Hearing her words, Zu An was dumbfounded: "You also want to go to the Qinglou?"

Chu Chuyan glanced at him angrily: "Of course it's not me who goes, but let you make an appointment with someone." ”

"Dating whom?" Zu An was a little curious.

"The eldest young master of the Wang family, Wang Yuanlong. Chu Chu said with a straight face.

Zu An looked at her with a strange expression: "You won't have a leg with this young master of the Wang family, right?" I heard that the Chu family and the Wang family have always been good friends, is it some kind of childhood sweetheart's drama, I go, why is my life so bitter......

Damn, I knew that I wouldn't save the person surnamed Wang last time in the Immortal Residence, and let him be beaten to death by Chen Xuan.

Chu Chuyan was ashamed and angry, and grabbed his ear: "Don't cry wolf, what can I have with him, what nonsense do you think about all day long." ”

Anger from Chu Chuyan +123!

Zu An looked overjoyed: "Then why do you want to ask him to meet, or in a place like the Immortal Residence?"

"It's not that I'm asking him to meet, it's for you to meet him. Chu Chuyan corrected.

Zuan blinked, indicating that he didn't understand what was going on.

Chu Chuyan said: "Today, Sang Hong summoned my father, Zheng, Yuan, Wang and other famous families in Mingyue City to have a meeting together, mentioning that now the imperial court is using troops against foreign races in the north, and military salaries are tight, so it is necessary for wealthy businessmen from all over the country to actively donate and contribute to the country." ”

Zu An nodded, Chu Chuyan had mentioned the matter of donation to him before.

"Because I just lost a donation last year, even if I have a big business, I can't stand such frequent apportionment, so the major families are not so reluctant," Chu Chuyan continued, "My father used the current situation of illegal salt overflowing, resulting in the current situation of official salt not being sold, as an excuse, saying that he could not come up with money for the time being. ”

Zu An couldn't help laughing and said, "I didn't expect my father-in-law to look honest on weekdays, but he was also so treacherous." ”

"Are you so boastful?" Chu Chu glanced at him, "It's a pity that Sang Hong's old fox had long expected that we would have such a statement, so he said that he would let Sang Qian listen to his father's dispatch in the future, and go all out to encircle and suppress illicit salt." ”

Zu An sighed: "This should be the exchange of interests you mentioned before, the Chu family donated and lost, and the Sang family reciprocated Li to help solve the problem of private salt." ”

Chu Chuyan nodded: "My father is thinking that the problem of the overflow of illicit salt will indeed affect the business of the Chu family, and Sang Qian is in control of the river defense and private enterprises, with his cooperation, it will be much easier than before to defeat those illegal salt gangs." If you can take this opportunity to completely eliminate the illegal salt, then it is worth taking a small donation appropriately. 于是便同意先捐十万两，等后面私盐团伙被彻底剿灭，官盐卖出去收入提高后，再补捐剩下的。 ”

"That's good. Zu An nodded secretly, Chu Zhongtian is worthy of being the head of the family, although he is a square person on weekdays, he also has the cunning that he should have.

"It would have been good. Chu Chuyan sighed, "But because the Wang family was robbed by aliens in Shangtun at the border a few days ago, and a large amount of liquidity was used to remedy it, they were nervous for the time being, so they proposed that this donation would not be theirs for the time being." ”

Zu An had heard her mention before that the transportation, sale and circulation of salt in the Great Zhou Dynasty required an official salt introduction.

And to get the official salt guide, you can't buy it by paying money

。

Rather, you need to send how much grain you need to send to the border pass and the emergency of the war in order to be eligible to buy the corresponding share of salt introduction.

It is not convenient for many salt merchants to transport grain to the border every time, so merchants like the Wang family appeared.

They were mainly responsible for delivering grain to the border in exchange for salt leads, which were then sold to other salt merchants.

However, if the grain is transported from the inland to the border pass, the road is far away, the loss on the way is also incalculable, and the overall cost is too large, so this kind of businessman chooses to organize people to go to the border pass to reclaim fertile land, plant and harvest on the spot, and then send the grain to the corresponding border pass nearby.

This way of tuntian is the so-called Shangtun.

"Looted by a foreign race?" Zu An lamented, "That's a bit miserable. ”

"Yes, this time the Wang family has really hurt their vitality, and they can't even afford such an important thing as donation," Chu Chuyan sighed, "That Sang Hong didn't say anything on the surface, but comforted him a few words, and turned around and gave the Wang family a guide in a nearby state and county to the Chu family, saying that it was to reward the family who enthusiastically contributed to the country." ”

"Guiding the shore?" Zu An was stunned.

After Chu Chuyan's explanation, he roughly understood:

According to the law of the Great Zhou Dynasty, salt is required for the purchase and transportation of salt, but when it is sold, not only salt is required, but also the official approval is required.

The diversion is equivalent to the sales qualification of a certain area, and only a certain family owns the diversion of the area can legally sell salt.

If you sell to the shore that does not belong to you, it is illegal, not only will the goods be investigated and punished for the crime of illegal salt, but the family who sells it will also be severely punished.

Just like cigarettes in previous lives, they are generally not allowed to be sold across regions.

After understanding this, Zu An immediately reacted: "Sang Hong's trick is ruthless, the Wang family is an ally of the Chu family, and his move not only hit the Wang family hard, but also successfully separated the relationship between the Wang and Chu families." ”

At this point, he had to admire Sang Hong, from beginning to end, he didn't spend a single soldier, and he didn't even have to pay anything, and used the Wang family's things to pit the Wang and Chu families to death.

The key is that all this is in line with the laws of the Great Zhou Dynasty, and it is true that the Wang family cannot donate in advance, and the imperial court took the opportunity to withdraw part of his lead to reward those who enthusiastically donated, even if it was reported to the capital, no one picked out half of the mistake.

The Wang family can only suffer this dumb loss, and the evil fire in his stomach has nowhere to attack, so he can only send it to the Chu family, after all, he is the ultimate beneficiary.

"How could we not know that this was his plan to sow discord," Chu Chuyan's eyes were full of worry, "It's one thing to know, but it is difficult for people in the world to be absolutely rational, because of this matter, many people in the Wang family have criticized the Chu family, and feel that the Chu family is deliberately plotting against them." ”

"There's always some idiot in a family. Zu An commented, "And there must be someone in it who Sang Hong secretly sent someone to fan the flames." So you asked me to ask Wang Yuanlong to explain the misunderstanding?"

"Not only that," Chu Chuyan replied, "Like our Chu family, as well as the Wang family, and the Zheng family, these are the general merchants, and retail investors from all over the world often need to pay a deposit a year in advance when they come to our shore to wholesale salt, and after the general merchants receive this deposit, they will use the money to turn around, after all, this money will be their own next year, and it is not a problem to use it in advance." ”

"But this time the problem arises

The government handed us over to the Wang family, so that they had to refund the deposits of the retail investors. Chu Chuyan's eyes flashed with a thick look of worry, "If it is a normal situation, it is nothing, but now the Wang family is already a little stretched thin because of the robbery of Shangtun, and if they have to take out this deposit, I am afraid that their family's capital chain will be broken, and the huge Wang family may collapse directly at that time." ”

Zu An was shocked when he heard this: "This Sang Hong is really ruthless, if you don't make a move, you will die!"

"Yes, but our Chu family naturally can't sit idly by," Chu Chuyan said, "So I want you to have a banquet for Wang Yuanlong in the Immortal Residence, and privately hand over that batch of deposits to them, and then they will return them to those retail investors." Just take this opportunity to dissolve the knots in the other party's heart. ”

Zu An's eyes lit up: "Gao, this trick not only solves the urgent need of the Wang family, but also skillfully resolves the idea of Sang Hong's separation between the two families, and I don't know which master in the house is the idea." ”

"It's not a master, it's just that I've seen a lot of deceitful people in shopping malls over the years, and I'm just instinctively coping. Although Chu Chuyan said flatly, she still couldn't help but feel a little smug between her eyebrows, obviously she was the master.

Zu An couldn't help but wonder, she was cold on weekdays, but she didn't expect to have such a little girl's scene.

"But why do you want to change hands through me? and choose a place like the Immortal Residence?"

Chu Chuyan explained: "The main thing is to hide people's eyes, after all, we are poor with the imperial court, saying that we can't get money because of the problem of the flood of private salt, but we can turn around and support the Wang family with such a large amount of money, whether it is the imperial court or the Chu family, the face is not very good-looking, and it is easy to be attacked by political enemies." ”

"Second, after all, the Wang family is also a well-known big family in Mingyue City, if it is known that this money cannot be taken out, it is easy to affect the reputation of the Wang family, and it is easy to sweep the face of the Wang family. ”

Zu An couldn't help but sigh: "Wife, you are really careful, and you even thought of this." ”

At the same time, I secretly complained in my heart, no wonder every time I have a slight smell of other women's perfume on my body, she will smell it, it seems that I must be careful next time.

After receiving his praise, Chu Chuyan also showed a faint smile on his face: "The third reason is that I heard that you helped Wang Yuanlong once in the Immortal Residence a few days ago, and there is this opportunity for Wang Yuanlong to sell you a face, so there will be no unnecessary misunderstanding." ”

"What's more, no one would have expected that we would leave such an important task to you. ”

Hearing the last sentence, Zu An was suddenly unhappy: "Are you praising me or hurting me?"

Chu Chuyan was obviously in a good mood, and smiled, which really made the hall shine: "What kind of image do you have in everyone's eyes, don't you have any points yourself?"

Zaun: "......"

This woman has been with me for a long time, and her mouth seems to have become a little more poisonous.

"After talking about business, I started today's healing. Zu An said with a depressed face.

Chu Chuyan's face was slightly red, and he hummed quietly after a long time.

Zu An looked like a domineering president and looked at her coldly: "Take it off!"