Quan Yutianxia GL

"There are three thousand guests in Li Qingci's mansion, there are quite a few good riders, and there are also a few masters in judging." Yuan Xin called together several close family members and discussed: "But compared with the Wang family and the Xie family, there is a big gap. It's quite big, so don't worry too much about it."

"The Ju team of the Wang family and the Xie family is indeed powerful, but the Zhu family and the Zhang family should not be underestimated." Zheng Yi, the eldest son of the Zheng family, sighed: "Unfortunately, the Gu family did not participate this year, otherwise we can unite with them to suppress the Zhu and Zhang families. "

"The eldest son of the Gu family has reached an agreement with me." Yuan Dao said, "Lend me the master of the Gu family."

Another family disciple said: "With the Gu family's masters joining, Yuan's Ju team will definitely dominate Chang'an, but Qianjintai did not have a Ju team in previous years, and this year it suddenly appeared to compete with Princess Yingchuan. This behavior is indeed a bit suspicious."

"Brother Liang Hong's words are very reasonable." Upon hearing this, Zheng Yi exchanged a glance with Yuan Xin and said, "Brother Wei and Brother Yuan have already found out the reason for this."

"Oh?" That Liang Hong asked, "What's the reason?"

"It is rumored that Princess Yingchuan took advantage of the Eastern Expedition last year to make some money." Zheng Yi explained: "After he came back, he gathered around some royal disciples."

In terms of the lineage of the royal family, Princess Yingchuan is considered a direct descendant, plus her father Song Wang holds real power, and she herself has the trust of the emperor—a rich and powerful person like her has some playmates around her. It's a very normal thing.Just like the children of these aristocratic families, there are all kinds of followers around them.

"Among the playmates of Princess Yingchuan, there is a collateral disciple who doesn't have many imperial gifts, but has been fond of gambling for many years." Zheng Yi continued: "A while ago, I heard that this person lost hundreds of times in Qianjintai, His mother was so angry that he became ill. After Yingchuan County Lord heard about this, he stood up for him and deliberately found trouble for Qianjintai. Knowing that Qianjintai did not have a team, he deliberately spent his money to bet with him..."

"It's no wonder Qianjintai decided to gamble with us." Liang Hong nodded and said, "Princess Yingchuan has seized on Qianjintai's weakness. Using gambling to make bets, Qianjintai has no choice but to fight!"

Marrying and horse racing are both games that only the children of noble families can afford. In the past, they would add some lottery in private to gamble and play, but it is not like how Princess Yingchuan dealt with Qianjintai. Ruthless, forcing the opponent into the game, he still can't answer the challenge.

"But the Kyushu Bank, if you come in halfway, I'm afraid it will be difficult to deal with!" Liang Hong was able to play with Yuan Xin and others not only because of his family background, but also because he had a smart brain.

"Jiuzhou Qianzhuang, Donglai female businessman Bai Wuhui." Yuan Xin smiled coldly: "If she hadn't killed her, I wouldn't bother to compete with Li Qingci and other women's generation."

The fact that Yuan Xin, the fifth son of the Xiangguo Mansion, was rejected when he proposed marriage to Bai Wuhui, a female merchant in Donglai, has already spread all over the world. High families marry low ones.

The word 'ordinary' is already used euphemistically, and those who are not euphemistic have already started calling him 'Yuan Fool'.

Of course Yuan Xin was not stupid, otherwise Yuan Xiangguo would not have entrusted him with the business affairs of the clan, and he would not have been able to take advantage of the opportunity to make a lot of money by borrowing Sang Luojiu.

Therefore, it can be said that the reason why Yuan Xin joined this gamble was that he came for no reason—since he is both a businessman, he is talking about business, and he is in the same game, using the game that belongs to a businessman. Showdown!

Yuan Xin clenched his fists, sent off a group of children from the aristocratic family with a gloomy expression, and then listened to the waiter sent by Yuan Xiangguo salute: "Fifth Young Master, Xiangye is waiting for you to go over in the study."

When he came to the study room, he saw that his elder brothers had also arrived, and His Highness Shao was also there. After Yuan Xin saluted, he stood aside silently.

Yuan Xiangguo was writing with his brush strokes. What he was writing was a folk song handed down from Youzhou. He was writing the line, "Hanging a bow like the moon to protect Chang'an, holding a sword rustling in the cold..."

After Yuan Xiangguo finished writing the last sentence, he said, "This folk song has been passed down to Chang'an for a long time, have you heard it?"

Yuan Xin and other brothers nodded in agreement, His Royal Highness Wei Shao shook his head and said: "My Highness has been staying with Father in the palace these days, and this outside matter..."

"En." Yuan Xiangguo asked again: "I heard that Your Majesty has summoned a few more Highnesses into the palace today?"

"Yes." Li Shao replied, "We still need to discuss the matter of salt and iron."

"Is there a result?"

"Never." Li Shao shook his head and said, "It's already September, and Yantie has been in official business for more than half a year, but he has made very little profit. His father is very angry now, and he scolded Yantie for a good time."

"It seems that Your Majesty is in a hurry!" Yuan Xiangguo twitched his beard and said, "Even if he doesn't want to seek peace, he is also unable to fight against the Yi tribes. With Princess Yingchuan and her 300 million dowry, I will send these Yi tribe envoys to death." Stuck in Chang'an... Seeing that the autumn harvest is coming to an end and the cold winter is approaching, these Yi people can hardly bear it anymore?"

These Yi people are not good at farming and weaving, and often take advantage of the disturbance of the autumn harvest to loot the grain and grass for the winter.

"I can't bear it anymore." Yuan Ren took over the conversation and said, "I heard that the envoys of the Murong and Tuoba tribes are ready to bid farewell to His Majesty."

"Father, elder brother, the envoys of the Murong and Tuoba tribes will not leave Chang'an in a short time." Yuan Xin said hastily: "In the past few days, my son has met with their principals and made an agreement with them to wait for Chang'an to return home." Let's leave after the shocking gamble is over."

"Oh?" Yuan Xiangguo looked at Yuan Xin and asked, "Why?"

"There are three major events in this gamble." Yuan Xin explained: "Football originated from Donglai, and Bai Su's bank has a great chance of winning; but jujube is my forte, and the Gu family is willing to lend me the master, so Victory is in sight."

"Xin'er means..." Yuan Xiangguo's eyes flashed brightly: "Want to borrow two riders from Murong and Tuoba?"

"Father sees it!" Yuan Dao said, "In terms of the quality of horses, my Central Plains horses are not as good as Xianbei's; in terms of riding skills, my Central Plains son is not as good as Xianbei who grew up on horseback."

In this way, in the two events of Juju and horse racing, Yuan's chances of winning are great.

Yuan Xiangguo twisted his beard and pondered deeply, but Li Shao said: "Father-in-law, we are from the Central Plains, and we are also the humerus of the Daqing court. It is inappropriate to join forces with Xianbei rashly... Is it wrong?"

"Is Your Highness worried about being taken advantage of?" Yuan Xin persuaded, "Don't worry, Your Highness..."

Li Shao saw that Yuan Xiangguo didn't say anything, and his uncles didn't have any obvious objections, so he couldn't help but muffled: "Even if people don't get the handle, it's not appropriate to collaborate with the enemy and treason like this..."

"Collaboration with the enemy and treason? Your Highness is serious! Although Daqing and the surrounding tribes often have disputes, we have never really cut off communication." Yuan Xin glanced at his father and explained: "What's more, even if it is an order from the court Prohibition of exchanges, those merchants who only care about righteousness and interests, not national hatred and family hatred, will not take this prohibition seriously."

Hearing what Yuan Xin said, Li Shao's expression suddenly turned pale, and he asked sullenly, "Why?"

"Half profit can drive people into danger; double profit can make people forget their manners; triple profit can make people crazy, and can drive people to try their own tricks!" Yuan Dao said: "Take salt as an example. Your Highness thinks, why are those salt merchants and salt lords so greedy? Can make a profit, but the imperial court and the official camp get very little?"

Li Shaosi thought: "Because the salt merchants and salt lords have helpers and sales tools?"

"This is just one of the reasons." Yuan Xin paced around, seeing that no one was stopping him, he said again: "The most important thing is that these salt merchants and salt lords are selling salt to the surrounding tribes!"

"what?"

Li Shao was shocked. He didn't expect that these nasty salt merchants and salt lords would smuggle salt out and sell it to the surrounding tribes. Salt is the most important treasure of the country. If you don't eat salt for a long time, you will lose your strength. Not to mention looting and disturbing the border, even horses cannot be ridden, and cattle and sheep cannot be herded...

"My people in the Central Plains are born intelligent, but the Xianbei and other tribes are different." Yuan Xin continued: "We can cook salt, but they can't, so we can only use their cattle and sheep to exchange for it from merchants in Daqing. Salt. I once heard people say that some salt merchants in Xianbei can exchange a bucket of salt for three adult beef cattle!"

Even now, a bucket of salt in Chang'an is only worth more than [-] yuan, but the price of three adult meat buckets in Chang'an City is as low as [-] Guan—this is more than three times the profit?More than five times!

After Li Shao heard this, he couldn't help taking a breath, and then he heard Yuan Xin ask: "Compared to merchants who sell private salt to Xianbei, Your Highness still thinks that the minister and Xianbei joined forces to win the game, which is collaborating with the enemy and betraying the country. What's more, the little minister's deliberate seeking of wealth is also for His Highness..."

"His Highness knows the loyalty of father-in-law and brother-in-law." Li Shao was upset, but he still comforted him: "Let Your Highness think about it again."

After finishing speaking, Li Shao left with his guards, Yuan Yi looked at Yuan Xin, shook his head and said, "Fifth brother is still a bit impatient."

"Time doesn't wait for me. If you don't rush, you can't do it." Yuan Xin sighed: "Besides, with His Royal Highness Yi Shao's temperament, even if he disagrees, he will not spread the matter."

"His Highness Shao, let it go first." Yuan Xiangguo turned to Yuan Xin and said in a deep voice, "Xin'er, did you hear any news?"

Yuan Xiangguo knew that compared with the previous four sons, this fifth son had a more flexible temperament. He made many aristocratic children in Chang'an and was the easiest to hear all kinds of gossip.

"Father, there are some rumors." Yuan Dao said, "I have a close friend who works in the fifth prince's residence, and I heard news from him that the fifth prince has been discussing the salt administration with others recently. "

"Your Majesty always examines the princes recently," Yuan Ren asked suspiciously, "What's the difference between these five princes discussing salt affairs with others?"

Yuan Xin took out a few pieces of paper from his sleeve pocket and handed them to Yuan Ren: "Look, brother!"

Yuan Ren lowered his head and glanced at it, was stunned, and then presented the object to Yuan Xiangguo.

Yuan Xiangguo took a look and sighed: "It seems that His Majesty intends to hand over the administration of salt to the Fifth Prince."

"No wonder the fifth prince is already discussing the details of the salt policy." Yuan Ren said in a deep voice, "If the fifth prince handles it like this, he will kick my family away from salt interests..."

"Brother, I'm too worried." Yuan Xin cut off the words: "The fifth prince wants to select some sons from the royal family who are good at business, and designate them as imperial merchants, let them buy salt from the salt officials, and then transport them to other places for sale... This idea is not bad, but he doesn't know that the family backgrounds of these royal disciples are very different, and they are the most likely to be mixed up by others."

"What does fifth brother mean?"

"If Your Majesty really hands over the administration of salt to the fifth prince, and the fifth prince governs according to this...then, we can support some royal children to join in. We also try to buy more salt in private and hoard it. When the time comes, the salt official If you don't collect enough salt, the imperial merchants won't be able to make money..."

"So that's how it is." Yuan Yi praised: "It's still the fifth younger brother who has a flexible mind. No wonder he got involved in the gambling game between Princess Yingchuan and Qianjintai. He wanted to take the opportunity to make more money and use it to hoard salt?"

Yuan Xin received the compliment with a smile, with a smile on his face——such a large sum of money is piled up in front of his eyes for nothing, why not?One must know that Sang Luojiu has soared so well this year, but so far it has not been able to earn enough 200 million guan for Yuan, not to mention spending a lot of money to win over Liu Yunji.

However, Yuan Xin and the others didn't know that there was another group of unexpected people who were also planning for this batch of money.