Chapter four hundred and eighty seventh anger intolerable
Lin Xuan sat in the bathtub and the sound of water brought Guo Caiyue back to her senses, and she quickly hung the clothes in her hands on the hangers.
Guo Caiyue's face turned red as if she was about to bleed. She hesitated and reached for the belt around her waist.
Lin Xuan sat in the bathtub and breathed a sigh of relief. Hearing the rustling sound behind him, he turned around curiously and saw a scene that made his blood boil.
"Miss Caiyue, what are you doing?" Lin Xuan said in surprise.
At this time, Guo Caiyue was wearing small clothes. Except for the important parts that were covered, the rest of her body was exposed.
This attraction to men is undoubtedly fatal.
Lin Xuan reacted instantly.
Guo Caiyue became even more shy when she saw Lin Xuan looking at her.
There was a faint blush on the exposed skin, I don't know whether it was from shame or from the cold.
"Hou... Lord Hou, I... take off... my coat... and serve you... to take a bath."
In order to teach her, Chunyue and the others specially helped her take a bath. She saw that Chunyue and the others were all dressed like this, so she also dressed like this.
Lin Xuan almost vomited blood. Is there anyone who can serve me like this?
The maids wear small clothes and serve their masters to bathe because they are maids. If the master has needs, they must satisfy them, so there is no need to avoid taboos.
But Guo Caiyue is just a temporary maid, so dressing like this doesn't tempt him.
But Guo Caiyue has already taken off her clothes, so he can't let others wear them, right?
I could only turn my head and remain silent.
Guo Caiyue put away her shyness and stepped forward to help Lin Xuan take a bath.
This is not a kind of enjoyment for Lin Xuan, but a kind of suffering.
After all, Guo Caiyue is a woman from a good family, unlike Chun Yue and Yu He, who is his maid and can do whatever he wants.
Therefore, even though Lin Xuan couldn't bear the fire, he could only endure it.
Lin Xuan was furious at this moment, but many people were furious at this moment.
These people are grain merchants and people from aristocratic families in Chang'an.
Someone had transported the grain to Chang'an a few days ago, but those who had sworn before that they would eat no matter how much grain they got, said they would have to wait a few days.
They didn't care at that time. After all, they shipped a lot of food, and the price of food had tripled compared to before. It was normal for the other party to hesitate.
However, they were not worried. They had found out before that those who collected the grain were from the imperial court.
They also found out the news that the imperial court was rich but short of food. Naturally, they were not afraid that no one would collect food.
However, after they waited for a few days, those who had contacted them suddenly said they had enough food and no more.
The three missing words were like a bolt from the blue.
Those grain merchants spent manpower and material resources to transport the grain, but now they say they don't want it anymore. How can they accept it?
But the other party is the imperial court, what can they do?
If the grain is shipped, it can't be shipped back, right? Then they will suffer a big loss.
Since the imperial court doesn't want it, they can sell it to the people at retail.
Although the imperial court sells grain at a fair price, each family can only buy one day's worth of grain at a time based on their population.
For the people, this can only relieve urgent needs, but it cannot give them any sense of security.
Many people whose families have money want to buy some food to keep at home, so that they can have a bottom line.
In the past, the snacks in the grain store were all bought at high prices by people arranged by the imperial court, and the common people could not buy them at all.
Now that they have food, they don't have to worry about selling it, it's just a little troublesome.
However, when they were just about to sell grain, the government suddenly came out with the news that grain would be sold at a fair price and there would be no limit.
Those grain merchants had no choice but to lower their prices.
However, even if the price was lowered, the food could not be sold. Finally, it dropped to the same level as before, and only then did people start to buy food.
The price of grain in Chang'an returned to the previous price, and the people calmed down and did not stockpile grain in large quantities as before.
This resulted in the grain merchants selling their grain very slowly.
I can’t say it’s slow, I can only say that the amount of food sold every day is similar to the amount their shop sold every day before.
But they got so much food back from other places, and they paid for it with real money.
Now that food is selling so slowly, when will the funds be returned?
If the funds are not withdrawn, what will happen to their other businesses?
At this time, someone contacted them again and purchased all the grain they had at the current price.
In an environment like this in ancient times, how many businessmen who could accumulate such a huge business were fools?
They soon understood that this was a ploy by the imperial court and demanded a price increase.
But the other party told them clearly that if they sell it, they will sell it, and if they don’t sell it, they will keep it.
There was a stalemate for a while.
The Cui family in Chang'an, with five surnames and seven hopes, gathered together again.
"Brother Cui, we only transported food to Chang'an after listening to your Cui family. What should we do now?"
Cui Hao said calmly: "You can choose to sell the grain to the court, or you can transport the grain back."
"The imperial court knows that if we harvest grains aggressively, we will secretly raise the price of grains. They don't want to spend so much money, so they deliberately do this to show off to us. How can we let Li Shimin get what he wants?"
"Then you should transport the food back." Cui Hao said.
"You're talking lightly. How do you calculate the losses we've incurred from transporting it back and forth? Even if we don't sell to the court, will those merchants not sell it? Unless we are willing to buy their food. Our family is not short of food. In recent years, we have no shortage of food.
Even if the weather is good and the price of food will not increase, it is useless for us to buy it and have to transport it back."
"Then what do you mean now?" Cui Hao said with a gloomy face.
He finally saw that the other families obviously wanted the Cui family to bear their losses.
"The reason why we transported grain to Chang'an was because of the Cui family's advice. The Cui family must compensate us for our losses. In addition, in order to make Li Shimin's plan fail, the Cui family must eat all the grain from those merchants."
"Yes, isn't Li Shimin plotting against us? Then let's make Chang'an really short of food and see how he responds."
Cui Hao sneered and said: "You have a good idea. All the food of our Cui family will be sold to the imperial court. You can do whatever you like."
"What do you, the Cui family, mean? Why do you still sell food to the imperial court when you know it needs it for the war?"
"That's right, I thought your Cui family wanted to make a fortune from the imperial court before, but now it's obvious that you can't make any money. I really can't understand your Cui family's intentions."
If the Cui family hadn't been the first aristocratic family, they would have suspected that the Cui family had taken refuge with Li Shimin.
"Have you forgotten the generals we recruited? How could they perform meritorious service without a war? In fact, it is good for us to fight wars in the Tang Dynasty. Even if we win the war, the foundation of the Tang Dynasty will be depleted, and it will be difficult to restore our strength.
It takes time, isn't it a good thing for us?" Cui Hao said lightly.
"This..." The heads of other companies looked at each other.
They had to admit that what Cui Hao said made sense.
In the end, everyone except the Wang family agreed.
"I need to discuss this matter with my family." Wang Liang hesitated and packed up.
Wang Liang was the new person in charge of the Wang family in Chang'an after the death of Wang Duo and his son.
He had just taken power and was afraid to make many decisions on his own.
Cui Hao smiled and said: "Brother Wang, it's right to ask the family for instructions, but it takes several days to come and go. You can't just ask the family for instructions when something happens, right? In this way, Brother Wang, the person in charge of Chang'an, may not be in charge for a long time."
Wang Liang's face turned red. Cui Hao was right. If he asked his family for advice on everything, he would not go wrong. But would his family think his abilities were mediocre?
"Just do what Brother Cui said." Wang Liang said.
To be chosen by the Wang family as the person in charge in Chang'an, Wang Liang still has some abilities.
It's just that he has just become the person in charge and is afraid of making mistakes.
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