Chapter 336: I want to know what will happen next
The three of them were about to get up, but they saw about 100 Royal Guards on the periphery of Yanziji, holding swords, lined up in a row. The seizure of the three major families' raw silk was carried out by Li Zhong and the Suzhou garrison, and the main responsibility of these hundred royal guards was to protect Li Muge's safety.
Those who can be selected for the royal guards are all elite soldiers and strong generals who are one in a thousand, and their martial arts will naturally not be weak. What's more, Lord Qincha and the royal guards represent the face of the Son of Heaven, and even if the three of Wang, Zhao, and Xie are high, they dare not openly challenge the royal authority, otherwise they will rebel and bring devastating disasters to the family.
The faces of the three leaders became very embarrassed, but there was nothing they could do.
Li Muge saw that the timing was about the same, and said slowly, in fact, it is not a robbery, it has been raining in Jiangnan recently, the weather is humid, and the raw silk is easy to mold in your warehouse, in order to protect your property from loss, the official sent someone to move your family's raw silk to the warehouse of the Jiangnan Weaving Bureau, after all, it is a government-run warehouse, and the storage conditions are more perfect.
This sentence is so high-sounding that even I say it in my heart, there is nothing wrong with it.
Li Muge continued, of course, you don't have to pay the storage fee, I will ask the emperor to waive it for you.
Zhao Qiansun said, Master Li, when are you going to return it to us?
Li Muge took out the three-point contract from his bosom and put it on the table of the Eight Immortals, and said, the imperial court will not treat you badly. These raw silk, our Jiangnan Weaving Bureau will be purchased at a price of three taels per catty, and the silk of the Weaving Bureau will be exported to Nanyang, and the payment will be returned, and then the raw silk will be delivered to purchase silver taels.
The three of them looked at the contract with black lines on their faces.
Li Muge took a long time, poured a cup of tea, and asked with a smile, what's the matter, the three masters have seen it almost, if there is no objection, then sign and draw. In this way, everyone looks good-looking, and there are a lot of officials, and you will not be held accountable for the assassination of the assassin.
Wang Chong said loudly, when did we assassinate the adult?
Li Muge asked rhetorically, who can prove that you didn't assassinate this official?
The three of them were forced to be speechless by Li Muge.
It turned out that since the three major families were dominant, Li Muge was not ready to compromise. After coming to Jinling, the two sides came and went, each showing their magical powers, and Li Muge pressed step by step, so that the three major families did not hesitate to take risks, which gave Li Muge a reason to transfer troops from Suzhou, and in one fell swoop, through violent means, he was much stronger.
As mentioned before, when it comes to interests, the means of the imperial court are more open than the rivers and lakes and green forests. As long as the imperial court has this idea, as long as the emperor is still on the throne, the tone of this war has been set. Therefore, Zhang Youqian's analysis at that time was very correct, if it was him, he would have taken the initiative to hand over the raw silk business a long time ago, and maybe he would sell his favor and get a certain amount of replacement resources from the imperial court.
Stubborn resistance, the end is destruction.
I really didn't expect that in less than a year, Li Muge has changed from a nerd who only reads sage books to an "official" with means and power. After the loss of the manuscript of Lingzong's history and the suicide of his master Xie Shiting, Li Muge's career almost fell into a desperate situation, just when everyone thought that his life was going to end, he stopped and dedicated his seal and returned to the core of the power struggle in the imperial court.
God knows how Li Muge survived in the months of this spring. At this point, Zhang Youqian and I are ashamed of ourselves.
Li Muge said, how did you think about it? This document, if you don't sign it, don't want to leave Yanziji. It doesn't matter, the official has time to accompany you. As he spoke, he sat down on the Taishi's chair and looked at them quietly. Not long after, Li Zhong came to report the results of the battle, and a total of 120,000 catties of raw silk were seized, 3,000 taels and so on.
The three masters are estimated to be very entangled at the moment. In and out, they lost nearly four or five hundred thousand taels of silver. Among them, the Xie family lost the most, about 200,000 taels. Although the amount of silver is not small, for families with rich backgrounds such as the Wang family and the Zhao family, it can be regarded as cutting meat at most.
Although the Xie family is also a century-old family, after Xie Donglai took power, the strength of the Xie family was greatly reduced, far behind the Wang and Zhao families.
Losing money is a trivial matter, it annoys Lord Qincha, if Li Muge is really serious, it will be enough for the three major families to drink a pot. Now Li Muge's attitude is very resolute, this document must be signed, and if it is not signed, it must be signed, and they will not be given a chance to choose at all.
Finally, Xie Donglai couldn't resist the pressure, and came to the Eight Immortals table, someone had already handed over the pen, signed his name on this raw silk procurement document, and knelt down to Li Muge and said, Xie Donglai was confused for a while, and begged Lord Qincha to forgive him.
Li Muge smiled, stepped forward a few steps, and put his hand on the top of Xie Donglai's head.
In ancient times, there were immortals touching the top, and now there are Qincha touching their heads. Such an action undoubtedly represents Xie Donglai's complete surrender to Li Muge.
Li Muge said: Work hard, there will be opportunities in the future.
Xie Donglai also smiled and agreed, following Master Li to do it, there is meat to eat.
Li Muge shook his head, yes, follow the court, there is meat to eat. People, you are self-aware, as the saying goes, follow the good people to get light, follow the rabbit to get shot, Xie Dangjia can judge the situation and take into account the overall situation, which is deeply in line with the official's heart, I am very relieved, haha!
Zhao Qiansun said disdainfully, three family slaves!
Wang Chong's face was gloomy and he didn't say a word.
Xie Donglai is really a wall-head grass, he was mixed with the Japanese Kou back then, and later when the Xie family seized power, he took refuge in Xuanyuan Sword Wang Chong, and now when Li Muge came, the thunderous means he showed made him join Li Muge's camp again.
This is also related to Xie Donglai's growth environment, he was originally a concubine who was expelled from the house, one has no foundation, and the other has no backing, to get to this point, in addition to his own efforts, the key is to constantly judge the situation and choose a relationship that is beneficial to himself to maintain.
Xie Dong came to sign and draw, so someone took him away from Yanziji.
Xuanyuan Sword Wang Chong and Southern Thief Zhao Qiansun are well-known figures in Jinling City, and they have not calculated everything, but they have not calculated that they have fallen on this young man today. Now that the three major families in Jinling have been seized by the government, Li Muge has trapped the three of them in Yanziji, and there is no one at the helm at home, and at this moment, it is easy to capsize in the gutter.
Li Muge said, Zhao Dangjia, there is an Erlong Mountain outside Suzhou City, which specializes in intercepting the goods of grain and grass tribute escorted by the government, I don't know if you have heard of it?
Xie Donglai's face froze, and he shook his head again and again, he had never heard of it.
Li Muge sighed, that's good, I received a wire report last night, saying that Erlong Mountain was captured by officers and soldiers, and 36 bandits were captured, all of whom had been beheaded, and their heads were hung outside Suzhou City, exposed to the sun for a month, in order to set an example!
Xie Donglai exclaimed, what?
Li Muge said indifferently, Xie Dangjia does not need to panic, it is said that the leader of Erlong Mountain is called Xie Juntang, who is eighteen years old this year, and when he was arrested last night, Xie Juntang found that the momentum was not right, and took the opportunity to run away.
Xie Donglai breathed a sigh of relief.
Li Muge said again, but our forbidden army is not a vegetarian, and he was caught in a broken well!
Xie Donglai: Huh?
Li Muge went on to say, who would have expected that Xie Juntang was proficient in the method of collarbones, knocked out two guards in the middle of the night, and escaped overnight.
Xie Donglai's eyebrows furrowed.
Li Muge said, our Suzhou garrison has raised thirty wolf dogs, which came in handy at the critical moment, and it took less than half an hour to successfully capture that Xie Juntang!
Xie Donglai: Ah! What happened later?
Li Muge pointed to the document, and wanted to know what happened next, so he signed this document first!