"Hmm~" Li Su heard Wang Guo's words, his face immediately sank, after he crossed over to Datang, he took the trouble to unite many people around him with interests, and the core of interests is actually that industry and commerce bring huge profits, the reason why Datang's current industry and commerce are so prosperous, it can be said that most of them are from Li Su's hands, it is no exaggeration to say that industry and commerce are actually the foundation of Li Su's life, and it is also his lifeblood, who dares to start the development of industry and commerce, in fact, it is with Li Su, and the interest groups behind him.

"Do they really have that much audacity?" Li Su asked in a deep voice, for the five surnames and seven hopes, he had already done enough investigation, knowing that sooner or later he and the other party would have a life-and-death conflict, after all, the other party represents the core interests of the traditional scholar class and the big landlord class, and Li Su represents the interests of the emerging industrial and commercial owners, these two classes have been fighting for manpower and material resources since they were just born, but due to cultural reasons, industry and commerce have been vigorously suppressed by the scholar class, and there is no chance of development at all.

Fortunately, there is Li Su, an outlier, for his own interests, relying on his special identity and advanced technology, vigorously developing industry and commerce, which makes Datang's industry and commerce show a vigorous and upward scene, and he also uses his natural advantages to constantly throw out various industrial and commercial profits, and pull the emerging aristocratic class of Datang around him, forming a rapidly expanding interest group. And Li Su is the direct representative of this interest group, if it were not for the special relationship between Li Su and Li Shimin, it is estimated that he would have been slaughtered by Li Shimin, the emperor of the Tang Dynasty.

However, now the traditional scholarly interest group headed by the five surnames and seven wangs can't help but wage war against the emerging industrial and commercial owners group represented by Li Su, and it is no exaggeration to say that if this matter is not handled properly. It is likely to cause a turmoil that will affect the entire Tang Dynasty. and even shook the national capital of the Tang Dynasty.

"Your Highness, in fact, they are also forced to do so, because if they don't act again. I'm afraid they'll never have a chance again. Hearing Li Su's threatening words, Wang Guo said with a wry smile on his face.

"Oh? Why is that? Hearing Wang Guo's words, Li Su seemed to have a flash of inspiration in his mind. It seemed that he had caught something, but he couldn't think clearly for a while, so he didn't bother to think about it again, and asked directly.

"Why does Your Highness knowingly ask, isn't it just the land and the population?" At this time, Cui Yu also spoke, and explained the key to it in one sentence.

Fields, population! Li Su suddenly understood that the biggest reason why the five surnames and seven wangs could stand for nearly a thousand years was that in addition to the large population in the clan, the biggest reason was that they occupied a large amount of land. These fields are the foundation of the survival of the family, and the fields occupied by each family are measured in tens of thousands of hectares. With so many fields, it is certainly impossible for the family to cultivate them themselves. Instead, it was leased to countless poor peasant households. It was used to collect the rents of the fields, and they relied on them. Support the children of the clan to study and become officials, and provide convenience for the children of officials to annex more land in the clan, so as to form a cycle, so that the influence of the family is getting bigger and bigger, and the farmers who depend on them are also increasing, and finally forming the pattern of the influence of the five surnames and seven hopes all over the Tang Dynasty.

However, the emergence of Li Su broke the current pattern, because the rise of industry and commerce made those poor peasant households who lived by renting fields have a second better choice, that is, they do not need to spend any cost, as long as they have a sound body, they can enter the factory or merchant to work, although the monthly salary is more or less, but at least they can support themselves, and even a few people in the family can work, not only can support the whole family, but also may have a surplus.

At the beginning, affected by factors such as concepts and job opportunities, there were not many people willing to work in the factory, which Li Su was deeply aware of, he was the first to run a winery in Chang'an, most of the factory at that time were domestic slaves in various prefectures, and later the scale expanded, and when recruiting people from outside, it took a lot of effort to recruit people, and it was not easy to recruit people.

However, later, as Li Su popularized various industries such as cement, coal, and food processing, various factories were blooming everywhere in Datang, and there was indeed a labor shortage at the beginning, but later as Li Su was the first to improve the treatment of workers, so that the workers could really feed the whole family, and other industrial and commercial owners followed suit.

Under the generous treatment, many discerning poor people put down their hoes and began to work in the factory, although there are also arrears of wages, but most of the workers' lives are indeed much better than before, all of them are not fools, see the same neighbors as themselves eat white rice noodles, but they are still gnawing wild vegetables, naturally they are uneven, the so-called do not suffer from widowhood and unevenness, this is the truth.

After the comparison, the people who originally regarded the industry and commerce as a lowly industry slowly let go of the prejudice in their hearts, and began to try to find work in the factory for the sake of a few good meals for the wife and children at home, and after tasting the sweetness, they naturally never wanted to pick up a hoe to dig food from the soil.

However, there are more people who work, and there are naturally fewer people who farm the land, and under the influence of traditional concepts, the first people to go out to work are poor peasant households who have no land or whose fields are not enough to support their families, and these peasant households used to make a living by renting the fields of large households, among which the five surnamed Qiwang are the largest landlords, so when there are many workers, they are the first to be affected.

Thinking of this, Li Su immediately understood the reason why the five surnames and seven hopes wanted to suppress industry and commerce, to put it bluntly, it was nothing more than because of the rise of industry and commerce, which robbed the population resources that belonged to agriculture and reduced the dividends produced on the land, which is undoubtedly extremely terrible and even fatal for the families who have been living by sharing land dividends for nearly a thousand years. It is precisely because of this that the five surnames and seven wangs, these big families, put aside their respective prejudices and united to suppress the industry and commerce that are encroaching on their interests.

Thinking about this, Li Su was not angry but happy, so the actions of these big families made him see a gratifying signal, that is, with the development of industry and commerce, the emerging factory owners and the rapidly growing merchant class have formed a strong threat to the original scholar and landlord class, which also shows that his previous efforts were not in vain, and finally laid a foundation for himself.

Wang Kuang and Cui Yu saw Li Su smiling on his face, they both looked at each other, and they couldn't guess the thoughts of His Royal Highness the King of Qi in front of them, but if others heard that the five surnames and seven wangs joined forces to suppress him, I am afraid that they would have been frightened for a long time, and even when His Majesty heard the news today, it is estimated that he would have to weigh it for a long time, but he didn't expect Li Su to react like this after hearing it?

"Brother Wang, Brother Cui, thank you for coming all the way to Dengzhou and telling the little brother such important information, it is really a benevolent and righteous act, please accept the little brother's worship!" Li Su suddenly turned around, and Zhengse bowed to the two of them.

"Your Highness has been waiting for me to kill me!" Seeing Li Yu saluting him, Wang Guo and Cui Yu were both startled, and they couldn't hide, so they hurriedly bowed and saluted.

"The two of you are polite, this worship is actually Li Su's thank you to the two on behalf of the world!" Li Su stood up straight, and said with a rare serious look.

Seeing Li Yu so solemn, Wang Kuang and Cui Yu also showed a straight face, looked at each other and said: "Your Highness, although we are not talented, but the general trend of the world can still be seen clearly, with the talent of His Royal Highness, the policy of rejuvenating the country through industry and commerce has been formed, and has formed a trend that has swept the world, those old stubborn delusions in the clan want to resist this general trend with manpower, which is tantamount to using the mantis arm as a car, we don't want to do that kind of stupid thing, so we came to tell each other before, in order to protect the old and young in the family in the future!" ”

Hearing the words of the two of them very sincerely, Li Su smiled slightly, although these two people said very sincerely, but there is one thing that they did not say clearly, that is, although they are also from five surnames and seven wangs, but they have been suppressed in the clan, needless to say, the king has a good future, but he was forced to do the business of the businessman, as for Cui Yu's situation, although it is better, but presumably under the suppression of the patriarch Cui Yan, life must not be easy, so I want to take this opportunity to have a fish jump dragon gate, and spit out the stuffiness that has been suppressed in my chest for many years.

However, Li Su soon found that his above guess was not comprehensive, because in the following conversation with the two, he soon found that these two people were not only suppressed in the clan, but also had another thing in common, that is, they were both in charge of the business affairs of the clan, and they had countless factories, shops and caravans under their names, which can be said to be one of the typical representatives of the emerging industrial and commercial owners, that is, the reason why they opposed the suppression of industry and commerce in the clan was actually to consider their own interests.

For the fact that both of them are doing business, Li Su was a little surprised, Wang Guo was in charge of the business of the Taiyuan Wang family, he knew, but Cui Yu was also the only son of the previous patriarch, and according to the information obtained by Wu Meiniang, there are many people in the Cui clan in Qinghe who support Cui Yu, no matter how it is impossible to do the same business as Wang Guo, right?

Li Su thought of this, and immediately asked his own puzzles, and after Cui Yu heard it, he laughed and said: "Your Highness, Cui is actually crooked, a few years ago, my clan uncle suppressed me in every way, although there are many people in the clan to help me, but it is still a little difficult to parry, and finally I thought about it, simply self-defilement, put down my identity and manage the business affairs in the clan, but I didn't expect that after contact, it aroused Cui's interest, and later got acquainted with Brother Wang, and had a deeper understanding of the importance of industry and commerce, coupled with His Royal Highness's promotion of industry and commerce, Cui saw that in the future world, industry and commerce must occupy a pivotal position, so he followed the example of His Royal Highness, a large number of factories, as for the family land, I sold it for the cost of investment, now the time is short, but the benefits are excellent, the cost has been recovered almost. ”

Although Cui Yu said it simply, it made him awe-inspiring in Li Su's ears, and he was able to decisively give up the traditional land income and turn to industry and commerce as the main industry, which even Li Yu couldn't ask himself, but he didn't expect this very girly man in front of him to have such courage!

After Cui Yu finished speaking, he talked to Li Yu for a few more words, and then became a little hesitant, and glanced at Wang Guo, the other party immediately understood his thoughts, and his face was also gloomy, but he didn't say anything. Li Su saw the changes in the expressions of the two of them, and he was a little strange in his heart, these two people seemed to have something to say?