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In the study, Mr. Gong asked Zhang Long: "You are from the Xianwang Mansion, and I am also your father-in-law. We are also considered a family. Can you tell me what is going on with the Zhenguan Salt incident?"

Zhang Long smiled and said, "If my father-in-law wants to stockpile Zhenguan salt, then forget it."

It is said that businessmen value profit, and Zhang Long does not want his father-in-law to be cheated by King Xian and be left with nothing.

Gong shook his head and said, "I don't have the idea of ​​hoarding Zhenguan salt. After all, Zhenguan salt is the same as the Zhenguan reign. I'm not a fool. This is clearly against your majesty."

Zhang Long looked at his father-in-law with a bit of surprise. He didn't expect him to be so smart.

Then, Zhang Long said, "Father-in-law's analysis is correct. This Zhenguan salt is indeed related to the current emperor. But please keep this matter confidential."

Mr. Gong took a deep breath and said, "I think I have to store some salt. Otherwise, if others find out that my family, the Gong Mansion, is rich and powerful, but has no salt stored, it will be a bit unreasonable."

Zhang Long said, "Father-in-law, today, you and I talked, but after we leave this door, don't let anyone else know." His expression was very serious.

Mr. Gong also knew the seriousness of the matter. He nodded and said, "I know."

Zhang Long smiled and said, "The appearance of Zhenguan Salt this time was caused by my prince to cause trouble for the Five Surnames and Seven Noble Houses. It seems that a few days ago, Princess Xian brought Princess Yin to the Xian Palace in a sedan chair. Then, several families of the Five Surnames and Seven Noble Houses joined forces to impeach her in the court."

"Cough cough cough," Mr. Gong felt that His Royal Highness Prince Xian was really fucking fierce.

Zhang Long continued, "There is enough Zhenguan salt now. Even if the Five Surnames and Seven Nobles unite together, they cannot buy all the Zhenguan salt. Therefore, although the current salt price is comparable to that of the major families, if the Five Surnames and Seven Nobles start to hoard salt in large quantities, the salt price will plummet, and the Five Surnames and Seven Nobles will lose everything.

As for my father-in-law's salt storage, I will inform His Highness, and I believe His Highness will compensate my father-in-law for his losses when the time comes."

Mr. Gong did not expect that His Royal Highness Prince Xian would be so fierce. He had dug a huge pit for the people of the Five Surnames and Seven Families, waiting for them to jump in.

At this time, Mr. Gong nodded, and then said to Zhang Long seriously: "My dear son-in-law, how long have you and Xin'er been married? Is there no movement in her belly?"

"Ahem, father-in-law, it's like this. Xin'er was very thin before. I'm not that anxious about having a child." Zhang Long explained awkwardly.

"Alas, there will be no one to inherit my huge Gong Mansion in the future." He has no son, so in this era when the concept of continuing the family line is very important, not having a son is a painful thing.

"Father-in-law, mother-in-law and aunts can come with me to Prince Xian's mansion and let Prince Xian help you," Zhang Long said.

"Your Highness Prince Xian knows medicine?" Mr. Gong asked in shock.

"His medical skills are unparalleled in the world. He can bring people back to life." Zhang Long admires Jiang Ci's medical skills very much.

"What is your relationship with His Royal Highness Prince Xian?" Mr. Gong asked cautiously.

"I and the other three, we came out together with His Royal Highness Prince Xian. When he was in the mountains, he was our young master. And we have a very good relationship." Zhang Long said truthfully.

Mr. Gong nodded, then said with a headache: "It's your sister-in-law. His Royal Highness Prince Xian saved her yesterday. She especially wanted to repay His Royal Highness Prince Xian and said that she wanted to marry him. I think that girl is just wishful thinking. After all, he is a high and mighty prince." In fact, Mr. Gong didn't mind his daughter being the concubine of Prince Xian. After all, he was from a merchant family and felt that he was inferior to others.

Especially compared with those nobles, they were insignificant. It was as if the other party could crush them to death with just one finger. He had been walking on thin ice all these years.

Zhang Long smiled and said, "My sister-in-law is pretty, like a lotus emerging from the water, but I can only mention this matter to my prince, and I dare not make this decision for His Royal Highness Prince Xian."

Mr. Gong said, "My dear son-in-law, you are thoughtful."

At this moment, the people of Chang'an City all laughed happily.

The original several big families were planning to raise the price of salt, but they didn't expect that as soon as the price of salt was raised, their shops lost all their business and all went to buy Zhenguan salt. Not only that, the quality of Zhenguan salt was countless times better than their salt.

In the Chang'an residence of the Taiyuan Wang family, one of the Five Surnames and Seven Famous Clan,

People from the Five Surnames and Seven Families were discussing how to deal with the emergence of Zhenguan Salt. If Zhenguan Salt continued to develop, the salt of their major families would be useless.

The people of Cui clan in Qinghe said, "Such good salt, is Li Shimin stupid to sell it so cheaply?"

The people from the Cui family of Boling said, "I also think it's cheap. In fact, if the price is doubled, all the big and small families and the wealthy people in Chang'an will definitely buy it. As for those common people, who cares if they live or die?"

The people of Zheng family in Xingyang said: "In this case, why don't we buy out the Zhenguan salt and store it. When the Zhenguan salt is sold out, can't we sell it at several times the price?"

The Longxi Li family praised: "This is a good idea. When the time comes, Li Shimin will have to come to our door and beg us for mercy."

"In this case, let's stock up on salt without further delay. Then let Li Shimin come to us in person to beg us." The thousand-year-old family is so arrogant, and what they want to do is to make the emperor bow to them.

"Also, we must investigate the origin of the Zhenguan Salt. I don't believe that so much good salt could have appeared out of nowhere in Chang'an City." One of them suggested.

"Yes, this must be investigated thoroughly," the man said in a solemn tone.

The existence of the Five Surnames and Seven Famous Clan is nothing more than mastering knowledge, which is their ultimate goal. After all, poor people can't even afford to buy books, so where can they go to study? This is a joke!

Moreover, the imperial examination has already started, but some people can't even afford to eat, so where can they get the money to study? All the money is occupied by students from aristocratic families.

The salt storage problem not only happened in the Five Surnames and Seven Families, but also in other large families.

They all took tens of thousands of kilograms of Zhenguan salt back home and stored it, hoping that they could make a lot of money from it after the Zhenguan salt in Chang'an was sold out. These people had good ideas.

At this moment, in Chang'an City, on a road that students from the Imperial College must take after school, a shop quietly opened.

If anyone knew the King of Idleness, they would definitely throw the bookstore owner to greet him respectfully and say, "Hello, Madam Yu."
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(End of this chapter)