It turned out that the salt merchants in Pingzhou were basically all grouped, and with the help of the Ma family, they could control the price of salt at will, and if outsiders intervened at this time, it would be impossible to do a good business.

No matter how many people want to come to Pingzhou to intervene, they will eventually cooperate with the Ma family, and the Ma family will give an order, and they will have no problem raising the price of salt as much as they want.

"Aren't they afraid that the government will come to investigate?" The more he listened, the more angry Meng Qiqi became, and he couldn't help but ask without waiting for the old man to finish speaking.

The old man's words stopped, he looked at Meng Qiqi carefully and asked, "Who are you?" ”

"Don't be so sensitive, just curious, don't figure out how I can make more money from this."

After speaking, Meng Qiqi handed over another silver ticket.

After taking the money, the old man continued.

"You just think too much, where can the price of salt be normal, and how can the salt merchants eat without raising the price? Because of the price of salt, how many people from the imperial court came before? Aren't they still fed and sent away when they come? ”

It seemed that in order to make what he said seem more real, the old man said many cases half-truthfully, and Meng Qiqi almost couldn't help but burst out on the spot when he heard it.

But when she came out of the teahouse, the icy aura emanating from her body made Yang Yuhuan, who was standing on the side, tremble.

Meng Qiqi returned to the courtyard with a frighteningly cold face, startling Yan Fei and Meng Hui

What's going on? The seventh sister seems to be particularly angry?

Yan Fei had never seen her like this, even if she was in the prison last time, it didn't seem so terrifying?

Facing the two people with different expressions, Meng Qiqi didn't have the mood to tell them again, and directly asked Yang Yuhuan to say.

What she was thinking about was, how much benefit has the Ma family gained from this over the years?

looked at Yang Yuhuan, who was extremely smooth when it came to Pingzhou's rules, and her intuition told her that Yang Yuhuan must have a very close relationship with the Ma family.

Just now, the old man also said a secret of the Ma family, and now the lady who is holding the full moon banquet is carried up by the concubine, and it is said that Ma Gongzi's original mate suffered a lot of bleeding during childbirth, and one child and two lives were gone.

The more she thought about it, the more she felt that Yang Yuhuan might be the mysterious original partner of the Ma family's son.

"Qiqi, don't be angry, don't worry, the fifth brother will definitely find out these things about the Ma family clearly, and he will never let them go!"

After listening to so much, the fifth prince can understand Meng Qiqi's mood very much, she is distressed for the people of Pingzhou.

"This matter needs to be considered in the long run, and tomorrow I will bring a congratulatory gift to test the temptation first!" Yan Fei reminded.

"Okay, I'll take the pseudonym Meng Qi as planned and bring red coral."

"Okay."

The three of them then began to choose some guards who were ready to sneak into Ma's house, but they didn't expect Yang Yuhuan to suddenly speak out at this time.

"Tomorrow, I want to go too."

"Are you sure? Not afraid of being recognized? Meng Qiqi asked meaningfully.

Yang Yuhuan looked at her with shocked eyes, and finally didn't say anything, only nodded.

Meng Qiqi smiled slightly, and took out a pure white hat from the room, "Give you a gift, wear it, and you don't have to worry." ”

After receiving this gift, Yang Yuhuan smiled with relief.

Early the next morning, the group set off from the courtyard to Ma's house.

After stopping for a while, a carriage departed from the yard next to them.

When he arrived at Pingzhou East Street, Meng Qiqi found that it was very lively, and the large and small carriages blocked the road.

This scene let Meng Qiqi know that the status of the Ma family in Pingzhou is indeed self-evident.

She took red coral and asked Yang Yuhuan to pretend to be her wife, and the two entered the Ma Mansion one after the other.

Seeing the gift, the subordinate of the Ma Mansion asked with an unchanged expression: "Coming to do business?" ”

Meng Qiqi nodded.

The subordinate measured the size of the red coral, looked at the color again, and was not very satisfied, but he carefully looked at Meng Qiqi, who looked like a son, and led them to a courtyard with a familiar car.

"The people who come to do business with Childe are here, you just sit here and wait."

There were all kinds of businessmen carrying gifts, and Meng Qiqi found that no matter what the gifts were, they were all red.

She realized that these were all Pingzhou's rules.

When they stepped into the courtyard, some of the people inside were contemptuous, some were very vigilant, and some were flattering and wanted to come forward to talk, but Meng Qiqi didn't want to pay attention to any of them.

Although these people have been in business for many years, they seem to be very sophisticated in their speech, but what they think in their hearts Meng Qiqi is very clear, not counting the experience of the previous life, she also came out of the palace, and she has played a lot of tricks.

As soon as the auspicious time arrived, the son Ma Wenle walked over from the path, his face full of red light.

The various gifts were obviously not in his eyes, and he walked into the courtyard and looked around, as if he was looking for someone.

Suddenly, his gaze stopped in the direction of Meng Qiqi and them.

Ma Wenle walked over to this side, "This son, what kind of store do you want to open?" ”

Saying that, I honestly want to touch it.

Meng Qiqi was stunned, she was now dressed as a man, why didn't anyone tell her that this Ma Gongzi was still both male and female?

Yang Yuhuan, who was standing on the side, was obviously also disgusted, and she jerked her arms up and pulled Meng Qiqi aside.

Ma Wenle was obviously a little angry when he didn't succeed.

The locals in the courtyard seemed to be accustomed to this scene, and they mocked when they saw their gesture of refusal.

"I thought it was smart, but I didn't expect it to be quite high."

"Wait, he'll regret it."

Sure enough, Ma Wenle said arrogantly, "This Meng Gongzi has been taken by me Ma Wenle, and there is no one who can't do it!" ”

Hearing this, Yang Yuhuan looked at Meng Qiqi worriedly.

And Meng Qiqi was very domineering and said: "I'm not someone you can think of." ”

wants to detain her hard, this Ma Wenle is really unscrupulous, and he is not afraid of harming the whole family!

"You speak so hard now, be careful and beg me on your knees in the future." Ma Wenle was so angry that his face was about to swell and red.

There was a stalemate, when suddenly a shrill female voice interjected. "What's the matter, so lively?"

Seeing the lady who came over, Meng Qiqi's face suddenly turned ugly, why did she come?

In this way, Li Jing is also here, and the force he wants to win over this time is really the Ma family!

"Mrs. Li, I'm smiling at you, I'm talking to someone about business." Seeing the visitor, Ma Wenle restrained a little and said with a smile.

"Ma Gongzi, you must not do business with this person, I have tasted her strength several times, if you reveal any useful business experience to her, be careful of losses!" Glaring fiercely, Yuan Yi said meaningfully.

When Ma Wenle heard this, he looked vigilantly, could it be that this person was also from the capital?

The opportunity to be tempted was gone, Meng Qiqi suppressed the anger in his heart, and snorted coldly, "Mrs. Li dares to say anything, which means that this lesson is still eaten less!" Not a long memory at all! ”