At midnight, in the dormitory.

Li De's family gathered together and was holding a secret family meeting. There was only one core idea of ​​the meeting: how to kill Li Zhao without knowing it!

Such family meetings have been held several times in a row.

Previously, the butler, Hou Si, sent him to come forward and hired the four tigers of Guanzhong with a large sum of money, so that they could kill him while Li Zhao entered the mountain, and then destroy the corpse and traces.

More than half a month has passed, and Li Zhao is still alive, but the four tigers in Guanzhong are missing and cannot be found everywhere. This makes Li De and Zheng furious, and even scold Hou Si, accusing him of doing things inadequately!

The couple agreed that it must be that the four tigers in Guanzhong were betrayal and did not dare to bear the charge of killing the children of the royal family. After defrauding gold, they secretly ran away.

As for the idea of ​​the four people being killed, they have never appeared in the minds of the couple. After all, Li Zhao is only so old this year. Isn’t that a fantasy to kill four strong and ruthless swordsmen at one time?

Moreover, judging from Li Zhao's recent expression and behavior, there is no abnormality at all. He should eat and sleep... This further proves that he has never encountered anything dangerous, otherwise he would not be so calm.

"Father, there are many swordsmen in Guanzhong, so I can hire a few good players."

"Hmph, people's hearts are not old now, and there are all traitors everywhere. What should I do if I meet someone like the four tigers in Guanzhong? The gold in our family is not blown by the strong wind, so I can't help but waste it like this. I'd better think of another way!"

Li De shook his head. In the Wu'an County area, the Four Tigers of Guanzhong are also famous swordsmen. Even they dare not kill the children of the royal family, for fear that others would not have the courage.

How can I kill Li Zhao?

Poisoning?

Getting a wolf out of the way?

Beat a stick?

Ask a wizard to stab a villain?

...

The family of four discussed several solutions, but they all felt that it was not safe. At a loss, the butler Hou Si ran to the door.

"Master, Manager Sun from the winery is here, saying that there is something urgent to do."

"What, bring him to see me!"

"promise!"

Hou Si turned around and left, quickly bringing a thin middle-aged man with an anxious look on his face and a jar of wine in his hand. The sealing mud had been opened, but it emitted a strong sour smell...

"Manager Sun, what happened to the winery?"

"The boss, the big thing is wrong. The villain inspected Kaifeng today and found that all the newly brewed wine had become sour."

"What... it's over, it's over!"

Li De took the jar and smelled it. His old face suddenly turned into a pig's liver. Even the sound of his speech trembled. The same was true for Zheng next to him, and he sat on the ground with his butt!

The Li family’s winemaking workshop specializes in brewing a good wine: Pear Flower Spring.

That is, the above-mentioned fine rice and fresh pear petals are raw materials, plus clear spring water, and a fine wine brewed by a special method is sweet and delicious, and tastes endless. When transported to the surrounding markets, you can earn a profit of three to four thousand jin of coins every year. It is one of the most important economic income of the Li family!

However, Li De and Zheng were not satisfied with this. The two spent a lot of effort and finally negotiated a deal with Zuixianlou, the largest restaurant in Wu'an County. They agreed to provide 5,000 dou of pear blossom spring wine within forty days, worth a total of 10,000 guan.

This incident was unanimously opposed by several masters in the winery, believing that the time was too short and the lack of manpower made it difficult to brew so many fine wines within the specified time.

Unfortunately, Li De, who was already obsessed with interests, did not listen to other people's advice at all.

Recently, the couple went to the winemaking workshop to supervise and forced the guys to start brewing. In order to speed up the brewing speed, they forced several important winemaking processes to be cut despite repeated opposition from the masters... The result is: hasteness is not enough, and all the wine brewed becomes sour, and more than a month of hard work is ruined.

...

"Manager Sun, immediately add another batch of fine rice, so that the guys can work day and night, and must make the wine. If something goes wrong, I will put it all in a bunch of beds and get out of here!" Li De's facial features were distorted, and he wanted to try his best to save the situation, otherwise he would be unable to take it and leave.

"Reporting to the boss, the guys in the winery have not paid their wages for three months. Everyone is waiting for the rice to be cooked, and they can't even have enough food to eat. They are asking everyone to work day and night. Moreover, it takes at least forty days to brew a batch of new wine. Now there are only a few days left before the delivery date, and it is too late no matter what.

For the sake of the present, the owner could only take out his savings, first pay the liquidated damages, then repaid the wages for the guys, restocked the grain, and brewed new wine, slowly making the losses back!" Manager Sun was also devastated. The difficulties faced by the winery now were not just about owing wages.

In order to brew this batch of wine, Li De also borrowed about 2,000 stag of raw materials from several businesses in Wu'an County. He agreed to sell the wine and immediately repay the debt.

Now that something goes wrong with brewing wine, what can I pay back the debt?

What’s even more serious is that there is a provision in the supply contract with Zuixianlou: If the winery cannot supply wine on time within forty days, it will have to compensate the other party for three times the loss, that is, a total of 30,000 guan. This is not a small amount!

"A bunch of bastards have messed up everything, and they still have the face to ask for wages. I don't have a penny, get out quickly... I'm having sex!"

When Li De thought of paying so much money, he was furious and cursed at Manager Sun. He slapped a few times in the face, making the latter's cheeks red and swollen, and one of them flew out of his mouth.

Manager Sun was also full of grievances. He had repeatedly persuaded him that he should not be too hasty in brewing wine, nor could he save the process, otherwise there would be big trouble. However, Li De and Zheng refused to listen. Now that the trouble has really happened, he blamed him again.

I had a few words of argument and knew what kind of character the couple had, and it was useless to say it myself. Manager Sun could only cover his cheeks and retreat with a lonely expression.

On the other side, Li De put his hands on his back, turning the circle like an old donkey pulling a mill, and at the same time lowered his head and thought about his solution.

In fact, Manager Sun is right. The trouble has already happened and getting angry has no effect. It is just right to take out money to calm the matter and let the winery run!

The problem is, the amount is more than 30,000 dan, and the amount is too large. If you pay the full amount, you will have to lose everything.

If you want to act like a scoundrel, you won’t lose money, but the background of Zuixian Tower is too deep. It is one of the industries of Chang'an City-Qi Duke's Mansion. It is a top powerful figure in the court. How can I offend myself as a little rich man?

It’s not OK to not pay, but you can’t afford it. It’s really a dilemma!

"Madam, can you please help me with Lao Taishan?"

"It's hard, you don't know my dad's temperament. You want to pay for his old man's pocket unless the sun hits the west."

"well!"

Zheng's father served as the county magistrate of Wu'an County for more than ten years. He used his rights to embezzle bribes and extort, but he accumulated a lot of money and it was not difficult to spend 30,000 yuan!

The problem is that this county magistrate Zheng is a very stingy person. Even his own parents can't lend him a penny, let alone his daughter and son-in-law.

"My husband, don't worry, I have a way to do it. You don't have to pay a penny, but you can also solve a major problem."

"Oh, what's the trick of Madam?"

"Simple, just give Qianlonggang and the winemaking workshop to the little boy in the backyard."

"Go back... The lady is indeed a clever plan, she can be called Zhuge, haha!"

Li De was also a quick-minded person and instantly understood Zheng's intention:

From a legal perspective, Li Zhao is the real owner of the winemaking workshop, and Li De can only be regarded as a manager. Now that something happened to the winemaking workshop, Li Zhao should bear the responsibility.

What's more, the contract signed with Zuixianlou did not have Li De's signature, but was a seal.

The picture is that the poor man puts his hand seal and the rich man stamps his seal. (In ancient times, the literacy rate was low, and there were few signatures on the contract, and all of them were based on the picture).

In other words, as long as you write a document, return the winemaking workshop to Li Zhao, and hand over the seal of the head of the Li family, you can throw the blame to Li Zhao to carry it. If you do this, you can kill three birds with one stone:

First, the incident of Li Zhao falling into the water before made the villagers in Qianlonggang talk, saying that they would occupy their family business and not return it, and they would also seek money to kill them. Now that the winemaking workshop is returned to Li Zhao, they can calm their long mouths.

Second, the winery workshop suffered serious losses and still owed a lot of debts. Paying it back to Li Zhao would be equivalent to getting rid of a big burden; Li Zhao had no money and would definitely not be able to pay off the huge debts, and he would have to be eaten alive by the creditors, which would be like killing someone with a knife.

One of the hidden rules of the business circle is: if you beat me, you won’t be punished, and if you’re punished, you won’t be beaten. As long as Li Zhao is forced to death, the debt will be left unresolved.

Third, as long as Li Zhao dies, the bloodline of the King of Wu will be cut off, and his family will be able to take over the family business forever. If you find an opportunity in the future, you may be able to pretend to be a child of the royal family, and then you will be really a salted fish.

Such a plan is so wonderful!

Thinking of this, Li De immediately drafted a document, saying that his nephew Li Zhao had grown up. According to the agreement that year, he was preparing to return the family business one after another, starting from the winemaking workshop... and then called the butler Hou Si in.

"Hou Si, I'll leave this matter to you. Remember, I'll give this document to that kid in a few days, so he won't have any room for buffering. Do you understand?"

"Don't worry, my master, the villain must have done this beautifully."

"Okay, after things are done, there will be a great reward!"

After arranging the trick, Li De and Wei ordered their subordinates to secretly pack up the gold, silver and soft things. Just when Li Zhao signed the document and took the blame, the family went out to hide for a while.

The couple planned to do something that after a month or two, when they came back, they could hold a funeral for Li Zhao if they didn't check much.

(End of this chapter)
Chapter completed!