novelraw Chapter 1446 733: What You Love...
Chapter 1446 733: What You Love...
Xu Youquan is not dead.
This was expected.
After all, the Heavenly People are already considered an important national asset. East City has already lost too much, and it must be protected at all costs.
For the Federation, the Heavenly Governor is like a central towering pillar, supporting everything, and the existence of the Heavenly People is one of its columns.
There doesn't even need to be a deep binding, like the Xu Family and the Lou Family, these large families that exist within the Federation naturally become pivots of the Heavenly Governor's Law, and they are also major taxpayers of the spiritual tax.
Previously, after the big fight between Hai Province and East City, East City has been greatly weakened, at this critical juncture, they wouldn't let a grain of rice fall to the ground, let alone a self-producing rice bin like the Xu Family.
Otherwise, not only would they face the immediate loss of a Heavenly Person, the share of spiritual tax contributions for the next year would also inevitably decline.
Within the Federation, the amount of spiritual tax contributions from local regions has always been an important source of influence.
If the spiritual tax is paid in abundance, things go smoothly, commands are responded to, but if the spiritual tax can't be paid, no matter how much they babble in parliament, no matter how reasonable and grandiose their arguments are, it's just bullshit!
Even when having dinner after meetings at the presidential palace, they can only sit at the same table with the dogs.
Hai Province just managed to rise from the dog table stepping on East City, and East City doesn't want to sit there again...
So, Xu Youquan cannot die, the Xu Family cannot fall.
Long before they took action, Lou Suwen, Lv Yingyue, and even Ji Jue, the adept initiator, were already well aware — since they can't visit the grave, let's get on the scale!
If rules are to be followed, then follow the rules!
Fists cannot win, rules cannot be occupied!
No choice, caught in the act.
Devoid of conscience, committing wrongdoing is one thing, but plotting against Lou Yanyue and being caught on the spot, losing face doesn't count as too troublesome.
But entanglement with the Seven Cities and the Tyrant, that's committing a major taboo in the Federation!
Even if the Xu Family could open things up, piece by piece, to clarify — it's just business, just a little interaction, swearing to the heavens that nothing has been leaked out...
No use.
This is the charm of getting on the scale.
Private matters ultimately cannot be brought to the forefront. The reason why unspoken rules are unspoken is that they absolutely cannot be openly discussed.
Once you start getting on the scale, in the pursuit of limitless correctness and rigid adherence to principles, any action that deviates from the main will, no matter how small, becomes a fast track to judgment... meanwhile, automatically losing all human rights.
Everyone wants to support you, but there's no support!
In such times, if you want dignity, then you can only find it yourself — you can only bleed, can only retreat, to buy the accuser's leniency and non-pursuit.
The seemingly calm meeting room is always the slaughterhouse within Tian Yuan.
Lv Yingyue doesn't even need to present evidence, doesn't even need to say anything, doesn't even need to mention it, just putting a hand on a stack of possibly blank A4 paper, East City must obediently lower their head.
Blowing things up is no good for anyone, don't be stubborn, admit your mistakes, when the big slap comes, stand straight, or else... others are keenly awaiting to leverage the situation!
Thus, after one afternoon plus one evening of dull meetings, with arbitration from all sides, the conflict between the Lou Family and the Xu Family ends here.
Lou Suwen and Xu Youquan, as if nothing happened, shook hands and made peace, took photos, smiling brightly.
Under the proxy of Pang Pei, the Heavenly Governor bears witness.
Both sides cease hostilities.
The Xu Family compensates the Lou Family for their losses, ceding a large amount of assets and market share, preserving their foundation, but greatly weakened.
More importantly, without a Federation transfer order, members of the Xu Family cannot leave East City for thirty years!
Compared to the conditions initially proposed by Lou Suwen, it only lacked a kowtow, practically no different from kowtowing, and it's really worse than kowtowing!
A bride lost along with soldiers, a child died making it cheaper for the Wolf.
Out of the three brothers of the Xu Family, two are dead, and Xu Youquan himself was severely injured by Lou Suwen — no wonder aging makes you sly, with a hand devastatingly specialized in Suppression Technique and Time Wedge, not to mention exclusive kill for Five Floors and Twelve Cities, the old guy also quietly practiced Suppression Technique!
Once seized by weakness, not dying still suffers terribly.
Far or near, at least for ten years or more, Xu Youquan should not be able to attend to anything else. The old wound not healed yet dare to move against someone, it might as well directly disintegrate with Time Wedge, triggering the decline of the Heavenly People.
"The old man said that this time, your contribution is immense, won't let you work for nothing.
The Lou Family stepped in, discussed with other families, increased your shares in Sea Tide Military Industry, and the year-end dividend should be very nice.
As for that fly-whatever project of yours, all spiritual consumption in future will be covered by the Lou Family!"
Lou Yanyue flamboyantly waved his hand, directly stuffing the blank check into the craftsman's hand: "Besides this, whatever else you want, just take it."
"Really?" Ji Jue raised his eyebrow.
Telling the craftsman to take whatever he wants?
Isn't this bringing a wolf into the house?
"Go ahead, take whatever you want, the Lou Family is big and wealthy, not afraid of you asking for much." Lou Yanyue grinned: "Take a little more, Old Deng may be even happier."
"Deal, I sure will go for a good stroll, won't hold back."