The ground is white and the wind is cold, and the snowflakes are as big as hands!

The heavy snow made Chang'an City buried deep in the snow piles, and looking around, you can see a vast white area.

The usually bustling streets seem extremely deserted, and apart from the scattered figures of shopping for supplies, there are rare people.

But compared with this deserted street, the market selling charcoal is crowded with people.

Whenever a person treks to the market with a hard time, he is robbed and snatched away as soon as he reaches the entrance of the market.

When a young man with a velvet hat and a thick sheepskin coat wrapped in a body, he brought his servant to buy out the charcoal again, someone finally couldn't help but complain.

One of them said to the young man: "Cui Laosan, you are too domineering. As long as the charcoal comes, you will buy all of it. How can the others live? Besides, can you use so much charcoal in Cui's house? Even if it is sold in the store, it will be enough for several months, right?"

Several people who didn't grab the charcoal just now also drank it.

The young man called Cui Laosan was not ashamed but proud. He looked at the group of people with disdain and said proudly: "Zhao Laossi, who do you blame yourself for not being able to do it? Besides, the price you paid is higher than you, and if you have the ability, you can also increase the price!"

Indeed, Cui Laosan did not forcefully buy and sell, and people who did not buy charcoal were helpless.

Even at the same price, others will give priority to Cui Laosan.

As for why?

This has to start with Cui Laosan's origin.

Cui Laosan's name is Cui Yongjian. He was born in the Cui family in Qinghe. Because this generation of family members is ranked third, he is often called Cui Laosan.

This is also the reason why people who cannot buy charcoal dare not speak out.

As a thousand-year-old family, no one dared to provoke the Cui family in Qinghe easily.

Seeing the servant putting charcoal on the ox cart, Cui Yongjian then glanced at the crowd around him with contempt, looking arrogant and did not take these people seriously.

Just at noon, Cui Yongjian said to the servant beside him: "Stay this young master to death. As long as there is charcoal coming, no matter the price, I will take it to someone."

After saying that, he got on the carriage and headed towards the city.

And the people who didn't buy charcoal could only watch it in disgust, dare not speak out.

The same situation occurred in other markets in Chang'an City.

As for why this happens.

On the one hand, Cui wanted to make a fortune in this snow disaster and make money from the national crisis.

On the other hand, it is to retaliate against Yang Fan.

Why can you retaliate against Yang Fan when buying charcoal?

This has to start with the court discussion a few days ago.

After Cui Yongping was humiliated during the court meeting that day, Cui began to prepare.

Under Changsun Wuji's "forced" by Changsun Wuji, Yang Fan made a military order in front of His Majesty and the ministers.

It claims to solve the charcoal fire problem of Chang'an people within seven days and ensure that charcoal prices will stabilize.

If it cannot be solved, Yang Fan will not only be removed from his official hat as the Minister of Rites, but also pursue Yang Fan's crime of deceiving the emperor.

In Cui's view, as long as you buy out the charcoal on the market, even if Yang Fan has the most powerful means, it is impossible to complete the task.

That's why today's move was made. They believed that they could not only attack Yang Fan, but also make a lot of money from it.

Of course, Cui Qinghe was willing to do such a good thing that killed two birds with one stone, and even left no effort.

As for the infatuation of making money from the national crisis, they would not care about Cui. How could the infatuation be more attractive than Jin Cancan's money?

Besides, many noble families are hoarding charcoal nowadays. Who has the energy to stare at Cui alone?

Therefore, whether it is the Cui family or other aristocratic families who have had conflicts with Yang Fan, they all participated in the rush to buy charcoal, either openly or secretly.

For a moment, the entire Chang'an City was in a turbulent manner.

Pingkangfang, Chang'an City!

In a high-gate mansion in the middle, the snow in front of the door has been cleaned up, and two magnificent stone lions stand on both sides of the door.

Unlike the common stone lion carving techniques, these two stone lions are carved arrogantly and fiercely.

The word Cui Mansion hung on the high door lintel, which looked very grand.

Jumping out of the carriage, Cui Yongjian shouted to the doorman: "Is the eldest brother back?"

The doorman quickly opened the mansion door, a trace of fear flashed in his eyes, and he immediately replied: "Sir, just came back, in the main hall..."

Cui Yongjian ignored it and walked quickly into the mansion with big strides.

As soon as I stepped into the main hall, a heat came to my face, and several large copper tripods were placed in several corners of the main hall.

The charcoal fire burned the copper cauldron torch, making the whole hall look warm as spring, which is completely different from the cold outside.

The interior of the main hall is decorated magnificently, noble and elegant.

Maybe it was quite hot. As soon as he stepped into the hall, Cui Yongjian took off the velvet hat.

Unlike Cui Yongping, who looks fat and big-eared, Cui Yongjian is quite handsome and looks in his twenties, but he looks a little frivolous.

As soon as he saw Cui Yongping sitting next to the table, he immediately smiled happily.

He walked a few steps to Cui Yongping, picked up the tea soup on the table and took a few mouthfuls.

He wiped the corner of his mouth casually before saying to Cui Yongping: "Brother, do you know how much charcoal I have collected in total?"

Looking at Cui Yongjian, who wanted to praise him like a child, Cui Yongping shook his head gently.

This younger brother is simply incompatible with the style of the Cui family in Qinghe. He is not only frivolous and impetuous, but also has such casual actions that are too rude to Cui Yongping.

You should know that as a scholarly family, Cui always claims to be a scholar and always follows the etiquette of every word and deed.

If it weren't for the need for this half-brother to help him, Cui Yongping really wanted to drive him back to Qinghe.

However, now after hearing Cui Yongjian say this, I feel a little expectant. In his opinion, this is the key to whether he can defeat Yang Fan.

After taking a sip of tea, Cui Yongping said calmly: "How many have you bought in total?"

Cui Yongjian said excitedly: "Our warehouse can no longer put it down, it has hundreds of thousands of pounds!"

Cui Yongping was a little surprised: "Oh? Why are there so many? Didn't you just received tens of thousands of pounds a few days ago?"

Seeing Cui Yongping's surprised expression, he smiled proudly with his own eyes, and then he explained what he did.

Cui Yongping frowned slightly: "Just monopolize the purchase directly, this will not be targeted by the court, right?"

"Brother is too worried, and we won't do this. The nobles of the nobles in Chang'an City have done this in the past two days. But we have stocked up so much charcoal, when will we sell it? The price of charcoal has doubled now. As long as all of these charcoals are sold, we can earn at least tens of thousands of pounds." Cui Yongjian smiled and said nothing.

Hearing this, Cui Yongping immediately felt relieved.

As the saying goes, the punishment does not punish the public. If Cui just hoards charcoal and is still afraid that the court will blame him, now that everyone is doing this, then there will be no worries.

It seems that this Zhongyi Bo is not very popular, and everyone wants to see his jokes!

Without charcoal, how he turned over, thinking about the shame of the court discussion that day made Cui Yongping grit his teeth in hatred.

Cui Yongping said with a ferocious face: "Don't worry, wait for two more days, I have gone to the Imperial Heaven Supervision to inquire. The heavy snow will last at least about a month. This time we not only want to make a big profit, but also let the boy be ruined to relieve the hatred in his heart."

"Brother, don't worry. I heard that the boy's concubine sent servants to collect charcoal every day, but received some randomly. When the time comes, what should he do. That boy may be in a state of anxiety now!" Cui Yongjian smiled.

Cui Yongping stroked the beard under his jaw and smiled with satisfaction: "You did a good job this time..."
Chapter completed!