Chapter 658 - The Panic Continues
Hearing Lin Mu’s words, Jingming Shang’s eyes lit up.
"Of course, senior! You can leave it to me!" Jingming Shang said while thumping his chest.
’He really changed quickly upon hearing business, huh?’ Lin Mu thought to himself.
"With the higher ups of the three clans gone, the remaining members of the clan would be unable to do much. The Hui clan is pretty much entirely gone, so they will be the easiest to take over." Jingming Shang spoke.The initial posting of this chapter occurred via Ñøv€l-B!n.
"About the Hui clan... it would be better to dismantle their businesses and free the bound laborers." Lin Mu spoke in a straight tone.
Jingming Shang immediately settled down and nodded his head.
"I’ll free them and liquidate their assets. The public opinion about this is bad anyway and will bring misfortune to the business." Jingming Shang replied quickly.
Lin Mu nodded his head and spoke, "you can do what you want with the rest. Oh, and also use some of the assets gained from these clans to clear out the debt of Mu clan."
"That’s actually not a problem, senior as there is barely any debt left for the Mu clan, with the demise of the three clans.
About seventy percent of their debt was from the three clans, while the rest thirty percent is split among other lenders spread around the empire. We can just forget about the seventy percent debt and pay the remaining thirty." Jingming Shang replied.
"Oh? Is that so... well, it just makes it easier for us then." Lin Mu nodded his head.
"He actually did something today... sent a few people to attack the Mu clan." Lin Mu replied.
"Huh? He did already? Didn’t think he would be this impatient." Jingming Shang replied.
"Hmm... we now know that he’s probably being pressured by Gu Yao, or whoever is assigned to him right now. Gu Yao himself won’t be the one giving orders and it should be someone below him." Lin Mu stated.
Jingming Shang nodded his head before speaking, "I’ll get started then. Since the city is still in a panic, it’s the right time to fish in the muddied waters."
"Do what you feel is the best. Inform me if something comes up. I’ll be at the Mu clan in the meantime, Jing Luo is there as well." Lin Mu informed before disappearing.
Once Lin Mu was gone, Jingming Shang smiled to himself and laughed to himself.
"Never expected, I’ll get to see the fall of the merchant council like this." Jingming Shang said while laughing.
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Lin Mu did another scan of the city while observing to see what was happening. The guards were still running around trying to control the situation, while the commoners had mixed reactions.
Most of them were now hiding within their houses even if they were happy about the situations as the guards would arrest them for ’spreading rumors’. It was night time anyway and thus most of the workers were getting off work now.
Only a few that worked on the night boats were still out at the port. The night boats would go out for the fish that came out only at night. Plus, there were some trade ships that would come to the port at night and stay there to unload their goods.
But it was obvious tonight they were not going to get much work done.
Having observed enough, Lin Mu went to the building of the merchant council and found it to be empty as well. No servants could be seen there, either.
"Hmm... seems like this is enough to keep them in fear for a while. Our work starts now..."