For this kind of aristocratic family, what they pursue is not the throne of the current dynasty, what they pursue is the feeling of controlling everything in secret. Only in this way can the entire family continue. Even if you can become the emperor, but
Can the royal family last three hundred years? At most, it can last three hundred years, but this kind of aristocratic family hidden in the dark is different. As long as you can manage it well, it will be no problem for a thousand years.
Xiao Yu is now the patriarch of the Lanling Xiao family, but the management of the Lanling Xiao family is not very good. There are rumors that it is a second-rate family, but in fact it is just a third-rate family. It still has a strong power in the local area, but if you leave
Lan Ling's words are almost unknown to anyone outside. Even in Chang'an City, it was Xiao Yu who carried the name of Lan Ling's Xiao family.
Take Cui Yunzhu as an example. He is just a magistrate of Chang'an County and a minor official. However, he comes from the Cui family, the best family in the world, so who dares to underestimate him? What he said is very likely
On behalf of the Cui family, when Xiao Yu saw this scene, he felt extremely envious in his heart.
The Lanling Xiao family was also stronger in history, but that was more than a hundred years ago, and now it has slowly declined. This time His Highness King Wu ascended to the throne, which is an excellent opportunity for them.
I have to say that Xiao Yu has a good vision. When Li Xiang got married, Xiao Yu wanted to push his little daughter over. Unfortunately, Li Shimin didn't want to let Li Xiang choose a daughter from a noble family. If that were the case
, whether it is third-rate or first-rate, it will increase Li Xiang's strength, so Li Shimin blocked it directly, and Xiao Yu also lost his first chance to rise.
But now that His Highness King Wu was born, Xiao Yu once again saw a glimmer of hope. Coupled with the good relationship between the two parties, apart from Xiao Yu, His Highness King Wu had almost no one in the court who could do anything for him.
Waving the flag and shouting, the two sides hit it off immediately.
"master…"
Xiao Yu is sitting on the Taishi chair, dreaming about the good times in the future. After His Highness King Wu ascends the throne, our daughter of the Xiao family can be a queen or a princess. With His Highness King Wu's promise, we
The day when the Lanling Xiao family could take off was just around the corner, but unfortunately this dream was shattered by the voice of the old housekeeper.
"What's up?"
Xiao Yu said very displeasedly, "It's like daydreaming here. A basin of cold water is poured over you. If the old butler hadn't been able to do things well, Xiao Yu would have had to have someone pull him down and beat him twenty times."
Board, there are not many opportunities to daydream like this. You have to mess up your good days.
"Replying to the master, shopkeeper Liu is here and says there is something urgent."
When he said this, Xiao Yu's nerves immediately became tense. In order to hide it over the years, he had entrusted all the family business to outsiders. Shopkeeper Liu was here to help him. In the past, Xiao Yu didn't care.
This only requires a certain amount of money to be paid every year, but now that he has to help His Highness King Wu recruit talents, it will cost a lot of money, so Xiao Yu started to get involved in business matters.
Shopkeeper Liu is an honest man, but his ability to do things is extremely limited. He can only help you maintain your business. If it is allowed to expand, he may not have that ability. However, Xiao Yu also knows that it is already late at night. If
If there was nothing serious, shopkeeper Liu would not come to him.
"Let him in."
Xiao Yu also understood the truth, that is, he came to the house at night to prepare something good. When he saw Shopkeeper Liu's haggard face, Xiao Yu knew that something was definitely not going to happen, and his heart skipped a beat.
"Master, something big has happened. The money you want has been negotiated with the person who holds the treasure. We have used several of our shops in the capital and the Zhuangzi outside the city as guarantees. Tomorrow is the day for the loan, but
Tonight they suddenly came over and said they wouldn't grant it to us because of financial constraints."
Shopkeeper Liu was extremely anxious. In the past month, he had done nothing but accompany a shopkeeper from Zhi Daobao to handle this matter. Xiao Yu urgently needed a sum of money, and it was not a lump sum.
The money was small, so they couldn't reveal it to the chamber of commerce, so they could only temporarily mortgage some properties and then borrow money from Zhi Zhi Bao. This was also a method that Beijing businessmen were best at.
It was going very well, and the date for the next payment was set, but suddenly there was such a change, which made shopkeeper Liu anxious. Xiao Yu repeatedly told him that he could put everything else aside first.
This money is urgent. His Highness King Wu is about to go on an expedition. There is still a gap between his subordinates and His Highness King Wu. If you want to break this gap, the fastest way is to use money.
But there are so many people in the army, even if each person has a little, it is still a lot of money. Xiao Yu himself only has a deposit of 10,000 guan. When His Highness King Wu asked for help, Xiao Yu calculated it.
I was able to come up with 50,000 guan, but 40,000 guan of it needed to be mortgaged. Originally, this matter went well, but I didn't expect that something went wrong at the critical moment.
For Li Xiang, fifty thousand guan is really a small amount. Let alone him, even someone like Zhou Huairen can easily approve it, but for other people in Chang'an City, this is no longer a small amount.
The Lanling Xiao family has a lot of income every year, about 120,000 guan, but they still have to support such a large number of people, so they don't have much working capital. They can only mortgage assets. But if you want to hurry up,
If you get money, then your assets must be excellent. Unexpectedly, everything passed, but it was stuck at the last moment.
"Did they say why?"
If it were an ordinary commercial organization, Xiao Yu would send him a post and the other party would sell him to save face. But the problem is that Zhizhidaobao is not an ordinary commercial organization. It is a business of His Highness Taisun. It is said that the emperor also has a stake in it.
Yes, why should people give you face?
"The person who came was a second-class steward. He didn't say anything. He just said that he had encountered some difficulties with the money."
Hearing what Shopkeeper Liu said, Xiao Yu's brows could kill a fly. This is where Shopkeeper Liu is incompetent. If it were replaced by another shopkeeper, whether it was money or other methods, he would always be able to make this happen.
Let’s clarify the problem. You can’t even handle a second-class steward. You still have to take care of all the business for me. Aren’t you looking for trouble for me? If you don’t have money at the critical moment, what can you use to bribe people?