In the well-decorated private room of Hongqiao Station, Jia Cong's arm was drugged, bandaged, and sat on the Taishi chair expressionlessly, and Shen Sanguan, president of the Yangzhou Chamber of Commerce, personally poured a cup of Pu'er tea, which was quite elegant...... Hahaha. ”

"Who said that?"

"Yuan Hongdao of the three Yuan of the public security, celebrities and gentlemen, also bought a lot of Yangzhou thin horses, all of them are beautiful and jade, all of them are hooked, Haining Cha Jizuo, dozens of maidservants, each named with a 'some' word, come to the south, just four words: wine and beauty. Adults don't have to worry about reputation, and it doesn't matter how many handmaidens there are. ”

This is true, there are too many concubines, and it is easy to be criticized, especially sometimes the atmosphere, the number of concubines, will become a measure of character.

But the maid is not in this ranks, and she buys as much as she wants, which is purely a kind of venting and plaything, which is called "merry".

In ancient times, no matter how noble and noble a person was, he did not mind buying and selling a handmaiden, giving a handmaiden, or exchanging it, and many times it represented the sympathy between men.

Haining Cha Jizuo...... Jin Yong's ancestor...... No wonder Jin Yong ...... on the issue of women It's genetic.

"The official is always too young." Jia Cong refused, "I heard that it is difficult for you Xin'an." ”

"yes." Shen Sanguan's expression, in respect and respect, was a little nostalgic, "Xin'an is less populous, surrounded by lofty mountains and mountains, Huangshan and Qiyun Mountain are inserted in between, Xin'an River and Changjiang River flow in opposite directions, even if there is land, it is also a barren place, so the people of Xin'an such as grass people have to go out to do business." ”

"Especially in the years of war and famine, many people will run to Xin'an, because it is a deep mountain and can hide from the outside world, so immigrants and displaced people account for eight or nine tens of Xin'an people......"

Jia Cong nodded and said: "Because you are a homeless person and an immigrant, the homeland complex of the Xin'an people is not as deep as others, and it can also explain why you can leave home for decades to do business......"

Xin'an is a relatively old name, in fact, it is Huizhou Mansion, Huizhou used to be Xin'an County, Shen Sanguan hesitated: "My lord, in fact, it's not that I don't want to go home, one is forced by the environmental situation, Xin'an people don't go out, don't do business, there is no way to live." The second is where the imperial court's policy is ......"

The topic began to slowly shift to business, and Jia Cong naturally found out that before meddling in the salt politics, the salt merchants, as agents of the imperial court, had to find out the old bottom.

The imperial court stipulated that the merchant could not participate in the imperial examination, and the merchant could not gain political power, which is why many powerful people did business, and the household registration could not be used for their own, but in the name of others.

Including Jia Cong, too.

However, the children and grandchildren of the merchant can participate in the imperial examination, provided that they cannot engage in business.

When did this start happening?

We know that the feudal society is heavy on agriculture and suppresses commerce, why does it crack down on commerce? Because the court and the emperor knew how terrible it was for a rich man to have political power!

The change of the situation began after the middle of the Ming Dynasty, yes, salt merchants could not enter politics, but they could train people who were engaged in politics, either their children and grandchildren, or relatives and fellow villagers, so that they had spokesmen in the imperial court.

In the final analysis, it was the officials and businessmen who shared common interests from rejecting commerce to accepting that "commerce and agriculture should be treated equally."

Another method is that the merchants themselves obtain political status and contribute money, and the salt merchants have money, and they can pay for prison and tribute, which is convenient both politically and socially.

In terms of imperial court policy, that is, children and grandchildren must have 20 years of settlement time in other places to take the imperial examination, because it is very inconvenient to return to Huizhou for the examination, and the number of places is small. Therefore, wherever there were Hui merchants, they would buy land, buy real estate, move ancestral tombs, and hire teachers, and in the era of the prosperity of the imperial examination, merchants had to change to Confucianism.

Salt politicians want to find agents, people all over the world will line up to squeeze, and in the end, only Hui merchants, it can be seen that Hui merchants have made all kinds of efforts for this, some of them have good morals, and there are always various reasons for victory.

"I heard that Ling Lang donated the prisoners, and he will be able to take the exam next year...... Jia Cong said.

"Thank you, my lord, Shen Dechen, the dog, is ...... in Yanjing Guozi."

"For the sake of politics and morality, such as Beichen, good, good, it seems that President Shen is full of hope for Ling Lang, and he will meet with the official when he has time...... The letter from Master Dong of the Criminal Department, the official also received ......" Jia Cong said the truth.

Xin'an is adjacent to Zhejiang, and the first stop for Huizhou businessmen to make a fortune is Hangzhou, and Shen Sanguan's spokesperson is Dong Anguo.

The same is true of other salt merchants.

This is the fundamental reason why Jia Cong can't offend all salt merchants.

Shen Sanguan was clenching his fists in gratitude, and Jia Cong sighed: "You also know, I patrol the three provinces, and the most important thing is the river, and the river wants money, and it is ...... today."

"Understand ...... below," Shen Sanguan said, "How many do you want?" The grass people are also willing to donate a title......"

Salt merchants can donate officials, such as scholars in the cabinet, scholars of the Hanlin Academy, or something, but what they buy is only a title, and they have no actual power.

"Ten Million ......"

Shen Sanguan blew his beard and looked dull......

This one......

"Uh......" Shen Sanguan bowed his head and said: "The adults are both injured and sick, and the Salt Law Road has its own history of patrolling the salt ......"

"Master Dong is my teacher, the household department, the Ministry of Industry, the criminal department, the cabinet, how many people are looking at me, you go back and think about it, President Shen, as for what to do when the time comes, whether it is appropriate or not, I have a charter here, I don't need to ask more......"

10 million is not an exaggeration, Bao Zhidao during the Qianlong period donated 20 million taels.

Yangzhou salt merchants, rich rival the country.

The question is do they dare not donate?

To put it bluntly, salt merchants must rely on political forces, and no salt merchant can operate for a long time without relying on political forces, and because of excessive dependence on political forces, as soon as the salt ticket was reformed in the late Qing Dynasty, the salt merchants who were rich enough to rival the country instantly became beggars.

If Bill Gates were in China, he might have become a state-owned enterprise...... Well, maybe no one is there......

Shen Sanguan was naturally attached to Lin Ruhai before, but now he has become a trade-off between Jia Cong and Jia Siwen.

The salt merchants in the world, the two Huai are the largest, there are Yizheng and Huai'an two batch inspection divisions, and the salt of the two Huai salt farms, the cost of a pound is only three or four yuan, and when it is sold to Jiangxi, it soars to seventy or eighty dollars, twenty or thirty times the profit, which is the root of the salt merchants' sudden wealth.

"When I think about it next time, adults must take care of their injuries......"

Jia Cong stared at the back of Shen Sanguan walking out, he had long wanted to extort money from these salt merchants and take them to control the river. The problem is that he is being secretly targeted at the moment, and he doesn't know who the murderer is, or is it just an assassination that some gangs can't see?

Now Jia Cong is staying at home, the post station has also strengthened guards, his cronies and followers have strengthened training, and in the evening, Fan Xuan, the prefect of Yangzhou, personally came to make a report on the "assassination trial", and now he is the most bitter.

As soon as Jia Cong folded up, he definitely couldn't sit still......