Starting from a thatched cottage, the farmer embarked on the road to wealth through imperial examina

Last night, my youngest son traveled day and night to the provincial capital. I originally thought that something big had happened since he came back in the middle of the night.

Unexpectedly, my son brought an inconspicuous pottery jar and asked me to taste the contents of the jar in a mysterious way.

If I didn't have some understanding of my son's temperament, and if it wasn't something extremely urgent, my son would never let me be woken up from my sleep.

With his son's face full of anticipation, he picked up a piece of something from the jar that was a little burnt, but he couldn't tell what it was. After his son's repeated urging, he finally put it into his mouth.

Zhong Dingyi considered himself a man with good self-control, but he never expected that after the first piece of the food in the jar entered his mouth, he would not be able to stop and he ate everything in the jar in one breath.

It was not until today when I came to Wanshou County and heard the outrageous rumors that had been circulating in the county that I felt that I was still the same Zhong Dingyi with some composure.

Last night, the father and son discussed this pottery jar for half the night and came to the conclusion that Ye Changyan wanted to sell the contents of this pottery jar in the Zhong family's stores throughout Yuzhou Prefecture.

Both the father and the son saw that this thing called mountain treasure had a very high sales prospect. If it could really be put in their own store, it should cause quite a stir, which would be of great significance in boosting the sales of other products in their own store.

At the moment, it seems that Ye Changyan is very likely to be sold at a high price, but it is hard to guess how much Ye Changyan is planning to sell it for.

"Uncle, may I ask you a question?"

Just when everyone fell silent, Ye Changyan was the first to break the silence.

Zhong Dingyi smiled secretly in his heart, he is still young as expected, and his face looks kind.

"Nephew, you don't have to be polite, but you can say whatever you want."

"May I ask, uncle, what do you think of the difference between legitimate and illegitimate children?"

The Zhong family father and son looked at Ye Changyan expectantly, waiting for Ye Changyan to name a price. Unexpectedly, the other party asked a completely unrelated question, and the father and son were dumbfounded for a moment.

Seeing that the father and son seemed to think that he was suffering from hysteria, Ye Changyan added.

"Uncle, please don't mind. I just want to hear your opinion. I have no other intentions."

Zhong Dingyi was a little stunned, but his mind worked quickly. After a moment, he looked at Ye Changyan with a smile.

"My dear nephew, my uncle was taught since childhood that there is a hierarchy of seniority and distinction between legitimate and illegitimate children. Our Zhong family has always adhered to this clan system. Now I can be the head of the Zhong family because I am the legitimate son of the clan and the eldest."

"As far as I know, in most large families, illegitimate sons receive the family's salary and live a carefree life. However, Brother Yunfeng is a illegitimate son, but your uncle has entrusted this huge Yunfeng Building to you. Please forgive my rudeness, but may I ask what your uncle's plan is?"

"This Yunfeng Tower is the property of our Zhong family. My uncle had a selfish desire to hand over this Yunfeng Tower to my son Yunfeng. The purpose was to train him and hope that he would have a skill to make a living in the future."

Zhong Dingyi didn't know why Ye Changyan asked this. After thinking about it, he decided to open his heart to the other party in order to win his favor.

"That is to say, as the property of the Zhong family, Yunfeng Tower can be managed by Zhong Yunfeng or other members of the family, or even by a chief manager?"

Hearing Ye Changyan's somewhat aggressive tone, Zhong Dingyi was a little surprised. For a moment, he didn't know why the other party would beat around the bush with him and was slow to get to the point, but he still nodded gracefully.

But what they didn't expect was that Ye Changyan's next words once again surprised Zhong Dingyi and his son.

"In that case, there is no need to discuss the deal that I mentioned earlier."

Zhong Dingyi and his son were completely confused. As the current head of the Zhong family, Zhong Dingyi controlled a huge family business and dealt with people from all walks of life. Today, he was caught off guard by this young boy and was a little angry for a moment.

But thinking of the huge business opportunities hidden in the wild delicacies and the strict ethics of the big family, although Zhong Dingyi no longer had the warm smile on his face, he did not turn hostile because he still didn't understand what this kid was planning.

"Brother Ye, I didn't quite understand what you said just now. Could you please explain it more clearly?"

Zhong Yunfeng didn't understand why the conversation between his father and Ye Changyan broke down before they even got to the point, so he quickly spoke up to interrupt and give both sides a way out.

"Uncle, please don't take it personally. I don't have any opinion about you or the Zhong family. But for this deal, I am not looking for a simple seller, but a strategic partner for deep cooperation."

Hearing Ye Changyan's words, the father and son were nervous, but they didn't understand what this deep cooperation strategic partnership meant.

"Could you please, Brother Ye, explain this depth more clearly?"

"Uncle, to put it bluntly, what I want to find is someone who is not interfered with by any external forces, has absolute management decision-making power, and is responsible for all his decisions to cooperate with. I don't want to play house with a puppet who may be replaced at any time and has no complete independent decision-making power."

As soon as Ye Changyan finished speaking, he saw Zhong Dingyi staring at him.

Zhong Yunfeng felt a little ashamed, because it turned out that in the other party's eyes, he was just a puppet.

Seeing that the father and son both looked unhappy, Ye Changyan continued.

"Uncle, please forgive me for being rude. I am not saying anything outrageous. Although I have only known Brother Yunfeng for a short time, Brother Yunfeng gave me a very good first impression. That is why I mentioned this business to Brother Yunfeng the day before yesterday."

After hearing what Ye Changyan said, the father and son became confused again. Zhong Yunfeng's face turned from gloomy to bright and looked much better, but he didn't know what Ye Changyan was up to.

"Then according to my dear nephew, is there any way to have the best of both worlds?"

In his heart, Zhong Dingyi was more inclined to believe that Ye Changyan was indeed waiting for a good price, suppressing himself first and then praising him, just to increase his own price, but he didn't know how he would justify himself.

"If this Yunfeng Building is just Brother Yunfeng's personal business, then this will solve the worries of the younger generation."

The father and son looked at each other, but Ye Changyan looked calm, waiting for Zhong Dingyi's reply.

"My dear nephew, this Yunfeng Tower is the property of our Zhong family. Although I handed it over to my son to manage out of my own selfishness, it can be barely justified in the family. However, just because of this transaction that I don't know the details of, my uncle has turned this family property into my son's private property. Then my uncle will have no face to sit on the position of the head of this family."

Zhong Dingyi was indeed in a dilemma about Ye Changyan's request. Personally, why wouldn't he be willing to give his son a generous inheritance?

But since he was sitting in the position of the head of the family, he could not allow himself to be too biased. Otherwise, not only would he not be able to hold on to the position of the head of the family, but he and his family would also have no place to stand in the entire Zhong family.