Under the moonlight, three clippers cut through the lake, and the splashes fell on the surface of the lake, causing ripples.

The clipper docked, and Li Xuan, who had a solemn face, took the lead in going ashore, followed by Qiu Zhenmu, Su Baotong, Su Yu, Kui Gong, Kui Heng and others.

At this time, the dock was already brightly lit.

More than a dozen Qianniuwei stood on both sides of the pier with torches, and farther away, a black-framed carriage stopped on the side of the road.

Li Xuan greeted Zhang Huan, who had been waiting for a long time, and handed over the written letter: "Immediately send a letter to the Assassin Mansion, and send this letter to Yuan Assassin Shi by hand, don't pass through others."

"Whoa!" Zhang Huan took the letter and immediately turned around and left.

Kui Gong on the side looked at the letter, his face was slightly ugly.

That letter will completely crucify Qi Gongzi on the charge of rebellion.

At this moment, a fast boat came from the lake behind it, and the old man shouted loudly, "Wait a minute, the prince!"

Li Xuan, who had just walked to the side of the car, stopped and looked at the lake in the distance with a frown.

The clipper boat quickly went ashore, and three figures came down and down one after another, and the first one was the monk Fang Qin, who was born in Niutou Mountain and is now placing orders in Lingyin Temple, followed by Gao Xiang, a professor of state studies, Gao Fenglan, and Jingzhao Dushi Du Liu, who was dressed as a man.

Monk Fang Qin took the lead in clasping his hands together, and while looking at Li Xuan, he breathed a long sigh of relief: "I have seen the prince, and when I heard that the prince was assassinated, everyone on the boat was shocked, and it was fruitless for a while, so the poor monk hurriedly chased after him, and now that the prince is safe, the poor monk's heart has finally let go, Amitabha."

"Master Duolao is worried, and he also has two more." Li Xuan returned the salute, looked at Gao Xiang and Du Liu in the back, and the two returned the salute.

"The poor monk chases the prince, in addition to visiting whether the prince is healthy, he really has a private matter to discuss." As he spoke, Monk Fang Qin turned his head to look at Du Liu behind him.

Du Liu immediately stepped forward and handed over a letter with a respectful face, Li Xuan took the letter with some surprise, took the letter, read it for a while, and his face immediately rose with a hint of surprise: "Brother Du, please come here, Kui Weng and Brother Kui also come together."

After speaking, Li Xuan didn't care about the others, and took the lead towards the carriage.

Qiu Zhenmu and Su Baotong turned around and walked towards the war horse next to them, Su Yu and Gao Xiang hesitated slightly, and also followed the two. Chinese Net

There was only one monk left on the shore, and although he was left alone, Monk Fang Qin not only did not have any dissatisfaction, but folded his hands and saluted slightly in the direction where the carriage left.

There was a hint of hope and a hint of worry in his face.

Li Xuan lifted the curtain slightly, the moonlight penetrated, and the figure in the carriage was clearly visible.

Li Xuan and Du Liu sat on the left side, while Kui Gong and Kui Heng father and son sat on the right side.

The curtain was lowered, and the carriage fell into darkness again, and as the curtain swayed, occasionally moonlight penetrated, and light and shadow flickered.

"Kui Weng." Li Xuan was the first to speak, looked at Kui Gong on the opposite side and said, "What is the relationship between the Kui family and Qi Gongzi, why are you helping him so much?"

Although the Kui family is at the bottom of the sixteen families of Wu Yue, it is not a matter of people who are above it at will.

Even Qi Gongzi, who has the support of Hangzhou Thorn History, can't do it.

The Fox Fake Tiger Majesty set doesn't work at all in these big families, they are the ones who are the best at this kind of game.

"Of course, it's a benefit!" Kui Heng on the side opened his mouth faintly, glanced at his father Kui Gong, and then said to Li Xuan: "The prince doesn't know, although Hangzhou produces the most silk in the land of Sanwu, and even accounts for forty percent of the entire land of Wu Yue, but the annual output of silk in Hangzhou is less than two percent, in addition to Suzhou, Huzhou is also a big silk state."

"In the southeast, in addition to Hangzhou, Suzhou produces the most silk every year, so although there are compromises in secret, but when it comes to the localities, the competition for silk is also very fierce, and sometimes it is not surprising that people die because of this."

Kui Gong sighed softly, looked at Li Xuan and said, "Although the Kui family mainly focuses on transportation, they often buy raw silk for profit, while Qi Gongzi is ready to increase the cultivation of silkworm trees in Wuzhou, Taizhou, Quzhou, Kuozhou and other places

I believe that I can earn some upper hand and have more say in it."

"I see." Li Xuan nodded, Hangzhou Changshi Hu Yu had said before that the entire silk industry is very huge, and each link is very finely divided.

Nowadays, it is not easy for the entire industry to have new development.

There are no two feasible solutions, one to throttle and one to open source.

Throttling is nothing more than trying to exploit and squeeze the silkiers and weavers at the lower levels, and every time an extra copper coin is squeezed out of them, the families at the top will have an unknown amount of profit.

This is also the reason why many people can often see many wealthy slaves of big families, beating ordinary farmers below to death for a copper plate.

Wu Yue's sixteenth family, every copper coin in the family is bloody.

As for open source, it is planting trees and growing silk.

"This matter, when the king arrives in Wuzhou, he will also do it, Taizhou, Guanzhou, this king has enough connections to do these things, there is no need to worry, in the end, there is only one Quzhou left, Kui Weng should know that Quzhou is bordered by Wuzhou in the east and Hongzhou in the west, unfortunately, it is all under the control of this king......" Li Xuan's eyes showed a sharp edge, staring at the Kui father and son.

"In this way, I will be taken care of by the prince in the future." Kui Heng took the lead in responding, while Kui Gong was still hesitating.

Li Xuan looked at Kui Gong, under the shaking curtain, the moonlight penetrated, and Kui Gong finally nodded seriously.

Kui Heng watched from the side, slightly relieved, in his opinion, it was nothing more than the position of the former Prince of Qi, which was replaced by Li Xuan.

And all this is Qi Gongzi's own fault, from the inexplicable provocation that began early yesterday morning, to today's night banquet without the slightest intention of apology, it has made Qi Gongzi lose all the hearts of the people, if he loses the support of Yuan Tingshi again, then this person is equivalent to death.

Li Xuanzhi didn't think about it so much, he thought more about other things.

The sixteenth family that controls the entire land of Wu Yue, to this day, Li Xuan has finally really opened a small door.

Don't look at Li Xuan's relationship with the Lu family, the He family, the Yu family, and the Zhang family, but what these people talk about with Li Xuan is either articles and poems, or court secrets.

They don't seem to be disdainful of these means of controlling the land of Wu Yue at all, or even not talking about it at all.

"In this way, this king has a second question, Kui Weng, now in this Hangzhou, who is the leading family in the entire Wuyue silk industry?" Li Xuan asked very solemnly.

Kui Gong looked at Li Xuan with some surprise, although he seemed to think of something, he suddenly said: "It has only been a day and a half since the prince came to Hangzhou, and it is normal to be puzzled by these situations, in fact, in the entire Hangzhou, it is actually the Yao family who is really in charge of the silk industry.

The ancestor of the Yao family was Yao Ping, the minister of the Western Han Dynasty, when the chaos of the late Han Dynasty, the Yao family moved to Hangzhou, and since then it has taken root, the Northern and Southern Dynasties have been very prosperous, and now it is on a higher level, the secretary of the Central Committee of the DPRK Lang Yao Xuan, and the chief of the Jinwu Guard, Shi Yao Yiju are all members of the Yao family."

"Wait, who, Yao Yi, Zuo Jinwu Wei Commander Shi Yao Yi, Yao Chong's father Yao Yi?" Li Xuan couldn't help but be slightly stunned, this answer was really a bit unexpected to him.

"Does the prince know Yao Yi?" Kui Gong looked at Li Xuan in some surprise, he didn't expect Li Xuan to know Yao Yi.

"I have worked together for a while, and when this king left the Shendu, Brother Yao also went out to see him off. However, Kui Gong, as far as this king knows, Yao Yi is a person from Jingzhao, how could he become a disciple of the Yao clan in Hangzhou."

"The prince doesn't know, Yao Yi's father left Hangzhou very early and went to Chang'an to find a job, Yao Yi was born in Chang'an back then, but every year they will send people back to Hangzhou to worship their ancestors, so we also know how it is doing, and we also take care of each other in the court." Kui Gong explained to Li Xuan a little about the origin of Yao Yi's family.

However, at this time, he also roughly figured out the relationship between Li Xuan and the Yao family.

Although the relationship between the two sides is good, it is not deep, otherwise Li Xuan would not even know the family origin of the Yao family.

"The Yao family has only become a person in the silk industry in recent years, but if the future career is smooth, I think

It will not be long before the Yao family will give up this position, just like the He family back then, and become a real official family." Kui Gong couldn't help but sigh with emotion.

Wu Yue's sixteenth family, although the ancestors have a bright history, but how many years of ups and downs, some soared, some have already sunk into the depths of the sludge and disappeared.

In every dynasty and every generation, there are new people, new families ascending to the throne, and there are also old people, and the old families have fallen, or even fallen directly.

"What, the He family was also in charge of Wu Yue's silk business before?" Li Xuan couldn't help but be slightly stunned.

He'd done a lot of research before, but he had never investigated this before.

"Yes, but when the He family rose to prominence decades ago, they gave up their position." Kui Gong explained slightly.

Li Xuan nodded, if he remembered correctly, He Zhizhang's grandfather was a close minister of Li Jiancheng, the hidden prince in his early years.

It's just that their luck is very good, in front of the gate of Xuanwu Gate, He Zhizhang's grandfather has died of illness, and then he has nothing to do with the prince's party, in the Taizong and Gaozong dynasties, although it is not a high-ranking official, but it also firmly occupies the central position.

Kui Gong sighed with emotion: "The sixteenth family of Wu Yue, the highest is the family of the Qing Dynasty and the power of the family, such as the family of Wang Xie back then, even the later Gu Lu Zhu Zhang is just a rising star, until in recent years, Wang Xie has become more and more defeated, and Gu Lu Zhu and Zhang have prospered, and the two sides are on an equal footing.

They are also the six top-level families in the entire Wuyue Sixteen Families.

As for the underneath, they have been chasing their footsteps for many years, from generation to generation."

Li Xuan nodded silently, and the entire system of the Sixteen Families of Wu Yue, from top to bottom, finally revealed a clear outline in front of his eyes.