222: Chapter 222 Successfully

After reading the letter, Pei Qingyun silently ignited it. Under his gaze, the letter turned to ashes amidst wisps of black smoke.

He did not sympathize with the plight of the Yin Clan. This time, had the Qian Clan's schemes succeeded, it would have been his Pei Clan that suffered the damage.

Although Yin He was a distant branch of the Yin Clan, unrelated by eight poles, there was still some connection after all.

Every cause has its effect; in that light, they were not entirely innocent.

However, this performance by the Qian Clan of killing the chicken to warn the monkey was simply too degrading.

The Qian Clan was known for holding grudges, but Pei Qingyun was hardly someone who would take things lying down.

Ever since he marched into the prefecture city and grew close to the Chen and He clans, he had prepared for this.

The prefecture city was only so large, and resources were finite. If the Pei Clan wanted to rise rapidly, even if they developed new resources and expanded their industries to outer prefectures, it would absolutely not satisfy their needs.

Consequently, it was inevitable that they would come into conflict with some Great Families within the prefecture over interests.

It was just that Pei Qingyun wanted to draw out this front line and make the transition as smooth as possible.

He had not expected the Qian Clan to sharpen the conflict so quickly.

With this matter out in the open, the Pei Clan was now firmly standing on the opposite side of the Qian Clan, though they had not yet torn off the mask of civility on the surface.

In Jinhuai Prefecture, any Great Family with even a modicum of weight could see the peculiarity in this affair.

Returning to his thoughts, Pei Qingyun glanced at the cultivation progress column on his attribute panel, feeling a great sense of security in his heart.

In another month, he would be able to step into the Late Stage of the Six Bowels Realm. With two Cultivation Techniques at the Perfection level, it would be enough for him to stand at the pinnacle of this Realm.

On the other side.

After obtaining the five viscera origin-returning pill, Pei Tianrong returned to the main residence to refine the Medicinal Pill.

He had been in the Five Viscera Realm for over a year, and his cultivation still remained at the Early Stage of the Five Viscera Realm. However, his cultivation progress was not slow at all, and he was not far from the Mid stage of the Five Viscera Realm. Perhaps due to the changes in his Bloodline Power, his cultivation speed was much faster than when he was in the Divine Strength Realm.

This made him feel a bit conceited. Looking at it this way, he was a Genius after all, just that the timing in his youth had been wrong.

Especially with the younger generation becoming increasingly gifted, it placed immense pressure on him. He was not yet forty and still very young; he did not want to be overtaken by the juniors so quickly.

However, after encountering the incident with the contraband, he felt a sense of urgency.

On the road to the Pei Clan's rise, the opponents they had to face were constantly changing.

Unknowingly, their opponents were no longer those ordinary third-rate families, but the most powerful Great Family in Jinhuai Prefecture, the Qian Clan.

The fact that the Qian Clan took the initiative to scheme against the Pei Clan showed that they had long regarded the Pei Clan as a threat in the shadows.

Although the Qian Clan's scheme failed this time, it did not mean the danger had disappeared.

This was just the beginning.

Even if the Qian Clan did not make another move for a short time, an irreconcilable conflict already existed between the two.

Even if the Pei Clan were to completely lean towards the Qian Clan, they would likely not gain the Qian Clan's trust.

Given the overbearing nature of the Qian Clan, unless the Pei Clan could demonstrate the strength to stand on equal footing with them, the Qian Clan's actions would never stop.

In this situation, his cultivation at the Early Stage of the Five Viscera Realm was completely insufficient. He did not want to let the Old Ancestor bear all the pressure.

The Old Ancestor was already so old; how could they, as juniors, bear to let that happen?

As the eighth-generation head of the Wuyang Pei Clan, he was determined to become the restorer of the Family.

In the next instant, a five viscera origin-returning pill went into his stomach. A scorching aura rose in his gut, and the powerful medicinal efficacy permeated through his blood into his Five Viscera Realm.

...

A few days passed in the blink of an eye.

Although the various Great Families brought a staggering transaction volume on the first day, due to the Pei Clan's restrictions on the flow of people, the number of people who actually entered the Yuanhong Trading Market that day was not high, less than one percent of the entire city.

Since the rise of the Pei Clan, the population in Wuyang City had been increasing day by day. It was now approaching four hundred thousand, and this was even after the prefecture government had imposed restrictions and raised the threshold for entering the city.

The area of Wuyang City was only so large; it was originally built to accommodate a population of two hundred thousand.

Now that the population had almost doubled, if it were just about housing, there were still enough rooms in the city.

It was feasible to have a few more or a few less people living in a room, but the traffic pressure was becoming unbearable.

In particular, Shiming Street, where the Pei Clan Estate was located, had become the center of the entire city and the most prosperous area in the city, a place that major wealthy merchants and large households vied to move into. As for the prefecture government, the old center, it had long become a thing of the past.

It was precisely because of the arrival of these wealthy merchants and large households that the number of carriages skyrocketed, which brought tremendous pressure to the traffic within the city.

Originally, when Pei Qingyun decided to develop the Yuanhong Trading Market, he had this aspect in mind. If the Pei Clan had no way to open up the Jinhuai Prefecture market in a short time, they would divert a portion of the population.

In this way, even if the Yuanhong project did not progress smoothly, it would not become a project that dragged them down.

From the second day onwards, the Pei Clan relaxed the population restrictions. Coupled with deliberate publicity, the news quickly spread throughout the city, which caused the population flooding into the Yuanhong Trading Market to surge, increasing several times over compared to the first day.

To maintain order, the Pei Clan specifically added a few more guard teams to keep the peace.

Although the majority of the influx of people could not afford shops, their arrival would inevitably bring business opportunities.

Many large households and wealthy merchants who were still on the sidelines chose to enter the market.

Even the children studying in the school were influenced by this trend.

"I heard from my elders that the city built by the Pei Clan has opened. It seems to be called something like Yuanhong. There are many novel things there, said to be brought back from outer prefectures. How about the two of us go take a look?"

"Then wait for me to finish my homework."

"At a time like this, what homework are you doing? Han Lin, they have all gone."

"Don't, if I don't finish my homework, I will be scolded by the teacher tomorrow. I don't want to get beaten."

"Alright then, I'll go first."

...

Similar things happened in various places in Wuyang City, making more people curious about the Yuanhong Trading Market.

In fact, he had spent a lot of effort on the planning of the Yuanhong Trading Market initially.

From the construction style to the layout, it was very different from this world.

It could be considered a combination of modern and Dajing styles, enough to make people's eyes light up.

Besides that, he also came up with quite a few small gadgets. They were said to be brought back from outer prefectures, but in reality, they were all designed by him personally and then crafted by artisans. In the future, he would further optimize them for the second phase of the Yuanhong Trading Market.

For several consecutive days, the transaction volume of the Yuanhong Trading Market was over fifty thousand taels every day. Although far less than the first day, this was normal.

The Great Families monopolized ninety percent of the resources, and they were personally invited by the Pei Clan. Their purchasing power was naturally not something that ordinary wealthy merchants and large households could compare to.

The Yuanhong Trading Market could be considered to have initially stabilized. In the short term, there should not be any major variables.