Ministers Begging Me to Ascend the Throne-Chapter 1029 - 100: Seeking Cooperation with a Tiger

The original Dragon Guard A, also known as Hidden Guard A, acted very quickly and handed over the investigation results to Zhao Yao early the next morning.

After Zhao Yao finished reading, he displayed a radiant smile: "Hahaha, it seems my luck is good, even God is helping me." The news that Liang Dingyuan was a descendant of the Pei Family had not been circulated by the Southern Wei people in the Swamp Prefecture. Of course, the fact that he helped Liang Dingyuan and knew of the existence of the Southern Wei people was not passed outside the Swamp Prefecture either.

"Your Highness, what should we do next?" Hidden Guard A asked respectfully.

Zhao Yao instructed, "Go and bring Song Dachuan here."

"Yes, Your Highness." After receiving the order, Hidden Guard A silently left the study.

Looking at the investigation results in his hand, Zhao Yao smiled with interest: "It seems that the internal struggles of the Southern Wei people are no less intense than those of my royal brothers."

The Song Dachuan Zhao Yao referred to just now is one of the leaders of the Southern Wei people in the Swamp Prefecture. Since he is one of them, there must be others. That’s right, there’s another leader named Duan Jiangcheng. These two are not on good terms and fight intensely, wishing the other dead.

Song Dachuan and Duan Jiangcheng came to the Swamp Prefecture mainly to oversee its business and monitor Prince Han’s every move, transmitting information about the Swamp Prefecture and Prince Han back to the capital.

Of course, Song Dachuan and Duan Jiangcheng are not outwardly Southern Wei people but rather cloth merchants from Jiangnan.

Speaking of this, Song Dachuan has some connection with the Jinling Song family. He is a collateral branch of the Jinling Song family and is an unvalued one. His mother is a Southern Wei person and his father started a fabric business in Gusu thanks to his mother’s assistance. With the help of the Southern Wei people, his family has now become one of the largest fabric merchants in Gusu Prefecture.

Although Southern Wei people are spread throughout the Great Zhou, even among foreigners, most of them are hidden in Jiangnan. The Southern Wei people understand that if they want to restore their nation, what they need most is wealth. To enable an early restoration, they must earn a lot of money, and Jiangnan has been a prosperous place since ancient times, best suited for conducting business and making money.

In Jiangnan, which business is the easiest to make money, which business can make big money? The answer is fabrics.

Jiangnan fabrics are greatly favored, not only becoming tributes to the court but also gifted to foreign dignitaries as premium gifts. Foreigners highly enjoy Great Zhou fabrics, especially silk, and Jiangnan silk is of the highest quality.

Song Dachuan’s family’s silk has been selected as a tribute, among the ten outfits of the harem’s consorts, one is from his family’s.

Besides fabric as a tribute, their embroidery is also regarded as tribute. Gusu fabric and embroidery are nationally renowned, no, globally renowned.

Countries like Annan and Johor, along with Western Regions nations, are extremely fond of Gusu embroidery. Each year they purchase large amounts of Gusu embroidery from Great Zhou.

Song Dachuan, being the youngest son, is cherished and trusted, as seen by being sent to the Swamp Prefecture. He originally believed he was the only one sent to the Swamp Prefecture, only to discover that Duan Jiangcheng was also dispatched.

Duan Jiangcheng is a member of the Jinling Duan Family. The Duan Family also engages in the fabric business in Jinling; their fabric and embroidery are tributes as well.

The Gusu Song family and the Jinling Duan family are very popular in Jiangnan. These two families are frequently compared. Spectators or envious individuals often debate on which family holds the title of Jiangnan’s premier fabric merchant.

On the surface, the Song and Duan families don’t care about the comparison, but secretly they are continually competing. However, since they are both Southern Wei people, although competing privately, they are exceptionally amicable publicly.

Besides the Song and Duan families, there is another fabric business in Jiangnan – the Chen Family. The Chen Family has always been eyeing them, spreading rumors, and sowing discord between them, hoping to force them into irreconcilable conflict. The Chen Family initially thought by stirring the pot they could cause a fierce battle between the Song and Duan families, thereby reaping the benefits, but unexpectedly, the Song and Duan families remained harmonious, causing great frustration for the Chen Family.

Though the Song and Duan families are not convinced by each other, facing the Chen Family, they are united in opposition. The internal struggles among Southern Wei people are intense, yet they are exceptionally united and aligned, especially against outsiders. 𝙛𝓻𝒆𝒆𝒘𝙚𝓫𝙣𝙤𝒗𝙚𝓵.𝙘𝙤𝙢

Song Dachuan is the youngest son of the Song family, and Duan Jiangcheng is also the youngest of the Duan family. From birth, they have been compared, by the Jiangnan populace, and among Southern Wei people. They are compared in every aspect, from how much money they make in business to how many beautiful concubines they have married.