It snowed heavily for three consecutive days and nights in the capital, and the weather got colder and colder. No one wanted to go out in such horrible weather unless there was something important.
In this kind of weather, sitting together and eating steaming hot pot is undoubtedly the most pleasant enjoyment. The powerful people in the capital have nothing to do in winter, so they invite friends to fish at the bottom of the lake for a party.
Hudilao has become a gathering place for Daqian’s powerful people.
Now Li Changfeng has opened three Hudi Lao hot pot restaurants, but they still cannot meet the market demand, and there is a queue for each store.
If you arrive a little late, you won't even be able to get your number.
Li Changfeng originally wanted to open a few more branches, but considering that the output of vegetable greenhouses was ultimately limited, he gave up the idea.
Just these three stores can bring him tens of thousands of taels of silver every day.
Contented.
Nowadays, Li Changfeng doesn't even know how much money he has in total. It is not an exaggeration to say that he is as rich as anyone in the country, but it is just not enough compared to the eight major aristocratic families.
During this period, the sales volume of briquettes has skyrocketed, and the factories of the scientific research institute are producing day and night, and can only barely meet the market demand.
As Li Changfeng said, ordinary people are not fools. You will know whether briquette or coal is better after using it. Evil ways have no effect.
Although the profit from briquettes is very low, the advantage is that the usage is very large, and it can bring Li Changfeng nearly a thousand taels of silver into his account every day.
There are even people from around the capital driving carriages to come here to buy, which shows how competitive briquettes are.
For this reason, Li Changfeng made a special trip to the Research Institute and told them to build a few more production lines and try their best to meet market demand.
Li Changfeng made a lot of money every day, and it was hard to count the money until his hands cramped.
In my free time, I play the trick of one dragon playing with two phoenixes with Bingbing Xiaotong, eat hot pot, and live a happy and carefree life.
Zhao Tianquan, the head of the Zhao family, watched the market share gradually being taken away by Li Changfeng and was restless all day long.
He was waiting for replies from the other heads of the eight great families.
Yunzhou.
In the new house that had just been built on the foundation that was blown to rubble by Li Changfeng, Wang Jingzhi looked at the letter sent by Zhao Tianquan with a sneer.
"Is the Li family finally going to touch the foundation of the Zhao family? They are really decisive and ruthless in taking action!"
"If your lips are dead, your teeth will be cold. If you don't keep Emperor Qianwu in check, sooner or later all eight of our aristocratic families will be destroyed!"
After speaking, Wang Jingzhi took out a pen and paper and began to reply to Zhao Tianquan.
He fully supported the move to rectify Emperor Qianwu.
Since Li Changfeng's refined salt began to be sold nationwide, their coarse salt has completely lost sales and has withdrawn from the market.
How could he be willing to watch such a profitable business being taken away just before his eyes?
The most important thing is that it destroys the foundation of the Wang family!
Moreover, Li Changfeng also had his old house that had been passed down for hundreds of years bombed. Unrevenge for this was like a stick in his throat. Wang Jingzhi had waited too long.
After writing the letter, Wang Jingzhi sent someone to send it away, feeling a little worried in his heart.
"It's just hard to say whether the other six aristocratic families will be involved in this matter. I hope they won't be too short-sighted."
When the Wang family's lair was destroyed, he wrote a similar letter, but received no response from other aristocratic families. They all wanted to sit back and watch the fight.
Beijing.
Zhao Tianquan quickly received a reply from Wang Jingzhi.
The content did not disappoint him, expressing his understanding and support for the Zhao family's established strategy and being ready to respond at any time.
Zhao Tianquan was overjoyed.
But then the replies from other aristocratic families made him furious.
"They're all rats!"
"No strategic vision at all!"
"Emperor Qianwu dares to deal with our Zhao family today, and he will deal with you tomorrow. If we don't fight back now, I'm afraid we won't have a chance in the future!"
Zhao Tianquan roared angrily in the study.
The replies from the heads of the other six aristocratic families were either because they did not understand the depth of Emperor Qianwu, or they used the excuse of inconvenience in winter.
To put it bluntly, they just want to sit on the mountain and watch the fight between tigers and tigers.
They wanted to see the Wang family and Zhao family unite to fight Emperor Qianwu to the death and reap the benefits.
The most important thing is that to solve this matter, we have to take action against Li Changfeng, which makes other aristocratic families very afraid.
For more than half a year, everyone has clearly seen how much Emperor Qianwu valued Li Changfeng. Anyone who dared to touch Li Changfeng would definitely attract crazy revenge from Emperor Qianwu.
This will cause everyone to lose and lose more than the gain.
After an angry roar, Zhao Tianquan slumped down on the chair, his face full of helplessness.
He had tried both soft and hard ones, and he was completely helpless.
"Since secular power can't deal with it, we can only use extraordinary power!"
Thinking of this, Zhao Tianquan immediately stood up and ordered the housekeeper: "Take all the most precious treasures in the treasure house and summon the strongest masters in the family. I am going to Bai Yujing!"
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The next day.
Zhao Tianquan took a carriage, pulled a few large boxes, and, surrounded by many family guards, left the capital and walked southwest of Daqian.
It was freezing cold in winter, and the traveling speed was extremely slow. The journey was bumpy and bumpy, and it took Zhao Tianquan and his party seven full days to reach the southwest region of Daqian.
The mountains here are getting higher and higher, the air is thinner, and the temperature is so low that dripping water can turn into ice.
Every step was a great test for ordinary people. By the time they reached the foot of the highest peak, Baiyujing Mountain, half of the entourage had already died in the wind and snow.
But Zhao Tianquan had no intention of giving up.
The Zhao family can become one of the eight aristocratic families and has been inherited for hundreds of years. Naturally, it is not just as simple as controlling coal resources, possessing massive amounts of money and private armed forces.
There is a terrifying existence behind them.
This is the reason why the Zhao family has remained standing for so many years.
After going through countless hardships, Zhao Tianquan finally reached the top and stopped in front of a three-foot archway of immeasurable value, made entirely of thousand-year-old ice jade.
In the middle of the archway are engraved three large Chinese characters with dragons and phoenixes dancing like a rainbow: Bai Yujing.
The pillar on the left is engraved with: Wu Wu does not practice good, Teng Teng does not do evil.
The pillar on the right is engraved with: Silence stops seeing and hearing, wandering mind is free of attachment.
Zhao Tianquan had no intention of comprehending the true meaning. He straightened his appearance and respectfully performed the three-kneel-and-nine-kowtow ceremony.
Then he shouted loudly: "Zhao Tianquan, the head of the Zhao family, wants to see the immortal master!"
Even if he takes the courage of his ambition, he would not dare to take even half a step past the thousand-year-old Ice Jade Tower without permission.
The cold wind howled on the top of the mountain, and Zhao Tianquan was shivering in the cold, but he did not dare to be impatient at all, and knelt down respectfully waiting for a response.
However, after nine breaths, there was no response.
Zhao Tianquan had no choice but to shout again: "Zhao Tianquan, the head of the Zhao family, asks to see the Immortal Master. Now that our Zhao family is at the critical moment of life and death, we also ask the Immortal Master to show mercy and rescue and eliminate the evil thieves!"
This time Zhao Tianquan got a response.
A disembodied voice sounded, as if it came from the sky.
"Bai Yujing doesn't interfere in ordinary affairs. You can go back."