I am the cook, but I am Li Er's son-in-law

What I said... that smell of disobedience was about to materialize, turning into stones and falling on them.

But what can be done?
"It's not that my Li family in Longxi has never encountered such a thing." The clan elder of Danyangfang smiled wryly, and comforted himself, but more of it was self-comforting, "During the Han and Wei Dynasties, we also did not fall behind. ,but now……"

Speaking of the word "now", he felt a little heavy.

The words froze for a moment, and he changed a time adverbial: "A few years ago, we were one of the most prosperous families."

"God bless me, the Li family of Longxi, Gao Zu's flying general, and now I have a pharmacist."

"Maybe after a hundred years, there will be another character like a flying general or a pharmacist."

This self-comfort made them even more uncomfortable.

Characters like Li Guang and Li Jing are not so easy to come by.

If the Li family in Longxi is down, it is really down.

On the second day, Longxi... no, the entire Longyou, and even the land of Sanqin, was in chaos. The Li family of Longxi began to sell the land at an unexpected low price.

The huge amount thrown out makes one's scalp tingle.

The wealth accumulated by a family for hundreds of years is an unimaginable amount.

After the merchants in Longyou ate a little, they didn't dare to eat any more. No one knew what such a move represented.

Even... the merchants who ate some meat before began to panic, wishing to slap themselves a few big mouths, why did they move so fast, and bought the land without knowing anything.

The court's response was also quick.

The remaining money in the national treasury was used for this kind of thing. Most of the land sold by the Li family in Longxi was eaten by the imperial court.

Now that there is no way out, Longxi Li's statement is very clear.

He earned more than 60 guan from the land sold at the price of free gift, plus his own family property, a total of 500 million guan was donated to the imperial court for the construction of roads, trains, and public schools in Longyou.

As for the remaining wealth...

They were distributed according to the number of people.

A married man who wants to go out independently will be given a sum of [-] guan to buy land and a house. If he has children, he will be given the value of [-] guan for a boy and [-] guan for a girl.

If you are not married, but you are a crowned man, you will be given a sum of thirty pennies.

As for those who didn't reach the crown... If it's only one year behind, they will be treated like men who have won the crown. If they are more than one year behind, they will be treated like ordinary children.

These things all foreshadowed that the Li family in Longxi had fallen.

The big family that all the Li families in the world came from fell down, and it was they who brought it down with their own hands.

In that deep courtyard with high walls, people could be seen moving out of it one after another, and there were many crying, a few big men were crying like they were going to a funeral.

The weather has entered autumn, and the scene of retting pearls and hibiscus makes people feel bleak.

But soon, the noisy, rowdy yard was deserted.

Only the elders of the Nine Houses left a few maids, who lived in the ancestral hall.

When Li Shimin received this news, he stared blankly at the text on Baiqisi's information, as if he had been hit hard by Cheng Yaojin.

My head was in a daze, and there was a buzzing in my ears.

The Li family in Longxi actually cut off their hands and feet, tossing themselves away?
He didn't believe it too much, thinking that this might be a trick by the Li family in Longxi, but... the information from Baiqisi was conclusive, and they even followed a group of people who left Longxi.

Some settled in Longyou, or directly came to Chang'an and Luoyang, and some even went to Yangzhou and Yizhou.

There is also a trip, after coming to Chang'an, take the train directly to Juzhou.

All over the world, the goddess scattered flowers.

"Have you found out what's going on?" Li Shimin asked while holding the information.

The general of the Baiqi Division also knew what Li Shimin was asking, he hesitated and said: "I have found out, it is the Li family in Longxi who does not want to be an enemy of Duke Zhengyang, so he made a public announcement to Zhengyang."

"But the condition proposed by Duke Zhengyang is to let the Li family in Longxi dissipate the family wealth by themselves."

Li Shimin stood up after a while: "They agreed?"

"Yes." General Baiqi Division responded concisely.

"Why did they agree?" Li Shimin's eyes widened, even though it had already happened, he still felt a little unbelievable.

"I don't know." The general of Baiqisi shook his head. Although they could find out a lot of information, they still couldn't reach the inside of the aristocratic family.

Li Shimin put down the information, and then thought of another thing: "How many things did Mr. Zhengyang take over?"

The general of Baiqisi replied: "Ms. Wu bought some land, only about three or four hundred mu."

After speaking, he paused: "And it's all wasteland."

"Besides that, there are some scattered mountains and forests and watery places, which are the kind that almost no one wants."

Li Shimin raised his eyebrows.

He can still understand the wasteland—probably planning to build a factory or something there.

But what is the use of mountains, forests, and water?

Could those places also be turned into factories?

He nodded, continued to look through the cumbersome and bloated information, and thought about it—the great change of the Li family in Longxi, the things involved were too much for him, the emperor, to have a headache.

Chang'an City was also disturbed by this big news.

In Tongfu restaurant.

Several scholars were discussing in low voices.

"You said... why did the Longxi Li family suddenly do such a thing?" A person was a little puzzled, and asked while putting prawns in tomato sauce into his mouth.

"Isn't the Li family in Longxi very prosperous?" Another person asked, "Although Lord Zhengyang is dealing with them, the Li family's clan in the world is not to the point of dissipating the family wealth by itself?"

As they said this, their eyes drifted to the other person on the table.

The man looked uncomfortable for a while, and took a piece of stuffed tofu: "What are you looking at me for, I'm not from the Li family in Longxi."

"You can't say that!" The person who spoke first raised his wine glass and saluted him, "You are also from a famous family, so you should know some news?"

The man also picked up the wine glass and took a sip in return. Hearing these words, he hesitated a little, poked his head and looked back.

Liu Jingxian was busy serving the guests, while Yin Xuan was in the kitchen.

Gun Gun grabbed Li Yuan's pants, meowing and barking, asking Li Yuan to peel chestnuts for him to eat.

A subtle idea emerged in the minds of friends at a table.

One person was shocked: "Could it be that this matter has something to do with Mr. Zhengyang?"

Otherwise...how could he have such a reaction.

The man turned around, nodded slightly, lowered his voice a lot, and said mysteriously: "This matter really has something to do with Mr. Zhengyang."