After a brief pause, Li Li took a sip of tea to moisten his throat and continued: "Yuan Shao did not kill the Zhen family because of his anger. This is not that he does not want to kill someone to vent his anger, but that he cannot do so.

Because Yuan Shao started his business with the support of the Jizhou clan and powerful merchants, and the Zhen family is the largest merchant and wealthy merchants in Jizhou, and has interests in dealing with various major families and merchants. Therefore, he cannot kill the Zhen family because the Zhen family deviates from him, because this will make other merchants feel dissatisfied and dissatisfied with the families with interest in the Zhen family, thus shaking his foundation in Jizhou and leaving many hidden dangers for the future. Therefore, Yuan Shao's decision this time was undoubtedly correct, with a strong overall view, and it is a wise move.

However, the only thing he miscalculated, or what he never expected was that I, Li Li, was in Jizhou and was with the Zhen family. I didn’t know that the Zhen family did not join Gongsun Zan or Yanzhou Cao Cao, and they did not move to Jingyang and the other prefectures, but moved to Xiliang. If he learned the truth later, he would definitely be resentful, angry, and even angry with the adviser who advised him."

"Ah!" As soon as Li Li finished speaking, Guo Jia's expression changed suddenly and exclaimed in surprise.

Then he asked Zhen solemnly: "The son-in-law doesn't know if he should ask if he wants to ask, so he also asks his wife for advice."

"I have a strong filial piety. If you have anything to say, I will tell you. I will report it to the truth." When Zhen heard Guo Jia claiming to be his son-in-law, he could not help but blushed in response. He looked up at Li Li, and his charming eyes showed a look of inquiry. Because Guo Jia called this, he obviously placed Zhen on his mother-in-law's seniority, but Li Li usually talked about friendship with Guo Jia. In this way, wouldn't she become Li Li's elder? In this way, wouldn't she be with Li Li become an elder and a younger generation? It's unethical to say it!

What surprised Zhen was that Li Li didn't seem to think that Guo Jia's name was inappropriate, but was curious about what question Guo Jia wanted to ask Zhen.

Just when Zhen was slightly lost, Guo Jia asked respectfully: "My son-in-law wants to ask his wife, is Guo Tu, a counselor under Yuan Shao, in dispute with the Zhen family? Or, does the Zhen family store regularly give him a lot of bonus?"

"Uh? This is the secret of my Zhen family's trade route. As of now, few people know about it except for the head of the chamber of commerce sent by the Zhen family to Weijun. How could Fengxiao know about it?" Zhen continued with a look of surprise.

"Oh, that's true." Guo Jia said suddenly. Then he turned his head to look at Li Li. He said respectfully: "After hearing what the lord said just now, I couldn't help but think of Guo Tu, a counselor under Yuan Shao, and Yuan Shao's decision should have come from Guo Tu. I dare not hide it from my lord. Guo Tu and I are brothers of the same clan. He is a brother from my five yards. He has been classmates with me for many years. I have taken good care of me and my mother. I was invited by him before. This person is like me, and his family is in a poor family, but he is unwilling to suffer. Before he became an official, he had been involved in merchant affairs to supplement his family's income.

Therefore, my subordinates thought that Yuan Shao's move was most likely a plan offered by Guo Tu, and he must have interests in dealing with the Zhen family shop. Because he was worried that his own interests would be damaged, he advised Yuan Shao that the Zhen family shop should not be moved easily. When he got the property he wanted in the future, he would definitely advise Yuan Shao to confiscate the Zhen family shop, so that he could completely destroy the secret matters of secret interactions between him and the Zhen family. This person is quite ruthless in his actions, greedy for merit and profit, and he would do everything he could. Therefore, my subordinates suggested that the Zhen family shops in Jizhou should withdraw from Jizhou in the near future, and should be hidden quickly. If it is too late, changes will occur."

"Oh?" Li Li pondered in surprise, and then his sword eyebrows were raised lightly, and a playful smile was hanging on the corner of his mouth. After a little thought, he nodded to signal Guo Jia to sit down, looked at Zhen with a soft look, and said in a harmonious voice: "I believe that the wife has made arrangements for what Fengxiao said. I wonder what the situation is now?"

Zhen enjoyed Li Li's soft eyes very much. She immediately smiled and said softly: "Husband,, what my husband said is very true."

After a moment of emotion, Zhen blurted out with a "husband", and she immediately knew that she had lost her words. Because until today, the four daughters who regard her as mother did not know that she had committed to Li Li and obtained Zhen's consent. However, since she had already said something, Zhen simply stopped covering up and made it clear. Anyway, she couldn't keep it apart, so she would have to tell her about this matter sooner or later with a few daughters.

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Seeing the four daughters of the Zhen family looked surprised, Li Li smiled and said, "Don't be surprised. I have discussed with your grandfather, the leader of the Zhen family. He agreed to marry me as a concubine, and took thousands of servants and soldiers of the Zhen family as dowry. Zhen Yan and several other elders of the Zhen family know about this, so you don't have to worry. After you arrive in Chang'an, everything is settled, and your mother Zhen will resign from the position of head of the family and Zhen Yan will take over the Zhen family. At that time, Zhen will change back to its original name, Zhang Ai, and the name of Zhen is your sisters. From then on, we will not have to be confined to common etiquette and discuss our own affairs. As long as you still regard Zhen as your mother in your heart, this is enough, and there is no need to worry about seniority."

After saying that, Li Li knew that Zhen Jiang and others would need some time to adjust their mentality, so he raised his hand to signal Zhen to continue talking about the serious matter.

Zhen took a deep breath with a blushing face, forcibly calmed down, and said slowly: "I have made arrangements to take away all the gold and silver goods from each store before. As for the other goods, it was too hasty and could not be transferred or moved away for a while. Fortunately, Yuan Shao left me some time this time. Seven days is enough for my Zhen store to change its appearance, or to transfer it directly to other merchants or families in Jizhou. I guess it has been almost done now. These stores that have been dealt with have Zhen’s stores. As for most other stores, there is no need to worry, because those stores are shops jointly opened with major families in Jizhou. You only need to withdraw the principal and hand over all the stores to them.

However, in this way, the shops in my Zhen family in Jizhou will inevitably suffer losses, and this difference needs to be compensated by my husband. I wonder how my husband plans to compensate for the losses in my Zhen family's relocation?"

"Hahaha!" Seeing that Zhen was asking for compensation from him half-true, Li Li laughed in surprise and said, "People say that girls are outgoing, and everything will be directed towards their men. Why doesn't it work when you come to you? Well, this time the Zhen family moved to Chang'an, and the stores with Zhen's business in Jizhou must be sold at a low price to get rid of it. This is indeed a big loss. If I don't have any compensation, I am afraid that the Zhen family members will think that I, Li Li, are not sincere, stingy, and are not shy. Since that's the case, I can tell you the daughters and sons-in-law of the Zhen family today that I will divide a thousand hectares of land for you in the northern suburbs of Chang'an City to rebuild the Zhen family mansion, and in addition, I can give you another thousand hectares of land and forests!

However, you need to pay 30% of the land use fee, the relocation fee of the people and the land leveling fee of the county government soldiers is about 50 or 60 million yuan!"

"Ah———!" After hearing Li Li's last number, everyone in the hall changed their colors in shock and couldn't help but burst into tears.

Seeing everyone's mouth wide open, Li Li said disapprovingly: "There is no need to make a fuss about it! Two thousand hectares of land, one copper coin is for free. What I said is just a little hard work and hard work. Although the territory of Xiliang is vast, Chang'an City has been different in the past two years. Every inch of land is valuable. It is not easy to find such a large area of ​​complete land.

Besides, this hard work costs are all small money for your Zhen family, just a drop in the bucket. What's the point! Zhen, do you think this is the case?"

Seeing Li Li looking at him with a smile, Zhen's pretty face turned red, and she pursed her red lips and squeezed out four words: "Bully businessman! Bully!"

"Hahaha!" Zhen's words made everyone in the house burst into laughter, especially Li Xuan laughed the happiest and brightest.

In fact, when Li Xuan heard that his lord Li Li wanted to allocate one thousand hectares of land to the Zhen family, his face turned green. Then he heard that his lord gave another thousand hectares of mountainous land to the Zhen family. At this moment, Li Xuan could almost get up and scold Li Li for being a loser. It was too generous. He was spending a lot of money without frowning!

However, when Li Li gasped and said that he would pay the fee of 50 to 60 million yuan, Li Xuan was stunned, his mind was blank, and he opened his mouth wide for a long time and couldn't stop talking.

In the evening, Li Xuan finally woke up. His lord still hadn't changed at all. At least he was not fascinated by the charming mature woman Zhen, and was still as "smart" as before. Others called Li Li's shrewdness "treacherous!"

There are two places in Chang'an City that have the largest area and the most densely populated areas, one is the western suburb and the other is the southern suburb. The northern suburb mentioned by Li Li is indeed not a small area, but it is, the most desolate and sparsely populated, and it is considered a barren land. However, such a place is not a barren land in Li Li's mouth, but a virgin land that needs to be excavated and developed.

The northern suburbs of Chang'an are located between Fengling County on the left and Fufeng County on the right, and are not far from Beidi County and Shangdang County on the Bingzhou. Before Xiliang was unified, it was the frontier position for barbarians to invade Sanfu in Guanzhong. There were constant wars and bandits. Over time, the northern suburbs were deserted and overgrown, not to mention the extreme desolation, but mostly mountainous hilly landforms and many forests.

——————————— (To be continued)
Chapter completed!