Datang romantic little landlord

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In the final analysis, what is used is nothing more than human greed.

Of course, because what Li Wangyou wanted to target was only the five surnames and seven wang, so the long-term method of defrauding money like a Ponzi scheme is not feasible.

This scam, first of all, arranged for Monk Wen Zai and Lin Daniu to go to the gold and silverware shop of Wu Xing Qiwang to sell dog head gold and sand, and use them to fish for fish.

If it was a liar from Datang, after Wu Xing Qiwang took the bait, most of them would cheat money by selling gold mines.

But how can this method deceive the old foxes of the five surnames and seven Wangs?

After Monk Wen Zai uttered the huge figure of [-] catties of gold, Zheng Yuanshou and the others, who had been dazzled by greed, immediately became sober and vigilant.

But the beauty lies in the words that Li Wangyou borrowed from Lin Daniu's mouth.

Turn the business relationship into a loan.

Turning the gold mine into an investment product shook the family.Moreover, the gold is still under the care of the family, so naturally there is no risk at all.

Compared with the possible benefits, the family will naturally be moved by this.

And Li Er's intervention was the last straw that weighed on the aristocratic family.

Everyone has a heart of blind obedience, no matter how shrewd the family is, how could they have thought that Li Ergui, the emperor of the Tang Dynasty, Cheng Yaojin, Fang Xuanling, Du Ruhui, and other dignitaries would personally come to act as trustees?

So it is normal for them to be fooled.

Li Er, the monarchs and ministers would follow Li Wangyou to mess around, naturally not for the sake of the family's gold.

Even for Li Wangyou, his various incomes for the past year amounted to almost 8 to [-] taels of gold. Of course, it was not for the purpose of defrauding some gold from the aristocratic family.

Whether it is Li Er, Fang Xuanling, or Du Ruhui, they are not so boring. The gold is just an addition to Li Wangyou and Li Er's plan.

Three days later, as Li Er expected.

When the carriages of Shunfeng Carriage Co., Ltd. began to transport a load of gold from Taiji Palace, Lu Guogong Mansion, Zheng Guogong Mansion, and Lai Guogong Mansion, the gates of the houses of the five surnames and Qiwang also opened and began to transport gold to Xingguo Temple.

In the Tang Dynasty, one tael was equivalent to 37 grams for later generations. 8 taels of gold, weighing nearly three tons.

Today's four-wheeled carriages can easily weigh one ton per cart.Therefore, transporting these three tons of gold is only a matter of three carriages, which is not very eye-catching.

But no matter whether it was Li Er who transported the gold from the palace, or the aristocratic families with five surnames and seven Wangs, they all sent a large number of tribal songs or palace guards to escort the gold.

After Li Er's consent, Cheng Yaojin also released a large number of Jinwu Guard's imperial guards and escorted the carriage convoy to Duqu County along the road.

The gold in Li Wangyou's mansion was transported from Hu County, and it was also escorted by the brigade led by Niu Yong and Niu Wu.

With such a strong military support, naturally the journey was calm, and the gold was sent to Xingguo Temple without any disturbance.

Monk Wenzai has long been waiting in front of a side hall next to the main hall.Seeing the arrival of the convoy escorting the gold, Wen Zai quickly bowed to Li Er and the officials who came with the gold convoy.

"Amitabha, the poor monk has seen His Majesty and all the nobles."

Li Er got off his horse and signaled the monk to excuse himself: "Master, the warehouse for storing gold is ready?"

"Yes, please take a look, Your Majesty, this side hall, does your Majesty think it is suitable?" Wen Zai said.

Everyone went into the side hall to check it out, and they thought it was suitable.

The original Buddha statue in the side hall has been emptied, and there is no other way out except for a hall door and a ventilating round window on the high gable wall.

The breathable round window is more than three meters high from the ground and less than a foot in diameter, so normal adults can't get through it.

Li Wangyou suddenly said: "Uncle, this place is suitable. The gold is stored here, and it is easy to guard. My nephew suggested that after the gold is stored in this side hall, the door of the side hall should be completely closed. Without the consent of everyone like me, It must not be opened. However, the window in the side hall should not be closed. Instead, a wooden platform should be built outside the gable, so that it is convenient for the central part of the government. Gold status, gold loss prevention."

When everyone heard the words, they all nodded in agreement, thinking that Li Wangyou's idea was quite good.

The gate of the palace is blocked, so naturally no one can enter.

And leaving the windows on the gable wall allows the guards outside to check the situation at any time without preventing them from touching the gold, so it is naturally extremely safe.

After Li Er and all the big shots nodded in agreement, they began to arrange for the ministries of various governments to move gold to the side hall.

More than 30 carts of gold took a full two or three hours before they were all transported into the side hall, where they were neatly stacked.

After all the gold was transported into the side hall, the door of the side hall closed with a creak, and a huge copper lock was hung on it.

Li Wangyou smiled again and said to the crowd: "Uncle, gentlemen, we don't have to guard here at the same time for so many parts, right? This person talks too much, and it's inconvenient to command. How about keeping separate guards? Ten days As a boundary, uncle's palace guards and Uncle Cheng, Fang Gong, Du Gong and the trilogy in my house will guard for ten days first, and then hand over to Zheng Gong and the tribal guards in your house for ten days, and they will take turns in turn. , I wonder what you guys think?"

Li Er and the others naturally nodded in agreement, and Zheng Yuanshou and the others discussed with each other, and they also felt that this was the best.

Anyway, their five surnames, Qiwang, Cheng Yaojin, and others couldn't urinate in the same pot, and if they were all gathered together, troubles would easily arise.

Zheng Yuanshou nodded in agreement: "Bo Huxian's words are reasonable, but when the two parties hand over, they need to go in and check the amount of gold, lest the amount will not match at that time, then it is not clear."

"That's natural, then check the amount of gold every ten days." Li Wangyou nodded.

After arranging the storage of the gold, Zheng Yuanshou bowed to Li Er and said, "Your Majesty, since the gold has been brought to Xingguo Temple, should this gold mine also start to be mined? Your Majesty, please give orders to the general supervisor and the Ministry of Industry to dispatch the craftsmen." Come here."

Li Er shook his head lightly when he heard this, and said, "This is my private property, how can I get the Ministry of Industry to mobilize craftsmen? If that sheep-nosed man finds out, wouldn't I be sprayed to death by his saliva? Not right, It's better for Zheng Gong and princes to recruit craftsmen."

Zheng Yuanshou couldn't help being stunned when he heard the words, but he knew what Li Er said was right.The gold mine in Xingguo Temple is not owned by the imperial court. If the craftsmen from the Ministry of Industry are mobilized, I am afraid that the imperial historian Wei Zheng will lose his temper again.

"If artisans are mobilized from the ministers and other families, the mining of this gold mine will have to wait for a while. After all, whether it is mobilizing artisans from Xingyang or Taiyuan, it will take a long time." Zheng Yuanshou was a little helpless, he naturally hoped Work on the gold mine began immediately.

Li Er waved his hands casually: "It's okay, this gold mine can't run long, and it doesn't matter if it's a month or so at night."

There is no fart in the stone mountain of Xingguo Temple. Once it is officially mined, everything will be exposed.If they wanted to continue this scam, they would naturally have to find excuses to delay the time. This was also planned by Li Wangyou and Li Er a long time ago.

Seeing this, the five surnames and Qiwang had no choice but to nod in agreement.

694 True Gold Is Not Afraid of Fire

Ten days passed by in a hurry. According to the previous agreement, today is the day when Li Wangyou and the others hand over and guard the gold of Xingguo Temple with Wuxing Qiwang.

After the gate of Chang'an was opened, Zheng Yuanshou and the others led the trilogy from various houses, together with Li Wangyou, Cheng Yaojin and others, rode to Xingguo Temple on horseback.

In order to protect the gold, each of the five surnames and Qiwang sent [-] trilogy to each mansion.In Xingguo Temple, there are now millions of taels of gold stored, so Zheng Yuanshou and the others can't help but ignore it.

Everyone checked the seal on the side hall door, and after confirming that it was correct, they took off the seal and opened the hall door.

In the side hall, millions of taels of gold are naturally intact.The stewards of the aristocratic family's mansion went inside to check carefully to confirm that the amount of gold was correct, and then the gate of the side hall was sealed and closed again.

The tribes who guarded here before also withdrew from Xingguo Temple, and handed over the task of guarding the gold to the aristocratic family.

Li Wangyou and the others, after Zheng Yuanshou and others had signed and adjourned the handover letter, they led the trio to bid farewell and left.

Zheng Yuanshou, Wang Renyou, Cui Xin and other aristocratic patriarchs led the central part of the palace and carefully inspected the temple, making sure that there is no problem, and repeatedly urged everyone to work hard.

When everyone was about to leave, they heard various beating sounds coming from the main hall, so they stretched out their hands to summon Monk Wenzai and asked why.