Idle courtiers

Chapter 266 Encountering a Jianglong (Please recommend a ticket)

I saw that the person who came was a middle-aged man who was dressed as a scribe, and this man actually had a reputation as a scholar.

The so-called shirts, simply put, are the uniforms of scholars.It is a long gown without sleeves, with a round neck or cross collar on the top, and a horizontal hem at the bottom to show the old system of upper and lower garments.The color is light blue or moon white, but the collar is dark blue, "Qingqing Zijin, take my heart lightly."

In ancient China, there was a strict division of ranks. Famous scholars were the reserve ruling class, so they naturally had to be different from ordinary people in terms of clothing.

Wearing this dress, it can be seen that officials do not kneel and enjoy many privileges.

Of course, you can't wear it indiscriminately. Once you are caught, you will be in big trouble.

When he was in Anton back then, Zhou Nan once saw an ordinary person ostentatiously wearing a blouse, and was caught by a real scholar, who slapped him twice and ordered him to take it off immediately.

The shirts are made of cotton cloth, which is not good in texture, poor in workmanship, and too loose. Zhou Nan doesn't bother to wear them on weekdays, and mold grows in the box.

Ordinarily, a scholar should be elegant and elegant.In front of him was a fat man with a broad face, with a double chin.

As soon as he saw the house, he said to the two of them: "Dare to ask which one is Zhou Xingren, the late born Wu Xinhua is here to greet you."

Although his head was buried, a pair of small eyes turned around, and his eyes couldn't stop lingering on the women who served Hou Zhou Nan and Zhu Congchen.

Although he was covered with a plain blouse, he was dressed in silk and satin inside, which was so lovable.He doesn't look like a serious scholar, but a businessman.

"I'm Zhou Nan. Wu Xiucai doesn't need to be polite, just sit down and talk. Is it sweet or not? Hometown water, can I kiss the people in my hometown?" Zhou Nan stretched out his hand and asked curiously: "How did you find this place? of?"

"Thank you pedestrian." Wu Xinhua got up and put half of his butt on the stool.Then he took out a letter from his sleeve and handed it to Zhou Nan: "My family and the Xunfu are family friends, and Wansheng and Brother Xun are also good friends at school. This time when I went to Beijing to work, I heard that Brother Xun said that Zimu was an official in the Beijing Pedestrian Department, so I decided Beg to come here with a cheeky face. Just now Wansheng went to visit the mansion, and heard Mrs. Ru say that Zhou Xingren is here for a social gathering, so he took the liberty to come here. I also ask the pedestrian to look at Brother Xun's face and do me a little favor."

It turned out that this person was a classmate of my uncle's brother, both in their 40s, and they were born late one by one, and their seniority was messed up, what kind of a good person could they be?
Zhou Nan was disgusted in his heart, took the letter without reading it, and threw it aside, not wanting to talk to Wu Xinhua.

Wu Xinhua felt Zhou Nan's indifference, so he went to talk to Zhu Congchen again: "I don't know the name of this master, but it is fate to meet him by chance. Rong Wansheng will open another table to make him close. All the expenses for today are recorded in On the account of late students."

As a close friend with Zhou Nan who talked about everything, Zhu Congchen also knew about the concubine Xun Fangyu of the Zhou family.He is from the clan, and he is used to being arrogant, so he shouted: "Who wants you to invite me, is my lord a person without money? Forget it, since Zimu has something to do, I'll go to the next room to rest first."

After all, he hugged the woman in his arms and went to have fun.

The scene was even colder, and Wu Xinhua was also thick-skinned, still smiling and talking awkwardly with Zhou Nan.

Zhou Nan couldn't bear it any longer, waved his hand to make the woman who was serving him back down, and prepared to dismiss the surname Wu with a few words, so that he could go home: "My friend Wu has something to do, but it's okay to say."

Wu Xinhua pointed to the letter on the table: "Pedestrian, you should read the letter first. Brother Xun made it clear in the letter." Then he asked: "Pedestrian, who was that lord just now?"

Zhou Nan had no choice but to tear off the envelope, took out Xun Xiucai's letter, and said casually while reading: "His name is Zhu Congchi, a member of the clan, and a second-class Fengguo general."

"Ah, it turns out that they are the emperor's relatives. Pedestrians know such a person. It's amazing!" Wu Xinhua's eyes burst out with splendor.Pedestrians and pedestrians have a great future, and people from the royal family are so affectionate with Zhou Zimu. It seems that it is the right time to go to the capital this time.

Zhou Nan felt contemptuous in his heart: he is really an ignorant country scholar, and he really thinks that the royal family is some kind of big shot.Wake up, this is the Ming Dynasty, not the Han and Tang where the royal family can run rampant.Brother Zhu has been miserable, and in terms of political power, I'm afraid he can't compare to you, a military scholar.The royal family of our Ming Dynasty was deprived of political rights for life from birth.

Our Grand Master Zhou is very prestigious in the local area, and he is a local tyrant.But since he came to the capital, there are rules and regulations, and there are countless mothers-in-law, who can control him. A while ago, he felt aggrieved and depressed, making him feel a little depressed
Now showing off in front of people from my hometown is obviously to find a psychological balance.

Not to mention, it feels great.

I can also read the letter in my hand.

After reading the letter, Zhou Nan was stunned, and then said coldly: "I'm sorry, I can't handle this matter. The imperial court has its own system. You can go to Yandao yourself!"

Wu Xinhua rejected Zhou Nan thousands of miles away, and hurriedly said: "Brother Xun said, you can definitely do this by finding a pedestrian. You are the only big man in Huai'an Mansion in the past few decades! I can walk through the Yan Road, but I still have to travel thousands of miles to come to Beijing. If pedestrians can help me get Yanyin, there must be a heartfelt offer. No, no, Wansheng is willing to share with others, seven or three open. No, June Four , I have six people and four people. Of course, my business is small and the profit is thin, and I won’t see much profit in a year. It would be the best if pedestrians can get more salt.”

Everyone is a scholar, and everyone has a reputation as a scholar.You, Wu Xinhua, are a squire, and I, Zhou Nan, are officials of the imperial court. We are all decent people. Isn’t it too vulgar to bargain like merchants?

However, who would think money is vulgar?

Hearing Wu Xinhua's words, Zhou Nan's eyes suddenly brightened, and he almost reached out and patted himself on the forehead: A certain is Huaizuo commoner, Lianghuai salt is sold all over the world, it is simply an assembly line for rich people, why didn't I think of it when I was in Anton? The business of dry salt merchants?It's really begging for a golden rice bowl!

After thinking about it, even if he was in Anton back then, his power was limited to one county, and Yandao was a high-ranking official unit, and he really couldn't get in touch with this level as a small official.

Isn't Zhan Tong at the Changlu saltworks now, and he's going to make an acquaintance soon.If through his relationship, it might be possible to intervene in the salt affairs of Lianghuai.It doesn't take long, and in a few years, you can be rich like an enemy.

This Wu Xinhua can be my white glove.

Zhou Nan picked up the letter from his brother-in-law again and read it.

The letter was very long, and it probably meant that Wu Xinhua came from a famous family in Huai'an, and his great-grandfather was from a Jinshi family.Relying on the influence of his ancestors, his grandfather became a salt merchant, and he was considered a wealthy family in Huai'an City.

However, in Wu Xinhua's generation, his family status gradually declined, and he was neither popular nor white on the scene.The reason is also simple, starting from his grandfather, the highest degree of education in the family is Juren, and it took more than 20 years of hard work to get the fame of a scholar in his generation.

The Ze of the Gentleman, will be cut for the fifth generation.In the early years of the Ming Dynasty, the political situation was changing, and the contacts of the great-grandfather of the Wu family had already been exhausted.

The Ming Dynasty implemented a salt industry monopoly system, and the salt road would use the production of the salt field every year according to the salt transportation and sales license certificate of the salt merchant, which is the so-called salt introduction.Merchants who hold salt coins are divided into ten categories according to the region. Each category is worth 20 yuan.
How much salt the government approves for you every year depends on the relationship, and it is up to you to give more or less.

When the Wu family first started, they could get [-] citations a year, and then it became less and less. By Wu Xinhua's generation, there was only a pitiful [-] citations left, which still cost a lot of money.

At the end of this year, Yandao directly canceled all these three thousand quotations.

Wu Xinhua became impatient when he cut off such a big source of wealth all of a sudden, and moved around, but Yandao ignored him, and threw the money he sent up on the street directly, telling him to get out.

After bumping into walls everywhere, Wu Xinhua decided to go to Beijing to open the way for activities with money.Before entering the capital, I happened to talk about it in front of Xun Xiucai.

Xun Xiucai was probably drunk and bragging that his brother-in-law Zhou Nan was a pedestrian and knew many important people, a future political rookie, full of vigor in the court, Brother Wu went to find him, maybe he would succeed.

After Wu Xinhua entered Beijing, he begged Zhou Nan to come to him with the idea that if he found one more person, he would have another way.

He probably said similar things in front of other officials.

This matter is not difficult, Zhou Nan began to calculate in his heart.Now a catty of salt is about 500 Wen per catty in the market, and three thousand yin is nine ten thousand catties, which can be sold for 5000 million Wen.Converted into silver, calculated as 4000 taels by one thousand to one.After deducting [-]% ​​of the production cost and [-]% of management, the net profit is about [-] taels.

Wu Xinhua and I will share 9000 to [-] yuan, and we can get [-] taels a year. This is a huge profit!

Just like what the surname Wu said just now, Sanqianyin is indeed less, if possible, get more.This is a career that can be passed on to future generations. Even if my children and grandchildren fail to study in the future, they can still be salt merchants for a lifetime!
No, if my lord wants to accomplish this, I will do a lot.His surname Wu does nothing, just sit back and enjoy the benefits. There is no such cheap thing in the world.

At that moment, Zhou Nan's thoughts changed.He was a meticulous person, and said slowly: "Wu Xinhua, it's not easy to do this, the capital city is different from other places."

Wu Xinhua understood: "Pedestrian, this time Wansheng came to Beijing to take out all the bank deposits at home, and there are more than [-] taels available for use."

7000 taels is enough.Zhou Nan thought in his heart, if this matter is to be done, Zhan Tong will have to worry about it a thousand times.Zhan Tong was afraid that he would use the contacts of the palace, so he had to send a few thousand taels there.It's just that I am now against Li Wei, Li Gao and his son, and Fatty Zhan also has a headache in the middle, so I have to think of a way.

Zhou Nan: "By the way, Wu Xiucai... Forget it, you don't look like a scholar. I'm afraid that the Four Books and Five Classics have been forgotten for many years, so I will call you Wu Yuanwai! Wu Yuanwai, you should have been in Yan in the past. Walk around, why did you get kicked out this year when you said you were kicked out?"

He was also surprised. It is said that the government officials involved in the exchange of large sums of money, such as salt roads, river engineering, and water transportation, are all smart people, and they are very careful in doing things.After all, everyone has been dealing with each other for several lifetimes, and they know each other well.

Now that the surname Wu is suddenly out of the game, could he have offended some important person or got involved in something.So, my lord has to weigh the power of the relationship, don't lose yourself.

Wu Xinhua has been dealing with the government all his life, so why didn't he understand Master Zhou's thoughts, he hurriedly said: "Pedestrian, Wansheng is also a person who understands the world and the world, and walks frequently on the Yan Road during New Years and festivals. Now this is a bit inexplicable, It took me a long time to figure out what was going on, because I met Jianglong."

"Why is the Dragon crossing the river even able to subdue the Huaihe River Salt Transport?" Zhou Nan asked curiously.

Wu Xinhua: "Yan Maoqing."

Zhou Nan said: "If Yan Maoqing can really suppress Yan Dao, let's hear it."

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