Red Mansion Taoist

Chapter 91 Yan Yin
  The illegal salt in Juchengtang can be said to be the largest amount of illegal salt seized in Yangzhou City in recent years. If it is really related to this matter, even if the forces behind it come to help, it will be very troublesome.

It’s just that the salt that was detained this time really made the salt merchants in Mada feel heartbroken.

"Let's be honest, I gave the Yanyin that you three families were detained this time to the Imperial Envoy. If you three families really want to get Yanyin back, just go and ask for it from the Imperial Envoy!" Lin Ruhai said with a sarcastic look on his face.

His eyes fell on the faces of the other two big salt merchants. These two also wanted to speak, but they were preempted by the big salt merchant from Madagascar.

Only then did Jia Qiang understand where the 50,000 salt quotes he had obtained came from. It seemed that Lin Ruhai had already planned everything.

After hearing what Lin Ruhai said, the three major salt merchants said nothing more.

Mainly, no one knows who the imperial envoy is now. They only know that the capital sent an imperial envoy to Yangzhou to handle the salt affairs, but no one has seen him for so many days.

This kind of imperial envoy who hides in secret is more terrifying than an imperial envoy who is openly visible.

The first thing that the three big salt merchants thought of was that if they really wanted to fight for the seized salt, they would be stared at by the imperial envoy.

Besides, even if they wanted to fight, seeing how Lin Ruhai looked, it was impossible for them to fight.

The salt merchant from Madagascar lowered his head and stopped talking, acquiescing to the loss.

"Do you all here agree with the distribution among the hands?" Lin Ruhai asked with a smile and looked at the other salt merchants.

The remaining five big salt merchants all had satisfied smiles on their faces. In the past few years, they would have more or less competed with each other.

But this year is different. Looking at the embarrassment of the three large salt merchants who have been deducted from the salt quota, these three merchants will not be able to compete with the five of them next year.

In this comparison, it seems that they have more salt in their hands.

The rest of the small and medium-sized salt merchants who can sit here all have sufficient backgrounds, but since the eight major salt merchants have no objections, it is even harder for them to express their objections.

"Everyone, I still have a batch of salt here, which is in the warehouse in Juchengtang. I think everyone knows the quantity, so we will bid in an auction. I will replenish this batch of salt!" Lin Ruhai announced again! road.

The expressions of the three major salt merchants became even more ugly. This was theirs, but it was put up for bidding.

The rest of the salt merchants were not polite. The private salt was transported to the Yangzhou warehouse. It lost a lot of joints, which meant a lot of cost was reduced. It was given salt again by the salt transport yamen. You can make money after buying it.

A salt-induced release event went more smoothly than Jia Qiang expected.

However, this kind of smoothness depends on who is in charge. Lin Ruhai is a capable minister and handles salt affairs with ease.

Lin Ruhai had made all the preparations before distributing the salt seal this time. The entire process of distributing the salt seal was proceeding according to his plan, and everything was under control.

What Jia Qiang couldn't believe the most was the private salt in Juchengtang warehouse, which was sold for 1.1 million taels of silver.

Although this cannot be compared with the large quantities of salt that can cost tens of millions of taels, this is a real profit, and it is still a business without capital.

"How do you feel after meeting these eight major salt merchants today?" Lin Ruhai asked Jia Qiang in front of him in the study room of Lin Mansion.

"They are all honest in front of the teacher!" Jia Qiang replied with a smile.

"Slippery!" Lin Ruhai laughed and cursed, and then said: "Don't underestimate any of them. They have money in their hands and connections behind them. If they are not 100% fatal, don't take action against their family!"

"Teacher, I understand. Through recent contacts with the younger generations of salt merchants, I also discovered that the salt merchants' network of relationships is too large and has become a cancer for Daqian!" Jia Qiang shook her head and sighed.

With Huang Zhiyuan's relationship, Jia Qiang made friends with many junior salt merchants in Yangzhou.

Many of the younger generations of salt merchants are arrogant people who dare to say anything after drinking.

"Don't think about killing all the salt merchants. The existence of salt merchants is a foregone conclusion. Even if you replace this batch of salt merchants, a new batch of salt merchants will appear, and there will also be strong forces behind them. This point It won't change.

Less than half of the income of the Great Qian Dynasty came from the salt tax. If you really want to mess up the salt affairs in Jiangnan, you will not be able to return to Kyoto! Lin Ruhai shook his head and said.

Jia Qiang knew that he had never thought that Yangzhou's task was to completely clean up the salt affairs in Jiangnan. He planned to find one of the eight major salt merchants and replace it.

But this was also extremely difficult, and he didn't want to tell Lin Ruhai more.

It's not that he doesn't trust Lin Ruhai, but he doesn't want to affect Lin Ruhai.

Behind the eight major salt merchants, there were the Supreme Emperor, several princes, and important officials in the court. This was the part that he had only heard about and revealed to the public.

If any major salt merchant is involved in this, he may confront the forces behind it.

Why did Emperor Jingwen send Jia Qiang here? Didn't Emperor Jingwen know that Jia Qiang was too young and the only thing he could use was force?
  Emperor Jingwen knew it, but Jia Qiang was also the most qualified person.

Jia Qiang was expelled from the Jia family's family tree. He had no contact with other officials. It can be said that he was almost a loner.

Only such people will not be influenced by the forces behind the eight major salt merchants, and dare to offend the eight major salt merchants and the forces behind them in pursuit of higher power.

"By the way, I will hand over this 1.1 million silver to the Holy Master in your name. It will be regarded as your first stage achievement!" Lin Ruhai continued.

"Thank you, teacher, for thinking about me!" Jia Qiang bowed and thanked her.

Although Emperor Jingwen gave him a very long time, he couldn't continue without seeing results. The one million and one million taels of silver this time didn't look like much in Jiangnan, but for the current Emperor Jingwen, it was a lot of money. Unexpected money.

"We masters and disciples don't have to meet outsiders like this!" Lin Ruhai waved his hand and said, he thought for a while and then said: "This time has touched the interests of the three major salt merchants, they will definitely take revenge. There may be some troubles at home in the recent period. , you should pay more attention!”

Jia Qiang was shocked. He did not expect that teacher Lin Ruhai would have to face such a big trouble for 50,000 Yanyin.

"I will try to leave the house as little as possible these days!" He nodded and replied.

"What do you plan to do with the 50,000 yuan of salt?" Lin Ruhai talked about the focus of today.

"Teacher, what do you think is the best way to deal with it?" Jia Qiang had no way to cash out the salt, so he could only ask Lin Ruhai.

"There are two ways. One is to recruit some stewards in your name, and these stewards will be responsible for transporting the salt from the salt field. This method can earn more money, but it requires dealing with a lot of trouble, especially It was caused by difficulties from other salt merchants.

The second method is to sell the salt directly to a salt merchant, and get the money out of it at once, without having to worry about subsequent matters, but this will reduce a lot of income. "Lin Ruhai expressed his opinion and waited for Jia Qiang's decision.

"Teacher, I choose the second option. I don't want to show up, so I ask the teacher to handle it for me!" Jia Qiang decided without much thought. "Then I will inform Huang Quanyi. Although Huang Quanyi is not a member of the Holy One, he intends to express goodwill to the Holy One. He is the big salt merchant I want to win over most. It is best for Huang Quanyi to handle this matter!" Lin Ruhai explained why he made this decision.

Jia Qiang did not participate in the meeting between Lin Ruhai and Huang Quanyi. Jia Qiang trusted Lin Ruhai very much.

If Lin Ruhai hadn't intended to give in, 50,000 Yanyin would not have any contact with Jia Qiang. This was almost equivalent to free money. Why should he worry about leaving it to Lin Ruhai?

The next afternoon, Jia Qiang was called over again by Lin Ruhai.

"Huang Quanyi's side took over 50,000 salt notes very smoothly. Here are eight million taels of silver notes!" Lin Ruhai pushed a large stack of silver notes in front of Jia Qiang and said.

To be honest, Jia Qiang has a lot of knowledge, but whether in his previous life or in this life, the banknote in front of him is the largest fortune he has ever seen.

However, there were too many magical things about him. Although the eight million taels of silver was astonishing, it did not make him lose his temper too much.

"Teacher, how could Huang Quanyi accept 50,000 salt quotes at such a high price?" Jia Qiang had his own calculation in mind and asked with some confusion.

Lin Ruhai saw that Jia Qiang did not lose his composure when faced with eight million taels of silver notes, and he was very satisfied with Jia Qiang's character.

Not everyone can face such a huge wealth with ease. If he hadn't dealt with huge amounts of wealth all year round, he wouldn't be as calm as Jia Qiang.

"Didn't I say before that Huang Quanyi wanted to have one more choice? Although he has not yet surrendered to the Holy Lord, he has been expressing his goodwill. These 50,000 salt quotes are his goodwill!" Lin Ruhai explained with a smile.

Jia Qiang couldn't help but be shocked. Based on his calculations, if he personally operated 50,000 salt citations to sell official salt, not to mention the time investment before and after. Just the management of all parties and the freight cost, 50,000 salt citations would be enough. In the end, the money that could be earned was less than eight million taels of silver.

Of course, 50,000 pieces of salt were introduced into Huang Quanyi's hands, which is different from those in his hands.

You must know that Huang Quanyi has been doing it all year round. Even if there are 100,000 more salt quotations every year, the cost of management will not change. In addition, the channel for transporting official salt is also owned by the Huang family, which saves money. A large amount of silver.

Therefore, the amount of silver he can earn from the 50,000 Yanyin cards in his hands far exceeds that of an outsider like Jia Qiang.

But even so, Huang Quanyi almost gave him most of the benefits.

"This Huang Quanyi is a good person. Please tell me, teacher, that I owe him a favor!" Jia Qiang put away the eight million taels of silver notes and said to Lin Ruhai.

Lin Ruhai smiled. He didn't think Jia Qiang's favor was worthless.

Who is Jia Qiang? She holds the title of first-grade viscount at the age of fourteen, is an imperial envoy, and is a powerful official highly regarded by Emperor Jingwen.

With Jia Qiang's age, no one can predict his future.

Huang Quanyi received Jia Qiang's favor, which was almost equivalent to receiving a protective palace.

"I will bring your words to Huang Quanyi!" Lin Ruhai said with a smile.

If it were an ordinary fourteen-year-old boy, and eight million taels of silver were handed into his hands, it would not be reassuring no matter how he looked at it.

But Lin Ruhai was very relieved about Jia Qiang. Jia Qiang opened a house alone. He obtained this wealth for Jia Qiang so that Jia Qiang could live a better life in the capital.

He felt pity for Jia Qiang in his heart. Even if Jia Qiang gained the respect of Emperor Jingwen, Emperor Jingwen himself was very poor and could not reward him with a large amount of money.

Jia Qiang supports a mansion by herself, especially when she reaches the rank of first-grade Viscount. His house cannot be too shabby, and his monthly expenses will not be small.

Lin Ruhai didn't know that Jia Qiang's three Qingfeng Buildings in the capital would bring him a lot of wealth every month. It was not difficult to maintain a house, and there was still a lot of surplus.

Who would believe that Jia Qiang has made achievements in both civil and military fields and still has the energy to earn money to support her family!
  Although the Yangzhou Prefecture, the Yanyun Envoy Yamen and the Yangzhou Daying coordinated the actions of the Salt Gang, local gangs such as the Salt Gang, and they were also gangs that traded on the surface, could not do anything about it without sufficient intelligence support.

Therefore, we don’t know how long it will take to prepare for the Salt Gang’s actions.

Jia Qiang is now staying at home and has reduced his outings. He knows that those 50,000 salt seals have a huge profit of 8 million taels of silver, and these 8 million taels of silver were withheld from the three major salt merchants. .

The three major salt merchants will definitely take revenge. Needless to say, it is certain.

By staying in the mansion, Jia Qiang can guarantee that no matter how strong the external enemies are, they can protect the Lin Mansion. In addition, he has the "Healing Technique [Advanced]", so even if something happens to someone, he can still be treated in time.

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In the Imperial Palace in the capital, Xia Shouzhong walked briskly into the East Palace carrying an urgent memorial. It must be said that although his steps were fast, he made no sound at all.

Entering the palace gate, his steps became even lighter.

Emperor Jingwen looked even more haggard than a few months ago. Because the Supreme Emperor had released a little power, Emperor Jingwen was more attentive to government affairs.

Especially for the first guard belonging to Emperor Jingwen that the Supreme Emperor agreed to, although the money has not arrived yet, the preliminary preparations have already been made.

"Hey, money!" Emperor Jingwen put down the pen in his hand and sighed helplessly.

There is a shortage of money everywhere, and every use of money from the treasury requires the consent of the Supreme Emperor. He himself wants to use a fixed amount of money every month.

To support the concubines in the harem, as well as his own intelligence network, and to reward some ministers, the money is not enough at all, let alone to build an army of one guard.

He sent Jia Qiang to Yangzhou, but he was not sure whether Jia Qiang could bring back the money.

Jia Qiang was too young, and Emperor Jingwen thought that with Jia Qiang's momentum, he might be able to cause a big stir in the Jiangnan salt affairs.

And relying on the Supreme Emperor's love for Jia Qiang, even if Jia Qiang does something, the Supreme Emperor will not be too harsh.

"Master, there is news about Jia Qiang!" Xia Shouzhong took advantage of Emperor Jingwen's opportunity to rest and whispered.

"Jia Qiang still remembers me. He did a good job as an imperial envoy, but there is no news after he leaves!" Emperor Jingwen complained slightly when he heard Jia Qiang's name.

An ordinary imperial envoy would write a letter explaining his situation almost every once in a while when he was out.

This is not only to inform the emperor of his achievements, but also to communicate with the emperor to prevent him from losing favor in front of the emperor over time.

But look at Jia Qiang, there has been no news since she left the capital.

(End of this chapter)