The First Happy King of Zhenguan in the Tang Dynasty

Chapter 670

Thinking that Li Shimin might be behind the scenes for this meeting, the old men became even more afraid. A gentleman can bully him, but a villain is different, especially a villain like Li Muyun.

If this guy Li Muyun really got Li Er's instruction, then what can he and others use to resist?Under the butcher's knife, who would dare to stand with people like himself?
Don't count on popular opinion and public opinion. As the patriarchs of the family, they can see very clearly that the common people don't care much about who becomes the emperor and what the emperor does. Their request is very simple, that is, to survive. As long as they can survive, If they can live better, the people will not care who the emperor kills or fights with.

Counting the previous dynasties, which generation of people rebelled not because they couldn't survive?Which generation of people rebelled because the emperor killed the same minister or killed a few wealthy households?
Seeing that the old men were shocked, Li Muyun changed the subject and said with a smile: "What I said just now is just some assumptions, now let's talk about more realistic issues."

"First of all, what I want to know is, what do you really value, the continuation of the family or the meaningless name, you don't need to answer it right away, because this is a very contradictory question, you can wait until you go back and think about it slowly. Secondly, I There is a relatively profitable business, and I want to ask if you have any ideas for cooperation."

cooperate?The patriarchs of several great families looked at each other, could this be an olive branch from Li Muyun or Li Shimin?

The old head of the Wang family picked up the tea on the table and took a sip, took the opportunity to consider Li Muyun's proposal, and put down the cup of tea after a while: "I don't know what business the county king wants to do?"

"Fry money."

"What?" It may be that Li Muyun said it too simply, and the old men couldn't comprehend any two words after thinking about it for a long time.

Li Muyun smiled, waved to Mu Xin who was standing aside, took a copper coin she handed over, threw it in his hand, and said, "Everyone recognizes this thing, right?"

Looking at the copper coins in Li Muyun's hand, if the patriarchs of several big families don't know what "speculating money" means, they will live for decades in vain, so at that moment, everyone's expressions changed. People's eyes are full of shock.

In the eyes of these old men, they were brave enough to deal with Li Er in the past, but they didn't expect Li Muyun to be even more courageous, and even wanted to make a fuss about copper coins, which can no longer be described as courageous.

If it is said that other people's guts grow inside the body, and under normal circumstances, the body is covered with guts, then Li Muyun's guts grow outside the body, so the guts are wrapped around the body.

Li Xiaogong's expression was also ugly. Looking at the copper coins that Li Muyun kept throwing back and forth, he felt that the matter seemed to be beyond his control. If he didn't want to hear what this bastard would say next, he might have already Went into the palace to report to Li Shimin.

But Li Muyun seemed unaware of this, and still threw the copper coins in his hand and said, "Money is a good thing. In addition to being used to buy things, it also has many other functions, such as stabilizing people's hearts, such as subverting a country. .”

Li Xiaogong finally couldn't bear it any longer, and said, "Li Muyun, what exactly do you want?"

"Brother Wang, be safe and don't be impatient. Listen to me." Li Muyun glanced at Li Xiaogong, without any nervous expression, and continued to say after throwing the copper coin to Mu Xin again: "The Goguryeo people killed old man Zheng for no reason. My family, although I don’t deal with that old man very much, it is our family business after all, and the Goguryeo people are not allowed to intervene, so I must avenge this hatred.”

Li Xiaogong said angrily: "What does your desire for revenge have to do with copper coins, I can warn you, it's best not to mess around, otherwise don't blame me for being rude."

The other old men present did not speak. They all knew about Zheng Shanguo, and because of this they quarreled with Li Muyun. In the end, although it was proved that this guy was not the one who did it, they still had something to do with him.

Li Muyun smiled indifferently, walked back to his seat, sat cross-legged under the contemptuous eyes of a group of old men, took a sip of tea slowly, and said after whetting everyone's appetite: "Who knows exchange rate?"

"What? Remittance, remittance what?" Li Xiaogong asked at a loss.

Li Muyun explained: "The exchange rate is the exchange rate of money. For example, the copper coins of our Tang Dynasty and the current copper coins of Goguryeo are exchanged for one, so the exchange rate is one to one."

"Oh." Even though he still had no idea what Li Muyun was talking about, Li Xiaogong still nodded.

Lu Zushang still remembered the original enmity, frowned and asked in a somewhat unfriendly tone: "King Xiaoyao, what exactly do you want to say, what is the business you are talking about? Is there anything you can't say directly, is it interesting to go around in circles!"

Li Muyun smiled slightly: "Okay, since Patriarch Lu is in a hurry, then Li will tell you the truth. I hope you can listen carefully. After all, this is a big business. It will not be a problem to increase the family property by four or five times."

"Four, five times? Li Muyun, do you know what you are talking about? This is not a small number of ten or twenty thousand!" Li Xiaogong's eyes turned red when he heard this number, afraid that Li Muyun would not know the seriousness.

You must know that the people present are all patriarchs with five surnames and seven wangs. The property of any family is more than one million guan. If it is multiplied by four or five times, it will be at the level of tens of millions.

Although Li Muyun had the title of Wealth King in Datang, that only referred to the speed at which his assets expanded, not that his wealth was really greater than those of these established families.

But having said that, of course Li Xiaogong also hoped that what Li Muyun said was true, after all anyone would want to get rich as long as he had no hatred for money.

The other Patriarchs also cast their eyes on Li Muyun, anxiously waiting for his answer.

The great teacher Marx taught us: as long as there is an appropriate profit, capital will be bold; with a 50.00% profit, it dares to take risks; with a [-]% profit, it dares to trample on all human laws; with a [-]% profit, It dared to commit any crime, even at the risk of being hanged.

The same principle still applies to the patriarch of this aristocratic family. If the family property is multiplied by four or five times, it will definitely be far more than [-]%. Even if they killed their father, they can let it go.

It's just that Li Muyun kept silent, which made these people nervous again. After all, their wealth is too much. The sum of the several big families may cost tens of millions, and if they want to increase it by four or five times, it may not be more than that. Looting the treasury is easy.

At the same time, these old men were also a little afraid, for fear that Li Muyun would suggest rebellion, because in their view, there really seemed to be no way to multiply their family's property so many times except for rebellion.

After a long time, Li Muyun seemed to have thought about it, and finally said: "I think the combined property of all of you should be around 2000 million yuan? If there is no such figure, Li would rather honestly raise pigs at home."

As soon as this remark came out, everyone was speechless. They did know how much the family's property was, but could they really tell Li Muyun?
On the contrary, Li Xiaogong showed a slightly relaxed expression, and said with a smile: "Mu Yun, if you have anything to say, just say it, I believe that a few Patriarchs can still come up with 2000 million."

Li Muyun nodded, sat up straight, and said in a deep voice: "That's good, since it's like this, I'll put the ugly words up front. After the matter is completed, the court will need to take [-]% of the profit from it. What do you think?"

"I have no objection." The old head of the Wang family was the first to express his opinion, followed by the Cui family of Boling, the Li family of Zhaojun... and finally Lu Zushang, the head of the Lu family.

At the beginning, they were still worried about whether Li Muyun would pull them to rebel, but after hearing him say that the court would take a commission, they gradually relaxed.Because this shows that they don't need to risk their heads to follow Li Muyun. Although the ratio of taking [-]% ​​is a bit high, it seems very reasonable compared to the income.

Li Muyun waited calmly for everyone to express their opinions, and seeing that one or two of them were all in favor and no one objected, he said slowly: "Everyone, don't be reconciled to taking [-]% ​​of the profits for the court. How can I implement this plan of mine? You can't get around the court, you can't get around your Majesty, so this money must be spent no matter what."

"Well, I'll understand later." Li Xiaogong was also completely relieved at this time, and was the first to nod to express his opinion. Even if the rest of the people were really dissatisfied, they also expressed their support on the surface.

On the contrary, Zheng He, the new head of the Zheng family, was a little hesitant. After everyone expressed their opinions, he said: "Your Majesty, I don't know if your plan is very risky this time? Will you fold all your capital into it?"

"Include capital..." Li Muyun glanced at Zheng He and said, "Any business has risks, but such a large business requires everyone's full cooperation. As long as they cooperate properly, I believe there will be no problems."

"Oh." Zheng He nodded: "The king of the county said so."

Seeing that his tone was still worried, Li Muyun couldn't help but smiled and said: "Patriarch Zheng, don't worry, Li will tell everyone about the plan later and discuss it with everyone. I believe everyone will have their own judgments if it is successful or not. If he wants to quit at that time, Li will never force others to do so."

Li Xiaogong saw that Li Muyun kept trying to keep his mouth shut, at this moment he couldn't bear it any longer, he picked up the teacup on the table and said, "Oh, my boy, can you stop being a joke, and if you have something to say, hurry up and say it. I am really anxious to death."

Li Muyun glanced at the impatient Li Xiaogong, then at the other old men with twinkling eyes, smiled and revealed his plan...

(End of this chapter)