Horse on the World

Chapter 260 Doubts
Cui Yicheng is now the most leisurely official among Dingfu and Fuzhou officials. Under the impetus of several powerful forces, the mainland of Dachu has launched a strong blow to Fuzhou's private salt trading, and almost wiped out the private salt sales network. And Kong wanted to use this to cut off Li Qing's biggest source of finance, but Li Qing unreasonably launched a strong counterattack immediately, not only stopped the private salt, even the official salt was also stopped from selling.Fuzhou is one of the three major salt producing areas in Dachu, and it can be imagined that the impact on the price of salt is obvious. This move by Li Qing immediately caused the price of salt in the mainland of Dachu to soar.

Although the daily consumption of table salt is not large, it is an essential daily necessities for every family, affecting thousands of households. This move in Fuzhou immediately set off a rush to buy salt in Dachu. The price has risen to an unbelievable price within a short period of time. This is because some big salt merchants more or less know the inside story. I don’t know when this war without cigarette sales will end. They use large-scale salt collection to reduce or stop exporting. For sale, in the hope that the price of salt will go to a higher level, so as to make huge profits from it.

The instigator, headed by King Ning, never expected that Li Qing's counterattack would be so brutal. Li Qing's financial resources were indeed cut off, but the price of salt in his own territory was also rising steadily. In some places, even There has been no salt for sale, and the people complained for a while.Li Qing couldn't hear these complaints, and the first to face these grievances were the leaders of the major forces.

Li Qing sneered and threw the imperial decree ordering Fuzhou to restore the supply of salt into the corner, and ignored it at all. As for how to deal with Emperor Tianqi, Li Qing had a lot of reasons. The typhoon came, the tsunami came, The pirates are coming, wait, you can find out as much as you want, anyway, Fuzhou has no salt now.

In this context, Cui Yicheng, the largest private salt dealer in Dingfu and Zhouzhou, became the most leisurely person. In less than a month, he had gained a lot of weight.Today I was suddenly summoned to the Marshal's Mansion by Li Qing, but I was very excited. It seemed that I had something else to do.

"See you, Commander!" Although the place of summoning was in the inner hall, and Li Qing was also in plain clothes, Cui Yicheng still paid homage respectfully and respectfully. It is getting bigger and bigger, Cui Yicheng can imagine that after the barbarians are wiped out, the two states of Dingfu will form a huge military interest group around Marshal Li, and he, fortunately, will also be one of them, although it is still relatively peripheral Yes, but Cui Yicheng is already very satisfied. Compared with a few years ago, the current self is not the same as that of a few years ago. As long as he gets on this boat, he will have the opportunity to climb higher.

"You don't need to be polite, get up, Master Cui." Li Qing gave a little help with a smile. In the past two years, under the care of Cui Yicheng, the salt affairs were organized and provided Dingzhou with a lot of money.Cui Yicheng has also proved his ability, and Li Qing has decided to let him take on greater responsibilities.

"Master Cui has been traveling here and there for Dingzhou in the past few years, and it has been really hard." Li Qing said with a smile.

"Your Excellency is serious. It is a humble honor to be able to serve Dingzhou and the commander-in-chief." Cui Yicheng said humbly and humbly.

"What do you think of us completely cutting off the sale of table salt?" Li Qing asked.

Cui Yicheng hesitated for a moment, glanced at Li Qing carefully, and felt a sudden movement in his heart, "My lord, a certain force is trying to sabotage the commander-in-chief's grand plan to destroy us economically, and that's why this business war against us is happening, my lord. The resolute counterattack caused the dissatisfaction of the people under their rule, and I admire it very much."

Li Qing smiled, "Well, you seem to have something in your words?"

Cui Yicheng said: "Commander, the price of salt in the mainland has risen to an unbelievable level. Official salt in many places is struggling to support it. In fact, this is also an opportunity to make money. We can quietly get a batch of salt through some channels." In the past, the salt was sold to those local governments who were in a state of confusion, and these local governments were allowed to compete with the salt merchants. After a certain period of time, if the commander-in-chief feels it is necessary, we only need to announce the re-sale of official salt, and then these local governments and salt merchants can be punished. The salt merchants dealt a heavy blow."

"Well, I'll talk about this later. I summoned you today to tell you that from today onwards, you will be the director of salt affairs in Fuzhou. You will be responsible for the production, storage and sales of salt. All the salt offices in Fuzhou are under your command."

Cui Yicheng stood up abruptly, his heart pounding. In the past, he was only in charge of private salt. To put it bluntly, he was a shady private salt dealer under Li Qing who was just collecting money for Li Qing. The director of salt affairs is to hand over the entire salt affairs of Fuzhou to him. Salt is the pillar of salt production in Fuzhou. Mastering this department by yourself is almost equivalent to entering the core of Fuzhou's rule. Of course, it is also equivalent to entering In the core circle of Li Qing's interest group.

"Are you willing to take on this responsibility?" Li Qing said with a smile.

"The commander-in-chief trusts him so much, how can Yicheng not devote himself to death." Cui Yicheng said excitedly.

"Yeah!" Li Qing nodded, "Our salt blockade on the mainland of Dachu will continue for several months. During this period of time, you just happened to integrate the salt department and strive to establish a lean and efficient salt department in the shortest possible time." Department, when we re-sell it to the outside world, I will ban all private salt."

"Of course, you might as well try the things you mentioned earlier in the past few months. Either you don't do it, or you have to do it harder." Li Qing said.

"Yes, Marshal, after Yicheng goes down, he will start to do it immediately."

When Tang Hu came in, the two were discussing how to make Fuzhou's salt industry be the leader of Chu's salt industry in a short time. There must be something, and it must be urgent.He immediately stood up and said: "To be able to listen to the commander-in-chief's teachings today is better than reading thousands of books and traveling thousands of miles in Yicheng. What to do next, Yicheng already has some plans, so we don't want to delay the commander-in-chief's time." , Farewell to the humble post."

Li Qing said with a smile: "Master Cui is very capable, I am very relieved, I will leave the salt affairs to you, and you will go to Master Lu after you go down."

"Yes!" Cui Yicheng bowed, and suddenly remembered something, reached out and took out a small box from his arms, and said with a smile: "The commander-in-chief is about to get married, and Yicheng got something when he was away. Occasionally, when the Marshal summoned him today, he thought of dedicating it to the Marshal, but almost forgot."

Li Qing took the box with a smile, opened it, and couldn't help but be moved. It turned out to be a heart-shaped fiery red jade. The most precious thing is that this heart-shaped jade is divided into two pieces. When the two pieces are closed, they form a full heart shape.What is even more unbelievable is that these two pieces of jade are naturally formed without any artificial carving.It is worth a lot of money.Immediately accepted it happily, Cui Yicheng was so happy that he didn't bother his mouth, it seemed that this thing of mine was really in line with the commander-in-chief's wishes.

Cui Yicheng left cheerfully, and Li Qing just turned to Tang Hu, "Huzi, what happened?" Seeing Tang Hu's face, Li Qing knew something had happened.

Tang Hu recounted what happened to Taohua Xiaozhu in a few words, "Commander, it was fine at first, but then for some reason, Director Qingfeng and Miss Jiyue quarreled, and then they fell out directly."

Li Qing frowned tightly, "Didn't you hear what they said?"

Tang Hu shook his head, "Even the maid who was close to me was kicked out at that time, no one knows what they were talking about, but Commander, you can ask Director Qingfeng!"

Li Qing shook his head, "Qingfeng doesn't know how to say it. Could it be that Qingfeng hasn't given up yet and is still persecuting Jiyue?" Li Qing, who was a little angry, slapped the desk with his palm, and his face darkened.

"Marshal, after Director Qingfeng left, Miss Jiyue has been crying, do you see?" Tang Hu asked tentatively.

Li Qing thought for a moment, then said: "I want to figure this out. I can't ask anything from Qingfeng. Let's go to Taohua Xiaozhu, and maybe we can ask Jiyue. Qingfeng, it's really strange. Talk."

Li Qing rushed to Taohua Xiaozhu in a hurry, and at this time, Shang Haibo was with Mingyan from the Military Investigation Department.

"You mean, Qingfeng and her sister had a complete falling out today?" Shang Haibo asked.

Mingyan smiled and said: "That's the news I got from there. It seems that the two have completely fallen out. I heard that Director Qingfeng used to force Jiyue to marry and was rejected by Jiyue. Is this time Qingfeng is old again? Did you bring it up again?"

Shang Haibo said with a smile: "Qingfeng has always wanted to reach out to the army. It seems that he has not given up yet. That's good. She and Jiyue have a falling out, which will allow the commander to see her true face. Curbing Breeze's ambitions goes a long way."

Mingyan was a little puzzled and said: "Mr. Shang, Qingfeng is extremely intelligent. If she failed in this kind of thing once, how could she do it a second time? Could there be any other joints in it? I always feel that this matter is not so simple. ?”

Shang Haibo laughed and said: "Perhaps Li Lingzhi is stunned, which is to describe the clear breeze. You have snatched a large department of military investigation from her, and you have been squeezed out by her and have nowhere to live. Presumably, the depression in her heart has no way to vent, so she came up with this stupid idea again."

Ming Yan smiled, "The Military Intelligence Investigation Department was first established, so it can be compared with the Investigation and Statistics Department. In the future, I will ask Mr. Shang to help me a lot!"

Shang Popo laughed, "Director Mingyan, you are out of touch now. The Military Intelligence Investigation Department belongs to the military. We are a family. If you need anything, just ask. I will spare no effort to help you."

"That's why I have to thank Mr. Shang." Mingyan said with a smile.

"Qingfeng is not an easy person to deal with, but she is falling out with Jiyue now, which is good news for us. I think the commander-in-chief is not very good for that Jiyue girl. I have been worried about this before." The two sisters teamed up, and now they are finally relieved. Even if Jiyue enters the Marshal's Mansion in the future, with Qingfeng's personality, the two sisters will definitely be incompatible. And that Jiyue has a very mild personality. I don't care about power, I just want to stay with the commander in chief, it's very easy to get along with." Shang Haibo said.

Ming Yan smiled and nodded yes, but there was a faint haze in her heart, Qing Feng was so shrewd, how could she have made such a foolish move, could it be that she was really jealous that her younger sister would take away her favor from the commander in chief?Tapping the desk lightly, Mingyan felt a little suspicious.

(End of this chapter)