Chapter 252: Cold Knife
Mrs. Peng's breath was long, and her crying and scolding lasted for a long time, and several salt merchants waited for a while before they could speak.
"My lord, this Wang Kui is really hateful, in addition to killing generals, there are even more despicable evil deeds!"
A salt merchant at the beginning was filled with righteous indignation, took a step forward and said: "The ancients said that those who eat Lu must not compete with the people for profit. This is an ancient precept, and no one who reads the books of the sages does not understand. But the king was arrogant, and he wanted to sail against the current and do things that were indignant to the people and gods. ”
Another salt merchant said with a tacit understanding: "Yes, my lord, he assigned the barbarian general Changsun Hong to handle the Xichuan salt affair single-handedly, under the pretext of facilitating the payment of salt taxes, only one hand covers the sky, and the raw Rui Fuxiang firm monopolizes the well salt trade, and others want to buy salt, they must buy it from Rui Fuxiang, otherwise they can't buy salt, adults think about it, how much profit here is swallowed by these two corrupt officials!" ”
The salt merchants echoed each other, you and I said a word, noisy, angry, one voice higher than the other, actually suppressed the voice of Mrs. Peng, who was crying, and Peng Daya's heart was painful.
"My lord, you can't ignore this." An old salt merchant said: "If this continues, let them come nonsense, the peaceful situation that Xichuan has finally recovered will become poisonous and desolate, adults, military disasters are easy to dodge, and man-made disasters are difficult to prevent!" ”
Speaking of this person, everyone recognizes, but it is a very large salt merchant in Sichuan, selling well salt all over the surrounding roads, and there are not a few people who spend money and money in the bag every year, and the owner's surname is Zhang on the bright side, but there is a faint shadow of Peng Daya behind it.
Everyone tacitly knows, who does this business without a big guy behind him? Otherwise, you will rely on serious management, and you will have been eaten alive by others, and there will be no bones left.
This is the voice of the salt merchants, and it is better for him to put it forward.
Peng Daya really became more and more angry, slapping the table and shouting: "It's too much, it's too much!" It just doesn't make sense! Salt profit is the most important profit and tax, there has long been a saying that salt tax accounts for half of the sky, Sichuan Gorge four roads to regroup, salt tax is indispensable! The reason why the imperial court withdrew the Xichuan transfer envoy was to leave all the taxes here to Sichuan, as a way to clean up the rivers and mountains and rebuild the Sichuan Gorge, but not to fill personal pockets! ”
"They are doing this, they are living up to the expectations of the officials, they are messing up the reconstruction strategy of the Sichuan Gorge, Wang Kui and I are both deputy envoys, there is no distinction between high and low, such a big thing, but I don't know a word, where to put me in your eyes?"
His hand slapped on the table, and the pear blossom wood table was squeaked and swayed, it was hard to imagine that a civil official still had such strength, and those who were familiar with him knew that this was because Master Peng was extremely angry.
Cutting off people's financial routes, such as killing their parents, the Peng family is an official in Sichuan, and they are naturally the head snake, and they have to get together to get a piece of the pie if they make money in any business, and they have to make countless profits on salt profits every year.
"I'm going to play the Xuanfu envoy, the court, and I'm going to write a letter to the Yushitai to accuse him of disrespecting the law and discipline!" Peng Daya puffed out his cheeks and snorted angrily: "The court punishes the crime, see how long he can jump!" ”
Everyone waited for a long time, looking at Peng Daya with expectation, expecting him to come up with something to turn the tide while he was angry, but they were disappointed when they heard such an ending.
Isn't this equivalent to taking others for no choice but to sue the official?
It's like a child who loses a fight and goes back to his parents to settle accounts with him crying?
Sue the Xuanfu envoy, sue the court, and the imperial history platform, people are afraid of you? Since he dares to do it, of course, he has no fear.
Everyone sighed secretly and looked at each other, all with a helpless look, Wang Kui and Changsun Hong made it clear that they would eat you, the soldiers were in charge, and their fists were hard, afraid that you would sue him?
This world is very different from the previous era when martial arts were useless.
Peng Daya is still talking ruthlessly, but when it comes to it, except for the incessant clamoring to sue, there is no other idea, and listening to everyone's ears is as boring as chanting over and over again.
The salt merchant of the Peng family felt the same way, and also felt that his master's reaction was a little too weak, so what should I do if I ignore it when I sue the above? Is this business still going to work? The big guy didn't come with him to listen to this.
I've got to come up with something useful.
He rolled his eyes, and hurriedly arched his hand: "My lord, it is natural to sue the court, but far water can't quench the thirst of the near, wait for the official to come and check, come and go, procrastinate, I don't know when it will be clear, but now the eyebrows are already burning, and a day of delay is a day's money, where can we, the salt merchants, afford it?" The eldest grandson Hong also said that if you don't buy salt now, the price will increase in the future, and then there will really be nothing, and the adults have to come up with an idea! ”
Peng Daya rolled her eyes, her mouth suddenly closed, and her heart was angry, but if she really wanted to go up, she was cowardly. It's okay to let him lose his temper, and if he fights hard with Wang Kui, it will be fatal.
Wang Kui's background is clear to him, and he can't fight him.
Meng Heng, the envoy of Jinghu and the Xuanfu envoy of Sichuan, has a close relationship with Wang Kui, and has a great relationship in private.
He skimmed the salt merchant of his own house who was talking, leaned back in his chair, let out his anger, and asked with his eyes half-open and half-closed: "What do you think, let's hear it." ”
The salt merchant turned his head and looked at the group of people behind him, then looked up at Peng Daya, his eyes showed a fierce light, and he raised his voice: "My lord, the salt profit is shared by the whole Sichuan, not the exclusive use of the Xichuan family, why should Wang Kui do whatever he wants?" The adult is also the deputy envoy of the system, and Dongchuan can't do without money to build a strong army, so why can't he stretch out a hand? So we think it's better for adults to be tough and make some gestures. ”
Peng Daya's heart jumped, and the anger she had just been angry had gone a lot, and she squinted and said, "You...... Go on. ”
"The villain suggests that the adults can send troops to the salt prison to drive away the barbarian soldiers, those barbarians are all vulgar villagers, they don't understand Wanghua, although they are fierce but there are not many people, as long as the adults' soldiers and horses are surging, the army is pressing, and they occupy two salt-producing areas, who can do anything?" The salt merchant flipped over his mouth and spat out fierce words: "If the beacon fire is everywhere today, the court is too busy to take care of itself, and afterwards the lord writes a letter to fold it, saying that Dongchuan is short of money, Xichuan covers his pocket and does not give it, so he has to make this decision, the court takes into account the overall situation, and will not take the adult how, the big deal and the mud, one on the side of the two salt prisons Dongchuan and Xichuan, so that we can also get some benefits, it is better than nothing!" ”
When everyone heard this, their eyes lit up, and they felt that this method was wonderful, this is an unreasonable and barbaric method, Wang Kui, don't you want to mess around, I'm also messing around, whoever has a big fist will eat sugar, hehe, anyway, Sichuan is just us, and there is always a benefit to making a big fuss.
Peng Daya opened and closed her eyes, closed and opened them, and said after thinking for a moment: "This...... I sent troops over, and if a fight broke out, what would it be? ”
"It's okay if there is a fight!" The salt merchant said viciously: "The barbarians are already wild, the adults are looking for some witnesses, and they also write a document, saying that the barbarians are arrogant and rude, and they can't loot in the Han land, and the people are angry, so they first attacked my Dongchuan soldiers, and the adults were forced to fight back in self-defense, and put the responsibility on the barbarians, and report them first, and no matter how many people died, they didn't do the adult's business!" After the investigation, the imperial court must hit the barbarian's board first! ”
Peng Daya pondered and high-fived him, this method is insidious, and it is the weakness of the brute soldiers. The Great Song Dynasty court looked down on the barbarians, thinking that this was a group of uneducated guys, and it was okay to be a gunman, but if the barbarians wanted to climb up and sit on an equal footing with the Han people, it would not work.
Put the responsibility on the brute soldiers, not bad, not bad, excellent, anyway, the official word is two, how to say it all depends on the pen effort. I handed over the fold first, and Wang Kui lost the opportunity to say anything.
The salt merchants were also applauding, thinking that there was a clever plan, and even Mrs. Peng, who had been crying, stopped crying, and the pear blossoms smiled when they heard it.
However, it seems that something is missing.
Peng Daya was a little unsure, and always felt that there was something she hadn't considered.
He thought about it over and over again, but he didn't miss it.
(End of chapter)