Transmigrated into the book to become the villain prince, the son of the plane to destroy

Although the Ning Dynasty’s discrimination against merchants was not as serious as that of the previous dynasty, it adhered to the principle of emphasizing agriculture and suppressing merchants, and had many restrictions on merchants. The land area cannot exceed ten acres.This is a disguised suppression of the status of merchants, so as to prevent the people from abandoning agriculture and engaging in business, resulting in barren fields and reduced food production, which in turn caused a lot of problems.

Because there are so many restrictions on merchants, although Tang Heng, the owner of Tangji Rice Shop, monopolizes most of the grain market in Jiaozhou and is a pivotal figure in Jiaozhou, he has to live in a place close to Dongshi. Ten acres of mansion.

However, Tang Heng is very satisfied with his current situation. Both his grandfather and father used to be the accountants of the Li family, and they managed the expenses of the Li family clearly, which won the trust and respect of the Li family.It is precisely because of this relationship that Tang Heng was able to go to Jiaozhou with the second master Li Rui. Under Li Rui's instruction and funding, Tang Heng stepped forward to establish Tangji Rice Company. With strong support, Tangji Rice Shop soon monopolized the grain market in Jiaozhou, earning a lot of money every year.After all, in a poor place like Jiaozhou, other businesses may not be easy to do, but no one can do without grain, and grain trading can be said to be a profitable business.

Tang Heng also knew very well in his heart that although he was the proprietor of Tangji Rice Company in name, in fact Tangji Rice Company was the property of the Li family, and most of the silver he earned every year went into the Li family's pocket. You can only get some petty profits.

But even this little profit was enough for Tang Heng to become one of the few richest people in Panyu City. Tang Heng had no reason not to be content.

Although Li Rui is dead now, Tang Heng still continues to maintain his loyalty to the Li family. He knows very well that without the support of the Li family, everything he has now will immediately be wiped out.

At this time, in the noble living room of the Tang residence, Tang Heng was receiving a distinguished guest from Luoyang, Li Mao, the younger brother of Li Rong, the head of the Li family, with a low eyebrow.

Li Mao was a concubine, so he did not become an official, but was only responsible for managing the family business. It can be said that the status of the God of Wealth of the Li family is not low, and it is definitely not something Tang Heng can afford to offend.

Li Mao was ordered by the head of the family, Li Rong, to come to Jiaozhou to sit in town and take full responsibility for using the food crisis to deal with Xiao Jie.

He is now leaning on the back of the chair, seemingly closing his eyes and resting his mind, but he has been listening to Tang Heng's report on the riots in Dongshi today.

When he heard that Xiao Jie not only successfully solved the Dongshi riot, but also used the hands of the mob to get rid of Chen Si, Li Mao suddenly opened his eyes and took a deep breath.

What the head of the family said was right, this Xiao Jie was scheming and ruthless, he was really hard to deal with, no wonder even the scheming old fox Wang Chong fell into his hands.

But Li Mao still sneered secretly, as long as the food in Jiaozhou is still in the hands of their Li family, Xiao Jie will not be able to turn the sky.As long as he has no food in his hands, even if the Dongshi riots are quelled today, there will be more and bigger riots waiting for him in a few days. Let's see how he can quell the riots.

"Remember, before I set off, the head of the family made it very clear that no matter what Xiao Jie or other people came to tell you, no matter how much pressure they put on you, Tang Ji Mi Xing would always say that you have no food to sell." Li Mao looked at Tang Heng with sharp eyes and tone.

Tang Heng hesitated for a moment, but still whispered: "I understand the meaning of the master, but I am afraid that Xiao Jie may not believe it, so I think we should not reject it so thoroughly, we can sell a little bit of grain every day, and it can be counted as a gift to Xiao Jie. An explanation. But a little food can't solve any problems at all, but will aggravate the panic of the people, and Xiao Jie can't catch us, what do you think?"

Li Maolue pondered for a while, and felt that what Tang Heng said was somewhat reasonable, so he nodded and said: "Then follow what you said, sell a little perfunctory Xiao Jie every day, and give him an explanation, so that he can't catch it."

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The next day, Xiao Jie and Fu Kuang appeared outside Tang's residence early in the morning, asking to see Tang Heng, the proprietor of Tangji Rice Shop, by name.

With a governor and a long history, Tang Heng naturally did not dare to neglect, and went out to greet the two distinguished guests in person.

"Cao Min Tang Heng sees His Royal Highness King Qi, and Lord Chang Shi."

Tang Heng quickly ran down the steps, bowed his head, and his attitude was very respectful.

After all, it was a door-to-door request, so Fu Kuang smiled and stepped forward to help Tang Heng up, and exchanged polite greetings.

Xiao Jie's attitude was very cold, he just glanced at Tang Heng coldly, with a very haughty expression on his face.

Fu Kuang felt a little embarrassed for a moment, and sighed secretly in his heart, since King Qi despised Tang Heng so much, why did he come to see Tang Heng with himself, making both parties unable to step down.

Xiao Jie's indifference and contempt also made Tang Heng secretly terrified, but he still pretended to be calm and warmly invited Xiao Jie and Fu Kuang into the mansion.

"You don't need to enter the mansion. Gu and Fu Changshi are here today, just want you Tangji Rice Co., Ltd. to sell the grain stored in the warehouse on the market as soon as possible, and lower the price of grain. It's as simple as that." Xiao Jie didn't give a damn. Tang Heng had a good face and didn't talk nonsense, he directly explained the purpose of this trip outside the gate.

Fu Kuang was stunned when he heard it, King Qi is not a man of the world at all, how can he have such an attitude when he comes to ask for help, how can he speak like this.

Xiao Jie's attitude also made Tang Heng a little annoyed, but he didn't dare to get angry in front of Xiao Jie, so he could only accompany him with a smile: "Your Highness, the price of food is so high now, it's time for us to make money, and our Tangji rice line I also want to make a lot of money, but this year is plagued by locusts and rebellion, and there is not much food in our warehouse to sell."

Even Fu Kuang couldn't listen to Tang Heng's words. The brochure Xiao Jie showed him yesterday clearly stated that the total amount of grain stored in several warehouses in Panyu was more than 60 shi. Now this Tang Heng is talking nonsense with his eyes open. Tell them that Tom Kee Rice Shop has no grain to sell.

Fu Kuang just wanted to expose Tang Heng, but Xiao Jie smiled coldly: "Then tell Gu honestly, how much grain does your Tangji Rice Company have in store, don't tell Gu that there is not even a grain of grain."

"Your Highness is joking, there is not even a grain of grain. To be honest, I also ordered someone to take inventory of all the warehouses and rice shops of our Tangji Rice Company, and there are probably..." Tang Heng looked at Xiao Jie with a full face of apologetic smile. , but he was calculating quickly in his heart. After a while, he finally said with a smile, "It's less than ten thousand stones."

Xiao Jie seemed a little unconvinced: "You Tangji Rice Co., Ltd. has such a big business, but you don't even have ten thousand shi of grain?"

Fu Kuang cursed in his heart that he was extremely shameless.

Tang Heng looked very sincere, and said with an apologetic smile on his face: "How dare the grassroots lie to Your Highness, because of the locust plague and repeated rebellions this year, our warehouse has long been empty. If Your Highness doesn't believe it, you can send people to check the shops of our Tangji Rice Shop. "

Tang Heng had a smile on his face, but he was secretly proud in his heart. He was really not afraid of Xiao Jie's investigation. After all, the grain of all his shops in Panyu city was indeed not enough to add up to 60 shi, and the remaining [-] shi of grain were taken by them Stored separately in warehouses inside and outside the city.

"Okay, I believe you this time, you will sell all the remaining grain today, and the grain price will be sold at the current price." Xiao Jie nodded, as if he believed Tang Heng's words.

Tang Heng pretended to be in trouble for a moment, and finally nodded with difficulty: "Your Highness has an order, and the grassroots dare not disobey. I will give orders now to sell all the remaining grains, leaving no grains behind."

"Okay! That's all for now, Fu Changshi, let's go!"

Xiao Jie didn't say anything more, and left in a cold voice.

Fu Kuang was stunned as he watched from the sidelines. Didn't King Qi have a booklet recording Tang Ji's rice store and grain storage? Why didn't he take it out and confront Tang Heng, a profiteer, instead of walking away.

Tang Heng was happy in his heart, he didn't expect that King Qi was so easy to fool, and he could be fooled so easily.

Although he already looked down on this stupid and rude prince in his heart, Tang Heng still remained respectful on the face, and bowed down to Xiao Jie's direction again: "Caomin sends His Royal Highness King Qi respectfully."

Xiao Jie was riding on the horse, looking at Tang Heng quietly, his expression seemed a little playful: "Tang Heng, you better not let Gu know that you are lying to Gu, otherwise not only you, but your whole family will die without a place to die .”

After saying that, Xiao Jie galloped away, and Fu Kuang followed in the car with a helpless expression on his face. In his heart, he regretted so much why he came to visit Tang Heng with Xiao Jie, so that his work was wasted.

Tang Heng looked at Xiao Jie who was drifting away, snorted softly in his nostrils, and muttered: "Hmph! Bluff!"

But for some reason, thinking of the last sentence Xiao Jie said to himself, he still shivered for no reason.