Chapter 214 I will definitely ridicule him well.

Li Shimin and the other three stayed in the tavern all night. At dawn, the three of them went back in a carriage.

Zhao Chen, who was left with a sad face, lay weakly on the counter.

He felt that Queen Changsun had posed a problem for him.

With five surnames and seven hopes, how can he, a county prince, deal with them?

"Zhao Chen, something happened." Cheng Chumo hurried in from outside with a trace of panic on his face.

At this moment, the genius had just begun to shine, and there were very few people on the street.

Cheng Chumo couldn't get here so early, he obviously ran all the way.

"What's wrong? Speak slowly." Zhao Chen poured a cup of warm tea for Cheng Chumo and said.

"People from the bookstore just now came to report to me that all the papermaking workshops that had promised to supply us paper refused to deliver the paper."

"He even threatened that if he wanted paper, he would pay ten times the previous price."

"What's even more outrageous is that those printing workshops directly rejected our bookstore's printing and said they would never print any books for our bookstore in the future."

"On my way here, I asked several more people. When they heard that I was from Wangyou Bookstore, they wouldn't even let me in."

"Zhao Chen, I'm afraid the bookstore is going to be in trouble." Cheng Chumo took a sip of tea and talked for a while.

The final summary is that Wangyou Bookstore has been targeted.

The paper that printed the books and the printing workshops all refused to cooperate with them.

They invested a lot of money into Wangyou Bookstore, and they had promoted it in the Taiji Hall before.

Many officials said they would come to support the business when it opens.

But if things continue like this, the bookstore won't have to wait until it opens, as it will become obsolete within a few days.

Not to mention losing money, it will definitely offend many officials in the DPRK.

Cheng Chumo didn't dare to think deeply about the consequences of this.

If it wasn't so urgent, he wouldn't be so panicked.

"Zhao Chen, what should I do?

"Li Ruoshuang got off the horse and went straight to the tavern.

"Brother, I heard something happened in the bookstore." Before Zhao Chen could say anything, Qin Huaiyu arrived shortly afterwards.

"Several shopkeepers from the fifth surname and Qiwang came to see me last night. They asked us to hand over the chili peppers to them."

"Otherwise, our bookstore will be unable to operate." Zhao Chen explained to the three of them.

"That's unreasonable!" When Li Ruoshuang heard that Zhao Chen was threatened in this way, she became furious and slapped the table.

"I'm going to see where they got the courage from." Li Ruoshuang turned around and walked towards the backyard. Within a few breaths, she saw her take out a kitchen knife from the kitchen.

He stepped outside with murderous intent.

"Ruoshuang, stop." Zhao Chen shouted.

Li Ruoshuang just paused and continued walking out.

"Li Ruoshuang, if you go today, don't come back again!" Zhao Chen stood up and said coldly.

"They all bully you like this!" Li Ruoshuang stopped, turned around, and looked at Zhao Chen with red eyes.

Neither Cheng Chumo nor Qin Huaiyu dared to speak at this time.

They also didn't understand why Zhao Chen said such harsh words to Li Ruoshuang.

Everyone could see that Li Ruoshuang was so angry because Zhao Chen was bullied by those people at home?

Could it be that Zhao Chen didn't dare to offend him because he was facing Qiwang from the fifth surname?

But this is obviously not Zhao Chen's style...

Zhao Chen slowly exhaled and said to Cheng Chumo and Qin Huaiyu beside him, "Go and help me find a larger and more private place first."

"Find a hundred strong men and let them buy rice straw, trees, rotten hemp and other things in the fields of Chang'an City.

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"Oh, okay!" Cheng Chumo nodded.

"I will explain to you when you come back, go ahead!" Qin Huaiyu was about to ask more when he heard Zhao Chen take the initiative to say to him.

The two quickly left the tavern, greeted Li Ruoshuang, split into two groups, and disappeared into the street.

"Don't be so impulsive in the future. After all, the Five Surnames and Qiwang are well-established and famous families. If you rush over and deal with those people, even if you are angry, General Li will always give an explanation." Zhao Chen walked behind Li Ruoshuang. , took the kitchen knife from her hand and said softly.

Zhao Chen had just been frightened by Li Ruoshuang's impulsiveness.

The lives of those shopkeepers naturally didn't count.

But Li Ruoshuang rushed over like this and was directly stabbed.

Will a prominent family like the Five Surnames and Qiwang swallow their anger?

Even Li Jing couldn't save Li Ruoshuang unless he planned to have a complete falling out.

Even if Zhao Chen knew that Li Ruoshuang was doing it for him and was moved, he could never let her do these things.

"But……"

"I'm not very good. On the contrary, they left angrily yesterday." Zhao Chen smiled and pulled Li Ruoshuang towards the tavern.

"Drink a cup of tea first to warm yourself up. Have you eaten yet? I'll make some for you." Zhao Chen asked with a smile after pouring a cup of tea for Li Ruoshuang.

"Gulu——" Li Ruoshuang drank the tea in the cup in one gulp, looked at Zhao Chen, and asked, "Then how are you going to deal with them?"

Li Ruoshuang also received news that the four families with the fifth surname and Qiwang directly banned the papermaking and printing shops in Chang'an City and even surrounding cities from cooperating with Wangyou Bookstore.

This is like a stick hitting Wangyou Bookstore seven inches in the face.

If this matter cannot be resolved, Wangyou Bookstore will really be doomed.

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I've asked Lao Cheng and Xiao Qin to take care of it. Let's have something to eat first. Later we'll go into the palace to see Duan Lun, Minister of Industry, and ask him for help from some craftsmen. "Zhao Chen smiled and said to Li Ruoshuang.

"Duan Lun?" Li Ruoshuang was stunned for a moment, then saw Zhao Chen coming into the backyard with a kitchen knife.

I think I went to make breakfast.

Li Ruoshuang didn't understand how Zhao Chen could reverse the matter.

Thinking of the status of the Five Surnames and Qiwang in the Tang Dynasty, Li Ruoshuang couldn't help but lose confidence.

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"Haha, it was well done. Wangyou Bookstore didn't buy a single piece of paper today."

"And the printing shop didn't print another book for them."

"I want to see what Wangyou Bookstore will do when it opens in a few days."

The old shopkeeper of the Bolingcui family looked at the news in his hand with a playful look on his face.

He has received the news that the measures against Wangyou Bookstore have been launched.

Wangyou Bookstore went all over Chang'an City, but couldn't buy a single piece of paper.

This was just what he wanted.

Sitting next to him were the shopkeepers from the other three stores. They had been waiting for news here early in the morning.

When they heard the old shopkeeper's whisper, they knew that the matter had been successful.

"Mr. Cui's method is better. Then Zhao Chen thinks that since he has a title, we don't dare to fight him. It's a joke."

"If the peppers are not handed over to us, Zhao Chen's bookstore will never survive."

"I heard that the peppers can be kept fresh for up to seven days. I want to see if Zhao Chen wants to come over and beg for mercy."

"Isn't he arrogant yesterday? When he comes over and begs me to wait, I will definitely ridicule him."

"Wannian County Marquis? That's nothing!"

Several people looked joking, and the hall was filled with cheerful laughter.