Xue Pan was very satisfied with the garden, but Li Rubang still had to ask for guilt, "This garden is not the best, there was an ammonite garden before, where the chrysanthemums bloom the best, and this season is also right, but it was used by the wife of the political envoy of Qingzhou, and we didn't catch up." Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info"

"It's okay, Su Dongpo said, you can't eat no meat, you can't live without bamboo," Xue Pan said, "This place is really elegant, don't ask for too lively, I live here, the scenery is good, entertain guests, and you don't need to find other places, you did a good job." ”

He faintly only felt that he didn't know what he was missing, but since he couldn't think of it, he just got to the "Lifeng Xuan", only to see the window lattices carved with bamboo and wood all around, after the big open, the breeze was slow, so unpleasant, and so Xue Pan sat down, and drank tea, so he asked how the business in Yangzhou was, Li Rubang replied one by one, Xue Pan asked again: "This time I came to Yangzhou, what do I want to do, I'm afraid you also know, that is, to run a salt industry, Yangzhou here, how is the situation?" ”

What is the situation of this situation, it is inevitable to ask a somewhat general question, but Li Rubang still replied carefully: "Here in Yangzhou, there are countless large and small salt merchants, there are four heavenly kings, eight King Kongs, and three hundred arhats, all of whom are the leaders in the salt merchants, and the rest of the medium-sized salt merchants are even more numerous, and they rely on the salt industry to make a living, which is innumerable." ”

So carefully divided, and talked about the salt envoy and the salt patrol imperial history, "the salt envoy is in Yangzhou City, but a generous person, in terms of authority, I am afraid that the governor of Caoyun is not as good as this three-grade official, it is really called a monstrous authority, after the arrival of the salt imperial history last year, the two people seem to have some troubles, fortunately, I don't know why, suddenly it was the anger of thunder, turned into a gentle drizzle." ”

The system of this dynasty, and the Ming and Qing dynasties of the official system is quite similar, there are three products of the salt transport envoy is responsible for the dispatch of the two Huai salt industry, and the other five products of the salt patrol history to supervise the salt industry, Changlu, two Huai, two Zhejiang, Xichuan each set up a salt transport envoy and a patrol salt imperial history, counting, the salt transport envoy is the chief official of the local salt industry, and often concurrently serves as a provincial participation in politics, the rank of the salt imperial history is low, generally speaking, the power of the salt transport envoy is greater, but the patrol salt imperial history is the emperor hand-picked, called "salt bad government", if not the most trusted person, I won't send him to this place. In this way, the patrol of the salt imperial history instead with the responsibility of supervision, faintly has the meaning of overriding the salt transport, not to mention the inspection of the salt industry, unpleasant can be asked, but there is no responsibility for everything, and there is the right to play secretly, the salt transport envoy is very jealous, if the two are good, then it is enough, if the two do not get along well, generally speaking, the salt transport envoy is not long.

In ancient times, one of the most profitable income of the country, that is, salt and iron, since Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, salt and iron are resold by the government, but it is impossible for the government to monopolize all the upstream and downstream industries, so it is necessary to entrust salt merchants to do it, how much silver to hand over, how much salt can be transported by yourself, so as long as you open up the joint of any one of the two yamen of the salt transport envoy and the salt imperial history, then basically, the thing is done.

There is no need to have this good relationship, it is a stupid person's doing, Xue Pan asked the last post, "Can it be sent to Lord Yushilin?" ”

"I sent it over, but this Qixi Festival and the Mid-Autumn Festival in August, Lord Lin still ordered someone to return it, we are all family members, naturally we are not qualified to meet Lord Lin, Lord Lin's housekeeper is very polite, just said that if the uncle comes, please meet directly, they are all relatives, no need to be polite."

Xue Pan was very happy to hear this, "Since it is a relative, what can you call it?" I can't use the adults in the official face, so naturally I have to talk about it from my relatives, my cousin Baoyu should call Lin Ruhai my uncle, what should I call it? ”

You two don't have any relatives at all, okay, Qi Dazhuang was a little speechless, he never thought that his uncle would actually be so interested in meeting Lin Ruhai, Xue Pan asked Qi Dazhuang again, "Are the gifts ready?" ”

"It's already prepared in Jinling," Qi Dazhuang said, "but won't it be too simple?" ”

"Ordinary rituals are not accepted, this Lord Lin must be a person who cherishes feathers very much, so if you give more precious things, you will not accept them, it is better to prepare these earth rituals," Xue Pan smiled, "This also seems that we are relatives, doesn't it?" Hey, hey, hey......"

There was nothing to say all night, originally Xue Pan wanted to take Zhen'er for a private visit to see the style of the moonlit night of the 24th Bridge in Yangzhou, but he was stopped by Mama Wang, and even Yin Tianzheng did not approve, "This plum blossom thief is still in Yangzhou City, I'm afraid of what I'm going to plot, we are not magistrates, so naturally we have no responsibilities, but we must also be vigilant." ”

Xue Pan had no choice but to extinguish some indescribable thoughts, no words all night, to the next day, Xue Pan got up early in the morning, so that people went to the imperial history yamen to pay homage, went to Yangzhou here steward Li Rubang, Li Rubang came back after a while to say: "Lord Lin said, see the uncle at three o'clock in the afternoon." ”

Then this morning is empty again, but since it is to do errands, naturally can not be idle, Xue Pan went to his own store, Xuan satin in Yangzhou, very popular with these salt merchants and tyrants, so the shop here is huge, there is an endless stream of people, there are wealthy servants who raise their heads and chests, and there are rich businessmen with big bellies and full of Qiluo, which is very lively.

The Xue family pays tribute to Luoyang's satin and other tributes, and overseas merchant ships have to pass through Yangzhou, so in addition to the satin, there are special warehouses for storing goods, and naturally there are also places for retail overseas treasures, this place is so lively, a few shops occupy half of the street, so counting, the Xue family's livelihood is inseparable, the shop of this satin has to be operated by four rooms, and the goods in the warehouse have to be transported in the sea ships of the second room, and even the tribute of the satin has to be sent to Luoyang by special ships, so the business of the Xue family, In the past, it was not a matter of all parties in charge in the end, but now they are all under Xue Pan's hands, but there is a lot less prevarication than before.

Xue Pan looked at it casually, and didn't give any special instructions, the old rules are not necessarily bad, after Xue Pan took office as the president of Xue's Group, he has carefully investigated the things at home, many inappropriate people, all of them have been cleared one by one, and the people who have eaten the corpse are politely asked to leave, and those who have filled their pockets are too much, and they also follow Xue Pan's tricks to his uncle, raid the house, and promote and raise the salary of those who are loyal and outstanding, today's Xue family, although the silver does not earn much, But in the end, it is different from the miserable situation that was almost falling apart in the past.

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