I thought that the imperial court's salt supply was limited and I could buy it all.
What's more, buying salt in bulk only costs 10 more coppers per pack, which they can afford.
No one expected that they would jump into the pit with this purchase. They spent more and more money and bought more and more salt. However, the salt in the official salt shop was not exhausted, and they could not finish it no matter what.
The most important thing is that I trapped myself in it.
At this time, there was no need for the court to take action. The aristocratic families whose daily lives were affected became chaotic first.
The daily cost of food and clothing is the same, but now it has suddenly deteriorated, and someone is making a fuss.
The amount of money we spend on daily life has suddenly decreased, and some people are making trouble.
My hands are tight, I can't withdraw money from the public account, and someone is making trouble.
Every month I have to give monthly silver to my servants, but suddenly I couldn’t do it this month. Although the servants didn’t make any fuss, they...
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All lives have been affected.
Some core members know the reasons, can advance and retreat with the whole family, and can tolerate it.
But not everyone can "get their act together".
For example, the old playboy Qi Hui immediately started making trouble.
He was originally Master Qi's youngest concubine. He was not as old as Master Qi's son. Because he was the son of the previous generation, he had been favored since he was a child.
Although there was no serious errand, when the older generation passed away, some things were given to him eccentrically.
Qi Hui couldn't do anything and couldn't take care of it himself, so he handed everything over to Mr. Qi as agreed.
After so many years, he collected money every month and at the end of every year without any problems, until the Qi family "hoarded salt".
"What about hoarding salt?"
"I don't know, I don't understand either. I just know that I haven't received my monthly payment this month."
"I don't care, you have to give me my share anyway. If you don't, I will sit here today and not leave."
Qi Hui sat down at the door of Mr. Qi's and Mrs. Qi's courtyard, acting like a mischief-maker.
Madam Qi was so angry that her fingers were shaking, but she had no choice but to grit her teeth and let people find out where Uncle Qi had gone and why he hadn't come back yet.
In the room, Mr. Qi was lying on the bed, unconscious.
The doctor felt the pulse, and the more he felt the brow, the deeper he felt.
Mrs. Qi came in and saw him like this, and her heart thumped.
"Doctor, what happened to my master?"
"Alas..." The doctor sighed heavily and shook his head to express that Mr. Qi had not had a good rest during this period, and he was depressed, so he probably needed to take good care of himself.
If one of them is bad, big problems may occur.
"What?! The master was in good health before, why did he suddenly have such a big problem?!"
What can the doctor say?
The human body is very magical, whether it is good or bad is related to a person's mood and what he is experiencing.
Although Mr. Qi seemed to be physically strong before, he is older and is no better than young people, so he cannot suffer too many setbacks.
The doctor also heard about the Qi family's affairs.
When a person reaches old age, such a big thing suddenly happens. Mr. Qi is under so much pressure, how can he bear it?
At the same time, I also sighed in my heart, Mr. Qi has been prestigious all his life, and his sons all seem to be doing well. Why did something happen, and none of them can do anything?
In fact, the doctor didn't know that it wasn't Master Qi's sons who were incompetent, but that Master Qi was reluctant to give up the power in his hands and held on to it, causing his sons to complain.
There were some minor frictions from time to time. The better ones were still running errands behind Mr. Qi. The worse ones were already falling out with Mr. Qi and secretly doing little things.
Therefore, the Qi family seems to be a big family, reunited, but in fact...
There are a lot of dirty things going on, and it's not as easy as the Royal Inner Court.
Normally when the Qi family is in harmony, nothing happens at all; but now that Mr. Qi has fallen, all kinds of problems in the Qi family have begun to explode.
"What?! The family has no money?! How is that possible? How can the Qi family have no money?"
"You don't know? The old man spent all his money hoarding salt."
"Damn! Why didn't he tell us if he was hoarding salt? It's not his own money, so why should he?"
"No, I have to ask the old man for money."
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After Qi Hui, other direct descendants came to ask for money.
Mrs. Qi was angry and anxious. Mr. Qi hadn't woken up yet. How could they "add insult to injury" like this?!
Do they know that the good life they were able to live in the past was all due to her master?
"What's your master's credit? Sister-in-law, I don't like hearing what you say..." Qi Hongfu was unhappy when he heard this.
Back then, there were several brothers, and because Mr. Qi was the eldest son, the entire Qi family was handed over to Mr. Qi.
After so many years, his eldest brother had indeed worked hard, but he was not convinced that everything was the result of Master Qi.
"What do you mean, it's all the credit of my eldest brother? What did my eldest brother do? Is it his credit? Did he give birth to me or raise me? I can live the life I am living now because of my parents and my parents."
The ancestors of our family have descended from generation to generation, what does it have to do with my eldest brother?"
"If the ancestors of the Qi family hadn't left behind so many things, how could my brother have built such a big family business on his own?"
Qi Hongfu was not afraid of Mrs. Qi. He directly settled an account with Mrs. Qi, saying that he was the second son of the Qi family. If he really wanted to divide the family, even if he didn't get half, he would still get a lot. Why did he just rely on it?
Master Qi raised him?
Mrs. Qi had a mouthful of old blood clogged in her chest and felt extremely uncomfortable.
If you want to refute, what they said is right. He is the second son. If the family really wants to be divided, he will indeed get a lot.
Next to him, several other old men also spoke out. Although they and Mr. Qi are not biological brothers, they are still cousins. They are also direct descendants of the Qi family.
It's just that their ancestors were the second sons, so they didn't get the big share.
Just a word from you and a word from me, and soon most of the Qi family's property was divided up.
They all said that it was okay to leave it to Mr. Qi, but what was theirs was theirs. If Mrs. Qi dared to deny it, then don't blame their brothers for falling out.
The meaning is that if Mrs. Qi says such words again, they will "separate the family."
Why is my stuff in Dafang’s hands?
Or is it because Master Qi is the eldest son of the eldest son, so according to the rules, he is in charge?
He is just "in charge", not everything in the Qi family belongs to him.
"Bala, bala, bala", they were shouting like a vegetable market, which made Mrs. Qi's head hurt.
But she was also frightened. Mr. Qi was still lying in bed and didn't wake up. She was really afraid that these old men would shamelessly break up the family. If that happened, the Qi family would really break up.
When Mr. Qi wakes up, why don't he scold her to death?
Mrs. Qi covered her chest, tilted her head, and fainted.
The maid waiting next to her screamed: "It's not good, the old lady fainted..."
"Doctor, call the doctor quickly."
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Qi Hongfu, Qi Hui and others rolled their eyes. How could they not tell that Mrs. Qi was pretending to be faint?
It's just that they came to ask for money today, and they didn't really want to separate the family. When they saw that it was almost done, they left.
Of course, they also said they would come back tomorrow and when they had a satisfactory explanation, they would end it.
