"Dad, this Lord Zhongwu is too unreasonable."

"100 million catties of coal (50,000 tons), how can you say that you will donate it."

"The Chai family's annual output of refined coal is only a few billion catties, and they have to pay for the supply of Shangjing."

Chai Mao, the sister-in-law of the Chai family, said with some indignation.

The Chai family has a big business, occupying the largest and best coal mine in Fengzhou, and there are billions of catties when there is no expansion of production capacity, but these coals do not mean that they are the Chai family.

The Xiao royal family gave coal minerals to the Chai family franchise in order to give them enough rewards to mine coal for Shangjing use, and regularly pay sufficient funds for the royal family to enjoy.

Therefore, giving 100 million catties of coal for free is also a big burden.

"Reasonable?"

"Mao'er, why are you so naïve?"

"When did the nobles in Beijing reason with you?"

"Lord Zhongwu is quite polite, he is fortunate to have sent a personal guard, and let me know in advance."

"In the past, when General Dou asked for money, he directly sent someone to seal up the coal mine, saying that it was smuggling ordnance."

"We don't have to pay yet."

Chai Song, the head of the Chai family, sneered, without the slightest surprise.

"General Dou didn't say anything, he collected so much money from us every year."

"The girl of Yihong Courtyard, he can still serve you after receiving money, he can't do nothing!"

Chai Mao became angry when he thought of this, he ran the family industry, and knew that the Chai family's income every year was very amazing, no less than the Qian family in Haizhou, and even surpassed.

Firewood, rice, oil, salt, sauce, vinegar, tea, firewood is in the first place.

But this money does not belong to the Chai family, not only to the royal family, but also to the local nobles.

"It's useless!"

"Master Zhang asked someone to pass the word, and the Queen Mother said that it was a major disaster relief event, and everything must be under the command of Lord Zhongwu."

Chai Song sighed, after this transaction, the Chai family can be said to be greatly damaged.

Originally, they took over the grain of the King Kong Temple, not only to make a profit, but also to make friends with the Zen masters of the King Kong Temple, who would have expected that the situation in Fengzhou would deteriorate so quickly, Chu Zhongwu did not spend much effort, and defeated the King Kong Temple, and the tacit understanding of the Shence army in the grain trade convinced the two major forces at the same time.

Even they all knelt, and imperial businessmen like the Chai family could only kneel.

"What about King Jing?"

"The child once had a relationship with King Jing, and he is very elegant, not a long-term resident, maybe he is willing to help the Chai family."

"There is a legend circulating in Yuzhou that King Jing is the reincarnation of Maitreya Buddha and the future master."

Chai Mao seemed to think of something, gritted his teeth and said.

"Ridiculous!"

"You don't want to hurt the whole family!"

Chai Song scolded sharply.

"The King Kong Temple is not contaminated with the throne, and there are many gaps with the Maha Temple, if the imperial court wants to get rid of the control of the martial arts holy land, it will naturally be more tolerant of the King Kong Temple."

"Not to mention the Shence Army, it is the relatives of the Queen Mother, and it is dedicated to the court."

"The Chai family can be friendly with King Jing, but they must not fall into it."

"If King Jing is the master of the future, when he becomes the master, we will naturally take refuge in the past."

"If he doesn't make it, do you want to guillotine your whole family?"

Chai Song was afraid that his son would not be able to carry it clearly, so he would wade into this troubled water, the Chai family was just a coal digger, and there were hundreds of thousands of miners under his command, but compared to the real army, the field army, it was not worth mentioning.

"The child understands!"

Chai Mao hurriedly shouted.

"I only had a one-sided relationship with King Jing, and I have never had a deep friendship."

"Is that true?"

Chai Song suddenly became suspicious, after all, his son had always been a strong advocate of hoarding grain, and he had made a lot of money in this famine.

"Nature is true!"

Chai Mao nodded vigorously, ready to destroy the content of his cooperation with King Jing.

"Then I'll be relieved."

Chai Song is still relatively relieved about his son, not too good, but not a fool, he has been with him since he was a child, and he has no stupid actions, and occasionally he will say some naïve things.

"This time, I'm going to go to Chungmu Mansion and bring [Xingshu]."

"What?"

"Dad, how can you sell your daughter for glory!"

"How can my sister marry someone like Chu Zhongwu!"

Chai Mao was shocked and immediately stood up against it.

"Why, can't you?"

"The Duke of Xu Guo can arrange his eldest lady by the side of Lord Zhongwu."

"Naturally, others are doing the same."

"What's more, I've already found a top-secret piece of information."

"That shameless old thing in Tang Ning actually arranged Tang Wan'er, the genius of the Tang family, by Chu Zhongwu's side."

"It just doesn't make sense."

"No wonder when the meeting was held, the old fox kept saying good things to Lord Chungmu."

"What can you do if he climbs the high branch of Lord Zhongwu and lowers the price of the Chai family?"

"Don't forget, the coal that the Chai family gives to the Shence Army every year is free of money."

When Chai Song thought of the old fox's actions, he immediately felt a huge crisis.

He always felt that there had been a subtle change in the Shence Army, and General Dou was no longer reliable, so he naturally had to find another way out for his family.

Seriously speaking, the Chai family is one of the eight imperial merchants and only obeys the royal family, but above the officialdom, there are rules and regulations.

If the Chai family's business is to continue, it must be settled by nobles from all walks of life.

It's like Fengzhou is the territory of the Shence Army, if you don't give benefits, he must have a way to toss you.

"But I still don't agree!"

Chai Mao was anxious and hurriedly objected.

"It's weird, Xingshu didn't say anything, what are you shouting here?"

Chai Song frowned, although their brother and sister had a good relationship, Chai Mao's performance was a bit abnormal.

"It's okay if you don't agree, you have to be like Lord Zhongwu, at the age of sixteen, to be an innate extreme realm, and I will listen to you."

"Otherwise, don't talk nonsense here."

The head of the Chai family directly put on a straight face and killed his son, leaving him speechless.

"Daddy, you're going to regret it."

After Chai Mao shook out this sentence, he turned around and left hatefully, while his sister [Chai Xingshu], who heard the dispute on the side, bowed her head and walked over.

"Daddy, don't blame your brother."

"Xingshu, Daddy doesn't want to sell his daughter for glory, he will let you meet with Lord Zhongwu."

"If you don't want to, Daddy won't force you."

……

At the same time, the head of the Tang family and the head of the Fan family received invitations from Li Mingde respectively.

Downing's face was so happy that he almost wanted to laugh out loud.

"Big brother, what's going on."

"The Tang family has passed."

"What do you mean by that?"

"Lord Zhongwu wants to reuse the Tang family."

"Let out the news, the Tang family will recruit another 200,000 long-term workers, including miners."

"Big brother, our silver roots are about to break, and we can't eat so many long-term workers."

"I sold the land, the grange, and the pawnshop."

"What Lord Zhongwu wants to do, even if the Tang family is bankrupt, they have to rush forward."

"There are also the spirit soldiers and hidden weapons at home, tell the brokers that we broke a bone this time."

"Big brother, yes, is this necessary?"

"We are imperial merchants."

"Third brother, this is where you are inferior to the sixth brother."

"We're either going to pass or we're going to die."

"Now that Lord Zhongwu has spoken, we have to let him see that keeping the Tang family is better than anything else."

"Big brother, I listen to you, let the children of the family set an example, and sell all the manors and villas I bought before." Tang Sanye's face changed, and he gritted his teeth and said.

"Okay, this is our Tang family."

"As long as the Tang family passes this hurdle, why not be rich?"

Tang Ning held his brother's hand and said with relief.

……

Fengzhou, Licheng

"Quick, get me a car."

The head of the Fan family received an urgent message from the Treasure Pavilion in Peacock City.

"No, it's too late to prepare the car."

The old man immediately ran over.

"You can't keep Tadamu waiting."

"Take out the dragon and phoenix double swords, the old man wants to dedicate them to Lord Zhongwu."

In the past, the Fan family prepared a set of treasure soldiers for the royal wedding, but now there is no need to dedicate this treasure soldier.

Therefore, the head of the Fan family suddenly had an idea and gave it as a gift to Chu Zhongwu.

……

Fengju, Peacock Villas, Chungmu House

The three heads of the eight imperial merchants gathered together.

"See Lord Chungmu."

The three of them shouted in unison, and Chu Qianqiu said with a smile:

"You have come at the right time, and now the disaster relief in Fengzhou has been arranged in an orderly manner."

"But disaster relief alone is not enough."

"We need to provide more job opportunities and sources of income for the people, so that Fengzhou's economy can be revitalized again."

"This is a development plan written by Chu."

"You guys take a good look first."

Tang Ning, Chai Song, and Fan Chengze all got the documents handed to them by Chu Qianqiu.

On the top of the document are a few big words, "Five-Year Plan for the Development of Fengzhou".

What is this?

(End of chapter)