If it had been placed a year ago, Wang Hufeng would never have taken Fan's firm in his eyes. But since Emperor Zhongzong feasted courtiers and foreign envoys last year, the goods of Fan's firm have suddenly become the object of pursuit by the emperor's relatives and magnates, and even become a symbol of identity and status.

Despite this, Wang Hufeng can still hold his breath, he has been staring at the large amount of grain purchased by Fan's firm, he is waiting for a big drama to be staged, and then the situation will be decided in one fell swoop. However, the wonderful drama that Wang Hufeng was waiting for did not take place as he expected, and after the Fan firm filled up all the warehouses, he stopped this "crazy" behavior.

What Wang Hufeng didn't expect even more was that after the "full warehouse", Fan's firm did not spread rumors everywhere and create gossip that the price of grain was going to rise, on the contrary, everything returned to calm.

Wang Hufeng was very disappointed, but he believed in his own judgment, the play would be staged sooner or later, but the time was slightly delayed.

In the winter of last year, the weather was extremely cold, and Fan's firm took advantage of Li Tao's fame to help them out, but the various businesses opened in Chang'an City were extremely prosperous. Even the restaurant inn is famous all over the world for its free reception of people who rush to take the exam, and has become the first choice for outsiders to stay in Chang'an. This winter was also a winter that made Wang Hufeng feel extremely depressed, because with his years of experience in business, he thought that he would soon see Fan's firm go bankrupt when he saw that the money from the purchase of grain was about to run out. But the big drama he was looking forward to was not only never staged, but what he didn't expect was that Fan's firm had its own way. Not only did they survive this harsh winter safely, but it also seemed that every business seemed to be doing well.

The iron-clad fact made Wang Hufeng feel afraid: This Fan's business name is really not simple, isn't the pile of grain afraid of being put into mold? However, his "good-natured" fears did not last long, as the answer was soon revealed.

The snow-free winter did not make people feel that this winter would be any different from previous years, and when spring arrived, Chang'an City was still a place where merchants from all over the world gathered. But people suddenly found out. At this time of year, the spring rain that has been watering the earth with the spring breeze has not arrived for a long time, and people are finally panicked in the face of the withering crops. But God is not particularly gracious because of the fear and sincere prayers of mankind. The earth is still dry, and the seedlings are dying.

People finally had to accept the fact that they were least willing to accept the fact that it was a rare drought disaster that came out of nowhere. Relentlessly swept Chang'an and its surroundings.

It's time for the autumn harvest. Strictly speaking, this is not a real autumn harvest, because Chang'an and many places in the surrounding area are almost unharvested. The market is in a depression and people are in a state of panic. The granaries of Fan's firms, which were built in the suburbs of Chang'an, did not show signs of depression, but suddenly became lively at some point, and all kinds of cars and horses continued to gather here. Wang Hufeng knew that it was merchants from all over the world rushing to buy the grain stored by Fan's firm. They all scrambled to be the first to go, lest they would return empty-handed.

Wang Hufeng is very aware of the current price of grain. He felt that this was both sad and ridiculous: those merchants who were running around sent a large amount of grain to the granary of Fan's firm last year, but after only one year, they took out several times more money than last year to buy the grain back. And the biggest winner among them is, of course, the Fan firm. The Fan firm did not sell all the stored grain, but at a critical time, opened a warehouse for disaster relief free of charge, and helped thousands of hungry people, and the name of the Fan firm once again resounded all over the world.

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"Ah Tao, now the whole Chang'an City is spreading the rumor that 'the prince is not long, and he should not be established', what is going on!" Hua Jingjing said strangely.

"What's so strange about that? Remember what I told you about Princess Taiping and the crown prince, there is no doubt that Princess Taiping took the initiative. Li Tao said with a smile.

"Tao'er, why did Princess Taiping attack now?" Sana also said with interest.

"Before the fall of Empress Wei, the entire Li Tang clan was threatened, and Princess Taiping and the third uncle saved the world together and had common interests, so they could become allies; But after the coup d'état was successful, the common threat was lifted, and the relationship between the two people immediately became delicate. Especially when the third uncle was made the crown prince, the contradictions between the two sides immediately came to the fore. Although Uncle Weng is the Son of Heaven, he doesn't want to be the emperor in his heart, and he also hopes that his sister and son will live in harmony, so he consults Princess Taiping and the third uncle on everything, which is troublesome. Princess Taiping originally liked to seize power, and after supporting her uncle to become the emperor, she was even more unwilling to share power with others. The third uncle is not a vegetarian either! He is both a hero and a prince, and his overall strength is not below Princess Taiping, and it is impossible to echo her opinion every time. In this way, a Taiping, a prince, and originally close allies gradually drifted apart, and they fought openly and secretly. ”

"Ah Tao, you said that Princess Taiping attacked with rumors, can this have an effect?" Hua Jingjing wondered.

Li Tao said with a solemn face: "Don't underestimate this rumor, how many people have died under this rumor since ancient times." ”

Yuan, who had not spoken beside him, suddenly stood up and said solemnly: "What Tao'er said, the three of you must keep it firmly in mind, think about it, although Tao'er's father committed suicide, in the final analysis, he died under the rumors." The things of the past life, the teacher of the future life, I don't want any of us to repeat the mistakes of the past. ”

Hua Jingjing, Suo Na and Lu Yue'er rarely saw the Yuan clan so serious, and hurriedly nodded yes.

"Of course, Princess Taiping created rumors only to prepare for her next step!"

Sana guessed: "Is she planning to change the crown prince?" ”

Li Tao nodded appreciatively and encouraged, "Go on!" ”

Suo Na said eloquently: "In Princess Taiping's opinion, the most beneficial way for her is to change to a prince who has not made meritorious contributions, and the only one who has not made meritorious contributions and is qualified to be a prince is Li Chengqi, the eldest son of Ruizong." Princess Taiping put on a posture of defending the inheritance of her eldest son, and the defect of not being born as an eldest son has become a sharp weapon for Princess Taiping to attack Li Longji. ”

"That's right! The characteristics of rumors are that they come and go without a trace, spread widely and have great influence. Princess Taiping did this, and it didn't seem to be aimed at anyone, but everyone was talking about it, and it could achieve the effect of disrupting the audio-visual. (To be continued......)