Chapter 93: The Li Clan's Caravan
The fish is inherent in the north, and the fresh pressure is separated from the south. It is said that there is a cold stream in Beigukou, there is a kind of fish named Hanjun in the stream, the size of a palm, no thorns, steamed without any seasoning, the taste is extremely delicious, and there is no one else in the south. Li Ji was too hasty when he passed by three years ago and didn't have time to taste it, but this time he refused to let it go.
If you want to eat cold clothes, there are only a few of the largest and most powerful restaurants in Beigu that sell them. This thing itself comes from a small stream, how much can it produce, since the good name of Yuanyang, the price has turned upside down, even so, most local restaurants can't afford to operate this fish, can't afford it, and no one sells it...
Yuyanglou is one of the few restaurants in Beigukou that has the ability to accept the cold, and behind it is the Beidaotang, a gang of rivers and lakes dominated by Beigu, which has the potential to shock the entire southwest economy.
Yuyang Building is three floors high, facing the street, luxuriously decorated; the first floor is the individual guest lobby, the second floor is the private room elegant hall, and the third floor is not just a silver can go up, you need to take the identity strength to take the shot.
Li Ji asked for a private room facing the street on the second floor, 5 cold hun and 2 taels of silver, the expensive price was nothing to a Taoist like him, and he asked for some special dishes. At the moment of drinking tea and other dishes, a group of big people with high status poured into the restaurant under the escort of a large number of companions.
As soon as these people entered the restaurant, they began to pick up people, and saw that the lobby was cleaned, "Could it be that the plot of slapping the face is coming?" Li Ji was a little excited. But the development of the story is not transferred by Li Ji's thoughts, the third floor of the restaurant, the first floor was arranged with a large number of accompanying servants and soldiers, and the big shots went up to the third floor, but no one took care of the second floor where Li Ji was located, which made Li Ji a little disappointed.
Because of disappointment, I observed more carefully. The organization of this group of people is very peculiar, one of them is an old and a small eunuch, two eunuchs, at a glance it is known that they are eunuchs from the national capital Guancheng, and there is a general with a crown of armor, which should be a military attache who accompanied the eunuchs, 3, 4 civil officials in official uniforms, several scribes with high crowns and robes, and a few strong men who are dressed up in nondescript clothes, but have a face of rivers and lakes...
Mortals don't know how to stop talking, and for a monk, a mere floor can't stop hearing it, let alone a monk like Li Ji who is dedicated to cultivating the Six Senses. Li Ji didn't listen to it, but he had a good ear, and the wind and grass within a radius of more than ten zhang with him as the center could not escape his keen perception.
It's not a big deal, it's just that two eunuchs came to the southwest on business by the order of the Nanli royal family, and they passed by Beigukou to eat and drink, and Li Ji didn't care about it, and concentrated on eating and drinking. After another cup of tea, a large caravan walked through the street, but I heard the little eunuch on the third floor scream in surprise.
"If you are frightened, can't you be more steady?" the eunuch reprimanded.
"My son knows that he is wrong... The little eunuch said softly: "Godfather, look, isn't the caravan downstairs the Li family in Shuangcheng?"
A voice next to him joked: "This caravan is indeed the Li caravan of the Twin Cities, which has been going back and forth to Beigukou for more than ten years, and the lower officials are also familiar with it, I don't know why my father-in-law is... ?”
The old eunuch's shrill voice, "Since Lord Zhao asked, our family is not afraid to tell you and others, this time we went to Beijing on a business trip, it is for the Li family in this twin cities, this Li Meng, the son of the head of the Li family, was originally the blood of the previous royal family, the blood of the sinner Prince Feng, has been living outside, hidden in the Li family of the Shuangcheng; Hehe, our family was ordered to go to Shuangcheng to give him an explanation. ”
Everyone present was a human spirit, and an official immediately reacted, "My father-in-law is really hard for the country and the people." That Li Meng doesn't know how to repay the country's kindness, and he does the rebellious and rebellious thing, and he really should be killed, it is the Li family in the twin cities, I'm afraid that it can't be separated from it, and it should be copied and beheaded by the family... The Li family has always colluded with road bandits and evaded taxes, we have heard about it for a long time, Lord Qian, you know all this, right?"
Another official heard Xuan's knowledge and agreed: "I know, of course I know, the reason why I didn't move the Li family is just to find sufficient evidence, this kind of big rat is the great disaster of the country; ?”
These people, either the father-in-law who won the palace battle, or the officials who survived the strange officialdom, or the heroes who were killed in the cruelty of the rivers and lakes, are all vicious people, and when they heard that the Li family in Shuangcheng had the difficulty of destroying their families, they immediately thought about this caravan.
The Great World of the Blue Sky, known as the co-governance of the Daomen and the Imperial Family, is actually the exclusive respect of the Daomen, but the Imperial Family is a very embarrassing class; the Daomen lazily participate in the management of the mortal world, and the Imperial Family is more like an acting professional manager, of course, for the majority of ordinary people, the imperial power is still supreme.
There are not many constraints on the imperial power of the Daomen, and there is one of them, in order to avoid the endless struggle for power and profit within the imperial family, so all the internal cleaning process of the imperial family should be supervised by people in the Daomen, so as not to be too bloody. This is a good policy, the reason why Li Ji was able to survive when he was a baby was because of the words of the national teacher at that time. Now this wave of people go to Shuangcheng to raid the house and destroy the door, it must be carried out under the supervision of the Taoist stationed in Shuangcheng, of course, the property copied is impossible to dispose of at will, the Taoist has to offer, Shuangcheng Taishou there is also not less, all kinds of deductions, plus must be handed back to the royal family, I am afraid it will be in vain... Therefore, this Li caravan became a piece of fat in their eyes.
Everyone smiled in understanding, this kind of wealth, no one is troublesome. The second master of the North Dao Hall patted his chest even more, "My lords, instead of searching the caravan and verifying the taxes, which is so troublesome, I am afraid that there will be fugitives everywhere, it is better to lead the children to be happy, and everyone will be happy." ”
Beidaotang has always wanted to tie up with the nobles from Guancheng, so as to facilitate the opening of the trade route to the capital in the future, and get a piece of it, not to take a bite of this property. The prince who led the team this time heard that he had a very high status in the palace and was an old man in today's hidden house, so he thought about making a good effort and earning a good reputation.
When it comes to killing, it's always difficult for a bunch of well-dressed beasts to agree directly, and they still have to talk about face, but the idea of killing these materials in Beidaotang is really good, and it took a long time for a low-level official to say vaguely: "So, like this... So I sent a few tax collectors to go with you, and there were more people and a foil... ”