This Song Dynasty is different

Chapter 51 They will come
Zhao Zhen did not return to the palace until dusk, smelling of alcohol.

"The official is drunk."

Someone who was interested got the news.

"Where did you go to drink?" Cao Li asked.

"Li family." The attendant said.

"This is frustrating." Cao Li said sarcastically: "It was a copper wall and an iron wall. Even the late emperor had no choice but to retreat, but he went up to it and was not beaten to death with a stick. It's just that those people were afraid of the Queen Mother."

"There's no movement from Li Xian?" Lu Yijian also got the news.

"No, I said I went out to walk the dog by the Cai River after dinner."

"That's a smart man who knows what he can't do." Lu Yijian chuckled and said, "He chose to sit back and watch when the official returned home in disgrace. If the Lord humiliates his minister and dies, the outside world will inevitably create public opinion and say that he is a lucky minister."

There was public opinion the next day.

Li Xian went to the palace despite this public opinion.

"I will handle this matter." He said calmly.

The ministers and ministers looked at him, Wang Zeng hesitated to speak, Wang Qinruo looked sad, and Lu Yijian was surprised, but his face did not show it.There was more sarcasm in Cao Li's eyes...

The Queen Mother glanced at Zhao Zhen, and thinking of the comments about the official family from the outside world, she felt a surge of anger and courage in her heart.She suppressed her anger and said, "I want one, it's fair!"

……

"I am here for one purpose, fairness!"

Li Xian summoned the tea merchants in Bianjing and stated his request sternly, "Within ten days, I will see the price of tea subside."

Everyone nodded in agreement, very respectfully.

Looking back, Li Xian left, and someone spat on the ground, "Bah!"

"He says his thing, and we do ours."

"I'm just afraid that this person will be cruel." Some people worried, "After all, he is the most trusted person in the official family."

"We're in business, aren't we?"

"Yes! We are doing business seriously. Even if the officials come, we can't take it by force, right?"

"Hahahaha!"

Rampant laughter reached Li Xian's ears. He shook his head and stopped Wang He who wanted to take action.

Rumor spread to the palace, and the Queen Mother, who was reading the memorial, raised her head and asked the official, "What do you think?"

"I shouldn't be anxious." Zhao Zhen reviewed the entire process of his mistake. Although it was painful, the gain was not small.

"The emperor must not be rash. Once he is rash, his prestige will be damaged at least, and hidden dangers will be left for the country. Your rashness this time, Dingyuan Marquis was forced to take action at a disadvantage, and I have to come forward to talk to those people and let them Shut your mouth!"

The Queen Mother held the table in her hands, and Zhao Zhen quickly gave her a hand.

The Queen Mother stood up and said to Zhao Zhen: "Emperors also make mistakes. It doesn't matter if they make mistakes. The important thing is, don't lose heart."

"Yes!"

The Queen Mother slowly walked out, "Come, prepare the invitations. I will host a banquet tomorrow."

……

After Li Xian summoned the merchants to speak, there was no more movement.

"He is just pretending." Cao Li sneered in the check-in room: "I said that it is a copper wall and an iron wall. How could he touch it if he is not stupid?"

In another duty room, Lu Yijian smiled and said: "I have been in the officialdom for many years and have experienced a lot of slander. In the beginning, I cared about everything, which made me physically and mentally exhausted. When I didn't care about anything, I was surprised to find that if you can ignore it, Those slanders have no effect on you. It seems that Li Xian has understood this truth."

The attendant smiled and said: "But Alang is a noble son, and those people only dare to slander. Li Xian is just a poor man, and those people don't just use their mouths."

"Really? I hope he has the courage to do it." Lu Yijian lowered his head and dealt with political affairs.

By the Cai River, Xinghua, who came to patrol as usual, met a man and looked at the handsome man.

"Do you sell Li's fast food?" the man asked with a smile.

"Not for sale!" Xinghua said.

"I think it will be sold sooner or later. If I sell it early, there will be many benefits." The man handed over his hands and left with a smile.

Xinghua went home angrily and told Li Xian.

"Are you asking me to throw away my business to make amends?" Li Xian was stunned, then laughed, "Where does the confidence of these people come from?"

Wang He came in and said, "The price of tea has gone up a little more, and someone outside is cursing Mr. Lang for causing trouble for no reason."

"Their methods are really the same through the ages!" Li Xian said mockingly.

Zhao Zhen came with a solemn expression, "The price of tea has gone up."

"I know." Li Xian motioned for him to sit down, and Zhao Zhen said, "Do you want to ease up? I can let him know!"

If the officials give in, those people will naturally accept it as they see fit. In this way, the matter will be eliminated.

But from then on, the emperor's prestige became a rag in the hands of these people.

"Do you think I've been doing nothing at home these past two days?" Li Xian patted a few pieces of paper on the desk, which were densely packed with numbers and formulas.

Zhao Zhen couldn't understand and said angrily: "I will learn it too."

He also attended when Li Xian taught Di Qing, but he was absent-minded every time.

"We'll talk about it later." Li Xian checked the results of his calculations again.

"How are you going to get them?" Zhao Zhen asked curiously.

"Businessmen value profit over parting. The only thing that can drive them is profit. Money can make the mill push ghosts."

"Isn't it a ghost?"

"Traffic is not traffic." Li Xian said something that Zhao Zhen didn't understand, and then raised his eyebrows, "I need manpower."

"Just give your orders!" Zhao Zhen didn't know what he wanted, but he was inexplicably excited.

……

Zhang Quan and Han Xi were both big tea merchants. After both families had made great achievements, when Emperor Taizu released his military power over a cup of wine, the two families took a lot of money and land and simply joined forces to do business.

Over the years, the two families have prospered in the tea business and made a lot of money.

Zhang Quan is over fifty years old, which is considered a long life in this era when the average life expectancy is short.

And Han Xi was only in his thirties.

"Looking at you, I feel a little envious." Zhang Quan said with a smile.

This is his tea room. Two maids are making tea, and a singer is singing and dancing below.

The violinist listened carefully, moved his hands, and played music that sounded like clear spring water, which was refreshing and refreshing.In the teahouse with its bright windows, incense lingers.

Han Xi sat on the side and said with a smile: "The day before yesterday, Mr. Zhang stayed with the three girls at night. He is getting stronger and stronger."

"Hehehehe!" Zhang Quan laughed.

A servant came in and said, "Alang, Marquis Dingyuan has convened people for a discussion."

"What else can he do?" Han Xi sneered, Zhang Quan said: "It's always better to be cautious, go and find out."

"He summoned a lot of grain merchants!"

"He is..." Zhang Quan's eyes turned cold, "What a Marquis of Dingyuan who has found another way."

It took Han Xiwan a moment to figure it out, and his expression changed slightly, "He's just trying to drain the fire from under the cauldron!"

"Yes, send a message! No, hold a banquet and ask people to wait there. When the grain merchants come out, invite them all. Prepare singing and dancing, prepare fine wine..."

Zhang Quan stood up, his old eyes shining brightly, "What a good method. I have been in business for many years, and Marquis Dingyuan is a good opponent. It's a pity that he met me."

Li Xian summoned the grain merchants and set out his own conditions.According to the distance and the market price of food at that time, the frontiers were transported. Manpower and material resources, including the loss of the fleet, were all calculated to form a formula, and [-]% was added in the end.

"A profit of [-]% is enough for them to be tempted." Zhao Zhen praised: "Brother Guoan has a good trick."

"This is just asking for directions." Li Xian watched the merchants leave and stretched.

"Are they not tempted?" Zhao Zhen felt that he was tempted.

"The desire is hard to satisfy." Li Xian said quietly: "I'm waiting for Zhang Quan and others to take action. I'll go and see for myself. Those grain dealers will definitely be asked to leave."

A guard goes out.

The two continued to drink tea, and Zhao Zhen asked for arithmetic advice from time to time.

"Official, Lord Marquis!" The guard came back and glanced at Li Xian. "There are people waiting outside. We have invited all the grain merchants."

"Zhang Quan!" Li Xian smiled, not in a hurry.

Subsequent news confirmed Li Xian's judgment that it was Zhang Quan.

"Tomorrow is the day when the grain merchants come to sign the contract. If they don't come..." Zhang Ze's expression changed slightly.

"They will come!" Li Xian smiled easily.

……

"This is a net. Only when we are connected together can we withstand powerful enemies. Everyone, please don't let us break it down individually!"

In the Zhang family, Zhang Quan raised his glass, "I will give away [-]% of the tea business."

"The same goes for the Han family!" Han Xi raised his glass and made a solemn promise.

A grain merchant raised his glass, "Tomorrow is a good day to sign a contract!"

"Come tomorrow, I will prepare the contract and sign it on the spot!" Zhang Quan said.

"it is good!"

……

"They chose a strong man to cut off his wrist." The words and deeds of Zhang Quan and others were monitored by the Imperial City Department. After hearing the news, the Queen Mother sighed: "Businessmen are the most difficult group of people in the world. They are cunning and unjust at the sight of profit. Officials, You go to Li's house tomorrow and let Marquis Dingyuan be careful."

"But Marquis Dingyuan said that those merchants will definitely come tomorrow." Zhao Zhen had full confidence in Li Xian.

"Really?" The Queen Mother did not argue. Later, when Zhao Zhen left, she ordered: "Tell those people that enough is enough, otherwise I will take action regardless and tear up the friendship that has lasted for decades!"

It has been several decades since Emperor Taizu released his military power over a cup of wine.Those so-called meritorious deeds back then have long since turned into withered bones now.Later generations reveled on the dead bones.

"Queen Mother, Marquis Dingyuan would like to see you."

"Oh! I just want to see him, Chuan!"

When Li Xian entered the palace, the Queen Mother said: "I heard from officials that you are very confident. I don't understand what makes you so confident."

Li Xian smiled and said, "I came here to ask for something."

"Tell me, just take what I can give you!"

"I want to..."

It's night, some people are partying and some are sleeping peacefully.

In the early morning, Li Xian walked out of the house and asked Xinghua to prepare some delicious dishes for noon.

He came to the Cai River and sat on the bench of his business.

Zhao Zhen is here.

"Don't be impatient." Li Xian motioned for him to sit down.

Then, he said, "Come here!"

"Master Hou!" Several officials stepped forward.

"Send the message." Li Xian said: "From now on, tea coupons will no longer be used to offset the transportation of grain and grass to the frontier, and the DPRK will give [-]% profit. In addition, participants will have the privilege of trading cattle and sheep."

The profits from cattle and sheep trading are not low!
Li Xian stretched out a finger and said, "Within one hour, we won't wait until the time comes!"

……

The Zhang family is full of guests today.

There were many contracts placed on the table. Zhang Quan, Han Xi and others looked at the bustling courtyard with joy in their hearts.

"Everyone." Zhang Quan clapped his hands, and when everyone's attention came over, he said: "Li Xian wants to use interests to divide us, but I want to tell him that in this world, interests do not dominate everything. Today, let me wait. Use the reputation of this marquis to warn the outside world and businessmen that they must not be humiliated!"

"it is good!"

The crowd cheered loudly.

A man came in in a hurry, found a businessman, and said something to him.

The businessman's expression changed greatly, and he held his hands, "Mr. Zhang, I have something urgent, so I'll take my leave for now!"

Then, someone else came in and chimed in with something.

"Mr. Zhang, I take my leave!"

A servant stumbled in and said, "Alang, the Marquis of Dingyuan is sitting by the Cai River. He asked someone to tell him that from now on, tea coupons will not be used to transport food to the frontier."

"[-]% profit?" Zhang Quan sneered.

"There is also the privilege of trading cattle and sheep." The servant gasped, "He also said that anyone who fails to do so within an hour will be considered as abstaining!"

"Let's go!" The faces of the grain merchants changed drastically.

In an instant, only a few servants were left in the courtyard where the atmosphere had been lively just now.

(End of this chapter)