The waste prince is so fierce

Chapter 126 People’s hearts are separated from each other’s belly

"Oh? What did he say?" Zhao Mingde raised his eyebrows and looked at Sun Guangyuan.

Sun Guangyuan put down the teacup in his hand and said in a deep voice: "Li Quan hopes that the Sun family can become the exclusive supplier of medicinal materials for the Jiedushi Mansion and give us support in the medicinal materials business."

"It seems that he wants to defeat us one by one."

Yang Zhentian, the head of the Yang family, snorted coldly.

"That's true." Zhao Mingde, the head of the Zhao family, nodded. "He also came to me today and hoped that our Zhao family would be lenient with them in terms of water transportation."

"He wants to tie us all to his chariot." Chen Yunhai, the head of the Chen family, frowned.

"Humph, he has a good plan."

Wu Tiangang, the head of the Wu family, snorted coldly, "But we are not that easy to deal with."

"Indeed, if we unite, Li Quan may not be able to gain any advantage."

Zhao Mingde added, "However, the current situation in the court is unclear, and we also need to leave a way out for ourselves."

"Brother Zhao is absolutely right."

Sun Guangyuan nodded and said, "However, we can't easily agree to his request. Otherwise, once he gains power, it will be difficult for us to turn things around."

"Then according to Brother Sun, how should we deal with it?" Yang Zhentian asked.

Sun Guangyuan pondered for a moment and said slowly: "We can agree to cooperate with him first, but we must also keep a hand. For example, in the process of cooperation, we can slowly find out his details and intentions. At the same time, we must also strengthen our ties with other families and fight against him together."

"Brother Sun, what you said makes sense."

Zhao Mingde agreed, "We can't fight alone, we must unite with other families to fight him together."

"Okay, let's do this," Liu Hongwei said. "We will first agree to his request on the surface and secretly observe his movements. At the same time, we will strengthen our ties with other families and discuss countermeasures together."

The family heads nodded in agreement.

This secret meeting between the noble families lasted until late at night.

Li Quan was unaware of this, and was still feeling smug about the smooth progress of his plan. Little did he know that a storm against him was brewing.

In the following days, Li Quan successively reached cooperation agreements with the major families in Jiangnan Road.

Although these noble families agreed to cooperate with Li Quan on the surface, they were secretly communicating with each other and discussing countermeasures. They were all waiting for an opportunity - an opportunity to overthrow Li Quan in one fell swoop.

However, Li Quan was still dreaming of his own grand dream, dreaming of becoming the overlord of Jiangnan Road one day.

He didn't know that he had fallen into a trap carefully woven by the aristocratic families.

The trap will suddenly tighten when he is most proud of himself, and catch him in one fell swoop.

In the Jiedushi's mansion.

Li Quan sighed.

"It seems that there is really no one in Yangzhou City who is willing to cooperate with us."

Now that he has just arrived, even though he is a prince, these families will never extend an olive branch to him unless he truly brings benefits to these families.

In other words, at this time, hesitation and rejection are normal.

Like the Sun family, who agreed to cooperate without saying anything, Li Quan would not believe a word they said.

"Sir, what should we do next?"

Zhang Hu on the side asked.

Li Quan smiled slightly, with a hint of cunning in his eyes:

"Don't panic. Although these noble families appear to be hesitant and refuse, they must be shaken in their hearts. We just need to wait patiently and continue to strengthen our ties with other forces while demonstrating our strength and determination."

"Yes, your Excellency is wise."

Zhang Hu complimented.

Li Quan waved his hand, signaling him not to say more. He knew the thoughts of the noble families very well. They were just weighing the pros and cons and wanted to make a choice under the premise of maximizing their own interests.

In that case, he gave them enough time and space to think about it.

At the same time, Li Quan was not idle either.

He began to gradually transfer most of his forces to Yangzhou City.

Wuwei County only had some forces left to protect itself.

Because he wanted to turn this small city of Yangzhou into his own territory.

……

Li Quan’s goal was simple, which was to take control of the entire Yangzhou city.

He has never concealed his ambition.

This kind of thing might be difficult for other people. After all, people from other families would definitely be on guard against him and would not let him control the entire Yangzhou city so easily.

But for him who had new ideas, it was effortless to control a small city like Yangzhou.

Even their ancestral home was easily taken over without deploying a single soldier.

In addition, Li Quan transferred his private troops to the governor of Yangzhou in order to consolidate his position.

Naturally, these things could not be hidden from the eyes of other families.

However, even if they were well prepared, they could not stop Li Quan from infiltrating and controlling Yangzhou City.

Li Quan's ambition was too big and completely beyond their expectations.

"Tell me, if we cooperate with him, what will he do for us?"

In a courtyard, several family heads gathered together to discuss the next course of action.

"His purpose is very clear. He wants to use our power to suppress other families and secure his position as Jiedushi." Yang Zhentian said slowly, "We can't agree to him. It's not good for us."

"Yes, he wants to swallow up our family business."

Another family head said gloomily, "If we cooperate with him, we will not only lose some of our profits, but also make him stronger."

"What should we do?" Yang Zhide frowned and said, "We can't let our sacrifice be in vain, right? Our family's strength is not weaker than his!"

"Oh, do you think he's stupid?"

A family head nearby sneered, "Do you think he will allow other families to grow stronger? I'm afraid that by then, we will be the ones to be destroyed. He is doing this only to weaken the strength of our family."

Hearing this, everyone suddenly became quiet and their faces became solemn.

No one can ignore this kind of thing.

If Li Quan is not dealt with quickly, their family will sooner or later follow in the footsteps of the Zhou and Lin families and be in danger.

"Never mind, let's just break up with him!"

"That's right. If he dares to act recklessly, let's teach him a lesson and see if he dares to be so arrogant again!"

……

The other heads of the noble families also looked eager to try, as if they couldn't wait to rush to the governor's residence to punch Li Quan and step on the door plaque.

"Don't worry, wait a moment!"

At this moment, Yang Zhentian raised his hand to stop everyone and said, "I have carefully studied this Li Quan. Although he is a prince, he has never participated in politics and has no background. In other words, his power in Yangzhou may not be as great as we think."

The other family heads nodded.

Indeed, Li Quan is a smart man.

Under such circumstances, he would never rashly turn against all the aristocratic families.