Jinyi Night Walk

The autumn rain is like silk, and when the autumn wind blows, there will be bursts of chills in my heart.

Pedestrians on the street are rushing in the swaying wind and rain, it really tastes like passers-by wanting to die.

A carriage came lightly, with four horses on the shafts, driving smoothly and steadily.

If you look at it at first glance, you don't think there is anything unusual about this car. It is very elegantly made, but it is by no means luxurious.The car is wide and large, but materials and decoration are minimal.This is really not such a conspicuous car in the place where wealthy businessmen gather in Lianghuai.However, sitting in this car was Pan Qiren, the head of the Pan family, the largest salt merchant in Lianghuai.

The Lianghuai Salt Fields are distributed along the Yellow River north of the Yangtze River in the Jiangsu section. The Huaibei Salt Fields to the north of the Huaihe River are called Huaibei Salt Fields, and the Huainan Salt Fields to the south of the Huaihe River. They are the largest salt fields in the history of our country. In the southeast, and Lianghuai is the most", it is said that "the salt tax of Lianghuai is the best in the world".

There are many salt fields in Lianghuai and many rich people, but when it comes to the long history of the name and the wealth of the family, the Pan family is the leader.It is said that the Panjia saltworks existed as early as the early Song Dynasty. After so many years, the background of the Panjia can be imagined.Therefore, there are many rich people in Lianghuai, and the Pan family seems to be the aristocratic Hui family among the rich. No matter in terms of style, taste, or sitting and walking, they are far from what those nouveau riche can compare.

The car of the head of the Pan family is unpretentious, because the Pan family no longer needs to use wealth to decorate the appearance.However, although the inside of the car does not look gorgeous, it is extremely spacious and comfortable. The tables, chairs, couch and curtains are all eroded by the years, with a kind of precipitation of the years, as long as the vision is not too bad , who would underestimate it because it is not a magnificent color at first glance.

Pan Qiren was over sixty years old, but he looked like he was in his early forties, and he was well maintained.He is tall and tall, with a clean face, a pair of very energetic eyes, a very neatly combed long beard, and a long blue gown. When he sat in this car, he looked calm and dignified like an emperor.Here, he is the emperor. There are countless salt merchants in the Lianghuai and Huaihe Rivers, and many of them are rich and powerful. Behind these people is a huge political force, and the king of these people is Pan Qiren.

Seeing the owner's car coming back from afar, the two doors ran out holding an umbrella, opened the door, stood by the door and bowed to welcome the master to enter.This is just a side door, but the door is much wider than the front door of ordinary people's houses.There are two welcoming pine trees at the door, leading into the yard, a long straight road, but the plane trees are planted on both sides.

The car drove all the way to the long corridor at the end of the road and stopped, the pedal was lowered, and the door opened, Pan Qiren walked out of the car slowly and stood firmly on the ground.A steward of Pan's family wearing a long robe, gentle and refined like a master of Shaoxing, gently raised the front skirt of his robe to meet him, and held old master Pan by his arms.Pan Qiren's body is still very good, he doesn't need help, and the steward doesn't really help, but when the two of them raised their arms and joined hands, it was very natural, without the slightest affectation.

Under the dripping eaves on both sides of the promenade, the rain was like a curtain, patting on the fat banana leaves under the corridor, and the two rows of unlit lanterns hanging under the corridor shook gently in the wind and rain.While "helping" Mr. Pan to go forward, the steward reported: "Master, there is a guest at home, and the third master is talking with him."

"Who is it?"

"This person came to our house before, it is Huzhou Shen Wendu."

"Shen Wansan's son?"

Pan Qiren frowned slightly, and said, "Go and see you!"

"Yes, master!" The steward immediately helped the old man to turn around and ran to the middle hall.

With such a sensitive identity as the Shen family, the Pan family can't get involved, and there's no need to get involved.When the Pan family was in decline, Shen Wendu once approached the Pan family, hoping to take advantage of the friendship between Mr. Pan and his father, and use the power of the Pan family to rise again, but was flatly rejected by Pan Qiren.

So when Mr. Pan heard that his son was receiving Shen Wendu in the middle hall, he immediately realized that there must be something wrong, otherwise his son would never dare to go against his will and talk to a householder who refused to come and go.I'm afraid he will have to deal with this matter himself in the end, so he rushed there immediately without even thinking about it.Such an aristocratic family cannot tolerate delays and mistakes. If a problem is discovered, it must be resolved as soon as possible. As the head of the family, he must grasp the most direct information as soon as possible.

Shen Wendu was very proud. When he had nowhere to go, he once took refuge in the Pan family, hoping to use the power of the Pan family to make a comeback, but his proposal for cooperation was flatly rejected by Old Man Pan, which made Shen Wendu very humiliated. If his father was still alive, If the Shen family was still the original Shen family, would the Pan family dare to treat him as a guest of honor?Now she was ashamed to ask for it, but was rejected!

Therefore, after he climbed up the big tree of Ji Gang, he immediately thought of the Pan family.He came here this time, not only because he wanted to plunder a fortune, but also because he wanted to show off. At the beginning, I left here disheartened, and today I will be here proudly, and get back to this place. .

Third Master Pan is in his 30s, and at the moment he is drinking tea with Shen Wendu in the living room and discussing matters, he is very anxious.When Shen Wendu first came to the door, he wanted to receive him and sent him away. There was no need to think about the business cooperation. If Shen Wendu really couldn't make it through, thinking of the two families' old family incense, he would give him a few hundred dollars. It's okay, who knows that Shen Wendu really didn't come to discuss business, but to "beg for food", but he asked for too much.

Shen Wendu opened his mouth wide, asking for 200 million catties of salt. Of course, Third Master Pan would not think that Shen Wendu was crazy, and he was poor and crazy. He knew that Shen Wendu must have something to rely on when he said that. They all command envoy Ji Gang to come.Mr. Pan couldn't make the decision, he didn't dare to reject him, and he couldn't make the decision to give him 200 million catties of salt for nothing, so he had to use a delaying strategy to delay him, and at the same time sent someone to find the old man to come back, but he didn't want to find someone Before he came back, the old man rushed back from outside.

"Uncle Shi, I know this matter requires your nod, and I have been waiting for you to come back!"

Shen Wendu smiled leisurely: "Two million catties, what do you think?"

Pan Qiren's expression was calm, and he didn't look like his son was surprised when he heard Shen Wendu's words just now. Without blinking his eyelids, he said directly: "Nephew, since Master Ji opened the mouth, I have no reason not to refuse. However, you I also know the salt method of my Ming Dynasty. The salt produced in this salt field has a fixed amount. The old man asked his nephew to take away the 200 million catties of salt. Even if there is still some in the library, there is not much. How should I deal with the Salt Class Prosecution Division? Since the nephew came here under the order of Lord Ji, Lord Ji should solve this difficulty for the old man?"

Shen Wendu laughed, with a frivolity of a villain: "Shi Bo, I knew that the name of Mr. Ji alone would not be able to frighten you! Hahaha, maybe Shi Bo thought that I, Shen Wendu, was pretending to be a tiger and pretending to be Ji. Came to blackmail you in the name of an adult?"

Mr. Pan smiled and said: "My nephew is serious, it is only 200 million catties, not a small amount. My nephew asked me to take out this batch of salt, and I really can afford it, but if you take out this salt, even if you can't get it back in vain The silver, should it be worth it?"

"What is value?"

"To eliminate disasters, not to cause disasters!"

"good good good good……"

Shen Wendu laughed again. He glanced triumphantly at Pan Qiren, touched his bosom, found two things, put them lightly on the table, pushed them to Pan Qiren's hand, and said proudly: "Uncle Shi, you also know that Jin Yiwei is Those who directly work for the emperor will do a lot of work, do it big, and do it secretly, and they need to spend a lot of money. The money allocated by the Ministry of Households is not enough!

For this matter, we can no longer ask for money from the Ministry of Household Affairs. Therefore, the emperor issued a warrant to transfer salt from the salt field, and my nephew will come forward to manage it. All the proceeds will be used for military supplies. It is good for Shi Bo to know about this matter. Misfortune comes out of the mouth, after all, it is not easy to say clearly, if the imperial envoys of Yan Shi and Tiju Si know about it, write a bitter remonstrance last time, and refute the emperor's face, this matter will be difficult to handle. "

"Well, the old man naturally knows!"

Pan Qiren picked up the waist card and looked at it. It was indeed the ivory belt card of a senior military officer of Jin Yiwei. Then he took the paper and unfolded it gently. It was actually a warrant issued by Emperor Yongle to Ji Gang, the commander of Jin Yiwei. It is indeed the same, and there is a small seal of Emperor Yongle underneath.

"Nephew, this warrant..."

Shen Wendu said displeasedly: "Shi Bo, isn't Lord Ji's face not enough? If you want this warrant, my nephew will keep it for you, but if Lord Ji is not happy, Shi Uncle, my nephew can't afford to take care of you! My nephew doesn't believe it, but with the Gu family's status in the Lianghuai salt field, the Gu family has no way to explain to the salt envoy when this batch of salt is allocated!"

Pan Qiren chuckled: "Of course the old man is aware of my nephew's difficulties. Well, since this is the emperor's will, how can I not agree? When will I want this batch of salt?"

"The sooner the better!"

"Success, give the old man three days to prepare, after three days, you come to pick up the salt!"

Shen Wendu was overjoyed, grabbed back the waist badge and the warrant written by Emperor Yongle to Ji Gang, carefully put it back in his arms, and said excitedly: "Then don't bother me, my nephew will leave, and I will come to see Shibo again in three days!"

Pan Qiren then stood up and said with a smile: "It's raining, and my nephew rarely comes to my Gu family, how can I just leave like this, stay for a light meal!"

Shen Wendu sneered in his heart: "Do you know how to curry favor with me now?"

He said: "No, no, thank you Uncle Shi, my nephew still has a lot of things to do, so I will leave. Uncle Shi stays, brother stays!"

Pan Qiren stood under the dripping water eaves, with one hand behind his waist and the other stroking his beard, looking thoughtfully at the rain and fog ahead, and after a while, Third Master Pan, who had sent Shen Wendu away, hurried back and waved back to give him a call. The servant with the umbrella said to Pan Qiren: "Father, let's promise him right now? Two million catties of salt, he... He's going to leave just now! I sent him out just now, listen to what he said , it seems... It seems that not only this time, but maybe in the future, they will come to ask for salt, when will this be the end?"

"Be calm in everything, you are so impatient, what problem can you solve?"

Old Master Pan gave his son a displeased look, then turned and went back to the living room, and Third Master Pan hurriedly followed him in.

"Early tomorrow morning, you will go to the Salt Transfer Department and the Salt Lifting Department. The salt that should be delivered will have to be delayed."

"This……"

Sanye Pan said: "Father, there are quite a few merchants, large and small, who came to the salt farms from all over the country to fetch salt. I don't know how long this delay will last. They..."

"We just have to explain to the Salt Envoy and the Lifting Secretary. We don't need to worry about this matter!"

"Yes!"

Third Master Pan waited for instructions with his hands down, muttering in his heart.The salt method implemented in the Ming Dynasty is the Kaizhong method, which originated from the compromise method of the Song Dynasty.Because transporting grain to the frontier is a long way and costly, it is a huge burden, and it also involves supervision issues.Therefore, the imperial court imposed this method and asked the merchants to transport grain to the frontier by themselves to fill the army.After the shipment, they will be distributed to Yanyin according to the amount of grain and rice, and then they will be led to the salt field to collect the salt and sell it back for profit.

In this way, using the power of salt merchants to transport grain to the border will not have any impact on the current system of the Guanhui government. It only needs to transfer part of the profits to the salt merchants, and the transportation of grain and salaries can be completed by the merchants alone. With any investment in manpower and material resources, you can sit back and enjoy the benefits.At the same time, through the opening of China and France, merchants were effectively mobilized, and private capital was used to solve the transportation of military supplies, which not only reduced the burden of corvee on the people, but also promoted the economic development of the border areas.

Therefore, these salt merchants from all over the country who are waiting to get salt come in various colors, including rice merchants and big salt merchants who are very powerful in various places. These people are also very powerful, so Sanye Pan is a little guilty Goo.

Mr. Pan said again: "Also, if someone wants to keep an eye on Shen Wendu, he will never just look for our family. After he has found a few salt merchants, he will find a way to get his 'warrant' back. The means must be Ingenious, you can't let him know that it was stolen, but 'destroyed'!"

Third Master Pan said in surprise: "Father, that is the emperor's warrant, we... let's take that..., ah!"

Third Master Pan's expression changed halfway through his speech, and he said in disbelief, "Father, you mean...?"

Old Master Pan said solemnly: "The Department of Transporting Salt Envoys and the Department of Salt Class Promotion both have the imperial envoys of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and the Metropolitan Procuratorate is Chen Ying's territory. If the emperor really issued such a warrant, do you think Ji Gang will spend a lot of money on it?" Twists and turns, bypassing these two Yanfa yamen, directly pressuring us? Hmph! Shen Wendu will go directly to the Salt Envoy and Tijusi, just like Shen Wendu protested to our Pan family, and protested to Chen Ying!"

Pan Sanye said anxiously: "In this case, we shouldn't give him the salt, it's 200 million catties!"

Old Master Pan shook his head, and sighed: "The emperor's warrant can be fake, but the person Ji Gang sent is not fake. We can't afford to offend you! With the current status of our Gu family, even if it hurts our bones , as long as it is not life and death, can you still fight to the death with such a powerful minister?"

Third Master Pan lowered his hand and said, "Yes! It's just...that being the case, we...why are we stealing that warrant?"

Mr. Pan glared at him angrily, shook his head and sighed, "Third brother, compared to your elder brother and second brother, your experience is really too little. Do things, and one day, you will understand!"

Third Master Pan said shamelessly: "Yes, my son will arrange it now!

In the back garden of the Yang family, under the pomegranate tree, Xia Xun was lying on a leisure chair, looking at the daughters playing in the flowers in front of him.Accompanying them were two beauties from Kucha, Sirin and Jeanne.The two women with blond hair and blue eyes are already commonplace in the Yang family. The children are not afraid of them, and they get along very well.

Now, the two girls have truly grown up, mature and charming, like two juicy peaches.Their skin is milky and white like jade, but not as rough as Westerners. Their bodies are developed, but they are far more three-dimensional than Han girls. The skirts worn on them perfectly outline their proud figures. The waist is so slender that even under the skirt, the curve of the hips looks extremely exaggerated, like two queen bees with slender waists and fat buttocks.

Two queen bees lead a few happy little bees to fly around in the flowers. When they bend, dodge, and jump, the agile waist, plump buttocks, and swaying breasts will be felt. Show the spring that fascinates men.

However, there were only two men at the scene, one was Xia Xun who was lying on the Xiaoyao chair, and the other was Dai Yubin. Dai Yubin didn't dare to look at it, and Xia Xun... didn't dare to look at it either.

Because as long as his eyes meet the two girls Sirin and Jeanne, he will see a trace of resentment.That's right, if they tried to flatter Xia Xun before, their main purpose was to have someone to rely on, but now that they are fully mature physically and mentally, they want a man even more.And in Yang's mansion, apart from Xia Xun, who else would dare to touch them?

So they want to be locked in the deep palace, a woman surrounded by a group of eunuchs, can only use those fiery and resentful eyes to glance at Xia Xun from time to time, and at the same time give a hateful look at the girl standing beside Xia Xun "Great eunuch", if it wasn't for this guy, they should have the opportunity to approach the master.

Eunuch Dai..., ah!Dai Yubin reported to Xia Xun without squinting: "The arrangement has been made according to the Duke's order, and the emperor will receive the news soon."

Xia Xun let out a "huh" and said, "That's it. You are still mainly responsible for keeping an eye on Ji Gang's news. You can't relax in this matter!"

Dai Yubin agreed, then hesitated: "Ji Gang has become more and more arrogant recently, and has reached the point of being defiant. The criminal evidence we have now, as long as we mobilize enough power, it is not enough to bring him down. Isn't the Duke too cautious? some!"

Xia Xun said: "If you get something, shake it off. That's a child's complaint! A book of change, remembering everyone's problems. If there is a lot of glory today, there may not be no problems, or no one will find out about his problems. It's just because the chess piece is still needed for the official return to the game, so the problem is not a problem. If you act rashly at this time, you may hurt yourself. Only when this chess piece becomes a useless chess piece, its problem will become a murder Knife! Hehe, you have to be patient when playing chess!"

As soon as I said this, a gust of wind blew by, and a ripe pomegranate suddenly fell from the tree above my head. Xia Xun opened his hand, and the pomegranate landed firmly in his palm. This scene was just seen by Si Xun, Immediately he jumped up and said: "I will eat, Daddy, give it to me!" Then he ran over.

Xia Xun smiled and handed the pomegranate to her daughter, and said to Dai Yubin: "The fruit tastes bitter before it is ripe, why not taste it when it is ripe?"

Miss Xilin, who was chasing Si Xun to the front, just heard this sentence, and her big sea blue eyes glanced at Xia Xun even more resentfully, and said in her heart: "He is already mature, why doesn't the master taste it? "

p: In the past two days, Chapter 2 is more than 5000 words. It’s not good. It’s not a good habit. It should be [-] words in a chapter, so I’ll write another [-] words, and there will be three chapters again:) Dear friends, Ask for tickets, monthly tickets, recommended tickets!