hsntnovel Chapter 2279 Li Tai's Escape
Chapter 2279 Li Tai's Escape
Li Tai looked calm, but what he said shocked Du Chuke.
Don't you want to die with them?
Looking at Li Tai drinking tea leisurely in front of him, Du Chuke was full of doubts.
"Your Highness, what do you mean by that? Do you think something unexpected is going to happen?"
Li Tai put down his teacup and nodded:
"Yes, something will definitely happen, but I can't guess how."
"This...I don't quite understand." Du Chuke still didn't understand.
"Shanbin, sit down and talk." Li Tai pointed to a chair beside him, then poured a cup of tea and pushed it over.
Du Chuke hurriedly thanked him.
After doing all this, Li Tai continued:
"Shanbin, don't forget who invented football, and who owns football betting."
"Your Highness, do you mean that Prince Ji will attack us?" Du Chuke asked.
"That's right, my tenth brother values money very much and will never allow anyone to take advantage of him.
Over the years, have you ever heard of anyone taking advantage of Prince Ji?"
Looking at Du Chuke, Li Tai asked with a smile. Du Chuke thought for a moment and shook his head.
Over the years, no one in the region has been able to take advantage of King Ji, not even for a penny.
Even the King of Wei, the King of Jin, and even the Crown Prince suffered losses more than once.
"So, do you think it's a good thing that these people are so eager to expand their businesses and rob Prince Ji's mansion of its wealth?
Now they are able to make all the money only because Lao Shi is not around, and they have been blinded by the interests.
I don’t know what I will face yet.
When Old Ten comes back, he will definitely take action against them. Although I don’t know what means Old Ten will use, I am sure that it will be a thundering blow.
Even this prince now suspects that the current situation is a trap set by the Tenth Elder, allowing the major forces to sneak in and eventually be wiped out in one fell swoop."
At the end of his words, Li Tai's smile disappeared, his eyes became deep, and he looked out the window.
To be honest, he felt like a frightened bird. Whenever there was a little movement, he thought it was related to Li Shen.
Having been cheated so many times over the years, he is a little scared.
"Your Highness, you're worrying too much. Although football betting was initiated by Prince Ji, everyone is doing it.
We didn't do anything illegal, it was all consensual.
I really can't imagine what means Prince Ji will use to attack us."
Du Chuke felt that King Wei had deified King Ji, and he was not a god, so he could deal with whomever he wanted.
All forces in Chang'an City are doing this. Can't he retaliate against everyone?
Li Tai's expression became serious:
"Shanbin, please don't underestimate this brother of mine. There's nothing he can't do, except what we can't imagine.
In the business world, who in the entire Tang Dynasty could be his rival?
Have you not learned the lessons from the past ten years? Although Li Shen has been with us for many years,
But in the end, it was our forces that suffered the heavy losses. Each of these incidents was a lesson, a lesson we paid for.
Just like Lao Shi’s revenge in Xizhou this time, it was flawless. Although everyone guessed that it was him who did it, there was no evidence at all.
Otherwise, do you think these forces will let it go?"
Once upon a time, Li Tai was full of vigor and confidence, and felt that he was the chosen one.
The eldest brother Li Chengqian only got the title of the eldest son because he was born a few years earlier, but in terms of talent, he was far superior to Li Chengqian.
At that time, he had the support of the noble families, and nearly half of the officials in the court bowed to him.
Who could have imagined that someone as high and mighty as himself could be knocked off the altar and bruised to pieces by a ten-year-old child?
Later he understood that one should not underestimate anyone.
"I understand your advice. What will our gambling shop do in the future?"
Du Chuke bowed sincerely, thinking back to his confrontations with King Ji over the years, and it was indeed as King Wei had said, no one had gained anything.
No wonder King Wei treated King Ji so seriously. He had never taken the Crown Prince so seriously.
Li Tai regained his relaxed expression and said nonchalantly:
"While Lao Shi is away, we can earn some money without any worries. When Lao Shi comes back, we will shut down all the betting and get out of this mess unscathed.
After that, we quietly held them down while they were slowly tortured by Lao Shi."
After saying that, Li Tai took a sip of tea and shook his head.
"This tea is indeed not as good as the tribute tea. The taste is far different. It seems that I need to go to the palace to ask my mother for some in the next few days.
I don’t know how Lao Shi did it, but he could produce different qualities of the same tea and make greater profits from it.
How did he come up with this? He exploited our human sense of superiority to trick us nobles into willingly being deceived.
Haha, I feel that the taste of this first-grade tea and the second-grade tea is almost the same, but if I buy the second-grade tea, I always feel that I am a level lower.
Lao Shi is indeed very smart, Shanbin, our shop can also learn from this aspect."
Looking at the tea in his hand, Li Tai couldn't help but sigh. There was no place to buy tribute tea, so he could only ask his mother for it.
That bastard Old Ten doesn't even show any respect to his elder brother.
"Your Highness is right. I sometimes have the same thought. I have also bought third-grade tea, and the taste is not much different from second-grade tea.
But if I drink third-grade tea, I will feel just like the merchants and common people."
Du Chuke nodded in agreement after hearing this. With his salary, he could only drink second-grade tea for a long time, and occasionally drink first-grade tea to try it out.
In order to study the tea from Prince Ji's mansion, Princess Wei once bought all grades of tea, and he and Prince Wei tried them all.
There is definitely a gap, but from their point of view, the difference is actually not much.
But it always tastes like something is missing.
As the King of Wei once said, after drinking second-grade tea, he felt that he was not a prince, but a minor official of the fifth rank.
And when buying tea, you must be careful not to be seen by others, otherwise people will know that the King of Wei actually drinks inferior second-grade tea.
It won't be long before rumors spread throughout Chang'an City that the King of Wei's family has fallen on hard times and that he is now destitute.
By then, not to mention what the world would say, even his father would have to scold him, bringing shame to the royal family.
So there is no choice but to be the sucker, and do it willingly.
In the court, all officials above the fourth rank would buy first-grade tea and first-grade wine, otherwise they would be laughed at.
"Old Ten is very attentive. He not only divides goods into grades, but also divides people into different levels.
The cleverness of his methods and the meticulousness of his thinking are truly admirable." Li Tai shook his head in approval.
"Your Highness, don't you think this is very similar to the modern world's scholar-farmers, artisans and merchants? If I'm not mistaken, Prince Ji must have been inspired by the ranking of the scholar-farmers, artisans and merchants.
Merchants are considered lowly and are despised by scholars, who say they are only interested in profit.
Everyone in the world regards scholars as the best, but many scholars live in poverty and cannot compare with merchants at all."
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