Outside Cui Manor in Boling.
"Grandpa Pei, you have to help me. Those people are definitely trying to trick me.”
Li Yuanjing spoke to the old man in front of him in a cute tone.
This old man was Pei Ji.
He had once enjoyed boundless glory, being second only to one person and above tens of thousands of people. However, after Li Yuan lost his power and Li Shimin ascended the throne, Pei Ji was sidelined.
Pei Ji looked around in confusion and could only choose to rely on the King of Zhao.
Firstly, he was Li Yuan's trusted aide, and secondly, this King Zhao had unfathomable abilities.
Ten days ago, he bought 300,000 grains from the Cui Clan of Boling for three wen per bushel.
The grain price was now 23 wen per bushel.
Now, King Zhao was a legend in the business world. Many small businessmen had started to worship King Zhao instead of the God of Fortune.
"Of course. Grandpa Pei knows the assistant minister of the Yellow Clan, Cui Mingan. He is an upright person and would not do such sneaky things.”
Pei Ji's hair had turned white, obviously because his career was not going well.
The gates of Cui Manor opened.
Li Yuanjing entered and heard someone's voice. Then, he saw a group of people appear in front of him.
"Greetings, King Zhao."
The sixth branch of the Cui family bowed together under Cui Mingan's lead.
" Everyone, please don't be so polite. This is…" Li Yuanjing saw that the group was led by a middle-aged man in a scholarly robe with wide sleeves.
"Assistant Minister of the Yellow Clan, Cui Mingan."
Third Uncle Cui was smiling when he suddenly noticed Li Yuanjing's follower. Seeing his face clearly, he exclaimed,""Xuan Zhen, why are you here?"
"It's said that the King of Zhao wants to do a big business deal with the Cui family this time, so I'll be accompanying him."”
Third Uncle Cui and Cui Qiong were speechless.
They didn't want to do business with King Zhao anymore. The last time was a lesson of blood and tears.
"Grandpa Cui, don't just stand there. Let's talk inside.”Li Yuanjing said kindly.
Everyone entered the mansion and soon arrived at the main hall.
Along the way, there was an unfriendly gaze staring at him.
Li Yuanjing looked up. It was Young Master Cui Qiong. It was this brother who sold him his family's 300,000 dans of grain.
It's fine, I'll trick you again.
In any case, he had just asked Pei Ji about it. The Cui family of Boling had a solid foundation. They would not lose their vitality even if they were cheated two or three times.
......
"I wonder what kind of big business does King Zhao have?"
"Grandpa Cui, Young Master Cui, I want to sell the 300,000 dans of grain to you.”
Li Yuanjing's tender voice rang out.
Instantly!
Even Pei Ji, who was an outsider, felt the knife-like gaze.
Third Uncle Rao and Third Uncle Cui had a good temper, but they were also very angry.
Calm down, calm down.
He wasn't a fool, so why would he spend money to buy another batch of food?
Moreover, it was no longer three copper coins per bushel. It was probably twenty copper coins per bushel.
This round of toiling would cost at least thirty to forty thousand strings.
No matter what, he would never do such a stupid thing.
"Your Highness, the Cui family doesn't want to buy grain now. If there is a suitable business in the future, we will definitely cooperate with you.”
Third Uncle Cui still couldn't see through this King of Zhao and was even more surprised that Pei Ji, a Prime Minister, was actually serving the King of Zhao.
There was no need to talk about this business.
"Really?"
"I heard from Imperial Brother that he seems to be holding a banquet to evaluate the aristocratic families.”
"What First Rank Aristocratic Family? What Second Rank Aristocratic Family?"
Li Yuanjing said to himself. His words caused a great commotion in the ears of the Cui family.
Third Uncle Cui pretended not to care and asked,"
"King Zhao, can you tell me what it is exactly?”
"The imperial court did not have the money to provide disaster relief to the east of the river, so my brother wanted to raise food and organize a banquet. At the banquet, the family that donated more food would be evaluated as a first-rank family. The second, third, and fourth most donated food would be second-rank families.”Lee Yuanjing blinked his eyes. As expected, the Cui family was very angry.
Using the amount of grain donated to evaluate the level of aristocratic families, His Majesty was obviously looking for a sucker.
However, Third Uncle Cui and the others were tempted.
The Cui family of Boling was the leader of the first-rate aristocratic families, but it had not been officially recognized.
It was true that the Cui family was the number one family, but there was also the Qinghe Cui family with the Boling Cui family.
The two prefectures were still not convinced.
If he was assessed by a first-rank aristocratic family, Boling would definitely be able to suppress Qinghe.
F * ck, but the Cui Residence didn't have much food, and the price of food was very expensive.
Was he going to buy it from this little brat again?
Third Uncle Cui and Cui Qiong felt a headache.
"That's why I thought that after Young Master Cui sold the grain to me, the price of the grain would skyrocket.”
"Now, I can sell these grains to the Cui family and support the Cui family of Boling to become a first-rank aristocratic family. This is what I want to see the most.”
Li Yuanjing spoke in the tone of an adult, speaking from the standpoint of the Cui Residence.
Third Uncle Cui was naturally tempted.
No family would not be tempted.
It was easy to imagine how intense and crazy this reshuffle would be. It might even cause conflicts among the various aristocratic families.
Even if the Cui Clan of Boling decided not to let the five surnames and Seven Wangs participate in this assessment.
Zhangsun Wuji, Fang Xuanling, and the others would probably be involved.
This was not good.
If he wanted to win this game, the bargaining chip was food.
The King of Zhao was indeed loyal to his friends.
" Thank you, King Zhao. However, the price…" Third Uncle Cui felt troubled.
"Thirty wen for a bucket, I have about 293,000 stones.”
After Li Yuanjing sold a small portion of the grain, he repaid Li Shimin's loan.
Third Uncle Cui's face turned ashen when he saw the price.
The market price was only twenty-two copper coins, and he sold it to the Cui Residence for thirty copper coins?？？
"Patriarch, the price of grain on the market has risen from twenty-two copper coins to thirty-five copper coins per bushel.”
At this moment, the steward of Cui Mansion whispered to Third Uncle Cui.
Ever since the drought in the east of the river, the people of Cui Manor had been paying attention to the news of the market at all times, hoping to find business opportunities.
Li Yuanjing saw that Third Uncle Cui's expression had relaxed a little, so he smiled and said,""It must be the news of Imperial Brother using the amount of grain donated to evaluate the level of the aristocratic families. Lord Zhangsun, Lord Fang, and the others must have already begun to purchase large amounts of grain.”
"Lord Cui, if you don't hurry up, this king can only sell the grain to the other families.”
This kid was unfathomable.
Third Uncle Cui commented on Li Yuanjing.
He immediately agreed to the deal, but he couldn't help but lower the price."If the King of Zhao is willing, the Cui Residence is willing to eat all of this grain at twenty-five wen per bushel.”
"Alright!" Li Yuanjing replied readily. But you must pay all the money today. This king doesn't like to ask for the rest of the money. You can pledge all the shops, shops, houses, gold and silver jewelry.”
In his previous life, the boss of a factory loved to owe money.
"Alright!"
Third Uncle Cui gritted his teeth and agreed. For the sake of the title of a first-rank aristocratic family, he would give it his all.
"300,000 dans won't be enough, right? I'm afraid that all parties will want to fight for this First Rank Aristocratic Family.”
Li Yuanjing still wanted to continue trying to get more information for Zheng Fengchi.
If Zheng Fengchi were to obtain the title of First Rank Aristocratic Family, he would definitely be deeply grateful to him.
Therefore, it was very important to know how much food the Cui family of Boling had.
"Of course," Cui Qiong said proudly,"My Cui Family has a lot of grain, and there are two more."
"Qiong 'er!"
Third Uncle Cui interrupted him angrily, but Cui Qiong had already spat out the word " two ".
Li Yuanjing was extremely intelligent and guessed that the Cui Residence still had more than 200,000 dans of grain.
He tugged at Pei Ji's clothes behind him and Pei Ji said,""In that case, sign the contract and send it to the capital governor to be sealed.”
"The people of my Pei family will count the wealth sent by the Cui family. The people of the Cui family can also go to the granary to count the grain.”
Third Uncle Cui was extremely cautious. He was afraid that this was a trap set up by the King of Zhao. He was afraid that there was no such thing as donating grain to evaluate a first-rank aristocratic family.
If not for this matter, wouldn't it be idiotic to buy so much food?
Thus, he instructed the butler,""Let's go and see which family is buying a large amount of food.”
"Yes." After the butler left.
Li Yuanjing continued to wait.
An hour later.
The steward returned and whispered in Third Uncle Cui's ear,""Indeed, Zhangsun clan, Fang clan, Zheng clan, and Lu clan are all buying large amounts of food.”
"I heard that the Zhangsun Clan has already purchased 200,000 stones.”
"There are still people from various families waiting for you outside the residence. After asking around, I found out that they all want to collect food from you.”
Cui Sanbo was convinced and finally signed the contract with Li Yuanjing.
Both sides smiled.
"Thank you, King Zhao." Third Uncle Cui cupped his hands.”
Look, the chives have been cut and you still have to thank me.
Li Yuanjing said," Of course. This batch of grain was purchased from the Cui Residence. Now that the Cui Residence needs it, I should sell it to you first."”
The faces of the Cui family's sixth branch and Cui Qiong were ashen.
These 300,000 grains originally belonged to the Cui Residence.
Now, after all this trouble, the Cui family had lost thirty to forty thousand strings of money.
Do I have to do this?
This King Zhao was too scary.
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