Protect Our Clan Leader

Others couldn't refute, after all, Master Jiang was indeed born into the Tianfu Jiang Family.

The chubby Shopkeeper Jiang said with a forced smile, "Family Head Wang, before I came here, I had already investigated thoroughly. Your Wang Family has long mastered the technology for mass producing refined coal and iron. Now, the entire Yan Family of Longzuo is mining coal and refining it into high-quality coal and iron within their own territory. The cost per pound of refined iron has been driven down by you to two or three Copper Coins."

"The total cost of materials and transportation for an iron pot, at most, is thirty to forty Copper Coins. Yet, you're charging me one Qian Gold and fifty Copper Coins! Isn't that extortion? Are you looking down on our Jiang's, looking down on Master Jiang?"

"Turn right when you go out and do whatever you need to do," Wang JingLei sneered and waved her hand dismissively. "If you really have the ability to get Master Jiang to come to my factory, I'll give you this batch of pots for free."

Wang JingLei was no longer the green and naive girl freshly graduated from the Clan School. At ninety-something, she was already at the sixth level of the Spiritual Platform Realm, having seen all sorts of situations.

Shopkeeper Jiang's face darkened. How could he have the ability to summon Master Jiang? Not even the current old ancestor of the Jiang's could easily meet with Master Jiang, to say nothing of him.

It was just that he had gotten used to taking advantage of Master Jiang's name to get his way but didn't expect that the Wang family was too dominant these days to care for such tactics.

He wanted to leave some harsh words but didn't dare; the Wang family was not just any Tom, Dick, or Harry. In the end, he could only force a smile, finalize the deal, and pay the deposit in full.

After all, this business could bring in a good profit. The local blacksmiths sold one pot for three or four Qian Gold, and many poor tenant farmers and commoners treated a single pot as an heirloom.

After completing the transaction, Wang JingLei politely saw off Shopkeeper Jiang, not even interested in inviting him for a meal.

"Grand Aunt Fifteen." Wang Ningxi, who had been silent from the beginning and witnessed everything, sincerely praised, "You conduct business in such a domineering way, completely overpowering the other party."

"Yo, isn't this Ningxi? A rare guest! Come, would you like tea or coffee?" Wang JingLei teased him with a smile. "I heard you called off your engagement on your own and got a beating from your dad. Is your butt all better already?"

Long Wuji and Wang Shihao's ocean fleet found some special hot drink seeds on native islands, and after bringing them back and experimenting with cultivation, Family Head Wang Shouzhe named them "coffee".

With Wang Shouzhe's promotion, it quickly became popular within the Wang family and gradually spread to other families, and even among the wealthy merchants.

Wang Ningxi's face turned dark. It was true that good news seldom goes beyond the gate, while bad news spreads far and wide; now, there's probably no one in the Wang family who doesn't know he broke off his engagement and was beaten for it.

Doesn't anyone care for the fragile and sensitive soul of a patient? He rolled his eyes hard, "Coffee's expensive these days, I'll have coffee."

"Oh right, I also heard a little rumor." Wang JingLei continued to tease as she poured him some freshly ground coffee that she had brewed, "I heard that Miss Shangguan cried for three days at home after receiving the breakup letter. The news spread quickly throughout Return to Dragon City, and all the young ladies are cursing you as a faithless scumbag, even saying they want to gang up and come to Changning to beat you up."

"My dear nephew Ningxi, congratulations, you've become famous in Return to Dragon City. Who knows how many ladies are secretly poking your paper effigy."

"Oh, and there's a guy named Shangguan Yunhong, he's already on the road with Miss Shangguan."

Wang Ningxi froze!

My life restarted.

So tough...

I just broke off an engagement, is it really necessary...

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