Tang Dynasty: Consort Wu? Your Majesty, please address her as the Crown Prince's Consort.

The Eastern Palace!

"Your Majesty! The Zheng family of Xingyang and the Wang family of Taiyuan were both involved in the autumn hunt, and the Prince of Wei was completely unaware of it!"

Also, there were some sycophants sent by the false emperor in the Eastern Palace, which I conveniently dealt with!

Upon hearing this answer, Li Chengqian couldn't help but narrow his eyes slightly.

He wasn't surprised at all that there were old men in the Eastern Palace.

Every capable emperor possesses a pair of eyes hidden in the shadows.

"The Zheng family of Xingyang, the Wang family of Taiyuan! Heh! They dare to play dirty tricks on me, very well done!"

With his current strength, even with the addition of the Embroidered Uniform Guard, he would not be able to eradicate these two aristocratic families completely.

However, it's still possible to collect some interest in advance.

Thinking of this, Li Chengqian immediately spoke up:

"Go! The direct descendants of the Zheng family of Xingyang and the Wang family of Taiyuan, ten people in total, cripple them!"

"Yes, Your Majesty!"

Watching Mao Xiang leave, Li Chengqian couldn't help but sigh.

He did this simply to vent his anger.

Ten direct descendants are nothing to a large, thousand-year-old family.

Just then, a young eunuch rushed in and said:

"Your Highness! A merchant named Shen Wansan is requesting an audience!"

Upon hearing this, Li Chengqian was immediately overjoyed.

"Hahaha! My money bag has arrived!"

……

Inside the East Palace Hall!

A somewhat plump middle-aged man was waiting there.

Only when he saw Li Chengqian approaching did the latter hurriedly go up to pay his respects.

"Your subordinate, Shen Wansan, greets your lord!"

Seeing this, Li Chengqian quickly stepped forward to help him up and said:

"Hahaha! Please rise quickly. From now on, I'll be entrusting the expenses of my Eastern Palace to you!"

"Your Highness is too kind. I will certainly do my utmost."

After a brief exchange of pleasantries, Li Chengqian took out a booklet from his robes and began to speak:

"Take a look at this first!"

Upon hearing his prince's words, Shen Wansan was slightly taken aback, and then took the booklet with a curious expression and began to read it.

When he saw the contents, he couldn't help but show a look of surprise.

"You can't believe tea leaves can be processed like this?"

Seeing the puzzled look on Shen Wansan's face, Li Chengqian couldn't help but smile slightly. He then took a small pinch of tea leaves that he had been asked to make a few days ago from a jar next to him, put them into a teapot, poured in hot water, and handed it to Shen Wansan.

"Want to give it a try?"

Looking at the pot of tea in front of him, Shen Wansan was also full of curiosity.

A unique, refreshing aroma of roasted tea wafted out, making even Shen Wansan's spirits lift.

After pouring myself a small cup and taking a sip, my eyes lit up.

"This is great! It's slightly bitter at first, but has a sweet aftertaste, it's refreshing and invigorating, and it's much more thirst-quenching than any tea currently on the market!"

Upon hearing his words, Li Chengqian couldn't help but smile and say:

"So, what do you think of the tea business?"

Shen Wansan naturally understood Li Chengqian's meaning. After pondering for a moment, he slowly spoke:

"Such tea is in high demand and short supply in the market. We can package this tea in different grades."

The price is set at five taels of silver per tael!

"What? Seize the young master?"

Upon hearing Shen Wansan's words, even Li Chengqian couldn't help but exclaim in surprise.

Five taels of silver for one tael of tea? That's highway robbery!

It should be noted that the price of rice in the Tang Dynasty was five coins per dou (a unit of dry measure), while one tael of silver was equivalent to one thousand coins.

Five taels of silver is enough for an ordinary family of five to eat for a year.

Seeing the incredulous look on his prince's face, Shen Wansan couldn't help but reveal a calm smile.

"Hahaha! Your Highness! You underestimate this tea."

Today, only we know this method of tea making, which constitutes a monopoly.

Moreover, five taels of silver was indeed expensive for ordinary people, but it was just a small amount of money for those noble families.

This tea not only tastes better than current teas, but most importantly, it's elegant!

"Ya?" Li Chengqian tilted his head, his eyes full of curiosity.

"That's right! It's elegance! Most people from aristocratic families are scholars, and what scholars care about most is nothing more than elegance. Drinking tea, burning incense, composing poems, and showing off their charm all reveal the word elegance. What is elegance? Elegance is the face of this group of people."

They buy our tea not because it tastes good, but because the elegance of tea drinking brings them prestige.

Li Chengqian was stunned by Shen Wansan's words.

Although he was a time traveler, he wasn't exactly a science and engineering student in his previous life, so he really didn't understand any of the intricacies of business.

However, for Li Chengqian, there is no need to try to master it. As long as he has the system and his status as the crown prince of the Tang Dynasty, he is destined to be surrounded by all kinds of talented people.

All he needs to do is learn how to utilize these talents, like Shen Wansan right in front of him now.

He looked at Shen Wansan and slowly began to speak:

"Then I'll leave the tea matter to you. I won't interfere with the specifics; I'll only look at the results!"

Upon hearing his prince's words, Shen Wansan couldn't help but adopt a serious expression and said:

"Yes, Your Highness!"

……

The Zheng family in the capital.

"Who did this?! Who on earth???"

Zheng Yang's eyes were spitting fire as he looked at the ten wounded men covered in blood in front of him!

"Father! You must stand up for us! We were all riding horses when suddenly the horses went berserk, we fell off and lost consciousness. When we woke up, we were already like this."

Aside from the injuries sustained from falling from their horses, all ten men had had QQ uninstalled from their phones, meaning they were essentially useless.

Several of them were his sons, Zheng Yang's children.

Upon hearing this, Zheng Yang couldn't help but be slightly taken aback.

Was it all because of falling from a horse?

For a moment, he seemed to have thought of something.

"It's him, Li Chengqian?! It must be him!!!"

The horse went berserk and fell off, getting injured. Wasn't this the solution he had discussed with the Wang family back then?

Now all ten of Zheng's direct descendants have been injured in this way, and what's worse, Li Chengqian wasn't satisfied with that, he actually ordered them to be crippled! How ruthless!

"Master! What should we do now?"

The clan elder standing nearby couldn't help but ask.

Upon hearing this, Zheng Yang was also filled with rage.

He knew that Li Chengqian was definitely behind this, but he had no proof.

He couldn't very well say that it was because he had tampered with the Crown Prince's warhorse that the Crown Prince retaliated against him in this way!

Thinking of this, he turned to the servant beside him and said:

"Go and invite the head of the Wang family here! Tell him I have important matters to discuss!"

"Yes, Master!"

……

Meanwhile, a similar scene unfolded at the Wang family on the other side, with ten of their direct descendants being deposed, and even the modus operandi being exactly the same!

"Wang Shan, what's going on? You'd better give me an explanation!"