Chapter 76: Big Trouble
Yangzhou, Li Mansion.
Li Haimu and Li Haixing sat opposite each other, both looking worried.
“That idiot in the sea!”
Li Haixing punched the tea table, “Brother, are we making final preparations?”
“… ”
Since receiving the news from Jingli yesterday, Li Haimu has been thinking about this issue.
He asked Li Haizhong to come to Beijing. In addition to wanting to get closer to the master, he also wanted to make friends with a few other big shots, get more chips for the Li family, and take advantage of the situation to inquire about news from all sides in the capital.
In short, one cannot hang himself from a tree.
Li Haimu was very dissatisfied with the so-called master who asked for money in addition to money.
But he had to take advantage of others' influence to get enough salt for the Li family.
Who would have thought that Hai Zhong had just arrived in Beijing, and before he had done anything, he discovered that the Jia family had an opportunity to take advantage of! ?
He is confused!
Chen Chong is so cruel to his biological son, and he will do whatever he wants to his relatives. How can he be a man of his word?
It’s okay if this is not exposed, but if it is exposed..., I’m afraid all the responsibility will be put on his family.
Li Haimu is too annoyed.
The capital is too far away, and they don’t know all the follow-up after Hai Zhong is caught. Once he makes any move..., he will probably fall into the eyes of someone with a bad intention.
"The master in Beijing, even if it is just for our family's money, he probably won't do anything."
When Li Haimu said this, he was not very confident.
He understands those in power.
I also know that there are countless people in Jiangnan who are eyeing their Li family and want to replace them.
So, when the Li family fell, other families soon came to take over.
With salt in hand, the master will not have to worry about being filial to him.
"Wait one more day, and maybe one day later, the master will give us a letter."
The Li family has always had a way out.
But if Li Hai really wanted to make the decision to abandon his family and career right away and retreat..., he felt extremely reluctant to give up.
"If the letter doesn't come..., you take the children and leave immediately."
He has already asked people to watch the two garrisons near Yangzhou.
If you really want to make any move, you can send a signal quickly.
Li Haimu is still a little confident that they can retreat calmly, "I have also packed the money in the library, and you will take it with you when the time comes."
"Then I... let people prepare the boat."
"No need, I just received the news and asked my seventh brother to park the boat at the predetermined location."
Li Haimu sighed. In one breath, "We have to prepare for the worst and wait for... the best news."
I hope the master will not disappoint him.
As long as he survives this disaster, even half a percent of his family's filial piety will be sufficient in the future!
"You will go to Chunfeng Tower to provide support later," he told his brother, "those families should not just watch our family's jokes."
Everyone is hanging out on the same street. , who doesn’t know who?
This time the Li family is unlucky. They won't help. From now on, they will wait to be defeated one by one.
“Sure!”
Li Haixing nodded, “I’ll be there right away.”
He stood up and was about to leave when the housekeeper stumbled in and said, "Master, Sixth Master, it's not good. Jia Lian of Rongguo Mansion has brought people to fight."
What?
The expressions of both brothers changed.
"Lin Ruhai is here too?"
"No!" The housekeeper shook his head hastily, "I didn't see Mr. Lin, it was Jia Lian. He brought six servants and kicked the concierge down. , I’m about to call you.”
The master asked him to watch early in the morning, and sure enough, something happened.
It’s a shame that people are knocking on the door, but their family members don’t dare to fight back with all their strength.
"Only six people?"
Li Haimu heard the noise outside and was sure there were only a few people, so he felt relieved, "Quick! What are you fighting for? Please!"
As he said that, he ran out in big strides, "Stop, stop it."
Everyone in the Li family stopped, but Li Haimu, who ran through the Chuihua Gate, still saw two fierce servants from the Jia family and kicked down the two servants of his family.
"Mr. Jia, Mr. Jia," he looked anxious and frightened, "I don't know what the Li family's crimes are. Just tell me, and Li will give you a satisfactory explanation."< br>
"...A satisfactory explanation?"
Jia Lian sneered, beating the fan in his hand and slowly walked towards him, "Li Daguan, Li Haizhong...is from your family, right?"
"Ah? Yes!"
Li Haimu looked like he was so scared that he was sweating. Hearing this, he wiped the non-existent sweat from his forehead, "Did my cousin from Haizhong offend you? I can't. Huh? He has entered Beijing! "
The Jia family has military channels, so Jia Lian should have received news from Beijing.
Just a set.
Of course, when he saw that Jia Lian had brought so many people over and that there was no movement at the Yan Censor's Mansion, Li Haimu suspected that there was no big disaster in their family at all. Cousin Haizhong should have carried it alone. all.
“What a trip to Beijing!”
Jia Lian tapped his fan on the palm of his hand, "Do you know what he went to Beijing to do?"
"This?" Li Haimu was puzzled: "My grandfather just passed away, and we separated. I only heard about him Find some way in Beijing to make another fortune?"
At this point, he asked cautiously, "Master Jia, is he... is he making trouble?"
Pa~
Jia Lian's fan hit him hard on the head, and Li Haimu felt a burning pain on his forehead. He was angry in his heart, but fearful on his face. He bent down low, "Oh, I'm wrong, little one. You, please be careful, your hand hurts.”
“Oh~”
Jia Lian had a smile on his face, and was disgusted with the blood on the fan, so he just rubbed the fan on his clothes. After a while, "I have long heard that your Li family is very rich. Sure enough, when Li Haizhong, a member of the branch family, took one hundred thousand taels of silver to seduce my Jia family, he didn't even blink an eye."
"... "
The corners of Li Haimu's mouth moved, looking in disbelief, "How...how could it be?"
Jia Lian narrowed his eyes, "Then you think I have wronged you. ?”
"No... I don't dare!"
Li Haimu swallowed, "But, is there any misunderstanding here?"
A noble man from the capital has such strong hands. ?
Li Haimu’s forehead hurts.
"Although my cousin had some misunderstandings with... and Mrs. Lin in the early years, but... he would not be so bold, and with the Duke's Mansion..."
Pa~
Jia Lian gave him another fan.
He made the salt himself, which not only made it blacker, but also stronger.
This time he hit the same place again, and blood really flowed down Li Haimu’s forehead.
“You still want to defend him?”
Jia Lian snorted coldly and glanced at Li Haixing, who was angry and wanted to rush forward. "This is a letter written by my brother Zhen himself. He collaborated with Chen Chong, the director of the Ministry of Industry who has a grudge against my family. One offered money, and the other used the lives of his clan members to plot against my Jia family. .
This matter has spread in the capital, and Chen Chong also confessed in court at Shuntian Mansion."
Li Haimu: "..."
Li Haixing: "..."
Both of them knew in their hearts that Chen Chong must have bitten his cousin.
"You should receive the news within a few days of this matter."
Jia Lian walked towards Li Haixing with a fan in hand, "What is your name? Are you also Li Haizhong's brother?"
Huh?
Sweat broke out on Li Haixing's forehead, "...Yes!"
Pa~
Even though he was prepared, he was still slapped so hard that his eyesight turned black.
Papa~
Jia Lian gave him two more hard blows, "He harmed my brother, so call all his brothers, one by one!"< br>
What?
The two Li Haimu brothers were stunned.
Li Haimu quickly handed over his hand and said, "Master, please calm down. Master, please calm down." He looked pitiful, "There are eight brothers in our generation, but Hai and I are the only ones who are still alive in Yangzhou. The two Xing brothers.”
“Oh?”
Jia Lian wiped the blood off Li Haixing again.
This fan was specially found by my aunt.
The outer sides of the fan bones are inlaid with a layer of copper skin. Before coming here, my uncle specially asked someone to polish them.
"But I'm so angry... I haven't finished it yet."
"It's the fault of the little people!"
Li Haimu hurriedly took out a stack of banknotes from his arms, "With a little thought, It’s not respectful, please show me your kindness.”
It’s actually a five thousand tael of silver note?
Jia Lian visually estimated that there were about fourteen or five. Damn it!
If he hadn't received a letter from Jingli when he summoned his servants, he would have been confused.
"Young master, I beg you to show me your noble hand."
Seeing that he refused to accept it, Li Haimu quickly winked at his brother. Li Haixing shook his hands and took out ten cards from the secret pocket in his sleeve. "Sir, please, don't worry, the family will never spare Li Haizhong."
At this point, he turned to his eldest brother, "Brother, please remove that bastard from the family tree!"
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"Yes, that's right," Li Haimu seemed to have just reacted, "I'll cross him when I turn around."
"Only him?"
Jia Lian took the banknote they had been holding up. , a pair of peach blossom eyes seemed to be born with a smile, but they still looked at their brothers.
Li Haimu's heart skipped a beat, "Yeah...mean their family."
"How many children does he have?"
"Two!"
< br>“Bring it!”
Jia Lian blew the loose hair on his clothes from the fan, “Today, I will watch you give it to his two little cubs outside the gate of Li’s house. Forty boards per person”
“…”
“…”
Is this to beat the children in the sea to death?
Li Haimu gave the butler a look and said with difficulty, "Yes!" After saying that, he ordered the butler, "Go, bring...brother Li Yunsheng."
The housekeeper looked at the two masters, then at the aggressive Jia Lian, cupped his hands, and hurried away.
"Sir, wait a minute!"
The smile on Li Haimu's face was extremely ugly, "Our two families are a little far away." He then motioned to his servants to quickly carry tables and chairs and serve tea. Come, "I don't know about the capital... can Li Haizhong be sentenced?"
"Of course!"
Jia Lian took a look at the yard and said, "After the autumn, you go to the capital to collect his body. Let’s go!”
Qiu Hou asked Zhan?
Li Haimu's heart ached a little, "No... why don't you send him back to his hometown for questioning?"
Beijing was a place they couldn't care about.
On the contrary, in Yangzhou, they can use some means to make Hai Zhong fake his own death.
"...You still want to save him?"
Jia Lian's face suddenly turned cold again.
“Don’t dare!”
Li Haimu shook his head quickly, “He is about to be expelled from the family tree. Our brothers will not collect his body. This...this is not thinking of coming back. Can it be more of a warning to the tribe?”
“You know what’s going on!”
Jia Lian raised his feet and walked out, “Then call all your tribesmen and take a look at Li Haizhong’s child. Forty big boards!”
Huh?
Li Haimu, who wanted to perform another show after him, stumbled and almost fell.
“What? You don’t want to?”
Hearing the sound, when Jia Lian turned around, there seemed to be knives in Peach Blossom's eyes.
"Don't dare, we will call someone right now."
Li Haixing supported his brother and winked at his servant, "Young master..." he asked with difficulty, " Why don't you sit in the room?"
"Wang'er, go and play the gong!"
Jia Lian ignored him and directly ordered, "Let everyone come and take a look. Also ask me who is in the Li family but not here. "It doesn't matter if they don't know the Li family. There must be someone in Yangzhou City who knows them."
"Yes!"
Wang'er ran out in a hurry.
Brother Li Haimu almost fainted while supporting each other.
They are not fools, of course they can hear Jia Lian's unfinished words.
Can...
Just thinking that this was all caused by their own talkativeness makes them want to slap themselves in the face.
At this moment, the two of them wanted to regret it, but they couldn't do it.
Their grandsons all sat down.
I was also beaten and given a banknote. It was unrealistic for me to leave my family and career to fight with Jia Lian.
The two of them could only swallow this breath.
Far away, in the Yanxunyan Censor’s Yamen, Lin Ruhai, who was paying attention, let out a sigh of relief.
The second letter was written by my sister-in-law to Jia Zhen, and it was delivered very timely.
The letter said that neither he nor Min'er could move, but Lian'er either pretended not to know or made trouble.
But whether it is the former or the latter, Lian'er cannot use the power of the government.
Even he can't have any contact with the two defenders.
In short, this is the Jia family's business.
Jia Lian is the heir to the Rongguo Mansion. He does not use the power of the government and brings a few servants to vent his anger on his brothers. Even if the means are excessive, the Li family does not dare to do anything to him.
It would be even better if the Li family’s troubles could be turned upside down and everyone in Yangzhou City came to watch the joke.
It is not easy for the Li family to do anything they want to do when people are paying attention to them.
The emperor will avenge this for them.
They just need to keep an eye on the Li family and prevent him from escaping.
There is no nonsense in the whole letter.
I only mentioned it at the end. The experiment was successful and I will report it immediately.
Lin Ruhai also decided to report it immediately.
After he received the good news letter yesterday, he wrote it overnight, but he hasn't sent it out yet.
After all, what he originally wanted was for Zhezi to go to Beijing with his wife and children.
In this way, the emperor will definitely ask more questions, and he will definitely pay attention to his wife and children.
But now...
Lin Ruhai was also very frightened when he heard that the Li family actually sent people to Beijing to attack the Jia family, and they almost succeeded.
In today's current situation, without the Jia family, he would be unable to move forward in Jiangnan, let alone protect his wife and children.
Report the happy events here as soon as possible, and then ask Jia Lian, who was personally involved in salt production, to report back to Beijing. If the Jia family is stable, so will his wife and children.
The emperor has a heart and will take care of his wife and children.
Lin Ruhai took the folder and read it again and again. After making sure that there was nothing wrong, he quickly sealed it, wrote the words "delivery immediately", and stamped it with his own seal. The post soldier said: "It's troublesome."
Those places suitable for building salt fields require the emperor's approval.
As long as these salt fields are built, the price of salt in Dazhao will definitely drop, and millions of people will benefit.
Lin Ruhai's heart was agitated, and she only hoped that the emperor could persuade the Supreme Emperor to complete this matter as soon as possible.
May is almost here, it’s the best time to build a salt field!
Move quickly, maybe those bitter and slightly poisonous salts can be replaced before the Chinese New Year.
Lin Ruhai stood in front of the Yamen and watched the post soldiers leave on horseback, and then he breathed a sigh of relief.
At this time, many people had gathered in front of the Li Mansion.
Everyone was surprised to see Jia Lian sitting in the middle.
Of course, I was even more surprised to see Mr. Li and Mr. Li Liu.
Their heads...were they beaten, right?
The major salt merchants who were originally invited to Chunfeng Tower were all very surprised.
Others don’t know Jia Lian, but they do.
Didn't he hit the Li brothers on the head?
Master Lin doesn’t care?
Isn’t that gentleman always advocating fairness and justice?
His nephew is like this...
"I just asked how the Li family treated us to dinner."
Master Lu, one of the top ten salt merchants, said: " They told us to be there, have they offended the Duke’s government?”
The Li family had offended Lin Ruhai’s wife Jia Min before.
Now my nephew has come and offended me again...
At this time, they still don’t know what happened in the capital, and the letters that can contact them are still on the way, "Brother Liu, Brother Gu, Brother Zhang..., do you think we should say hello to Jia Lian first?"