Volume 2: Storm in Chang'an Chapter 155: Business is a lowly business

Style: Historical Author: silence in the shadowsWords: 2905Update Time: 24/02/20 13:04:50
"Uncle, my nephew also asked Mr. Lu County..." Upon hearing Li Yuan's question, Li Daozong licked his lips and said with a bitter smile.

"Oh? How did Mr. Lu answer?" Li Yuan was very interested in how Lu Chen answered this question, and stared at Li Daozong and asked.

"He said..." Li Daozong pondered for a moment, and then continued, "He said that this glass is for those aristocratic families!" Li Daozong looked helpless at this point and looked at Li Yuan.

In fact, neither Li Daozong nor Li Yuan are willing to do anything against the aristocratic families. Although they also know the harm of the aristocratic families in the past dynasties, they still have to count on the officials of these aristocratic families to help govern the country. If they fall out with these aristocratic families now, , which is quite unwise, and the Tang Dynasty was just established. If chaos breaks out in the country at this time, will Li Yuan's throne still be secure?

"He didn't say anything else?" Hearing Li Daozong's words, Li Yuan frowned slightly. Li Yuan didn't expect that Lu Chen would let him go according to plan, but he was so radical. Up to now, at least three companies must be different from Lu Chen. Deal with it. As for Xiao Yu, when he thought of Xiao Yu's character, Li Yuan couldn't help but sigh secretly in his heart. He was afraid that the Xiao family would not look good on Lu Chen. In this way, Lu Chen would have offended four aristocratic families, and Lu Chen would have offended four aristocratic families. Chen was actually so radical, which made Li Yuan really confused as to why Lu Chen did this.

"County Duke Lu also said something, he said, 'It would be better if the aristocratic family were more honest, otherwise he would have many ways to wipe them out'! These were Duke Lu's exact words!" Li Daozong repeated Lu Chen's original words to him. Li Yuan, then looked at Li Yuan.

"Did he really say that?" Li Yuan's eyes lit up when he heard Li Daozong's retelling of Lu Chen's original words. Sure enough, Lu Chen still had the back-up plan to deal with the aristocratic family, otherwise he wouldn't have been so aggressive. However, Li Yuan thought of Lu Chen's identity again. Guess, but also felt that if this was not the case, then it would not be Lu Chen.

"Since Duke Lu said so, let's follow Duke Lu's plan!" Li Yuan thought about it for a moment and said directly to Li Daozong, "Besides, I don't know about this matter! Do you understand?" Li Yuan looked at Li Daozong smiled slightly, and the cunning light in his eyes flashed away.

"My nephew understands!" How could Li Daozong not understand the meaning of Li Yuan's words? Li Yuan didn't know about this matter, which means that no matter what happens later, Li Yuan can come forward to clean up the mess. If it is directly shown that the emperor is also involved in this matter , that would be big trouble.

"Nephew, resign!" Li Daozong saluted Li Yuan and said, after all, what should be said has been said, and it is time for Li Daozong to go to other companies to inform the matter.

"Go!" Li Yuan waved to Li Daozong, picked up the memorial on Long's desk and read it, while Li Daozong walked backwards out of the Nuan Pavilion.

Li Daozong left the Nuan Pavilion and left the palace directly. The first stop was straight to Li Xiuning's princess mansion, while Li Yuan waved to Chang Bao, who had just walked in from outside the Nuan Pavilion.

"Your Majesty!" Seeing Li Yuan waving to him, Chang Bao hurriedly took a few steps to Li Yuan's side.

"Let the bad guys take good care of Lujiazhuang!" Li Yuan's eyes flashed coldly, and he whispered to Chang Bao.

"Yes!" Chang Bao bowed and responded, thinking to himself: "This Lu Chen is really favored by His Majesty. First he gave him three thousand guards, and this time he asked him to step up the guard for the second time. But Lu Chen did it Those things really need a lot of protection!”

When Li Daozong came to the Princess Mansion, he naturally met Li Xiuning and Chai Shao easily. The couple was teaching martial arts to brothers Chai Zhewei and Chai Lingwu in the martial arts arena of the Princess Mansion. When they heard that Li Daozong was coming, they asked Chai Zhewei brother to practice first. After both changed their clothes, they came to the front hall to see Li Daozong who was already waiting here.

"Chengfan, why do you have time to come to sister's place today?" Seeing Li Daozong, Li Xiuning smiled and greeted Li Daozong.

"Sister, consort!" Hearing Li Xiuning's voice, Li Daozong, who was looking up to study the calligraphy and paintings hanging in the front hall, quickly turned around to greet his sister and brother-in-law.

"Brother, you don't have to be polite!" Although Li Xiuning said so, the couple still returned the gift to Li Daozong.

"Come here! Serve tea!" Chai Shao shouted outside the front hall. In a short time, a maid came into the front hall with a tray and served tea to the three people who were seated.

"Tell me, why are you here with your sister? Have you caused trouble again?" Chai Shao picked up the teacup, took a sip of tea, looked at Li Daozong with a smile and asked.

"Brother-in-law, I'm so old, how can I cause any trouble!" Hearing Chai Shao's words, Li Daozong smiled helplessly. After all, Li Daozong had been with Li Shimin when he was young, and the relationship between Chai Shao and Li Shimin naturally goes without saying, so Whenever Li Daozong got into trouble when he was a child, and Li Shimin wanted to deal with him, it was Chai Shao who helped intercede. As for Chai Shao asking about Li Daozong's troubles, it was Chai Shao who teased Li Daozong.

"Then why did you come to us when you had nothing to do?" Li Xiuning looked at Li Daozong and asked.

"I'm here to give you a good deal!" Hearing his third sister's question, Li Daozong couldn't help but push out his chest and said with some pride. After all, he is a young man in his twenties, so naturally he wants to You want to show off in front of your sister. Although they are cousins, they are still siblings, right?

"You can pull it down!" When Li Xiuning heard that Li Daozong was offering him a deal, Li Xiuning gave Li Daozong a blank look. "You have a shop in Chang'an. Who is not half-dead?"

Hearing Li Xiuning unceremoniously expose his background, Li Daozong curled his lips helplessly. Li Daozhong did not dare to talk back to Li Xiuning. Who didn't know the temper of the third princess? If he dared to talk back, Li Xiuning would really dare to beat him. !

"Business is a cheap business, why are you so interested?" Seeing that Li Daozong remained silent, Li Xiuning looked at Li Daozong and asked again.

Since Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty "exclusively respected Confucianism", the Confucian values ​​of "valuing righteousness over profit" have gradually entered the inner world of the Chinese people. As the saying goes: "A gentleman is better known by righteousness, and a villain is better known by profit", "Those who achieve righteousness should not be moved." "profit", which resulted in the status of businessmen always being the lowest.

Even in order to restrict businessmen and suppress commerce, two methods have been developed. One is to restrict the development of commerce and impose heavy taxes on commercial production to limit the development of commerce and dampen people's enthusiasm for doing business. The other is to Those engaged in commercial activities are subject to restrictions on political rights and social status.

This has resulted in the fact that these days, Huang nobles and people from aristocratic families despise merchants on the surface, but secretly, most of the merchants are also controlled by aristocratic families. However, on the surface, these aristocratic families claim to read sages and sages. People disdain to engage in business. As for the nobles of Tianhuang and those famous generals and princes, they all have commercial shops more or less. Otherwise, it is simply impossible to rely on their salary to support a large family.

"Your third sister is right, business is a low-level business. As a prince, your involvement in business will have a bad influence! When you opened those shops, your third sister and I disapproved of it!" Chai Shao has always been prudent in dealing with things. He also spoke earnestly and earnestly, admonishing Li Daozong.

"Business is a lowly business, and I know that, but it was brought up by Duke Lu, so it's hard for me to refuse, right?" After Chai Shao finished speaking, Li Daozong looked at the couple with a hint of emotion. He said in an aggrieved tone, and his expression looked as innocent as possible.

After Li Daozong finished speaking, Li Xiuning and his wife twitched the corners of their mouths. At this time, both of them felt that they had been tricked by Li Daozong. Although Li Daozong had an innocent expression on his face, his eyes were obviously holding back thoughts. It feels like snickering.

"Ahem! Since it was Mr. Lu who suggested it, he certainly has his reasons. Why don't you tell us Mr. Lu's plan?" Chai Shao coughed twice, picked up the teacup and took a sip. Tea, then looked at Li Daozong and said.

"I want to do business because of my feelings. It's a shame. Mr. Lu wants to lead you to do business. Is it because he has a plan?" After hearing Chai Shao's words, Li Daozong couldn't help but slandered in his heart, but he didn't dare to say it out. , after all, he didn't dare to offend the two people in front of him. Even though he was a prince, it might be easy for him in front of others, but in front of his third sister, he was just a younger brother.

Li Daozong said nothing else and told Li Xiuning and his wife about Lu Chen's involvement in the glass and how to distribute it. As for what the glass was, Li Daozong was naturally prepared. He asked for it from Lu Chen. Several pieces of glass were prepared for this situation. When they saw the glass, these people's expressions were similar to Li Yuan's. They all gasped in surprise, but they did not appear in Li Daozong's situation, but Li Daozong also I figured it out, after all, the glass piece I brought was still small. If I saw the large piece of glass in Liulicang, I guess they wouldn't be much better than me.

Of course, Li Daozong also said how Lu Chen dealt with the family affairs. Li Xiuning and his wife naturally agreed with Lu Chen's approach. Li Xiuning and Chai Shaona would unconditionally support whatever Lu Chen did.

After saying this, Li Daozong said goodbye to Li Xiuli and his wife, left the Princess Mansion, and then went to the East Palace and Tiance Mansion. As for what he said, they were naturally similar. Li Daozong ran down this circle and waited until he returned to his palace. It was already time to light the lamp. Of course, these people had a tacit understanding of these things and did not reveal a word to anyone. Even the servants in the family did not know about it.

"Master! We brought back something good today!" When Li Daozong returned to the palace, Lu Chen, who was observing the growth of potatoes and sweet potatoes in the greenhouse, saw Fang Qi running into the greenhouse with a cheerful look on his face.

"Did you find the treasure?" Lu Chen stood up and looked at Fang Qi and asked.