"Oh, you should tell me what Li Shimin wants to tell us."

Lao Wang looked at Lao Li with interest.

Lao Li said with a smile: "He is ready to return this coal mine to us intact."

"The price, or what are we going to pay?" , Lao Zheng interjected and asked.

Can Li Shimin return the mine for nothing? Don't even think about it, there must be something greasy in it.

Sure enough, Lao Li continued:

"Buy back a hundredfold and pay taxes on coal from now on".

"Hiss"

The three old men all gasped.

"Li Shimin, this is poor and crazy, right?" , The head of the Lu family sighed.

Lao Wang hesitated for a long time and asked:

"Can we redeem the mine a thousand times and exempt that tax?"

Lao Li's eyes were about to pop out, and Lao Wang's move really opened his eyes.

As for those coal mines, the small ones may be tens of taels or hundreds, and the large ones may range from several thousand taels.

This is still the original money for simply buying land, and now it is definitely not this price.

Buy back a hundredfold, that is, ranging from thousands to tens of thousands.

Large and small combined, each family will also pay a huge sum of nearly one million taels.

originally thought that the Wang family would be reluctant to pay so much money.

But who would have thought that this old king would rather pay a thousand times the price than pay taxes on coal.

If this was Lao Li's own business, he would definitely agree.

One is 10 million taels, and six is 60 million taels.

Although he is also one of the families, he still can't help but be moved in the face of such a huge amount of money.

After a short period of shock, Lao Li shook his head helplessly:

"I'm just a messenger, I don't have the right to decide, what Li Shimin means,

If you're going to negotiate, go to the palace and talk there.

If you don't want to negotiate, he won't touch the coal mines.

But let's not even think about touching it."

"Hey, both lose", Lao Wang leaned on the table and sighed:

"Li Shimin really caught our sore spot this time, and this time we don't want to bleed heavily."

The rest nodded in agreement.

Coal is a good thing, and it is categorically impossible for them not to join the industry.

But now the situation is that if you want to join, you have to pay taxes.

Where did the Maison pay taxes? Is it time to break this convention today?

"Lao Wang, I'm not worried about this coal, I'm worried about it,

As soon as this tax payment is opened, will our salt and cloth also have to follow up to pay taxes? ”。

Old Lu asked with a frown.

Simply paying coal tax is not unacceptable.

After all, this time they were completely passive, and they lost all the games with one move missing.

This time, they believe that this kind of open-minded family still has.

But what he worries about is his other industries.

If Li Shimin wants to use the coal matter as a springboard, he will pry the family's mouth open.

Then what happens next is out of the family's control.

Lao Wang shook his head: "Li Shimin is a bastard, but he is not a fool.

Once our other industries are moved, we will definitely not sit still.

He Li Shimin is the emperor, and he hopes that the world will be peaceful more than us.

So he's not going to do anything to our other industries."

"Then our Lu family admits this, winning or losing is a common thing, and there is no shame in it",

Old Lu stood up and was the first to announce.

Then he looked at the three people present: "What do you think?" ”。

Lao Wang nodded: "Our Wang family also recognizes it."

Lao Li and Lao Zheng also nodded yes.

"That? What do the Bolingcui and Qinghe Cui families say?

Just now that they are gone, are we going to get rid of them and do it alone? Lao Li hesitated to speak.

Lao Wang waved his hand: "It's okay, the current head of the two families is still our grandchildren.

The five surnames have been in the same breath for so many years, how can we say something,

Since those two old people don't know how to lift, then let's call their head directly.

The little guy has the little guy is good, obedient".

The rest of the people nodded as well.

"Okay, you send two people to call the head of the Cui family over, let's discuss how to deal with Li Shimin."

The two little men were ordered to go out, and soon the sound of horses' hooves sounded outside.

Everyone stared at Lao Li, and Lao Li had no choice but to stand up and speak:

"Li Shimin said that the coal tax is 50%, and there is only so much.

I don't know how many of them, it's the current head of the family who is in direct contact with Li Shimin."

"Fifty percent?" , Lao Lu stood up excitedly at the moment.

"Doesn't that mean that we are working for him Li Shimin for nothing?

He had a good idea, he didn't do anything, and he took half of the money for nothing, I don't agree."

"Hey, Lao Lu, don't be impatient", Lao Wang pulled Lao Lu and sat down:

"Isn't there still negotiations, what's in a hurry, there's nothing to hurry."

"Even if there is room for discussion later, he Li Shimin is too ruthless," Lao Zheng said.

"It's nothing, when the head of the Cui family comes, let's go to the palace to find Li Shimin immediately,

Negotiation and negotiation still have to be talked about first."

Lao Wang stopped talking after speaking, and the whole room was quiet for a while.

After an hour, two middle-aged men in gorgeous clothes walked in hand in hand.

"The head of the Cui family in Boling (Qinghe) has seen all the elders", the two bowed in unison.

"Excuse me, sit down first, the two ancestors of your family just let you come?" , Lao Wang helped him and asked.

The two middle-aged men glanced at each other and said in unison:

"The ancestor of the family is very old, he has just had a cold, and he has been carefully taken care of by the younger generation.

In the future, if there is no accident, the ancestor will easily not go out."

The four old men glanced at each other, and they all saw a hint of shock in each other's eyes.

Just kicked people out here, and the two heads of the house over there put people under house arrest?

Listen to this meaning, and be placed under house arrest until death.

"Yes, people should recuperate when they are old, okay, let's get down to business",

Lao Wang raised his eyebrows, turned the matter over and changed the topic.

"Lao Li, you first talk about the current situation and see what the two family heads think."

Then Lao Li retold the matter from beginning to end.

The two Cui family heads glanced at each other, and they all bowed their hands again:

"The younger generation only relies on the orders of a few ancestors."

"Okay, let's leave for the palace now to see what kind of medicine is sold in Li Shimin's gourd."

The six men slowly walked out of the living room and found their carriage,

Lined up in a long line and drove slowly to the palace.

When I arrived at the palace gate, the guards guarding the palace gate had not come up to check.

In the first carriage, Lao Zheng slowly poked his head out:

"Why, you still have to check the old man's frame, I just let you check,

Do you dare to come up? ”。

A city gate official was about to step forward and scold him when his face turned red, but he was tightly pulled by the people on the side.

Six carriages swaggered into the palace.

"Why did you stop me and put people in without checking, something was about to happen,

We're all capital crimes, aren't we just a few people?

I can afford this infamy."

The city gate official who was pulled said with anger on his face.

"You're blind and can't see that their frame is comparable to that of the prince?

When did you check when the prince entered the palace?

Now there are six of them, and if you check it,

It is not certain whether we will die in the future, but we may be dead now."

"How is it possible", as soon as someone said this, the person who was pulled also reacted.

The size of the six carriages just now was one size higher than that of the prince.

In the past, only the frame of the crown prince Li Chengyang was the largest, why did six suddenly pop up now?

"How is it impossible, looking at the situation, this is the head of the family is here,

When the emperor had just boarded the plane, he raised the status of all the families to a higher level.

even sent a guard of honor to the heads of the family,

If I hadn't stopped it soon, who knows what you'd be in right now."

"I don't believe that this family can be so arrogant and dare to do something to me at the gate of this palace",

The man was still stiff with his neck.

"Yes, I don't dare to do anything to you, but aren't you from Taiyuan, your family is in Taiyuan,

If they don't do it to you, can't they stumble on your family? ”。

The man stopped talking just now, and fine beads of sweat gradually appeared on his head.

"No, our family is doing well in Taiyuan,

This Wang family also builds a bridge from time to time, builds a road or something,

During the famine, they would give a free porridge, how could they do it to my family? ”。

"That's Taiyuan, rabbits don't eat the grass next to the nest,

Now you go to Chang'an to inquire and see what kind of virtue the Wang family has in Chang'an?

New, you're still young, learn more,

Originally, guarding the palace gate was not an easy job, and I didn't have the ability to see it.

I don't know how long you can save this little life."

The chatter at the gate gradually died down, and the previous tranquility was restored again.

The family's six carriages were already almost at Li Shimin's study.

Li Shimin, who had already received the news, gave up the great cause of continuing to teach the soldiers to bow horses.

I was waiting in front of the study door early.

Waiting for a few old men to get off the horse, Li Shimin hurriedly greeted him:

"A few of you came a little early, have you eaten, do you want to eat first?"

Lao Wang waved his hand: "No need, I've eaten it all, this time I'm here to discuss big things with Your Majesty,

Let's not talk about the rest of the details."

Li Shimin nodded: "What Elder Wang said is, then let's go into the study and talk in detail."

Soon, everyone was seated.

"Your Majesty, we are ready to pay a thousand times the price to buy back our coal mines,

To offset taxes in this way, I wonder if Your Majesty agrees? ”。

"A thousandfold?" , Li Shimin's heart sudden.

He bought all the coal mines and spent close to 100,000 taels.

A thousand times is ten thousand taels?

Datang's five-year tax revenue, it's gluttonous to think about.

However, Li Shimin still shook his head: "Elder Wang, don't laugh, what am I doing with so much money."

Gluttony is really gluttonous, but Li Shimin is not a fool.

You don't have to think about short-term and long-term benefits to know what to choose.

But the family is really ruthless.

Ten thousand taels, no matter how rich the family is, it is enough for them to break their muscles and bones.

If this were to be changed to an emperor who was not strong-willed, he might agree without saying a word.

It's a pity that they met Li Shimin, which doomed their plan to come to naught.

"Your Majesty, tens of millions of taels of silver from each family can be collected in a short time.

It will be handed over to you in less than two months, not impressed? Lao Wang stared at Li Shimin and asked.

He wanted to see a little greed on Li Shimin's face.

Even if there is only one point, it also shows that Li Shimin's heart is not so firm, so he has the confidence to put the greed in Li Shimin's heart to the end.

It's a pity that Li Shimin's face has not changed in the slightest,

It's still the same respectful and polite look.

Lao Wang shook his head in disappointment, but still didn't give up: "Why don't we add some?" ”。

Li Shimin also smiled bitterly: "It's not that I don't agree, it's that I don't say these things myself."

"Oh, there are still people in this world who make His Majesty unable to sit on the Lord? I wonder if I can see it? ”，

Lao Wang asked curiously.

"See, Lone is here!" , Li Chengyang's voice came from outside the door.