At this moment, four men in the Yahoutang of Xiping County sat around the table, their faces solemn.

Cao Xiancheng lowered his eyebrows, lowered his eyes, and looked like he was pretending to be pensive, but his mind was blank.

The man sitting on the right side of Cao Xiancheng was named Feng Shuoyi, the owner of the famous Feng jade shop in the city, he was dressed in coarse cloth clothes, had a big belly, and a pair of small eyes were squeezed smaller by the fat on his face. It was snowing heavily, but a drop of sweat was dripping from the corner of his forehead, and he took out the sweat towel in his sleeve and wiped it casually, but he didn't dare to speak.

To the left of Cao Xiancheng is a young man dressed in a coarse robe and plain clothes, his face is white and beardless, his slender eyes are shining, his thin red lips are tight, and his whole body exudes strength, which makes people breathless.

As the minutes ticked by, the atmosphere became heavier and heavier.

The three of them looked at the middle-aged man who was facing Cao Xiancheng, who was about forty years old, with a sparse short beard and dark skin, it was Lu Yuan, the Zun of Xiping County.

"Lu Yuan, what do you think of this year's jade business?" The white-faced bearded young man asked lightly, but the pressure was a little stronger.

He raised his hand to pick up the teacup, pinched the lid of the cup and gently blew the hot air, took a sip, and continued: "My father-in-law sent our family over, but I didn't stare at you with big eyes. ”

Lu Yuan smiled reluctantly, and arched his hand: "Gonggong Hong said that he was laughing, aren't we trying to find a way." He raised his eyes to look at Cao Xiancheng, frowned, and said, "Who asked you to kill Xie Jing, in vain!" ”

Cao Xiancheng licked his lips, what is this pressing on him, in that situation at that time, if you don't kill Xie Jing, will you wait for him to threaten, shake out all the things about the jade mine, and then go to Tu Village!

Thinking so in his heart, he smiled and replied: "It's not a pity for Xie Jing to die, it won't affect the business in the coming year, the jade mined last year is enough for this year, and the great thing is to re-assign a village chief to be a puppet." ”

"Hmph, we don't care about these trivial things." Hong Quan smiled and continued: "In the past few years, the market of Nanyang jade in Runing Mansion has risen sharply, and my father-in-law and foreign businessmen talked about this jade and made a deal. Ornaments, jade pendants, snuff bottles, and other playthings are counted, a total of 30,000 pieces. When spring begins, the sea in Guangzhou will be able to sail. ”

Foreign?

Cao Zongming smiled in his heart, Hong Quan's father-in-law was named Wang Qiu, and he was originally a eunuch who served His Majesty in the palace. Because he wrote a good green word that was reused, he is now the envoy of Guangzhou Prefecture, specializing in foreign transactions.

But who would have thought that due to the rampant pirates on the sea, the sea ban has become stricter and stricter in recent years, and the exploration system has been implemented.

Wang Qiu didn't have oil and water, so he naturally had to find his own way to make money, so he remembered the righteous son he recognized in the palace in the past.

Hong Quan was born in Runing Mansion, and when he heard that Wang Qiu had the intention to do some business in private, Hong Quan naturally remembered the Nanyang jade produced in Runing Mansion, and relied on the face of being an errand in the palace to reach a consensus with Zun Lu Yuan of Xiping County.

The so-called foreign businessmen in Hong Quan's mouth are probably smugglers, and even worse, they may be Japanese cowards, and it is difficult for him to say such a high-sounding thing.

Hong Quan gently scraped the lid of the teacup, glanced at the three of them, and asked, "Feng Shuoyi, how much stock do you have in that jade shop?" ”

Feng Shuo wiped his sweat, cramped and with a flattering smile, and replied: "Back to Gonggong Hong, counting the inventory, there can probably be 10,000 pieces." He glanced at Cao Xiancheng and said: "It takes more than ten days to transport jade from Runing Mansion to Guangzhou Mansion, day and night, if you wait for the spring to start mining and then start carving, and then open stone carving, I am afraid that it will be too late, and it will not be beautiful to delay my father-in-law's business." ”

"What are you doing when you look at me talking about this, what a big thing Xie Jing died! Xie Jing instructed his subordinates to set fire to the village children, and it was Liu Yuan who came to the county government to ask for help. He has a fame and a family background that is not simple, why are you calling me indifferent? You haven't seen those villagers... If I don't kill him, Xiping County will rebel against the people! Cao Xiancheng's face was full of anger, he glanced at Hong Quan out of the corner of his eyes, and then forcibly pressed it down, holding it back, and his face turned red.

Hong Quanquan was a little dissatisfied, looked at Lu Yuandao, and said, "Lu Xianzun, our family didn't come to watch you play ball." He slammed the teacup on the table, the teacup was crooked, the water spilled on the table, and no one dared to hide.

Feng Shuoyi covered the water with a sweat towel, and said with a smile while wiping it: "Don't be angry, Father-in-law Hong, let's slowly think of a way, we can always come up with a way, and we won't delay your errand." ”

Lu Yuan pondered for a moment and said, "Gonggong Hong, before you came, Gonggong Wang sent a letter to the lower officials. ”

Hong Quan frowned and asked, "Father-in-law has something to say?" He didn't say the second half of the sentence, his stepfather had something to say, but it didn't pass through his mouth, that is, he didn't want him to know.

But since he didn't let him know, Lu Yuan mentioned it again, what does this mean?

Lu Yuan said: "It happened suddenly, I didn't have time to tell you if I wanted to come to the prince." ”

He paused, and then said: "Jinyiwei's side seems to have made some moves, and the prince means that he has made enough money from Nanyang Jade over the years, and if he continues to do it, he will not make a big move." After completing this transaction in Guangzhou, let us die down and lie dormant for a few days. Jinyiwei and those people are pervasive, if Lu Bing catches the handle, the prince is not good-looking, this is a small business, not worth it. ”

Lu Bing, the commander of the Jinyi Guard.

His background is also legendary, his mother is the nurse of Emperor Jiajing, and he and Jiajing have grown up together, this person is upright.

Mining jade mines without permission and making profits from Nanyang jade!

This kind of big crime, if he really finds out something, then these people will be in danger, and it is difficult for Wang Qiu Yuan to get the news in Guangzhou Mansion, and send someone to send an urgent report to inform Lu Yuan in time.

Wang Qiu is now far away in Guangzhou Mansion and wants to have a face with Lu Bing... Probably can't make the trip, right?

The four of them fell into a solemn atmosphere again, Hong Quan knew that Nanyang Yu was a piece of fat, so he was really reluctant to cut it like this, but his father-in-law spoke, and he couldn't make him dissatisfied with himself because of this idea.

Hong Quan was still thinking about this, and Feng Shuo hurriedly said, "Don't make jade anymore?" How can that work..."Before the words landed, he suddenly felt a chill on his neck.

He is a powerless and powerless businessman, doing this business, he is his eldest master at home, and he makes a lot of money, but if he doesn't do it.

If he doesn't do it, he will have no use value, so what will be the fate that awaits him?

Feng Shuoyi is self-aware, he is just a small jade businessman, Lu Yuan and Cao Zongming are eyeing him because he has no foundation, and his family has been a businessman for generations. With him as a puppet in front, he found the jade mine in Xiannan Village, and deceived the prefect to conceal the amount of jade mined, so as to make a profit.

Not to mention Wang Qiu's old fox, even the three people in front of him, who can stand a lowly businessman holding their handle?

What's more, Jinyiwei is still here to intervene!

Damn Lu Bing!