In order to help the warriors he met in Bianjing win the business war, Wu Xiaoling was sent to Bianjing by Li Xiang.

Li Xiang was going to get married when he returned to the mountain, and Ma Rulan, who learned the news, took her in-laws to Xunyang early.

Ma Rulan's in-laws insisted on going to Mingyuezhuang to have a look, regardless of their poor health, the main purpose was to visit Ma Chaobei, the little grandson. The other is to look at the specific environment of Mingyuezhuang and see if it is good for Ma Chaobei to stay there.

Of course, Wu Xiaoling couldn't let the sworn sister of the owner of the village go on the road alone. In order to ensure safety, she not only asked the people who stayed in Bianjing to choose a dozen good hands to accompany her, but also stuffed Cheng Jianghu and Xiong Chengwu into it.

Xiong Chengwu and Cheng Jianghu wanted to participate in the wedding of the lord of the village very much, and they felt bored after staying in Bianjing for a long time. The two were thrilled to get the errand to escort Ma Rulan and his party.

With fewer people, Wu Xiaoling's pressure is even greater.

Fortunately, the martial arts group in Bianjing sent some good hands, and there were local snakes like Shen Popi and Dahan surnamed Li, and Wu Xiaoling's personal safety was very guaranteed.

When Li Xiang was in Bianjing last year, he took advantage of the opportunity of the Daxiangguo Temple to hold a trading conference for ten thousand surnames, and united the martial arts group to open the charcoal stove market.

The army's business was a tacit and even encouraged behavior by the Great Zhou court.

The forbidden army warriors who cooperated with Li Xiang used their own channels and sufficient manpower to quickly seize the market with charcoal stoves, new kettles, scissors, thimbles and other goods, and soon added farm tools, clothes and hats, pots and pans and other goods.

The warrior group not only opened up new markets, but also relied on the advantage of large numbers to erode the original market. The original pattern of interests was touched, and the business war began.

The gentry's tricks of wealth have remained unchanged from those of previous centuries.

The first is to secretly murder the family who used the charcoal stove, and then arrange for the relatives of the unjustly deceased to sue the person who sold the charcoal stove. The case involved martial artists, and soon, under the arrangement of well-intentioned people, they were stabbed from a small county town in Gyeonggi Province to Bianjing, and it was soon spread to everyone.

Pulling everything morally, using the public opinion controlled by the gentry to exert pressure, and finally moving out such a big killing weapon as "the gentleman is ashamed of his words and profits" to crush people to death, this is the means of the gentry class to eat all over the world.

Scholars and doctors control the court, and scholars are rampant all over the world.

It's a pity that they ran into Li Xiang. Or rather, it's a pity that they ran into Wu Xiaoling, who imitated Li Xiang's thinking and acting.

The forbidden army warrior group who tasted the sweetness made a stupid move in order to protect their interests. They actually mobilized their connections and wanted to be tough with the gentry and wealthy businessmen in front of the government.

The price of naivety is that the group of warriors who are at an overall disadvantage in playing with words, buying people's hearts and fiddling with power are feared by several rulers.

Several Zai Zhi thought to themselves: The posture of the martial artist is that he wants to interfere in politics again?!

It wasn't until there was a rampant discussion in Bianjing City, and there were even arguments similar to "charcoal stoves will affect the environment, and martial artists should be forbidden to build charcoal furnaces", that the martial arts community began to face up to Wu Xiaoling, who had repeatedly reminded them.

Wu Xiaoling took over the mess, but did not act immediately. She first visited Gyeonggi Province, then wandered around Bianjing City, and finally secretly visited Mr. Chen.

Old Master Chen, that is, Chen Qinggeng's grandfather, is the leader of the Gyeonggi Provincial staff circle.

Wu Xiaoling confirmed that her turnaround plan was reliable from Old Master Chen, and the industry of Old Master Chen's family also took a ride.

quarreling in the official mansion is always a loss for the warriors. Because the Great Zhou Dynasty was controlled by the literati, they would never allow the martial artists to challenge the status of scholars.

If the martial arts group wants to keep their interests, they can't fight on their own, otherwise it will only be bad. Only the person with the highest status is on the side of the warriors, and the warriors can retain a part of the market share.

According to the plan, the warrior group made a panicked appearance and gave gifts to the little yellow family who could get a relationship, which aroused the unanimous sarcasm, disdain and ridicule of the gentry class.

There are many things to be delivered to your door, and of course, the luxurious, tall, shiny charcoal stove is indispensable.

In the Great Zhou Dynasty, eunuchs with a certain status were called "Little Yellow Gate", and even higher status was called "Inner Servant Yellow Gate". Xiaohuangmen can marry wives and concubines to create family life.

Most of the little yellow men did not dare to get involved in the affairs of the literati and returned the gifts. The rest of the little yellow doors didn't dare to get involved, but they had the confidence to take money and not do anything.

In the spring and summer, there is no need for a charcoal stove, but it can't stop the little yellow door from giving a special lecture in the palace. A little yellow door with a broken mouth said more than once regretfully:

"It's a pity that the carbon gas cylinder is not made of brass, otherwise it would be warmer, and it would not have been replaced once or twice a year. Tsk, it's also comfortable to watch. ”

"I heard that the kind of charcoal stove that several generals gave to the official family is all brass gilt charcoal cylinders."

"In winter, there are a lot of mesh, round perforated charcoal balls, which are called clean, warm and comfortable! Put ice cubes in on a hot day, tsk, the whole palace is cool! ”

"The carbon core in the middle of the charcoal stove is actually for the purpose of putting the finished charcoal ball. It's really hard for that person, how did you come up with it? It's a pity that the shopkeepers of the charcoal stove shops opened by the martial artists are all dead-eyed, and they only sell different grades of charcoal stoves according to their status. ”

"What is a grade? Let's put it this way to you, can a charcoal furnace with only one carbon core and several carbon cores be the same? I heard that there can be up to nine carbon cores, and only the official family can use it. ”

"Let's give you a piece of news, don't spread it around. I heard that as long as there is money, there are also some stores that don't look at their status and status, and they can have as many cores as they want......"

These words were heard and reported by the people of the Imperial City Division, and successfully attracted the attention of His Majesty the Emperor.

If you have a carbon core, you can put a stack of charcoal balls to burn, of course, the more cores, the warmer it is. However, thousands of years of tradition have led to the idea of superiority and inferiority deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, and some numbers cannot be used indiscriminately.

For example, the number "nine" can only be used by His Majesty the Emperor without any scruples. "As many cores as you want, you can have as many cores", this method is really terrible.

Chai Zhe asked the people of the Imperial City Division to conduct a secret investigation, and it turned out that as the little yellow door said, the owner was a martial artist's charcoal stove shop, which sold charcoal stoves in strict accordance with his status.

No matter how rich ordinary people and merchants are, they can only buy one core. Only those who have official ranks and titles can sit in the right seats and purchase the corresponding charcoal stove.

After coming and going, the number of cores of the charcoal stove has become a symbol of status, which has made the sales of the charcoal stove skyrocket. Li Xiang, who heard the news, couldn't cry or laugh.

There are not so many charcoal stove shops that have just opened. In addition to the number nine, you can come as many cores as you want, as long as you can afford it......

Just as the battle situation in Hangzhou City has entered the white heat, grain and grass materials have been on the verge of collapse. His Majesty Chai Zhe's temper was already relatively big, and his dissatisfaction with the literati was at the peak of his accession to the throne, so he was very diligent and asked Kaifeng Mansion to submit the file of the "charcoal furnace case".

His Majesty the Preconceived Emperor was annoyed and dropped a brush that was more commonly used.

Chai Zhe was not the naïve emperor who was led by Cai Jing and his party when he first became emperor. The education of the royal family is still in place, and he obviously sees that the "charcoal furnace murder case" that has been rumored to be boiling is nothing more than a group of warriors and gentry grabbing profits.

This dynasty is heavy on business, not to prevent you from making money. But it's not enough for you to treat the local government offices as rings, and you also make half of the big Zhou everyone know, do you want Fang La and the other four big guys to see my jokes?!

The official family lost his temper and criticized Kaifeng Mansion Yin and others for being too slow to judge the case.

Kaifeng Mansion Yin, who comprehended the spirit, quickly closed the case and beat each side fifty boards on the bright side. In fact, the martial arts group behind the defendant only gave 10,000 yuan of money and food to support the war, so they easily got out and continued to make money.

Those merchants supported by the gentry were not so easy to pass. They were either seized from their shops, or they were fined and bankrupt, who made the current Da Zhou treasury clean and slippery.

Wu Xiaoling helped the forbidden army warriors win cleanly and maintain most of their market share. Then he followed Li Xiang's example and secretly escaped from Bianjing, but no one sent a good hand to hunt her down.

Wu Xiaoling wrote down all the details of the business war, and attached the information that had been sorted out about how the Huang Cheng family colluded with the Cai family, and sent someone back to Mingyuezhuang as a wedding gift to the owner of the village.

Li Xiang has already crossed the Danjiang Estuary and will soon reach Xunyang.

The mountain people of Mingyuezhuang are naturally rejoicing. The people of Huang Cheng's two families could only shout in their hearts: God don't open his eyes, so many people died on the battlefield in Jiangnan, and Li Xiang's family can actually survive!

Compared with the slumping Huang family, the situation of the family is even worse.

The family was originally won over by Huang Liren and was ready to be used as a scapegoat. After the plan to kill Li Xiang and carve up Mingyuezhuang failed, the Huang family was blessed by Huang Liren, a well-connected scholar, and the family that had not been raised for many years fell apart unexpectedly.

A large family has fallen faster than most people can imagine. First, they came to collect debts, and then the government found out a lot of problems, and then it fell apart from the inside.

The shipbuilding workshop that has been ancestral for more than 100 years and flourished for a time is no longer a family. The second child of the family was dressed sloppily, and watched the uncles, brothers, and nephews in each room share the last bit of family wealth. The family compound is about to fake others, and dozens of green skins come over to "invite" the second child of the family to move.

The second child of the family held the wine jug, walked away madly, and sang messily: "The day before yesterday was prosperous, yesterday was peaceful, and today ...... died"

On a wharf at the mouth of the Danjiang River, Liu Xiadu was about to go to Nanyang with his grandfather.

It is impossible for Liu Xiadu and his grandfather to get the confidential information of Mingyuezhuang anymore, and there is no use value. Huang Liren didn't want to be troubled when the Huang family was depressed, so he allowed them to leave the Huang family.

After the beginning of spring, Liu Xia was in the remnants of the Liu family, and he had no status to speak. How beautiful the Liu family's relatives who wanted to seize power were before the incident, how big the psychological blow caused by being crippled by the official mission was.

The mountain people's hatred for the Liu family, especially the seven Liu families, is incomparable.

The Liu family did not want to be the pawns of the gentry and businessmen to nail the south bank of the small river, so they sold the land on the south bank of the small river in Mingyue Valley to Gongzhong, and then took Li Xiang's alms and went elsewhere to survive. It is much easier to find a good backer in advance, and it is much easier for a few families who are trustworthy.

"Grandson, are you still unwilling? Wake up, grandpa, I kind of understand, we can't fight Li Xiang! ”

"When we were in the village, we resold secrets and avoided taking commissions...... After doing so many things, does the public really care about the government and the official gentry, and dare not force us? Obviously not, I even suspect that we have fallen to this point, and it was arranged by Li Xiang from beginning to end! ”

"We have received a lot of compensation, enough to buy a house and support our family. Liu Chengdong, Liu Yuan, Liu Sheng, Liu Decheng...... So many relatives are still in Mingyuezhuang, so they won't give us any affection, and it's easy to help us build a workshop and a business......"

"Enough is enough!!" Liu Xiadu roared with a flushed face.

Liu Xiadu looked at Li Xiang, who was far away from the dock, on the boat, his eyes were full of madness, hatred and unwillingness, "What is Li Xiang better than me, does he read more books and five classics than me?" Wen Taowuluo, what am I inferior to him?! ”

"It's just unwise for him to give so many good things to the untouchables! If I had so much money, I would be able to raise an army of 10,000 and take down the entire Qinling Mountains......"

The hustle and bustle of the dock suddenly fell silent. The porter, who worked hard all day long, wiped his sweat and looked at Liu Xiadu, thinking that this good-looking young man was crazy.

The old man, who was aging rapidly enough to walk tremblingly, pulled Liu Xia away, "I'm sorry, I'm sorry." This is my grandson, and he has a bit of a ...... brain."

The old house of the Huang family, Huang Liren's study.

On the table was a messy pile of dozens of letters. Huang Liren, who received a reply from his former classmates, colleagues, friends, and officials, confirmed that the Huang family had completely gotten rid of the big trouble, and finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Huang Liren leaned back in his chair, his almost white hair next to the carved neck guard. He no longer put the personal feud between Mingyuezhuang and the Huang family in the first place, but instead thought about everything about Li Xiang from the perspective of a Confucian literati.

The plan to deal with Mingyuezhuang failed again and again. After Huang Liren reflected, he felt that he had missed everything from beginning to end.

"Then from the first day Li Xiang appeared in Mingyue Village, see how Mingyuezhuang has come to the present step by step, and where it will go."

"What Li Xiang tried so hard to hide, what made the old man feel uncomfortable, what is it?!"

"How many things is Li Xiang hiding? Why did he only recruit storytellers, storytellers, clerks, bookkeepers, shopkeepers, staff, children, talents, and even anyone who could read and write, instead of recruiting even one person? ”

"What the hell does Li Xiang want to do?!"