Chapter 522: The Slow-off Scheme

Although he had saved people, he also understood how difficult it was to get back the land and house industry that they had already eaten from the Fu Mansion. Prince Heng gave a clear answer: "Does my father still remember Ding Yao's fight in Zhucheng? This time, he followed Liu Peng to the west, but when he was doing things, he also left some kindness to our Heng Mansion."

Zhucheng Ding Family? The Heng Mansion takes more than 20,000 taels of silver from Zhucheng and Rizhao counties every year. The Ding Family, as a famous family in Zhucheng, naturally has to deal with the Heng Mansion frequently. Over time, it will inevitably become a bit of incense. The Heng Mansion will more or less sell the Ding Family in Zhucheng, and wipe out some of the years of accumulation.

However, the Heng Palace spent too much money on this natural disaster, so when Ding Yaodou found the Heng Palace, the Heng Palace did not take special care of the Ding family in Zhucheng, but directly rejected all the requests made by Ding Yaodou, and just promised to provide 180 stones of grain to the Ding family at the cost price.

In fact, although the Ding family in Zhucheng is not the first famous family in Zhucheng, and has not been banned for thousands of years. It can only be regarded as the second most prominent family in Zhucheng. However, according to the prosperity of the clan Dingkou, it is definitely the first family in Zhucheng. It can be regarded as the first family in Zhucheng. It can be regarded as the Ding County. Including slaves, there are actually thousands of men and women. If the Ding clan is taken care of, the Heng Palace's business in Zhucheng will be half of.

Therefore, Ding Yaodou turned to Longkou after he failed to rescue the Heng Palace. However, his relationship with the Heng Palace did not break, so he left a few sympathy for the Heng Palace, and the Heng Palace also left a few sympathy for him.

Now Prince Heng said excitedly: "Why didn't I know the Ding family in Zhucheng? That was Ding Weining's eldest son. When Ding Weining was preparing for military affairs, our Prince Heng's mansion made a lot of efforts. Later, when Ding Yaodou established a temple for his old father, we also sponsored a lot of money!"

Prince Heng nodded and said, "There is such a thing. Now we have established a relationship with Ding Yaodou through the Ding family line in Zhucheng. Ding Yaodou is also very polite, but the price offered in Longkou is a bit inappropriate."

Prince Heng frowned and asked immediately: "I understand what the price was sold in Longkou? I know... It must be the matter of the Zhang family in Zhucheng. They are all fellow villagers in Zhucheng who will definitely take care of each other. Moreover, the Zhang family in Zhucheng married the legitimate daughter to Liu Peng as a concubine. We can give in to this matter, notify Zhucheng and release Zhang Yiming immediately."

Zhang Yiming is an important foothold for the Hengwang Mansion in Zhucheng, but the Zhang family in Zhucheng where he is located adopts the strategy of betting on both ends. After Zhang Yihe went to Dengzhou, he has been following Liu Peng for work, and even relied on the relationship between Beihai Money House and set up a Longjiang Money House. Zhang Yiming is the most important foothold for the Hengwang Mansion in Zhucheng.

However, although the Zhang family in Zhucheng adopted a double-head betting strategy, the Zhang brothers had already been ruthless on the surface, but in fact they were constantly in contact. This year, Shandong was severely drought. Zhang Yihe, as the cornerstone of the Heng Palace in Zhucheng, should have kept the smuggled grain from Denglai, but he was in custody and smuggled at least tens of thousands of stones of grain from Gaomi to Qingzhou Prefecture, and I don’t know how much money he made.

Therefore, Prince Heng put Zhang Yiming under house arrest in anger. However, since the Heng Palace lost a lot, Prince Heng Palace was not qualified to be picky and could only ease relations with Longkou through the Zhang family in Zhucheng.

However, Prince Heng shook his head and said, "Ding Yaodou did not mention the matter of the Zhang family in Zhucheng at all. He said that there is only one requirement in Longkou. Although Longkou does not want to kill all the people, Qingzhou Mi City must have a 70% share. If someone disrupts the market, don't blame them for being rude. The culprit who destroys the market must give ten times the compensation!"

Prince Heng was so angry that he slapped the table and said repeatedly: "Is it too much to deceive others? Do he Liu Peng think he is? Isn't he just a small county magistrate?"

The conditions proposed by Liu Peng were really too harsh. The reason why the Heng Palace offended the entire Shandong officialdom, the East Three Prefectures and even the Liaodong merchants was that it was just to take advantage of the drought to make a fortune in the rice market!

For this way of making money, the Heng Palace offended many old friends and new enemies. Now there is no one in Shandong who is willing to speak for the Heng Palace. Moreover, the Heng Palace has really invested a lot of money in order to monopolize the Qingzhou rice market and has poured into the mountains of gold and silver. The Heng Palace Yiwei Department alone has killed and injured many military academies!

As for those gangsters who depended on the Heng Palace, they were even more dead and injured. Now Prince Heng cannot find any gangsters who are willing to help the Heng Palace do black and dirty work.

However, after paying such an astonishing price and sacrifice, Longkou took away 70% of the money, and said it was taken away 70%. However, due to the influx of Dengzhou rice beans into Qingzhou, the profit Hengwang Mansion could get was only 10% of the original one.

Prince Heng was also furious to the stomach by the conditions proposed by Longkou, but the situation was stronger than others. He said earnestly: "Father, Longkou is offering a lot of prices. We can have a good talk. If we don't talk, I'm afraid they will attack our Hengwang Mansion!"

Prince Heng was so angry that he slapped the table and said, "I'm just waiting for them to put the knife on my neck. I'm the vassal king of the Ming Dynasty. No matter how vicious they are, they can't take off my vassal king's hat!"

Zhou Duda, who was standing beside him, quickly lowered his voice and said, "Prince, please speak softly. Don't let these words fall into the ears of those villains. The situation is better than others now. Don't forget the two sinister villains Xu Dianshen and Yao Changgong, King Yi and King Liao, are not far away from the previous lessons. Prince, beware of the villain!"

Whether it is King Yi or King Liao, they were imprisoned by the high walls and were tragically eliminated. However, these two vassal kings deserved the crime, but Zhou Duda said "Beware of villains", but Prince Heng likes to hear these words: "This is the reason. We should not only guard against gentlemen but also villains. Be careful! It will take some time for Dengzhou rice to be transported to Qingzhou Prefecture. We have to take the lead!!"

Prince Heng immediately replied: "Father, this is what Longkou is talking about. They have already spoken in the inside line of the Rice Industry Association. Before Dengzhou rice arrives, who dares to lower the price without authorization? The family may die, the rice warehouse may catch fire, and the store may be robbed, and it will have nothing to do with Longkou!"

It didn't matter, but everyone understood the true meaning of Liu Peng's words, so Prince Heng was so angry that he almost couldn't breathe. He forced himself to sit down and said, "This is the original words of the Liu County Magistrate, who deceived the world and stole the reputation. It's just that. I immediately notify the shopkeepers of each rice shop to open the warehouse and release the grain, and sell as much as the grain you have!"

But Prince Heng just praised Haikou, and the next moment he shrank back: "Zhou Duda, do you think all the shopkeepers have the courage to burn their boats?"

Even Prince Heng shrank back himself, and the shopkeeper below did not have such courage. Zhou Duda immediately replied: "Prince, although the little slave is as close as the sea with Liu Xiaozi, he is not as good as before. It is better to be kind and make money!"

The soldiers of Longkou have already entered Qingzhou. The Heng Palace can be said to be at the slaughter of others. Just like Liu Peng threatened before, the Heng Palace can make some small moves to cause huge losses to Longkou, but Longkou has the power of thousands of people, which can immediately cause ten times the losses to the Heng Palace.

The Hengwang Mansion has been operating in Qingzhou for hundreds of years. Qingzhou Prefecture is full of Hengwang Mansion's industries. Longkou can find the target without even looking carefully. Moreover, Liu Peng has the support of the Haiyou Branch Road and Qingzhou Prefecture behind it. It is very convenient to clean up the Hengwang Mansion anyway.

However, all this is not enough to cause trouble in Prince Heng's eyes. Prince Heng's real concern is the "villain", that is, the two internal officials Xu Dianshen and Yao Changgong. Even if they cannot take off their prince's hat, they can still take away more than half of the industries that the Heng Mansion has operated for hundreds of years. There are many precedents to follow.

It is better to offend gentlemen than villains, so Prince Heng gritted his teeth and said, "Enjoy the Zhou Dynasty, you can go to Zhucheng in person and ask them to release them and then compensate the Zhang family. This is a misunderstanding. Zhang Yiming is our general in Zhucheng, and we must cooperate well in the future."

Speaking of this, Prince Heng turned to the prince: "We can talk about the rice market, but Qingzhou is our home court, and we have to decide. We can give 40% of the rice market to Longkou, and we account for 60%. If Liu Peng is not satisfied..."

Prince Heng gritted his teeth and said, "We can divide the market in Qingzhou Prefecture evenly, 55, evenly... I'm afraid that he is very energetic and really can't continue to talk, I can give 60% of the market to Longkou, but Longkou has to make sincere concessions on the farmland and the royal palace tax bank!"

Although the Fu Mansion has not officially intervened on the surface, Prince Heng knew that he would give him more or less a knife to the Fu Mansion, and Liu Peng now has the upper hand. Then the tax and silver of the royal palaces of Zhucheng and Rizhao counties may also be at the negotiating table.

Zhucheng and Rizhao counties provide Hengwang Mansion with more than 20,000 taels of silver every year. In the past few decades, this tax silver has been the most sensitive topic of Qingzhou Mansion. Moreover, taking advantage of the opportunity of Shandong's famine, the gentry in Zhucheng and Rizhao have reiterated the old matters to ask Hengwang Mansion to reduce the tax silver.

Now the Heng Palace adopts a binding strategy, tied three things together and asked Liu Peng to make concessions in some aspects.

But when Prince Heng personally found Ding Yaodou and put forward the conditions, Liu Peng smiled and said to Yao Yulan: "There is no need to be discussed in this matter. Now that we have taken down Yangjiaogou, what else can we talk about!"
Chapter completed!