Since Cui Baitai's crime was confirmed, the Cui family in Hongzhou has completely lost power, not to mention continuing to sell grain, even if they are walking on the road, some people will throw rotten eggs at them.

Just in case, Li Hao simply recorded the whole process of the trial of Cui Baitai and sent it back to Chang'an. I believe that with this case, Li Shimin wants to subdue the Boling Cui family, which can be regarded as easy.

After the dinner, Li Hao turned back into the leisurely prince of Zhen'an. The flood has been eliminated, the people live and work in peace and contentment, and there is nothing Li Hao needs to worry about. He eats, sleeps, eats every day, and lives quite happily.

Wan'er came to Li Hao with a bowl of mung bean soup, and looked at his lazy appearance every day, a little funny.

"Young master, the matter here in Hongzhou has been done, why don't we stay here in Chang'an?"

Li Hao forced his eyes, enjoying the leisurely time in the afternoon, and said lazily: "Don't be in a hurry, there is one last thing to do, after finishing this matter, it's not too late to go back!" ”

"What's the matter?"

"Wait for the Cui family to beg me!"

Wan'er didn't know why, and was about to ask, when suddenly a shout came from outside the hall door.

"The envoy of the Boling Cui family asks to see Li Hao, the king of Zhen'an!"

"Say Cao Cao, Cao Cao!" Li Hao opened his eyes, and a smile curled up at the corner of his mouth.

In the living room, a middle-aged man in black in his thirties knelt respectfully in front of Li Hao.

"Boling Cui clan, Cui Yongquan, knock on King Zhen'an!"

"This king is not a person from the Tang Dynasty, he just has the name of a prince, you don't have to be so polite, please get up!"

"Thank you, Lord Wang!"

Cui Yongquan stood in place with his head bowed after getting up, not saying a word, as if waiting for Li Hao to speak first.

"Who are you?" Li Hao asked casually while drinking tea.

"Back to the prince, he is my nephew. Cui Baitai has eyes and doesn't know Mount Tai, and he actually offended the prince. My Cui family has such a wicked obstacle, which is to make people ashamed. That's why my family specially sent me here to ask the prince for his guilt! ”

Cui Yongquan said, and looked at Li Hao deeply, and the politeness was enough.

"Alright, where is so much nonsense. If you do something wrong, you should pay the price, and it is useless to say that you are sorry more. What is the matter with you coming all the way, tell me! ”

"The prince is straightforward and fast-talking, and the little ones don't beat around the bush. Cui Baitai privately embezzled my Cui family's property to buy food, and now the Cui family's reputation has been ruined by this little beast, and now no one in Hongzhou counties is buying my family's food. The Cui family has no silver turnover, and it looks like it will not be able to hold on, so I want to ......"

"Do you want this king to pay for these grains, so that your Cui family can turn around?"

"Yes, yes, the prince is wise!" Cui Yongquan was so flattering that his head was about to hang to the ground.

"Okay, anyway, this king is also a businessman, he has been in Hongzhou for so long, and he has been busy controlling the floods, and he has no time to do business. Now that I'm about to leave, it doesn't hurt to make a wave. ”

"The prince is really far-sighted, Hongzhou's grain was defeated by the flood, until next autumn, food supplies are needed, and controlling the grain is equivalent to controlling the lifeblood of the entire Hongzhou business community, and the prince will definitely be able to make a lot of money. In that case, the price I propose ......"

"Seventy percent of the market price!" Before Cui Yongquan finished speaking, Li Hao had already raised his right hand and made a gesture of seven.

Cui Yongquan was stunned, and cold sweat broke out on his back. Because this figure is the lowest price that the Cui family elders can accept. Is Li Hao an immortal? So you can get out of the Cui family's bottom line all at once?

However, doing business naturally requires bargaining, and it is good for the Cui family to be able to fight for one more point.

So, Cui Yongquan pretended to have an embarrassed expression: "Lord Wang, this seventy percent is too low, the Cui family bought too much grain this time, if you lose three percent of the profits, the family elders will have to skin me and cramp when I go back." Raise your noble hand to the prince. ”

Li Hao laughed, and then waved his hand: "Wan'er sends off guests, this business can't be done today, pack up your things, let's go back to Chang'an!" ”

When Cui Yongquan saw this, he hurriedly grabbed Li Hao: "Lord Wang, what are you doing, this business is doing well, why did you suddenly change your hexagram." ”

Li Hao looked at Cui Yongquan: "It's not that the cell can't be visited, you can go find your family Cui Baitai and ask yourself." What did he say when he was selling grain to me? Now I'm not talking to you about business, but you, Boling Cui's family, begging me! Since it's a request, let's make a difference. Don't feel like you're on an equal footing with peace, you don't deserve it right now. ”

After Li Hao finished speaking, he turned around and left: "Anyway, I also shipped a lot of grain from Lijiazhuang this time, and I can't sell my family's things, and it's not bad for you!" ”

Cui Yongquan is anxious and dry at the moment, if he really sells grain at a price of seventy percent, he will definitely be punished when he goes back to the Cui family, but if he doesn't return the money, the entire Cui family may collapse.

"Oh yes, Cui Baitai also said something to me at the beginning, I think it's really special, and now I'll give it to you. The Cui family should be under His Majesty's interrogation recently, right? There are so many civil and military people in the Manchu Dynasty, and there are many of them waiting for you to fall. If you want to have a good relationship up and down, you need to spend a lot of money, right? ”

After Li Hao finished speaking, he left the living room directly.

Cui Yongquan was stunned, still hesitant in his heart.

After a while, Wan'er stepped forward to see off the guest: "Mr. Cui, the young master is going to rest, please!" ”

"Okay, I'll sell!" In just three words, Cui Yongquan seemed to have exhausted all the strength of his body, and after finishing speaking, he directly broke out in a sweat and almost fell to the ground.

Li Hao is right, now the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty are pointing the finger at the Cui family. In order to survive this difficulty, the Cui family needs to spend a lot of money to open up the joints. Although the price of seventy percent is less, it is better than nothing.

"Okay, you go back first, the young master will arrange this matter." Wan'er's face did not change, and the corners of her mouth still had a gentle smile on her face, and she sent Cui Yongquan out of the Assassin's Mansion.

After Cui Yongquan left, he happily ran to Li Hao: "Young master, you really guessed right, Cui Yongquan agreed." ”

He couldn't disagree, he finished the last thing in Hongzhou, packed up and went back to Chang'an. By the way, distribute the copy of the system I wrote last night. In the future, Hongzhou will distribute grain according to that method.

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Wan'er smiled bitterly: "Can this method really work?" Do we really want to give away the food we have spent so much money on for free? ”

Li Hao disagreed: "Hongzhou was very seriously affected, and the people didn't have much money in their pockets. If they really sell grain, how many times will the people tighten their belts to get by, and they will not be able to maximize their profits at all. Instead of this, it is better for them to write an IOU, take ten catties of rice from me this year, and pay me a few taels more after the harvest next year. I can make a lot of money. ”

"But young master, there is no shortage of food in our village, and now the entire Tang Dynasty is a bumper harvest, no matter how much food we have, we can't sell it!"

Li Hao sat up and looked at Wan'er: "Wan'er, our Li Jiazhuang may need a lot of food in the future!" ”

Wan'er saw that Li Hao was so serious, and she didn't insist, and according to what Li Hao said, she issued a notice of rationing food.

From this day on, in all counties and counties of Hongzhou, people only need to sign an IOU to receive food for free. The note on the IOU states that in the fall of the next year, it is enough to send back the borrowed grain at interest.

As soon as the people heard about this good thing, they immediately flocked to it, and the business of the grain store was booming in an instant.