Steel Dynasty - Chapter 753

[Chapter 752: Playing the long game to catch the big fish]

“Lu Yin?”

Li Kaiyuan in the imperial study was convinced and couldn’t help nodding.

With a bitter look on his face, Li Kaiyuan continued: “Your Majesty, these businessmen should not be too indulgent. Businessmen pursue profit. Some unscrupulous businessmen dare to do anything. I thought this trip would be used to punish some people with ulterior motives. “

Merchant

with ulterior motives?” Xiao Ming said with a smile; “You are talking about the Cao family, right?”

Li Kaiyuan seemed to have tolerated the Cao family for a long time, and at this time, he seemed to burst out with resentment, “Your Majesty .

, this is the Cao family, and now Cao Zhengyang wants to establish a trading company with more than a hundred businessmen, which is clearly against the Chamber of Commerce. “

Li San has already told me about this,” Xiao Ming said calmly.

Seeing Xiao Ming’s indifferent expression, he said, “Your Majesty, Cao Zhengyang has ulterior motives for doing this. Will the court still tolerate him?”

Xiao Ming’s eyes were a little gloomy. At this time, he stood up and looked at the blooming peach blossoms outside the window and said, “Cao Zhengyang is here. Li Kaiyuan

was not suspected of violating the laws of the Chongqing Kingdom. Since he did not violate the laws, how should he be punished?”

Li Kaiyuan was stunned for a moment, and he said: “As long as the emperor says a word…” At this point, Li Kaiyuan could not continue. .

Xiao Ming laughed when he saw this, “You mean I can kill people at will? If so, how should the civil and military merchants of this dynasty treat me?”

Li Kaiyuan scratched his head and said; “Indeed, this move will make people

People are in panic. “

“That’s it. There’s no need to kill people. It’s easy for me to destroy the Cao family. I know the Cao family better than you do, and I also know that the Cao family is now regarded as a guest by the King of Chu. But for me now. It’s not time to deal with the Cao family, this pig is not fat enough yet.” Xiao Ming was very calm.

The Cao family has strong financial resources. Now under his rule, he has established seven mines, three textile mills and a maritime fleet. The Cao family bank is even more famous.

In addition to wanting the Cao family to build more workshops in the six states, Li San discovered that the Cao family seemed to have contacts with the missionaries, which made him extremely vigilant.

Because he knew very well that the missionaries of this era were not innocent at all, so he was prepared to play hard to get and let Li San collect all the evidence before taking over the Cao family.

At that time, the businessman will understand that if he gives them something, he can also get it back. It is okay to do business safely, but it is better not to think about some things.

After telling Li Kaiyuan his thoughts, Li Kaiyuan felt relieved.

After talking about this matter, Xiao Ming continued; “However, although we are not rectifying the Cao family now, we can also suppress the Cao family appropriately in terms of trade, lest they make a mess of Qingzhou’s business.”

“Yes, Your Majesty, this time The officials will support the merchants in the six states and tighten their grip on those like Cao Zhengyang to prevent them from raising their tails,” Li Kaiyuan said.

Xiao Ming nodded. This was the purpose of asking Li Kaiyuan to come. Generally speaking, he wanted to maintain a fight with a group of businessmen led by Cao Zhengyang without breaking through. This way he could not only teach them some lessons, but also avoid defeat. It will affect the development of industry and commerce in six states.

After seeing off Li Kaiyuan, a spring thunder exploded outside, and a drizzle began to fall in the dark cloud-covered sky.

In the blink of an eye, Qingzhou entered spring from winter.

Qian Dafu held up an umbrella for Xiao Ming at this time, and the two returned to the dormitory from the imperial study room.

In the dormitory at this time, Lu Luo was pacing while holding Xiao Yi, who was crying. Zi Yuan and Fei Yue’er were sitting on chairs, talking and laughing, while looking at Lu Luo who was holding Xiao Yi.

“Everyone has come today.”

Xiao Ming laughed out loud before he arrived at the dormitory. He rarely encountered three people playing together.

But when he entered the dormitory, he found Cui Xueer sitting behind the door.

“Your Majesty.”

When they saw Xiao Ming, four crisp voices sounded. Cui Xueer seemed a little uncomfortable after entering the house late, and her face turned red.

Since Luluo and Ziyuan were made nobles, they have become closer to Xiao Ming than before. After all, they have become Xiao Ming’s concubines.

However, both of them knew their own sense of propriety, and would never gossip or fight for favor, and they would never criticize anyone in front of him.

This made Xiao Ming very pleased.

In this day and age, sometimes he couldn’t choose, but now that the deal was done, he had no choice but to accept his own backyard.

Entering the dormitory, Lu Luo took the initiative to carry Xiao Yi to Xiao Ming’s side. At this time, Xiao Yi, who was puffy and puffy, was looking at him with wide eyes, pure eyes without any impurities.

Seeing Xiao Ming, the little guy stretched out his legs and arms, smiled, and water gushed out from his mouth. Green Luo immediately wiped it with a handkerchief.

Looking at his son, Xiao Ming felt warm in his heart. Emperors are also human beings and have their own emotions and desires. Now, he suddenly understood Xiao Wenxuan.

They are all his own sons, and although they each have their own preferences, they don’t want to see them kill each other.

Xiao Yi is his first son, and he will not be the last. He does not want to see his son continue to fight for the throne.

So he secretly made a decision, a decision that would not let the feudal dynasty continue to cycle.

“Your Majesty, what are you thinking about?” Fei Yue’er suddenly asked when she saw Xiao Ming was in a daze.

After coming back to his senses, Xiao Ming smiled and said, “It’s just some government affairs.” After a pause, he continued: “By the way, why are you all in this dormitory today?”

Fei Yue’er said, “On this day It was a bit boring to sit in the cabin at night, so I asked them to come over and talk.”

Xiao Ming nodded. At this moment, he suddenly remembered that the country of Chongqing seemed to have never added any entertainment items to this era for so long.

Now that Fei Yue’er said this, he suddenly felt that he should also introduce some entertainment activities. After all, industry and commerce need to develop, and culture and entertainment must also develop, so that they can complement each other.

Moreover, Yang Chengye reported a few days ago that foreign businessmen in Dengzhou often come to Dengzhou city to gamble, which touched him a little.

The money these foreign merchants make is not in vain. If they come up with some novel ways of playing, it will definitely attract more merchants to go to Dengzhou to have fun.

After all, gambling is not illegal in this era. Rather than letting people open gambling houses randomly, it is better to let the government regulate gambling houses.

Thinking of this, he said to Fei Yue’er, “In that case, I will give you an interesting thing to ensure that you will not be bored for a while.”

“Really? In this case, I want to see it.” Fei Yue’er laughed.

Aster said: “The emperor is probably talking nonsense. I haven’t seen the emperor in these years and he hasn’t taught us anything interesting.”

PS: Today’s third update

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