Chapter 149: Voluntary Admission
"I don't think it's likely that the household department will steal our grain business!"
One of the patriarchs shook his head after thinking about it, "The emperor has always been quite disgusted with businessmen, and they should disdain it, not to mention, the household department is one of the six departments of the imperial court, and the government affairs of the imperial court are too busy, how can they still have time to do business?" I think that this time the household department collected grain, it should be to understand the urgent need of Chang'an City, so it is just a temporary solution! ”
"Well, I think so too, the emperor shouldn't allow the household department to come out to do business!"
The other patriarch also shook his head, unimpressed by the matter.
"Originally, Lu Mou also thought so, but according to the report from my Lu family's officials in the court, the imperial court really wants to rob the grain business ......!"
The patriarch of the Lu clan frowned, and said worriedly: "Now, the household department has not only requisitioned a number of grain stores to operate the grain business, but also ordered that in the future, the household department will change the management mode and manage it in the way of a business name, and he plans to officially intervene in the grain business!" ”
"Is that really the case?"
After listening to the words of the patriarch of the Lu clan, Li Lishan immediately couldn't sit still, and stood up from the stool with a bang!
The grain business has always been the most profitable business of their seven families, and if it is robbed by the imperial court, then each of them will lose millions of dollars of income every year!
The reason why they are so rich is that they monopolize these businesses!
If they lose these businesses, it is equivalent to cutting off their economic resources, so how can they cultivate power?
"It's true......!"
The patriarch of the Lu clan nodded firmly, "According to my guess, the emperor's hand-wiping grain business this time is very likely to be done by Zhao Yin's kid, because after the emperor summoned him to the palace last time, the household department sent someone to Jiangnan overnight, and before us, we collected all the grain in the warehouse!" ”
"It's him again!"
As soon as Zhao Yin was mentioned, Li Lishan had a headache!
According to their plan, this food shortage will definitely force Zhenguan Distillery to close!
I didn't expect this kid to come up with such a bad idea!
Not only did Li Er steal their most profitable grain business, but also solved the problem of food supply in the winery!
If this continues, their Li family wine shop will have to be played to death by this kid!
"We have to find a way to get rid of this kid, otherwise, it will definitely threaten our other businesses in the future, my Li Family Wine Shop is an example, and now it has been squeezed by this kid and will be closed immediately!"
Li Lishan put his hands behind his back and said worriedly.
"What about my Lu family's bookstore! I don't hide it from you, since that kid bought the more than 20 bookstores and paper shops in Wenmo Fang, the business is extremely hot, and people queue up to buy them every day, which has a great impact on our Lu family bookstore, and until now, our bookstore has not opened for several days! ”
In the end, the patriarch of the Lu clan sighed helplessly.
"Isn't my Zheng family the same as you? There is no business at all in the paper shop, and the bookstore is a regular customer who visits it occasionally! ”
It's okay not to mention this matter, as soon as this matter is mentioned, the Zheng clan chief will not fight in one place, he glanced at everyone, and said angrily: "If we don't rectify this kid again, I'm afraid that we will not be the only ones who will be unlucky in the future!" ”
"First started from the wine shop and bookstore, and now he wants to get involved in our grain business, the emperor is going to completely drive us out of Chang'an City!"
The patriarch of the Li clan frowned and thought for a moment, then said indignantly.
"No, we can't sit still, we have to find a way!"
"Now that we can't even cut off food, what else can we do?"
"No wonder the emperor will issue an order to praise us and others, it turns out that he wants to take the opportunity to rob our grain business!"
"Yes! On that day, I asked the prince how the emperor reacted when he learned of the grain cut, and he told me that the emperor was very happy, and now that he wants to come, it is strange if he is unhappy, he is waiting to take away our grain business! ”
"Let's think about how to get through the current difficulties!"
......
Everyone expressed their opinions and discussed how to deal with it!
But after discussing it for a long time, I still couldn't come up with a feasible solution!
"Patriarchs, from the villain's point of view, this is a good thing!"
However, just when everyone was at a loss, a pig's head suddenly burst in from outside the door!
His whole face was swollen like a balloon, and he couldn't tell who it was, and even his voice was thick nasal, and he couldn't tell it at all!
"Are you ......?"
The patriarch of the Lu clan looked up and down several times, but he didn't recognize who the ragged person in front of him was!
This is the inner hall of the Lu Mansion, and when he had a secret meeting with the other six major families, he specially instructed the guards to cheer up the spirit of twelve points and not let idle people wait inside!
But they didn't even report it, and they put in such a pig's head?
Don't they want to do it?
"Patriarch, I'm the shopkeeper Lu!"
Seeing that the patriarch couldn't recognize himself, Shopkeeper Lu had no choice but to report his identity after being slightly stunned.
In the fight just now, his clothes were torn, and his nose and face were swollen from the beating, and the patriarch couldn't recognize it, it was also possible!
"How did you become like this?"
The patriarch of the Lu clan looked at him suspiciously, a little incredulous.
Didn't he say to frame Zhao Yin's kid?
How did you come back like this?
"That kid is really arrogant, I went to search with Dali Temple and others, but he didn't let us in at all, and beat me up, alas, ......!"
Shopkeeper Lu said with a bitter face and a sigh.
"What do you say? You were beaten before you even entered the door? Didn't Dali Temple bring more than 100 officers and soldiers over? Won't they do it? ”
When the patriarch of the Lu clan saw that he had messed things up, he immediately became angry!
"But that kid has gathered more than a thousand people somewhere, and the more than 100 officials we brought with him are not their opponents at all!"
Shopkeeper Lu shook his head helplessly!
He didn't dare to say that those were all readers who were looking for trouble with Zhao Yin, otherwise, the patriarch would definitely scold even more!
Because whoever it is, they won't believe that they will help that kid.
Therefore, he could only hide the matter and only say that it was the people gathered by Zhao Yin.
"Someone can't be leaking the news, right?"
The patriarch of the Lu clan thought for a moment and asked suspiciously.
In order to get rid of Zhao Yin, he deliberately used the card Dali Siqing!
But it still failed.
"Also, after that kid ordered someone to beat us up, he also asked Bai Sicheng and Liu Xianling to write down the charges with their own hands, and signed and drew the charge, and wrote all the things we planted into it!"
This matter is not trivial, it is impossible to hide it, it is better to take the initiative to admit it!
It also allowed the patriarch to be mentally prepared and discuss a countermeasure as soon as possible!
"They're all recruited?"
The Lu clan blew his beard angrily and glared, and opened his mouth to scold, "These two white-eyed wolves usually accept the favors of my Lu family, but now when it's time to use them, they don't know how to repay the favor, and they even confessed to my Lu family, it's really a waste!" ”
"And you, this matter started because of you, this crime of framing the horse, you must bear it alone, and you are not allowed to implicate the family!"
The patriarch of the Lu clan angrily pointed at his pig's head face and scolded.