Zhu Quan didn't notice anything strange about Li Jinglong. He was still talking about the bright blueprint for the future.
It means that it will be on the market in three years, chain nationwide in five years, and spread all over the world in ten years.
Li Jinglong sighed to himself: Stop it, Xiao Qi, there are factory guards outside.
After a while, servants came over to serve tea, and Zhu Quan stopped talking.
However, as soon as the servants left, he quickly started talking again, and became more and more enthusiastic. When he thought about the gold and silver in the boats, he burst out laughing.
"That's enough, stop talking." Li Jinglong couldn't listen anymore and stopped him.
Zhu Quan was stunned and looked at Li Jinglong in surprise. Seeing his ugly face, his heart suddenly tightened, "Did you...sell me?"
This is too possible, this guy has a criminal record!
Moreover, his relationship with Li Qing is not an ordinary one.
The more Zhu Quan thought about it, the angrier he became, and he cursed: "You Li Jinglong, I trust you so much, you fucking stabbed me in the back, I..."
"Keep your voice down."
"Why do you want me to keep my voice low...um..."
Li Jinglong covered his mouth and cursed: "Are you stupid? I have joined the gang, what good will it do me to stab you?
Besides, don’t I want to make money? "
Zhu Quan thought so, and his excitement slowly calmed down. He pushed away Li Jinglong's hand and said suspiciously, "You kid really didn't betray me?"
"Am I the kind of person who betrays my partners?"
"No...isn't it?"
"I..." Li Jinglong couldn't argue and broke his defense: "If that's the case, then I won't do it."
Zhu Quan felt relieved when he saw him like this, and said sarcastically: "I'm just kidding, you and I can still trust each other. Which one of us is following the other?"
I'm sorry, you trusted the wrong person. I'm a good person... Li Jinglong frowned and said, "The prince brought a lot of factory guards with him this time. It's too reckless for you to come to my house. It can easily arouse his suspicion. He even knows about it." .”
No matter what, he had to kick the ball out, "Think about it, the prince has invited five feudal princes to worship his ancestors, four of them are his brothers, and you are the only elder. Doesn't this explain the problem? "
"Ah? This..." Zhu Quan's face tightened, and his heart became excited. Then he frowned and said, "That's not right. How did you know about this?"
"I..." Li Jinglong responded very quickly, "Li Qing came to my house for a drink a few days ago. He drank too much and let the news slip."
After a pause, he shook off the blame and said, "Hearing what he meant, I still don't trust you!"
"What a fool." Zhu Quan was furious, "I didn't eat his rice, why is he so hard on me!?"
Li Jinglong advised: "It's useless to say this. He is also doing his job. After all, it is the emperor's wish. You should listen to my advice and stop doing business at sea. You will not be able to spend all your money."
"Then do you know how much profit there is in the sea?" Zhu Quan snorted, "Every day makes money, aren't you greedy?"
"I'm greedy, but..." Li Jinglong asked, "But compared to what you have now, which one is more important?"
Zhu Quan was startled, then smiled and said, "You are overthinking. Even if it is true as you said, can't you cut off my vassal just because of this?"
Li Jinglong smiled bitterly and shook his head: "That's not possible, but... forget it, I won't do it after this time. I've calculated that it's ten thousand taels including principal and interest. Don't forget to pay me back later."
"You're stupid, why don't you do such a profitable business?" Zhu Quan said earnestly, "Don't even think about it. You invested a total of five thousand taels, and you got your money back this time. What if you do it a few more times?
Oh, I see, you think the split is too small, right? Zhu Quan pondered for a moment, then gritted his teeth and said, "Well, I won't give you the five thousand taels, and I'll give you 10% directly." "
After a pause, "But you have to find some capable people to join me. Let's expand the business..."
"That's enough!" Li Jinglong suddenly stood up and said, "Prince Ning, Prince Ning, why can't you figure it out?
Why did Prince Ning, who was good at scheming in the past, lose his eyes on money now? "
Zhu Quan was also a little angry: "Li Jinglong, I have good intentions to help you make a fortune, but you are so good at being so cheap!"
"Don't do this." Li Jinglong sneered: "You are smart, but don't make fools of others. Don't you just want to drag me into the water and form a bundle of interests?"
Zhu Quan paused and snorted coldly: "If you don't do it, someone else will do it."
He glanced at Li Jinglong and said meaningfully: "I will give you the money later, but you'd better not go back to your old business."
"What did you say?"
"It's nothing, you know."
"You..." Li Jinglong was so angry that he wanted to scold his mother. Then he thought about it and realized that he had indeed betrayed her. It would not be wrong to express his anger or not to express his anger. Finally he had to say:
"I'll say this for the last time. You've made so much money anyway, so stop it as soon as possible, otherwise it won't look good to everyone."
"Thank you for your kindness." Zhu Quan said sarcastically, got up and left.
Li Qing also said similar things, but he just surrendered at the time. Once Li Qing left, he continued to go his own way, so naturally he didn't take Li Jinglong's words seriously.
…
After leaving Cao Guogong's mansion, Zhu Quan still felt uneasy after thinking about it, so he decided to go to the palace again to explore Zhu Zhanji's tone.
Zhu Quan could see clearly that Li Jinglong could even sell Jianwen, so selling him to Prince Ning would probably not have any psychological burden at all.
In fact, he had wronged Li Jinglong, and he still had a psychological burden, although it was not big.
Zhu Quan arrived at the palace and after some testing, he didn't even get a hair, but his doubts were gradually dispelled.
He felt that if the prince really wanted to touch him, he would never be so calm.
Zhu Quan was relieved and returned to the palace to stay temporarily, waiting to worship his ancestors, and then go back to make a fortune.
~
"Did you tell him?"
"said."
"How did he say?"
"Obstinate!"
Li Qing patted Li Jinglong on the shoulder: "You have done your best, don't have any psychological burden."
"But I became a traitor again." Li Jinglong was aggrieved.
Li Qing didn’t think so: “First, you are doing a good deed;
Second, even if you don't say it, we can find out. There is no way to hide such a big deal, it just takes some time. "
Li Jinglong nodded, feeling much better after Li Qing said this.
"By the way, Prince Ning won't be stripped of his vassal status, right?"
Li Qing shook his head: "It will definitely not happen this time, but if he continues to persist in his obsession, it may not be possible."
Li Jinglong sighed and said nothing more.
…
More than ten days later, King Xiang, King Jing, King Huai, and King Liang arrived one after another.
Zhu Zhanji, who had been unable to leave the house, finally showed up and summoned officials from the six ministries to discuss the ancestor worship ceremony.
Li Qing didn't show up this time. The ancestor worship last time gave him a hard time, and he didn't want to experience it again.
However, he was unable to escape after all, and blended in with the crowd to participate in the ancestor worship.
But this time it was a lot easier. After all, he didn't have to take the lead. He could do whatever others wanted. After half a piece of ginger, he returned to the Hou Mansion to lie down.
~
The next day, early in the morning.
Outside the gate, Jin Yiwei's loud voice rang out.
"Hou Yongqing, the prince orders you to enter the palace!"
"I heard it." Li Qing shouted loudly, "I will come over right now."
The Jin Yiwei outside heard the response and left quickly.
Li Qing stayed in bed for a while, then slowly got up and washed up.
He knew that today was the day to "open the skylight and speak out", but he was in no hurry because it was still early.
As expected, Li Qing kept writing for a while, and when he arrived at the palace, several vassal kings had not arrived yet.
Seeing Li Qing enter the palace, Zhu Zhanji waved away from the small yellow gate with a dark face, frowning and said: "Uncle Qing, you are just lazy usually, why are you so ink today!?"
"Isn't the person here yet?" Li Qing shrugged.
"..." Zhu Zhanji said angrily: "Don't I want to discuss the details with you?"
Li Qing shook his head: "No need, just follow the original plan, it is simple, crude and effective!"
After a pause, "By the way, you asked your father how to deal with the noble trade. Have you received a reply?"
"It's been there a long time ago." Zhu Zhanji rolled his eyes.
"How to say?"
Zhu Zhanji muttered: "It's the same as you said!"
Li Qing praised: "As expected of Little Fatty... uh... the emperor is wise!"
Zhu Zhanji was too lazy to vent his anger and frowned: "This is the first time in my life that I have seen my father so tough, but I always feel that this is a bit too tough."
"Huh?" Li Qing shook his head, "As you said at the beginning, it is better to contain the shipping in time when it first opens than to wait for them to become bigger and then take action. Don't worry, it won't change the world."
"From today on, I will live with you." Li Qing added.
Zhu Zhanji said with a smile: "There's no need to make such a fuss. What I'm worried about is that the people in the army are unstable, but they still dare to rebel."
"It's better to be prepared than anything else. You can never go wrong if you take extra precautions." Li Qing said with a smile.
Zhu Zhanji felt warm in his heart, but said in a low tone: "You are already this old. If something unexpected happens, I will protect you."
Two years and two years passed, and he felt that this time Li Qing would definitely not be able to compete with him.
Li Qing smiled, picked up the hot tea on the table and took a sip, waiting for the protagonists to arrive.
Two quarters of an hour later.
Five vassal kings, King Ning, King Xiang, King Jing, King Huai, and King Liang, stepped into the hall together.
"I will see His Royal Highness the Crown Prince."
This time, Zhu Zhanji was not polite. He lowered his head and sipped tea, and accepted the courtesy calmly, showing his dignity.
After several people finished saluting, he said calmly: "Pingshen!"
"Thank you, Your Highness." Zhu Quan felt a little unhappy and his voice was slightly louder than the others.
Zhu Zhanji put down his tea cup, glanced at the five people, and finally looked at Prince Xiang with a smile:
"Zhan Zhen, come on, come on."
Zhu Zhanzhen trembled all over as he looked at his smiling elder brother. He and Zhu Zhanji were brothers from the same mother, but that was why he was beaten by his elder brother all the time.
Every time his eldest brother beat him, he always had this smiling expression, which made him feel really scared.
"Da, da...ah no," Zhu Zhanzhen forced out an ugly smile and stuttered, "His Royal Highness...yes, just tell me if you have any orders."
"Come here!" Zhu Zhanji said calmly and stopped smiling.
Zhu Zhanzhen became even more frightened and moved forward little by little.
"Hurry up."
"Yes." Zhu Zhanchen heard that his eldest brother was impatient, and he immediately became excited, trotted two steps quickly, came to his eldest brother, and said flatteringly: "Prince..."
As soon as the words came out of my mouth, I suddenly felt a blur in my eyes, and then my cheeks went numb.
"Snapped--!"
Zhu Zhanzhen couldn't bear the big dick that he had accumulated for a long time. He felt like the world was spinning, stars were appearing in his eyes, and his mind went blank.
In a daze, he seemed to see Taizu waving to him.
