Chapter 422: Mr. Hu's hidden worries
Lu Wenhan sat down on the chair, looking at his sons standing below with a bit of shrewdness in his cloudy eyes.
"Jinglong, how are things going these days?"
"Father, our Lu's Trading Company has been collecting more than 3 million shi of grain in the past few days. The price of grain on the market has increased five times."
"Nowadays, there are more refugees in Jiangdong."
Lu Wenhan sat firmly on the throne, with a somewhat wise smile on his face: "Is there any news in the court?"
"There was no movement."
"Haha, the chaos is only temporary. Within three days, there will be chaos not only in Jiangdong, but also in Jiangbei, Jiangnan, and even Huainan."
"I want to beat my Lu family, but I don't know if they can handle my Lu family's methods."
"Father!" Lu Jinglong said softly with expectation in his eyes, "Do you want to send someone to contact the court?"
"If the imperial court takes action to suppress the Han Dynasty Food Company, why bother?"
"Nonsense!"
When Lu Wenhan heard this, his expression suddenly changed and he said solemnly: "Don't forget, I, the Lu family, are the queen of meritorious service. Do you want to commit the following crime and threaten the imperial court?"
"this……"
Lu Jinglong looked at the angry look on his old father's face and couldn't help but curse in his heart. You are secretly raising private soldiers and preparing to plot big things, but you are still so righteous.
"Son, you have to remember that our Lu family is an aristocratic family. You should never try to provoke the emperor unless you are ready to rise up."
"Dealing with the Han Grain Company is a commercial battle between our Lu family and them. If we try to use this to blackmail the imperial court, it would be a provocation."
"Although I, the Lu family, are blackmailing the imperial court, as long as the imperial court does not betray you, you can never overstep your bounds!"
"do you understand?"
Lu Jinglong took a deep look at his old father, his face full of emotion: "Son, I understand!"
"Go down and get ready!"
"Now, almost all the grain has been purchased on the market. Now, the people are starved of food. Naturally, our Lu family cannot stand by and watch. We have summoned all branches to open warehouses to sell grain from now on."
"Yes!" Lu Jinglong nodded respectfully and asked, "Father, what is the price of food?"
"Take a look!"
"My Lu family is in business, so naturally we cannot suffer losses."
"yes!"
Lu Jinglong strode down to make arrangements, while Lu Wenhan was half-lying on the chair, squinting and asking, "How are the preparations going?"
"Master Hou, it's done."
"thing?"
"It's shipped back."
"Um!"
Lu Wenhan squinted his eyes and said calmly: "Get ready, we don't have much time left!"
"yes!"
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Hu family.
Mr. Hu has not slept peacefully these past two days. The second son, who has always acted cautiously, was exposed and was detained by Prince Yong's Mansion.
Now, what is the attitude of Prince Yong's Mansion towards them?
"Father, let me go to Huainan to rescue my second brother."
"If it drags on any longer, I'm afraid my dick won't be able to hold on anymore!"
"Besides, if Jin Yiwei tortures the second brother, if the news of my Hu family's affair with Mobei is revealed..."
Hu Hantu had a worried look on his face, but Mr. Hu shook his head and said with a deep expression: "This time, Prince Yong's Mansion is here for our Hu family!"
"The Changyan Lu family has also changed!"
"What father means is that the court is ready to attack us?"
"hehe!"
Mr. Hu smiled faintly, looked at the servant next to him and said, "Tell me about the news you got."
"Yes, sir!"
"My subordinates received news from Jiangdong that the imperial court sent Minister of War Ji Sui to personally go to Beihe County and join forces with Jin Yiwei to eradicate all the members of the Lu family in the two counties."
"Now, the Lu family is purchasing grain on a large scale, and grain prices in various places have skyrocketed several times."
Hearing the old man's words, Hu Hantu's face showed a look of surprise: "Haha, now the court has a headache. The Lu Family Grain Company monopolizes the world's granaries, and the court dares to attack the Lu family."
"Aren't you digging your own grave?"
"madness!"
Old Mrs. Hu scolded with some disappointment. His eldest son was not as clear-minded as his second son, and his view of affairs was extremely superficial. It seemed that no matter what the price, he had to rescue his second son!
"Father, why am I stupid?"
"The world's food is in the hands of the Lu family. If the people cannot afford food, there will be refugees everywhere."
"Isn't the imperial court just letting it be manipulated?"
Hu Hantu looked at his old father unconvinced, but the latter shook his head slightly: "The Marquis of the Lu family is still as conceited as ever."
"The court, is it as simple as you guessed?"
"This time, either the Lu family will be wiped out, or Dayu will change his dynasty. In short, the sky is going to change."
"Why!"
"Because the Dayu of today is not the Dayu of the past few years."
Mr. Hu stood up slowly, his rickety figure clasped his hands behind his back, and he had a temperament that had gone through many vicissitudes of life: "In the past two years, Dayu has conquered all directions, quelled internal rebellions, purged the government, and developed people's livelihood. It can be said that it has been unprecedentedly stable."
"The most important thing is that Dayu gave birth to a monster."
"King Yong!"
"In just two years, the whole Dayu took on a new look. Before, there were powerful enemies outside, treacherous ministers in power, and our four major families were trying to contain the imperial court. Therefore, even if the Lu family went too far, the imperial court would not dare Even if you break up with them, you must tolerate them in every possible way.”
"As long as they don't take that step, the court won't touch them."
"But it's different now!" Old Master Hu also had a look of emotion on his face: "The four borders are stable, even Dayan has suffered heavy losses in the western border, and the Chen family has disappeared with the tide."
"The Lu family jumped out at this time and wanted to repeat the old tricks and demonstrate to the court. How could the court miss this golden opportunity?"
"Father means that the court will take this opportunity to uproot the Lu family?"
"That's right!"
Old Master Hu nodded: "If I were the court, I would rather scrape my bones to cure the poison than bow to the Lu family."
"But... the Lu family controls the rice bowls of the people in the world!"
"So what?" Old Master Hu asked back Then he said, "Can the Lu family resist the hundreds of thousands of troops of the imperial court with this?"
"This..."
"Besides, do you know a crop called potatoes and sweet potatoes?"
"I have heard of it. It seems that my second brother discovered it after arriving in Huainan. There are also large-scale plantings in the capital."
"Haha, that's right."
Old Master Hu showed a look of "as expected" on his face: "Behind all this, it is the hand of the man in Huainan. These potatoes and sweet potatoes are the killer weapons that defeated the Lu family."
"Lu Wenhan has been planning for a lifetime, but in the end, he was born at the wrong time!"
"Time is fate."
"Dayu, his luck is not over yet, and there is a faint sign of revival. My Hu family should make a decision early!"
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