"This kid is really unexpected. No wonder he respects the emperor so much, like the sea, look at your nephew's methods and light and dust, don't you look like that old minister of Zi Jingchu? ”

After learning from Chen Rong's mouth that something had happened, Han Bin's old farmer-like face, there was no need to hide his displeasure at all, and he looked at Lin Ruhai and asked.

Lin Ruhai laughed and said, "Banshan Gong, you look down on him." The princes in the court, and the light and dust are for the sake of the official and the lord, and for the sake of you and my good officials. Brother Qiang did this, but it was for the sake of harmony and wealth. ”

Han Bin said with a sharp look in his eyes: "The generation of degenerated businessmen really values profit and forgets righteousness, and people like the Qi family can also be in calution!" In order to covet gold and silver wealth, he has no regard for the righteousness! Ruhai, you disciple, you can't get it well! ”

Lin Ruhai hurriedly persuaded: "Banshan Gong, don't worry about it first." When Brother Qiang comes back, you can ask him in person. Although Brother Qiang is not very old, does not have a wide range of knowledge, and is not very intelligent, at least he still understands some things. If he simply wanted to make money, he didn't have to. Hug your big thick waist in the middle of the mountain, he hasn't had a chance to get rich? ”

Han Bin said unhappily: "The old man has been an upright official all his life, and his family law is strict, who dares to reach out to get silver?" If you follow the old man, you naturally have no chance of getting rich! ”

Lin Ruhai heard this, but he knew that it was not good to persuade him more, and he had a new understanding of Han Bin's character in his heart.

Although the ancients said: if you listen to both, it will be clear, and if you listen partially, it will be dark.

However, if the person in power does not act in a rigid manner and show the power of leadership, it will be difficult for him to do great things as soon as possible, especially the implementation of the New Deal.

It's just that there are also times when people who are stubborn and self-serving are easy to drill the tip of the bull's horns and break through the south wall without looking back.

No matter how much others say, it's hard to hear.

Unless he sees it with his own eyes......

Lin Ruhai let go of his persuasion thoughts, and talked to Han Bin about the two Huaiyan politics, and after about an hour, Steward Wang came in again to say, "Brother is back!" ”

Lin Ruhai smiled and said, "Tell him to come here first." ”

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"Did you hear that your aunt and grandfather were going to stay in Yangzhou for half a year, so they made peace with the salt thieves and took the opportunity to make profits?"

Seeing Jia Qiang's arrival, Han Bin did not hide the idea of maintaining decency, and asked straight to the point.

Jia Qiang looked at this old man and frowned a little, but remembering that this person was an important minister who really had faith and was dedicated to the country and the people, he pressed his impatience and explained: "If I had this heart, I wouldn't let Qi Wannian's favorite young son beat him half to death." The reason why I didn't take the opportunity to tear my face and rely on the signboards of the Governor's Yamen and the Yanyuan Yamen to play prestige is because I think that today is just a trivial matter, and I won't implicate other people's families just because a half-old child beats someone, right? There may be something illegal about the Qi family, but I really don't see it. In addition, I also told Qi Yun that the reason why the salt merchant is so rich, and after honoring so many people and so much silver, he can still earn so much silver is because he is drinking the salt and blood of the people, and this kind of huge profit will not last long, so let him persuade the Qi family not to do senseless resistance. ”

"Childish!"

Han Bin simply laughed angrily and said: "Huangkou Ruzi, I don't know how thick the sky is, it makes people laugh off their big teeth!" Who do you think you are, you said let the Qi family not resist, they won't resist? Do you know where the Qi family comes from and what the background is, so you dare to persuade people? The horse doesn't know how long his face is, he doesn't know how many pounds and taels he has, and he can't be stupid! ”

When Jia Qiang heard this, her eyes deepened, and she said, "Banshan Gong, as a junior, I respect your achievements and honesty as an official for many years, and I also respect your lofty ambitions. I am willing to listen to your teachings and listen to your criticism, but that does not mean that I am willing to bear your insults in vain. You are not my parent, you are not my husband, and you are not my father, why are you scolding me?

You don't know what I have in my hand that can make the Qi family regress, you don't care or believe it, just blindly teach a lesson.

For me personally, it's okay to be taught a lesson by you. But if the Duke of Banshan is the governor of Liangjiang and the minister of military aircraft with such a mind and embrace, then you will definitely not be able to become a famous minister in history. ”

When Han Bin heard this, he also sank his face, looked at Jia Qiang and said, "Are you talking about the old man, who is stubborn and self-serving, and he doesn't know what is right or wrong?" ”

The sweat on Chen Rong's head in Zhonglin Hall flowed down, and he looked at Jia Qiang in horror, feeling that this kid was really a newborn calf who was not afraid of tigers, and he made a divine show by dying.

It's just that he suddenly felt that something was wrong, and it had reached this point, why was Lin Ruhai still indifferent......

Jia Qiang was noncommittal and said, "What is the Duke of Banshan has nothing to do with the younger generation. It's just that the younger generation has its own character of the younger generation. But I will only say one thing, if I am greedy for money, why should I seek salt profit? ”

"What a big breath!"

Hearing this, Han Bin couldn't help but sneer.

However, at this time, he heard Lin Ruhai cough dryly, and smiled warmly: "Banshan Gong, Brother Qiang's words are not a boast." ”

When Han Bin heard this, he looked over suspiciously, and said, "Ruhai, what do you mean by this?" He is a sixteen or seventeen-year-old half-grown child, can he still have the ability of Tao Zhu? ”

Lin Ruhai also glanced at Jia Qiang with faint curiosity, and then sighed: "Xu Yes...... Genius talent. My disciple seems to have the ability of Lu Ban, and he is quite talented with craftsmen, and he has improved the method of dyeing cloth by himself, so that the eight major cloth numbers in the capital are shaken. The Hengsheng Wang family and the Dongsheng Zhao family all spent a lot of money, and the family bought his prescription for 30,000 taels of silver. I heard, do you have any other ideas? ”

Jia Qiang nodded and said, "One color is 30,000 taels, and I still have several colors...... Not to mention, this is something related to the national economy and people's livelihood, and I will not deliberately take profits on the cloth. Even if one day the family builds their own dyeing workshop, the cloth produced will be the lowest price of the same quality. Today, what I discussed with Qi Yun and Xu Zhen has another name, which is ice making. Banshan Gong, I have reperfected the ancient method of saltpeter ice making in the pre-Song Dynasty, even in the hot summer, you can also take ice from the ground. Banshan Gong, tell me, my Jia Qiang wants money, and I still need to make peace with the Qi family, and covet the thirty or fifty thousand taels of silver that his family gives alms? His family is to give me a mountain of silver, how many can there be? You're underestimating me. ”

Han Bin tightened his brows, carefully examined Jia Qiang a few more times, and then turned his head to look at Lin Ruhai.

Lin Ruhai smiled and said: "Banshan Gong, if it weren't for Brother Zhiqiang's ability, how could I easily let him take the path he liked?" Fortunately, although he can make money, his nature is not luxurious, and his character is not bad. He wanted to open more bookstores, needed a lot of silver, and refused to touch the light of me, a half-dead man, so I tossed with him, and I also wanted to see what he could do. If he can really do what he said, do his best all his life, and help the son of the poor people to afford to study the social studies of the village head, so why not be an official? ”

Han Bin looked at Jia Qiang with a gloomy face, although there were still many doubts in his heart, but he couldn't figure it out for a while.

If Jia Qiang is really indifferent to power, it doesn't make sense.

The people he befriended were almost nothing.

It doesn't make sense to say that he is greedy for riches......

As for the greed for money...... Still doesn't make sense.

For a while, Han Bin only felt a mess, so he simply ignored it for the time being, looked at Jia Qiang and said, "Okay, that old man is also staring at you, see what the hell are you doing!" Just as he was about to send Jia Qiang, who was a headache, he suddenly remembered something and said, "How are you going to persuade the Qi family not to resist the new salt tax policy?" ”

Jia Qiang said: "It's nothing more than a swap of interests...... The salt industry is related to the livelihood of hundreds of millions of people in the world, and it is indeed inappropriate to sit on it and drink salt and blood, and I also advise him not to have a grudge. As for how to make up for the losses of the Qi family due to the change in the salt administration, I only told Qi Yun that I have a cooperative livelihood in my hands, making ice and opening an ice house, which is only one of them, and there are other bigger livelihoods. As for whether he believes it or not, I don't care. The life or death of the Qi family doesn't matter to me. But I think they'll believe it when the ice room opens. ”

At this time, even Lin Ruhai was interested, and asked, "Brother Qiang, how are you going to handle the matter of the ice room?" ”

Jia Qiang thought about it, didn't hide anything, and said: "This matter is up to me, Xu Zhen of the Xu family, and Qi Yun of the Qi family to discuss the joint management of the three families. On my side, I am only responsible for the ingredient saltpeter, the Xu family is in charge of ice making in the ice cellar, and the Qi family is responsible for selling ice in the ice room. In the provinces south of the Yangtze River, a piece of ice five feet square costs fifteen taels of silver. I lowered the price so that even ordinary people could afford to buy a bowl of sweet ice for their children, so that it was a new way to make money. Yangzhou, Suzhou, Jinling, Zhenjiang, after this line is rolled out, the annual income may not be less than that of salt sales. ”

"You're in charge of equipping saltpeter? So what percentage of the profit do you have? ”

Han Bin and Lin Ruhai glanced at each other and asked.

Jia Qiang smiled: "Because, I still have to read every day, so I am only responsible for the preparation of secret ingredients." And Fangzi is mine, so it accounts for fifty percent of the shares. ”

Han Bin frowned and said: "You just do the same thing, or just make a saltpeter, and you will have to make fifty percent of the profits?" Do they want to too? ”

Jia Qiang explained: "How much silver is worth and how many shares are occupied, in fact, it is not to see how much power ......"

Han Bin frowned and said, "Ridiculous! Isn't it because you have a lot of effort, but you can only share a little profit? ”

Jia Qiang said: "There is an irreplaceability in this. Relatively speaking, whoever is irreplaceable is more valuable, that is, who is more valuable. Mid-levels Gong, this is the so-called fairness. The way of economy is different from the way of herdsmen. The Qi family and the Xu family are both families involved in economic livelihood, so as soon as I said it, they agreed, and they were even very satisfied. If I really rely on the power of the Yanyuan Yamen, or even borrow the official authority of the Duke of Banshan, even if I open my mouth to seventy percent, they can only admit it. ”

After Han Bin was silent for a while, he asked, "Since you are determined to be a businessman after you die, and you are still so proficient, what books do you still read, and what kind of fame do you take?" ”

Jia Qiang said truthfully: "There are three reasons for studying to study for fame and fame: First, the younger generation thinks that people are alive, so they must not study, and they must not be unreasonable. Of course, the purpose of the younger generation to study is not so simple, and there is a second reason, that is, if you don't want to see an official, you have to kneel. Although the Emperor Chrysostom promised me to be an idler, except for the Heaven and Earth Monarch and the Prince, the rest can not kneel. But...... It is inevitable that there will be some rebel ministers, ignoring the will of the emperor and imposing official authority. So, there is a fame, cheap walking. This third, the younger generation will always have to get married in the future, and if there is a serious reputation, the Yue family will not be underestimated......"

"! is full of gains and losses, calculating children's affection, and ruining the talent that God gave you! Go Hugh! Go Hugh! ”

Jia Qiang secretly speculated that the word "go to rest" at the end of this did not mean to let him leave to rest, but to let him go to the ball......

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