Became a prodigy in the Tang Dynasty

Chapter 122

Wang Gui was angry, and he lowered his voice and said fiercely: "Cheng Chuli, let me tell you, don't be shameless. As long as I unite with other aristocratic families to attack you, let alone your cement business, you have no business in Datang. Can’t do it. Let me buy shares, and I can save you a lot of trouble, so why don’t you do it?”

Cheng Chuli had no choice but to shout loudly: "Yuchi Baolin, Yuchi Baolin, someone is bullying me."

"Brush brush..."

In an instant, almost everyone's eyes were on the two of them.

I just saw an old man over half a century holding a child there, what a bully!
Wang Gui blushed, and then let go of her hand embarrassingly.

Yuchi Baolin ran over and asked, "Young Master, what's the matter?"

Cheng Chuli ignored him, stared at Wang Gui and said, "You are disgusting."

After finishing speaking, leave him alone and turn around to leave.

He was really disgusted by this bad old man.

Wang Gui gritted his teeth angrily.

"Okay, Cheng Chuli, you asked for this."

After Wang Gui returned, he immediately contacted the heads of the various families in Chang'an, as well as the heads of other families.

Two days later, the bigwigs finally got together.

In addition to the heads and leaders of the five surnames Qiwang, there are also representatives of the Wei family and the Dugu family.

The other aristocratic families didn't come, not because they didn't want to come, but because they weren't up to their level.

This time, Wang Gui came on stage in person, sat on the main seat, and asked everyone: "Brothers, I, Wang Gui, welcome you very much, thank you for giving me Wang Gui this face."

Cui Ren said angrily: "My lord, if you have anything to say, just talk about it! Don't talk about those useless things."

The Cui family has always been firmly seated at the top of the Five Surnames and Seven Wangs.This time Cui Ren was able to come here in person, it was indeed to save face for Wang Gui.

If you have enough confidence, you should naturally speak louder.

Wang Gui wasn't angry either, because Cui Ren's identity was there after all.

He smiled and said, "Okay, since Brother Cui is so impatient, I'll cut to the chase. I don't know if you've heard of such things as cement in the past two days."

Is not this nonsensical?In two days, they have checked clearly and in detail.

"Of course I have heard of it, and we also know that this thing is very profitable." The head of the Zheng family said.

"correct."

After getting an affirmative answer, Wang Gui continued: "That's right, I heard that that thing is priced at five renminbi a catty, and the cost will definitely not reach two renminbi. You can earn three pennies for a catty! Just think about it." , according to the amount of that thing, if you don’t buy it, you’ll be fine. Once you buy it, it’s thousands of catties. And every family has to use it. Think about it, how much money will this thing make in the end?”

Wang Gui's heart was bleeding at this time.If he knew how to make money at that time, he would not have given Cheng Chuli 250 yuan to buy the [-]% of the shares.Directly offer [-] to [-] guan, perhaps, Cheng Chuli sold it to him at that time.

But how did he know that even if he offered one hundred thousand guan, Cheng Chuli would not sell it to him.

Cui Ren said: "That thing makes money, everyone here knows, if you have any ideas, Mr. Wang, just say it!"

Wang Gui chuckled and said, "I have a few ideas. First, we all know that Cheng Chuli listens to the emperor. Tomorrow morning, we will unite and force the emperor to demand that Cheng Chuli hand over his shares."

The Patriarch of Dugu's family asked: "My lord, tell me, how do we persecute the emperor?"

"It's very simple, as long as we unite, we will run out of food and salt, the emperor, does he dare not agree?"

Yes, the business of grain and salt is all in the hands of these aristocratic families, as long as they close their doors and stop selling them for a month.Datang will starve to death.

Of course, the imperial court also had a salt-making business.But with their little output, it is simply impossible to supply.

Therefore, as long as they stop salt and food, the emperor has no choice but to agree to their request.

This is why these aristocratic officials always fool the emperor and say that they will not compete with the people for profit?

If you allow your court to fully grasp these things, then how can they have the capital to challenge the emperor.

Well, the Tang Dynasty at this time is like a certain hegemony in later generations.The government controls the army, but the money is in the hands of those consortiums.

Cui Ren nodded: "Cement is worth doing. What's your opinion?"

Patriarch Dugu asked: "The idea is good, but here comes the problem. Mr. Wang, how many shares do you plan to have? After we snatch them, how will we divide them?"

Wang Gui said: "Of course, the more the better, but I think it is impossible to grab them all, but at least it must be more than [-]%. Only when we completely control this thing in our hands can it be regarded as ours." of.

As long as we understand how this thing is made, then there will be nothing wrong with Cheng Chuli.As for how we divide?At that time, we can discuss it with each other. "

Everyone nodded, but Cui Ren still asked worriedly: "If the time comes, the emperor won't agree, what should we do?"

Wang Gui sneered: "Don't agree? How is this possible? Does he have the capital to refuse? If he really has such courage, we can't just say it! Right? Let's let him experience the real power of our family. From now on, he will be obedient!"

The crowd nodded.

Cui Ren asked, "What about your second plan?"

Wang Gui continued to talk there, their meeting lasted for one day.

Morning the next day.

Li Er sat majestically on the dragon chair, looking down at the courtiers below.

What is to be discussed in the early court today is, which sections of the river will be built with sluices?Discussions at the court meeting were in full swing.But in the end, there is still a problem that cannot be avoided, and that is cement.I want to find Cheng Chuli to buy cement.

At this moment, an official surnamed Wang jumped out and said, "Your Majesty, according to our investigation, Cheng Chuli's main material for making cement is the iron waste discarded by our court. This Cheng Chuli used these iron waste to make a fortune. Our court doesn’t get any benefit, so it’s not justified, right? Your Majesty.”

Immediately, the face of Changsun Wuji standing beside him turned pale.Because, he was the one who ordered people to take these iron scraps to Chengjia Village to throw them away.

Originally, he wanted to disgust Cheng Chuli, but he didn't expect the result to be like this.If he had to be held accountable, then his eldest grandson Wuji would be more responsible.

Li Er frowned, finally being discovered by them, finally talking about this.

Li Er pretended to be crazy and said stupidly: "Well, that's right, Cheng Chuli solved the problem of piling up iron waste for us, so he should be credited and rewarded with something, you all tell me, what should we reward him with?" ?”

What's the matter, and rewards?

Obviously, Li Er is partial to Cheng Chuli.The officials of those aristocratic families were outraged.

The official surnamed Wang suddenly had black lines on his face.He said loudly again: "Your Majesty, those iron scraps belonged to our court. We took them there and just piled them up. He, Cheng Chuli, used our things without our court's consent. Shouldn't he be punished? It belongs to theft! Your Majesty."

Li Shimin patted the armrest of the dragon chair and said angrily: "Bastard, this is something we don't want in the court. Over the years, I don't know how much it has cost just to dispose of these iron wastes. Now I see people making cement. , where did you go early?

If you have the ability, you can also make cement!Come, come, as long as you can produce cement now, I will let you use these iron wastes as you like.Can you? "

This?
The official surnamed Wang was suddenly speechless.

Li Er said: "Don't talk about those useless things, I have already decreed that these iron wastes can be used casually. I am not partial to him, as long as you can also make cement or other useful things, I can still make decrees Let you use it for free."

This?
The officials were suddenly speechless.

Changsun Wuji really wanted to find a crack in the ground to hide in, it was so fucking embarrassing.This is the real stealing a chicken without losing money!
The official surnamed Wang thought for a while and said, "Your Majesty, cement, a powerful weapon of the country, must never be controlled in private hands. Therefore, I implore the Emperor to order Cheng Chuli to hand over the cement factory."

Li Er was stunned for a moment.He never thought that these officials would say such things.Therefore, he would know it for a while, and really didn't know how to answer it.

Cheng Yaojin couldn't sit still anymore, ran out and pointed to the nose of the official surnamed Wang and said: "Fart your mother's Kyushu gossip serial fart, your family has so much property, why don't you hand it over? My old Cheng family managed to get it out. A cement factory, you want the emperor to order me to hand it over, what do you mean?"

When Cheng Yaojin came out, the official surnamed Wang felt that he was no longer qualified to talk to him.

Wang Gui came out and said, "Mr. Lu, what are you in a hurry for? Mr. Wang means that cement, a powerful weapon of the country, should not be in private hands. You are right, Mr. Lu. It is indeed true that you are asked to hand it over like this." It's a bit unreasonable.

But then again, things like cement can never be mastered by one person, I think so!Lu Guogong, you just take out the elements of the cement factory, and we are willing to give money to the elements, how about it?In this way, it is not in his hands alone, is it? "

After talking for a long time, the fox's tail finally came out.

Although the reason was far-fetched, what Wang Gui needed was just a reason, whether it was tenable or not.

Cheng Yaojin smiled and said, "In that case, there is no need. Because my old Cheng's family is not the only owner of this cement factory. This is not in the hands of one person, right?"

Wang Gui's complexion changed, and he cupped his hands at Li Shimin and said, "Your Majesty, due to the severe drought last year, there was a shortage of food in various places. Also, the production of salt this year is not good. Therefore, my Wang family's grain store and salt store are ready to close. It's been a while."

An official of the Cui family stood up and said: "Master Wang is telling the truth. Our Cui family's grain store and salt store are also going to be closed for a while."

Immediately afterwards, officials from the Lu family, the Zheng family, the Wei family, the Dugu family and other big families stood up and said that this year's food and salt were insufficient and they were going to close for a while.

Cheng Yaojin was dumbfounded.

Li Er was also dumbfounded.

The other Fang Xuanling, Du Ruhai and Changsun Wuji were also in a hurry.

If the grain stores and salt stores of these aristocratic families were closed, the common people would have to rebel.

what should we do?

Li Er's face turned pale with anger, how could he not see that these aristocratic families joined forces to deal with him.

Suddenly, he realized that he had no choice but to compromise.

He suppressed his anger, gritted his teeth and asked, "Do you have to do this?"

When he said these words, his hidden hands were shaking.As soon as he said this, it meant that he had compromised.

Wang Gui was happy.On the surface, he looked like an old god, and said: "Your Majesty, there is no way to do this! In the past two years, there have been floods and droughts. Business is not easy, and our family has no surplus food! Business is not good. It’s easy to do, we don’t have money, and the current food price is so expensive, the cost is so high, we can’t make it through!”

"Yes, yes, the turnover is not enough, what can I do?"

Other family officials also echoed.

Wang Gui said: "The production cost of this cement is so low now, if we can get some molecules and make some money, won't we be able to turn around?

So, your majesty, can you help us ask Cheng Chuli to take out a little part, and we are willing to pay for it?After all, this is a win-win thing, and it's all for the sake of our Datang Sheji, isn't it? "

When Wang Gui said this, although he couldn't see anything on the surface.But anyone can feel that there is an element of elation.

Other family officials also said: "Yes, Your Majesty, we are willing to pay for it, as long as Cheng Chuli can take part."

Annoying, so annoying.

Cheng Yaojin stared at them: "You guys are too shameless."

"Lu Guogong, what you said is wrong. Our family is very reasonable. We are giving money, not robbing, right?"

Cheng Yaojin was so angry that he almost fainted.The dignified Lu Guogong can't even keep a business, what a fart!

Only now did Cheng Yaojin feel how insignificant he, Lu Guogong, was in front of these aristocratic families.

Li Er let out a long breath, and asked in a deep voice: "Master Wang, tell me, how many members do you want?"

Li Er had no other choice, and finally compromised.

Those family officials looked at me and I looked at you. In the end, Wang Gui said: "Your Majesty, it's probably [-]%! You can also see that we have so many families, and there is no [-]% of them. There is no way to divide them! Right?"

"bump."

Li Shimin slapped the table and made an angry thud.

Angrily said: "Impossible."

These aristocratic families are really a bunch of moths.

If they have a good business, they dare to ask for [-]% of it.They really are not afraid of indigestion.

The reason why Li Shimin compromised was because he knew that Cheng Chuli had prepared [-]% for sale.In addition, he has [-]% in his hands, and there are [-]% in total.

If it doesn't work, it doesn't matter if you just take [-]% to [-]% and give them a share.

But he never dreamed that these guys' appetites were so big.

(End of this chapter)