Travel to the early Tang Dynasty and become a salted fish

After Li Ke listened to Queen Changsun's words, a look of resentment flashed in his eyes, and then the smile on his face was a little twisted, and he was about to speak.

But he heard Chu Mo on the side smash the tea cup in his hand on the table and said:

"Hey, you said this is a good thing, but why do you think it is useless?"

Li Ke was stunned for a moment, then woke up.

This is what my uncle is reminding me.

Suppressing the hatred in his heart, Li Ke said coldly to Empress Changsun:

"Me and Min'er are living very well now, so I don't need you to worry about it."

"You are here today. If you want to inquire about information, I'm sorry. Please forgive us for the inconvenience. If you are here to discuss business, please show your sincerity."

Empress Changsun did not expect that Li Ke would now know how to tolerate it, and that he could even hide his emotions so well so quickly.

Thinking about his ridiculous son again, his head suddenly hurt.

After calming down, Empress Changsun nodded towards Li Ke and said, "Ke'er must have grown up a lot while staying with Mr. Chu during this time."

"I came here today mainly to buy food and supplies from you. I don't know what you can do."

As he said that, he looked straight at Li Ke, wanting to see something more on his face.

However, at this time, Li Ke, after being warned by Chu Mo, naturally knew that he could not show his emotions.

So he said coldly: "I wonder how much supplies and food you want, and at what price you are going to purchase them?"

Seeing that there was no expression on the other party's face, and that Chu Mo beside him was just playing with the pieces on the table, Queen Changsun knew that what happened today was not that simple.

After thinking for a while, he said: "You also know that I am a woman, and I don't know much about prices in the world, so I don't know how to bid."

"However, I believe that with Mr. Chu's personality, he will definitely consider it for the sake of the people of the Tang Dynasty and will not embarrass me, a woman."

Chu Mo glanced at Queen Changsun, and then said to Li Kenunu:

"Don't flatter me, it's useless. I already told you, he is the one who makes the decision today."

Seeing Chu Mo not giving her face, even though Empress Changsun's self-restraint skills had been perfected, a trace of resentment inevitably arose in her heart.

He immediately said sarcastically to Chu Mo:

"Mr. Chu, do you really want to take this seriously? If you are not satisfied with the price that Ke'er and I negotiated later, will you still regret it?"

Chu Mo curled his lips disdainfully and said: "A few sundries are nothing. Even if Ke'er gives all these things to you later, I won't interfere."

"Don't ask me why. If you ask, there is only one sentence: I have money and I am happy."

Hearing what Chu Mo said, Queen Changsun and Li Ke were stunned at the same time.

Then Queen Changsun giggled as if she heard some joke and said:

"Very good. Mr. Chu has such courage. Little lady, I admire you very much. I believe that Mr. Chu must be true to his word."

Chu Mo ignored Empress Changsun and ignored her teasing.

But Li Ke on the side spoke again: "My uncle has made it very clear. If you don't believe it, you can leave on your own and don't waste our time here."

"How could it be possible? How could the little woman not believe what Mr. Chu said?"

"Since you are in charge today, Keer, I will talk to you directly."

"Ke'er, you must also know that today's Tang Dynasty is plagued by disasters and unstable borders. Your father also led the army to conquer the country. Now your prince and brother are overseeing the country in Chang'an City..."

"I don't want to deal with the affairs of the Tang Dynasty, and I can't deal with them. The affairs of the royal family have nothing to do with me, and I don't want to hear them. If you continue to talk nonsense, then please go back."

Queen Changsun had just said a few words when she was ruthlessly interrupted by Li Ke.

Unexpectedly, the other party would not give her any face, and Queen Changsun suddenly became angry.

I immediately knew that if I continued to talk about it, I would only lose face.

Taking a deep breath, Empress Changsun looked at Li Ke and said, "Now the imperial court needs 300 million stones of food and 50 sets of cold-proof clothing. I wonder what price you want to sell it for?"

After saying that, while paying attention to Li Ke's changes, he glanced at Chu Mo from the corner of his eye.

However, what disappointed her was that these two people seemed to be wearing masks, with expressionless faces and no intention of revealing anything.

"For food, we can only give you 50 shi at most, and each stone must be sold at the price of 50 taels of silver."

"As for cold-proof clothing, we only have 5 sets in stock, and each set costs 20 taels of silver."

Although Queen Changsun didn't know the current prices, she was also startled by Li Ke's lion-like attitude.

Resisting the urge to run away, Queen Changsun stared at Li Ke and asked:

"How much is the price of grain on the market now?"

Li Ke seemed to understand what Empress Changsun meant, hehehe said:

"It's 10 taels per pound of rice outside, and [-] taels for a set of cold-proof clothes."

"What, a bucket of rice costs 200 taels of silver outside, but your grain costs 50 taels per stone, and cold-proof clothing is twice as expensive as outside."

"How can you be so evil-hearted? Aren't you afraid that your father will blame you when he returns to Beijing?"

Li Ke shrugged and said: "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince can take advantage of the fact that the emperor is no longer around to increase the price of goods several times to sell them. Why can't I double the price and sell it to you?"

"Besides, don't say that I am taking advantage of the country's financial difficulties. These things of ours are only sold to you, not to the common people."

"If you are willing, we will continue to trade. If you are not willing, then please."

"Impossible, Li Ke, your price is too outrageous. Not to mention me, even if your father is here, he can't agree to it."

"This matter is related to the safety of the Tang Dynasty. Li Ke, I hope that for the sake of your father and the fact that you are of the blood of the Li family, you will not be so messy."

"Are you being silly? Haha...Hahahaha, am I being a coward?"

"My Queen, what you say is really interesting."

"Now I've just tripled the price of goods and you say I'm being reckless."

"Then when the prince robbed merchants in Chang'an, bullied the market, and set prices at will, why didn't you stand up and say that he was doing nothing?"

Li Ke said mockingly to Queen Changsun.

Queen Changsun's heart was boiling with anger, but she could not refute the other party's words.

Indeed, he knew the ridiculous things Li Chengqian had done before.

However, at that time, I had always adhered to the iron law that the harem was not allowed to interfere in politics. Although I knew that the other party was doing whatever was wrong, I did not say anything to stop him and allowed him to do whatever he wanted.