A live-in son-in-law? Whatever. There’s money to be made anywhere.
On the third day after his wedding, he stages a street accident to mooch off a rich young master and get treated to a feast. He casually writes a poem in a lakeside pavilion, hoping it might earn him a meeting with the city’s top courtesan, only to be caught red-handed by his father-in-law.
The next day, he turns around and reports his father-in-law. If someone wrongs you, you should get even right away.
From then on, Lin Jiangxian begins steamrolling everyone at the Chen residence. He takes over loss-making shops and fires the old master’s relatives on his very first day. He invents underwear, double-entry bookkeeping, and Hanyu Pinyin, and casually turns beggar’s chicken into a hit across Hangzhou.
The second branch wants to seize power? He answers with a face-slapping from the account books. The Huizhou merchant guild comes to wreck his business? He’s delighted. Business warfare is my specialty.
