I am a traitor in the Red Mansion

Jiang Ling patted Qi Huilang on the shoulder from behind, and said with a smile, "You don't have to see him off, aren't you here to accompany this honored guest, just in time for Master Murong to show you the scenery of Fuzhuang, where you can enjoy the scenery of pavilions, bridges and mountains, and look down Fish in the lake."

Qi Shizi has been a little impatient recently, he shook off his hand and said, "Master Jiang is still as good at putting on airs, and his tongue is so eloquent."

"Your Majesty has already praised me for my brilliant tongue. You all know each other once, so there is no need to praise me so much. Your Highness is very tired from swimming in the lake today, so I will spare you my lord's greetings, and you can take care of yourself." He turned to the side and gave the other party a provocative look.

Qi Huilang clenched his fist with his right hand, and all the veins came out.

Shen Zhou sat lazily, "Why are you fighting with him? You spent so long under the sun for nothing. The Supreme Emperor is really full and has nothing to do. He wants to rectify the atmosphere here today, so he sent some prince over here. I don’t know if the Roma Mansion is powerful or not.”

"It's clear that he came to bully me, so why did I become angry." Jiang Ling said, "Looking at the prince's two hundred and five appearances, he probably isn't very powerful. I'll make an appointment with a salt merchant in a few days, do you want to meet?"

"I don't see, I called a meeting of prefects from various places in the south of the Yangtze River, half of them." Shen Zhou said, "Your official is too young, I told you to ask for a salary, otherwise you will be promoted to a bachelor's degree."

"The prince and concubine of His Royal Highness, is this official still young?" Jiang Ling looked at him with a tilted head and smiled, "Then the rank of ministers can only be raised after His Royal Highness becomes king."

The Seventh Prince's heart is like iron, "Your natal family is not visible, and you are not self-motivated. Be careful, my Highness divorces you."

The motivated Shen Jiang family met with several salt merchants, and the meeting place was not in the government office, but borrowed the Mingyue Building of Xuge Lao.

After all, after being hit by the imperial examination fraud case, and Lin Ruhai made a point, the Jin family did not dare to neglect Jiangling. The patriarch, Mr. Jin, ordered his eldest son, Jin Runzhi, to attend the meeting. The other families are all disciples who can talk at home, so it is not rude. In the Liu family alone, only a second steward was sent.

Those who were present looked at Liu Er's affairs, and felt uncomfortable. Jin Runzhi is the eldest son of the Jin family. The little young master Jin who was cowardly in the prison last time was his youngest son. Jiang Ling's dislike is even stronger than his arrogance towards the Liu family.

He also said a few words on behalf of the Liu family, "The old lady of the Liu family is not in good health recently, so she naturally has to stay at home to fulfill her filial piety. She didn't intend to be rude to Mr. Jiang. The second manager Liu is also an old man on the Liu family's card. .”

The old god Lin Ruhai is here, just lean on the railing and drink tea.

Jiang Ling glanced at everyone present, tapped his fingers on the table, and said unhurriedly, "Jin and Liu have been arguing endlessly all day long, and the fight for wealth is known all over the city. Master Jin knows the Liu family's affairs in detail, and he also If you know yourself and the enemy, you will never end in a hundred battles. Old Master Liu redeemed Fengxian girl, so Old Master Jin wants to build a Fengxian Bridge in the west of the city to disgust her. It’s not interesting."

Jin Runzhi was already accustomed to the use of fighting spirit between the two families, and smiled indifferently, "They all say old urchins, old urchins, that's it."

"This is true." Jiang Ling got up, "Since you are not sincere, then forget it. Could it be that Jiangnan is a salt merchant's Jiangnan? The official wanted to know, but now it seems that I think too much."

The rest of the people were fine, but one person was very pale and even trembling, "You, you came back to avenge Feng's family?"

Jiang Ling walked up to him, stared at him for a while, then smiled and said, "Guess?"

After finishing speaking, he pushed open the door, "Please, I won't see you off."

Jin Runzhi didn't understand his father's importance to Jiang Ling, but he believed in his father's decision, so he put aside his hostility, bowed his hands, and said, "Caomin's careless words angered Mr. Jiang. It's Caomin's fault. Please also please Mr. Jiang." Calm down. It is our honor that you have the heart to remind us."

"Sometimes, people can't be impulsive, and what they say is like splashing water. As a person, I don't like to be condescending." Jiang Ling shook his head, "Don't I need to call the guards up? They are all respectable masters." , it's not good-looking for anyone to make a fuss."

"Master Jiang's dismounting power must be shown?" Jin Runzhi said.

Jiang Ling looked at him amusedly, "Didn't you do it first? Today I taught Mr. Jin a word, the one who flirts first is cheap. It's fine for the Liu family not to take me seriously, but think clearly, I came here under orders. , Whose order is it. The person on the card? A manager of the Liu family dares to be called on the card. It really is not something that my little fifth-rank censor can climb high. The salt merchant Jiumu Shengen does not want to serve the country Effectiveness, but extravagance and licentiousness, will bring down the atmosphere of the whole place."

Jin Runzhi's face changed, "Master Jiang is exaggerating. I can't wait for small merchants. How can I have such ability."

"Why not? Last year when the Qiantang River was watching the tide, the Jin family scattered hundreds of gold leaves. In order to win the gold leaves, a total of seven people drowned, not to mention being trampled. The Liu family didn't throw money. The old lady's concubine, Fengxian, wanted to see Playing the tide, the old man offered a reward of a hundred taels of gold, and several people drowned." Jiang Ling leaned against the door frame with his hands folded, doing nothing serious, he didn't seem to be liquidating, but seemed to be chatting, and he ordered another person, "Huizhuan Jinjin, Lu The family is a standard Shanxi merchant, but you don’t have such publicity. Those who have the foundation of merchants are mostly people from Qin, Jin, and Huijun. ① Most of the pawns in our dynasty are Shanxi merchants.”

On the canal, Shanxi merchants' ship gangs can also be called a monopoly, and go hand in hand with the salt industry.

The scene was completely silent, Lin Ruhai also put down his teacup and looked over.

Jiang Ling said leisurely and authentically, "I'll do the math for you all. Your assets in Yangzhou are no less than 3000 million taels. You can generate 900 million taels of child interest every year, and you only pay taxes with millions of dollars, and use 300 million for nothing. Public and private It’s all enough to affect monks, Taoists, beggars, servants, bridges, and buildings. The remaining 500 million yuan is enough to nourish your rich family? It can be said to be inexhaustible and inexhaustible.②”

"In addition to taxes, there is still 300 million to be handed over. Mr. Jiang also said that public and private interests are sufficient, and he will build bridges and roads, and he will all agree. I am just earning some blood, sweat and silver, and working hard for Your Majesty. Is it true that I am waiting for nothing?" Jin Runzhi never expected that he would know the value of the salt merchant so clearly, and beads of sweat gradually appeared on his forehead.

"Master Jin, don't be in a hurry." Jiang Ling spread his hands, "When did I say that I would ask you to work for nothing, but I hope that you will restrain yourself when you are full of money. As the old saying goes, make a fortune in silence. Today I will talk about it." Here it is, please go back."

He forcefully drove all the people away, Lin Ruhai couldn't understand, "Are you calling all the people here on purpose to scare them?"

"Just look at the live ones." Jiang Ling took a sip of tea, "Brother, when the predecessor was, the official salt was unsalable, the private salt was rampant, and the salt tax was lost. But now a catty of salt is less than ten cash, and It was resold everywhere, and the price was dozens of times. ③ After all, it is better to block it than to scatter it. After more than ten years of hard suppression, not only the salt merchants were cheaper, but also the emperor.”

If it wasn't for Jiang Ling sitting opposite, Lin Ruhai's glass would almost fall over. I have worked so hard to take care of this mess. If you plan to make a big deal, the saint will be angry.

He suppressed his anger and said, "How are you doing?"

The author has something to say: 1 and 2 are both quoted from "Wild Discussion·Yalt Government Discussion" by Song Yingxing in the Ming Dynasty, and 2 has been slightly modified.

Quoted from Tao Shu, Governor of Liangjiang in the Qing Dynasty

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