Capital Datang

"Strange move? What strange move?" Governor Zhou also wanted to understand the meaning of Cui County Magistrate's move at this time, and the anger in his heart quickly calmed down. He raised his head to look at the other party, and asked calmly.

"Hey, in fact, this strange trick is nothing to put it bluntly, but such a bold idea, but few people dare to think about it, and even if it is thought of, I am afraid that few people dare to do it, but His Royal Highness King Qi dares to think about it. Do it." County magistrate Cui saw that Governor Zhou had guessed his intentions, so he played tricks instead.

After regaining his composure, Inspector Zhou saw that Cui County Magistrate was playing tricks, but he didn't ask any more questions. Instead, he picked up his teacup and took a sip, staring at him motionlessly.

County magistrate Cui was a bit bored seeing that the governor of Zhou did not ask, but he still said: "His Royal Highness Qi is going to implement a futures transaction in several hemp producing areas. The so-called futures is a bit complicated to explain, but we can use an analogy, such as A farmer who grows an acre of cotton can harvest an average of one hundred catties of cotton per mu. If the hundred catties of cotton can be sold for a regular price, then the Qi Wangfu will come forward to negotiate a price slightly lower than the usual price with the farmer. Buy the cotton on the land in advance, and no matter whether the mu of land is harvested more or less, it will all belong to Qi Wangfu!"

Hearing the words of County Magistrate Cui, not only Governor Zhou's expression changed, but several other county magistrates were also amazed, because this so-called futures is actually to buy the crops on a piece of land in advance. The risk is borne by the buyer. Of course, because of this, the price of the crop will be lower than normal.Capital Datang 173

"So cruel. If this method is promoted in hemp-producing fields, then the farmers who used to grow hemp will definitely switch to cotton. In this way, the production of hemp cloth will be completely cut off from the source, even if some scattered hemp can be harvested from other places Come, but it is also difficult to meet the requirements of the Lu family's industry, as expected, His Royal Highness King Qi!" Inspector Zhou said to himself angrily and helplessly.

The other county magistrates looked at each other for a few moments and bowed their heads together. This kind of thing involved the struggle between the Lu family and King Qi.With their identities, it is naturally impossible to intervene, so let's go back to the county to educate the people honestly.

After hearing Cui County Magistrate's words, Governor Zhou immediately broke up the meeting.Then let the mansion prepare the car, and hurried to Lu's mansion by himself, and told everything he heard today, hoping that the Lu family can come up with a set of countermeasures as soon as possible.

In the small lake in the front garden of Prince Qi's Mansion in Chang'an City, a small painting boat floated on the lake. Three people were sitting on the bow of the boat, holding fishing rods and fishing. Among them, the person in the middle had gray hair and a refined expression on his face.It is Fu Wangan, Prince of Qi Palace, and on the right is a tall young man with a handsome and handsome appearance. Naturally, it is our Royal Highness Qi Wang.As for the one on the left, he is even more handsome than Li Yin, but less masculine and heroic. It is Cui Mengxue's own brother Cui Yu.

Cui Yu is also a disciple of Wang An, so he and Li Yin are not only good friends, but also fellow students.He may even become Li Yin's uncle in the future.As a disciple, since he came to Chang'an, he would naturally not forget to meet his teacher, so even though Cui Yu was a little embarrassed to meet Li Yin, he still bit the bullet and came today.But what he didn't expect was that as soon as the teacher saw him, he immediately took him and Li Yin to go fishing.

The weather is fine today, the sun is shining warmly on people, and autumn has just passed, and the lake has not yet frozen, so it is a good day for fishing.It's just that fishing is not only a technical job, but also requires great patience. Unfortunately, no matter what, Li Yin doesn't have it, so after fishing for a long time, only a few small fish that are one finger long were caught.Cui Yu was better than him, but the biggest fish he caught was no bigger than a palm.On the contrary, Wang An seemed to be well versed in this method, and the results were astonishing. He had already caught several big fish weighing seven to eight catties.

"Haha, another one came up!" At this moment, Wang An suddenly stood up and laughed loudly, and then saw the water splashing on the lake, and a hooked big fish was led by the fishing line, and began to struggle violently on the water surface. He looked quite tall, and Wang An couldn't even pull him up.

Seeing the situation here, Li Yin and Cui Yu dropped their fishing rods at the same time, and rushed to help Wang An pull the fishing rod. As a result, when they managed to pull the fish aboard, even Wang An couldn't help being overjoyed, because he caught the fish. It turned out to be a black fish about ten catties.The so-called black fish is actually a ferocious carnivorous fish that feeds on other fish.The black fish has great strength in the water, no wonder it took so much effort to pull it just now, but the meat of this fish is very delicious, and it is relatively rare to see a black fish that can grow to a weight of ten catties.

"Liu Lang, it seems that we have a good fortune today. I will ask the cook to clean up this fish, and the three of us will have a good drink!" Wang An was also very excited with this big harvest, and he stopped fishing. , rowed the boat to the shore, and asked people to send the fish to the kitchen.

Seeing Wang An's excited look, Li Yin smiled. The bigger the snakehead, the better the taste. The meat quality of the annual snakehead is the tastiest, and the one Wang An caught must have been more than one year old.Speaking of which, the small lake at home can grow such a large black fish, all thanks to Wen Xin, because she likes to raise fish, and naturally she doesn't like to see other people eat fish, so the fish in the lake are allowed to grow like this. There are many big fish.

After a few dishes were ready and delivered to the boat, the three of them sat on the boat and ate and chatted. After chatting for a while, Wang An took a sip of frankincense black fish soup and praised the cook's skills before turning to And he said to Cui Yu: "Yu'er, do you have anything to say about what happened in Cheng Mansion last time?"

Hearing the teacher mention the incident that day, Cui Yu blushed, looked at Li Min with some shame and said, "Teacher Qi, my disciple was greedy for profit at the time, and even wanted to use my sister as an exchange condition in exchange for Liu Lang's treatment of me. Support, this approach is really disgusting.”

Hearing Cui Yu's words, Wang An and Li Yin looked at each other and smiled.He waved his hand and said with a smile: "Yu'er, what I want to hear is not this, and what you did was not wrong in the first place. If you want to regain the position of patriarch of Qinghe Cui Clan, you can only get Liulang's support in this world." , you can achieve what you want. As for the method, although others think it is a bit low-key, if you want to be a patriarch, you should not be fettered by this family relationship. However, neither Liulang nor I will approve of this matter. !"

Hearing the teacher's words, and looking at Li Min who was smiling and silent, Cui Yu couldn't figure it out, and couldn't help asking: "Teacher, if I get the position of patriarch, I will definitely carry out reforms in the clan to make it conform to the general trend." Development, in this way, not only will the industry and commerce lose one obstacle, but even the development of industry and commerce will be lost, why don't you and Liu Lang agree?"

When he was in the Cheng Mansion, although Cui Yu gave up trying to win Li Yin's support because of shame, in fact, in his heart, he didn't want to understand the deep meaning of it.The reason why Wang An took him to fish and drink was actually to explain this matter clearly, so as to avoid any estrangement between him and Li Yin.

"Brother Cui, let me explain this matter, but I have to apologize to you in advance, because I didn't tell you all the reasons for rejecting you when I was in Cheng's mansion that day!" Cui Yu saluted as an expression of apology, and then explained the main reason why he would not intervene in their family's internal struggle.

Cui Yu was also full of doubts at the beginning, and only after listening to Li Yin's explanation did he feel a sense of enlightenment, but soon he thought of another question, and asked immediately: "Liu Lang, although you have the advantage now, but the people of the various aristocratic families The strength is still there, if you use the development of industry and commerce to push you step by step, aren't you afraid that the other party will adapt and think of a way to deal with it?"

Hearing Cui Yu's question, Wang An's face turned serious, and he said a lesson: "Yu'er, have you forgotten what I said before? The development of industry and commerce has become a general trend. Under this general trend, no matter what No matter what countermeasure the other party thinks of, in the end it is just a dying struggle, and it can't change the overall situation at all!"

"Mr. Xie, the disciple was so confused that he didn't think of this!" Hearing Wang An's lesson, Cui Yu finally remembered the general trend of the world analyzed by the teacher, and immediately stood up and said with a face of shame.Capital Datang 173

"Wang Fu, you can't be so absolute. In fact, with the strength of the big families, if they are willing to give up one thing, they can still become a decisive force in the future!" At this moment, Li Yin suddenly said with a smile.Although he and Cui Yu are both Wang An's students, but because of their identities and knowledge, the relationship between Li Yin and Wang An can only be said to be both teachers and friends, and there are even some ideological problems, Wang An still has to ask Li Yin asked for advice.

After getting along for this period of time, Wang An has gained a deeper understanding of Li Yin, and he is also very resourceful, so after hearing Li Yin's words, he immediately understood what he meant, but he pondered After a while, he frowned and said: "Liu Lang, looking at the nature of these aristocratic families with five surnames and seven names, they shouldn't be able to give up such an important thing, right?"

"Why is it impossible to give up?" Li Yin smiled and picked up a piece of fish and put it in his mouth to taste it, and then said, "It is the instinct of all things to seek profit and avoid evil. Can't escape the influence of this kind of instinct. When faced with life and death, if you don't want to be crushed by the general trend, you can only seek change in difficulties! If it really counts, Brother Cui It's a great example!"

Hearing Li Yin's words, Wang An also reacted. They both looked up at Cui Yu at the same time, and then they both laughed.It's just that Cui Yu, who is the person involved, was full of doubts. He really couldn't figure out what example the two of them could use him for?As for what they mentioned to let the five surnames and Qiwang families give up, they are even more confused? (To be continued..)