All Hail Cousin Brother

This is what Yu Youyao meant: "King Liang is going to rebel, and the situation in the world is turbulent. The first chaos is the weak and prosperous Central Plains hinterland. The Huaijiang area is a place where Fujian people live. The news that Xie's house will be evacuated from Quanzhou, sooner or later. It is to be exposed, and King Liang can definitely guess that Xie Mansion is going to the Huaijiang area, as long as there are checkpoints along the way, Xie Mansion will become meat on the chopping board, and anyone can slaughter it."

The river transportation is in the hands of the imperial court, and it is easy to make mistakes.

The court's control over shipping was extremely weak, and the merchant ships of Xie's house had been operating in the southeastern coastal area. They were well managed and had wider connections. When King Liang found out that Xie's house and his family had fled, he could only stare blankly.

Mrs. Xie nodded in relief: "Xiao Yao'er is thoughtful, just follow her plan, we need to go to the Huaijiang area, we need to provide the road guide issued by the Quanzhou Prefecture Yamen, Xie's house is a big taxpayer, the government is watching closely, absolutely It is impossible to let the Xie family go out of Quanzhou, and to handle fake customs clearance documents and identity documents, we have to take a lot of risks, and it is easy to be exposed if we are not careful.

"Because of the lessons learned by King Li of Zhou, Youzhou is in a bitter and cold border area, and there are often foreign enemies to harass, waiting for the imperial court to send troops for a long time. Therefore, the current emperor has given the privilege of paying no tribute to the salt tax in the northern border, which is used to buy materials that the court cannot distribute in time, and to defend all the people arranged by King Wumu in the coastal defense. As long as we pretend to be merchants who came to buy from Youzhou, we can easily leave Quanzhou. ."

Jiazhou Mansion and King Liang could never have imagined that they had King Wumu's token and customs clearance documents in their hands.

In this way, going to the north is far safer than going to the Huaijiang.

So it's settled.

Yu Youyao was certain.

On the second day, Yu Youyao went to the prefectural government office accompanied by her aunt and third cousin.

Master Lin, Mrs. Yan and Lin Ruoru also arrived.

Witnessed by officials from the Jiazhou government and the yamen, they negotiated with the Lin family on the details of the purchase of medicines for disaster relief.

Under the strong request of Yu Youyao, it was decided that Lin Ruoru would be responsible for the cooperation.

Master Lin was a little reluctant, but Yu Youyao used the excuse that she was a woman, and it was difficult to have too much contact with foreign men. Master Lin also knew that she was a woman from an official family.

When I left the yamen, it was already afternoon.

Master Lin invited everyone from the Xie family to go to the Guiyuan Temple on Tumen Street to use the fast food. He also knew that Yu Youyao was in the period of filial piety, and it was not easy to go to places like restaurants.

Yu Youyao declined because it was inconvenient to stay outside for a long time because of your filial piety.

Before leaving, Yu Youyao said casually: "I heard that Mr. Lin's ancestral home is from Zhejiang, and his family's business expanded, so he moved his family to Quanzhou, Fujian, but Mr. Lin mastered the medicinal materials from Jiangnan, and he often traveled to and from Zhejiang. My cousin and Zhizhe Governor Ye is an old friend, and Mr. Lin is a big family in Zhejiang. If you think about it, you will recognize Mr. Ye. In the future, when Mr. Lin arrives in Zhejiang, there will be Mr. Lao Lin, and say hello to Mr. Ye for my cousin and me."

The Lin family moved to Quanzhou just to develop the family's foundation.

But in fact, the roots of the Lin family have always been in Zhejiang.

Master Lin's eyes flashed again and again, and he nodded quickly.

After Yu Youyao left, Mr. Lin and Mrs. Yan got into the carriage.

In the closed carriage, Mrs Yan immediately lowered her voice and asked, "What does the county lord of Shaoyi mean? It doesn't sound like I really want you to say hello to Lord Ye for her."

To say hello, that is, a letter, where do you need someone else to do it for you?

The Lin family is only a district merchant, and he has no personal relationship with Lord Ye, and there is no intersection between the two. It is not suitable to leave it to the Lin Mansion to do things like saying hello!

Mr. Lin showed a thoughtful expression: "The head of Shaoyi County is from a family named Yu clan, whose descendants are all over the court and the field. In recent years, the emperor has made great use of the members of the Yu clan, and many members of the Yu clan hold important positions in the court. The state capital is crazy, so it will be difficult to get along with the county head of Shaoyi."

Mrs Yan frowned: "Jia Prefecture obviously has no good intentions towards the head of Shaoyi County."

Seems like a farce.

It is a dangerous conspiracy.

People do not fight with officials. Merchants and merchants usually stick together and can check and balance local officials, but once the handle falls into the hands of the officials, it is almost meat on the chopping board, and they are slaughtered by others.

The solution to this crisis was the cooperation between Shaoyi County and Lin Yan in disaster relief.

Mr. Lin gently turned the green jade finger in his hand, and said after a while: "You said, why did a noble lady from the main hall of Shaoyi County come to Quanzhou?"

Yan shi shook his head: "I heard that because of the death of my grandmother, I became ill from worry, so I came to Quanzhou to recuperate."

Master Lin sneered: "My relatives have passed away, and I will not travel far in three years."

Yan Shi also felt that there was something hidden in it, and heard Master Lin say: "Is it possible that Miss Yu knew in advance that Master Jia was going to be detrimental to the Xie Mansion, so she came to Quanzhou specially?" The more he thought about it, the more he felt that this might be very big: "The county head of Shaoyi has just settled in Quanzhou, so he bought medicine from the Lin Yan family for disaster relief. "

Yan's heart jumped: "Xie's house is the richest man in Quanzhou. If something happens to Xie's house, there will definitely be turmoil in Quanzhou. We merchants headed by Xie's house..."

Mr. Lin's face gradually became solemn: "The county head of Shaoyi is reminding me, and he is also warning me."

The roots of the Lin family are in Zhejiang. The Lin family can give up their operations in Quanzhou, but it is impossible to give up. As long as the foundation is still there, the Lin family will not fall.

Zhejiang is under the rule of Lord Ye, and the Shaoyi County Lord has friendship with Lord Ye, which is equivalent to strangling the Lin family's throat.

They can only choose to cooperate with the head of Shaoyi County.

Very deep city.

No wonder Ruo Ruo said that the county lord of Shaoyi is a chess player, and we are all pawns on her chessboard. If we are an obedient and useful pawn, we will not be captured.

Mr. Lin's thoughts turned: "Using Shaoyi County's disaster relief work, to transfer our family's business in Quanzhou back to Zhejiang, we must keep it secret and not let people find out, and some industries are handed over to trusted people and slowly sold. "

Mrs. Yan was a little uneasy: "Just relying on a word from the county head of Shaoyi... Isn't it too hasty?"

But Mr. Lin didn't think so: "Jiazhou House has no good intentions towards Xie House, if one move fails, there must be other moves. Our family has always been guided by Xie House, and the situation in Quanzhou will not be very good in the future. The foundation of our family is in Zhejiang, and if Quanzhou is given up, it will not have much impact. Quanzhou and Zhejiang are not far apart, we will watch the fire from the other side to see the situation, and when the time is right, we will return to Quanzhou, and the previous business will still be there.”

The Lin family has mastered nearly 70% of the medicinal materials from Jiangnan, and their operations in Quanzhou are irreplaceable to a certain extent.

When the current situation is unstable, self-defense is the best policy.