"King of Shu, you, what do you mean by this?!”
Kong Yingda roared.
"What right do you have to help them pay their debts? They owe me, not you.”
"What right do you have to stand up for them!"
Li Ke smiled and said in a light voice.
"I have no choice. I have a lot of food at home. This king likes to give it away everywhere.”
This almost shameless tone made Kong Yingda so angry that she didn't have any temper at all.
Although Li Ke's words deserved a beating, he really couldn't control who the food was given to.
The law of the Tang Empire didn't say that one couldn't give food to others.
"If there's no problem, let's begin.”
Li Ke saw that Kong Yingda was so angry that he couldn't speak and continued to speak impatiently.
"This king will do a good deed to the end."
"Today, I will keep an eye on these people and pay off the food I owe you. If it's not enough, I will get someone to go back to Yizhou to get it.”
"Let's begin."
Kong Yingda gritted her teeth in anger.
"Li Ke, you're ruthless!"
"Get someone to take the account book and check it out!”
Kong Yingda couldn't refuse at all, so she could only follow Li Ke's lead.
"Yes, Father."
Kong Zhiliang hurried into the manor and soon came out with more than ten accounts masters.
Li Ke teased.
"The Kong family is indeed a big family. There are more than ten accounts masters. I don't know how much money they have.”
Kong Yingda sneered.
"Do we have to tell the King of Shu about our family's assets?”
Li Ke smiled indifferently.
"That's not necessary. However, I feel that your family might not need these accounts in the future.”
"When the time comes, you can come and find this king. This king can give them a job.”
Kong Yingda was trembling with anger.
Others might not know about the bet between him and Li Ke, and they might not know about the powerful relationship between them, but Kong Yingda knew.
"King of Shu, do you really think that by making our Kong clan have no tenants to use during the spring plowing, you can drive our Kong clan away?”
"You're underestimating our Kong family's strength!”
Kong Yingda said proudly.
"Haha, old thing."
Li Ke laughed mockingly.
"You think too highly of yourself."
"I just don't want to see so many innocent people being exploited by your Kong family and become slaves of your Kong family for the rest of their lives.”
"This king is spending money to buy freedom and hope for these people!”
Li Ke's words immediately attracted the applause of the commoners.
"The King of Shu is mighty, the King of Shu is domineering!"
"I heard that this time, it was the King of Shu who saved the lives of 300,000 Tianhua people. Now, he is helping the people repay their debts and break away from the Kong family.”
"Hmph, this is the true benevolence! The Kong family was full of benevolence, righteousness, and morality, and they were even descendants of saints. In fact, they were also an aristocratic family that drank the blood of the people and ate human flesh.”
Without comparison, there would be no harm.
Compared to Li Ke's glorious image, Kong Yingda and the rest were like clowns.
In the past, the commoners naturally did not dare to provoke the Kong family.
But today was different.
With Li Ke backing them up, and most of the commoners present were about to pay off the Kong family's debt, they no longer needed to look at their faces.
He was not afraid of anything.
"Humph!"
Kong Yingda was so angry that she took a deep breath repeatedly. She barely managed to stabilize her breathing as she said with a black face.
"Deal!"
Following Kong Yingda's order, the accounts were officially settled.
"Zhang Ergou, 30 catties of noodles, 100 yuan, 50 catties of rice, clear the bill!“
"Luo Dandan, 100 catties of noodles, three strings of money, and 160 catties of white rice.”
“……”
The speed of clearing the accounts was very fast. Li Ke had brought a total of 1.8 million catties of rice this time, which was completely enough.
What he wanted was to get these people out of the Kong family's control once and for all.
The Kong family had a lot of land and even more tenants. Even Li Ke didn't expect nearly four thousand people to come here.
These were the representatives of the family, which was more than four thousand households. The real labor force controlled by the Kong family included their family members. A family of three would cost tens of thousands of people, and if there were more, it would be tens of thousands of people.
A family with one surname had such a large human resource.
It was truly terrifying.
However, there were many people, but no one had any disputes. As long as the accounts matched, they would directly give food. If the accounts were wrong, they would be given according to the Kong family's accounts.
In just a day, Li Ke had helped these commoners pay off the Kong family's debt, leaving behind more than 300,000 catties of rice.
"Wangye, the account book."
The subordinate brought the accounts over for Li Ke to see. After all, Li Ke was the one who provided the food, so he had to be clear about it.
"There's no need to look at it. The remaining rice will be transported back to the King of Shu's Mansion.”
Li Ke waved his hand and had his subordinate take the account book away. He looked at Kong Yingda and said.
"Old thing, let me tell you. From now on, these people don't owe you anything.”
"Furthermore, this king gave each of them 200 catties of rice and a variety of food, enough for them to eat for a year.”
"They won't work for you in the future.”
Kong Yingda sneered.
"King of Shu, is this your goal? Don't you think it's childish?"
"Without them, I can recruit other people. As long as there is enough land, there will be no one to farm.”
"You don't have the right to laugh at my Kong family!”
Li Ke said with a smile.
"Hehe, old thing, you're wrong.”
"This king will definitely like your joke. Right now, there are less than 200 servants in your family, including your clansmen.“
"Tsk tsk, 1.7 million catties of rice.”
"Take your time to pretend, haha."
After Li Ke finished speaking, he laughed and left with his people.
"Li Ke, you bastard!"
Kong Yingda cursed angrily, her face flushed red. This kid was too wicked.
He couldn't just leave so much food on the streets. Someone had to watch over it and move it into his house as soon as possible.
Li Ke was deliberately paying back today and exhausting his family to death!
"Father, what should we do?"
Kong Zhi Liang and Kong Zhi Yuan asked with a bitter smile.
"What else can we do?"
Kong Yingda said with a dark face.
"Move!"
……
The next morning, Li Shimin went to court in Taiji Palace.
He looked left and right but did not see Kong Yingda.
"Why didn't Elder Kong attend court today?”
Li Shi Min asked with a frown.
"Your Majesty."
An official from an aristocratic family came out and said with a bitter smile.
"Yesterday, Elder Kong was at home carrying food. He bit and injured himself, so he couldn't come to court.”
Li Shimin was speechless.
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