Protect Our Clan Leader

Chapter 398: Chapter 90: Huangfu Defeated! Three Years Later! Turn of Events_3

Huangfu Hua Ye, despondent and dispirited, returned to Changning Guard.

At this point, the Huangfu Clan was starkly different than their spirited selves from years ago. Over the years, they had sought medical aid and bought numerous Dan medicines, trying to control Huangfu Hua Ye’s injuries and ailments.

This put an increasing strain on the Huangfu Clan’s finances.

Adding salt to the wound, the rise of Qianma Town’s pastoral farm, which had already developed considerably in just three short years, competed against Huangfu Clan’s large ranch mostly through commercial means.

The animal meat and wool produced by the three major farms of Qianma were not only slightly better in quality, but their prices also continued to fall, gradually taking over the Huangfu Clan’s original market share.

Pressured, the Huangfu Clan had no choice but to also lower their prices to fight for the market. Initially, the Huangfu Clan managed to hold their own, after all, the size of Qianma Town’s ranch was relatively small, and the Wang Family was not proficient in animal husbandry.

However, three years later, the Wang Family incredibly managed to reduce the price of their animal husbandry products to 60% of their original price! It was a brutal stab to the heart of the Huangfu Clan.

If the Huangfu Clan followed suit and lowered their prices, they would enter a stage of loss-sales. But if they did not, the market would be taken over by the Wang Family, leaving the Huangfu Clan with unsold animal husbandry products.

Such a savage and brutal price tactic was driving the Huangfu Clan to the brink. To secure their remaining half of the market, they had no choice but to reduce their prices again.

But before they could recover, the Wang Family announced that they would once again increase their investment in animal husbandry and encouraged small prominent families in Changning Guard to grow pasture, which they would buy at high prices.

Even the Celestial Lei Family was tempted by this, changing some of their low-yield arable land to grow alfalfa for the Wang Family.

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“Damn Wang Shouzhe! Those opportunistic small families deserve death too! And that damn Celestial Lei Family!” Within his study, Huangfu Jinhuan smashed his teacup with a ‘thud’.

Compared to several years ago, the current Huangfu Jinhuan had aged significantly, with streaks of gray in his hair.

“Family Head, please calm down.” The old butler rushed to comfort him, “There’s a saying: let them rant if they want to, while we bask in the refreshing breeze on the mountain. The pressing matter at hand is to find a cure for our old ancestor.

“Cure, cure,” roared Huangfu Jinhuan. “Where are we going to find one? We even wrote to the Main Lineage, and they just patronizingly sent us a few ten thousand Qian Golds and brushed us off, as if we were beggars.”

“Family Head, after all, our branch has been separated from the Main Lineage for over five hundred years,” the old butler said helplessly. “Everyone who had emotional and familial ties with us has long since died, including the old ancestor of the Main line. Back when we were in our prime, it was a given that we’d help each other. But now that we’re in trouble, to ask them for help will be… we simply lack the relationship.”

“That’s just how the world works, adding flowers to a brocade is easy but sending help in a snowstorm is difficult.”

The old butler couldn’t help but feel: is this retribution? The Huangfu Clan’s downfall that led to the Ping’an Wang Family’s suffering and decline was well-remembered.

Now, the resurgence and retaliation of the Ping’an Wang Family had made the Huangfu Clan taste the bitterness of this plight.

To treat their old ancestor’s injuries and to counter the Wang Family’s commercial warfare over these past few years, the Huangfu Clan had to sell many of their fixed assets and dismiss many of their servants.

The massive main residence of the Huangfu Clan was now desolate. The entrance hall was practically filled with dust.

As Huangfu Jinhuan brooded over this injustice, the thought of going all out against the Ping’an Wang Family emerged. Suddenly, a servant rushed forth to report, “Family Head, an urgent message for you.”

“Bastard!” the face of Huangfu Jinhuan turned cold with immediate killing intent. “What is this panic? Where’s your decorum?”

The servant rolled and crawled over, trembling as he took out an object, “There’s a visitor at the door who claims that after you see this token, you’ll ourselves go greet him.”

While Huangfu Jinhuan was about to let out a roar, the old butler spoke, “Family Head, please calm down and take a look first.”

Suppressing his murderous intent, Huangfu Jinhuan received the token and took a closer look. Suddenly, he was taken aback and his eyes flickered in disbelief.

Could it be… he’s here?

But why come at such a time? Could it be…

Within a moment, Huangfu Jinhuan’s face darkened, as if he were deep in thought. Yet, given the current circumstances of the Huangfu Clan, he scoffed, “If that is the case, then don’t blame me, Huangfu Jinhuan, for being ruthless.”

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