hsntnovel Chapter 2132 Wu Meiniang's Choice
Chapter 2132 Wu Meiniang's Choice
Li Shen was at a loss as to how to get the other half of the cotton and cheat the aristocratic families.
He thought of several ways, but in the end he could only achieve one goal, or none of them.
It is very difficult to kill two birds with one stone.
It was not difficult to get the other half of the cotton. When Li Shen asked for it, the leaders did not dare to disobey him, not to mention that he was offering a lot.
The excess is enough to cover the penalty for breach of contract.
But in this way, the aristocratic families will not suffer too much loss.
“Your Majesty, I just heard something. In fact, this matter is nothing more than forcing the noble families to be unable to buy cotton.
This way we can make them pay ten times the price of cotton, and we can also buy cotton from the people, killing two birds with one stone."
Wu Meiniang answered Li Shen's question easily. She was in the big tent just now, and Li Shen did not deliberately ask them to leave.
They heard clearly every conversation between Li Shen and the leaders.
"Mei Niang, I know what you are talking about, but how can we kill two birds with one stone?
The noble families have become frightened birds. As long as I take action, they will definitely plan carefully before taking action.
Especially this time, I asked the tribal leaders to modify the contents of the contract.
It will also let these people smell a hint of my presence, making it difficult to deceive them."
Li Shen sighed a little. He had attacked aristocratic families and nobles too many times in recent years.
Too frequent occurrences have made these aristocratic families and nobles wary. As long as there is a slight disturbance in the market,
They were like frightened birds, they became very cautious and made it impossible for him to start.
The story of "The Boy Who Cried Wolf" has been told so many times that no one believes it anymore.
Li Shen felt a little regretful at this time. He shouldn't have lied about both big and small things, making these leeks wary.
“Haha, what the prince said is true, but now they are in the light and we are in the dark. They are just on guard, but there is no clue.
They may not be able to defend against any move we come up with." Wu Meiniang smiled softly, her tone full of contempt for the aristocratic families and a sense of the power of her own Ji Wang Mansion.
As the concubine of Prince Ji's Mansion, she naturally knew the strength of Prince Ji's Mansion. She assisted Princess Ji in managing Prince Ji's Mansion.
He also knew the operation of Prince Ji's Mansion very well. In his opinion, the aristocratic families could not compare with it at all.
Wu Meiniang was also born in a merchant family. Her father, Wu Shigui, the Duke of Ying, also funded Li Yuan's uprising in Taiyuan.
Finally he entered the government and was awarded a title, becoming one of the heroes of Taiyuan Yuanmou.
As the saying goes, a dragon gives birth to a dragon, a phoenix gives birth to a phoenix, and a mouse's child will dig holes. Influenced by Wu Shigui, Wu Meiniang was smart and good at business since childhood.
She saw that Li Shen wanted to have it all.
Li Shen rubbed Wu Meiniang's thigh and thought:
"Do you have any good ideas?"
"Hasn't the prince already made up his mind? Otherwise, why would the prince let Li Jian come here to make friends with the local rebels?"
Wu Meiniang did not answer but asked instead with a smile on her face.
"Hehe, Mei Niang still understands me, she is really smart. Yes, I do have some ideas in my mind.
It’s just that there are still some issues waiting to be discussed, and the timing is not quite right yet.
That’s why I’m having a headache, not knowing how to choose.”
Li Shen chuckled and thought to himself, Wu Meiniang is indeed quite clever and deserves to be the empress.
He just had some immature ideas, but Wu Meiniang already knew what he wanted to do.
"Your Majesty, you are too kind. I learned all this from you. Otherwise, I would never have had such an idea."
Wu Meiniang smiled sweetly, looking even more charming and attractive.
"Then how do you think I should choose?" Li Shen felt a little conflicted.
Wu Meiniang pondered for a moment and then said:
"That depends on what the prince values most."
"Oh? What do you mean?" Li Shen became interested.
“Your Majesty, if you put the overall situation first, your plan may not succeed and there is a risk of failure because the time is not right now.
Unless the prince puts the Ji Palace first and postpones the matter, then the situation in Anxi will probably be unstable.
I don’t know how many people will be persecuted.
The decision is up to the prince." Wu Meiniang said it very cryptically, she believed that Prince Ji understood what she meant.
There is no need to say some things so bluntly, otherwise it will seem that you are not so upright.
"Alas~~~I am struggling with this matter now and don't know how to choose. If I choose the first one, the Ji Palace will lose a lot of money this year.
The most important thing is that there is no way to take revenge on the aristocratic families.
But if I choose the second option, I will feel like a bad person, because for my own selfish reasons, I will ignore the overall situation and make the people suffer.
Moreover, if His Majesty knew what was happening here, I would definitely be beaten up. If it led to the failure of the war in the northwest, my property would be confiscated.
This is really a headache, Mei Niang, what do you think I should do? "
Li Shen was really worried. The more he thought about it, the more headache he felt. He really couldn't be so selfish.
He can swindle money, but he cannot let people die in vain for his own selfish reasons. He really can't do that.
Unless you give up revenge.
"My Lord, I am just a woman and I don't know what justice is. I only know that the incident in Xizhou was done by the King of Jin and the noble families.
They used Wang Wencheng and planned for several years to kill the prince, and this revenge must be avenged.
If we don’t teach them a lesson, they will think that our Ji Wang Mansion is easy to bully, and will do more to harm us.”
Wu Meiniang frowned, her face gloomy. She was now a member of Prince Ji's Mansion. Although her son would not be able to inherit Prince Ji's Mansion in the future,
But Prince Ji agreed to make his son a prince and give him some of the family property.
This is a huge blessing for her.
Otherwise, after a few generations, the prince's illegitimate children would probably become commoners, and at most would just become a little rich.
Now these people want to kill Prince Ji and destroy Prince Ji’s Mansion, so her son will probably not have a good ending either.
As a biological mother, I naturally have to consider my son.
Only when the Ji Palace becomes more powerful, her son will be able to get more and live a better life.
Li Shen frowned after hearing this. Wu Meiniang wanted him to ignore the lives of the common people and take revenge on the aristocratic families.
Really cruel enough.
"Hmm... Let me think about it and see if I can come up with a solution that satisfies both parties.
Now the Xizhou Army is vigorously suppressing the rebels. I believe that they will not dare to harass the people of Xizhou again.
Now that I have promised to rescue the tribesmen who have been kidnapped, let’s get this done first.”
(It's late, it's late, it's late.)