Whitewater Town, Post House.

The upper room that once entertained King Qi is now inhabited by King Lu.

Li Qingshan looked at the prince in front of him, who was in the prime of life and had a heroic appearance, and felt an inexplicable pressure in his heart.

It's like when facing Feng Gui, the kind of pressure that the superior can decide his life with a word.

He didn't know if there would be any consequences if he chose to stand on Xiao Fan's side this time, but he didn't have a good impression of this King Lu.

King Lu wore the prince's court robe, a four-clawed dragon robe, but it was decorated with many ornaments that did not belong to the court dress.

What jade agate, what gold lock jade inlaid stone.

At first, it gives people the feeling of a nouveau riche, not like a prince, like a wealthy businessman who has just made a fortune.

Li Qingshan remembered that when he was young, when he earned the first 100,000 taels, he was also floating like this.

Later, as I got older, I gradually became calmer, and after being remembered by the thief a few times, I knew that I was restrained and low-key.

"You, is Li Qingshan from Qingshan's Yaxing?"

King Lu played, an eight-sided treasure porcelain vase.

It was sent by Lin Xi, and he also sent it when King Qi came, but he didn't send it in.

King Lu is the one who came did not refuse, and he looked at the bottle sent by Lin Xi with great interest.

It's worth at least a thousand taels!

That's it.

However, King Lu had seen the world after all, so he just played a little and put it aside.

He turned his head and looked at this well-known tooth dealer in the whole country, and was very surprised.

"It's the grass people." Li Qingshan replied respectfully.

King Lu smiled weirdly and said, "I heard that you don't do dental business anymore, I'm curious, what made you lose such a profitable business?" ”

Li Qingshan smiled slowly: "Back to Your Highness, the grass people just think that people are old and should do some other business, and the tooth line is too damaging to Yin Virtue." ”

"Oh?"

King Lu smiled disdainfully, not believing that Li Qingshan would change his face at all, and mocked:

"When you were young, you didn't care about damaging yin virtue for decades, and now you suddenly feel that yin virtue is damaged?"

"I'm afraid it's not that I'm afraid of damaging Yin Virtue, but I've found a more profitable business, right?"

King Lu's smile froze, and he looked at Li Qingshan, his expression suddenly a little unkind.

"I have a stake in your tooth business, I have a stake in Ludi, do you know how much silver this king will lose if you do this?"

I see.

Li Qingshan knew that this King Lu was completely different from the King of Qi, and he was a rat who fell into the eyes of money.

Still losing money?

How much money have you made with me over the years?

Now I'm going to withdraw my money, but you think I'm making you lose money?

It's just that you will earn less in the future.

It can be seen that this person is greedy.

It's just that Li Qingshan naturally didn't dare to say these words.

I had to smile: "Your Highness, forgive me, the minister is a businessman, and when he sees a better business, of course he has to do it...... Lack of energy, only to put the dental business aside. ”

"Oh?" King Lu's eyes lit up, he leaned over and stood beside Li Qingshan, lowered his head and asked in his ear, "What business can be more profitable than Yaxing, tell this king?" ”

Li Qingshan's eyes rolled slightly, thinking about how to deal with it, giving Meng Qing more time to inform Xiao Fan.

As long as Xiao Fan knew in advance, with his brother's wisdom, there should be a way to deal with King Lu's difficulties.

"Huh...... Don't hide it from Your Highness, this new business is still being negotiated, and the business bank has not yet been built, so it cannot be disclosed according to the rules. Li Qingshan was embarrassed.

King Lu was displeased: "This king can't know? ”

Li Qingshan sighed: "Don't dare to deceive Your Highness, Your Majesty personally inquired about this matter, and the grass people really don't dare to leak secrets at will." ”

"Father?"

When King Lu heard this, he was even more sure that the rumor was true.

Even if Li Qingshan was given a hundred dares, he would not dare to pull it on His Majesty the Emperor, this is a capital crime.

"According to this king's knowledge, my father just asked, and didn't tell you to keep it a secret, right?" King Lu narrowed his eyes and smiled meaningfully.

Li Qingshan laughed, but in his heart, he scolded Feng Gui a hundred times!

King Lu has said this, which shows that he really knows the inside story, not just listening to some rumors.

This shows that someone in the household department has leaked secrets, and they have revealed it completely.

Except for Feng Gui, no one knows the whole picture.

Maybe Feng Gui was inadvertent, or maybe it was his family and the relatives around him who leaked secrets.

Anyway, now you can't fool King Lu, and the situation is very unfavorable.

"Li Qingshan, are you thinking, are you making up some nonsense to prevaricate this king?"

King Lu patted Li Qingshan's shoulder and sneered: "How many heads do you have?" ”

Li Qingshan smiled bitterly.

I've never seen such an unsophisticated big man.

Direct death threats, without the slightest discussion and exchange of words, the whole knife is on the neck.

The emperor is not so domineering!

The emperor has to care whether his behavior will be criticized by the imperial history of the hundred officials, and whether he will be blamed by the elders of the clan.

King Koru didn't care.

All he has in his eyes is money.

"Your Highness is joking, how dare the grass people dare to lie and deceive Your Highness?" Li Qingshan took a step back and arched his hand.

Confession.

If he didn't admit it, he cut him on the spot, and Feng Gui didn't dare to ask King Lu for revenge, at most let him have a recital in the imperial history.

But can the emperor severely punish his own son for the sake of a businessman?

No way.

Some ordinary people's dogs bite people, and they will protect the dogs, let alone the emperor.

King Lu sat back on the Taishi chair proudly and said lightly: "Then let's say it." ”

"Your Highness knows everything, do the grass people still need to say it?"

"Tell me about it."

King Lu: "I also have to know if the person who told me the inside story lied to me." ”

This is the case.

It's clearly warning me that if you make a mistake, you can verify it on the spot, right?

Li Qingshan was helpless, so he told the business of refined salt.

It's just that Xiao Fan hasn't been mentioned yet.

"Can you refine salt?"

King Lu was overjoyed: "This business is too profitable!" ”

"This king wants to take shares!"

Join your sister...... Li Qingshan secretly complained.

Li Qingshan was not allowed to refuse, King Lu was very domineering: "Promote refined salt throughout the country, no, it can also be exported to other countries, and when the time comes, it will be equivalent to mastering the salt industry!" ”

The treasury revenue of the salt industry is at least tens of millions a year.

If the countries in the world add up, it will be hundreds of millions of taels!

Super fat meat!

Li Qingshan shook his head.

"You dare to refuse this king!?" King Lu narrowed his eyes.

The guard beside him directly drew his sword and put it on Li Qingshan's shoulder.

Li Qingshan clenched his fists and released them again.

For decades, he has not been put on the neck with a knife.

This kind of scene can't frighten him.

Li Qingshan said lightly: "Your Highness, the cost of refined salt is very high, and it cannot be promoted for the time being, otherwise the common people will not be able to afford it." ”

"Can't afford to eat?"

King Lu said disdainfully: "If you can't afford to eat, don't eat it, cut off the coarse salt, they have to buy it if they don't buy it!" ”

Hearing this, even if Li Qingshan was a businessman, he felt that his blood pressure had gone up.

You are the prince of the prince, Jiangshan Sheji is a good family of yours, but do you really not treat the people as human beings?

In the case of cracking down on illegal salt, the supply of coarse salt is cut off, and everyone has to buy refined salt.

This theory is correct.

But if you do that, the people will be forced to die.

Coarse salt is fifty wen a catty, and refined salt is at least three hundred wen, on the premise of not deliberately speculating in price.

On weekdays, the common people do not eat salt when they are not farming, and when this price is added, the common people cannot afford to eat salt when they are farming.

At that time, the country's grain production will definitely fall, because the people who lack salt will have many diseases, which will lead to another decrease in the population.

It won't take too long, it will last for three or five years, and this Dongxia will have to destroy the country.

Even if there is no rebellion at home, several neighboring countries, hearing that this side is operating blindly, will naturally seize the fighter.

These...... All salt merchants understand.

This is also the reason why the state controls the salt industry and does not allow price fluctuations.

But you are a prince who doesn't even understand this?

Or do you really not care, just have money in your pocket?

"What, you don't seem convinced?" King Lu saw Li Qingshan's face change, and sneered.

The guard's sword was close to Li Qingshan's neck, and the blade had already pressed out shallow blood marks.

Li Qingshan was furious in his heart, but he had to lower his eyebrows.

"Your Highness is angry."

Li Qingshan arched his hand and said: "This business is not run under the ground, and the grass people can't make their own decisions. ”

King Lu signaled, and the guard drew his sword back and stood aside.

King Lu stepped forward and asked, "Whose business is it?" ”

"Tobe Squire Feng Gui Feng."

King Lu disdainful: "It's just a household servant, three products!" ”

"And His Royal Highness King Huai......" Li Qingshan's serious eyes hid a trace of deep disdain.

Although King Huai is not a thing, he still has a bit of strength compared to you King Lu.

Sure enough, King Lu, who was disdainful of Feng Gui's name, was immediately silent after hearing King Huai.

"How dare you bluff me?" King Lu deceited.

Li Qingshan shook his head: "Your Highness can go and check, the person behind Lord Feng is His Royal Highness King Huai." ”

"Brother Huai Wang ......"

King Lu was silent again.

He is a smart man, no matter how much money he makes, as long as he does not form a party in the court, he will not be regarded as a thorn in the side.

But once he touched the cake of those princes, King Lu knew that he would fall into a fight, which was not conducive to his own actions.

"When I go back to Beijing, I will personally ask Brother Huai Wang, if you dare to lie to me, just wait for death!" King Lu said coldly.

Li Qingshan said with a smile: "If Your Highness is fine, the grass people will retire." ”

"Get out!"

thought that he could get a good business, but suddenly ruined the excitement, and King Lu had no patience.

Exiting the room and walking all the way out of the post house, Li Qingshan's face was pale.

At the door of the post house, Meng Qing was waiting there, holding a long sword and waiting anxiously.

"Sir!"

Seeing Li Qingshan come out, Meng Qing breathed a sigh of relief: "If you don't come out again, Meng Qing will go in to save you!" ”

Li Qingshan's eyes lowered and he didn't speak.

Meng Qing saw the blood marks on Li Qingshan's neck, and said angrily: "This is what King Lu did? ”

"Lao Tzu went to kill him at night!" Meng Qing gritted his teeth and roared in a low voice.

Li Qingshan walked ahead and motioned for Meng Qing to follow.

After getting into the carriage, Li Qingshan spoke:

"King Lu, damn it!"

"Master, I'll go to ...... at night"

"No!"

Li Qingshan was not confused, and said coldly: "After all, he is a prince, he died when he first saw me, and I can't escape." ”

"But I can't bear this breath!"

"What then?" Meng Qing has always disliked using his brain, because he knows that the master's brain is better than his, and his obedience is over.

Li Qingshan sneered: "He will soon go to Brother Xiao, and he will definitely care about the white sugar and soap business." ”

"I've already informed Mr. Xiao." Meng Qingdao.

"Brother Xiao, don't let my brother down......"

Li Qingshan suddenly looked forward to how Xiao Fan would deal with this, who didn't know how to deal with King Lu, who was high in the sky.