Shou Zhi Yuan.

The stacked stones are like waterfalls, and the cloisters are picturesque.

The man with his hands on his back stood in front of the railing, holding a folding fan mixed with vermilion and purple, looking at the lake view outside the window, which was his temporarily borrowed mansion, as one of the largest salt merchants in Yangzhou - Ye Hong Ye Qitai's villa, Shouzhi Garden is also famous in Yangzhou.

If Feng Ziying has been here, she should know that this is the predecessor of the first classic garden in Yangzhou in the future.

A man in a gray shirt slipped in along the cloister, was blocked as he entered, and after a few simple words, he was allowed to pass and crept in.

"Second master."

"Coming?" The man didn't look back, "What's the situation?" ”

"These masters of the imperial court are still in Yangzhou, and today they are patrolling the road to be the east, and they will be invited to a banquet in the Shunfeng Building on Dongguan Street." The gray-shirted man replied in a low voice with his head down.

"Am I asking you this?" The fan-wielding man asked faintly.

"Master, their activities have been very chaotic these days, and the two people who are said to be Guanzheng Jinshi have been conducting investigations with a group of officials and the government and county officials, well, fill out an investigation document, and the small one has already transcribed two copies and came back,......"

"Bring it." The man with the fan turned around, his face was like a knife, with sharp edges and corners, and a pair of eyes were more like eagle vultures, which were scorching.

The gray-shirted man hurriedly handed it over, and the man with the fan took it at a glance, and then frowned.

He couldn't understand what that meant?

Scale, business varieties, purchase channels and transportation methods, business years, Yonglong's four-year, five-year, six-year income and expenditure profitability, borrowing status, loan sources, interest, whether or not the money has been used and so on, there are always one or twenty problems.

This is actually somewhat similar to an economic questionnaire, of course, with a specific target, and for the average person, it is naturally difficult to understand its intentions.

But for the man with the fan, it's different.

After thinking for a long time, the man with the fan pinched the paper sheet and nodded, "Good job." ”

Breathing a sigh of relief, the gray-shirted man hurriedly said: "Xie Ye's compliment, a little thing, is not worth mentioning." ”

"What else?"

"In addition, a few people are more interested in the silver village money shop, silk workshop and ship dealership, and they have seen several in the past two days, and the news from the government and county government seems to think that the scale of Yangzhou wharf is too small,......

This made the man with the fan a little more and more confused about what these people wanted to do, the battle for the open sea port was between Ningbo, Quanzhou and Zhangzhou, when did it get involved with Yangzhou? But to say that it has nothing to do with it, and not really, he can still figure out something, that is, Yangzhou seems to be a transit hub on the inland river after the opening of these cities in the future?

It's kind of interesting in this regard, otherwise what does it mean that they are doing this survey of all walks of life? Is it still possible to promote the export of these goods? The Xiyi people and the Japanese and Koreans don't want this, and if you count the transportation costs, it must be a discounted deal.

But it doesn't matter, these people's intentions to go south have already been learned here when they first came out of Beijing, and they are indeed very ambitious, but they have nothing to do with themselves, and they are more concerned about the itinerary of these people and the decisions of their own side in the future.

Sighing softly, the man with the fan was also entangled in his heart, and until now the group of people on his side are still arguing, and they have not come up with a decision.

But the momentum of the imperial court's opening of the sea is becoming more and more fierce, and the echoes of all parties are becoming louder and louder, which has become irreversible, and the investigation of these people is not simply for the matter of opening the sea, but more like how to make the scale and scope of the opening of the sea deeper and wider after the opening of the sea.

"Well, do these people have any other changes?"

"Back to the master, Cui, Wu, and Sun are very cautious, basically they all live in the Hubu banknote, and the Long Banwei also lives in the Hubu banknote to accompany them, and the one surnamed Wei lives in the Caoyun Labor Department, and he doesn't go out much, but the day before yesterday, someone from the Cao Gang visited the surnamed Wei and brought a young prostitute from Mingyuefang in, and the Cao Gang brought it out again in the second half of the night."

"Oh?" The fan-wielding man's heart moved slightly.

"As for the youngest surnamed Feng, although he also lives in the Hubu Banknote Pass, he has to go to the Yamen of the Metropolitan Salt Envoy every day, and it is usually Shen Shi who transfers salt from the Metropolitan Salt Envoy to the Yamen of the Household Department."

"What did he do when he went to the capital to transfer salt?" The fan-wielding man was surprised and asked, "Have you ever understood?" ”

"Hui Ye, I checked, they arrived in Yangzhou with another ship, it is said that it is the boat of Miss Lin of the Salt Patrol Imperial Shi, and she came back to visit her father, well, Lord Lin seems to be a little sick, but the master also knows that the transfer of salt makes it difficult for the Yamen to enter, and we dare not approach easily, there is the sphere of influence of the Qiushui Sword Sect and the Salt Gang, and we are watching it very closely,......"

The man with the fan nodded slightly, Yangzhou is a first-class wharf in the world, and countless people are begging for a living here, and the people of Jianghu are no exception.

For example, the Caoyun Branch of the Ministry of Industry, that is the sphere of influence of the Cao Gang, the No. 1 gang on the canal, if anyone dares to make trouble in the Caoyun Branch, it is an enemy of the Cao Gang, and it is even worse if it is also in the Yamen of the Salt Envoy Division.

Although the Salt Gang is a loose system, and theoretically it is a thief and an official to transfer salt to the Yamen, but everyone knows that illegal salt cannot be killed, so in a controllable range, and even looking for a suitable spokesperson, the existence of these illegal salt dealers in the Salt Gang is reasonable, although it is not legal.

Qiushui Sword School is a famous sect in Yangzhou City, at the same time, Qiushui Dart Bureau is also a famous dart bureau in Yangzhou and even South Zhili, the head of the dart is also the head of the Qiushui Sword School, Qiu Zangfeng is known as Jiangnan Lonely, a Qiuhong Sword has been a sword to pick Taihu Lake Twelve Dock.

The Qiushui Dart Bureau is just that, the Qiushui Sword Sect Qiujia is a nest merchant in Yangzhou City, although it is not a general businessman, but with the identity of the nest merchant and the sitting merchant in Yizhen, Baoying and other lines, the Qiushui Sword Sect is also very nourishing, from a small sect of less than 50 people in the Guangyuan period, it has developed into a famous gate faction in Nanzhili in just a few decades, and it can be said that it has a lot to do with the Yamen of the Si Yamen.

"What is the relationship between the person surnamed Feng and Lord Lin, have you ever found out?"

"I only know that the surname Feng has to go to the Yamen of the Salt Envoy every day, and he has also met with Lord Lin a few times, it should be in the relationship in the Jingshi City, and the man who escorted Miss Lin back should be Miss Lin's cousin, and it is said that he is the sister-in-law of the Jia family in the original fourth family of Jinling."

The man in the gray shirt should have gathered information quite solidly, and basically understood everything he could understand.

"Oh, the Jia family of the four old families in Jinling? Jia is not fake, Bai Yu is the Jia family who is a horse for Tang Jin? The man with the fan was slightly startled.

The Jia family is the sitting tiger of Nanzhili, especially powerful in Jinling, of course, this is a few decades ago, but the thin camel is bigger than the horse, the Jia family is based in Jinling, and there are still strong connections in the Nanzhili, and the disciples of the Jia family are widely distributed, it is said that the current Jinling prefect Jia Yu Village is the far branch of the Jia family, and the Jia family has a lot of relationship.

"So do you know their itinerary?"

"It is said that he went to Jinling the day after tomorrow, and there were seven people accompanying him."

The fan-wielding man was silent.

The news from his rear has not yet come, which means that all parties have not yet reached an agreement on the final result, which means that there is no way to take any action against these people, but when they arrive in Jinling, they are afraid that it will not be so easy to move, maybe the Jia family and the local government will strengthen their escort forces, and the dragon forbidden lieutenant is also more powerful in Jinling, if there are several dragon forbidden lieutenants, it will be even more difficult to do it.

"Go gather people and rush to Longtan tomorrow to prepare." After thinking for a long time, the man with the fan finally said.

"Master?!" The man in the gray shirt was taken aback and couldn't help but ask.

"Go ahead, don't ask more, I'll do what I want, if we don't do anything, once the news comes over there, we can only be caught off guard and helpless." The fan-wielding man let out a long sigh, "I also know that this is very risky, so prepare for the time being and wait for the opportunity." ”

*****

"You mean this is what Lord Lin suggested?" Cui Jingrong was quite surprised, "You also have something to do with Lin Ruhai?" ”

Feng Ziying smiled, "Gong Cui, Gong Qiao and Gong Lin are ,...... same year."

"I know they are the same year, but Brother Rujun and Lin Ruhai don't have much friendship, one is from Shanxi, the other is from Suzhou, and Lin Ruhai has long been a salt patrol imperial history, his salt patrol imperial history has little to do with the Metropolitan Procuratorate, Bofu, don't you say?"

Cui Jingrong smiled and turned his head to Sun Juxiang, Sun Juxiang's face was not very good-looking, but he couldn't ignore it, so he could only snort from his nose.

This two Huai patrol salt imperial history is a shame of the Imperial Inspectorate, when the Tianping Emperor began, the then Imperial Imperial History of the Imperial Inspectorate of the Left Capital compromised with the emperor, and gave up this Imperial History of the Imperial Salt Patrol, so that the position of the Imperial History of the Imperial Salt Patrol has been firmly grasped by the emperor, and no longer belongs to the Imperial Inspectorate, and over time, the Imperial Imperial Court seems to have acquiesced to this reality.

It is the Changlu Patrol Salt Imperial History, the Hedong Patrol Salt Imperial History and the Liangzhejiang Patrol Salt Imperial History are all sent by the Metropolitan Inspectorate, although its main affairs are to dock the household department, but the people belong to the Metropolitan Inspectorate, but the two Huai Patrol Salt Imperial History has always been directly appointed by the emperor, which has become a conventional practice.

"Gong Cui, Gong Lin married the daughter of the Jia family, and the Jia family and my family are world friends." Feng Ziying explained helplessly, "In addition, the little nephew intends to marry the daughter of Gong Lin. ”

"Hehe, what did I say, why has this Ziying frequently transferred salt to the capital in the past few days, and has she really become a person who likes to smell the smell of copper? It turned out to be a fair lady and gentleman, hehe, understand, understand. ”

Cui Jingrong didn't care, it is impossible for the two Huai to patrol the salt imperial history to do anything like inheriting the father's business, Lin Ruhai has been the salt patrol imperial history for so many years, and now he is seriously ill, I am afraid it is time to think about the future.