This person is too strong but insists on eating the empress' soft rice

Chapter 106 Arrogant
Ye Chen is not a good-tempered master, he heard that Cai Yongxin was so rude to Luo Hongyan yesterday.

Naturally, he wouldn't treat him any better today.

Under Ye Chen's wishes, he and Luo Hongyan let the six major paper-making families hang out for about [-] minutes before they leisurely came to the front hall.

Although the heads of the six major families said they were a little unhappy, they could only salute obediently.

"Greetings, Your Majesty, and the Empress."

"Everyone, come here and give me a seat!"

After the seats were brought up, the heads of the six major families all sat down.

They held their heads high and held their chests high, as if they were sure of the beauty.

Obviously, they came here today to work together to force Luo Hongyan.

At this time, Luo Hongyan felt a little unhappy.

Because in the early days, many officials expressed their views on the price increase of paper.

Most of them are helping the six families to speak, both openly and secretly.

Although the patriarchs of these six major families did not enter the court as officials, their influence has spread to the court.

This is also the reason why Luo Hongyan cannot directly use force against them.

But now with the new paper-making technique Ye Chen gave her, she now has a certain ability to resist the six major families.

Then Luo Hongyan said: "Everyone, let the emperor talk to you about the paper tax rate today."

After hearing Luo Hongyan's words, the members of the six major families were a little surprised.

But soon they looked at Ye Chen with contempt in their eyes.

From their point of view, Luo Hongyan is an empress, and they always want to give each other three points.

But as the empress, what qualifications does Ye Chen have to discuss such important matters with them?

Seeing the expressions of the six people below, Ye Chen naturally felt their thoughts clearly.

Then he cleared his throat and said: "Everyone, I will not hide it from you today. Now the royal family has mastered a new papermaking technique, which can produce paper that is much better than yours. And the price is even lower.”

Not to mention the six major families below, Luo Hongyan was stunned when she heard this.

She didn't expect Ye Chen to come up directly and show his cards.

However, the heads of the six major families didn't seem to believe his words at all.

Cai Yongxin said with a smile: "The empress really knows how to joke."

The meaning of his words was already obvious, obviously he didn't believe what Ye Chen said at all.

And he even thought he understood why Luo Hongyan asked Ye Chen to come and talk instead of her.

Because in his opinion, it was because Luo Hongyan was an emperor, it was inconvenient for her to lie.

The reason why Cai Yongxin is so confident is because he is very aware of the technical level of the royal paper mill.

With their level, even if another thousand or eight hundred years pass, they may not be able to catch up with the current paper-making level of the six major families.

Ye Chen had expected that the other party would have such an attitude.

So he went on to say: "Patriarch Cai, I am not joking with you. If you agree to lower the price of paper now, His Majesty can still consider letting you pay a [-]% tax rate, but if you are stubborn, then... ..."

Ye Chen didn't say it clearly, but the meaning of his words was already very obvious.

However, Cai Yongxin laughed and said: "Empress, I'm afraid you are fooling us all as three-year-old children?"

"If the empress has this attitude, then there is no need to discuss this matter further. If His Majesty does not agree to our request in two days, the price of paper will probably double again by then. That is beyond our control."

Cai Yongxin firmly believed that Luo Hongyan and Ye Chen must be bluffing.

At such a critical moment, he will never lower the price of paper.

Ye Chen narrowed his eyes slightly: "The rest of you also have the same idea as Patriarch Cai?"

"Your Majesty is giving you a chance. Don't disappoint her kindness."

Ye Chen seemed to be earnestly persuading.

However, the other five major families obviously felt that this was his last act of stubbornness.

"If Your Majesty really has the heart, let's lower the paper tax, so that our papermaking family won't have a hard time."

Patriarch Ouyang said.

After hearing his words, Ye Chen felt sick for a while.

The other party obviously made a lot of money, but now he still pretends to be a victim.

At this time, the six major families are like a piece of steel.

They didn't believe that there would be new papers for the royal family that Ye Chen said.

So no matter what Ye Chen said, they were not moved at all.

Ye Chen had no choice but to say: "Since this is the case, Your Majesty and I understand the thoughts of the six Patriarchs. Since everyone insists on lowering the tax rate, it is not impossible."

As soon as Ye Chen said this, the eyes of the six people below all gathered together.

"Your Majesty's intention is very clear. At present, the number and output of the Royal Paper Mill are very small. If you are willing to give up part of the paper mill, Your Majesty can promise you to permanently reduce the paper tax rate of the six major families."

After Ye Chen finished speaking, the six people below immediately started whispering.

It was obvious that they were very interested in the idea proposed by Ye Chen.

"The empress is serious?" Cai Yongxin asked with a serious expression.

He already had a rough decision in his heart.

As long as what Ye Chen said is true, there is a high probability that they will agree.

After all, relatively speaking, although the construction of the paper mill is troublesome, compared with the profits brought by the permanent tax reduction, that trouble is nothing at all.

Ye Chen secretly laughed in his heart, but he still persuaded with a earnest look.

"Six, I would like to advise you again. Before the royal family expands its production, you should hurry back and lower the price of paper. There is still time for everything."

Cai Yongxin shook his head firmly: "Empress, you just need to say whether what you just said is true or not."

"Your Majesty is here. She once said that I have full control over this matter."

Cai Yongxin smiled, and he continued: "That's good, the empress will put forward specific conditions. As for whether to agree or not, we can make our own decisions."

Ye Chen had no choice but to take out the contract.

"The Cai family needs to hand over the three largest paper mills to the royal family, and in addition to hand over 200 million taels of silver, and the other five major families, each handed over 100 million taels of silver."

Ye Chen basically told the request to the people of the six major families.

The six of them also carefully read the contract in their hands from beginning to end.

They found that what was written on it was really the same as what Ye Chen said, and they were all secretly happy in their hearts.

They didn't show their joy, but Cai Yongxin was already thinking secretly.

(End of this chapter)