Datang: My father is the head bodyguard

The representatives of the Five Surnames and Seven Hopes in Chang'an were as anxious as ants on a hot pot. Their own home was under siege, and other homes were probably not much better, so they were all waiting. When Li Shimin comes and asks them to hand over Yuchi Baoqi, as long as the kidnapping is successful, their five surnames and Qiwang will be invincible.

"Master, the troops outside have dispersed. Before leaving, the military masters told the young master to tell the master that His Majesty is hosting a banquet at Mingyue Tower to invite the heads of the families to talk."

Cui Xiaomin laughed loudly at this time: "It's done! This world is still the world of aristocratic families, Li Er is convinced!"

The heads of the families came to Mingyue Tower and looked at each other. Suddenly Cui Wenyou and Cui Xiaomin looked at each other and laughed. This laughter seemed to ignite several other family heads. Everyone was laughing in front of Mingyue Tower, laughing so wildly that they couldn't straighten their waists, and laughed until tears came out. After everyone had laughed enough, they entered Mingyue Tower, searched their bodies and entered the private room.

Everyone who was talking and laughing just now fell silent. Yuchi Baoqi was seen sitting at the table eating haazizi. When he saw everyone coming, he just glanced at them and continued eating.

As everyone sat down, Yuchi Baoqi was also full and ordered people to clear the table.

After eating and drinking, Yuchi Baoqi picked his teeth and looked at everyone: "Tell me, you hired a murderer to kidnap, intercept and kill the son of the Duke of the country and the founding county magistrate. How many of you can lose your head."

Listening to Yuchi Baoqi's words, everyone broke out in cold sweat. Cui Wenyou could only grit his teeth and said: "The common people don't know what the Chang'an County Lord said?"

Yuchi Baoqi shouted: "Dad!"

Yuchi Jingde escorted a Turkic-looking man with disheveled hair to the private room. Cui Wenyou was already numb at this time. This was the person he contacted. How could he not recognize him?

Yuchi Baoqi said: "You paid to kidnap me, I know what happened. I have touched your interests. The Cui family in Boling has a brick kiln, right? The Cui family in Qinghe is in the brewing business, and my workshops It’s hurt your seven businesses to some extent, right?”

Li Shimin slapped the table at this time: "The open workshops in Chang'an County have violated your interests, so you dare to pay for murder. I want to know who gave you the courage!"

The representatives of all the families did not dare to make a sound at this time for fear of offending Li Shimin.

Yuchi Baoqi comforted Li Shimin and said, "Your Majesty, this matter is not entirely their problem, it's just that they handled it a little too aggressively, and I don't want to go against the Five Surnames and Seven Hopes."

Looking at Cui Xiaomin, he cupped his hands and said: "The Cui family's brick kiln costs one penny per brick, and my brick kiln also costs one penny per brick. Although the customers bought more and gave some broken bricks to the customers, it will not have a big impact on your business, right? ? You can just come to me to discuss how to set the price. After all, your family is used to being arrogant."

Yuchi Baoqi picked up the tea, took a sip and said: "I have my fault in this matter, and you shouldn't find someone to pay for my kidnapping. The family is very powerful, and I don't want to be against you. Let's leave this matter here." Just give it up."

The family heads looked at Yuchi Baoqi in disbelief. Is this the end? Just passed by so lightly?

Li Shimin snorted coldly at this time: "He is doing well there, but I am not so easy to deal with here. After all, you are not responsible for this matter. Since he does not want to be held accountable for his quarrel with you, I will order each of you to compensate him five thousand Guan Qian. Do you have any complaints?"

Cui Wenyou and Cui Xiaomin quickly got off the slope and said, "If you like, the common people will send the money to the Duke of E's Mansion in a short while." Others also reluctantly agreed.

Yuchi Baoqi and Li Shimin left, and all the family heads looked at each other in the private room.

Zheng Xingyi, the representative of the Zheng family, spoke up, "You, Qinghe Cui and Boling Cui, will bear half of this loss. This happened all because of you. I think that boy Yuchi Baoqi is quite easy to talk to. Why didn't you contact him? What's wrong? Now we are in a dilemma!”

Cui Wenyou and Cui Xiaomin couldn't sit still: "The decision was made together and the money was paid out together. If you act like this, won't it make outsiders laugh?"

In the end, everyone was still responsible for the outcome of the discussion, but if Yuchi Baoqi hadn't come to cause trouble, no one would be allowed to take the initiative to involve him.

Yuchi Baoqi and Li Shimin were sitting on the soft couch in the Ganlu Hall. Li Shimin sipped tea and said, "Aren't you afraid that they will retaliate against you even more? I think it's better to chop them down. Kidnap and kill the sons of the Duke, and chop off their heads." of."

Yuchi Baoqi smiled and said: "Invite guests, behead them, and keep them as dogs. After treating guests, I can chop off their heads at any time. If they don't want to die, they have to stay as dogs."

Li Shimin became interested: "Treat guests, behead them, and accept them as dogs. That's interesting. Didn't you say you wanted to drain their blood? When will you do it?"

Yuchi Baoqi thought for a while: "Either it will be this winter, or next summer, it will be soon."

Wang De walked over quickly at this time: "Your Majesty, I would like to see you."

Li Shimin wondered: "Why is he here? Let him come in."

As soon as Fang Xuanling came in and saw Yuchi Baoqi, he hurriedly asked: "Did you sell the glass and wine to the Turks? Why are you so confused! Today I have received more than thirty memorials to impeach you for being an enemy." ”

Li Shimin was also a little angry at this time: "Did you really sell them the glass and wine?"

Yuchi Baoqi smiled and said: "Don't be impatient, father-in-law, can I do something to support the enemy? Do you know how I made the glass? It's just a handful of sand and some iron powder. But how much do I sell them for?" , a single glass ball alone is worth a thousand guan! One stone of rice is only 150 yuan, and a glass ball sold to a Turkic businessman is worth more than 6000 shi of grain. A wolf howling for nine days, [-] guan, a golden-winged roc, Thirty-two thousand guan. The cost is just the workers' wages and a load of sand and gravel." Looking at the shocked expressions of the two people, Yuchi Baoqi continued: "There is not enough food in the Tang Dynasty, and His Majesty does not allow wine making. I can only harvest the grassland. The Sanlejiang, mare's milk wine, rice wine and fruit wine brewed by the Tang Dynasty. These wines only cost [-] yuan per catty. I process them and sell them back to them. A bottle of wine with a glass bottle costs [-] guan. No. Wine in a glass bottle costs five thousand guan per catty. If they like drinking, let them drink it. If they like glass, let them buy it. I will take their cattle and sheep, and the gold and silver they stole from my Tang Dynasty. The treasures, even the war horses, are all brought back with this sharp sword called economy!"

Li Shimin and Fang Xuanling had lost the ability to think at this time. Li Shimin quickly asked: "You mean, selling these things to them is not an enemy, but a sharp sword to kill them? How to do it quickly?" Come on."

Yuchi Baoqi stood up: "Tell Tuli that our Datang is buying goats at high prices. Tell Jieli that our Datang is buying sheep wool at high prices. This is the wool war that our Datang has launched against them!"

Fang Xuanling asked puzzledly: "Can you elaborate on the key to this goat and wool?"

Yuchi Baoqi looked at Fang Xuanling: "Goats eat grass by the roots. The more they eat grassland, the less. Tuli bought so much glass and spirits. If the money is gone, he has to make money. Then the Tuli Department will feed them on a large scale Goats will eat less and less on the grassland. Jieli will raise sheep for wool and sell them to us. The grassland in Jieli will not be reduced in large areas. Tuli has no land to raise goats. Looking at the large area of ​​​​Jieli, Grassland, what do you think the Tuli tribe will do? The two of them seem to be inseparable, and a bloody battle for the land will naturally occur."

Li Shimin understood: "Poison, you are really poisonous."

After hearing this, Fang Xuanling looked at Yuchi Baoqi with a bit of fear.