Zhao Yan knew that as an official, Lin Shizhong probably wouldn't think very highly of him. After all, Lin Shizhong had frequently been exploited and squeezed by the authorities under various pretexts in the past. Putting himself in Lin Shizhong's shoes, no one would be happy to have the wool pulled over their eyes indefinitely by such a government.
Nobody wanted to play the fool.
Coming here today was, on one hand, to use the Lin Family's connections to get the species he needed, and on the other hand, to get into the Lin Family's good graces and maintain this fragile relationship. The relationship between officials and merchants could never be completely separated; in Zhao Yan's view, the two should complement each other.
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