Chapter 4580: Compensation in place
[The first snow in 2023 comes earlier than usual...]
In the Dongping County Prince's Mansion, Li Daoli was very anxious.
The eldest son Li Jingshu sat aside, looking haggard. In the past two days, he was looking for someone to take over the property and cash it out, but he encountered obstacles at every turn. He was stabbed one after another. There were blisters on his lips, his eyes were bloodshot, and he was hoarse and angry. He said: "This is too much! I only offered 10,000 yuan for a property that usually cost tens of thousands of guan. The Shenheyuan Farm, which cost nearly 100,000 yuan, only offered 30,000 to 20,000 yuan. If this continues, our family will probably go bankrupt."< br>
The news of raising cash to compensate Fang Jun spread like wildfire, and everyone lowered the price in unison, and the pressure was desperate. The Dongping County Prince's Palace was determined to raise enough cash to compensate Fang Jun within the date.
Now there is a carnival in Chang'an City to plunder the clan's property at low prices...
Li Daoli drank tea to relieve his anger and sighed.
Li Shaokang, wearing a brocade robe, sat aside with his head drooped and did not dare to say a word.
He did not think that the root of the matter was that the clan kings planned to assassinate Fang Yizhi, but that the cause was that he failed to assassinate Fang Yizhi and Liu Renyuan followed the clues to catch him, which led to the government falling into such a passive situation.
Li Jingshu touched the blisters on her mouth and said: "Many members of the clan have also taken action. The most hateful one is the King of Hejian County. He not only let Li Chongyi buy our two shops in the East Market at a low price, but also helped Li Xiaoxie, Li Renyu and others bought many properties ...Father, what a shame! Li Xiaoxie and Li Renyu gave us their property at a high price, but secretly bought it at a low price. Our family lost the difference. This is simply eating our blood and drinking our flesh! ”
Li Daoli also gritted his teeth and cursed: "I will never give up!"
It's okay to suffer huge losses due to being lowered by outsiders. But those who attracted Fang Jun's firepower in front of him and protected him cut his own flesh and drank his blood behind his back. Is this something that people can get rid of?
Li Shaokang couldn't help it and said: "Let's break up the relationship! Although our family is responsible for the assassination of Fang Yizhi, Fang Jun also knows who is planning behind it. If compensation cannot be negotiated, then everyone will face Fang together." Jun’s anger, how dare he, Fang Jun, make enemies of most of the clan?”
Everyone was preparing for a major event, and the Dongping County Prince's Palace was responsible for implementing it. Now that the matter failed, everyone stayed out of the matter and blocked the Dongping County Prince's Palace from the front. They also stabbed people in the back and drank blood. Isn't this bullying?
Li Daoli said helplessly: "You also know that Fang Jun does not dare to be enemies with most of the clan. He is now trying to kill us and won't let go. If the compensation matter breaks down, he will use our Dongping County Prince's Palace to establish his authority. What can we do?" ”
This is the dead end of the Dongping County Prince's Mansion. Fang Jun doesn't care who participated in the plot to assassinate Fang Yizhi. Now he only wants to settle the score with the Dongping County Prince's Mansion. You said Li Shenfu was the mastermind behind the scenes, but they don't follow. Li Shenfu is entangled!
Li Jingshu sighed helplessly and said: "The prices of the properties they took out were so severely reduced that we simply cannot collect the required compensation money. We can only take it out ourselves for the time being and settle the accounts with them later."
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Li Shaokang said anxiously: "How can they admit their fault when things happen?"
As long as the Dongping County Prince's Palace takes out this money, it will be extremely difficult for those people to make up for the shortfall.
Li Jingshu glanced at Li Daoli, who shook his head. He knew that there were some things that he couldn't talk to Li Shaokang clearly, so he said vaguely: "After all, he has shouldered the trouble for everyone. They are in the wrong, but they can still get the money back."
Now the Dongping County Prince's Palace has taken the blame for everyone and suffered huge losses. The more those people refuse to take out the money, the more they are at fault. When the planned big thing succeeds, those people will naturally know that they owe Dongping County Prince's Mansion, and they will inevitably give up and take a step back in the struggle for some interests. Dongping County Prince's Mansion will be able to capture more and greater benefits.
It's not bad to lose something in the east and gain something like a mulberry tree.
What's more, if we force those people to give out more assets now, they will have no choice but to fall out with each other...
Li Daoli nodded and said: "That's the truth. No matter how big the loss is, you should understand this matter quickly."
The situation in the court has gradually become turbulent. If Dongping County Prince's Palace remains on top of the tide at this time, it may be a disaster rather than a blessing. The compensation must be resolved as soon as possible and the Dongping County Prince's Palace must be hidden.
Otherwise, it is easy to become a target...
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Since the Prince of Dongping County has decided to make up for the loss as soon as possible, regardless of the price reduction of all properties, others are flocking to these high-quality properties, and they quickly collected 800,000 yuan of money, and under the liaison between Li Xiaogong , handed over compensation to Fang Jun.
However, after this incident, the vitality of the Dongping County Prince's Mansion was severely damaged. Not only did it empty out the cash in the mansion, but also cashed in countless rare treasures, calligraphy and famous paintings, and more than ten large-scale farms were also filled in. The wealth accumulated over several generations was Wealth is shrinking rapidly, expenses in the house are shrinking, and there are endless complaints...
But Li Daoli felt that as long as the matter was completed quickly and the Dongping County Prince's Mansion was hidden, everything would be worth it.
The place where money and silk were handed over was Fangjiawan Wharf in the south of the city.
Although the river freezes in winter and ships are out of service, Fangjiawan Wharf is still the starting point of the ancient trade route in Guanzhong. Merchants gather here, and goods from Hedong, Shandong, and even Jiangnan arrive on the ancient trade route. Past Goods from all parts of Guanzhong and even the Western Regions, from the Western Regions, Longyou and even Tubo were gathered here, and then transported to the Central Plains by merchants along the ancient roads. Today's Fangjiawan Wharf has long become the largest cargo distribution center in Guanzhong.
The imperial court set up a tax supervisor here to collect taxes on goods coming and going, and hundreds of thousands of dollars before tax flowed into the Treasury of the Ministry of Civil Affairs every day.
The venue rental fee charged by the Fang family alone is a huge figure, earning ten dollars a day...
Standing in front of the tax office window and looking at the wharf in the distance that was still crowded with people and mountains of goods even in winter, Li Shenfu suppressed the greed in his heart and sighed and praised: "Fang Jun is indeed well-run. The property will ensure that the Fang family will be wealthy for generations, and Fang Xuanling gave birth to a good son.”
Li Xiaogong stood on the side with his hands behind his hands and said with a smile: "My uncle, I don't know something. Although this wharf was originally built by Fang Jun, his concubine Wu Niangzi was responsible for all subsequent operations. Most of the rules and regulations came from The hand of Lady Wu.”
"I have heard this name often. Did Fang Jun really hand over such a huge family fortune to his concubine?"
Li Shenfu was quite surprised.
Although the atmosphere of the Sui and Tang dynasties was open and women's status was constantly improved, men were still superior to women. For example, women were not allowed to be officials. No matter how powerful a woman was, it was difficult to escape the constraints of the times.
It is a rare thing for a woman to be in charge of a family's property, let alone a concubine...
Li Xiaogong said: "Wu Meiniang can be called a 'wonderful woman'. Her courage and skill are not inferior to those of men. Even if Fang Xuanling encounters undecided matters, she will occasionally ask for her advice. This can be seen from this."
Fang Xuanling is the prime minister of a country. If he often seeks advice from a woman, it shows how extraordinary this woman is...
Li Shenfu sighed: "The prosperity of a family and a country often lies in the prosperity of talents. Just one concubine is so talented and beautiful, which is enough to see the prosperity of the Fang family. This is the general trend."
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"Coming."
Li Xiaogong interrupted Li Shenfu's sigh and pointed outward. Li Shenfu looked attentively and saw large vehicles filing into the dock. They were the vehicles used by the Prince of Dongping County to deliver money and silk. These vehicles drove into a warehouse closely guarded by soldiers, and were counted, weighed, and recorded by dozens of accountants waiting there.
Less than half an hour later, the vehicles drove out of the warehouse one after another, and left the dock under the escort of hundreds of soldiers, disappearing without a trace...
Fang Jun and Li Daoli came on horseback, got off their horses in front of the tax office, and entered the door one after the other.
Li Shenfu and Li Xiaogong had already sat down to drink tea. When they saw them coming in, the latter asked, "Has the number been counted correctly?"
Fang Jun took his seat, nodded and said: "The account book submitted by Prince Dongping contained four hundred and seventy-seven thousand and thirty-eight hundred copper coins, but one thousand four hundred and three hundred gold coins were missing. Ten thousand jin, enough; twenty-seven thousand nine hundred and eighty-five pieces of silk... In total, it was slightly lacking. Prince Dongping probably felt that it was so huge. It was inevitable that there would be some discrepancies in the calculation, and it was difficult for me to notice it in my haste, so I had some caution... But since he was able to do evil things like assassination, his conduct must be extremely low. It is not surprising that he has such thoughts. , I don’t care about it either.”
Being ridiculed by Fang Jun in front of him, Li Daoli looked extremely ugly, but could not say anything to defend himself.
The money was originally stored in a shop in Dongshi. When he was escorted out of the city to deliver it today, Li Daoli paid special attention to the Ministry of Civil Affairs. He didn't see Fang Jun going to borrow a large number of accountants, so he thought that the Fang family might not have enough people. Count the money The amount of silk was temporarily withheld. After all, with such a huge amount, and the exchange rate between gold, silk, and silk, Fang Jun would be in a hurry. Even if the amount was different, he might not be able to tell...
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Unexpectedly, when he arrived at the dock and entered the warehouse, Li Daoli felt restless when he saw a room full of accountants who were no more than twenty years old.
From ancient times to the present, in any era, there is a shortage of talents who are proficient in arithmetic. Although we know that Fang Jun himself is one of the best arithmetic masters in the world, and we also know that Fang Jun has opened a school to teach arithmetic, we can do it in a hurry. Li Daoli was shocked to gather so many counting rooms and clearly count the copper coins, gold, and silk worth 800,000 guan in half an hour.
I'm afraid the Ministry of Civil Affairs doesn't even have the ability...
Li Shenfu was a little speechless and glared at Li Daoli. He had already taken out 800,000 strings, so why did he need to intercept a little bit of needle and thread to make the matter suddenly more risky?
But since Fang Jun didn't care about it, he didn't dare to get into trouble, and immediately looked at Li Xiaogong: "My dear nephew, the money and silk have been handed over. Is this the end of the matter?" (End of Chapter)