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Chapter 35 Confidant

In fact, chess is similar to chess. It is important to lose a piece without losing one first. Just like on the battlefield, you can lose a city and a land, but you cannot lose the general trend. Instead of rashly attacking deep into the hinterland, it is better to slowly advance and fight steadily.

Li Chong often played chess online in his previous life. He once spent a lot of effort on this. He played chess like chess, with the same basic chess principles. He obtained hundreds of years of complete chess secrets. Although he was not a professional chess player in his previous life, his understanding of chess was very deep, which was beyond the reach of Eunuch Fang and others. Therefore, naturally, playing chess is not leaked, and he can see the style of a general at first glance.

Eunuch Fang's evaluation of him was much higher than that just now. Young people were not afraid of slowness, but were afraid of hurry. When the two played chess, Li Chong was not in a hurry at all, and unlike young people, who liked to charge and assassinate. However, the rear was empty and full of loopholes. He was like a national soldier, with evidence of advancement and retreat, and was free and easy.

Eunuch Fang praised Li Chong for his unparalleled talent, and Ning Fengzi next to him also laughed and praised Li Chong very much.

Li Chong was complimented and humble. Chu Ning praised him on his face, but he was very jealous. He peeked at Yun Caier and smiled at Li Chong as if she was the one who won, which made him jealous. He was a monk. The Chu family, one of the four major clans of the Dayun Dynasty, was arrogant and could not be jealous of Li Chong at all with his family background. However, Eunuch Fang and Ning Fengzi were very polite to him, but there was no such thing as praising Li Chong, but Yun Caier wanted to keep talking. They were both Li Shisan, which made him lose balance. An elite child of the Chu family was actually jealous of a noble child.

The three levels of family, aristocratic family, and a wealthy family have to be accumulated for hundreds of years and generations of families to achieve success. The children of these families are naturally elites, and the Chu family is even more arrogant. People will never see a person in their lifetime, let alone the characters of the four major families. But Chu Ning actually began to be jealous of Li Chong before they met, which shows the magic of love. He fell in love with Yun Caier at first sight, so he did not hesitate to find an excuse to come from the capital thousands of miles away, but when he saw Yun Caier admire the children of a small noble, he became jealous.

Chu Ning made up his mind to teach Li Chong a good lesson. But in front of Yun Caier, he showed a little jealousy and flashed by, trying to avoid her and look for Li Chong's bad luck.

At this time the banquet had been completed and the group had a meal together.

The banquet was hosted by the princess, and it was a reward. As a subordinate, Li Chong could not delay it for a long time according to the rules. Li Chong was not a person who liked to drink banquets. After eating slowly, he had to dismiss him.

Yun Caier smiled and said, "Since you are here, you still have some business to discuss with you. Please go to the study and wait for me!"

A maid stepped forward and rushed over with Li.

When Chu Ning saw that this maid was Yun Caier's personal maid Xing'er, he felt jealous again. If Yun Caier knew about it, it would be ridiculous.

Half an hour later, Yun Caier, Eunuch Fang, Taoist Ning Fengzi and the silent four-star martial artist Tang Mo came in together.

Li Chong hurriedly stood up to greet him. When Yun Caier and waited for his seat, he handed over the account book he obtained from the search house and presented it to Yun Caier.

"Princess, this is the account book obtained by raiding the house. How much property should be paid? Please give me an idea."

Although Li Chong was the main part of the house search and the Li family participated in a lot of participation, the princess also sent people to participate. The Li family could not get too much treasure, and the Li family was also responsible. They would not embezzle the princess this time and would not lose the princess' trust. They only got about 70,000 to 80,000 taels of silver. As for the million taels of silver seized, they were all in the account book.

Yun Caier looked at the account book carefully and ordered: "Shisanlang, what advice do you have for this money?"

Li Chong said: "How to deal with the prisoners of the royal family and the Huang clan? I have a vain case and ask the princess for advice. Men from these two tribes can be sent thousands of miles away, and their wives who are willing to follow can be sent together. This is a punishment for them. But those women who are unwilling to go, as well as those maids and ladies, I want to keep them and build a textile manor, specializing in making various clothes and clothing. They are from wealthy families and are very skillful in craftsmanship. They even have the skills of several ladies, which are famous in Yiyang and cannot be easily obtained!"

Yun Caier suddenly heard him say this, and was surprised. However, she was from a royal family and her education made her very calm. She nodded and Li Chong continued: "I think I have to invest 20,000 taels of silver to start relocating these people. The manor is ready-made. The large manors of these two tribes are confiscated, but if you buy silk, etc., you have to have ten thousand silver to buy goods."

"Well! Do you want to deal with these sinners like this? Well, you are very kind-hearted! Okay, as you said, I will give you 30,000 taels of silver. But if you lose money in business and cannot support so many people in the future, I will not care about it in the future. You will be responsible for the future."

Li Chong said: "If I make money, I will share half of the shares to the princess."

Yun Caier smiled and said nothing.

"I need these 30,000 taels, so please refer to the remaining silver."

Yun Caier nodded with great satisfaction, "Well, you can take another 100,000 taels and reward those who have worked hard to search the house. All the rest will be put into the warehouse and handed over to the court."

Seeing that she didn't take a penny, Li Chong thought that this girl was not simple. She glanced at her, then pretended to be confused, concealed her, and continued, "Princess, some of the remaining stores are operated by rice shops, and I want to be managed by my Li family."

Yun Caier smiled and said, "Yes, you are a great hero. However, most of the rice shops in Yiyang are controlled by the top ten nobles. The profits of this rice shop are not high. You should choose a few gouache shops and inns."

Li Chong shook his head, "I want to ask the princess to give me a handbook, and it's better to be the rewards for these shops."

Yun Caier was a little surprised and smiled and said, "Shisanlang, you are very strange, I can't see through you. Tell me, what handwriting do you want? But I can't give it to you if you violate the law!"

She was joking. Li Chong was his capable confidant. Even if she wanted to open a casino or brothel, she would secretly support her. Otherwise, who would follow her? I thought Li Chong wanted to hire this handwritten order, otherwise he would not want those profitable shops. Why?

Li Chong said: "This handwriting does not violate the law at all. If the princess doesn't believe it, you can read the article." After he said that, he actually took out a bunch of documents from a package with him.

When Yun Caier saw the name, she knew that it involved rivers and grains. She was immediately amazed and laughed.

Li Chong ignored her face, but took out the provisions and government documents, and explained to the princess one by one.

"Absolutely, a hundred years ago, the ten nobles in Yiyang participated in the construction of rivers, and paid 800,000 taels and 400,000 manpower. The ten nobles had the right to establish river toll stations and charge 80 years of fees. Food is state materials and collected at 10% of the tax. This is the river record that records the events at that time. The signed documents and provisions are recorded in detail."

Yun Caier took these river records and many documents, looked carefully for a while, and her heart thumped and asked, "Li Shisan, what do you mean?"

Li Chong said: "I want to ask the princess to make the canal clear and no longer pay the river toll station fees."

Yun Caier stood up suddenly and stared at Li Chong, "Are you serious about this?"

Li Chongqi said: "Of course, how dare I joke with the princess?"

Yun Caier stood up and walked a few steps, looked at Ning Fengzi and Eunuch Fang, and saw shock from both of them.

Yun Caier thought for a moment, came to Li Chong and smiled and said, "Shisanlang, you don't understand the reason for the love! Let me tell you."

Li Chong nodded.

"Twenty years ago, there was a major case in this dynasty. It was because of similar incidents that the people gathered to rebel. Three hundred merchants united to incite 30,000 people to resist such noble families who received travel expenses due. As a result, the nobles dispatched seal soldiers and warriors to kill hundreds of people. Later, the court left the matter in vain and did not deal with it at all. Even the emperor's grandfather only sighed."

The current emperor is Yun Caier's biological grandfather, and not everyone can call him the emperor grandfather. Moreover, the attitude of the emperor in the world has been expressed. If it were outsiders, they would definitely not know the inside story.

Li Chong asked blankly: "But the princess told me what does it have to do with me? I just want to get this order. What happens elsewhere does not mean that Yiyang will also happen. Besides, I may not be able to do what others cannot do."

Yun Caier's almond eyes were really wide this time, and she looked at Li Chong steadily, thinking, "Oh my God, it's not that he doesn't understand the situation, but he really wants to do this."

"You? Do you really want me to give you this will?"

"Well, please give the princess an order."

"Thirteen, you have thought about it. If you really want to do this, you are facing the top ten nobles in Yiyang. And I can guarantee that with your first-rank Yinshi, your Li family will become one of the ten new nobles, and you will be able to get the right to charge the river channel in the future, so you don't have to take the risk of going against the top ten nobles."

Li Chong touched his head and smiled, "I never thought of going against them. I just asked for a document issued by the court in person according to the previous contract and canceled the unreasonable charges! Is the top ten nobles going back on their word? Besides, there were only about six of the top ten nobles left at that time, and there was no reason to charge them again."

Ning Fengzi suddenly said, "My friend Li, do you know that what you got may be a chapter of waste paper. Even so, you still have to use this chapter of waste paper in exchange for several prosperous and valuable stores you should have obtained?"

Li Chong smiled and said, "I have already thought about it. Thank you for the reminder."

Yun Caier was stunned and gritted her teeth and said, "Okay, I'll write it for you."

After saying that, he wrote the order with a pen and stamped it with a jade seal.

Li Chong took it with satisfaction, talked for a while, then said goodbye and left.
Chapter completed!
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