Chapter 31 Secret Threat
"During the Chunhua period... it was the time of Emperor Taizong." Changsun Hong thought for a while and said.
"Yes, when Emperor Taizong was Emperor Taizong." Changsun Hao narrowed his eyes and stared at a wall opposite, as if he was about to penetrate the wall, see through time and space, and return to the history of more than a hundred years ago: "Taizu and Taizong ruled the Song Dynasty and the people were safe and sound, and their civil and military achievements were brilliant in the world. It was the most powerful year of our dynasty, but he did not expect that in Shu, which was known as the country of Tianfu, such a civil chaos that swept across Sichuan broke out."
"At that time, our great-grandfather was a general under the tent of the Western Road Army. He followed the military supervisor Su Han to quell the rebellion. He saw with his own eyes the chaos and misery in Shu at that time. It was really tragic. The people had no land and people had no food. The weather was severe and drought. The officials did not provide disaster relief. The rich enclosed land for private property. The yamen was monopolized by private property. Tea was not allowed to be sold privately, wine was not allowed to be sold privately, salt was not allowed to be sold privately, and even the brocade and cloth of Shu were not allowed to be sold privately. Grain was more expensive than gold and silver. The huge Shuzhong became a miserable place for people to eat. The rebellion of Wang and Li started from this."
"Not talking about Wang Xiaobo, just Li Shun, this man was born as a private salt dealer. Wang Xiaobo's wife's brother. When he was the strongest, he occupied the CD Mansion and became the King of Shu. Later, the imperial court mobilized the imperial guards to encircle and suppress them, and died in the war. His family was killed, but there was a distant vein, which hid and avoided the disaster."
"This remnant vein escaped from Zizhou, tossed and turned, hiding from east to west, and finally landed in the Tongchuan Road area, thriving and operating silently, never mentioning the past. Over the past 100 years, a force has gradually formed."
Hearing this, Changsun Hong's expression changed drastically and he said, "Can it be that Li Shun's remnant meridian is not formed?"
Changsun Hao shook his head and said, "No, the Li family's rebirth is rooted in Fushunjian. There is salt forming a county and salt making money. The ancestors of the Li family sold private salt. They were like fish in water there, and they secretly established a sect called what... what..."
He grabbed his head and couldn't remember it. Changsun Jin suddenly added: "It's called the Well God Cult!"
"Yes! Well God Cult!" Changsun Hao slapped the table violently: "It's this name, which specializes in absorbing salt salt households into the church, and helps everyone with small favors. Everyone is grateful to their kindness and enters their church. In Fushun, it has a lot of energy."
"Li Xian is a distant nephew of the Li family. Because the Li family is afraid of living in a place, if the court finds it is inevitable that they will be killed. Since Fushun landed, they have left their children and nephews outside the land and taken root everywhere. The Li Xian family has been in Lijia Village, Shizhao County for nearly a hundred years, and the locals have long regarded him as a local."
"Therefore, Li Xian was in Hezhou, but he was able to pass through the prefectures and go through the county and do private salt business. Behind him, there was such a force secretly supporting him. Li's private salt business has been in the private salt business for a hundred years, with deep roots and lush branches and leaves. The warehouse, the prefecture, and the government office have all their people. They have recruited many dead soldiers under the guise of preaching, and their power should not be despised."
"Our Changsun family is a guest. We wanted to get a piece of the pie on the edge and find a way for the poor households in Lijia Village. We were also very careful when selling salt and did not touch the interests of the Li family, but we never thought of being careful. This time, Li Xian noticed it, which led to the show that he came to the door today. This is because I used it for him. We did not directly fight and attack the door and beat us up, so that we could retreat from the difficult situation and give up from now on."
Changsun Hao's eyes were too long and he sighed heavily, saying to Changsun Hong: "It's all this. You are the only male in my Changsun family. No matter how long we can stay in this Lijia Village, if something happens in the future, you know who is going to touch us."
The more Changsun Hong heard it, the more he became more and more shocked. The more he heard it, the more he understood that the smaller Lijia Village was actually hidden and lying in the tiger. There was such a god in secret. No wonder the Li family was just a local rich man from a remote village. He could afford to hire a western hut and build a mansion. It turned out that the wealth behind it was so great.
"Since that's the case, Dad, let's not compete with him for profit in the future. Seizing people's wealth is like killing his parents. He has noticed it. He warned him once in view of his usefulness to him. Next time, he will definitely kill him." Changsun Hong thought for a long time and felt that with the current strength of the Changsun family, he could not compete with Li Xian at all. Even if the Changsun brothers have a hundred enemies, they can't resist the private salt owl that has grown for a hundred years. These people are murderers who can kill people without blinking at any time.
"Hmph! I'm afraid he's a bird!" Changsun Jin said angrily: "Our butt is not clean, and that fat pig is even more unclean! When I was anxious, we went to the yamen to sue him and told him about the remnants of the traitor to see who died first!"
Changsun Hao frowned at him and shouted coldly: "Supreme? What should I do to sue? The Li family has done this beheading business for a hundred years. It is up to to act secretly and do things thoroughly. His private salt walks through the official road, the salt guides used by his family, and it is impossible to tell whether it is true or false. No one knows where the warehouse is. The private salt storage on the surface is hung with other people's names and has nothing to do with his family. Even if it is found, Li Xian can still push it completely. Not to mention how many open and secret stubborn stubs in the yamen, I'm afraid that our heads will move before your paper is handed over to the county magistrate's case."
"In this way, we will leave this kind of profit?" Changsun Jin was extremely dissatisfied and slapped the table angrily.
"What else can it do?" Changsun Hao said angrily: "Do you have to fight against his life for our family and the poor people outside?"
Changsun suddenly felt sad, his legs shrank, he squatted on the stool, lowered his head and stopped talking, and breathed heavily, and he was obviously frustrated.
Turning his head, Changsun Hao looked at Changsun Hong and said, "Erlang is right. Ordinary people value profit. We have moved the Li family's principals. He will touch us regardless of everything. He will also take away these goods this year. If you do it next year, let's see."
The three of them fell silent again, and there was silence inside and outside the house. The sound of Zhang cutting vegetables in the kitchen in the distance was vaguely heard. Changsun Hao poured himself a bowl of tea, and when he lifted it, he found that there was only half a bowl left in the teapot. He ignored it and picked it up and drank it slowly.
Changsun Hong looked at a squat and sulking, and a brother who was sitting and drinking tea. He hesitated for a long time, and finally suppressed the idea of asking them for money. He opened his mouth gently and asked, "That... Dad, this time we sold salt, did we not leave any money?"
"I just leave dozens of money to live." Changsun Hao sipped tea and said in a muffled voice: "The rest are all divided. Only these are the poor households who followed them, and it's still not enough. The tax is so heavy, it's difficult!"
He shook his head and said the last two words.
When Changsun Hong heard this, he drooped his eyebrows and shook his head. It's great now. The family has no money and the rice mill is so expensive. One is definitely not enough. It would be too slow to make some money like that.
What should I do? A penny will stump the hero!
Chapter completed!