Chapter 283 Food

The entire Tang Dynasty had a peaceful life for a few days. No one, including the Prime Minister of Tubo, Lu Dongzan, was looking for trouble in these days. He also heard the news that Li Xiang was going to fight against several wealthy families. It was said that he was defeated miserably this time. , so he rarely stayed quiet for a few days.

The other major families are celebrating their victory. They think they have finally won their first victory against Li Xiang. Didn't you often plot against us before? Now we have finally figured it out. Although you have a lot of good salt in your hands, but you don’t have salt, there is no way to sell it on the market. If you dare to break the rules, then we will start an all-out war on all aspects in the future. , I’m afraid the court can’t handle it either.

Unlike the happiness of other major families, the three members of the Cui family basically did not go out. Except for Cui Yunzhu who went to the Yamen to run errands, these three people were at home trying to figure out a solution, or how to choose.

Li Xiang's ultimatum has been issued. According to their understanding of Li Xiang, there must be a result in the next few days. If there is no result yet, then the boy will probably make new moves, and we may not be affected by it by then. Live.

"It's really unfair for our Cui family to talk about it. In this matter, we are purely in a subordinate position, and we are not the main force, but why did His Highness Taisun come to us? It's hard to explain even if he jumped into the Yellow River."

After thinking for a long time, Cui Yunzhu's head was about to explode, but he didn't know how to choose. Both options seemed to have disadvantages. Maintaining the current situation was the best, but Li Xiang came to the door in person to cause such a big deal. ’s news, can he allow you to maintain your current situation?

"It's normal to find us. If I were him, I would choose to negotiate with the strongest one. Among the five surnames and seven hopes, our strength is the strongest. Even if he finds other collaborators, if If we raise our arms, their cooperative alliance will fall apart. Only the combination of us and them can scare the old families."

Cui Yuncheng's words are tenable. Although he also wants to cooperate with Li Xiang, there are not many people in the family who support him at the moment. After Li Xiang left that day, they wrote a letter about the situation here and sent it back to the family. The three of them I also want to see what the family's attitude is, and I guess the letter should be sent back.

"Then you are inclined to cooperate with him? But didn't you say it before? If you cooperate with him, you will have to swallow all your bones in the end."

Cui Yunzhu said carefully that in terms of brains, the whole family is not as good as his cousin. Mr. Cui is the brain of the previous generation, and the brains of both generations of the Cui family are here.

"But if you don't cooperate with him, I'm afraid you won't have any bones before that day comes. Look at the things he has done. Is there any one thing that makes him soft-hearted?"

After Cui Yuncheng finished speaking, Cui Yunzhu also nodded. Anyone who is an enemy of Li Xiang will not end well now. First it was Han Wang Li Yuanchang, then Wei Wang Li Tai, and then even the emperor was beaten, but You can only imagine what kind of character this guy has. If we don't cooperate with him, his olive branch has been extended and you don't take it, then it will be your fault.

"Third Master, someone from the East Palace has sent a message, saying that His Highness the Grand Sun has invited you to have a chat outside the city."

When the three people were thinking about the problem, Li Xiang came up with the second move. They originally thought that there would be results in the past few days, but there were no results here, so they had to put some pressure on them.

Going outside the city?

The three of them looked at each other in confusion. A man and a woman made an appointment to go for an outing and horse riding outside the city. This is a normal thing. What are we doing there?

If you want to hunt, you have to make arrangements in advance. If no one is rounding up, you won't be able to find a single hair outside Chang'an City. There will be so many wild beasts for you to hunt. Someone has caught them in advance. , and then released again.

"To go or not to go?"

Mr. Cui looked at his two nephews.

"We should go. The information we have now is limited. Following him out will give us more basis for judgment, whether it is what he said or what we saw."

He must go, and Cui Yuncheng also reached a consensus with Master Cui. Cui Yunzhu next to him immediately arranged for the strong men in the family to follow him without saying a word.

In Chang'an City, no one dares to mess around. After all, there are rules and regulations. But if you go outside the city, the experts around Li Xiang are not joking. In addition, these people have gone to the battlefield to experience. In a word, There are many cases of people killing people if they don't agree with each other.

Originally, Li Xiang did not want to expose his trump card so early, but if it were not exposed, the Cui family would not be able to reach an agreement in such a short period of time, let alone cooperate with him. When they hesitate, they must The weight on the scale must be increased to turn them over as soon as possible. Before the public opinion is not serious yet, Li Xiang must use the salt in the hands of the Cui family to defeat other major families.

Li Xiang had another reason for doing this. He also knew that it was impossible to beat the major families to the point of losing their heads over the salt matter, but he had to break their will to fight and let them know that there was no good in fighting him. As a result, after this incident, perhaps these people have a consciousness in their minds, that is, not to treat Li Xiang as their enemy.

In order to achieve this result, Li Xiang was ready to show his trump card and let the Cui family see clearly what cards he had in his hand.

The farm in the East Palace?

When they arrived at the meeting place, Cui Sanye and the three of them looked at each other. They were not going to some beautiful place, but to the largest farm in the East Palace outside the city. Part of it was given by the emperor, and the other part was bought by Li Xianghua at a high price. , making this farm almost reach 30,000 acres of land.

The trump card in Li Xiang's hand is grain. Among the Five Surnames and Seven Hopes, almost every major family has a strong industry of its own. The Cui family's strong industry is grain. Food is the most important thing for the people. Although the Cui family knows that the profit of grain is not high. , but has the greatest say.

"Your Highness."

Third Master Cui is still the same, bending down a little is considered a salute. Cui Yuncheng's bending angle must be deeper. Cui Yunzhu, as a court official, naturally has to kneel down. Otherwise, Li Xiang may use this as an excuse and it may happen at any time. His official, this is also one of the reasons why the core children of major families do not join the court as officials.

"We didn't talk happily enough that day. I just have time today. Please visit my farm."

Li Xiang pointed at the farm behind him that looked like a military fortress...