Heaven's Martial Fate

Chapter 951 Limitation of Thinking

To be honest, it is not easy for a novel to make people understand the lower class.

As far as Dai Quan knew, since he heard the story of "The Cornucopia" and learned about the situation of the people through many channels, he was not very interested in certain policies and decisions of the cabinet.

Some actions to benefit the people, according to Jia Rong, can be put into practice, instead of being fooled by the officials below, or even become opportunities for some people to make money.

The most exaggerated is the third novel "Kaifeng Mansion", the worry-free hole in it is too shocking.

Although there is no such place to hide filth in the capital, there are many kinds of filth hidden in the dark.

Although there is no large-scale clean-up today, the soldiers and horses of the five cities have been mobilized frequently, and the inspection of the interior of the capital has been increased, and the meaning is self-evident.

Coupled with the large recruitment of coal mines outside the capital, the law and order in the capital suddenly improved.

Of course, the young people who were imprisoned in the government prison almost overwhelmed the cell.

At the same time, all courtiers and officials in the capital who have interests in the arrested juniors will either be dismissed or demoted.

If it weren't for the fact that the proprietors behind the well-known brothels and gambling houses in the city are too powerful, and they are not willing to touch them easily at this time, I am afraid that there will be several shocking cases in the capital.

Of course that is the case, beating in private is essential.

If it weren't for the current attitude, the matter of Jia Rong acting as a playboy and throwing fireworks directly at the casino run by Hou Zhonghou's mansion would not have been settled so easily.

Not only the capital city, but as far as Dai Quan knew, through the secret channels in his hands, he has investigated the large cities in Dagan. In recent years, he has cleaned up a lot of official rubbish and young people in the towns.

At the same time, there is also a considerable degree of defense against the collusion between officials and local tyrants.

Of course, influenced by this novel, today's family is full of vigilance towards their own adult sons, as well as the princes and county kings born to the emperor.

Whenever it is found that they are secretly accumulating power, or secretly linking up with some shady gangs, they will definitely clean up with heavy hands, and they will not be polite at all.

In recent years, the princes and county princes born to the emperor have been very honest and peaceful.

It's Prince Zhongshun with the worst reputation, who has stopped a lot in recent years.

In the past, this guy would make some gossip in the capital from time to time, targeting either famous prostitutes in brothels or the top names in Nanfeng Pavilion, which really discredited the royal family several times.

The first three novels rely on their quality and have already gained a reputation and considerable influence.

Right now, as soon as the fourth novel "The Grand Canal" comes out, even today I can't help but listen to it for the first time.

As a result, when he heard the tragic experience of pig's feet, he had no sympathy. Instead, like other rich and powerful who had heard the story, he had the desire to explore the power of the Cao Gang.

How long did it take for the Cao Gang in the story to develop?
During the Yongle period of the former Ming Dynasty, the capital was moved from Jinling to Dadu in the Yuan Dynasty. At the same time, it was announced that the sea transportation should be abandoned and the water transportation should be vigorously developed. The Cao Gang began to develop at that time.

In the era of pig's feet, the Cao Gang in the story has developed, and it has not been more than 50 years, and it has such an amazing power.

The Cao Gang of the Daqian Dynasty has developed for hundreds of years.

As long as there is no problem with the brain, you will know how powerful the Cao Gang of the Daqian Dynasty is.

Is it also the same as the Cao Gang in the story, having partial jurisdiction over the Grand Canal, and at the same time has a 'special' close relationship with the town government along the way?
Even, has it infiltrated the Water Transport Yamen?
Either way, it is unacceptable today!
It's hard to think about how a mere rivers and lakes gang can occupy so many and important powers in the imperial court.

Jurisdiction over the Grand Canal, how important is that authority?
In Dagan, as the most important and main channel for north-south communication, the Grand Canal can be called a river of gold flowing upstream.

As long as you have a little bit of jurisdiction, you can reap a steady stream of benefits, and it's the kind that guarantees income from droughts and floods.

Right now, they have mastered the entire Dagan, the largest and most important private salt sales system.It is also rich in wealth.

Coupled with its own powerful forces, it is quite easy to pull town officials along the way into the water and become an alliance of interests.

Even in today's view, the danger of the Cao Gang to the imperial court may be higher than that of Huaiyang salt merchants, which is a certain thing.

For the Cao Gang, I had a simple understanding before today, and it is definitely a giant.

It was just because he needed the help of Cao Gang for drying the sea salt, so he didn't pay much attention to it, but at this time he had to think more.

"Dai Quan, Jia Rong of the Ning Mansion suddenly wrote such a story. I'm afraid it's very unfriendly to the Cao Gang. What does he think?"

Today is in the prime of life, and there is no problem in the brain. Naturally, I remember that the four major families of Jinling cooperated with the Cao Gang not long ago.

It is not too much to say that it is an alliance of interests to directly overthrow the Huaiyang salt merchants and dominate the Dagan private salt market.

As a result, as soon as he achieved his goal, he turned around and took the Cao Gang as his opponent. I felt that Jia Rong was very capricious in his ideas.

Of course, as an emperor, he naturally wouldn't think that way, but wanted to understand the entanglement of interests.

The world is bustling for profit, and the world is bustling for profit!

As long as you see through the interests of any matter, you can basically understand what the parties are doing.

From today's point of view, Jia Rong of Ningfu's sudden visit must be because of the stakes, otherwise he would not have done so out of line.

After all, it is not such a secret information that his vest is "overwhelming", and some bigwigs in the court know it well.

If the big boss of the court considers him a capricious villain, it will not be of any benefit to Jia Rong in the Ning Mansion.

"My lord, before the four major families of Jinling and the Cao Gang, there were quite a few conflicts!"

Dai Quan explained in a low voice: "Even the two important rudder ports of Jinmen and Tongzhou were forcibly dispersed by the four major families of Jinling!"

"General Jia said this before. With the size and energy of the Cao Gang, once it develops to a certain level, it will wantonly expand its territory and influence. At that time, old and new hatred will come to my heart together. It is impossible to fight against it! "

"Then, Jia Rong is planning to strike first!"

Today leisurely took over the conversation, her tone calm and unwavering: "But the current momentum of the Cao Gang is not something that the four big families in Jinling can withstand!"

Dai Quan stood aside and didn't speak, but he couldn't help laughing in his heart.

He has served today for decades, how could he not understand today's behavior?

Obviously, the new novel written by Jia Rong's fellow has attracted great attention today, and it is estimated that this is one of Jia Rong's main purposes.

The four major families in Jinling couldn't stand up to the momentum of the Cao Gang. Could it be that they can't stand up now?
If you don't think about it, what's the point of saying such things to him now?
"Let's read it again, I hope the plot in the back of the novel will not disappoint me!"

How can it be possible to follow Jia Rong's baton easily without talking nonsense today?
He wanted to see how Jia Rong's vest would continue the plot of the novel.

No matter how you look at it, a rich young man who has successfully practiced martial arts has no chance of winning against the colossal Cao Gang.

In the old residence of the Xue family in the capital, Xue Pan sat in the hall and yelled, his face flushed with excitement.

"Wonderful, wonderful, this novel is really wonderful!"

He just came back from the south, and heard that 'Overturning Mountains' had a new novel. Because he had just traveled a long distance and was physically and mentally exhausted, he didn't go directly to the restaurant to listen to Mr. Book's story, but invited the storyteller from his restaurant to listen alone.

After listening to it, he couldn't help but applaud repeatedly, and after rewarding the storyteller invited by his restaurant, he waved him away.

Aunt Xue, who was sitting next to her, didn't react that much. She didn't like the beatings and killings in the novel, especially the plot of killing people, which made her feel a little uncomfortable, so naturally she didn't have the interest to speak.

"Patriarch, should this novel be published quickly and sold to the south?"

In the hall, there was a middle-aged shopkeeper who was the big shopkeeper of Xue's bookstore. He came to ask Xue Pan as soon as he heard that Xue Pan returned to Beijing.

The sales volume of the novel "Overwhelming Mountains and Seas" is quite good.

The overall sales volume of his three novels reached hundreds of thousands of copies, which brought a huge income of tens of thousands of taels of silver to Xue's study.

Moreover, the income is still continuously increasing, and at least they can earn a steady stream of profits for several years, or even ten years.

The release of the new book 'Overturning Mountains and Seas' this time, he immediately followed it.

It just felt a little inappropriate, and he didn't dare to make decisions without authorization, so he naturally kicked the ball to Xue Pan, the patriarch.

"Publish a book, of course you have to publish a book, and you have to publish a lot of books!"

Xue Pan waved his hand, and said boldly: "Before the pirated version outside appears, we must directly spread the novel to the south and earn a lot of money!"

In addition, this is also one of the means to please Jia Rong.

As the owner of the cooperative bookstore of the works of 'Mountains Overwhelming Seas', he naturally knew who this well-known novelist was, but he didn't dare to say it lightly.

Not to mention Jia Rong's status as the head of the four major families in Jinling, just his status as the head of the Jia family's school is enough to make Xue Pan dare not speak lightly.

It's like a scumbag who meets the principal of a primary school. Even if he has graduated for many years, if he doesn't make enough name, he will always feel guilty.

Not to mention, the status of the primary school principal is not ordinary.

The shopkeeper of the bookstore got a firm order from the owner, so he naturally left happily.

A best-selling novel is not only as simple as making money for the bookstore, but everyone who handles it can get a lot of benefits.

Aunt Xue just smiled and watched Xue Pan make the decision. Although she felt a little inappropriate, she didn't intend to stop her.

In her opinion, Xue Pan is getting old, and he has broadened his horizons by sailing with Uncle Xue, and it is time to start taking charge of the family business.

Even if there was anything wrong, the Xue family's wealth and family business were enough to support him, so Xue Pan paid the tuition.

Among other things, this time when Xue Pan came back, he looked much heavier than before, and Aunt Xue was very satisfied.

Some of the previous grudges towards Uncle Xue naturally dissipated completely.

"Brother, you are confused, you shouldn't publish a book so hastily!"

As a result, when Xue Baochai came back from Jinmen, he was happy, but when he heard Xue Pan talking about it, he couldn't help but speak.

The mood also got worse.

"Why can't you publish a book?"

Xue Pan was a little unconvinced, even though he knew that his younger sister had more brains than himself, but he felt a little overwhelmed by his younger sister's lecture.

"Baochai, why are you talking to your brother?"

Aunt Xue was very dissatisfied, the head of the Xue family was Xue Pan after all, and Xue Baochai, the younger sister, was so disrespectful, if the stewards and shopkeepers below saw it, would it be okay?
"Brother, haven't you heard that in the novel, the villain is the Cao Gang?"

Anxious, Xue Baochai didn't bother to explain, and hurriedly said: "No one else knows how powerful the Cao Gang is, don't we?"

"If the novel is sold through our channel and has been sold all the way to the south, it is inevitable that the Cao Gang will not do anything excessive!"

"Maybe, our Xue family's shops and businesses in the towns along the canal will suffer a devastating blow!"

"Compared to the little profit from selling books, the Xue family's losses will be even greater!"

With those words, Xue Pan and Aunt Xue's expressions changed, and the atmosphere in the room became quite dull.

Xue Pan was a little upset, and dissatisfied: "But sister, you also know that the "overwhelming" who wrote the novel is Jia Rong of Ningfu!"

"In order to get the right to publish the novel he wrote, we have paid a lot of effort and price. If we suddenly don't publish it, how can we explain to him?"

"It's not that we're not going to publish, but we'll wait and see the situation first!"

Xue Baochai was calm and calm, and said slowly: "Since Jia Rong of the Ningfu dared to write such a novel, there must be ways to target the Cao Gang in the future. Let's wait and see what happens, there is no need to take the initiative to get involved!"

Xue Pan was speechless for a moment, he didn't know how to refute, he just felt quite depressed.What my sister said is naturally very reasonable, but he always feels that something is wrong, but he can't tell the specific way.

Aunt Xue didn't have any opinions. Seeing that Xue Baochai spoke clearly and her son Xue Pan didn't refute anything, she naturally wanted to follow Xue Baochai's wishes.

"I think Pan'er did a great job!"

At this moment, a gentle and powerful voice came in.

"Second uncle!" "His second uncle!"

Hearing the sound, Aunt Xue, Xue Pan and Xue Baochai got up hurriedly, and said hello to Uncle Xue who was striding into the door.

"Why does Second Uncle think so? Is there something wrong with what my niece said?"

After everyone was seated again, Xue Baochai couldn't wait to say: "Is what I said wrong, there is no need for the Xue family to take the initiative to compete with the Cao Gang!"

Second Uncle Xue glanced at Xue Baochai lightly, and said with a light smile, "If you follow the rules in the business world, Baochai, what you said is very reasonable, but it's a pity that our Xue family can't act like this in the matter of Ningfu, it will cause big problems... ..."

(End of this chapter)