Yangzhou New Town, a city bigger than the old city.

It is connected to the eastern wall of the old city of Yangzhou, and because it is adjacent to the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal to the east and south, the waterway transportation of the new city is more convenient, and many salt merchants are happy to live in the new city.

Chen Boren has moved to Yangzhou and has set up a big mansion in Xincheng.

The exterior of this mansion looks ordinary, but the inside is different. The four-hall structure and intricate corridors make people feel like entering a labyrinth, and each courtyard is renovated in the garden style, giving it a sense of Jiangnan.

It's getting hot and humid in April, and a waterwheel is slowly turning, and the spilled pool water exudes a cool feeling. In that small clear pond, a few lotus flowers are budding and a few koi are playing.

Chen Boren led the salt merchants surnamed Fan and Yang to invite the three adults to the pavilion, and instructed the housekeeper to prepare a table of first-class delicacies, and prepared a jar of fine flower carvings for Li Yu.

Everyone sat down in order, but their faces were solemn.

He Dongxu was the first to arrive here, and at this time, facing Li Yu and Xu Yi who came over, he said indignantly: "Hehe...... This Lord Chincha should be a good means! ”

Because Lin Haoran took over the murder case on the street, he had a direct conflict with Lin Haoran, and he even chose to leave with his sleeves up, which was already a public break with Lin Haoran.

Just thinking about the status and power of the other party, and his actions after going to the Salt Inspection Institute, and pulling the official Yu Changqing over, it made him feel scared in his heart.

It is precisely like this, in addition to anger, he actually hides a fear in his heart, and he urgently needs to win over Li Yu and Xu Yi to deal with Lin Haoran together, so as to reduce the pressure he is under.

Xu Yi is Xu Jie's protégé, and he is also an extremely smart person, so he naturally won't pick up. Now He Dongxu took the initiative to jump out and shout with Lin Haoran, then he is happy to sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight, rather than follow He Dongxu, a fool.

"Isn't it! With such a means of winning people's hearts, I think he wants to take Yangzhou as his own, but he probably doesn't know how deep the water in Yangzhou is! Li Yu also hated Lin Haoran, so he chose to echo him.

He Dongxu couldn't help but feel relieved when he got Li Yu's support, so he continued to vent his resentment and said: "Being in a high position at a young age is inevitably a nobody, but this Yangzhou's water is enough to drown him a hundred times!" ”

Xu Yi silently took a sip of wine, looked at He Dongxu's indignant appearance, and knew that this was true.

Not to mention that Yangzhou has an eye-catching banknote, the salt profit of the Ming Dynasty is the most Huai salt, and the salt profit distribution of the two Huai is in Yangzhou City, so that Yangzhou City has already become a fragrant bait that all parties are eyeing each other.

Now Yangzhou City has already gathered forces from all sides, not to mention the nobles behind it, which involves his teacher Xu Jie, Yang Bo, the secretary of the military department, Guo Pu, the former secretary of the ministry, and Dong Fen, the left servant of the ministry.

Lin Haoran's noble status is indeed above the local officials in Yangzhou, but he also really touches the interests of all parties in Yangzhou, and he will end up in a place of no return.

Yan Maoqing in the past had Yan Song's support, and it was indeed a good time, but in the end, including Yan Song, he didn't get a good result.

Chen Boren has a deep understanding of Lin Haoran, and said worriedly: "Lin Haoran has the financial support of the United Chamber of Commerce, I don't think he is coming for money, this time I am afraid that he really wants to use the knife against Huaiyan, maybe he really wants to implement the ticket salt law!" ”

"If he does, he's killing himself!" Li Yu said firmly.

The corners of He Dongxu's mouth were pouted with a trace of disdain, and he said confidently: "I've heard of this ticket salt method, but he can't play this method in Huaiyan at all!" Not to mention that he will offend a large group of people, as long as we control the salt production of the stove household a little, there will not be enough salt to support the ticket salt law, and he will also not be able to account to the imperial court! If it is then, it will be his Lin Haoran's death! ”

If Lin Haoran braved the disapproval of the world and moved the cake of so many people, but he could not bring more salt taxes to the imperial court, he would inevitably attack it in groups, and he would be doomed to fall into a land of no return.

It is precisely because of this that he is not afraid that Lin Haoran will implement the ticket salt law at all, and even hopes that Lin Haoran will implement this law as soon as possible.

Xu Yi listened to the exchange between the tables, and gently lowered the wine glass, frowning slightly. He always felt that Lin Haoran came prepared for this trip, and this person must have a follow-up move, but he couldn't figure out what else he could do to break this inevitable situation.

Chen Boren nodded lightly, knowing the serious consequences of Lin Haoran's forcible promotion of the Ticket Salt Law, he brought the topic back to the current and said, "Then how should we deal with this Lord Qincha now?" ”

"According to my observations, I'm afraid he won't rush to introduce the ticket salt law now, but try to disturb some officials in the past, so things will be a little tricky!" Li Yu gently exhaled a breath of turbidity, picked up the wine glass and shook his head gently.

Although Lin Haoran was in an unsolvable situation, before Lin Haoran broke the sky, their local officials had nothing to do, and they had no strength to compete with Lin Haoran.

Just let Lin Haoran win over low-level officials like this and grow stronger, then the situation of these people will become passive, and even endanger themselves.

He Dongxu already had an idea in his heart, so he took the initiative to say: "Isn't he going to meddle in the case of Chen Xiaoxiao in Mingchun Building?" We now have evidence and physical evidence, which can be described as ironclad evidence, and it is to frustrate his spirit in this case! ”

Xu Yi raised his eyes and glanced at He Dongxu, and found that this person was really wishful thinking. It was obviously a dispute between him and Lin Haoran, but now he wanted to pull them on the same front, so as to deal with Lin Haoran together.

"I've heard that this Qincha has the name of Qingtian, and he is an extremely powerful expert in solving cases, I'm afraid it's not easy to deal with!" Li Yu was about to nod in support, but Fan Yuanwai, who had been sitting next to Chen Boren and had been silent, suddenly interjected.

Fan Yuan's nickname is Fan Qianshan, he is short and thin, and he has a pair of attractive ears, but his eyes reveal a bit of brilliance. He is one of the big salt merchants in Yangzhou, an authentic Shanxi native, and one of the representatives of Jin merchants.

The Fan family was originally an ordinary small landlord in Shanxi, but they started with the opening of the Chinese law in the early Ming Dynasty and became a famous salt merchant in the Ming Dynasty, and squeezed into the ranks of the big salt merchants step by step.

As soon as Fan Yuanwai's words fell, Yang Yuanwai, a big salt merchant next to him, echoed: "Although this case is full of human and material evidence, the contemptible people think that it is not necessary to make a big fuss, which hurts the harmony of both parties!" ”