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

Even though spring has begun and the weather has warmed up a lot, there is still a blazing charcoal brazier in front of Wei Tao, with faint blue flames jumping from time to time...

Wei Tao picked up the box containing the plate making and seal, and after only looking at it, he threw the box into the charcoal brazier without hesitation.

The flames surged up and swallowed the box all at once...

Wei Tao looked at the flaming box, his face sank like water, his eyes were indescribably complicated, but Wei Wang Xiao Mao who was at the side felt a pain in his heart. After all, it took them a long time to plan and plan to get it. If it is not used, it must be burned.

But he also knows that now the imperial court has issued a decree, requesting that the local governments do not need to escort the tax money to Beijing this year, but only need to deposit the tax in Taoji Bank, and then bring the bank notes and account books to Beijing. If he goes to forge bank notes again, he will be suspected of conspiracy. Once the court seizes him, not only he, but the whole family in Heluo and Guanzhong will be implicated.

Thinking of this, Xiao Mao couldn't help but felt melancholy, he and Xiao Jie were both princes, but why did his father obey Xiao Jie's words, how could he be inferior to Xiao Jie.

"Brother Wei, what should we do next?" At this moment, Xiao Mao could only ask Ji Yu Wei Tao.

Wei Tao stared closely at the flames in the charcoal brazier, and the flames seemed to be ignited in his eyes. He said in a deep voice: "It seems that I still underestimated Tai Shizheng. There are many talents in Yingchuan. Since he is the only one who can be The world respectfully calls it 'Wolong', but it really is not a thing in the pool."

For some reason, Xiao Mao always felt a little uncomfortable hearing Wei Tao's praise of his opponent, and said indifferently: "Brother Wei, why do you want to spoil your own prestige with other people's ambition, no matter how capable Tai Shizheng is, he is just a countryman. Brother Wei's opponent."

Wei Tao glanced at Xiao Hao, and couldn't help shaking his head inwardly, how could this fifth prince be Xiao Jie's opponent because of his lack of ambition and short-sightedness.

But didn't the Wei family and the other aristocratic families who had good relations with each other choose to support Xiao Mao because of this?After all, if such a person really ascends the throne and becomes emperor in the future, he will be most likely to be manipulated by their aristocratic families. If Xiao Jie succeeds to the throne and proclaims himself emperor, with his ambitions, he will probably intensify his efforts to suppress these aristocratic families .

Thinking of this, Wei Tao smiled and said, "King Qi is a man with a deep city, and Tai Shizheng and Yao Ce advise him. For the time being, hold your breath and wait for the next opportunity.”

Speaking of this, Wei Tao couldn't help but took a deep look at Xiao Mao, and said meaningfully: "His Royal Highness, please be calm these days and stay dormant for the time being, and don't give Qi Wang any clues, so as not to be retaliated by him .”

Xiao Mao was secretly startled: "You mean that Xiao Jie already knew that we did what happened to the Tao family?"

Wei Tao shook his head, and pondered: "I probably don't know yet, but I'm worried that he will find out sooner or later... By the way, Tao Zhi and his son will take care of everything, Your Highness."

Xiao Mao nodded, with a cruel smile on his face: "Brother Wei, don't worry, on the night Tao Zhi handed over the plate making and seal to me, I ordered You Lie to kill both father and son when they were unprepared. I took the body away overnight and buried it without leaving any evidence."

"That's good."

Wei Tao felt a little relieved when he heard the words, and seemed to think of something again, and frowned slightly: "At least I can't figure out why the King of Qi ordered His Majesty to ban alcohol for no reason. I think there must be a mystery in it."

Xiao Mao also shook his head, his tone full of puzzlement: "Yeah, I also don't understand, when it comes to the wine making business, the Tao family is the biggest, if it is forbidden to use grain to brew wine, the Tao family will lose the most Yes, why did Xiao Jie do such a thing that hurt eight hundred enemies and one thousand?"

Wei Tao pondered for a long time, still unable to figure out the pros and cons, but his intuition told him that Xiao Jie's purpose was not simple, maybe there was some shady conspiracy in it.

He secretly made up his mind that his father must restrain the clansmen and stop all the family's wine making business. The Wei family must not have any leverage in Xiao Jie's hands.

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At the same time, in the Tao Mansion, the head of the family, Tao Lu, regardless of his recovery from a serious illness, insisted on calling the members of the Tao family who were in charge of the Tao family's major businesses to his bedside, because he had something very important to announce.

Just as Tai Shizheng said, Tao Lu suffered from a heart disease, which was caused by worrying too much and becoming ill. Now that the Tao family has escaped with the help of the imperial court, Tao Lu's illness will naturally heal He was halfway through, but his body was still a little weak, and the doctor repeatedly told him to take more rest.

But Tao Lu still insisted on holding the clan meeting in front of his sick bed, and even his son Tao Song and grandson Tao Hui couldn't persuade them, so they could only let it go.

The other clansmen are even more difficult to object, and now they can be said to admire the Patriarch extremely, if there is no Patriarch's foresight, I am afraid that the whole Tao family will be doomed long ago.

In the past, many people in the tribe were quite critical of some of Tao Lu's actions, especially when it came to treating King Qi. They all felt that the Patriarch was too bottomless to please King Qi. Donate ten thousand taels of silver if you want to donate, it is the wealth accumulated by the Tao family for many generations.

It was not until the Tao family was in danger a few days ago that they realized the good intentions of the Patriarch. It is precisely because their Tao family is responsive to King Qi's request. It is precisely because of the 1000 million taels of silver donated by the Tao family that the emperor, in spite of the objections of the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty, agreed to exchange the tax money from various local governments this year for silver notes from the Tao Ji Bank, so that even if the opponent gets the Tao family's plate-making And seals, did not dare to forge a bank note, so that the Tao family was safe and sound.

Looking at it now, there is no more cost-effective deal in the world than exchanging 1000 million taels of silver for the entire Tao family.

Therefore, no one in the entire Tao family dared to question any decisions made by the head of the Tao Lu.

Before the sick bed, Tao Lu looked around at the clansmen present. Although his tone was weak, his expression was extremely firm: "Although our Tao family has escaped the catastrophe for the time being with the support of the imperial court, our Tao family must make a new one as soon as possible. At the same time, find ways to recycle the old banknotes on the market as soon as possible, so as to completely solve this crisis.”

There is no doubt about this, everyone understands the importance and urgency of this matter, and all set their sights on Tao Song.

Although Tao Song cannot absolve himself of the responsibility for the theft of plate making and seals, he has been in charge of the Tao family bank business for many years, so it is most appropriate to entrust this matter to him.

But unexpectedly, Tao Lu took a look at Tao Song, and then announced another big event: "Tao Song is in charge of the bank business, but due to negligence for a while, the plates and seals for printing banknotes were lost. If he is not punished, It's hard to convince the public. From now on, Tao Song will no longer be in charge of the Tao family's bank business."

Tao Song's face paled for a while. Although he knew this would happen, he still found it difficult to accept it. He looked at his father, his lips quivered a few times, but he still didn't say a word. I had no choice but to nod heavily with tears in my eyes.

Tao Lin on the side couldn't bear it, he stepped forward and wanted to say a few words for his elder brother, but Tao Lu gave him a hard look, Tao Song didn't want his third brother to anger his father because of himself, so he immediately pulled the hem of his clothes and rushed at him Shaking his head slightly, Tao Lin could only sigh and didn't say much.

Tao Lu glanced at Tao Lin, and then announced: "From now on, Tao Lin will be in charge of our Tao family's bank business."

Tao Lin couldn't help being stunned when he heard the words, obviously he didn't expect his father to make such a decision, and other clansmen all cast envious eyes on him, you must know that the bank business is the most profitable business of the Tao family.

However, some people in the clan suddenly became active. Since Tao Lin will be in charge of the bank business in the future, shouldn't someone else be in charge of the liquor business he was originally in charge of?

But soon, they were dumbfounded, because Tao Lu announced that from now on, the Tao family would stop all wine business until the imperial court abolished the prohibition on alcohol.

The clansmen really don't understand now, the imperial court only forbids the folks to use grain to make wine, but does not prohibit the trading of alcoholic beverages. There is still a lot of alcoholic beverages in the wine cellar of the Tao family. Now that the imperial court has ordered a ban on alcoholic beverages, the price of alcoholic beverages will inevitably skyrocket. The Tao family could just take the opportunity to make a fortune, so why did the owner want to stop the Tao family's wine business at this time?

But Tao Lu didn't explain much, just glanced at all the clansmen, and said lightly: "Since the imperial court has a decree to ban alcohol, our Tao family will follow suit. It's a troubled time now, and our Tao family must be careful in everything. No one can hold any more handles."

The people of the clan thought it was true. The Tao family really couldn't stand any turmoil anymore. The most important thing the Tao family lacked was money, and it really wasn't worth taking risks for a little profit.

Tao Lu's eyes were meaningful at this time, although he didn't understand why Xiao Jie wanted to ban alcohol for no reason, but he knew that as long as the Tao family followed Xiao Jie's wishes, they would never go wrong.