"It's really a pig, really. Why does His Majesty know how to raise pigs?”
"I don't know. Could it be that His Majesty has a fetish for eating pork?”
"Aiyaya, stop looking, stop looking. Let's go, let's go. Be careful not to silence His Majesty.”
“········”
The officials gathered together and discussed.
As expected, not far away, in a small pigsty, ten pig cubs were grunting.
It was leisurely.
A caretaker eunuch was feeding them.
However, none of the officials dared to raise their voices.
Eat pork!
They could only discuss this matter behind their backs. They could not use this topic to make a fuss. Moreover, this topic would easily be refuted by Li Er.
However, the imperial censors were different. They stared at the pigsty excitedly as if they had seen a mountain of gold.
Wei Zheng's face was ashen.
He flung his sleeves, snorted coldly, and left quickly.
Pei Ji passed by and gave him a sidelong glance."I still can't change the habits of a country bumpkin.”
He quickly left the palace.
No one talked to the surrounding officials.
He could not stay here any longer!
Li Er didn't give him a way out, and the officials all laughed at him.
Even though he was still the leader of those officials and someone had just come to him to explain, the matter had already happened.
Pei Ji felt that his head was spinning.
Everyone felt that they were still mocking him in their hearts.
Enough!
Qu Yuanli was indeed very powerful!
Li Er won again.
This feeling drove him crazy. He felt that he had been a clown from the beginning to the end, led by the nose. From the beginning to the end, Li Er and the others had already planned to see him please them.
This feeling was really unbearable!
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Li family courtyard
"Bang bang bang!"
Pei Ji slammed his hand on the table.
"What happened?"
"Why haven't I felt anything until now?”
"Everyone in Chang 'an is praising Li Er's reputation! Now that Qu Yuanli had appeared, he was bound to create a huge wave for Li Er!”
"Why? Why didn't he make a move? Why not?"
Pei Ji roared.
Old Master Li looked at him quietly and frowned.
"Qu Yuanli?"
"What is this?"
"Humph!" Pei Ji recounted what had happened after the Dew Palace today. Of course, he skipped over his awkward moments.
"Why hasn't he moved yet?" Pei Ji asked again.
He was very anxious.
These days, the entire Chang 'an was so peaceful that it made one's hair stand on end.
Old Master Li had previously said that he would use the salt industry to attack Li Er, but it had not been implemented until now.
It could be said that the entire clan was suppressed by Li Er.
He couldn't move.
"This Qu Yuanli is real?" Old Master Li slowly came back to his senses.
He was a little confused.
Farming without cattle?
How was that possible!
If this matter were to spread, the entire world would probably praise Li Er's wisdom.
At that time, it would be even more difficult for the noble families to make a move.
"Of course it's true!"
"When the Qu Yuan Li is promoted to the entire Great Tang, the world will be loyal to him, and everything Li Er does in the future will be twice as effective.”
"What about us?"
"I'm afraid that it'll be difficult to do anything."
Pei Ji's voice was low.
Old Master Li nodded vigorously.
"That's right! That's right!"
"Phew…I was still hesitating before, but now it seems that we have reached the critical moment of life and death.”
Old Master Li narrowed his eyes.
"Is there any way?" Pei Ji hurriedly asked.
Old Master Li glanced at him.
"Do you still remember the mineral salt that Li Yuan sold us seven years ago?”
Pei Ji frowned.
"This…"
"Hiss…"
"That mineral salt is half poisonous and half white. It's inedible.”
Pei Ji's eyes turned cold.
Of course, he knew about this.
Back then, Li Yuan needed a sum of money for military expenses, so he borrowed it from the aristocratic families. After negotiating the conditions, Li Yuan gave them an abandoned salt mine.
They bought it at a high price, using the transaction as a cover to fund the Imperial Court.
This salt mine was half abandoned.
It was said to be half-useless because the salt in this mine was slightly poisonous compared to normal salt.
All this while, the clan had almost forgotten.
After all, even if there was a slight poison, it couldn't be used.
"Humph!"
"Now, what can we use?”
"I'm not asking you to eat it."
"Duke of Wei, it's like this. We'll mine this salt mine under the name of Li Yuan. After all, we bought it from the imperial court. At that time, we announced to the public that it was a normal salt mine.”
"Presumably, the people will flock to it.”
“······”
Old Master Li's eyes shone with a fierce light.
"Li Er knows the inside story, but he definitely can't say that this is waste salt.”
"He said that he was slapping Li Yuan's face in public. We can also take the opportunity to cause a ruckus in Chang 'an because Li Yuan said that he sold us good salt.”
"Do you think Li Er will return the money we gave him back then? The national treasury is empty. He has no money!"
"When the time comes…Haha!!! We have the final say in everything.”
Old Master Li was savage.
"Li Er won't expose it. He's determined to establish a virtuous king. He'll definitely take over Li Yuan's hole.”Pei Ji pondered for a moment and said.
"That's right."
"Therefore, he wouldn't say that this was poisonous salt, much less admit that the imperial court had used the abandoned salt mine to trade with the noble clans. Haha, so he could only watch as the people bought the abandoned salt wantonly.”
"If you want to stop it, talk to us!"
"If we don't stop it, we'll just watch as the people of Chang 'an are slowly poisoned and die!”
"What do you think Li Er will choose?"
Old Master Li took a deep breath, his voice cold.
Pei Ji shivered.
After a long while, he slowly said,"He…He will…He will talk to us."”
"Haha, that's right!"
"At that time, this will be our home ground!”
"Li Er can't jump up."
"If he goes back on his word, we can take the initiative to expose it and say that this is the waste salt of the imperial court. Do you think the people will rebel against Li Er on the spot?”
"No matter how we play, we are invincible!!!”
"This time, we must kill Li Er! Knock him down!"
Old Master Li shouted in a low voice!
Pei Ji shuddered.
This…
This move…
Too ruthless!
His entire body felt cold.
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