Traveling across the heavens starting from the Tang Dynasty

Chapter 72 It's Snowing

Li Ruoqiu asked her maid Taohua to make arrangements for the maidservant of the Twelve Flower Goddess in the mansion.

This matter.

Li Huaian didn't know.

However, even if he knew about it, I think he wouldn't have any reluctance, let alone stop it.

In more than ten days, it will be the Little Year of the Tang Dynasty.

The five surnames and Qi Wang finally prepared the gold to be compensated to Li Huaian. The convoy escorting the gold set off from the old houses in each family's ancestral home and delivered it to Chang'an City.

Under the welcome of Cui Yu, these convoys escorting gold were taken directly to Xinghuafang and sent to the Shouchang Hou Mansion.

In a courtyard in the Shouchang Hou Mansion.

Cui Yu pointed to the carriages entering the yard one after another, and introduced the origin of these carriages to Li Huaian beside him.

"This is the fleet of the Taiyuan Wang family. It is also loaded with gold from the Taiyuan Wang family. Behind it is the Li family of Zhaojun. And our Qinghe Cui family."

"The total of the seven companies is 500 million taels of gold."

"Why is it 500 million taels, not 450 million taels of gold?"

Li Huaian was a little confused. This was different from what was promised at the Hui Wen Pavilion. There was an extra 50 taels of gold. Could it be that the Five Surnames and Qiwang didn't know how to settle accounts and gave them too much?
This is definitely not possible.

Five hundred thousand taels of gold is not a small amount.

Especially when 450 million taels of gold had already been provided, it was hard for him to believe that the five surnames and Qiwang had accumulated enough wealth that they did not care about an extra 50 taels of gold.

Cui Yu quickly explained the origin of the extra 50 taels of gold.

"As for the extra 50 taels, of course there is a theory. The 50 taels of gold were the dowry that the seven of our families put together to give our legitimate daughter a chance to marry into the Shouchang Hou Mansion."

"Although it's a little less."

"But after all, it is the legitimate daughter of each family who is getting married, and Brother Li doesn't like red tape. When everything is kept simple, even if each family doesn't have much gold anymore, they still collect these 50 taels of gold and treat it as the legitimate daughter of our seven families. dowry."

explained.

Cui Yu also talked about the 50 taels of gold shared equally among seven families.

"Originally, one family prepared 7 taels of gold, but the total was not enough to make a round number, so each family simply added some more and came up with a round number of 500 million taels."

"Our Qinghe Cui family made up for the shortcomings."

"So this is ah."

Li Huaian understood.

Then he asked Cui Yu.

"Then the legitimate daughter of your seven families didn't come to Chang'an this time?"

Today, he only received gold from Qiwang of the fifth surname, but he did not receive the legitimate daughter of the seventh family, which surprised him. He originally thought that the seventh family would send the legitimate daughter with the gold.

Judging from the current situation, it is planned to send them separately.

"It's not almost the next year."

Regarding Li Huaian's question, Cui Yu answered.

"Although the festival that the Tang Dynasty attaches great importance to is the Three Yuan Festival, the Little New Year can be regarded as a year. Our seven families plan to let the legitimate daughters of the family celebrate another Little New Year at home. After the Little New Year, we will let the legitimate daughters of the family celebrate the Little New Year. Send it here."

"Besides, Brother Li, you don't plan to hold a ceremony, so there's no need to be in such a hurry."

Cui Yu looked at the maid waiting in the yard.

"Brother Li, the Shouchang Marquis Mansion is just like a daughter's country. It is full of beauties. Even if it is not as good as the legitimate daughters of my seven families, it still has merits in terms of beauty."

For the legitimate daughters of their seven families.

Cui Yu still has a lot of self-confidence. Looking at the entire Tang Dynasty, there are few women who can compete with the legitimate daughter of Wu Xing Qi Wang.

In other words, the few legitimate princesses in the palace who were born to queens were superior to the legitimate daughters of their seven families in terms of status. Except for status, nothing else could compare to the legitimate daughters of their seven families.

Even Princess Changle, who is a saint today.

"If Brother Li can't wait any longer."

Cui Yu looked at Li Huaian meaningfully.

"It's almost getting dark now. How about I invite Brother Li to Pingkangfang for some flower wine? Maybe Brother Li can meet another confidant like Miss Ruoqiu in the flower house in Pingkangfang."

"I just happened to agree to treat Brother Li to a drink of flowers and wine. I have said it every time, but there is no time every time. Either you are not here or I am busy with official duties."

"It's better to choose a different day today than to hit it. How about going to Pingkangfang today."

When Li Huaian heard this, he didn't refuse. He came to a carriage that was unloading a box in the yard, opened the box, and took out five gold cakes weighing twelve pounds from it, and then threw it directly to Cui Yu aside.

"Okay, let's go to Pingkangfang to drink flower wine today."

"But forget it, you're a treat. Just like the first time we met, I'll treat you today. It's a farewell to you when you take office next year."

"Besides, this gold cake has been delivered, but it will cost some money."

Cui Yu held the gold cake firmly, looked at the five gold cakes in his hand, and was stunned for a moment, then shook his head with a wry smile.

"That's right. Looking around, in the entire Tang Dynasty, no one in the Shouchang Marquis Mansion is as rich as you."

The key is that this wealth was accumulated by the seven of them together.

Are you angry?

So the more Cui Yu thought about it, the angrier he became. He stuffed the gold in his arms into his arms, came to the carriage, and took out five more gold cakes from the box.

At the same time, he did not forget to say angrily to Li Huaian.

"This is the gold packed by seven of our families. This time, I will give it all to you. No, 50 taels of gold is not enough to drink flower wine. Whatever you say today, I also want to give my Qinghe Cui family a drink."

"You can take whatever you want."

Li Huaian chuckled lightly and didn't care about Cui Yu getting the gold cake. He planned to wait for Cui Yu to get the gold cake and then go directly to Pingkangfang. 100 taels of gold was enough for the two of them to eat and have fun in Pingkangfang.

then.

After waiting for all the gold to be deposited into the warehouse.

Li Huaian asked his maid Taohua to look after the house, so that Cui Yu could leave the house and go to Pingkangfang to find a brothel where he could drink flower wine at night.

Although I came to Pingkangfang to drink flower wine.

in fact.

to the end.

Li Huaian and Cui Yu didn't play too wildly.

The two chose a flower house called Changchun House in Pingkangfang, and asked the madam for a room. They had a table of the best wine and food served in the flower house, and ordered a group of singers, dancers, and a few companions. The wine girl.

Listen to the songs of the diva.

Admire the dancer's twisting waist.

After all, neither of them is short of women.

Cui Yu comes from the Cui family in Qinghe. She was born and raised in a wealthy and aristocratic family like the Cui family in Qinghe. What kind of woman has she never seen before? The maids she has served around her since she was a child are all carefully selected.

And Li Huaian has also passed the stage of first understanding the taste of meat. In the gentle hometown of Li Ruoqiu and his maid Taohua, he has already passed the stage of hunger and thirst.

In addition, the maids of the Shouchang Hou Mansion were all beauties carefully selected by Li Ruoqiu from the Pingkangfang Flower House in terms of appearance.

I see this kind of maidservant walking around in front of me every day in the house.

Let Li Huaian look at beauty calmly and not do anything too sexy in the flower house.

As for why Lai Pingkangfang did not go to Wanhua Building, the reason is also very simple, that is, Cui Yu often goes to Wanhua Building because she works in the Ministry of Personnel, and she is already very familiar with the girls in Wanhua Building.

At the same time, in order not to meet colleagues.

The two of them chose Changchun Building, which was slightly inferior to Wanhua Building this year.To this.

Li Huaian didn't care, he could choose any flower house to drink wine. He was not picky about the flower house, and he was not familiar with the girls in the flower house. It was the first time for him to come to Changchun Tower, which was more fresh than Wanhua Tower. .

Slightly tipsy from wine.

Cui Yu was slightly tipsy as she hugged the soft Mei Ji next to her.

Li Huaian also became a little drunk and thought about the Coal Chamber of Commerce.

A few days ago, the three parties met and the preparations for the establishment of the Coal Chamber of Commerce have been completed and named 'Datang Coal Chamber of Commerce'.

As the name suggests, it is the Coal Chamber of Commerce that operates coal mines throughout Datang.

for some reason.

The 'Datang Coal Chamber of Commerce' also obtained the exclusive franchise rights for the coal mines in Datang from Li Shimin.

In other words.

As long as Datang is here.

Only one chamber of commerce, the Datang Coal Chamber of Commerce, will be responsible for the mining and franchise of Datang coal mines. The imperial court will no longer allow outsiders to mine the coal mines in Datang.

The reason.

I don’t know how Li Shimin did it. In addition to getting [-]% of the Coal Chamber of Commerce share from him, he also got half of the share from Wu Xingqiwang, making the royal family’s share of the Coal Chamber of Commerce reach Half of them.

Based on this.

The 'Datang Coal Chamber of Commerce', from a side perspective, can be regarded as half a royal chamber of commerce.

After confirming the name and share ownership of the 'Datang Coal Chamber of Commerce'.

Li Huaian took advantage of the situation and asked Li Shimin to draft an edict granting an exclusive franchise to the "Datang Coal Chamber of Commerce" on the grounds that the royal family occupied half of the "Datang Coal Chamber of Commerce" but only paid [-] guan of silver.

Maybe Li Shimin really thought about his royal family.

It is also possible that the 'Datang Coal Chamber of Commerce' has not yet officially operated, and Li Shimin has not yet seen the terrifying ability of the 'Datang Coal Chamber of Commerce' to attract money.

The three provinces and six ministries of the Tang Dynasty did not understand the business scope of the 'Datang Coal Chamber of Commerce'.

This exclusive franchise of coal mines in Datang was openly given to the 'Datang Coal Chamber of Commerce'.

before this.

The important ministers of the three provinces and six ministries of the Tang Dynasty did not know that there was already a solution to gas poisoning.

Li Shimin didn't know whether it was intentional or unintentional, but he also forgot to tell the important officials of the three provinces and six ministries about this matter.

I just informed the important officials of the three provinces and six ministries that the 'Datang Coal Chamber of Commerce' will have the exclusive franchise rights of the coal mines in Datang.

Naturally, the important officials from the three provinces and six ministries did not pay attention to this matter.

after all.

In the eyes of these important officials from the three provinces and six ministries, their understanding still remains in the concept that coal mined from coal mines is of little use and can poison people.

When Li Shimin told them that there was a chamber of commerce that wanted the exclusive rights to coal mines in Datang and would pay taxes to the Ministry of Household Affairs every year.

Officials headed by the Ministry of Revenue were the first to jump out and choose to agree to Li Shimin's imperial edict.

As long as the Datang Coal Chamber of Commerce pays taxes, officials from the Ministry of Household Affairs are very happy to hand over the exclusive franchise rights of coal mines in Datang to the Datang Coal Chamber of Commerce.

Suddenly a chamber of commerce came out and wanted the exclusive rights to the Datang Coal Mine and promised to pay taxes.

This is a great joy for the officials of the Ministry of Household Affairs who are in charge of the finance of the Tang Dynasty. If all the chambers of commerce in the world were so sensible and paid taxes voluntarily, the treasury of the Tang Dynasty would not be so poor that even rats would not visit it. .

Except for the important ministers of the DPRK in the three provinces and six ministries.

No one from other court departments stood up to speak.

Even the censors, who usually scolded each other when things happened, did not say a word or express any different opinions on this matter.

It can be said.

For different reasons, the entire Datang court seemed to have acquiesced that the 'Datang Coal Chamber of Commerce' had a legal monopoly on the exclusive franchise of coal mines in Datang.

This is partly due to the instruction of Li Shimin, the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty, the influence of the Five Surnames and Seven Hopes in the court, and the lack of information gaps among the important officials of the Tang Dynasty.

Only then did the 'Datang Coal Chamber of Commerce' obtain the exclusive franchise rights of the coal mines in Datang so easily.

thought here.

Li Huaian was very curious as to why Qiwang, the fifth surname, gave up half of the 'Datang Coal Chamber of Commerce' to Li Shimin.

You must know that when negotiating with Cui Yu, the five surnames and Qiwang got a [-]% share. This [-]% share was obtained because the seven families could be divided equally.

"Brother Cui, how do you divide the [-]% share of the Chamber of Commerce among the seven families? How do you hand over half of it like this?"

"if not?"

Cui Yu took a sip of wine and hugged Mei Ji in his arms. He didn't feel much about the loss of half of the "Datang Coal Chamber of Commerce" share from the Qi family, as if he had thrown away an insignificant thing.

Li Huaian looked puzzled.

Cui Yu continued to explain.

"Brother Li, this is how we, the powerful families, survive. It seems we have lost money, but maybe we have made money. If we lose half of the Chamber of Commerce's share, we will naturally find other places to make up for it."

"Just like us and Brother Li, when Brother Li took out those things, the seven of us compromised and didn't use any drastic measures."

"Brother Li."

The words paused.

Cui Yu looked at Li Huaian and said slowly.

"This is the way for a large family to survive. It does not seek temporary prosperity, but only the longevity of the family. As long as the family can be passed down for a long time, whether it is our dead or the living descendants in the future, they can enjoy the blessing of the family."

"As for how to divide the [-]% share of the chamber of commerce among the seven companies, it is very simple. The seven companies can jointly control the [-]% share of the chamber of commerce and only divide the profits of the chamber of commerce, that is, divide the money, but not the share of the chamber of commerce."

Done.

Cui Yu raised the wine glass and motioned to Li Huaian to drink.

Li Huaian raised his wine glass, thoughtfully, and finally understood why the first confrontation between the five surnames and Qiwang, the most powerful family in the Tang Dynasty, ended hastily.

And he also made an impossible compensation to him.

After that, when preparing for the establishment of the 'Datang Coal Chamber of Commerce', he naturally thought of Wu Xing Qiwang, giving Wu Xing Qiwang a chance to enter the 'Datang Coal Chamber of Commerce'.

In the short term.

Qi Wang, the fifth surname, paid 500 million taels of gold and married off seven legitimate daughters who had never married outside.

But in the long run, the emergence of the 'Datang Coal Chamber of Commerce' allowed Qi Wang of the Five Surnames to inadvertently obtain the continuous capital of a family. It seems that as long as the Tang Dynasty does not fall, Qi Wang of the Five Surnames will not lose power.

In other words, even if Datang is gone.

The five surnames Qi Wang can also abandon the Tang Dynasty at any time and switch to another new Ming lord.

"Snowing."

Just when Li Huaian was amazed by Wu Xing Qi Wang's operation.

In Changchun Building, an unknown girl screamed happily inside the building. It was snowing outside.

Cui Yu heard the sound and pushed Mei Ji away from her arms. Without any pity, she took the wine glass and came to the window. She opened the window and looked at the night in Pingkangfang.

I saw a snowflake falling from the window.

"Brother Li, it's really snowing. The snow is so heavy it looks like goose feathers."

Cui Yu looked back at Li Huaian, laughed loudly, and drank the wine in the glass.

(End of this chapter)