Section 1931 The Yang Family's Affairs

The Yang family would never dare to do something like rebellion. The Yang family has had various relationships with the royal family for generations. Even if the whole world rebelled, the Yang family would definitely be the last one. Rebels, the ancestors of the Yang family have a strong relationship with the royal family. At this stage, there is actually no need for the court to deal with the Yang family in this way, but whoever is the emperor is not suspicious, he has many doubts. , as the emperor, you can suspect that everyone has the intention of rebelling, so what do you say about the Yang family? This is not up to you, but to me. If you don't have it, why can't you make more money, so I can rest assured that you are fine. Rebellion requires money. As long as you don't have much money in your hand, then this matter can be settled no matter what.

"How about our family's plan proposed by Cao's family now? In fact, I think this plan is very good, just like our shipping on the Yulan River. In the past, we managed it by ourselves and it was only a little money every year. , there are still so many things to deal with, now we don't need management at all, and the income is even 10% higher than before. I think you should be clear about such things, I see these iron We have been doing mines for so many years. We are fed up with the anger of these businessmen. We don’t need to stay on this. I think we should give up these things. We need to focus more on other things. Go in the industry." Yang Hao's father said, these guys saw that their son was so close to Li Cong. Naturally, they have to get closer to Li Cong. Each of them has received Li Cong's bank note. If this matter cannot be facilitated now, how can they have the face to talk to Li Cong about cooperation in the future? Do you want to cooperate with a capable person, and you can't do such a small thing? forget it.

"What you said makes sense. Even if we continue to operate now, we may not be able to make much money. If we can free up manpower and material resources, then our Yang family will be able to get some things casually. It’s better to earn some money than half of the whole family to hang out on it. In the past, the main force of our Yang family was this iron mine. Looking at it now, this is also an opportunity, and we can do well The opportunity to change it will save us that when we arrive in the capital, many people will say that we are mining." Another guy said. This guy is also an acquaintance of Li Cong. A pro-Cao element among the senior members of the Yang family.

"Hehe. You are all talking to our good uncle. Are you really worried about the interests of our Yang family, or have you received a lot of money from that kid. Two, I heard that, Your son has been with the Cao family for a long time. We all know what your son is capable of. How can he get Cao Ke's salary of three million taels a year? What about for you?" Not all the people in this room want to be part of the same family as Li Cong, for example, Yang Yuanqing, who is talking, has a very bad relationship with Li Cong, and the conservatives of their Yang family are also with this guy under the leadership of.

"Hehe, it's up to you what you want to say. I don't bother to explain to you. I smell a sour smell. It seems that I'm jealous that my son can bring me back 3 million taels of silver every year. If someone Some people have that ability, and I certainly wouldn't waste time discussing how much money a kid makes every year at a meeting like this,

It's kind of embarrassing. "The person called the second elder brother pushed it back.

Seeing that the situation is going to be chaotic, the current Yang family is clearly divided into two factions, one is the reformist faction and the other is the conservative faction. In the past, these two factions started to attack everywhere. Now because of The struggle between the two factions in the matter of Li Cong has already begun to be obvious, and each of them speaks without any cover, and each of them feels that this matter should be done, and they all feel that they are really giving For the sake of the Yang family, the other side seems to be trying to tear down the Yang family. At this time, the second elder Yang Zhao's words are useless, because he is also one of the reformers, if the interests of the conservatives are not involved Naturally, they will not fight against the second elder at that time, but if their interests are related, they will not give in easily. How many people in this mine belong to them. If this is directly contracted to Li Cong, Their losses are really too great. If nothing else, just say that the food problem of those people on the mountain is a big problem. The co-authors can't feed all these guys by themselves, and they don't have that ability.

"Okay, okay, is it time for us to fight among ourselves? What's going on with us now? The juniors outside don't know, don't you know too? Everyone is so old, and even has a great-grandson People, why are everyone still so angry? It seems like it was decades ago. Now we are here to discuss issues. Let me tell you, what will happen if we have no money? His Majesty the Emperor is sorry for the tax arrears People with other incomes have their own ways. If we also procrastinate, we may have to move our heads in a short time. So now we have to solve the problem of money, or promise Your Majesty In this way, we may reduce a lot of losses every year, or complete this contract with Cao Ke, and we can still live the life we ​​used to, but we can't share the money, specifically There are two methods, and anyone who has any opinion can stand up and speak out.” The person sitting in the leader’s seat is Yang Qiu’s father, and there are also those who express their support and opposition, Yang Qiu My father's mind is also a little confused at the moment, as if he doesn't know what to think, he knows very well that he is the top leader of a big family, it's okay for everyone to be messed up, only himself can't be messed up, That's why he had to brainstorm well. If he could still have so much silver without selling the mine, the matter would be easy to handle. "There is no worship in the sky for a fallen gendarme.

After listening to the Patriarch's words, everyone calmed down, right. This matter is not as simple as we thought. Now I heard that the Cao family has suffered a huge loss. Now Cao Ke should be very short of manpower. Now it should be helping out in the past, not for anything else, just for this The guy is still the uncle of the Yang family. Although he didn't like the Yang family very much, his etiquette cannot be ignored.

The meeting lasted for three hours, but in the end it was still the same as last time, nothing serious was done. Most people seem to come here to bullshit. Such a few insightful people of the Yang family are really heartbroken. Over the past few hundred years, the Yang family has grown bigger and bigger, but I can't understand these children of my own even more, forget it. They can do whatever they want. I also do what I have to do. Three months later, the senior management of the Yang family sent Yang Zhao to the provincial capital where Li Cong was located, and he wanted to make a deal with Li Cong. It's a very big deal.

Yang Zhao is not really a high-level person in the Yang family, but he is definitely one of the core levels. His words are still very effective. This time he discussed with several old guys in the Yang family. Things will be done according to what Li Cong said. They have to explain their bottom line to Li Cong. Yang Qiu is also present to participate in this meeting. It has been a long time since Li Cong saw Yang Qiu and Lu Manjia. Compared with time, these two girls have matured a lot, and their faces have darkened a lot. They are also running around for Li Cong's iron mines. Now Li Cong's iron mines are also very good, of course Compared with a big family like the Yang family, there are still many shortcomings. Compared with some emerging mining groups, it is very good. Li Cong will not sell all these iron ores now, Li Cong thinks Selling iron ore directly is simply a waste, and the profits obtained in this way are too small. What I need is an industrial chain, a whole layer of industrial chain processing, this is what I need to do, but this If I need a production line on the earth, people here are not very good at manipulating the production line, which is also a big problem, so Li Cong has to wait for the foolish equipment on the earth to be completed. Raw materials are produced over there, and some things inside do not need to be manipulated by people here. Of course, Li Cong himself must learn how to set some programs, otherwise this thing will not work here. of.

"Uncle traveled a long distance to come to me, really neglected, there are a lot of things during the day, I think you also know, the black potion master also appeared in the Northern Empire, these guys are really hateful, they are in the western part of the Northern Empire He directly killed more than 80,000 people in a county. His Majesty the Emperor was already furious about such a thing. The four great empires were devastated by this incident. Please don't mind the negligence. " Li Cong knew a little bit about Yang Zhao, but Li Cong would put away his arrogance for his own people. This time, he came to cooperate with him, so it's meaningless to put on a face. Yes, Yang Zhao also knew that Li Cong must have been very busy recently. The news about the black magic pharmacist had spread throughout the continent. What the common people don't know is that the number of black magic pharmacists will not be many, and two very important black magic pharmacists have just died. They won't come out for a while. It's just a role, and the real big shots will never come out at this time, unless they don't want their own lives, otherwise they will honestly shrink back in their lair.

"Master Cao, what are you talking about? Master Cao is the only eighth-level dual-line magician in our empire. He must be busy with a lot of things every day. Besides, it is also beneficial to us to deal with the black magic medicine master. Yes, why would I have any objections, and the reason why I came here this time was because I didn’t report it in advance, so it’s fine.” Yang Zhao said, he didn’t put on airs as an uncle, and neither would Yang Qiu To recognize him as an uncle, although Yang Qiu and his family have reconciled now, some members of the family still cannot accept Yang Qiu. Now Yang Qiu sees that Yang Zhao doesn't even call him uncle. It will attract Yang Qiu's dissatisfaction. One is the current Li Cong, but it is different from before. There is only one eighth-level dual-line magician in the entire empire. Except for the vice president of magicians in the Eastern Empire, the whole world may There is only Li Cong himself, and such a person is not sure how many grades higher than himself. If Li Cong can become a ninth-level dual-line magician, then the number one magician must be Li Cong's.

The two parties politely said a few words outside, and then went inside the house. In three months, the little princess has already built this place into a very magnificent place. She is also very good at enjoying things, but there is still a big gap compared with the princess. After all, this princess is the girl of the sky. Some things have never been seen by others, and she has already played a lot with them. long time. Look at the furnishings in the house and whatnot. Yang Zhao really felt Li Cong's wealth. Everything in it has his origins. If you take out anything, a person can't finish it in several lifetimes. The things in the palace are all his own. Also seen. Things here are comparable to those there. Looking at the food on this table. It can be said that none of these things are ordinary, and the cheapest dish costs thousands of taels of silver. It can be said that such extravagant dinners can be counted in Yang Zhao's lifetime. Li Cong doesn't have so many problems in normal times. As long as everyone looks at this thing, all he does is for them to see. If they can see their economic strength from this, it is also very good. There is no need to say too much about these things.

"Master Cao, you must already know the reason why I came here, because the imperial court has begun to increase part of the taxes that our aristocratic families have to pay, so our Yang family is going to invest some capital in other areas, so in the mining industry Some time ago, Qiu'er submitted your plan to the family meeting, and now our results have come out, and we think it is feasible." Yang Zhao did not go around in circles with Li Cong. Those old foxes in the family want Yang Zhao to deal with Li Cong more, that way he may get more benefits, but it seems that he should not do that now, he has also seen the situation of Li Cong here, if he really If you do that, it can only arouse Li Cong's disgust, and you can't get anything else at all. This Li Cong is not a simple person.

"Well, I have also read the specific plan, and I think it is good. If there is no objection, we can sign it." Li Cong said with a smile. The main content of this contract is that Li Cong will pay the Yang family every year. 3.5 billion silver to take over 95% of the minerals owned by the Yang family. No matter how much you mine every year, you have to hand over the money to the Yang family. The Yang family doesn’t care about these minerals. Li Cong is responsible for anything that happens. Of course, some slaves on the mines are all Li Cong's own. As for the supervisors, it depends on their own ideas. Senior executives Li Cong has already decided not to use the young masters of the original Yang family. If they help him manage the iron mine, he doesn't know how many jokes will be made. After a period of training on his side, there are some Quite a few of them.

Yang Zhao was very happy to see that Li Cong agreed so happily. In fact, he was also afraid when he came. Now Li Cong is different from before. If the price is lowered, he is helpless. Many people want to buy the Yang family's mining industry, but they will not agree to this cooperation method. They will pay a large sum of money to buy it directly. It will definitely not be like this, like this It can make the Yang family continue, but it seems to be a bit of a disadvantage for Li Cong. Of course, they think that Li Cong is at a disadvantage because they don't know what Li Cong will do in the future. Cong really suffered a loss, but from Li Cong's point of view, it was the Yang family who suffered a loss in the end, but the reason why we don't suffer is only known to us, you don't know.

"In addition, we have another matter to discuss with Mr. Cao in detail. Our Yang family is going to enter the bank account business, but there is still some shortage of money in the box, so we want to borrow money from your bank account of the Cao family. Yes." Yang Zhao said, and his words also let Li Cong know that the next development direction of the Yang family is the bank account. Whether it is a bank or a bank account, it is similar to the banks on the earth. Banks in this era can be said to be If you make a steady profit without losing money, you need to collect money for depositing money, and the interest rate on lending is scary. If you still don’t make money, then there is something wrong with the manager’s brain. There are regulations on the laws of the bank empire. If you want to open this is allowed. But there must be at least three billion silver in the empire, which is also called a deposit, and the rest is your scale. The tight box money is jointly supervised by the imperial government and you. It is short-term, but not long-term. This amount needs to be at least 4 billion silver. This is a large bank that is common throughout the country. Of course, if it is small, there are not so many requirements.

loan? Such a thing was something Li Cong had never thought of. In his opinion, the Yang family would never ask him to borrow money. In terms of personal relationship, I am the son-in-law of the Yang family, but half of my own family, but it is because of this half that they will not let their son-in-law know about some of their shortcomings. This is such a thing in the eyes of the big family But very embarrassing. Other than that, it's in business. Although the two are cooperative. But there is also competition. If I know it, I can adjust my steps a little in the future, which may cause heavy losses to the Yang family. Of course, Li Cong would not do that for Yang Qiu's sake. It seems that the matter of the Yang family is really imminent. Otherwise, they would not open their mouths to tell themselves such things, and they would not be able to tell themselves such things. The reason they can tell now is that no one can Help them, what goals they want to achieve in a short period of time, the most important thing they need is money, and it is no problem to help them, but the interest is indispensable for them, and they must earn enough.

"Borrowing is of course no problem. Our Cao Family Bank opened its doors to do business. We want to buy and sell. I don't know how much the Yang family needs to borrow this time. I think this amount should not be too small. If it is less, I guess you will It can be resolved." Li Cong said, and his words made Yang Zhao very comfortable, at least Li Cong can still feel that the Yang family is a big family with today's status.

"Naturally, the amount will not be small. We need 20 billion silver." Li Cong was not surprised by Yang Zhao's words. The 20 billion silver can indeed be said to be the biggest transaction since the opening of his bank. , based on the current annual interest rate of 15%, the annual interest they want to give themselves should be three billion silver. Although the ticket number is very profitable, if you want to make more money on this basis It's not such an easy thing. Li Cong is a little surprised at the moment that the Yang family should have been able to easily take out the money for so many years. Don't say anything else, just say that you know it, they all have this The numbers are over, why don't you use your own money instead of using it, and give yourself so much money every year, which is unreasonable.

Suddenly, Li Cong saw Yang Qiu, and he understood what was going on. Recently, a lot of censors came out from the imperial court, and all of them focused their attention on these people from the aristocratic families. These censors can say that it is all right. Things can happen to you from time to time. If you have a little trouble, it will definitely be a big deal. The affairs of the Yang family are affected by the Tuoba family. If you don't work hard on it, it is estimated that I have no way to get promoted in my life. The censors are also looking for their own future, and they can’t say that they are looking for trouble. After all, what they do is looking for trouble. The Yang family’s own money is to tell these censors in the court , Their relationship with the Cao family is not just as simple as a partner, there are more relationships. For example, their new ticket numbers are all in the money of the Cao family. It is estimated that the Yang family has the ability to spend so much money in the commercial bank without mortgage. In addition to the business relationship, they also have a relationship. When you come to us in the future, you'd better think about it What happened to the chairman of the magicians? If you offend us badly, we will get you back in the future. Li Cong was taken advantage of by the Yang family invisibly.

Li Cong smiled wryly. The Yang family's calculations were pretty good, and he didn't intend to solve this matter. After all, the use is mutual. It doesn't matter if they want to use themselves. They spend three billion yuan every year As long as the money comes, I won't lack anything anyway, but you will lose so much money. Li Cong thinks this can be regarded as giving Yang Qiu face, and Yang Qiu will be able to toughen up at home after returning.

"There should be no problem with the loan. Although the amount is not a small amount, I think our Cao's Commercial Bank can give a correct answer to this matter. I will find someone to follow up on this matter. It will take a day at most I can give you a result." Li Cong said, since he is already going to be a good person. Don't talk about those useless things, Yang Zhao was naturally happy when he saw that Li Conglian agreed to this matter.

"Uncle, I would like to ask, is it because the people in the court are making a lot of noise?" Li Cong asked, if Li Cong did not agree to the loan, he could not ask this question, but now Li Cong not only agreed , and it will be done in the near future, it is right for people to ask, and they also ask in a tone of concern. It's not good for me not to answer.

"Hehe. The Yang family is not the old Yang family now. In the past, the Yang family in the capital would have their own children, but in the past hundred years, the biggest official of the Yang family in the capital has been a second-rank servant. Such an official is nothing in the capital city. It is neither high nor low. The specific core content is simply out of reach. The Yang family is a bit out of touch with the capital, although the relationship with the royal family is still very good. But The relationship with the ministers is not very good, it’s just that they are familiar with each other. Those censors can only rely on impeachment to get in position. In the past, the Yang family had their own backers and their own influence. If they want to impeach Those who are not so courageous, at most, talk about things that don't hurt or itch, but now it's different, the Yang family is like a child holding gold ingots in their eyes, there is enough If they don't come up, they will be too sorry for them, and what they are talking about this time is the issue of the Yang family's private army." Yang Zhao also drank too much because he had finished everything with Li Cong here. Twice as many times, and his niece Yang Qiu is also here, so the talk has become a bit more, if he hadn't said that, Yang Qiu probably wouldn't have known that there would be so many things.

"Could it be that the Yang family's private army exceeded the standard? Didn't I still talk about this issue when I was in Yandong Province last time? It seems that I still said that there was not enough soldiers at that time." Li Cong said a little puzzled. The main problem among the royal family is the issue of the private army. The royal family wished that all the nobles did not have their own army, but the nobles had their own back cover and their own income. If they did not have their own army, they would I would also feel insecure. In the early years of the dynasty, there was no problem with private troops, but the nobles bought a lot of farms and got some bodyguards. In that case, the empire would have nothing to say, right? That way there is no limit to the number. In fact, if the empire is managed, it will be more difficult. In the middle of the dynasty, the bodyguards of the nobles reached an astonishing number. Later, the court saw that this was the most unmanageable Yes, so it's better to give them a number, no matter what they do, they can't exceed that number, so it's easier to manage.

At that time, the Yang family was assigned a private army of 30,000 infantry and 20,000 cavalry. The court supplemented each person's salary for three months every year, and the rest was the responsibility of the nobles. In fact, this is just a saying. Who cares about such a small amount of money for a big noble with a private army? There are too many people, this number of people is not enough at all. At that time, the nobles began to challenge the bottom line of that number. Of course, if they challenged it clearly, they would naturally not have the guts. The power of the royal family is still the strongest. Yes, many nobles think that their ability is already very strong, but they are all wrong. Compared with the royal family, their ability is too far behind. This time the Tuoba clan's rebellion showed it. The Ba family failed very hastily, but Li Cong also studied it. Even if they put on a battle, the royal family of the Western Empire can still kill them directly. No matter what level they are from, they are not good enough and not qualified.

When the nobles have 10,000 soldiers, they will think of 20,000, and when they have 20,000, they will ask for 30,000. People just don’t know how to be satisfied. In the past, they thought about having an army of 20,000 to 30,000. It's already very good, but they didn't know how to be satisfied soon, but they didn't dare to confront the central government, so they all started to form a reserve team. When reporting, they said that these people were prepared for the empire. As long as there is any war in the empire, they can go to the battlefield immediately. Anyway, these people are not paid by the empire. They are all powerful, just like the Yang family. Now there are more than 130,000 troops. In fact, every big noble is doing this kind of thing, just to see if anyone will pursue it. This time, part of the Yang family’s loan is for preparations, and the other part is to let the family members They brought the money to the capital and began to clear it up. The relationship between them and the people in the capital is not very good, but money is omnipotent. As long as it can be sent to the capital, those people will definitely do things for themselves. Just like Li Cong. He has few acquaintances in the capital. But it’s okay if he wants to do something. Xue Hong brings billions of silver every year to help Li Cong become a boy in the capital. They are all one hundred thousand taels of silver. No one thinks they have too much money.

After listening to Yang Zhao's words. Li Cong really didn't know what to say. If there are other things, I guess I can still help, but I can't help at all with this private army issue. This is something that stimulates the nerves of the royal family. Each of these people is very weird, and they will never let so many troops survive, "This matter is not so easy to handle, what should you do?" Li Cong asked.

"Oh, what else can we do? The army has already been disbanded quickly. To be honest, it took twenty years to train these troops. It took a lot of manpower, material and financial resources of the family. We and other great nobles Compared with our private army, it's too pitiful. It's all because our relationship with the capital was not good at the beginning. If our relationship with the capital was a little better, we wouldn't be in the current situation. Those guys are too good at it Now we have two steps. The first step is to disband the army. This is just one aspect. If no one speaks well for you, you probably don’t know how you will do it. The second step is to let the children of the Yang family bring gifts When I went to the capital, I gave presents to a few great scholars, two prime ministers, and six ministers. If we can make it through, we will recognize how much it costs." Yang Zhao also felt very heavy when he mentioned this matter. In fact, things are not as simple as he thought, and their Yang family can be regarded as a figure in the center of power. These people understand what the excessive number of private troops means to them.

"Don't worry too much. In fact, there is a third part. I don't know if uncle has heard of punishing the public. You have to plan for the next step." Li Cong said, Yang Qiu and Yang Zhao They all looked at Li Cong in surprise, this guy actually still has such thoughts, Yang Qiu doesn't know much about political matters, so he doesn't understand Li Cong's words very well, but Yang Zhao is not a noob like Yang Qiu , he already understood.

"This... If this is not done well, the Yang family may be gone..." It took ten minutes before Yang Zhao came out with such a sentence. At this moment, Yang Qiu had figured it out, and she also felt that it was too risky up.

"Uncle, don't you understand the current situation? Even if you go to the capital to clear it up, it won't have much effect. The great nobles should be united, otherwise you will only be punished by His Majesty." Breaking down one by one, the Yang family was the first one. I don’t know how many nobles scolded you for doing this. When you were worried, they were also worried. I think you should honestly give the money to those censors and let them To expand the war, dozens of old dukes and marquises will go to the capital to show their loyalty to the emperor, and the emperor will not deal with your Yang family at that time, this is the way to draw salary from the bottom of the pot." Li Cong said with a smile, It has to be said that Li Cong's method can fundamentally solve this matter, but this matter is too bold. Yang Zhao was known for his boldness in the Yang family, but he was still frightened by Li Cong.

There must be eight nobles like the Yang family in the world, and their life is not bad these years, but after the incident with the Tuoba family in the Western Empire, their life is not very easy. Yes, each of them was shown by the royal family like a dog. It was checked here or there, and all the most important next generations of the family had to go to the capital. Otherwise, the emperor would not be able to sleep. As I said, although the emperor has brought the Yang family to the table now, other people must have their own ideas in their hearts, and they don't want their next target to be their own.

"But... But those censors are not fools, they just add insult to injury, they will never directly offend other nobles..." Yang Zhao said, he knew that this matter was difficult to operate, and he didn't even know it How to do it, Te also knew that it would be embarrassing for an elder to ask a junior like Li Cong, but he had already confirmed Li Cong's method in his heart, and this method was indeed possible.

"Hehe, money can turn ghosts around. If he doesn't like money, you can move his head. If that doesn't work, this censor is a great person, so let him go. There are a lot of people, I believe they want money or life, you have no other choice at this time, if your thoughts are not so serious, those people may come to kill you." Li Cong laughed He said, Yang Zhao's heart tightened immediately, this kid really can't stand and talk without back pain, and he doesn't have the ability of this guy, if Li Cong did this, even if he was found out, what would happen, magic The Masters Union will definitely protect this guy, and he will be fine. The emperor does not want to break with the Magicians Union. They don’t have the guts. At that time, hundreds of magicians will directly wipe out the capital. .

"I'm still thinking about it. This matter is of great importance." Yang Zhao did not agree to this matter, and Li Cong was the one who came up with the idea. I'm with the old man Yang Zhao, and I still have some things to do, so I just let Yang Qiu stay with him.

"Qiu'er, do you think Mr. Cao's words are credible? This is the time for the Yang family to live and die. I didn't dare to say directly when he was here just now. His Majesty's forbidden army has already arrived in Yandong Province. They will attack at any time." "Yang Zhao naturally spoke more to his niece than to Li Congneng, and what he said was all the truth. When facing outsiders, he had to say that he had a lot of things even if he had nothing at home. Yes, but when facing the people in my own family, there is no need to lie. Yang Qiu is not very close to the Yang family, but he is still very shocked when he hears the news. How did it change so quickly? (To be continued..)