There was something going on with the Tan family, and Widow Qing took the initiative to invite him: "How about you and Master Lin go with me to the Ba family to sit down?"
Hu Hai finally woke up from his daze and accepted the fact that the Ba family were allies. After all, the Ba family took the initiative to destroy the Tan family. If the Ba family were not their allies, could they all go crazy collectively?
Faced with Widow Qing's invitation, Hu Hai glanced at Lin Ze and saw him nodding slightly before he responded: "Then let's go sit with Aunt Qing."
Lin Ze smiled and echoed: "We should take this opportunity to negotiate the next matter, so as not to be unclear and ultimately affect the relationship between the two families."
Han Xin and Qian Yuan were left behind by Lin Ze to clean up the scene and pull back those who should be pulled back. Widow Qing turned a blind eye to Lin Ze's behavior of taking the "trophies" and returned to the Ba family with Hu Hai and Lin Ze.
After everyone was divided into guests of honor and seated, Widow Qing looked at Hu Hai with a smile on her face and asked, "Master, are you surprised by this result?"
Unexpectedly, Hu Hai sighed and said: "Actually, I should have thought of it. With Lin Ze's cunning temperament, how could he not have thought about being embarrassed by the Shu family? I just didn't expect that he would have hooked up with the Ba family long ago."
As he spoke, Hu Hai said excitedly: "But it must be fun to treat others like fools, right?"
Lin Ze...
Widow Qing...
There was a silence in the hall. Hu Hai was still unaware and asked doubtfully: "Don't you feel very refreshed?"
A look of helplessness appeared on Lin Ze's face, and he coughed lightly and said, "Sir, let's talk about business first."
Hu Hai looked at Lin Ze with a puzzled face: "Business? What business?"
Lin Ze had no choice but to remind: "After the three families were wiped out, the distribution of benefits in Shu will be done."
Seeing that Hu Hai was still hesitant, Lin Ze said helplessly: "Forget it, I'll do it."
Logically speaking, it would be better for Hu Hai to come forward in these matters. After all, he is the master, but Lin Ze really cannot praise him for his out-of-touch temperament.
Widow Qing watched from the side without showing any abnormality on her face. She took the initiative and said to Lin Ze: "Young man, how do you think we should divide them?"
Lin Ze said without hesitation: "The interests left by the three families are nothing more than a few pieces, including minerals, fertile land, manors, shops, caravans and servants."
"Since the Ba family and we are allies, we should divide it in half. We will take the farmland, manors and shops in the city, and the Ba family will take the minerals, caravans and servants. What about it?"
There are many minerals in Shu, but the most abundant and valuable ones are not gold or copper mines, but cinnabar mines.
Cinnabar ore can be used to extract a treasure that can be used to make elixirs and assist in martial arts training. Compared with gold and copper, cinnabar is more valuable.
The three families of Tan, Fan, and Zheng, based in Shu, naturally control some cinnabar mines. In fact, this is the most valuable thing among the three families. Of course, most of the cinnabar mines are in the hands of the Ba family, which is also the property of the rich Ba family in central Shu.
root cause.
Lin Ze's proposal means that for the Ba family, it is not just a few more cinnabar deposits, but also means that the Ba family has a complete monopoly on the output of cinnabar. Just by using this monopoly of cinnabar, the Ba family can make a lot more.
Benefit.
Therefore, Widow Qing responded happily: "Good."
Lin Ze smiled and replied: "As long as the old lady is satisfied, I would like to boldly mention some of my future thoughts. The Ba family will still be the ally of the young master and support the young master in governing the Shu. The young master will ensure that the Ba family's interests in the Shu will never be affected.
Infringement by others."
Widow Qing just smiled lightly when she heard this: "What about?"
"For example, if the Ba family continues to support the young master, then only the Ba family will always have the right to harvest the cinnabar mines in Shu. Except for Your Majesty, the Ba family can ignore the ideas of others, even the Grand Master," Lin Ze said in an extremely domineering manner.
Widow Qing laughed and said: "Young man, you have such a strong tone. Just because of your courage, I promise that as long as Mr. Hu Hai is still in Shu, the Ba family will always be Mr. Hu Hai's allies."
The smile on Lin Ze's face remained unchanged, he nodded slightly to Widow Qing and said, "Then I'll thank the old lady."
The business had been settled, and Lin Ze did not intend to stay any longer. He stood up and bowed to the widow Qing and said, "The land of Shu has undergone great changes recently, and the Governor's Mansion is busy with affairs. It is inconvenient for me and the young master to stay for a long time, so I will leave temporarily."
Lin Ze then pulled Hu Hai away.
In the hall, Bachchan couldn't help but snorted: "Mother, this guy named Lin Ze is quite sensible and knows to leave the most valuable minerals to us. Otherwise, we have to let him know that without the support of the Ba family this time, they
Maybe I’ll have to go back to Chang’an soon.”
Widow Qing's face changed slightly when she heard this, and she scolded: "What do you know? I know how to make trade-offs and how to maximize benefits."
Seeing her son bewildered, the widow said with pure hatred: "Why does he want minerals? Does he have the people to dig? Does he have the technology to refine cinnabar? Is there a sponsor who comes to buy it? Nothing.
, Why does he want minerals? He might as well want fertile land, which is easy to take care of and can be turned into resources to enhance his own strength."
Only then did Bachian realize that this was the case, and then he was unconvinced and said: "So what? Without the help of my Ba family, Hu Hai might not be able to get a foothold. Why should we be evenly divided with them? How can my Ba family get more points?"
Just order it.”
Before Widow Qing could answer, a clan member suddenly said at the door: "To inform the old lady and the head of the family, the person who arranged to deliver a message to Chang'an yesterday has returned. He said he was forced to come back and asked to see you two outside."
Widow Qing had no choice but to glare at Bachchan before saying, "Let him come in. I want to hear what happened. If you dare to come back before the letter is delivered, do you think the rules of my Ba family don't exist?"
Soon the messenger came in and saluted the widow Qing and Baqiang: "Meet the old lady and the head of the family."
Widow Qing said with an unhappy expression: "Azhe, didn't I tell you to send the letter to Chang'an? Why are you back?"
Ah Zhe, who was delivering the letter, gave a wry smile and said, "Please forgive me, Madam. Shortly after I left the city with the letter, I was attacked. I fainted on the spot. When I woke up, I found that the letter had disappeared. There were many more around me.
A note saying that the letter has been sent to Chang'an by an ally of the old lady. There is no need to send it to the younger one. The note is signed with a Chinese character "Hu".
Widow Qing immediately thought that it was Hu Hai who had done it. If the Ba family fell to the side of the Shu family, this letter should be a memorial to impeach Hu Hai for secretly selling warehouses. Then she sighed: "It seems that Hu Hai has been prepared for it. It's true."
I’m not willing to take any risks.”
Then he glared at Bachchan fiercely: "Look at this person, then look at you. How old you are, you don't know as much as a teenager."
Bachchan...Who the hell did I provoke?
…
On the way back, Hu Hai looked at Lin Ze several times, hesitating to speak, which made Lin Ze laugh. He took the initiative and said: "Young Master is very confused? Why did the Ba family easily agree to the alliance? Why do we have to be with him?
Ba family alliance?”
Hu Hai nodded vigorously and said: "Yes, yes, why?"
Lin Ze smiled and said: "It's very simple. Why did the Ba family agree to the alliance? First, the other three families have been secretly uniting to fight against the Ba family. The Ba family naturally wants to get rid of this scourge. As for those benefits, for the Ba family
, it’s just the icing on the cake.”
"Secondly, the young master is the prince of the empire after all. Why should the Ba family confront the young master? If he loses, everything will be lost and the family will be ruined. If he wins, there will be no benefit and there will be a big hidden danger. If the young master ascends to the throne in the future,
, No matter how strong the Ba family is, they still have to be wiped out in ashes?"
"Why do we want to alliance with the Ba family? This is simpler. First, the interests of Shu are divided too much by the aristocratic families. We must eradicate some of the aristocratic families in order to be profitable. The Ba family is too powerful. Old Madam
Since we have a close relationship with His Majesty, we are naturally not a good candidate for eradication. So we can only jointly eradicate the other three families."
"Second, we need to develop our strength in Shu. No matter what, we need the help of a local snake, and the Ba family is the best choice. So the two families hit it off, and that's how it happened."
Hu Hai rolled his eyes and said with disdain: "It turns out they were working together."