Chapter 230
When Li Hao returned to the palace, it was already pitch black.
At this time, the outside of the palace was full of boxes filled with gold and silver, and the outside of the several large granaries in the royal city was also crowded with carriages carrying grain.
"Hundred-year dynasty, thousand-year family, the ancients did not lie to me, the influence of these families is really too great." Standing on the wall of the palace, Li Hao looked at the mountains of gold and silver below and sighed.
I asked Tuoba Tao to hand over 300,000 taels of gold and 1 million dan of grain as ransom for the lives of their entire family. I thought it would take some time for them to get it together, and I could justifiably lock them up in the prison.
But unexpectedly, in just two hours, Tuoba Tao not only collected gold and silver worth 300,000 taels of gold, but also transported no less than 300,000 stones of grain to the granary. It is estimated that the remaining grain will be delivered to the granary tomorrow.
It was a great steward who managed to raise so much food and silver in such a short time. It can be seen that the influence of the aristocratic families has reached a terrible level.
"Don't you know how great the influence of the aristocratic families is? Your Murong family is the most powerful family in Gusu, and it is many times stronger than the Tuoba family. If you, the head of the Murong family, make such a sigh here, it will be a joke if people know it." Beside Li Hao, Li Qingluo looked at Li Hao with a melancholy face and said with a smile.
After spending many days with Li Hao, this woman has come out of her previous gloomy mood. Now she lives happily every day.
"Humph, are you asking for a beating? You dare to insult me in front of me." Li Hao squinted his eyes and turned his head to look at Li Qingluo standing next to him, saying sinisterly.
"How dare I insult our King Li? Look at how powerful our King is. He can bring back so much money and food in one trip, enough to support countless people in the family." Li Qingluo said sarcastically.
As a king, you don't have the dignity of a king. You actually lowered yourself to blackmail other family heads. You are really a dog!
"Haha, if I don't bring back more money, how can I support you? By the way, this Tuoba Tao is really rich! He actually collected all the real money in a short time. Do you think I offered too little?" Li Hao said, touching his chin.
Give him a little more from time to time, otherwise this old guy will not know how to feel sorry.
"Forget it, stop at the right time, don't push too hard, be careful of the counterattack of these noble families. These guys want money, food, and people. If we really provoke them, they will turn around and attack us, and we will be in trouble." Li Qingluo looked at Li Hao's changing face and immediately advised.
These noble families are deeply rooted in the local area, and there are basically in-laws between the noble families. If they are really pushed to the edge and twisted together, they are probably really capable of overturning this royal city.
"Don't be afraid, I'm not afraid of their rebellion, I'm just afraid that they won't rebel. If they rebel, we will be much more comfortable." Li Hao frowned and said.
Today outside the city, he was frightened by the posture of these noble families. They casually summoned more than 20,000 private troops to wait for them outside. If they encounter someone who has the courage to rebel, it is estimated that he and others will not be able to enter the city.
"You force him to deal with him, do you want them to rebel? We still have Li Chengwei that we haven't dealt with yet. Although Li Chengwei is in our hands, his prince is still in the fiefdom, where there are still hundreds of thousands of troops." Li Qingluo glanced at Li Hao and said hesitantly.
"It is precisely because there is still a Li Chengwei that we have not dealt with, so we have to deal with these guys. We must first stabilize the outside world before we can fight inside. If we fight too far away from the royal city, I am worried that these families will stab us in the back, and the changes in the situation will be beyond our control."
Li Hao looked up at the world outside the city wall, and a sense of heroism rose in his heart. This world is so wonderful, even if someone asks him to go back to the original world, he will not go back.
"Don't worry, after what you did, they will think twice before doing anything. They won't dare to betray us until the situation between us and Li Chengwei is clear."
"It's so late now, why don't we go back and rest. Isn't there a Menggu imprisoned in the palace? Do you want to invite her out and have a drink together?" Li Qingluo looked at Li Hao's worried look and felt a little sorry for him. She quickly tried to persuade him.
"That's possible, or we should come firstHow about taking a bath and changing clothes, and then having a drink? "When Li Hao heard the word Menggu, his eyes lit up, and he thought of the heart-moving woman in the harem.
"You, I misjudged you. I thought you were worried about something when I saw you. It turns out you are still the same, with little bugs in your head." Li Qingluo twisted her hand on Li Hao's waist and said coquettishly.
This guy was still a melancholy young man in the previous second, and the next second he mentioned women and became wretched and greasy.
"Don't stand here and be melancholy. Go back when you've seen enough!" Li Qingluo rolled her eyes at Li Hao, twisted and walked down, and arranged to take a bath and change clothes.
Li Hao has beautiful women to accompany him, and he lives a life of wine and meat all day long. His life is comfortable.
However, Lian Chengbi, who is far away in Wuqi Villa, is not so lucky.
"Zhang San, Li Si, we have no grudges in the past and no grievances in the present, why do you come to me? "Lian Chengbi looked at the envoy standing on the roof of Wujiu Villa and said angrily.
"Lian Chengbi, we brothers are here just to invite you to go to Xiake Island on the 28th of the twelfth lunar month this year to drink a bowl of Laba porridge. We are not asking for your life. Do you have to be like this? "Li Si said unruly.
Look, this is the pattern.
Li Hao was very enthusiastic towards his two brothers, and everything was well prepared.
Even when his two brothers left Lingjiu Palace, Li Hao's brother took great pains to prepare a guide for them to invite martial arts masters, and even presented a large amount of gold and silver for his brothers as travel expenses.
With these travel expenses, the two brothers lived a carefree life along the way. Eat when you want to eat, drink when you want to drink, and play when you want to play. If the girls in Wanhua Tower were not the top girls, they would not even bother to look at them. It would be too low for Li Hao's brothers to find such girls.
Look at Lian Chengbi again. He has such a big family business, but he didn't even invite them to drink a cup of tea, and even spoke ill of them. This is the difference.