What kind of bad intentions can the little prince have?

Li Yue didn't expect that those culprits would be sent to his land just like that.The cousins ​​of the Wu family were also very aggrieved. They just let go of harsh words with Li Yue before, but it fell into Li Yue's hands, and they were all frightened to death.

In fact, the people of the Wu family are all the same. They bully the weak and fear the hard. They have shallow roots, unlike warriors who really climbed up from the bottom. The Wu family has been in business for generations, mainly engaged in timber business. When the Sui Dynasty settled Luoyang When building a palace for the Eastern Capital, Wu Hua, the father of the samurai Xun, made a lot of money because he had a large amount of high-quality wood in his hands. Let the Wu family get on the side of the officials and eunuchs, but within a few years, the world was in chaos. Seeing that the Sui Dynasty was in turmoil, it was impossible for the samurai to spend money to buy officials. On the contrary, he directly suppressed the opposition of the clan. Almost all the capital was bet on Li Yuan, and then he got what he deserved.

It's a pity that the samurai Xun was a hero for a while, but his descendants did not have the courage of the samurai Xun. After they became sensible, the samurai Xun was already the Duke of Yiyuan County, and Li Yuan was still in power at that time. Even after Li Yuan abdicated, the samurai Xun has been marginalized, but he still has talent. Although Li Shimin is afraid of the status of the warrior Xun as Li Yuan's confidant, he is unwilling to let him be an official in the Chang'an center, but the nature of the warrior Xun as a businessman also makes him do well. It's a pity. What's more, he died too early, and he didn't have the opportunity to teach his son well during this period. What kind of children can these two idiots, Wu Yuanqing and Wu Yuanshuang, teach? It happened when she was exiled and later recalled to Chang'an by Empress Wu. At that time, Empress Wu had no one to use and had to rely on the Wu family brothers. In order for the Wu family brothers to be able to compete with those courtiers and clans, she needed to increase the strength of the Wu family brothers.They can easily recruit a lot of staff and followers and give them advice. Under such circumstances, they will naturally be able to develop certain political skills very quickly.

But now, these brothers are panicking now. Although Quanzhou is far more prosperous than other cities in Lingnan, because of the port, the transportation here is convenient, and special products from all over the world flow into here continuously. It can be said that, In terms of abundance of items, this place is not much worse than Chang'an. Of course, for the Wu family who have been living in the north, the climate here makes them very uncomfortable. However, after a long time, they will get used to it. After all, Quanzhou is actually It belongs to the subtropical climate. Even in winter, it is relatively warm here. Of course, it is also a little humid. However, the winter here is actually more comfortable than in the north. The more annoying thing is that there is too much rain, and the other is summer and autumn. Three or five typhoons will visit from time to time.But the buildings here have taken the typhoon into consideration.In addition, Yang Yao finally experimented with a cement formula that is almost comparable to the glutinous rice mortar that is used as a city wall adhesive today. This cost is much cheaper than using glutinous rice mortar. It’s much lower, and what’s more, glutinous rice is used to make a thick rice milk, and egg white and slaked lime have to be added. Slaked lime is not a big problem, but before there is no large-scale poultry farming, the egg production is not the same as in later generations huge.Therefore, if you want to make construction adhesives based on this, the cost is really high.

But now, the new cement formula has replaced such glutinous rice mortar very well, and the steel workshop can also produce steel bars with reasonable strength. This also allows the buildings in Quanzhou to use reinforced concrete as a support on a large scale, which is natural. The wind and earthquake resistance of the building was improved, and Li Yue even started to try to use reinforced concrete to build some high-rise buildings, such as libraries.

In short, when it comes to the convenience and comfort of life, Quanzhou is actually better than Chang'an. However, arriving in Quanzhou means that their political life is almost at the end. The most important thing is that they have fallen into the "enemy" Li Yue In Li Yue's hands, they themselves are vengeful, they regard human life as worthless, and save others by themselves. Naturally, they don't feel that they will have a good life if they fall into Li Yue's hands.

Li Yue also felt that the Wu family brothers were a hot potato, and they didn't have any official positions. They were exiled here, and they were actually similar to ordinary prisoners, but the problem is that you can't really treat them as prisoners.To put it bluntly, even if Empress Wu didn't like them, she wouldn't want them to die in the hands of others.It would be one thing for them to die of acclimatization, but it would be another matter if they died for other reasons.

But the problem is that the management of Minyue is really good now, at least within the territory of Minyue, the transportation is relatively convenient, in order to prevent water gu, oleanders have been planted on a large scale by the waterside, and because of the widespread use of briquettes, everyone has started Get used to drinking hot water, which effectively reduces the harm of many infectious diseases and parasites.In order to prevent things like snakes and insects, when building roads, realgar will also be mixed into the materials, and some plants that can repel mosquitoes will also be planted on the roadside.Because the business here in Minyue is very prosperous now, Li Yue has established a very complete system of post stations, building post houses at some intersections, and here will also be used. .Therefore, the whole family of the Wu family arrived in Quanzhou smoothly, and apart from the exhaustion of the journey, even the younger children survived without any problems at all. It is really going to arouse others' suspicion.

In other words, from the time the Wu family arrived in Quanzhou safely, if they died inexplicably, the blame would be on Li Yue's head.Fortunately, although the Wu family offended many people because of Liulijing, everyone is smart, and the Wu family has fallen into this position. No one wants to take the risk of offending Empress Wu to attack the Wu family.

Li Yue pondered for a long time, and finally gave up on herself: "Whatever they do here, if they play themselves to death, they deserve it!"

The Wu family was terrified for a month, and then found that their own family was actually ignored, and Li Yue didn't take them seriously at all. They were both happy and angry, but in Li Yue's territory, their anger was not at all. It's useless, even, they were exiled to Lingnan but they didn't bring much property here. They paid a large sum of money to the businessman who was killed. In addition, the glazed mirrors they sold at a high price were also returned. Yes, because they had squandered a sum of money before, it was impossible for them to get a penny back from the Yang family, and they couldn't afford to offend those aristocratic families, so naturally they had to sell part of their family property to make up for the shortfall.This directly led to the fact that after they arrived in Quanzhou, they found it difficult to maintain their original life.

After all, even though most of the servants have been dismissed, they all belong to the kind of people who don't work hard and don't know the grain. Naturally, they brought some servants over, but they soon discovered that they Money is not enough.

Accustomed to living a luxurious life, the first thing they do when they arrive in Quanzhou is to buy a house and land. As the business here in Quanzhou becomes prosperous, the houses here are not cheap, not to mention, they still have such There are many people who want to buy a big house as soon as they come, which is a lot of expenses.The land here in Quanzhou is very cheap. If you are willing to buy mountain land and reclaim terraced fields by yourself, the Fujian Prince’s Mansion will even give you a certain amount of subsidies. The land at the foot of the mountain is certainly more expensive, but compared to places like Guanzhong or even Jiangnan in Shandong, it’s still worth it. Too much cheaper.Therefore, even the Yue people who descended from the mountain mostly have their own land. They serve the land when the farming is busy, and work in the workshop when the farming is slack. This directly leads to the fact that although the Wu family bought the land, they could not find tenants to help them cultivate it. After all, in Minyue, the tenants can't earn much money. If they have the strength, they might as well go to the workshop to work. The money earned in a month can almost buy enough food for half a year. It is also very simple for one person to support a large family.Under such circumstances, if many Yue people had not experienced starvation and felt that it was more reliable to have a piece of their own land, they would even completely transform into an industrial population.Where could they find tenants under such circumstances?

The servants brought by the Wu family were all the ones who served in the mansion. They could be stewards, but they had never cultivated land.What's more, they came at a wrong time. The rice had just been harvested, and in winter, at most, they would only plant some alfalfa land, and they would not plant anything else. Therefore, they had to buy additional grain.Of course, Quanzhou’s grain and even all kinds of non-staple food are very cheap, but no matter how cheap it is, it’s not free. They are not used to rice, so they are all exiled here, and they have to spend a lot of money to buy corn shipped from the north. He Baimian, if they really brought almost all the money they could bring back then, like the eldest grandson's family, they would naturally be able to continue to maintain their previous life. The problem is, they really don't have so much money.

It can be said that less than three months after arriving in Quanzhou, the Wu family experienced an economic crisis.

After several years of marriage, Yang Yao finally became pregnant. Even though the projects she participated in were actually not toxic, she mostly directed others to do them now, and she seldom operated them herself. This also gave her more time to gossip, so Soon, she heard that the Wu family began to pawn some valuables, and even a piece of jewelry that was suspected to have flowed out of the palace was sent to the quality warehouse, that is, the pawn shop.

The reason why Yang Yao knew this was naturally because the pawn shop was owned by Yang Yao.In fact, Yang Yao doesn't have much talent in business, but in this era, as long as there is a courtier with enough vision, a business like a pawnshop is almost guaranteed to make money without losing money. Therefore, after Yang Yao arrived in Quanzhou, she took out her own For the dowry, he asked Li Yue to set up a shop, opened a pawn shop and a silver house selling jewelry.

It's not that no one in Quanzhou is engaged in this business, but Yang Yao's pawn shop is relatively kind and reliable. Even if the Wu family has not been here for a long time, they have pawned a lot of things in a few months. Yao's pawn shop is the most cost-effective, so naturally he has become a regular customer since then.

At the beginning, Yang Yao didn't know, until later, when the pawn shop received more good things, and the Wu family didn't see them redeeming them, Chao Feng would naturally give them what they thought were better things to his own owner, Yang Yao didn't realize that the Wu family actually It has come down to this.

"This kind of people are not worthy of sympathy. They all fall into this position. They still want to maintain the original ostentation. Even if they don't know how to increase income, they should know how to cut costs! Fortunately, Quanzhou's prices are much lower than Chang'an. Otherwise, I'm afraid they will start pawning everywhere in the first month!" Li Yue couldn't help shaking her head when she heard Yang Yao talk about the current situation of the Wu family.

Yang Yao said with a headache: "The concubine is not sympathetic to them, but feels that if they really have nowhere to go, I'm afraid they will have the cheek to come to them!"

Li Yue snorted softly: "If they dare to come to the door, they should be driven away! It's good if I don't deal with them, but they still want to rely on me?"

Seeing Li Yue's stubborn mouth, Yang Yao didn't say anything else. Li Yue has always behaved like a gentleman. If the Wu family really played a scoundrel, Li Yue probably wouldn't be able to deal with them.

Fortunately, before the end of the Wu family, the winter in Quanzhou is not so cold, so even the rich and powerful will not buy extra charcoal. Therefore, there is almost no charcoal for sale in the market here, and the price of briquette is always the same. It is cheaper, and the Wu family naturally has one less extra expenditure. However, they have long realized that without additional sources of income, they can no longer maintain their current lives.

Whether it is Wu Sansi, Wu Chengsi, Wu Youji, they all began to find ways to find money for their families. In fact, it is not difficult to make money in Quanzhou, but the Wu family's eyes are higher than At the very least, they don't look down on such ordinary businesses. If they want to make money, they need to make a lot of money. The problem is that in Quanzhou and even in Minyue, the profiteering business has traces of the Min Palace.After all, it is not possible to expect all businessmen to have a conscience these days. Therefore, when it comes to new technologies and businesses related to people's livelihood, Li Yue always keeps them in his own hands as much as possible, just like the state-owned enterprises of later generations of flower growers. It's not about making money at all.And if these businesses fall into the hands of ordinary businessmen, it may be like a snowstorm in Texas. In order to make money, they would rather sit and watch ordinary people freeze to death and starve to death.

The Wu family is targeting these businesses. It is a pity that both the government and the more influential businessmen here in Quanzhou know their details. They have a history of killing people and stealing money. They cooperate, and the government, whether it is to keep up with the Fujian Prince's Mansion, or to be concerned about Empress Wu or even those families offended by the Wu family, will draw a clear line with them. It was all business affairs, which also made the Wu family who were used to fishing for side jobs helpless. Finally, at the time of the New Year, they finally made up their minds and deliberately put on a down-and-out look, and approached the Prince of Fujian's mansion.