No matter how strong you are, there is nothing to be afraid of when your strength is exposed. After calculating the strength of both sides, we will know whether we should take action. But if you hide it, many things will be hard to say. It's like an iceberg. You can only see the part that is exposed. Can you see the huge peak underneath?
"Is there something wrong, Your Highness?"
Zhou Huairen had also heard about the recent events in Chang'an City, and he also spoke up for his master. Our prince had clearly made great contributions to the court, and this eastern expedition to Goguryeo was clearly a matter of picking up credit. Why shouldn't our prince get his turn? Moreover, the most powerful gunpowder in the entire army came from our workshop.
Li Xiang did have something to do, and the person in front of him was his most core subordinate, so Li Xiang did not hide it. He wanted to talk to Xiao Yu, but if he just showed up, the other party probably wouldn't let him go. After all, the other party had already started, and it was impossible for them to stop without actual losses.
Zhou Huairen quickly understood what Li Xiang meant, which was to use our business methods to suppress the Lanling Xiao family. Then, after Xiao Yu knew about the loss, he would definitely find a way to reconcile. At that time, we would have the initiative. The Lanling Xiao family is not a first-class family, but only a second-rate family. According to Zhidaobao's current strength, it should be easy to deal with them, but the problem is that they are all hiding, and it is not so easy to get the news.
"I got it..."
Just when Li Xiang was frowning, Zhou Huairen suddenly slapped his forehead and thought of a solution.
Zhou Huairen's method is very simple. It doesn't matter if we can't find the people from Lanling Xiao family, but we can definitely find their partners. They can't be advancing alone, they must have many partners. The main thing is that once we find their partners, we can follow the clues to find out their industry. With the money in our treasury, suppressing them will be like a piece of cake.
What's more, our money houses are now all over the country. More than 70% of people who do business in the Tang Dynasty have financial transactions with our money houses, either depositing money with us or taking out loans from us. This is a huge flow of information. As long as we spread a little bit of information, many people will come to work for us.
Although the Xiao family is hiding, it is impossible for them to hide so well. If they reveal a little bit, we can use it as a breakthrough. It is difficult to find your relatives, but is it difficult to find your partners?
"Old Zhou, you're quite clever. I'm often in the imperial court, and I'm not as good at discussing issues as you. Tell them immediately. If anyone finds any information like this, I'll reward them handsomely."
If he had just been reborn, Li Xiang would have easily thought of this method, but because his strength has increased now, Li Xiang can't remember many conspiracies and tricks. He always wants to do everything openly and honestly. Although this can restore his reputation, it requires double the effort to do things.
Zhidaobao's response speed is very fast. After all, it has branches all over the country, plus the various commercial complexes opened by Li Xiang. There are so many people working for them. There are tens of thousands of direct staff alone. These direct staff plus their friends and their partners, there are hundreds of thousands of people doing this thing in an instant.
Everyone else understood what was going on. This news came from Zhidaobao in Chang'an City, which meant it was probably from His Highness. If we do this well, getting some money from Zhidaobao in the future would be as easy as eating, right? Or, if you have a lot of money, you can deposit it with Zhidaobao and make money from it. But remember, if you want to deposit money with Zhidaobao now, you need a share in the auction. If you don't have a share, you can't deposit money.
While many people want to copy Zhidaobao and take in deposits to make loans, the question is, do you have the credibility? What if you run away with the money? Even if you really want to do this business, can you really lend out all the money? What if you don't get the money back?
Many people thought very simply and invested huge manpower and material resources in this matter, but in the end not only did their money houses fail to get established, but they all lost all their property. This was because they did not consider Li Xiang's strength. The most important thing was that there was a credibility issue. He was the crown prince of the Tang Dynasty. Just this title was there, and I don't know how many people believed it. What made you believe it?
You may be from an ancient family, but outside of your local community, no one else knows about it. No matter how much you boast, we simply won't deposit our money with you. Even though you offer high interest rates and your security is questionable, why would we deposit our money with you now that there's a Zhidaobao (a treasure) company that's so good in every way? Wouldn't that be foolish of us to mess with our own money?
Xiao Mansion
Xiao Yu has been extremely tired these past two days. It turns out that he is basically an idle person. He would not attend any occasions except those that are necessary. He was very happy reading and writing at home every day. But since a month ago, this guy suddenly became like a wound-up spring, helping His Royal Highness the King of Wu to jump around in Chang'an City and win over the ministers of the previous dynasty.
Of course he has this ability. He is a relative of His Royal Highness the Prince of Wu. Xiao Yu is the brother-in-law of Emperor Yang of Sui. According to the relationship, Concubine Yang is also Xiao Yu's niece. He is to Prince of Wu Li Ke as Changsun Wuji is to Li Xiang.
This kind of relationship existed in the past, but due to taboos, the two sides had no contact. When King Wu Li Ke was born, he came here, but Xiao Yu was lukewarm in his interaction. At that time, he also wanted to protect himself, so there were not too many words, but the two sides had been in contact secretly.
Now that His Royal Highness the Prince of Wu was about to take command, all that was missing was the imperial edict, Xiao Yu couldn't hold back. Even though he was already indifferent to fame and fortune, he wanted to find a backer for the Lanling Xiao family. His Royal Highness the Prince of Wu had already agreed. If he ascended the throne, the Lanling Xiao family would rise with him, and would surely become the most powerful family...