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

After Xiao Jie left the palace, he didn't return to Prince Qi's mansion immediately, but ordered the coachman to turn his horse around and go to Tao's mansion on the other side.

Hearing Xiao Jie's visit, Tao Lu, the Patriarch of the Tao family, naturally did not dare to neglect, and personally brought the family members, servants and maidservants out of the gate of Tao Mansion to welcome Xiao Jie.

"Your Highness is really a rare visitor. No wonder the magpies in the mansion have been barking non-stop this morning. It turns out that it is to remind the old man to have a distinguished guest today."

Now because of the close relationship between the Tao family and Xiao Jie, Tao Lu has lost the restraint he had before, and instead has a joke with Xiao Jie.

Naturally, Xiao Jie would not put on airs in front of Tao Lu, and said with a smile: "Proprietor Tao is joking, since I went to Jiaozhou to work, the whole Tao family has been very helpful to me. It can be said that Jiaozhou has developed so much now. Thanks to the strong support of the Tao family, I have always wanted to find a chance to come to thank Master Tao face to face... No, I should be called Master Tao from now on."

Tao Lu laughed, shook his head and said: "Your Highness is too polite, in fact, our Tao family should thank His Highness, because of His Highness's support, our Tao family's profit last year was more than three times that of previous years."

Tao Lu was not flattering Xiao Jie, but he was speaking from the bottom of his heart, because according to Xiao Jie's arrangement, the Tao family invested heavily in Jiaozhou last year, set up workshops in Panyu and other counties of Jiaozhou, and bought and built ships arbitrarily. Nanyang trade can be said to make a lot of money.

At the beginning, although he insisted on continuing to support Xiao Jie to fight for the position of crown prince despite all opinions, and heeded Xiao Jie's words, he spared no expense in investing in Jiaozhou and getting involved in overseas trade. In the first half of the year, he also lost a lot of money. There are criticisms, thinking that continuing to support Xiao Jie is just a bottomless pit. In addition, for a period of time, because Jiaozhou attacked Lin Yiguo rashly, Xiao Jie was criticized in Beijing. Tao Lu gave up supporting Xiao Jie and stopped the loss in time.But Tao Lu still insisted on continuing to support Xiao Jie despite the persuasion of his tribe.

Fortunately, Xiao Jie did not disappoint him in the end. Not only did the Tao family make a lot of money, but his own status in the court also increased. Many ministers in the court have already determined that the final candidate for the crown prince must be King Xiao of Qi. Hsu and Xiao Huang, the king of Qin, were born.

The Tao family was well-informed, and had even heard news from Zongzheng Temple that Xiao Jie was likely to be adopted under the name of Empress Sun, which meant that he was one step closer to being the heir apparent.

Now everyone in the Tao family admired the old patriarch's foresight and foresight, and each of them secretly rejoiced. If His Royal Highness King Qi could really ascend the throne as emperor in the future, they would also be relatives of the emperor.

Seeing Xiao Jie's visit now, everyone in the Tao family greeted him with smiles, each smile more sincere, especially Tao Han's father Tao Song, now how do you think Xiao Jie is so pleasing to the eye, I don't remember how I strongly opposed it at the beginning Tao Han married Xiao Jie.

Surrounded by everyone from the Tao family, Xiao Jie entered the Tao Mansion. The guests of honor were seated separately, and after tasting fragrant tea, Xiao Jie finally revealed his intention for coming.

"Marquis Tao, to be honest, I am visiting the Tao family this time. In addition to thanking the Tao family for their help in person, I also have a business that can make a lot of money to entrust to your Tao family."

Hearing that there was another big-money business, the ancestral business genes of everyone in the Tao family were immediately activated, and everyone involuntarily pricked up their ears.

If other people said that they wanted to introduce a big-money business to the Tao family, they would only feel that they wanted to blackmail their Tao family's money again, but if Xiao Jie said so, then it was [-]% that there was something good to take care of their Tao family.

After all, spirits, sugar, glass, soap, perfume, which one of these magical items would not allow the Tao family to make a lot of money.

Xiao Jie didn't make any secrets, and smiled slightly: "Every year on the sixteenth day of the first month, the imperial court will hold a 'spring test', in which the Forbidden Army, Liangzhou Army, Youzhou Army and Jiaozhou Army will compete to play polo. Master Hou should know, right?"

Everyone naturally nodded, how could they not know about such a grand event, many of them are fanatical fans of polo, and would come to watch it in person every year, but they don't understand the relationship between the annual "spring test" and earning money. What does big money business have to do with it.

It's just that Xiao Jie's next sentence almost made everyone's jaw drop.

"Father has accepted my proposal, this year's 'spring test' will not play polo, but play Cuju instead."

Everyone in the Tao family was in an uproar. The polo-loving people instantly felt devastated and unbearably sad and indignant, but they didn't dare to question Xiao Jie about the theory.

But there are also many people who can't help showing joy. After all, Daning lacks horses. Even if the Tao family has money, it is difficult to buy any good horses. Therefore, compared to polo, they also prefer to play cuju. This year's "spring test" will not play polo but play cuju, and they naturally agree with it.

Seeing everyone's reactions, Xiao Jie couldn't help but smile secretly. When the Ministry of War officially announced that this year's "spring test" will be changed to Cuju, the reaction of those soldiers and the public is probably the same. Sad sad to death, happy Happy to die.

However, he is not worried about how much opposition there will be. After all, it is the same as the attitude of Chinese people towards football and basketball in later generations. As many people like football, there will be as many people like basketball. Supporters of polo and Cuju in this era also It is almost split in half, and even compared to polo, which has a high threshold, Cuju is more popular in the military and among the people.

Tao Lu didn't pay attention to the reaction of his clansmen, but he immediately grasped the point of the question: "Hearing what His Highness said, could it be that the big business His Highness mentioned has something to do with this 'spring test' and Cuju?"

Xiao Jie secretly felt that Jiang is still old and hot, so he no longer pretended to be a joke, and said with a smile: "That's right, that's exactly the case, I have already agreed with my father to hand over this year's 'Spring Trial' Cuju Competition I will hold it for your Tao family, but your Tao family will give my father 10 taels of silver."

Everyone in the Tao family dropped their jaws again, and even Tao Lu couldn't help showing a puzzled expression.

They didn't really care about the money, anyway, they made a lot of money from Xiao Jie this year, not to mention one hundred thousand, they would be happy to give the emperor even one or two million.

It’s just that they clearly remembered that when His Royal Highness King Qi entered the door just now, he clearly said that he would give them the Tao family a profitable business. Why not only spend money to help the court hold a Cuju competition, but also pay an extra 10 taels of silver To the emperor?

Xiao Jie seemed to have expected that they would not be able to figure it out, looked at Tao Lu, and asked with a smile: "Master Tao, do you also not understand the mystery?"

Tao Lu also smiled heartily, and asked without shame: "I hope Your Highness can clarify."

Xiao Jie smiled slightly, and asked back: "Master Tao, do you know that the person who cares most about winning or losing the game every year, is there anyone else besides polo fans?"

Tao Lu thought for a moment, then shook his head and said, "I still hope Your Highness will give me advice."

Xiao Jie smiled lightly, and directly revealed the answer: "It's a gambler!"

Tao Lu suddenly realized, but then his face showed embarrassment.