Chapter 556 The Luo Family Headed South
Seeing Zhu Mingqing about to step out of the room, Liang Zhongling blurted out: "Okay, Wanxihu is Wanxihu, but I have one condition."
Zhu Mingqing's lips curled slightly, and after turning around, his face was very calm: "Lord Liang is straightforward, please speak."
"The cement factory belongs to the imperial court, and 10% of the profits go to the Ming family!"
Upon hearing this, Zhu Mingqing smiled.
"Master Liang, if I understand correctly, you mean that I want to give you the cement factory for free?"
Liang Zhongling put his hands behind his back and said righteously: "There is still 10% profit!"
Zhu Mingqing couldn't help but roll her eyes. "But without my recipe, would Lord Liang get a penny? I want the cement factory and 30% of the profits to go to the Ming family. This is the minimum I ask. If Lord Liang agrees, we can discuss other matters later!"
"You!" Liang Zhongling swung his sleeves. "Without the imperial court's blessing, the cement plant would never be built!"
Zhu Mingqing felt that Liang Zhongling was worthy of being Liang Huanyu's grandfather.
My mind is not very clear.
She smiled gently: "I have other options, does Lord Liang have any?"
Liang Zhongling found her smile extremely annoying, and he didn't know where she got the confidence from. Did she really think he couldn't do anything to her?
"Okay, then I'd like to see if you can actually build this cement factory!"
We can't let her get the upper hand again and again, we must kill her fighting spirit!
But what Liang Zhongling didn't expect was that even though he repeatedly sent people to keep an eye on it, half a month later, news actually came out that Wanxi Lake had changed its owner.
“Who did this?”
Liang Zhongling slammed the table in anger.
"That's what King Ling meant."
Prince Ling is the biological father of the current young emperor. Since his son was chosen, Prince Ling's faction has become prominent in the court.
Upon hearing this, Liang Zhongling felt heat coming out of his nose.
Everyone in the capital knew that the Liang family was negotiating business with the Ming family.
No one else dared to interfere, but this King Ling dared to ruin his plans!
But at this time Wan Xihu had already been taken over by the Ming family, so even if he took action again, it was too late.
So Liang Zhongling had no choice but to send someone to tell Zhu Mingqing the truth, and he agreed.
The only thing we can do now is to stabilize the opponent first and then plan for the future!
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"Well, I told you that old bastard Liang Zhongling wouldn't let this opportunity slip by!" Zhu Mingqing shook the signed agreement and said happily, "It'll take at least two months to build a factory and recruit workers, and we don't even have to pay for it. Once Luo Huai arrives, we can pick it up ready-made. Isn't my idea great?"
Luo Tingshan smiled: "But I feel that in the end it's still our money that's wasted!"
When Luo Huai arrived, the Liang family was defeated and their money was taken over by the court.
Zhu Mingqing waved his hand and said, "There are other officials and wealthy businessmen. How can I cooperate with only Liang Zhongling? During this period, I must make a killing from them and use their money to support construction!"
This is true. In addition to cement factories, sugar factories, wineries, cotton mills, etc. have also appeared one after another.
After all, there are a lot of people queuing up who want to cooperate with the Ming family.
There were no less than a hundred invitations received in the past few days, but Zhu Mingqing only selected a few to attend. The above-mentioned industry came into being after both parties reached a cooperation intention.
Among them, Dai Yinlan, who was rejected, frowned in confusion: "Brother, what do you think the Ming family is thinking? They actually cooperated with those companies. Aren't they afraid of being eaten alive?"
Dai Kun knew his sister was angry, so he soothed her, "Mrs. Ming has built such a large business, and she has her own reasons. If you really want to cooperate with her, I will ask someone to arrange for you to meet her."
Dai Yinlan shook her head and said angrily, "No need. She has already rejected me twice. Wait, she will regret it one day."
There are so many honest merchants in the capital, but they choose to collude with merchants who often use underhanded tactics.
At this time, those who cooperated with the Ming family had already set up a celebration banquet.
"Come, have a drink!" The person who spoke was Mr. Feng San. Although he had some unpleasantness with the Ming family, after all, they were more powerful than his own family now.
And he also put aside past grudges and wanted to help him make a fortune.
Mr. Feng Sanye was so happy these days that he kept dreaming about sleeping on silver.
He was not afraid of any conspiracy from the Ming family. This was the capital, his territory.
Who knows, he might even join forces with Huan Yu to split up the Ming family.
At this time, Mr. Feng Sanye was fantasizing about becoming the richest businessman, and kept muttering "one more cup", without knowing that in the near future, his family would not even have money to buy rice.
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Yuzhou border.
When Luo Huai heard about what his mother had done in the capital, he almost spit out his tea.
"Second brother, if those people knew Mother's identity one day, would they be furious and come to our house to demand justice?"
Luo Xiao felt that his mother was very brave. When the Luo family moved to the capital in the future, his mother's identity would definitely not be hidden.
Those who were cheated were all former enemies of the Luo family.
Tsk tsk, I really want to see those people suffering in silence.
Luo Huai said slowly: "They dare not!"
Luo Xiao sighed, "That's true. Now we've been tricked. When we get to Beijing, they'll be so scared they won't even dare to show their heads. So, when is Second Brother going to go south?"
He has been recuperating for most of his life. If he continues to eat, he will not have much money left.
Luo Huai shook his head: "It's not the time yet."
The situation in Guanzhong has become stable. If a war breaks out now, the Luo family will gain an unfavorable reputation for warmongering.
But Liang Zhongling had obviously made them wait too long.
In the spring of the second year after the young emperor ascended the throne, the empress dowager fell ill.
But in just three days, he passed away.
The funeral was not over yet, and it was said that the little emperor, who had always been the Empress Dowager's heir, had also begun to fall ill intermittently.
Liang Zhongling completely seized power in Southern Xia.
The Empress Dowager's funeral was very spectacular, with a huge funeral procession including countless relatives, friends, monks, Taoists, musicians and dancers.
The white silk mourning banner fluttered and shivered in the cold wind, and the bronze bells rang faintly.
The people on both sides of the road all knelt on the ground, and the silence all around turned into a huge sorrow that weighed on everyone's heart.
Liang Zhongling stood on the high wall of the imperial palace, looking at the departing team, a smile gradually appeared on the corner of his mouth.
Soon, he will become the master of this world!
Just half a month after the empress dowager was buried, the young emperor fell ill and passed away.
He died at the young age of four.
The whole country mourns!
Pei Mansion.
Everyone from the Pei family gathered in the study, and everyone was silent.
Although they had some doubts before, the death of the little emperor made them completely certain that Liang Zhongling was truly insane!
"He, he really dares to do it!"
Kuang Qiu's voice was stagnant and he swallowed hard.
Rebellion and regicide, what else is there to be afraid of?
If he really takes control of Nanxia, the country will be destroyed soon!
Pei Shangling frowned and looked at everyone in the room: "If you have any ideas, please feel free to speak up."
"Sir, I am willing to go to the Liang family and bring him back!" Liang He stood up and said solemnly.
Pei Shangling said directly: "Sit down!"
"Sir!" Liang He was angry. "I know everyone is afraid that I will tell on you, but since the day I left the Liang family, I no longer consider them my relatives. Let me go, it will least arouse suspicion!"
Others also began to think about this possibility.
"Nonsense!" Pei Shangling scolded, "Who do you think Liang Zhongling is? He's been away from home for several years. How could he trust you so easily?"
"Can……"
"No buts!" Pei Shangling said coldly, "You must obey me and do not act on your own!"
Liang He was depressed: "...Yes!"
Just when everyone was having a headache, hurried footsteps were heard outside.
"Master, I have something important to report."
Pei Shangling recognized the butler's voice and knew that if there was nothing urgent, he would definitely not come to disturb him at this time.
"Come in!"
The housekeeper pushed the door open and bowed slightly to everyone, then said in a trembling voice, "The Luo family army is heading south!"
Without waiting for everyone to comment, he announced a piece of news that shocked and left everyone speechless.
"I heard that Emperor Kaiyuan was also among them. The Luo family army went south to punish the treacherous ministers and protect the good ones!"
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