"What? The price of salt has gone up again! It's now over five hundred coins a bushel? Are you kidding me?"
"That noble family is really going too far. What's even more incomprehensible is why Your Majesty would do such a thing! Who can afford to eat salt now?"
"Besides, it's not just salt! Yesterday I wanted to go to the blacksmith to make a butcher knife, but I didn't expect the price to be ten times higher than before! It's crazy!"
"But what's strange is that even though the price is so high, why are there so many people buying salt at the salt shop?"
"That must be because they want to curry favor with the noble families!"
At this time, Lin Tianlong only let them try to manage and sell salt and iron, and did not give them the power to make salt and dig iron.
Salt and iron were sent by the imperial court and delivered to the shops of the aristocratic families, who then carried out price-marking marketing!
The rule is that within the time limit, whoever manages the area with the best salt and iron profits will prove which family is more capable! After that, the winning family will be allowed to manage and participate in the court's salt and iron control.
At this time, the Ganhuang City was caught in a frenzy of buying salt and iron. As long as they were in the shops of the aristocratic families, no matter how much or how expensive the salt and iron were, they would always be looted!
Lin Tianlong kept ordering the release of large amounts of salt and iron to the jurisdictions of various families, but they were soon consumed by the families!
In the past few days, the people of the four major families have been busy as hell. The amount of salt and iron given to them by the court is not much. If the price is too low, they will be sold out quickly, so they keep raising the price and then ask different people to buy the salt and iron in their own areas!
Large quantities of salt and iron were constantly being transported into the aristocratic families. Looking at the mountains of salt and iron in their homes, they seemed to have a glimpse of the future! His Majesty transported the salt and iron to the aristocratic families, who then sent people to adjust the prices and then went on a buying spree. These people in the aristocratic families were now fantasizing about what it would be like to dominate the officialdom in the future.
The next day...
On all the bulletin boards in Ganhuang City, a group of guards directly pasted the operating income of the salt and iron monopolies of the four major families!
Surprisingly, the top ranking on the list was not the Changsun family, but the Yuwen family. They were ranked first, while the Changsun family was second! This ranking was quite confusing.
After hearing the news of the ranking, Chang Sun Jian angrily smashed the teacup in his hand to the ground! He then stood up, angrily cursing Yu Wentian and stomping his right foot frantically!
My Changsun family was personally chosen by His Majesty. Who are you, Yuwen Tian? You actually want to compete with me for this right?
I'm different from you. Your Majesty has promised me! All the money I spent to achieve my goal will be returned to me! What can you use to fight me?
You said it so nicely before, but I didn't expect that behind the scenes, you're moving faster and faster than the last! Each one is more ruthless than the last. Since you're so unkind, don't blame me for being unjust! You asked for this, Yuwen Tian!
All the salt and iron shops of the Yuwen family were surrounded by a group of vicious thugs! The people who were selling the goods were afraid to go in and buy things. Some of them even started to smash and destroy the shops!
The key point is that this is happening in the Imperial City! This should mean that these troublemakers will be arrested soon!
But the fact is that after smashing the shop for a long time, no one came, and no matter how much we sent people to report it to the police, there was still no response.
When I found other soldiers, they all said that this was not their business.
Finally, they found someone on the street who could handle this matter, but they just said they were busy investigating the disappearance of Liu Erzhuang's dog and had no time to deal with their affairs.
After hearing this, the people of the Yuwen family were stunned for a moment.
"No? Which one was more seriously robbed, Liu Erzhuang's dog or ours? Can't you see?" Only then did they realize that someone from another family had bribed the other family members! They quickly returned to report to Yuwen Tian.
After hearing this, Yuwen Tian gnashed his teeth in anger. It had come to this point, so there was nothing more to say! Yuwen Jia immediately went to the palace to complain to Lin Tianlong about the three aristocratic families who had attacked him! He thought to himself, he was a family chosen by the imperial decree, and His Majesty would definitely not ignore him.
"Your Majesty! The profits in the area governed by my Yuwen family are simply too high! The other noble families are jealous and are secretly using rogue tactics against me! They even bribed the officers and soldiers! They are simply arrogant. Your Majesty, please punish them!"
Lin Tianlong was sitting in the back garden reviewing memorials! Yuwen Tian knelt on the ground and spoke to him passionately, but Lin Tianlong just replied calmly:
"Then what?"
Yu Wentian was stunned when he heard this. "What then? I've made it clear! I just want you to help me!"
"Your Majesty, please punish them for this behavior!!"
"You're a piece of shit!"
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"I really misjudged you! They hit you and you feel uncomfortable, but you won't fight back? They put shit in your mouth, do you want to swallow it and then let me help you take it out?
The key is that you don't even dare to do such a small thing, how can I dare to entrust this power to you! I still need to think about it carefully!"
Yuwen Tian was stunned after hearing Lin Tianlong's words! Is this still the emperor who always thinks carefully before doing anything?
Then Lin Tianlong continued:
"I'll give you one more chance! This time it's the Nanyang family who did the good deed! I'll be watching carefully to see what you'll do next! Defeat them, don't let me down! Let me see your worth."
"Yes! Yes! Your Majesty! I'll go right away! You won't be disappointed!" After Yu Wentian knew that it was the person from the Nanyang family, his veins popped out with anger.
Lin Tianlong smiled wickedly as he watched Yuwen Tian leave quickly. As expected, just as Xu Xiaoyi had written in the letter, they really could be treated like dogs!
Yuwen Tian also bribed people and sent people to smash and destroy the Nanyang family’s shop!
Nanyang Fan Hou, who had been watching the show, was completely stunned when he learned that his store had been smashed. "What the hell is this got to do with me? You guys fight your way through it! I was just watching the show and didn't do anything! And they're smashing mine too?"
Are they afraid that I will earn more than them in the future?!
Later, Nanyang Fan Hou also found Lin Tianlong, and Lin Tianlong used the same words and routine to tell him that this was actually a good thing done by the Murong family!
Similarly, people from the Nanyang family also bribed their connections and took revenge on the Murong family.
Murong Feng then came to Lin Tianlong as well. Lin Tianlong told him in the same old way that it was all the Murong family's fault. This made Murong Feng extremely angry at Chang Sun Jian. He hadn't even messed with him! Why did he attack him?!
After a period of time, there was an internal strife in the imperial city. The noble families were at odds with each other, and the scenes of gathering together and chatting in the past also turned into nothing!
The factions under the jurisdiction of the aristocratic families were clearly divided, and at a critical moment like this, the interests of the aristocratic families would definitely be paramount! This conflict was getting bigger and bigger! Even servants from the two families could be seen fighting on the street.
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