Chapter Seventy-One: War Without Gunpowder
In the middle of the night, the living room of the Xiao family's compound was brightly lit, and everyone present was waiting for the person above the main seat to speak with serious faces, and there was an elegant young man sitting on the main seat, his face seemed to be a little hesitant, as if he had made a difficult choice between life and death. The patriarch of this generation of the Xiao family is named Xiao Yun, and his face is nervous, because all the belongings of the Xiao family have been pressed into this gamble, and it is the young man on the main seat who decides the life and death of this time.
Xiao Yun looked at the young man and said: "Gongzi Kong, our Xiao family is ruined this time, if you don't make a decision, I think our Xiao family will be the first to hold on, how to do it, you can give an explanation!" ”
Kong Gongzi's name is Kong Youde, a descendant of Confucius in Shandong, Kong Youde is a representative of this generation of Confucian family, and the world can't imagine that the saint family is actually contaminated with copper odor.
They saw the huge benefits in Xifeng wine, and then teamed up with the Xiao family to secretly hoard, the Xiao family is a family that makes wine and sells wine, and when they see the market of Xifeng wine, they can't help but want to make a move, who knows that the Kong family came to the door first, and the two hit it off.
I thought that a little Li Lin would not be able to take much at all and would be squeezed by them to surrender, but as a result, they hoarded 10 million guan of wine, and the people still played the ---lantern with their uncle, and the Xiao family panicked, 7 million of the 10 million guan were their own family, and they were all the family funds, and the Kong family's accumulation of 3 million guan for thousands of years was just a drop in the bucket.
Kong Youde said: "Our people came back and said that Li Lin had drunk from outside this afternoon, and now we continue to hoard or shoot, if we make a move, we have been busy for the past two months, and we have been busy for the past two months, and by the way, we have also helped people to advertise, and if you continue to hoard, I don't know when it will be a head, and you don't have more money." ”
Xiao Yun said: "I mean to shoot immediately, I'm afraid that they will have a follow-up move, and it will be over in our hands." ”
Kong Youde said: "In fact, we have another way, that is, continue to buy, make an appearance for them, we still have the ability to hoard, they admit defeat, of course it is best, if they still don't admit defeat, we will give the wine ginseng water, sell it at a slightly lower price, we also make money, you see if it's okay." ”
Xiao Yun said: "What about the money that continues to be hoarded? Our Xiao family can't take out a penny now, everything that can be done is done, and this ancestral mansion is left, and your Kong family should also take out some more money, right? ”
Kong Youde said: "Yes, our Kong family will take out another two million yuan tomorrow, tomorrow depends on the situation, after tomorrow that is the moment to decide life and death, everything will be known after tomorrow." ”
At this time, Li Lin and the others were also continuing to discuss tomorrow's affairs, Wang Chao said: "Li Gongzi, they can still take out the money to continue to buy after tomorrow, what should we do?" ”
Li Lin said: "Our plan remains the same, tomorrow will they continue to buy or watch, we will buy a large number of Xiao family's wine, they will continue in the future, then let them continue, we use their wine to make their money, don't you think it's very cool?" ”
Wang Chao said worriedly: "I'm afraid that there are still people behind the Xiao family, and our raw materials are not very sufficient." ”
Li Lin laughed and said, "Is there a harder backstage than us in this matter?" No matter what they do, they are all in the circle we have drawn, and what I hope most is that they will add water to the wine, and no one will dare to challenge our status after a one-time solution. ”
Wang Chao said: "I still can't figure out the truth, I'm stupid, you tell me the truth." ”
Li Lin said: "It's time to sleep, there is something to be busy tomorrow, don't think about it if you can't figure it out, in Xiucai's words, it's a waste of brain cells, sleep and be full of energy, facing tomorrow's storm, of course, the storm belongs to them." ”
At the top of the palace, Zhao Zhen and Empress Cao were also discussing this matter, Zhao Zhen said: "Does the queen think that two young people can fight those two families?" ”
Empress Cao said: "Although the Confucian family is powerful, but this is Kaifeng Mansion, they are not fighting at home, they lose first in momentum, and then the Confucian family sent a young man, they don't know the details of Xifeng wine, thinking that Li Lin is a gentleman, not to mention the emperor, the cunning little fox in Luoyang is not easy to deal with, they also have a contempt, how to be invincible." ”
Zhao Zhen laughed and said: "The queen is optimistic that the two of them can win the Kong family, although the little fox is cunning, he is not the opponent of the hunter, he wants to take the top prize, how can he cross the Kong family, the choice depends on how he chooses." ”
Empress Cao chuckled and said, "Is the Kong family still under the rule of the Great Song Dynasty?" After all, a hunter is just a hunter, or in the chessboard, and only the emperor is the one who holds chess in this world. ”
Zhao Zhen said: "In this case, let's see how the little fox's plan is." ”
At noon the next day, the door of Xifeng Liquor Store opened as scheduled, and the impatient crowd rushed into the restaurant, lined up one by one under the scolding of the guards, you have a bottle and I have two bottles, two hours later, all the wine was sold out, and the popularity of the people who didn't buy it behind stomped their feet, I don't know who asked, "Do you continue to sell later?" ”
Lao Wu stood up and said with a smile: "This question is so interesting, our Xifeng Wine Shop was opened to sell wine, what do you do if you don't sell it later, do you sell noodles instead?" Everyone dispersed, and five days later, we were still here, and we didn't see each other. ”
The people who bought the bulk of the wine paid the money first, left the address, and sent it over from the back of the Xifeng wine shop, Li Lin looked at this long list of addresses and smiled, and said to Wang Chao: "It seems that they still have potential, in this case, act according to the plan, take out 500,000 yuan, buy all the wine on the market of the Xiao family, and send it directly to the base outside the city, and we will directly process it outside the city." ”
Wang Chao said: "In this case, our profits will shrink a lot, the Xiao family's wine is the most expensive before our Xifeng wine comes out, in order to deal with them, the price of giving up is not a bit big." ”
Li Lin said: "Don't you believe in your show? Everything is driving on the route he expected, what are you afraid of, steam out the recovered wine immediately, I just want to make them have no wine to sell, and it is not so easy to destroy the reputation of hundreds of years. ”
There are two groups of people sitting opposite the Xifeng Restaurant, and sitting on the second floor is Yin Baozheng, who has not been in office for a long time, every time so much money comes in, of course he is more concerned, taxes are one thing, the important thing is that he wants to know who the person behind it is.
"Have you found out? Who is behind this? Bao Zheng took a sip of Xifeng wine that he bought thirty times just now and asked.
The subordinate servant said: "There is no clue at all, all the evidence points to Li Lin, and everything else is not bad at all, it is too clean, and the people who handle these things seem to know our investigation methods very well." ”
Bao Zheng sighed and said, "Where did the wine come in, it shouldn't be difficult to check, right?" ”
The official said: "I can only find out that the wine came from Shaanxi, and there is no accurate information about the people who sent it." ”
Bao Zheng drank the wine in the cup and said, "Great, we won't check, as long as they pay taxes normally." ”
The people sitting on the third floor are Kong Youde and Xiao Yun, things are developing in the direction they don't want to see the most, the other party still has wine in their hands, Xiao Yun's face will be bloodless, Kong Youde said: "We still have enough money in our hands once, do we still hoard it?" He also had no idea in his heart, five million guan was not a small amount for the Kong family, he still had a lot of competitors, and the people waiting for him to replace him lined up and waited for him to make a mistake?
Xiao Yun said: "Let's make a move, they haven't lowered the price yet, if the price is lowered, we won't have a way to live, those clansmen will swallow us alive, don't hesitate." ”
Kong Youde said: "I believe they are also holding on, wait, if they can still take it, we will collect another batch." ”
Xiao Yun said: "Then we will press more and more, I don't have any bottom in my heart now." ”
Kong Youde said: "Then when the time comes, we will do as I say, give the wine water, and we will sell it at a lower price than them." ”
Xiao Yun said: "What if the people who buy wine don't buy it? ”
Kong Youde said: "Don't worry, no one will know, and I'll talk about it at that time." ”
At this time, a torrent on the street was moving, ten big men with money in their hands saw the Xiao family's wine shop and threw the money on the table, how many of your wine are loaded, we want it, the shopkeeper is happy, the owner is worried about the money in the past two days, someone sent it to the door, when all the shopkeepers gathered together and took out the silver ticket to Xiao Yun, Xiao Yun knew that his wine had been bought, he was a little confused, what was going on.
Li Lin saw that ten people came back and asked, "Didn't let people see anything?" ”
"Back to Gongzi, we were very careful all the way, no one followed us, and the wine was safely delivered to the base."
Li Lin said: "Okay, very good, each person will enjoy a bottle of wine, as your hard work, go down!" ”
The ten big men happily went to collect their spoils, and Li Lin said to himself: "Everything is settled." ”
Zhao Zhen, who was playing chess, heard the news and said to Queen Cao: "The two young people are really ruthless! The Xiao family is really finished, all of them have made wedding dresses for others, the family has disappeared for hundreds of years, and it has been comfortable for too long, can't you see this little trick? ”
Empress Cao said: "Isn't there still the Kong family? If the Kong family supports, I think the Xiao family still has a chance to get out. ”
Zhao Zhen said: "General, what chance is there, the Kong family has no wine, they are now abandoning it, eating no meat, retreating, unwilling, entering, no way, fight to the death is someone else digging a pit for them to let them jump in?" ”
Empress Cao said: "The concubine still doesn't understand. ”
Zhao Zhen said: "Li Lin has bought all the wine in Kaifeng City of the Xiao family, is the Xiao family out of wine to sell, if you want to sell it, it is Xifeng wine, the low price is definitely unacceptable to the arrogance of the Kong family, then there is only one way left, it is really a wonderful war without gunpowder." ”