Struggle in the early Tang Dynasty

Li Wanniang sighed, and said: "His family makes cakes for a living for generations. There is a secret recipe handed down from the ancestors. He has long been a wealthy family. It is just to marry a slave family, so he took all his wealth as a dowry! Otherwise, he would not be sick. With no money for medical treatment, he died."

Hearing this, Guo Ye still didn't understand, and said, "Even if the married daughters of the five noble families can receive huge dowry gifts, so what? Could it be that these Goguryeo women can also receive dowry gifts after passing through Cui's hands?" Speaking of this, Guo Ye Suddenly, a flash of light flashed in Ye's mind, and he said, "I understand! You, you..."

Chapter 1416 The Boling Cui family is a cow!

Cui Liuquan chuckled, and said: "Actually, this is not a secret. Anyone who is interested will know it. Since the men of the five noble clans can only marry the women of the five noble clans, and the five noble clans also rely on married women to maintain a decent life. The number of boys and girls in the world will not vary too much! How can there be so many daughters of the five major clans marrying outsiders?"

"So, you five great noble families will secretly buy some women and marry them off as women from the five great noble families?" After saying this, Guo Ye looked at Li Wanniang's eyes quite interestingly!

Li Wanniang blushed pretty, and said: "Don't look at my family like this, my family is the daughter of the decent Li family in Longxi!"

Guo Ye chuckled, and thought to himself that since there were decent women from the Li family in Longxi, there would naturally be some less serious ones too!Those people went bankrupt and married a Xibei and returned home. After learning the truth, they don't know what expressions they have!

But after thinking about it carefully, something was wrong, and he asked again: "Thank you Captain Cui for your trust in Guo, and for telling such an important secret to a certain family! However, as the saying goes, it is good to talk about shallow friendship! You Are you not afraid that Guo will reveal this secret?"

"Leak, how do you leak it? Tell those who married women from the five great noble families that they spent a lot of money to buy... and marry someone from a famous family? If those people don't beat you to death, I will write the word Cui in reverse!"

Guo Ye nodded repeatedly when he heard this, and said: "It's really the case! It is the duty of a human being to see people live longer and see things increase in value. Although these five-surnamed women are not goods, but in those who married five-surnamed women In my eyes, it's almost the same! I told them the truth, maybe I have to make a mistake!"

"Smart, that's the reason! Besides, what are these people marrying women of the five surnames for? Is it because the women of the five surnames are virtuous, virtuous, knowledgeable and reasonable? There are more women with the same conditions, and they don't have to spend such a high price. They Why don't you marry? Isn't it because of the reputation of our five major clans? As long as my five major clans recognize the identities of these women, they won't mind even if they know the truth!"

Guo Ye thought to himself, that's really the case!This is the same as people in later generations buying foreign goods, just for the sake of face!Even if you accidentally find the "made in china" sign, you have to tear it off and pretend you don't know!One is willing to fight and the other is willing to suffer, both sides are pretending to be confused!

If I expose this matter, I will be a villain in vain!

Thinking of this, Guo Ye felt relieved about where these women were going.They were bought back, not to be men's playthings, but to be married by wealthy businessmen to become young mistresses. This destination is really good for those Goguryeo women!

He said: "In that case, I will sell those kabukis to you!"

"Brother Guo is refreshing enough! Five hundred beauties are worth 20 taels of gold and 250 million guan in money. This is not a small number. Even I, the Boling Cui family, don't quite get along right now! But don't worry, on the board Stay in Qiaozhen for a few days. I, the Boling Cui family, sell the house and land, and I will also contribute the money to you!"

After hearing this, Guo Ye waved his hands again and again, and said, "No, no. It doesn't take 25 taels of gold. I can't sell all of these Goguryeo beauties to you! I can only sell you 360 of them, each with 500 taels of gold, which is 180 million taels in total. Money! Less than 250 million guan!"

Hearing this, Cui Liuquan's face sank, and he said, "Guo, what do you mean by that? Don't tell me you can't trust me, Cui Liuquan, and want to take other beauties to look elsewhere? Let me tell you, besides Bo No one from the Ling Cui family will buy you, other gentry clans are not as lively as our Bo Ling Cui family, they are still trying to find a way to buy Han women!"

Guo Ye smiled wryly and said, "Captain Cui, don't misunderstand! It's not that I don't want to sell them all to you, but that these people already have buyers! I can't go back on my word!"

"Who bought it?"

"It's the guys I brought with me! They traveled with me, and suffered a lot. I, Guo Ye, have always had the same blessings and shared hardships, so I will give them one by one!"

Cui Liuquan snorted and sneered, and said, "Guo Ye, do you think I can believe this kind of lie? A beautiful woman costs 500 taels of gold! How generous you are to reward a fellow with 500 taels of gold! Don't say it's in your Goguryeo. Datang doesn’t even have that price! 500 taels of gold, even if a guy works for a lifetime, he can’t earn that money!”

Although what Cui Liuquan said was not polite, it was all reasonable!It's really difficult for Guo Ye to answer without revealing his identity!

Guo Ye frowned, and suddenly saw Master Changsun standing outside the door, as if a lightning flashed in his mind!Have!

He said: "Captain Cui, my fellows are not ordinary fellows! 500 taels of gold is not too much to spend on them!"

"Could it be that you guys are all three-headed and six-armed? One job is worth ten?"

"That's not true! However, their identities are not ordinary! I, Guo Ye, do this business, whether it is in Goguryeo or Datang, it must be regarded as a side business. No one can do it! To tell you the truth, these guys They are all from Datang Li’s competing door! You see, I make a lot of money, we made a deal, and I’ll give Li Jing’s a share of the profits!”

Guo Yeman thought that Cui Liuquan would be scared to death when he mentioned Li Jingmen, but he didn't expect the result to be beyond his expectation!

Cui Liuquan sneered, and said, "Lijingmen? The surname is Guo, don't scare me with Lijingmen! If you say you have something to do with Lijingmen, I, Cui Liuquan, can recognize you with your nose! It's not impossible to have spies from Lijingmen. But you have to tell me that all your buddies are from Lijingmen. Guo Ye, you are taking me for a fool!"

The nonsense was exposed by others on the spot, and Guo Ye also looked embarrassed, and said: "Captain Cui, you are so wise. Among these guys, if you want to say that there is only one member of Li Jing's family, this is him!" He pointed Master Changsun then continued: "The others are ordinary fellows. I, Guo Ye, have lied about this matter. Don't be as knowledgeable as I am!"

"It doesn't matter. I know that none of you businessmen are honest. If you have no business, you don't do business, and if you don't have business, you don't do business! If I, Cui Liuquan, were not here, I would have been fooled by you! Now you have nothing to say, you should put Those women have betrayed me!"

"It still doesn't work!" Guo Ye made another plan and said, "To tell you the truth, these women are indeed not prepared for these guards. But someone has indeed decided! That person is too powerful, I can offend him Sorry!"

"Who made it?"

"This……"

Guo Ye thought to himself, who should take the scapegoat? First of all, he shouldn't be too old, because there are so many beauties who can't afford to greet him!It can't be that the position is too low, even those with high position and no power, or else they won't be able to frighten this Cui Liuquan!Ah, this person is really hard to find!

At this moment, Grandmaster Changsun outside the house interrupted and said: "Captain Cui, do you want to ask who I work for?"

"Uh...you can say that too!"

"Hehe, it scares you to death. The real owner of these Goguryeo beauties is the Minister of Rites of the Tang Dynasty, Guo Ye Guo Ziyi, Duke of Pingyang County! How about it, Captain Cui, do you want to rob people of Duke Pingyang County?"

Guo Ye was originally very dissatisfied with Master Changsun's interruption, but what Master Changsun said was right!After thinking about it carefully, it is really reasonable to put this blame on yourself!

However, my reputation... Forget it, I can deny it completely at that time!How can a Goguryeo merchant's words be taken seriously?

Hearing this, Cui Liuquan burst out laughing, and said, "You said these beauties belonged to Duke Pingyang of the Tang Dynasty, so they can't be sold to me, right?"

"Exactly!"

"Then it's easy to handle, you just give me all these beauties! The Duke of Pingyang blames it, and you tell him that the Boling Cui family bought it! Let him talk to me, Cui Liuquan!"

"Pingyang County Lord, are you not afraid?"

"Let me tell you, don't talk about Duke Pingyang, I'm not even afraid of Prince Pingyang! I, Boling Cui, are not easy to mess with!"

After hearing this, Guo Ye couldn't hold back his face anymore!Unexpectedly, even a small Lieutenant Zhechong would not be able to suppress his own name!You are completely ignoring the rhythm of me, Guo Ye!

Forget it, I won't hide my identity anymore!Today I would like to see if you, Cui Liuquan, dare to say those words in front of me, the genuine Duke of Pingyang County?

A bunch of shabby people settled down, what are you doing in front of me?

Chapter 1417 The Duke of Pingyang is here!

Thinking of this, Guo Ye chuckled and said, "Cui Liuquan, you are not afraid of the wind flashing your tongue! Although bragging is not taxable, you can't brag too much! What you just said, you are not even afraid of the Duke of Pingyang He is a senior official from the second rank, and you, a junior official from the fifth rank! I don’t believe you don’t know how much difference there is!”

"Although Duke Pingyang is more powerful than a certain family, what I just said is not bragging!"

"Oh? I would like to hear more about it!"

"There is a saying that far away water can't quench near thirst. Have you heard it? Now, your people and your goods are all in our hands. If I want to buy your goods by force, do you have to endure it? Pingyang The Duke is far away in Chang'an City, thousands of miles away, how can he help you?"

"Aren't you afraid of revenge from Pingyang County after the incident?"

"Of course not! I, Cui Liuquan, am not alone. I represent the entire Boling Cui clan! Although our Boling Cui clan is official, we are not easy to provoke. If the Duke of Pingyang If you want to trouble me, Cui Liuquan, let him experience the majesty of the Boling Cui family!"

"In this way, you are sure to eat someone Guo!"

"Guo, you accept your fate today! Although your backer is strong, it is too far away from you! Unless you know magic spells, take a breath, and arrest the Duke of Pingyang in front of me, Cui Liuquan, otherwise, hehe... I, Cui Liuquan, will order this batch of Goguryeo beauties!"

Guo Ye smiled slightly, and said: "That will disappoint you! Someone Guo really knows fairy arts!"

"how to say?"

Guo Ye breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Pingyang County Lord is here!"