Although the old eunuch Liu Fulai judged that Yang Sichang commanded many soldiers and horses, there would inevitably be chaos, but in April and May of the thirteenth year of Chongzhen, the situation was very good.

"Xian and Cao are in the middle of the siege, and Chuang is in the middle!" The encirclement of soldiers and horses in several provinces has almost been completed, and seeing that it is about to be completed, the end of Zhang Xianzhong, Luo Rucai, and Li Zicheng's troops is approaching.

Although Zuo Liangyu, the general of the Ming army who led his troops to chase Zhang Xianzhong's troops, said that he had several victories and several defeats, but this time he was completely in an advantage, and Zhang Xianzhong was about to be caught and annihilated in Shaanxi

However, Zhang Xianzhong sent an envoy to the door, and while taking out a heavy bribe, he persuaded the chief soldier Zuo Liangyu to say:

"The general can have today's wealth, all thanks to the merit of the thief, if we are annihilated, then how will the general with a heavy army deal with himself?"

This question is quite heart-wrenching, the so-called bird is hidden in the bow, there are many things in all dynasties, and generals like Zuo Liangyu are even more vigilant.

What is good is that the Shaanxi general soldier He Renlong took the initiative to come to the door, Yang Sichang is the supervisor, the governors and governors of the provinces are under his command, and the generals everywhere also have subordinate subordinates, and the current generals are Zuo Liangyu, Yang Sichang's prestige among the generals is far inferior to Hong Chengchou, Sun Chuanting, Lu Xiangsheng, Zheng Chongjian, and he can only rely on the rewards of high-ranking officials to mobilize the enthusiasm of the generals.

When Yang Sichang dispatched the Shaanxi general He Renlong, he once promised that if the Shaanxi thief was broken, he would let He Renlong take Zuo Liangyu's place.

These generals are not loyal to the country. He Renlong did not get the promised promise, and immediately became furious, hating Yang Sichang deeply, so he simply sent an envoy to tell Zuo Liangyu about this matter.

It's really a coincidence, but this is also a real thing in history, Zuo Liangyu was suspicious because of Zhang Xianzhong's persuasion, and the result really confirmed the other party's statement.

Zuo Liangyu was vigilant in his heart, and the actions of his soldiers suddenly slackened, and as a result, Zhang Xianzhong's troops, who had always been embarrassed, suddenly had a chance to breathe. Immediately break away from the encirclement pursuit.

It was only a month before and after this incident, but the situation had already changed upside down, and it was really in response to the old eunuch Liu Fulai's prediction, and it was chaotic.

On April 25, Li Meng received guests from Yangzhou Mansion in Fengmeng Town, and in three days, Li Meng's family and the troops around him were about to move to Jinan City.

This guest surprised Li Meng, and according to the guest's request, the news of his coming here was kept strictly secret, except for the most important person. Everyone else thought that this was just a gentleman from Lunan who had come to discuss with Master Li about the newly opened Tuntian Grange.

The second son of the Fang family in Yangzhou Mansion - Fang Yingren, Lingshan Commercial Bank and Huang Ping's intelligence system has invested a lot of energy in the salt merchants in the Lianghuai area, such a behemoth as the salt merchant Fang family has naturally been concerned for a long time, the Fang family belongs to the leader of the Huaishang salt merchants, and Li Meng's Jiaozhou camp is currently doing everything to cut the meat on the salt merchants, and the two sides are currently in a situation where they are incompatible.

The second son of the Fang family, who has a very important position in the Fang family, came to visit, which was really shocking.

Fang Yingren boarded the ship in Yangzhou Mansion and went north along Caoyun. Changing cars and horses in Jining Prefecture, he hurried all the way to Jiaozhou City, and what he saw along the way surprised the well-informed second son of the Fang family, Fang Yingren has been to many places, from south to north.

Of course. The places he had been to had not been chaotic at that time. But what Fang Yingren saw in various places was chaos, the grassroots rule of the Ming Dynasty had collapsed at that time, the order of the magistrate did not leave the county seat, outside the county seat, the wealthy family was the king's law, and the common people could only be willing to be oppressed, exploited,

No one has done anything that should have been done by the government, such as laying roads and building water conservancy, and everywhere is withering. The situation in the provinces of Jiangnan is slightly better. But that's because of the wealth of the people. There are industrial and commercial benefits to support there, which looks neater than other places.

The brothers ran in different places. When I came back to exchange experiences, the most common phrase was "there are no rules". To be honest, it is indeed abrupt that Shaanxi thieves have swarmed and the world is in chaos, but combined with what I have seen and heard in those years, there is also some expected taste.

But in this Shandong is different, although it is also a disaster, but it is very regular, along the way can often see a large number of people repairing water conservancy, maintaining roads, everything is in good order.

At present, in the provinces of Nanzhili and Jiangnan, and in some places in Huaibei and Jiangxi, single people no longer dare to go out, and there are many thieves, and it is already the norm to openly commit murder during the day. To be honest, this is nothing, if you go out of the Jiangnan boundary, Henan is said to be no pedestrians, Shaanxi is also a hundred miles uninhabited, Huguang and Sichuan, ordinary people are also scattered and hiding in the mountains, the same is sparsely populated, all of them are withered and abnormal.

And after Beizhili was ravaged by the Tartars once, it was already dilapidated, and nothing could be said, in such an environment, Shandong was a special case.

Fang Yingren's chariot and horse procession saw single pedestrians on the road more than once, although these pedestrians were also full of vegetables on their faces, and they looked like poor people, but they did not look like the fear and despair of other places, and they were quite stable.

These people from Yangzhou Mansion were a little curious about such a scene, but when they got off the horse and asked, the pedestrians who were asked looked frightened, waved their hands again and again, and left in a hurry. It seems that he doesn't dare to respond to outsiders, Fang Yingren sighed a little, this Shandong is indeed stricter.

On the official road, horseback teams wearing thick cloth clothes pass by regularly, and these young men in gray and black thick cloth clothes are armed and move in a uniform manner. When the pedestrians on the road saw these cloth knights passing by, they were all in awe and got out of the way.

These knights in cloth clothes had also noticed Fang Yingren's unusual team, but when they saw the pennant on the carriage, they ignored it.

Although the representatives of the two Huai salt merchants in Shandong have long been uprooted, they still have eyeliner and acquaintances. Someone explained:

"These cloth knights are all armed salters in the Jiaozhou Salt Administration Inspection Division, these armed salters are stationed at the intersection of Shandong, patrolling every day, just to check other private salt, and over the years, they have gradually eliminated bandits and maintained law and order."

Hearing this explanation, Fang Yingren couldn't help but laugh, but he was also a little in awe, Jiaozhou Salt Administration Inspection Division, this small Jiupin Yamen. At most, it is only in the southern part of the Chalai Prefecture, but along the way, I saw no less than a few thousand armed salt dings, and how much place did I go, armed salt dings, the officers and soldiers who looked like ordinary posture and two Huai did not have such a temperament, there was such a force, the local government was really tightly controlled, and the salt goods of other families could be sold there, so they naturally dominated the salt market. And fools can also see that these armed salts can not only be used to detect smuggled salt and maintain law and order.

There he was amazed, and the man leading the way, pointing to the pennant planted on the left side of the carriage, said:

"If it weren't for the road flag that the old shopkeeper of Jining Wenru Commercial Bank helped to ask for, our carriage and horses would not have been able to go so smoothly along the way, I am afraid that we would have been stopped and interrogated."

Fang Yingren looked at the pennant with black edges and red background, which was painted with a few ghost-like "269" on it, stared at it a few times, but vaguely remembered that it was a symbol used by some ghosts. I thought it was just a flag, but it could have such power.

There are also those farmers who are cultivating in the fields along the way, and at first the Fang family doesn't feel that they care about these farmers farming, but along the road, except for those prefectures, counties, and capitals, all places where there are fields and land are seen like this. Gradually, something felt wrong.

Because of the planning of the fields. It is so similar to these farmers in the field, at the beginning, the people of the Fang family who went to Shandong just sighed that the surrounding provinces were all troubled, and this Shandong land was lucky, and it was still able to farm, but later it was the same to the point of being the same.

In some sections, the interval between the places where you rest at night is longer, and Fang Yingren looks at the scenery on the side of the road that has not changed. Pretty much a farmer. Pretty much the field, pretty much the action. The only difference is the background, and sometimes even the background is the same.

This kind of journey is indeed too boring, Fang Yingren has never been to Shandong, but at that time the journey was not like this, it seems that he has come to a completely different place, Fang Yingren is also a businessman who often wanders outside, but there are not many such boring trips, whether it is prosperous or dilapidated on the roadside, there is always a scene, but it is the first time I have seen such a change.

Almost ten days of travel, Fang Yingren spent it in drowsiness, but after five days of such a trip, inexplicably, a fear rose in Fang Yingren's heart, such a cookie-cutter approach, so boring and unchanged, maybe boring, but it shows a problem, the population of Shandong land and fields have been integrated by one person, becoming a force, tens of millions of fields, millions of people, combined into one person, how much strength this person can have, how strong will it be.

In Shandong, this person can only be Li Meng, the chief soldier of Shandong, Fang Yingren suddenly felt that he was very lucky, if it wasn't for God's favor, how could he say the words to find Li Meng in the discussion of his father and son, looking at this scene in Shandong, he bet on the right treasure.

After a few days of drowsiness, two days before entering Jiaozhou, Fang Yingren and his party no longer felt sleepy, they were very awake all the time, but their fearful thoughts became heavier and heavier, and they always felt that there was a huge giant looking down on them in this Qilu land.

When he arrived in Jiaozhou and went to the Li family manor to see Li Meng, Fang Yingren and his party were already full of awe, especially when they arrived near Jiaozhou, they also saw the appearance of the soldiers and horses of the Jiaozhou battalion, even if they didn't know anything about military affairs, they knew that this was a strong army.

Li Meng was surprised that the Fang family, the leader of the salt merchants, who was similar to a sworn enemy, had sent an envoy to meet him, but after the meeting, the other party's unusual awe made Li Meng feel even more surprised.

Although it is a rival, it does not mean that they cannot meet, now Li Meng is a collection of army leaders, big landlords, and big businessmen, the objects are different, and the identities used when meeting are also different, since it is the salt merchants to talk about business, then Li Meng will use the identity of a businessman to talk.

As long as the price is right, there is nothing that cannot be discussed.

"The handsome Shenwu is very. The villain clan has heard a lot in Nanzhili, and once they enter the east of the mountain, they know that the rumors are true, and they really admire the five-body casting. ”

In fact, although the two were no more than a table apart, Fang Yingren always felt that the other party was extremely tall when he looked at Li Meng, and he had to look up, which was quite interesting.

Li Meng was really too lazy to answer this kind of polite words from the other party's second child, and directly picked up the teapot. Poured a cup of tea for the other party, this is one of the characteristics of the Jiaozhou camp, Fang Yingren stood up in fear, didn't even dare to say, and saw Li Meng's impatient look, so he smiled and said:

"The marshal sent an army to protect Huaibei, of course, it is an order of the imperial court, but the reason for this mobilization is also related to this large amount of money, it is not profitable to be early!"

These words made Li Meng smile, but Fang Yingren's speech was a lot smoother. Speak directly:

"The villain said something offensive, the adult's Lu Yan's business is also abnormal, isn't it still sold to Henan and Beizhili at the moment, but the villain also dares to say this to the front, even if no one stumbles to stop the adult's business, it will end here."

"Oh?"

After talking for a long time, the topic finally made Li Meng feel some interest, since last year, after using Yang Si in Xinyang Town to crack down on the salt works in Lianghuai, the sales of salt goods in Shandong, which is adjacent to Huaibei, have flourished outside the province for the first time, and the income has gradually increased. In Li Meng's calculations, if the income increased to this extent, plus the silver money offered by the salt merchants of the two Huai provinces every year, the Jiaozhou battalion could continue to expand the army without considering financial problems.

However, the sales and trading of Lu salt, the growth rate began to slow down slowly, and the market in Beizhili also has the government-run Changlu salt farm. And the Henan border is frequent. That is, after the sales in those cities, the vacant share of these markets is seized by Lu Yan, and the sales of Lu Yan do not have much room to grow.

The sale of private salt is not simply the exchange of goods and money, because it is the monopoly of the government, and the profits are mainly from the private sale of official salt. The same is true of the landlords who rely on the gentry.

The province can rely on the power of Li Mengdi and the Jiaozhou camp to force it out. What's more, he can control the major salt farms in Shandong.

But if it wants to be sold to other places, it is easy to say that places such as Beizhili and Henan have long been related. In the expansion of some, but it is very difficult, there is Huaiyan operating nearly two hundred years of territory, buyers and sellers, shelter relationship, the proportion of fertilizer has long been determined, all kinds of collusion is intricate, the relationship between generations, but Shandong Luyan this outsider can enter can enter.

Therefore, the sales growth of Lu salt soon stagnated, Li Mengzheng was worried about this matter, from the modern he did not imagine the sale of salt goods too complicated, only felt that the official salt was sold privately, who sold it is not for sale, where did I think of such a big relationship entanglement, to put it bluntly, Li Meng sold half of the salt to rely on the sword, and he could not sell it in other provinces, so it was not good to fight with open fire.

In addition, there are also some objective difficulties, such as the output of Huai salt is far greater than that of Shandong, and the transportation can rely on Cao Yun and the dense water network of the two Huai land, while Shandong is different, sometimes, even if there is a need outside, the production and transportation here can not keep up.

Therefore, Li Meng has always wanted to expand his power in Huaibei, occupy a few salt farms, and use the other party's channels to sell, but unfortunately there has been no suitable opportunity, and the recent incident, the salt merchants' response was fast, and they couldn't find an excuse to make trouble.

Hearing Fang Yingren of the Fang family's words, Li Meng was suddenly interested, and Fang Yingren also saw the change in Li Meng's expression, and he had a little confidence in his heart, and couldn't help but smile and said:

"Adults also sell salt, but do not do fine, you must know that the salt business, not can be sold with salt, the two Huai salt merchants are Shanxi, Huizhou merchants, dozens of generations of inheritance and accumulation, only to have today's situation, it seems to be a business of money and goods, there are many ways in it!"

Li Meng nodded again and again, the top layer of the Daming salt industry is these two Huai salt merchants, the two sides are not compatible for a long time, Li Meng sometimes thinks, when he kills all these salt merchants, maybe there will never be a chance to know the mysteries of this industry, today there is actually a Huaishang salt merchant to tell him, it is a rare opportunity.

Fang Yingren was actually still a little nervous, as Li Meng's general, he already had a kind of killing blood. Approaching the contact, Fang Yingren was under a lot of pressure, and after saying a few words, his throat was a little dry, and he picked up the teabowl to drink, but it was already empty, Li Meng smiled and poured him full with a teapot.

This time, Fang Yingren was not nervous, but smiled and accepted the teacup, and Li Meng finally asked:

"But I don't know what Brother Fang's intention is. It's not going to be a casual conversation here, is it? “

Fang Yingren completely let go, and replied with a smile:

"The big marshal is really called a villain, the big marshal raises soldiers to govern the people, the cost is huge, this open source of thought must be urgent, there are some ways in the small people's home, willing to help the adult."

Hearing this, Li Meng narrowed his eyes, of course he understood what the other party meant, and he also knew that the other party took the initiative to come to the door to curry favor. There is no pie that falls from the sky in vain, and the other party will inevitably demand something in return.

In the past, Kong Sande and Zhou Yang have done similar things, natural disasters are frequent, internal and external troubles, and people with sober brains are all aware of the coming civil strife, eager to seek refuge, or want to win a great fortune in this troubled world, but under the current situation, even if you have ideas, you can't accumulate force. Individuals still can't compete with the imperial court.

For now, it can only be betting.

There is no need to bet on the soldiers and horses of the imperial court, and the usual offerings are already annoying, and the Tartars are thousands of miles away, and they are often outside the customs, and the Manchu Jurchens at this time. In the eyes of the Chinese Han people, there is still no difference between them and animals. Except for the Shanxi business that has always had business dealings with the grassland, the rest of the people are unwilling to choose.

And the Shaanxi Rebellion, Zhang Xianzhong, Li Zicheng and others, there were hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses at the time of Xuanhe, but there were several ups and downs, and they always couldn't see any long-term development, which made people not feel at ease.

It is said that Li Meng is also the chief soldier of Shandong, and he is a soldier and horse of the imperial court. It looks like in the eyes of outsiders. This Li Meng is no different from ordinary Ming generals, and his ability to collect money may be even higher.

But anyone who has been in close contact or carefully observed knows that Li Meng is different from the people around him. Perhaps Li Meng seems to be different in this era.

Li Meng is good at accumulating money, but his private life can be called thrifty, he drives the military training every day, never withholds military salaries, and is stationed in Shandong but does not harass the people, but instead shelters the homeless people in Tuntian.

Despite these good deeds, Li Meng lived a frugal life, but all the money was invested in his own army, and Tuntian sheltered the homeless, but the grange in Tuntian was completely his own industry, and the army was called the country's army, but in fact, it was also controlled by Li Meng strictly, and the water could not be splashed.

The Ming army generally has eunuchs to supervise the army, and the actions are led by high-quality civil officials such as governors, but Yan Jizu, the governor of Shandong, and Liu Yuanbin, the eunuch of the supervising army, are like decorations, and the handle is still caught by Li Meng.

Li Meng never said anything loyal, in the imperial court, Li Meng, the chief soldier of Shandong, was very inconspicuous, but he knew that there was rarely any chaos in Shandong, and he would also obey orders to send troops when there was something in the imperial court. But if you think about it carefully, the soldiers and horses of Shandong have no record of success, and they have not done anything except for defeating the Qing army in Qihe County.

If a person who has carefully observed Li Meng and Shandong soldiers and horses can judge, he will only come to a conclusion that "this person's plan is not small" or "I am afraid that it is not a thing in the pool" and other clichés.

Although this is a cheesy statement, for those who want to bet on wealth or peace, such people are what they need most.

Zuo Liangyu and He Renlong's generation are also arrogant generals with tens of thousands of soldiers, but if you collude with this kind of general, it is equivalent to being with tigers and wolves, and you can't tell when the other party will swallow you even with the belt bones, and there is not even a slag left.

But Li Meng is different, from the beginning to the present, at least he is still abiding by the rules, and he has never done anything untrustworthy in business, which makes people feel more at ease.

And for businessmen, Li Meng is also a businessman, he is the largest salt merchant in Shandong, this kind of identity in the same place is more reassuring, and it is easy to grasp.

In the past, Li Meng himself couldn't see this, Kong Sande and Zhou Yang solemnly expressed their importance or refuge in him, Li Meng was still somewhat flattered, but now it is no longer like this, and the salt merchant Fang's family came to the door, and he was not surprised much.

It's just that this Fang family has a good vision and contacted himself in advance, and the other party came to the door out of thin air to give him a big benefit, and what did he rely on to reciprocate. relied on the swords and guns in his own hands and the tens of thousands of male soldiers under his hands.

Fang Yingren saw that there was nothing abnormal in the other party's expression, the more he felt that this trip was correct, and he didn't talk about whether to bet or not, if he didn't make a big bargain in front of him. He paused, straightened up, and said with a smile, at this time, Fang Yingren's position and attitude were no longer as restrained as Fang Cai's conversation, but really stood on an equal footing.

"When the villain is at home. My father often said that now the two Huai salt industry, although it is almost a hundred years old, but it is not stable, there are too many people involved in it, they are too many and too mixed, competing with each other, fighting maliciously, and the plate that should be bigger is limited. ”

Li Meng smiled and nodded. Spoken:

"The salt industry is rectified, that is the matter of the Yanyun Yamen and the household department of Nanzhili, this seat is a military general, and it is guarding Shandong, so much that it can't be managed, so much!"

Hearing Li Mengdi's answer, Fang Yingren laughed a few times, as if he hadn't heard it, and talked about other topics by himself:

"The Fang family is willing to join hands with Lingshan Commercial Bank to open a salt stack, and the shares they occupy. Lingshan Commercial Bank is sixty percent, the Fang family only needs forty percent, and there are still millions of taels of plates in the two Huai salt industry, because it has always been chaotic, and there are still many loopholes to dig up, after rectification. You can always deduct a tael from the plate. At that time, the salt stack jointly opened by the Fang family and Lingshan Commercial Bank will do this two-percent business. ”

Fang Yingren said with a smile and said very easily, but one or two percent of the business of the Lianghuai salt industry, that is, the transaction of millions or millions of taels, is really profitable. Seeing Li Meng's eyes gradually light up, Fang Yingren became more and more relaxed, and continued:

"The peers of Yangzhou Mansion, although the villain is a cheap business. But there are also some relatives in the family who work in the government. usually takes care of it, and the villain has always known how to behave. However, there are also some merchants in the same industry, no one at home to do things in the official family, no one to teach, it is inevitable that some people lose the rules and forget how to do business. ”

When a random person comes in, he will be confused for a long time when he hears any sentence of the conversation between the two people, and Fang Yingren has no connection with every sentence, but the smile on Li Meng's face is getting stronger and stronger, and he feels quite interesting.

If you want to be the object of other people's bets, rather than becoming a pawn, strength is important, and intelligence is equally important......

Having said this, it seems that both sides are already clear, this topic will not be mentioned again, but talk about some things in the wind and snow, although this Fang Yingren is capable, but in the prosperous area of Yangzhou, he is a wealthy man, and he is very proficient in these ways of enjoyment and fun, and it is much better than playing dumb riddles.

Speaking of which, Li Meng is a few years younger than this Fang Yingren, but Fang Lao Er's song is welcome, the two sides talked very happily, seeing that it is time to eat, Fang Yingren knows that this first time they met, they have talked enough, thank Li Meng for his invitation to stay, and quit to live in the inn.

When he was sent out of the door, Fang Yingren seemed to sound something, turned around and said with a smile:

"There is one thing that the handsome man knows, my father said that this salt is an official land sale business, no matter how you do it, you must get by in the official face."

Li Mengban replied with a straight face:

"Provincial, provincial, this seat is also a dignified court official, so he naturally knows that everything must abide by the king's law."

Seeing Li Meng's face, Fang Yingren was stunned, and waited until Li Meng finished speaking before relaxing, the two looked at each other and laughed.

When interviewing Li Meng, he also mentioned the request to open shops in Jiaozhou and Jinan, and asked Li Meng to restore several properties of the Fang family in Jining Prefecture.

Li Meng naturally had no objection to this, these requests were actually to increase the income of the Lingshan Commercial Bank, and of course he strongly agreed.

It's a little funny to say, Zhejiang has a good port, but unfortunately it is controlled in the hands of Zhejiang maritime merchants, and Nanzhili also has a good port, but unfortunately private use is not allowed, and the channel for obtaining maritime trade goods can be obtained.

Anyway, he was going to come out in three days, and Li Meng simply asked Fang Yingren to go to Hou Shan to talk, so he didn't need to care about these details.

At present, Hou Shan is also busy with the relocation, Hou Shan's status has risen with Li Mengshui, and he used to see Kong Sande of Confucius, Hou Shan wanted to be called "Master", and later it was "Master De", and now, if there is another word "Ye" in Hou Shan's title, Kong Sande will definitely not let it, saying that the two are about the same age, and it is best to call them brothers.

A few days later, Li Meng and his family members went on the road in the pro-barracks, the horse army, and two battalions of soldiers and horses, and rushed to Jinan, because many soldiers and dependents from Lingshanwei and Aoshanwei were granted fields in Jinan Mansion, and the whole family moved over, and the soldiers under Li Meng did not show any reluctance.

The female dependents and the old eunuchs are all carriages, and there is no fatigue along the way, Li Meng rode a horse to lead the army to escort, and the road is all official roads, and there are tuntian granges and landlords and gentry attached to the Jiaozhou camp system along the way, so there is no need to worry about things like providing for camping.

Along the way, Li Meng was thinking about what Fang Yingren said, before Zhang Jiang led the army into Huaibei and now, Huang Ping's intelligence system spent a lot of effort on the two Huai salt merchants, and what is the status of the Fang family among the salt merchants in Yangzhou, Li Meng still understands.

Although what Fang Yingren said that day was secretive, for Li Meng, there was nothing he didn't understand, those salt merchants who had no one to teach the rules were obviously those who had no official background, or their backstage was already ruined.

Such salt merchants are helpless, and it is also the easiest and most unresistive to start, and the so-called rectification of the salt industry market, deducting one or two percent of the share in it, I am afraid that it is necessary to make up my mind on these salt merchants.

As for abiding by the king's law, of course, that means that it doesn't matter what method is used to annex these industries secretly, but on the surface, people must not find fault.

As long as the industries of these salt merchants are legally and reasonably annexed, their production and sales are all the responsibility of the Fang family, and the income and profits obtained are given to Li Mengliucheng.

This matter seems to be that the Fang family has given a big bargain to the general soldiers of Shandong, but the Fang family has also expanded a large piece of the family business out of thin air, and Li Menglai has to do the physical work of seeing the blood, don't look at the Fang family is forty percent, but the share of the two Huai salt merchants has increased, and the additional benefits can far exceed that one percent.

Li Meng also got the opportunity to enter the Lianghuai salt industry, the Lianghuai salt industry is different from the current Shandong private salt sales, this kind of pure, only belongs to the salt industry business of this era, Li Meng and his subordinates are either laymen or half-understood, and they also need such an agent as the Fang family.

Old Lady Fang is indeed a treacherous and cunning, she found a good entry point to form an alliance with Li Meng's side, and expressed her goodwill in advance, which is indeed a good thing for mutual benefit.

As for how to do it, Li Meng actually had a method before Fang Yingren suddenly came to the door, if it weren't for the convincing enough narration of the second child of the Fang family, of course, the most important thing was to come in time. Otherwise, Li Meng's method would also be used on their Fang family, and the Fang family's luck was really good.

When there was still more than a day away from Jinan City, the herald from Jinan met with Li Meng's team, and the news brought was very sudden, the Beijing Division's edict had arrived in Jinan, and the general meaning of the decree had been clarified, requiring Li Meng, the chief soldier of Shandong, to enter Henan to level the thieves.