Pei Yonghui took his failure and resentment onto Fang Yuan.
He had learned not long ago that the ten major trading houses brought by Fang Yuan were distributing their monthly salary today, and the people of the entire Liaozhou City were praising Fang Yuan.
This is not a good thing for the aristocratic family, it means that the aristocratic family's control over the people will become weaker, and the people who originally relied on the aristocratic family for survival will be biased towards Fang Yuan.
Therefore, he invited the aristocratic families in Liaozhou to come to the Pei Mansion to discuss matters.
"Everyone, this is my first heir to the Pei family, Pei Yonghui."
Pei Yinghua explained to the representatives of the aristocratic families present.
He is not presiding over the meeting today, but Pei Yonghui is presiding over it.
At the scene came Xue Wenbo of Fenyin Xue family, Liu Yongshou of Xie County Liu family, three county magistrates of Liaozhou, former Sima Xie Wenyu, Wang Zhicheng of Liaoshan Wang family, and fifteen other representatives of aristocratic families.
"I've met Mr. Pei!"
Everyone at the scene saluted Pei Yonghui.
As the first heir in the direct line, there is a high probability that the leader of the Pei family will like him in the future, so they must do this.
"I've seen you all, please take a seat."
Pei Yonghui responded generously.
Neither too proud nor too humble.
Everyone saw this in their hearts and secretly nodded at Pei Yonghui's impression.
"I believe you all already know that the trading firm represented by Fang Yuan is paying monthly salary today."
"You should already know the reaction of the people. It will be very detrimental to our family if things continue like this. I don't think this matter can be let go like this."
Pei Yonghui said in a deep voice.
On the opening night of the White Tiger Club, several major families united their will and decided to eradicate Fang Yuan.
But that was just a united front meeting, and the specific methods have not yet been implemented. Today is to discuss the specific methods.
"As it should be!"
"Does Mr. Pei have a good idea?"
Xie Wenyu said in a deep voice.
He represents the Xie family in discussions.
For Fang Yuan, he probably hates everyone the most.
Because of Fang Yuan, he lost his position as Sima, and the clan has not yet resolved the matter.
Therefore, he was the most actively involved in Fang Yuan's discussion and was bound to kick Fang Yuan out of Liaozhou.
"Food!"
Pei Yonghui smiled mysteriously.
"Raise prices, sell at lower prices?"
Xie Wenyu frowned slightly and asked uncertainly.
They used this method a few months ago. As the price of food in Chang'an City increased more than ten times, all the major families made a lot of money.
But now, Emperor Li Shimin has ordered that the price cannot be increased. It has only been a month since he slapped the emperor in the face, and I am afraid the consequences will be serious.
"No, the emperor's face must still be given."
"We don't raise prices, we just reduce sales."
Pei Yonghui smiled and said.
The emperor's prestige is high because he brought in one million shi of grain to solve the famine, and he cannot afford to undermine it now.
But if they just reduce sales, it is not within the emperor's prohibition. It does not count as a slap in the face of the emperor. No one can say what is wrong with them.
"Want to hear the details."
Xie Wenyu asked.
Everyone is also listening attentively.
They have the same interests when it comes to targeting Fang Yuan.
"Now the people in Liaozhou have almost no food, and all the food is in our hands."
"At the same time, the drought has resulted in very few cultivated fields in various parts of Liaozhou. There is a high probability that there will still be a shortage of food next year. We can save the food until next year and sell it at a high price."
"Then starting from today, we will sell a small amount of grain every day, while supplies last. There will definitely be people who cannot buy it, and they will definitely panic and cause trouble."
Pei Yonghui said confidently.
If you don't raise food prices and reduce sales volume, you won't lose face to the emperor, and you can use the people to harass Fang Yuan. It's the best of both worlds.
Fang Yuan built factories for the benefit of the people of Liaozhou, and the ten major factories paid wages one after another, but now these people are causing trouble. I guess it will be disgusting, right?
"Is it a bit of a repeat of the same old tricks?"
"We don't want to be suspended again."
Liaoshan County Magistrate Lin Yangbo frowned and said.
Not long ago, people in the three counties were causing trouble, and it was they who used food to cause trouble.
That time, all three of them were forcibly suspended from their posts by Fang Yuan, while Lu Wenhan and Xie Wenyu were dismissed.
Although they have been restored to official positions, if they are forcibly suspended again, their careers will be affected.
"Although it's a bit of the same old trick, it's not your fault this time."
"Just do what your county magistrate should do, and leave the rest to us."
"We don't have food to sell, it's not that we don't want to sell it. Even if the emperor comes, he won't be able to cure our sins."
Pei Yonghui smiled confidently.
Food is the most important thing since ancient times.
No matter how many times we use grain to design, it will never become inoperable because of the same old tricks.
"What else do we need to do?"
The Liaoshan County Magistrate pondered for a moment, discussed with the other two county magistrates, and agreed with Pei Yonghui's idea.
As long as the control is good, the responsibility does not lie on them, but is directed to Fang Yuan.
"Suppress those people and let them accumulate more grievances."
Pei Yonghui smiled.
The greater the resentment, the more terrifying it will be when it breaks out.
The brewing half a month ago was not enough, so Fang Yuan resolved it easily.
Fang Yuan will definitely not be able to resolve the next outbreak this time, he will definitely die.
"Okay!"
The three county magistrates said in deep voices.
Only when Fang Yuan leaves can they have a chance to take the position of governor.
Originally, the governor of Liaozhou should be born from them, but the imperial court repeatedly transferred people from other places, which made them very dissatisfied, so they repeatedly targeted the previous governors.
"Do you have any questions?"
Pei Yonghui looked at Xie Wenyu and others and said.
"No problem."
Xie Wenyu said impatiently.
The others looked at each other and agreed unanimously.
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Fangfu, laboratory.
"You, you, you are a woman?!"
Wang Yushi stared at Du Miaoyan with a look of disbelief.
Her body was shaking, her heart ached, and her tears couldn't stop falling.
The person I'm attracted to turns out to be a woman, and she's even more beautiful than me.
"Sorry, I didn't mean to hide it from you."
Du Miaoyan said frankly.
She never thought of hiding Wang Yu's poems.
Just because she needs it, she keeps dressing up as a man.
For Wang Yushi, she has always treated him as a younger sister.
"I hate you!"
Wang Shiyu couldn't hear it, so he yelled and ran out.
Her heart went to Du Miaoyan, but she found out that the other person was a woman.
This feeling is no different from deception, almost comparable to Pei Yonghui.
Du Miaoyan stretched out her hand to grab the opponent, but ended up staying in mid-air.
She sighed in her heart, so what if she catches him, she is not a man after all.
"Ahem, don't you want to chase?"
Fang Yuan coughed dryly and suppressed a smile.
He had seen before that Wang Shiyu liked Du Miaoyan.
I didn't want to pay attention to it at that time, since it had nothing to do with me anyway.
Unexpectedly, I could actually eat this melon to the end.
Hey, it’s so funny, a beautiful woman is heartbroken over a more beautiful beauty.
"What can I say if I go?"
"Let her recover on her own and let's continue making tea."
Du Miaoyan shook her head and said.
"I've finished teaching you. You can master it yourself first. If you encounter something you don't know how to do, ask me again."
Fang Yuan didn't force himself upon seeing this.
Anyway, it has nothing to do with you, just let them go.
However, since I have finished teaching, I will no longer accompany her and let her get familiar with it on her own.
"Okay."
Du Miaoyan said.
Pick up the shovel customized by Fang Yuan and practice frying tea on the iron pot.
Fang Yuan left and returned to the backyard to talk to Hongxu and Qingyu about something.
When passing by the garden, I heard the sound of crying. Wang Shiyu was crying by the pond.