Travel to the early Tang Dynasty and become a salted fish

Originally, he thought that the person handling the matter had misheard Li Chengqian's order, so he sealed all the shops and warehouses.

But unexpectedly, it was Li Chengqian who gave the order directly.

Changsun Wuji originally wanted to advise Li Chengqian not to make one decision across the board and let him think twice before acting.

Unexpectedly, Li Chengqian, who had just taken power, seemed to refuse to listen to anyone's words in order to demonstrate his authority. He was as determined as if he had eaten a weight. He insisted on going his own way, and even vetoed his own words in person.

In anger, he had just returned home when several family heads came to his door.

"Don't be anxious, everyone. I just came back from the Prince's Mansion. His Royal Highness already knows the matter and is now discussing how to solve it. Please be patient."

"Don't be impatient for a moment? Changsun Wuji, do you know how much loss we will suffer if our store is closed for one day under the current situation?"

"Furthermore, you also know how much materials are stored in our warehouse. If one person is bad and the materials in the warehouse are damaged, who will be responsible for this?"

Cui Zheng, the head of the Cui family, saw that Changsun Wuji wanted to delay time, so he directly questioned sternly.

"Master Cui, I can understand your feelings, but you also know that His Highness the Crown Prince is in power now, and His Highness the Crown Prince has the final say in everything. Even if I have the intention, I can't stop it."

Changsun Wuji sighed and explained.

"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince's order? Changsun Wuji, that's not what you said before. You said before that your target is only Chu Mo, so let us not get involved."

"But look at what you are doing now, do you think we are fools?"

"Yes, Changsun Wuji, if you want to take action against our five surnames and Qiwang, then just say it directly, and we will follow up. Why use such roundabout ways to play dirty tricks."

"Yes, if you want to play, we will accompany you."

The heads of the family looked so indignant that they almost pointed at Changsun Wuji's nose and cursed.

Changsun Wuji knew he was wrong and did not dare to talk back at all, so he could only keep apologizing.

He is not like Chu Mo, who has his own system and has no dependence on these aristocratic families at all.

You know, their eldest son's family, many places are inextricably linked to the five surnames and Qiwang.

If these aristocratic families collectively cut off contact with him, it would definitely cause heavy losses to his eldest grandson's family.

After several family heads reprimanded Wan Changsun Wuji, Lu Hui asked:

"What's going on now? We agreed to restrain Chu Mo, but why did he end up setting fire on us?"

Changsun Wuji sighed, what could he say?

Is it possible to tell them that his nephew doesn't even listen to him?

With a sigh, Changsun Wuji could only make up: "This time something unexpected happened, Cheng Qian and I had agreed not to touch Chu Mo."

"But we were worried that the other party would counterattack after learning of our intentions, so we made a temporary decision to seal down all the shops in Chang'an City, hoping to use this method to paralyze him."

"Don't worry, I will definitely arrange for people to guard your sealed shops and warehouses, and no one will destroy them at will."

"When Chu Mo can no longer hold on, as long as he dares to take action, then we will have reason to take him down directly. Even if His Majesty returns by then, we can't say anything."

After hearing Changsun Wuji's words, several family heads were stunned at the same time, and then looked at Changsun Wuji with strange eyes.

Just when Lu Hui was about to say something, Cui Zheng on the side secretly tugged at the hem of his clothes and spoke first:

"Since Lord Changsun has said so, we will wait for the good news from you and His Highness the Crown Prince."

After several other family heads looked at each other, they also stood up and said goodbye to Changsun Wuji.

As soon as everyone left the Changsun Mansion, Lu Hui hurriedly asked: "Master Cui, why did you stop me just now? Changsun Wuji's words were obviously evasive. Can't you see it?"

Cui Zheng smiled slightly, patted Lu Hui on the shoulder and said, "Master Lu, haven't you noticed that Changsun Wuji and the Crown Prince only know Chu Mo as a merchant."

Lu Hui was stunned for a moment: "What do you mean? Isn't Chu Mo a merchant? Although he was granted the title of Naoshizi's county boy, isn't he still staying in Chang'an?"

After hearing this, several family heads burst into laughter.

In the end, Li Gang couldn't stand it any longer, so he sneered and said, "Changsun Wuji thought Chu Mo was just a businessman who they wanted to flatten and round, but he didn't know that there was someone behind him."

"They are so unscrupulous in dealing with Chu Mo, even killing him to death, so they are not afraid of forcing out the person behind him."

After hearing what Li Gang said, Lu Hui suddenly realized: "It turns out that Changsun Wuji and the others didn't know about Yang Hongyu's existence, so they dared to touch Chu Mo."

"But even so, it won't be of much benefit to our family."

Cui Zheng looked at Lu Hui with disdain, not knowing how this guy became the head of the family.

"They are facing off against Chu Mo. In the end, one party will definitely suffer. When the time comes, no matter who is unlucky, it will be in our favor. What we have to do now is to watch the show."

After hearing Cui Zheng's words, Lu Hui seemed to turn around, nodded repeatedly, and was full of praise for the calculations of the several family heads.

At the same time, Chu Mo also launched a series of countermeasures against Li Chengqian's direct move of the table.

First, he ordered to stop the supply of all firewood in Chang'an City, and poured kerosene around the hoarded firewood. If someone came to seize it, they could just ignite it.

Chu Mo originally wanted to use this firewood to check and balance Li Shimin, but instead of using it on Li Shimin, he used it on his son.

Secondly, all food channels in Chang'an City were cut off, and all the food was transported to the mountains and stored.

Even the food originally supplied to the refugees and the government troops was cut off.

Sure enough, as soon as Li Chengqian got the news, he sent a large number of people to the place where Chu Mo had stored firewood and food, trying to confiscate them all.

However, when the officers and soldiers who went to collect no firewood came back to report the news with their bodies burnt and in a state of embarrassment, Li Chengqian knew that the other party was on guard.

As for the officers and soldiers who were looking for food, not only did they not find a grain of food, they even encountered a group of mobs when they came back. Not only were their belongings and horses robbed, but their clothes were almost stripped off.

If the physical fitness of these officers and soldiers were not far superior to ordinary people, they would probably freeze to death outside the city right now.

After hearing the report from his subordinates, Li Chengqian laughed. He was not angry at all because his subordinates were robbed. Instead, he took the opportunity to issue an order to directly pin the charge of robbing the officers and soldiers on Chu Mo, and sent the imperial army to arrest him.