"What? Pingnanhou, he actually wanted me and the Shen family's six mansions and two states to monopolize salt? Jiang Heming stood up all of a sudden and asked with a shocked face.

He is a native of Huizhou, who has been operating salt in Yangzhou for more than 30 years, from an ordinary salt merchant to one of the three major salt merchants in Yangzhou to now controlling the salt monopoly in dozens of prefectures and counties.

With a net worth of millions and an intertwined network of relationships, Jiang Heming himself has a reputation for being a great person, and his cousin is a Jinshi who was born in Jiangxi as an envoy, so although he is only a businessman, he can already be on an equal footing with a third-grade master like Liang Huanping, the salt transportation envoy.

The so-called residence migration qi cultivation and body transfer, and the business is done for Jiang Heming's sake, the joy and anger that he has already cultivated are invisible, but when he heard that Chen Yue actually opened his mouth, he still couldn't help but be angry.

"The words were conveyed by Pingnanhou's staff, and Pingnanhou's original intention was like this." Liang Huanping had a wry smile on his face. As a third-grade salt transport envoy, he had to collect enough salt taxes to fund the country, maintain the stability of the salt industry in Lianghuai, and also take into account the interests of the big salt merchants.

"The Marquis of Pingnan shoulders the heavy responsibility of guarding Nanjing and defending Nanjing, and now he has recruited tens of thousands of troops to spend a huge amount of money every day, and it is only possible to maintain the food and clothing of the soldiers by relying on the food and salary allocated by the imperial court.

Liang Huanping tried to persuade him that maintaining the stability of the salt transportation between the two Huai was of the utmost importance to him, and he did not want to see the salt merchants clash with the governor's palace.

"Although the words are good, although the responsibility of Pingnanhou is huge, but it is not easy for us, we are responsible for so many salt taxes every year, and half of the tax revenue of the imperial court comes from Lianghuai salt.

Of course, for the sake of the Ming Dynasty, in order to defend against foreign enemies and defend the two Huai, I am also willing to donate some silver to help the army, but Pingnanhou has gone too far, and he is clearly going to dig up my roots! ”

Jiang Heming said angrily.

For the big salt merchant, the most important thing is the salt sales den, and in the area to which he belongs, all the salt has to pass through his hands. Jiang Heming controlled the salt monopoly in dozens of prefectures and counties, and all the salt merchants who sold salt in these areas had to buy salt from him, and they could earn millions of silver every year by sitting still. If the territory is robbed, his business will collapse, which he cannot tolerate.

"The so-called breaking the prefect's house, destroying the county order, Pingnan Hou holding the military and political power of Jiangbei, and his hard top is not a way, or the idea of eliminating the trouble." Liang Huanping sighed.

Coming out of the Yamen of the Salt Transport Envoy, Jiang Heming sighed for a long time, thinking hard about countermeasures.

In Daming, there is no one who is not greedy, but most officials pay attention to appearance, where have I seen someone like Pingnan Hou Chen Yue!

Jiang Heming himself can be regarded as a person from Shilin, and the officials are the same, his business is so big, of course he will take into account all aspects, the salt transportation envoy, the Yangzhou prefect, Nanjing, all kinds of joints have long been opened. Liang Huanping and other officials are even more fed, so they can make a lot of money in a good way.

Even when Chen Yue, Marquis of Pingnan, first came to Yangzhou, Jiang Heming also visited him in person and gave gifts worth tens of thousands of silver, in order to catch the line of the Governor's Palace. But Chen Yueli also accepted it, and in less than two months, he actually wanted to use a knife on himself!

As the governor, he actually wanted to rob the salt merchant's business, how dare Chen Yue, Marquis of Pingnan, act so recklessly? Isn't he afraid of provoking all the businessmen in Yangzhou and making the whole Yangzhou out of control? It is necessary to know which one of those who does business in Yangzhou has no background, and who is the one who is slaughtered?

If there is chaos in Yangzhou and chaos in Huai, what benefits can he Chen Yue get?

Jiang Heming thought left and right, no matter what, he couldn't figure it out, he couldn't understand why Chen Yue dared to do this!

In the end, Jiang Heming came to the conclusion that perhaps Chen Yue was blackmailing the salt merchants for a large amount of silver.

It seems that this time there will be some blood! Jiang Heming thought painfully.

After returning home, Jiang Heming sent someone to invite Shen Mo and Lin Xiaotian to come, the Jiang family, the Shen family and the Lin family, the three salt merchants occupied more than half of the business of Lianghuai salt, although the three had competition, but more of them advanced and retreated together, after all, they each had their own monopoly area, and there was not much competition.

"Two brothers, Pingnanhou's move is not aimed at my Jiang family, but at the entire Lianghuai salt merchants, so I invited the two of you over to discuss how to deal with it." Jiang He said.

"What else? Pingnanhou is clearly going to rob our territory, if he compromises this time, he will inevitably gain an inch in the future, what else will we do in business! ”

Lin Xiaotian said angrily, among the six prefectures and two prefectures that Chen Yue requested, the two prefectures of Luzhou and Fengyang were his monopoly areas, which brought him hundreds of thousands of taels of profits every year, and he was reluctant to let go.

"Business must not be allowed, but Pingnanhou is the governor of Jiangbei after all, so it is better not to offend him."

said silently, although Chen Yue did not have his territory in the six prefectures and two states that Chen Yue asked for this time, he was sad that the rabbit died and the fox was sad, and he was also afraid that Chen Yue would attack his own business again in the future

If it is official, with the power of the three families in the court and the local government, he is not afraid of Chen Yue at all. To do such a big business, which family does not have a few dozen well-fed officials. Not all of the millions of taels of income every year go into their own pockets, and a considerable part of them go into the pockets of officials at all levels.

The official is not afraid, but Chen Yue is now the biggest official in Yangzhou and Jiangbei, if he is offended, everyone's future business will not be smooth. What's more, Chen Yue has never been a person who plays cards according to common sense, and everyone has heard of his behavior in Nanjing.

"Otherwise, let's mobilize the people in the court to impeach Chen Yue and drive him away from Yangzhou!" Lin Xiaotian said suddenly.

"Hehe, how is it possible, with Chen Yue's merits and status in His Majesty's heart, who can replace him as the governor of Jiangbei?" Jiang Heming smiled bitterly.

Now is the time of national crisis, the strong enemy in the north may invade the south at any time, only Chen Yue is in the north of the river, Chongzhen will rest assured.

"It seems that only Heping Nanhou has compromised, as long as we can keep the territory, the three of us can donate a large sum of silver to him to help raise the army." Shen sighed.

"That's all there is to it, I hope he doesn't open his mouth." Jiang Heming said helplessly. That's what he summoned the two of them here for, and now Shen Mo offered to donate silver, but he didn't need to open his mouth.

"It's not okay for the three of us to donate silver, there are so many salt merchants in Yangzhou, and each family has to donate money, which is fair. Brother Jiang, you are responsible for exploring the bottom line of Ping Nanhou, and I will go to unite other salt merchants to talk about this matter. Lin Xiaotian was stingy, and he was willing to pay for the three of himself, and hit the idea on the heads of all the salt merchants in Yangzhou.

"So be it!" Jiang Heming didn't think much about it and agreed.