For example, at this time, the Great Sui had already taken the step towards extinction, and it was not the powerful northern nomads such as the Turks and the Khitans that led to this result, let alone the small Goguryeo, but the Great Sui Emperor and the Manchu Dynasty.

"My lord, Lu Youwei is gone, two big carts, a total of 200,000 taels of silver, and the title deed of 1,000 acres of fertile land outside the county town." Zhang Tiangang walked in and whispered.

Wang Junlin's eyes flashed, and he said with a smile: "Stay, stay!" Anyway, these things are going to be left for me sooner or later. ”

What he was thinking at this time was that Lu Youwei did not leave the agreement of the 10% dry shares, did this mean that Lu Youwei wanted to give him the entire salt bank?

Of course, no matter what Lu Youwei's real thoughts were, before he made any substantive moves, Wang Junlin would do whatever he should do, and he would follow his own plan.

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Although the three officials were all sent from Kyoto, but because they were far away on the shore of the Oriental Ocean, and there were too many temptations within themselves, no matter what level of officials from outside, in the end, they would be assimilated by this huge and attractive golden nest, and the military attache in charge of the security work of the salt farm was better, but the officials inside the salt farm had enjoyed rich benefits for many years, and no one wanted any changes in the salt farm. thus influencing their vested interests.

Even if the new Taishou is the famous Wang Junlin, because of the existence of the Lu family, they are not very afraid of the arrival of Wang Junlin. They thought to themselves that as long as the Lu clan did not fall, and their apparent kung fu was done, presumably Lord Taishou would not dare to touch everyone's cake.

The Lu clan has such a strong voice in the salt field, in addition to the Lu family's power in the general power of the emperor in Fanyang County, there is another reason, that is, the Lu family holds the root of the salt field.

The salt works were not the many officials at all, nor the salt workers and salt slaves who worked as coolies, nor the salt soldiers and county soldiers who were in charge of security, but the chiefs and craftsmen who controlled the processes and techniques of drying and boiling salt. Unfortunately, these masters are all Lu people, many years ago, when the salt field was not an official business, the salt field was the original

It was owned by the Lu clan and later taken over as an official camp, but the craftsmen were still Lu people, and under the Lu clan's intention, these craftsmen were the most loyal servants of the Lu clan for generations. The Lu clan also gave them great favors, money, land, women, and status could meet their needs.

It is precisely because these masters play a very important role in the production of the salt farm, and they have the support of the Lu family behind them, so over the years, under the combination of various factors, the master craftsmen have become the most special type of people in the salt farm.

Although the officials of the salt farm are greedy for money, they all get money through the salt shop, but the master craftsmen also enjoy all kinds of abnormal treatment and dividends in addition to the high salary. But they are not satisfied, although they are not very arrogant on the surface, but secretly eat and take silver, bully salt workers and salt slaves in the salt works, and bully men and women without doing less.

The older master craftsmen also pay attention to some faces, those young masters who have been cultivated by the Lu family and only sent in recent years are unscrupulous and shameless, according to Xu Xiaohu, there is a master craftsman, and the family actually has nine concubines, all of whom are the daughters of the salt workers and salt slaves below, as for how they came, it can be said that there is a story full of blood and tears behind every concubine. There are also salt workers who have tried to sue, but what can be done, in this place of Fanyang County, who can be bigger than the Lu family, and the person who tried to sue was directly tied up by the official who received the pleadings and sent directly to the defendant's master.

So there was a consensus in the hearts of the salt slaves and salt workers in the salt field, offending the salt officials would be punished with a few lashes at most, but offending the master craftsman might be the end of the family.

Therefore, even if the new Taishou King Junlin personally came to inspect the salt works, he did not think of complaining about the salt workers and salt slaves who had a bitter hatred for the masters, but looked at everything with an indifferent face.

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Wang Junlin said that he wanted to inspect the salt works, so naturally it was impossible to stay for one night, and then he went home the next day. Early the next morning, accompanied by Qian Zhengkuo, Dong Kang and other officials of the salt works, as well as five highest-ranking master craftsmen, they began to inspect the salt works.

After turning around, when it was time for lunch, Dong Kang and the others had arranged it in advance to be extremely rich

's meals and wine, and even singing and dancing, accompanied by beautiful women, but as soon as these women appeared, they were all ordered by Wang Junlin to retreat.

After eating, Wang Junlin came to the living room to sit and drink tea, and the officials of the salt field were next to him to talk carefully, there were not enough seats in this hall, so some officials who were not in the stream stood at the back, and everyone looked at the gentle smile on the face of Lord Taishou, plus they all knew that the second master of the Lu family came to talk with Lord Taishou for nearly an hour last night, and Lord Taishou was said to have also accepted two large carts of silver and 1,000 acres of fertile land, and I heard that there were also 10% dry shares of the underground salt store.

Therefore, at this time, everyone has already put their minds at ease, and Lord Taishou didn't say anything during the inspection today, and he always looked kind, and it seemed that he was just going through the process.

In addition to the three officials of the salt field and Qian Zhengkuo, there were only five other people in the field who had seats, and these five people were wearing regular clothes, and they were not officials, but the five master craftsmen with special status in the salt field, and generally speaking, they were quite respectful to Wang Junlin.

It's just that Wang Junlin's eyes are like torches, but he can see from the depths of these five people's eyes that they are full of indifference and ridicule, thinking that these five people don't care because they think they have the support of the Lu family, and most of the ridicule is that they heard that Wang Junlin accepted the Lu family's silver and good land last night, and it is estimated that in their opinion, Wang Junlin has been dealt with by the Lu family.

After chatting casually, Wang Junlin suddenly coughed lightly, and the audience suddenly fell silent, knowing that Lord Taishou had something to say, perhaps it was the last speech of today's inspection.

"Master Dong, your salt farm is short of money?" Wang Junlin asked with a smile, in a homely tone.

Everyone was stunned for a moment, and Dong Kang hurriedly said: "My lord, the county government has always been sympathetic to the salt farm, the officials have never deducted it, and the houses, venues, and facilities of the salt farm are also in good condition, and there is no shortage of money at the moment." ”

When Dong Kang said these words, he thought that Lord Taishou just wanted to express his support and condolences to the work of the salt factory, and he naturally would not really reach out to Lord Taishou to ask for money.

Wang Junlin nodded and said, "The officials are not short of money, what about the master craftsmen!" Are you short of money? ”

PS: There are four more tonight, and I will send it after changing it————

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