bastard seizes tang

Chapter 648
Li, this word can make people unite or divide people, and it can even easily make people fight, brothers become enemies, fathers and sons turn against each other, not to mention the family members who already have many suspicions.

The fierceness of the clan disputes among the aristocratic families has never been less than that of the royal family, and the methods used are even worse. Therefore, sometimes, even as the head of the family, not everything goes smoothly, especially in the Li family. Under the temptation of the huge profits that Ke deliberately let them see.

Li Ke "privately opened" the Wuwei warehouse and sold the military rations stored in the warehouse on the market. What he sold was not the normal price, but a price that was more than twice the normal price. Open the pot.

Li Ke has a salt company and water transport behind him, and he is rich enough to rival a country. Naturally, he is not the one who is short of money. What's more, Li Ke is still the prince of the Tang Dynasty, and he will not look at such petty profits. In fact, Li Ke estimates that raising food prices is also a For his sake.

First, the summer grain that Li Ke withheld from the Liangzhou Governor’s Department to sell to the people was not much at all. If it was sold on a large scale, it would not last long, and some people would snap up it maliciously or the people of Liangzhou panicked and hoarded it. Li Ke deliberately raised the price. Let the local people buy enough food and clothing that they can barely manage, so they can get through the difficulties first;

Second, Li Ke's price is more than twice as high as normal, which can make people in the aristocratic family see that it is profitable, so that they will be eager to open a position and compete with Li Ke for this profit, so that they can reach the level of Li Ke. The purpose of the right door valve to release grain;
Thirdly, Li Ke violated the big taboo by opening Wuwei Warehouse, selling military rations at a rare high price, gathering private parties in public, which gave the people in the court an excellent opportunity to impeach him, and called those jumping clowns Come out by yourself.

Sure enough, things went as Li Ke and Liu Rengui expected. After Li Ke went to Jiuquan to worship his ancestors as if nothing had happened, and acted as if he didn't care about Liangzhou, the pressure was put on the heads of the various families.

As for the families in Liangzhou, apart from Li's Gu Zang's house and Dugu's family, Zhao's, Jin's, Zhang's, and Dayun's families are the most powerful. Today they are all gathered in Gu Zang Li's house.

The family of the Li family in Longxi is in Lanzhou. Li Junji, the owner of the Guzang house, is the head of the Li family in terms of prestige and seniority, and he is also the actual helm of the giant ship of the Li family in Longxi. Therefore, Li Junji stays in Lanzhou all year round.

But although the Li family in Longxi was originally in Lanzhou, the foundation of the Guzang house was in Guzang, Liangzhou. Therefore, Li Huaiqing, the eldest son of Li Junji, was in charge of Guzang.

The Li family had a very high family status, and Li Junji's prestige was even greater. No one in Liangzhou dared to visit Li Junji easily to disturb Li Junji, so as the eldest son of Li Junji, Li Huaiqing, who handled the affairs of the aunt's house on behalf of Li Junji, had to pay more attention.

Liangzhou, Guzang City, Li Mansion.

"Young Master Li is here."

In the side hall of Li Mansion, the patriarchs of several tribes in Liangzhou were sitting in the hall. A middle-aged man with a handsome face slowly walked into the hall.

The middle-aged man who came in was none other than Li Huaiqing, the eldest son of Li Junji, who was also the future patriarch of Li Jiagu's Zangfang. Li Jiaqing's honor and reverence were definitely beyond their comparability. They dared not neglect the future patriarch of Li Jiagu's Zangfang.

Li Huaiqing entered the hall, first looked at the people in the hall, paused, and then asked: "A few of you are all here today, why did you suddenly come to visit the mansion?"

Among them, Zhao Yu's temperament is a little more anxious, and he is also the most irritable among them being urged by the other houses below. When Li Huaiqing spoke, Zhao Yu took the lead and said, "We didn't want to disturb Mr. Zhao's cleanliness. The people below asked me a lot about this matter, so I came to bother you."

Although they are also descendants of aristocratic families, there are differences between the aristocratic families. They are really insignificant in front of the Li family in Longxi, and they only came here after discussing in advance.

As soon as Zhao Yu finished speaking, Da Yunsong went on to say: "Mr. Li, please give us an accurate statement as soon as possible about the matter of pressing the grain. Now our families in Liangzhou have obeyed your father's wishes and have stopped supplying grain to various places. The food is gone, and many of the following projects have stopped for a long time, and I am afraid it will not be the way to go in the long run."

In fact, when Li Huaiqing first heard the news of their visit, he had already guessed their intentions. In fact, it is not just them who are difficult to do now. There are many things that can reach his ears.

But this matter was discussed by Li Junji and Dugu Shiren. In front of several Patriarchs, Li Huaiqing naturally couldn't complain.

Li Huaiqing said: "You guys are really serious. You are all local famous families in Liangzhou, and you are all rich and successful. Could it be that you can't even overcome such a hurdle?"

Zhao Yudao: "Our so-called distinguished family is compared with ordinary people, compared with the Li family in Longxi, but they are all ordinary families. We are not as rich as the Li family. Naturally, Mr. Li does not know our difficulties."

It is not the first time that Li Huaiqing has dealt with them. These people can share wealth but not share adversity. They see that it is useless to cut off Liangzhou's food now. They are not only greedy for twice the huge profits, but also worried about Li Ke. After the autumn, after settling accounts, I started thinking about releasing grain.

Li Huaiqing asked with some displeasure: "So what do you all mean?"

Several people looked at each other, and it was still Da Yunsong who said: "The crown prince opened the Wuwei warehouse, Liangzhou governor's mansion delivered food, and robbed the livelihood of all the people below. Now the people below are full of complaints. We want to talk to Mr. Li. Let's discuss whether we can open the food first, otherwise we will not be able to suppress the people below after a long time."

What Da Yunsong said was true. Seeing the huge profits in food sales, they could only watch. There were already complaints from every family and house, and some of them even started to sell food secretly.

After Da Yunsong's words fell, Zhang Runxiu also chimed in: "In recent years, there have been abundant harvests, and now the grain and grass in the warehouse at home have piled up into mountains. If you don't sell it, you can only wait for the autumn grain to be put into the warehouse this year. The food is rotten, and the people below are very anxious, even though we are the head of the family, we can't cut off the wealth of others, can we?"

Hearing this, Li Huaiqing looked around at the few people and asked, "Are you all here today for this purpose?"

Several people replied in unison: "That's exactly the case, I hope Mr. Li will be considerate."

In the entire grain market in Liangzhou, his Li family has the biggest plate. His Li family is noble. Although he doesn't know how to do business by himself, the grain shops in Liangzhou are more or less people under his Li family. He has heard many similar voices in the past few days, so he naturally knows why these people are anxious.

Moreover, these few are also the heads of aristocratic families in Liangzhou. Although they are not comparable to their Li family, Li Huaiqing is not willing to offend easily.It's just that his father, Li Junji, had said something first, so he didn't dare to break it.

Li Huaiqing thought for a while and said: "You wait for another three days, and I will go to Xinjincheng to report this matter to my dad. If Liangzhou Governor's Mansion still keeps sending food after three days, you can also release food."

(End of this chapter)