Doted By The Regent King-Chapter 680 - 679 Probing the Depths

Taiping Town, Shuangyuan Inn.

Purple Jade and Liu Jin organized the information they had gathered about the Lu Family inside the room.

"You wouldn’t know unless you inquired, but the Lu Family runs the only pig butchery business in both the town and Lu Family Village. They both sell and buy pigs, and not only can the villagers from Lu Village sell their pigs to them, but so can those from the neighboring two villages. What’s more, the Lu Family even set up a pig farm this year. Therefore, their butchery business is booming. The residence they have in the town has two courtyards," said Liu Jin.

Purple Jade sneered, "The Lu family has many sons, and those sons also have many sons. With so many people, they naturally became dominant. Originally, there was another family, the Hou Family, that also sold pork, but they were suppressed by the Lu Family to the point of having to switch to another town."

"Sister Zi Yu, what should we do?" Liu Jin asked.

Purple Jade pondered and said, "The lady’s intention is to undermine the foundation of the Lu Family. Their pig butchery business is their confidence and foundation. To undermine them, we can only target their pig business and completely cut off their livelihood."

"The Lu Family has become dominant..."

Purple Jade snorted with laughter, "No matter how overbearing they are, can they overpower the officials of Nanyue? The only people the Lu Family can bribe are local Village Constables, with whom they’ve forged corrupt ties by spending a lot of money. Otherwise, how could the Hou Family be forced out of business?"

"You’re thinking of leveraging the name of the Lord County Magistrate?" Liu Jin was somewhat confused.

Purple Jade gave him a look and said, "What are you talking about? What’s the relationship between the young lady and Lord Wen to use his authority to press others? That’s not acceptable. It would put Lord Wen in a difficult position. Lord Wen wouldn’t allow us to bully others with power just like that, and on the lady’s side, there’s no way to justify it. We’d only fall into a lower position and be looked down upon by others. As servants, we should worry for our master and not cause trouble for her."

Liu Jin listened as if he was beginning to understand.

"To prevent the Lu Family from carrying on, we need to make people afraid to buy their pork, and make it so they can’t sell meat," Purple Jade said with narrowed eyes. "The Lu Family purchases pigs, and because of their influence, they offer lower prices than other butchers, which has already enraged everyone. What if another butcher were to appear and offer higher prices for pigs than the Lu Family? What do you think would happen?"

Liu Jin sat by the table, his head growing heavier with thought, before finally coming up with an idea, "Are you suggesting we take over the pig butchery to do it ourselves?"

Purple Jade let out a chuckle and poked his forehead, "Are you dumb? Would our lady be interested in such a crude and unsophisticated small business?"

Liu Jin scratched his head, "But to suppress one family, isn’t it best to use another, better one to do so?"

"Exactly, another family! Just because we’re not interested in doing it, doesn’t mean others aren’t!"

This time, Liu Jin experienced a moment of clarity, a flash of insight, "Sister, are you talking about the Hou Family?"

"Right!" Purple Jade nodded. "Before this generation of Lu Da, the Lu Family and Hou Family, both of butcher origins, were quite equally matched. Despite strife between them, the business was split fairly, and at most, they’d just trip each other up in secret, and so they lived in peace. After the passing of the heads of the two families, Lu Da proved to be far more ruthless and ambitious than his father, combined with the fact that the Lu Family has many sons, while the Hou Family only has one direct descendant, they fell behind and were eventually forced to give up the market in Taiping Town. Taiping Town is also the root of the Hou Family. I refuse to believe that they do not want to take back this market!"

Liu Jin said, "If the Hou Family was capable, they wouldn’t be nesting elsewhere so meekly, would they?"

"That’s because they lack support. What if there is someone to support them? According to what I’ve found out, the current third generation of the Hou Family, that’s right, the grandson of Hou Shulian, named Hou Ling, is an extremely clever and agile kid," Purple Jade revealed the information she had gathered.

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