen years old, with bright eyes and white teeth. She wore her hair in two buns and a high-waisted ruqun (a type of traditional Chinese dress), and appeared very lively.

Li Wei glanced at it.

Hmm, a flat board. I wonder how the waistband of that ruqun (a type of traditional Chinese dress) is held up.

"Xiaoxiao, come in." The beautiful woman in the elegant room was unusually stern, her tone somewhat harsh.

Long Xiaoxiao made a face at Li Wei and went into the house.