The famous book tour starting from the Red House

Chapter 80
In the next few days, Mu Xuming's face was the same as before, wandering around with people all day long, and even went to the beach for two days.Secretly, he naturally waited for the news from Beijing, and at the same time listened to the information from Huang Yishan. He went to the beach to check the results of drying the salt. Although it was not satisfactory, there was basically no problem.

After Mu Xu went to visit Lin Ruhai that day, Han Qi greeted him as soon as he walked in. He cupped his fists and saluted, then approached him and whispered, "My lord, there are people from Beijing."

When Mu Xu heard this, his spirit was shocked, and he hurriedly asked, "Did anyone see them?"

Han Qi replied, "Don't worry, my lord. I have sent people to wait at the ferry early in the morning according to my lord's instructions. As soon as they arrived, I quietly took them to Xingyuan, and there was absolutely no word about it."

Mu Xu patted him on the shoulder and said approvingly, "It's a good job. Invite them to the study and treat them well. I'll come as soon as I change clothes."

"Yes, I understand."

Mu Xu hurried back to the backyard, Yinglian saw him coming back and rushed to meet him, walked up to him, smelled some alcohol on his body, and ordered a little girl in the yard to prepare bath water.Mu Xu raised his hand to stop him, "I'm not busy, just change my clothes, I have something to do later."

Upon hearing this, Yinglian had to dismiss the little girl again, followed Mu Xu to the room, and waited for him to change into clean clothes.Mu Xu told her, "I want to have a banquet tonight, so you go and have dinner with your mother, don't wait for me."

"Yes, prince. But prince should eat less wine at night."

Mu Xu responded casually, walked out of the room, and walked towards the study.As soon as he entered the study, Mu Xu was startled. He didn't expect Wang An to be among the two people in the study.He hurriedly asked, "Why is the prince here?"

When Wang An saw Mu Xu coming, he also hurriedly got up and greeted Mu Xu with the people around him.After the three of them met each other, Wang An pulled the people around him to introduce to Mu Xu, "My lord, this is Eunuch Liu Hong. He is the same as the Zha family. He is an old man when His Majesty hid in the mansion."

Mu Xu and Liu Hong met Fanli again, and after asking them to sit down, he didn't exchange greetings, and asked directly, "Since His Majesty even sent Wang Gonggong here, he must have agreed to my idea?"

Wang An nodded, and took out a letter from his pocket, "This is a secret decree from His Majesty to your son."

Mu Xu got up quickly, took it with both hands respectfully, and bowed in the direction of the capital.Then I checked it and found that the wax was intact, so I opened the envelope and it seemed to be up.

Emperor Jiading agreed to his plan in the secret decree, allowing him to act cheaply.In the end, he explained two more things. One was that after the incident in Yangzhou, he asked Lin Ruhai to hand over the salt affairs to Liu Hong, and then returned to Beijing to make another appointment.The second thing is to make him pay attention to propriety.

Mu Xu was naturally a little surprised that the emperor planned to appoint a trusted eunuch to take charge of the new Yandao yamen.However, he finally pulled Lin Ruhai out of the quagmire of Yanzheng through this incident, and he was quite satisfied.But the second matter confuses him a bit, so he couldn't help asking Wang An, "My lord, what does your majesty want me to be careful about, please clarify."

Seeing that there was no one else here, Wang An said bluntly, "This is the meaning of the Supreme Emperor."

Mu Xu was stunned, and understood somewhat, but he didn't want to forget about it, so he said again, "Is that what His Majesty meant?"

Wang An nodded helplessly, "Since the Supreme Emperor has spoken, His Majesty can only do so." He was used to looking at people, and now seeing Mu Xu's expression changed, he couldn't help asking, "But what's wrong?"

Mu Xu knew that both of them belonged to the emperor, so he didn't hide anything. He told them about the current situation of the salt road in detail, especially the incomparable wealth of those salt merchants.

The two of them just heard about it, but when they heard about the richness of those salt merchants, their pupils dilated and their breathing began to become short of breath.Wang An could hold back, but Liu Hong said, "These people's money is all from His Majesty's greed, I don't think we can just let it go."

Mu Xu gave him a thumbs up, "Eunuch Liu is right. As ministers, don't we have to share your majesty's worries? Now that we know about these rats, wouldn't it be a pity for them to be so cheap?" Saying this, he secretly laughed in his heart, saying that eunuchs are greedy for money, which is indeed true.

Hearing that both of them said that, Wang An was a little moved, but still hesitated and said, "It's hard to explain to the Supreme Emperor."

Before Mu Xu could speak, Liu Hong became anxious, "Old Wang, I don't think this matter is as good as this..." I wanted to say more, but Mu Xu couldn't help hesitating here.

Wang An waved his hand, "The son is my own, but it's okay to say."

Liu Hong first smiled apologetically at Mu Xu, and then continued, "I heard that the Supreme Emperor promised His Majesty to agree to reform the salt administration with conditions, isn't it?"

Hearing him say such a confidential matter, Wang An didn't change his face, but he became wary of Liu Hong in his heart, and secretly said, it seems that His Majesty's trust in him is not inferior to his own.Fortunately, he was sent to handle the salt administration now, otherwise he might not be able to threaten his family's position with His Majesty in the future.

Although he was thinking about something in his heart, Wang An still replied, "That's right, what the Supreme Emperor means is that the three million taels of the annual salt tax will be allocated to the inner treasury of Longshou Palace."

When Mu Xu heard this, he couldn't help sighing in his heart the extravagance of the Supreme Emperor.Liu Hong didn't care about this, after hearing Wang An's answer, he said with a sinister smile, "Since the son just said that those salt merchants are so rich, then we simply copy them all, and then we will offer a large sum of money to the Supreme Emperor." , I think the old man will forgive us for making our own decisions, after all, we are also for the court." As he said this, he bowed his hands in the direction of the capital, and if it wasn't for the expression on his face, it would have been almost believable.

"This..." Wang An looked at Mu Xu.He was also tempted, knowing that such a large sum of money, in addition to offering it to the emperor and the Supreme Emperor, they could also make a lot of money from it.

Seeing that the two people had already been persuaded, Mu Xu added another fire, "I think what Eunuch Liu said makes sense." After finishing speaking, he assured him with righteous words, "If something goes wrong, if the Supreme Emperor blames it , I will take full responsibility."

Hearing what he said, the eyes of the two old eunuchs were moved to tears, and they immediately said that it was absolutely impossible, and that they must advance and retreat with Mu Xu.

The three of them put on an air of hypocrisy again, and only then did they get down to business.Wang Andao, "Why are you and Lao Liu new here, I wonder if the son has a charter now?"

Mu Xu nodded, "That's right, I have a plan." Immediately, he explained his plan to the two of them.The two nodded their heads again and again, and Wang An asked, "Is there anything we need to do?"

Mu Xu smiled and said, "Of course there will be. When the time comes to raid the house, you must not work for the two father-in-laws, so that the hands and feet of the people below will not be clean."

The eyes of the two of them brightened when they heard this, and they looked at each other and smiled with Mu Xu, saying everything without saying a word.Then Mu Xu came to the door and asked Han Qi to be heard.

When Han Qi came in, Mu Xu directly ordered, "Send someone to hurry up and go to Jinling to send an order to Liu Qianhu, so that he will go to General Feng Han immediately after receiving the order, and follow the plan. Then send someone to quietly invite Huang Yishan here." , Just say that I have something to order. Also, tell all brothers not to ask for leave at will from tomorrow, and always be ready to act."

"Yes, I respect my job." Han Qi didn't dare to be negligent, and he took his orders and left with a promise.

After Mu Xu explained the matter, he turned around and said to Wang An, "The two father-in-laws have been wronged in the past few days, so I will hide here for a few days first. When this matter is over, I will accompany you two to appreciate Jiangnan." scenery."

The two of them naturally don't care about such trivial matters for the sake of money.Next, Mu Xu ordered someone to prepare a banquet, and had a drink with the two of them in the side hall.During the banquet, the three of them flattered each other again, and when they were all drunk, Mu Xu ordered his servants to send the two of them to rest without mentioning it.

After finishing all this work, he beckoned to a fan and asked, "Has Huang Yishan arrived yet?"

"My lord, he has been here for half an hour and is waiting in the study." That fan replied.

Mu Xu nodded, then came to the study, and waved to Huang Yishan who was saluting, "Okay, sit down and talk."

After Huang Yishan sat down, he asked anxiously, "I don't know if the lord called the little one so late, what orders do you have?"

Mu Xu smiled and said, "Don't be nervous, I want to ask you, is there any change in Zhao Xian's side now?"

Huang Yishan shook his head, "Not yet, but I have hinted to him that I will stand by his side."

"Forget it, forget it. You just have to keep an eye on them."

Hearing what he said, Huang Yishan nervously said, "My lord, but what did the villain do wrong?"

Mu Xu didn't want to tell him the truth at first, but after thinking about it, he donated half of his family property and gave himself a garden. He didn't refuse his order, and he still told his plan.

　There are only two updates today, I'm really sorry.Because I read a few Red Chamber novels, it seems that anyone who wants to marry Sister Lin has to go to Yangzhou to rescue Lin Ruhai.So after thinking about it, I still feel that I should end this plot quickly.i have to rethink

　　
　
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