"What's wrong with this guy Li Xiao? Why did he come to Beijing again?" Seeing the gift list presented by Xie Youcai, Wei Zhongxian nodded with satisfaction. Especially the thirty-strip front door made Wei Zhongxian jealous. Now.

When it comes to appreciating people and things, the big front door is the most popular.

The dignified man is nine thousand years old, and there are many entertainments at home. Nowadays, it is very embarrassing to not entertain guests at the front door. Wei Eunuch is a person who cares about face, so the expenses at the front door are naturally very large.

"A few days ago, my housekeeper was assassinated by a gang of beggars. If Mr. Xu, the Jinyi Guard, had not passed by and rescued him, he would have died. My lord is here to handle the matter because the court has regulations. Officials leading troops outside are not allowed.

He was wandering around the capital, so he asked the villain to pay homage to Jiu Qian Sui on his behalf. My Lord's loyalty to Jiu Qian Sui has not changed at all.

Nine thousand years old, you must not be picky!" Xie Youcai tried his best to use his expertise. For Li Xiao to say this, he would not be able to say it even if he was killed.

"Oh, there is such a thing. This Jianghu gang has such a big power. Send a message to Tian Ergen with my post and let him take care of it. What we want in this area of ​​​​the capital is peace. Otherwise, long live

When I ask, it's hard for our family to explain.

Okay! We see your lord's loyalty, so go back and tell your lord. The most important thing is to protect Liaodong and be loyal to the emperor."

"No! This old slave must bring the message to my master."

"Go back!"

"No!" Xie Youcai bowed and retreated.

There was nothing he could do about it. Wei Zhongxian was now very powerful. If he wanted to make money in the capital in a stable manner, he couldn't do it without Wei Zhongxian's backing. Even though Li Xiao wanted to chop this dead eunuch into a thousand-eighth-hundred-dollar knife.

"Li Xiao is so rude that he didn't come to see Jiu Qiansui in person. Humph! This is an edict of rebellion." Wei Guanghui spoke bitterly when he saw Xie Youcai leaving.

"Mr. Ge! If you get rid of Li Xiao, who will guard Liaodong?" Tian Ji squinted at Wei Guanghui. In fact, everyone was quite annoyed with this old official fanatic.

"I used to think that letting Li Xiao guard Liaodong was the most important thing, but now it seems that the most important thing is that Li Xiao knows how to run the business. Since last year, the military expenditure in Liaodong has been reduced by 70%, and the court has saved a lot of money.

Money. Without Li Xiao, Liaodong would still have to raise so many soldiers.

It's nothing to raise soldiers, but does the money come from you, Mr. Ge? Or what? Anyway, we in the Ministry of Revenue will never be able to come up with that much money." The speaker was Ni Wenhuan, this guy is now serving as a minister in the Ministry of Revenue. Sitting on his butt.

Wherever you are, you naturally have to speak for it. This is called the butt deciding the head!

"That's right! How much money did Li Xiao spend in Liaodong Province? The Ministry of Industry was the first to refuse Li Xiao's consent." Li Kuilong was in charge of the Ministry of Industry. He made a lot of money from contracted projects in the past six months. Most of this money was military expenditures saved by Liaodong Province. Liaodong's military expenditures

Up. The imperial court is tight on money and no longer builds new projects. Whose kickback will I take?

"Li Xiao is a good person, he knows how to abide by the rules. Not many people know how to abide by the rules now, so I think it's good." Thanks to Li Xiao, Wei Liangqing had just been granted the title of minister, so naturally he wanted to speak for Li Xiao at this time.

Wei Guanghui looked at all this in surprise. Unexpectedly, he had become an outlier among the eunuchs without realizing it.

Being an alien is dangerous, because it means alienation. If you become alienated from the members of the Eunuch Party, you will become alienated from Wei Zhongxian over time. This period of time will probably not exceed three months.

Regardless of the fact that he is now the Chief Minister of the Ming Dynasty, if Wei Zhongxian is really dissatisfied, the only way waiting for him is to be laid off.

When he looked at Wei Zhongxian, he found that the way Wei Zhongxian looked at him was also cold. Wei Guanghui's heart suddenly went cold, and he felt like sitting there on pins and needles. Now, he regretted accepting Qian Qianyi's money.

Li Xiao is a piece of iron, don't kick him anymore in the future.

"Liang Qing is right, Li Xiao still abides by the rules. If this happens in the future, there is no need to say anything to the elder. It will not be easy for him to do business to support the Liao soldiers. When encountering difficulties in the future, please don't stand idly by." No one said anything. Wei Zhongxian made the final speech. He knew better than anyone else that Li Xiao was making a lot of money in the capital. In fact, he was making money for everyone, and they all had shares in this deal.

Of course, in Wei Zhongxian's heart, the most satisfying thing was that Li Xiao built a house outside Xibianmen and gave him 10% of the shares.

Wang Tiqian remained silent from beginning to end, and there was also a 10% of his penis outside the Xibian Gate.

When Wei Guanghui returned home, he was devastated. He sat in the study and sighed. He had worked hard all his life and finally got the position of first assistant. Seeing that Wei Zhongxian's attitude changed drastically, Wei Guanghui also knew that he was not far from being unlucky.

Li Xiao is not a simple boy. He has been in the imperial court for his entire life, and it would be better for him to have been around for two years. Wei Guanghui has never been so disappointed in his life.

"Sir, Mr. Qian is here." The manager saw Wei Guanghui was a little unhappy, so he boldly came to report. It's not that he wasn't afraid of the Chief Assistant's anger, but the red envelope Qian Qianyi stuffed was quite heavy.

"No!" Wei Guanghui shouted irritably.

The master was unhappy, so the steward turned around and left. He took the risk to report it, and he was already worthy of the money. There was no need to involve himself.

"Come back and invite Mr. Qian to the study." Just as the steward opened the door, Wei Guanghui changed his mind again.

The steward made a promise and ran out happily. If this thing is done, there will definitely be a big red envelope. A rich man from the south of the Yangtze River is very generous in his dealings.

"See my lord."

"Mr. Qian is here, sit down and watch tea!" Wei Guanghui's face lost the smile it once had and turned into a mechanical social interaction.

This obvious change shocked Qian Qianyi.

This time when he went to Beijing, his main purpose was to bring down Li Xiao. An important source of income for the Qian family was selling sucrose. Now that damn Li Xiao didn't know where he got so much sucrose. And the price was only 80% of his own. For money, The most important market in Beijing for the domestic sugar industry was almost completely occupied by Li Xiao.

What's even more annoying is that last year, Li Xiao bought rice wantonly in Jiangnan. As a result, the price of rice in Jiangnan skyrocketed, and all the rice merchants in Jiangnan were hoarding rice. They hoped to make a lot of money this year, but this year Li Xiao didn't get a grain of rice. I bought it. It directly caused the price of rice in Jiangnan to plummet, causing those rice merchants who hoarded it to lose money.

Not only that, Li Xiao was also dumping glassware, soap, matches and other daily necessities to Jiangnan. This had a huge impact on the workshops in Jiangnan. Many small workshops had high production costs because of their small scale. Finally had to go bankrupt!

Although the big merchants are still holding on, they are still distressed by having to cut their flesh with such a dull knife.

The most direct trigger was Li Xiao's demolition of Baiyun Temple.

As the leader of the Taoist sect in the world, the Longhushan Zhengyi sect was angry. With the power of the Taoist sect, they invited the Jiangnan chaebols and finally recommended the famous Jiangnan official Qian Qianyi to come to the capital for activities. As long as they destroyed Li Xiao, no matter how much money they had.

When he arrived in the capital, Qian Qianyi understood that it was almost impossible to bring down Li Xiao's business through commercial channels.

Let’s not talk about anything else. From the perspective of freight, goods from Jiangnan have an unparalleled disadvantage. Goods from Jiangnan to and from the capital usually have to go through the Grand Canal. The Grand Canal is convenient and fast, but it is a pity that only small boats can be used. Where is Li Xiao,

They are all huge sea-going ships. The cargo capacity of a huge sea-going ship is more than ten times that of a small ship in the south of the Yangtze River.

Tianjin Wei docks, and the official road to the capital is smooth and straight. There is also an inland dock, where you can dock directly in Tongzhou.

Since he couldn't compete in business, Qian Qianyi was ready to play some evil tricks. He found Hong Qi, the leader of the Beggar Clan, and the result was that both the Beggar Clan and Li Xiao suffered losses. Hong Qi, who had regained his place, seemed not to be involved in this mess again.

Shui spent the whole day hiding in Tibet. Qian Qianyi invited him several times but refused to meet him on the grounds of safety.

Fortunately, Qian Qianyi had already prepared another line, and that was Wei Guanghui. After all, this person was also the chief minister of the cabinet. It would not be difficult to find a way to rectify a military commander. But seeing Wei Guanghui's appearance today, Qian Qianyi

Know this thing won't work.

Who is this Li Xiao and why is he so powerful? He has reached the point where he cannot be defeated!

Facing Li Xiao, whose strength was unfathomable, Qian Qianyi finally felt that this trip was not a good one.

"Sir, student...!"

"There is no need to talk about Li Xiao anymore. You can't defeat this man. Let it go!" Wei Guanghui felt that these two pieces of advice were worthy of the money Qian Qianyi sent him.

Qian Qianyi was dumbfounded and fought hard. Besides, what should he do with the money that has been spent? After traveling around the capital, he spent a lot of money and everything was in a mess. How can he explain the Qian family's face this time?

Where to put it.

Money is a trivial matter, and face is the most important thing. The dignified lord of the people, with a group of wealthy and powerful Jiangnan plutocrats standing behind him, can't actually fight against a ruthless Liaodong general?

"Sir, Li Xiao has privately recruited troops and gathered them in the wild lands outside the Liaodong Pass with evil intentions. Sooner or later, he will be a scourge for our Ming Dynasty. For the sake of the Ming Dynasty, and for the plan of hundreds of millions of people, please kill this beast. For me.

Ming Dynasty will eliminate this trouble."

"Mr. Qian!" Wei Guanghui almost blurted out Qian Qianyi's name.

What I said just now is a bit too shameless. Without Li Xiao, who can resist Nurhachi's Eight Banners of Houjin? They also have evil intentions. They can overthrow the Ming Dynasty with only 20,000 soldiers and horses. Although the Ming Dynasty is weak now, the whole country can

There are still millions of soldiers. To say that the Ming Dynasty will be overthrown by more than 20,000 people is not talking nonsense with open eyes.

If it wasn't for Qian's sake, Wei Guanghui would have really wanted to point his finger at Qian Qianyi's nose and yell.

"I'm old, and I can't control these things. I won't touch any disputes between you and Li Xiao from now on. I hope Mr. Qian can take care of himself, and I'll tell you one more thing. You can't fight Li Xiao, so go back to Jiangnan as soon as possible." Wei Guanghui.

Without waiting for Qian Qianyi to speak, he immediately picked up the tea cup.

"Bringing tea to see the guests off!" the steward shouted, and Qian Qianyi had no choice but to leave.

Li Xiao stayed in the warehouse in Tongzhou Bianyifang. This year, Bianyifang built three more three-story buildings. The scale of the warehouse has expanded even more. The goods shipped from Tianjin Wei every day are stored here. There are carriages every day.

, deliver these goods to various outlets of Biianfang in Beijing. It can be said that Biianfang has controlled more than 40% of the retail industry in this Ming Dynasty capital. The daily turnover is a large amount, and the accountant must check it with his men.

Only in the middle of the night.

Although he was unwilling in his heart, Li Xiao could not move because he was collectively grounded by his subordinates!

What happened to Ai Husheng made everyone more vigilant. Li Xiao's personal protection was raised to a higher level. The roast chicken brothers hung around Li Xiao all day long. As long as there were trees nearby, they would either cut them down or cut them down.

Neither the tree nor Li Xiao can pass.

In order to be environmentally friendly and not cause trouble to others, Li Xiao can only stay in the house and not go out. Another reason is that the weather is too hot. The weather in Beijing in July is like a fire, although the July fire is not like this.

Meaning. But Li Xiao really felt that there was fire flowing in the sky. Especially in the evening, the red glow on the horizon was called red.

Every time at this time, the Tongzhou Pier is full of shirtless rough guys chatting nonsense!

These guys in the capital are collectively known as Bangye. There is no way, the room is as hot as a steamer at this time, and there is no room for people. Li Xiao doesn't understand why Mao chose the capital in such a place.

Thinking of the hot Nanjing, Li Xiao suddenly understood it again. Because Nanjing is fucking hotter than the capital city!

As long as he doesn't go out, Li Xiao will never face the scorching heat. There are two basins of crushed ice in the room, and two guys are constantly fanning the ice. Staying in a cool room, the advantages of a small feudal lord

Reflected vividly.

Old Chen Fu walked in. This guy was the supervisor of Li Xiao's grounding. Without guaranteeing Li Xiao's safety, he wouldn't even let Li Xiao go out of the building.

"Here, this is what you asked Mr. Yu to make. It was delivered directly from Shanhaiguan today!" Chen Fu waved his hand, holding a big box behind him, and placed the box on the table.

"So fast?" Li Xiao didn't expect that Mr. Yu could finish this thing in just a few days.

Let Boutou get a crowbar and open the nailed pine box. It is filled with sawdust. Carefully push the sawdust away with your hands. A box inside is slowly revealed!

When people on the left and right saw this box, they all took a deep breath.

A one-foot-square golden box scatters dazzling light under the setting sun. There is a golden dragon coiled above the box, and the position of the dragon's mouth in the middle is a keyhole. The box is placed on the table, without even the usual pair of gold and silver.

I was so interested in the roasted chicken that I couldn’t help but take a second look.

"What's in this?" Even though Chen Fu has seen a lot, this is the first time he has seen such a beautiful box. Not to mention anything else, just the box made of pure gold, this thing is already a treasure. Use it

What is it that is packed in this box?
Chapter completed!