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Salt!

Sometimes it can be a lifesaver!

For Zhao Yipu, who fell ill two years ago, in the past few days, handling the salt affairs has been the top priority. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

In the middle hall of the Zhao family's compound, although the weather has warmed up, Zhao Yi, who is still wrapped in a bearskin coat, looked at the shopkeeper Cao in front of him and said:

"Is this salt ready?"

"It's all set!"

Shopkeeper Cao hurriedly nodded and said:

"This time, thanks to the Li family, the Li family took out all the salt they had stored in the provincial capital!"

At the mention of the Li family, Zhao Yipu's expression became grim, and he felt that he couldn't stand the Li family's brother. The relationship with the Li family, it was a mistake, he and Li Fengguo had similar interests, and after a drunkenness, he agreed to marry the Qing family if he had children in the future, and the result was ......

"Boss, what do you think of this ......?"

Shopkeeper Cao asked a little worriedly.

"This thing is reliable, after all, after all, this is a deal with a thief......"

After thinking for a while, Zhao Yipu's tightly locked brows suddenly expanded little by little, and he said:

"Shopkeeper Cao. Don't talk about anything else, no matter what, they have to get the young master back! ”

A few months ago, when I learned that my daughter, no, I should say that my son, was missing after being a thief in Hankou, her condition suddenly worsened again, and while her body was getting worse day by day, he also saw the faces of the other houses and the relatives of the Zhao family - all of them were eyeing the property of the sixth room, and those nephews were all doing their filial piety, and the brothers were even talking about family affection, for what?

Originally, he had no hope, and even the whole person was living in chagrin, and he regretted it, and even reflected on what he had done over the years, raising his daughter as a son, trying to hide from the world, but had he ever considered Ziyu in the slightest? If he hadn't been so stubborn at the beginning, he had recruited a son-in-law a few years ago, why worry that the family business of the sixth room would fall into the hands of others?

But just a few days ago, someone suddenly sent a letter, just by looking at the word, he knew who wrote it, it was Ziyu's handwritten letter, if she can come back safely, let her recover her daughter!

"But, the owner, on the side of the boatman who is sailing now, they are worried that the ship will be detained by the time......"

Shopkeeper Cao looked at the owner a little hesitantly, for fear of annoying the owner and getting angry.

"There will be brave men under the heavy reward, and they will pay more money! There will always be someone willing to go."

Finally, he glanced at the shopkeeper Cao, who had followed him for decades, and continued:

"At the moment, the first thing to hide from outsiders, especially the other houses, do you know? Second, along the way, we must take care of the government, we must do it according to the preparation of opening a trade route, and we must not miss a cent of the money that should be spent! Do you understand! ”

"Don't worry, owner, I know what to do! After all, he is also an old man in the number, and he has been with the master for decades, and he has been in Hankou all the year round, and he knows the situation along the road better than others! ”

"Well, that's it......"

Waving his hand, Zhao Yipu motioned to the shopkeeper Cao to retreat, and then he was tired and tired, and he went into the back room and fell asleep with the support of Yahuan......

The teacup shattered to the ground, and the tea suddenly scattered to the ground, Zhao Zishan looked at Chen Fangnan and said.

"Seriously!"

Ziyu is still alive!

Hearing the news, as a cousin, instead of feeling the slightest sense of joy, he asked loudly in shock.

How could he still be alive, he, didn't he die at the hands of thieves?

"Are you really alive? Master, you, didn't you always say that he died at the hands of thieves? ”

Staring at Chen Fangnan, Zhao Zishan questioned him.

At the beginning, it was the news he brought, that is, this news made him see a glimmer of hope - the hope of inheriting the family business of the sixth uncle, although Zhao Zishan is also a member of the Zhao family, but the more he is a side branch of the Zhao family, several generations have worked for the sixth room, although there is no worry about food and clothing, and there are dividends every year, but every time he sees his cousin who is more beautiful than a woman, he can't help but sigh that his life is miserable, and even annoyed the other party - back then, he almost had to renew to the sixth uncle who had no children and no daughters, was even taken to the Zhao family's mansion by the sixth aunt for a few years, although everyone called him "Young Master Tang", but everyone knew that when he was not in order, he was the young master of the sixth room.

When the sixth uncle, who was over fifty years old, went to Sichuan and came back that year, who would have thought that he would bring Zhao Ziyu - it was the sixth uncle's concubine in Sichuan. Now that Liufang has his own descendants, the "hall" of his "young master" naturally can't be removed, and even within two years, people were sent out of the Zhao family's mansion.

He was unwilling to fall from people to people, and he was naturally full of hatred for that cousin, and what made him even more annoyed was that the cousin was not inferior to the sixth uncle in terms of shrewdness, after the sixth uncle fell ill in the past two years, the business of the six rooms was all his main business, and the shopkeepers praised him.

Just when Zhao Zishan was desperate, a good news came - Hankou fell into the hands of Cantonese bandits, and Zhao Ziyu, who had returned from Sichuan, was in Hankou. For the rest of the Zhao family, this is a bad thing. But in Zhao Zishan's eyes, this is a good thing!

From that day on, on the surface, he served the sixth uncle every day, and prayed in his heart that everything would come true-those Cantonese bandits would kill all the rich families wherever they went, and it was best to let his cousin die under the knife of the bandits.

And Chen Fangnan, as his master, also saw hope, and saw the hope of becoming the Zhao family's six-room cabinet.

"Whether it's true or not, I don't know, but I know that the letter must have come from Zhao Ziyu's hand, Ziyu's words are too delicate......"

"Letter?"

"Yes!"

Chen Fangnan nodded vigorously,

"Maybe the surname Cao didn't mention it, but when the messenger sent the letter, I was next to me, he could hide it from other people, but he couldn't hide it from me, not to mention the joy on his face, you see these days, he has done everything possible to prepare salt goods everywhere, even the Li family, how can he need his surname Cao to do this in the past......"

The words were lowered, and Chen Fangnan sneered.

"Others can't see it, I have presided over the Hankou branch for fifteen years, and don't you know that since ancient times, Huguang has eaten Huai salt, and now the Cantonese bandits are based in Jiangning, following the salt road, the salt road in Hubei is cut off, and the Wuchang bandits are suffering from no salt, they sing this play, and it is not for so much salt profit, they must want to exchange salt for him to come back, hum......"

For Chen Fangnan, he had already guessed some of them almost after discovering the salt goods surnamed Cao, and when the owner asked him to take the risk of opening a salt road to Wuchang, he immediately realized that the young master was not dead!

It's just that it fell into the hands of the bandits, and as for the salt, it's just for the young master's return.

"Master, you mean, he was kidnapped by the bandits,"

"I don't know if I tie the meat ticket or not, but I understand, our Zhao family still can't look down on that bit of salt! The old club took such a big risk, unless it was for him, why else? Don't forget, this is dealing with anti-thieves, I think the Zhao family didn't even pay attention to the king at the door back then, how can they look at any Cantonese bandits now? ”

The reason why the Zhao family was able to remain undefeated in the two dynasties was to stay away from those rights and wrongs, and now how could the old club forget the family motto, so that the old club could be like this, I am afraid that only the life of the son would be.

"Then, master, let's just stop doing it, just tell the government directly, and when the time comes, let's borrow a knife to kill people......"

Without waiting for Zhao Zishan to finish speaking, Chen Fangnan shouted coldly.

"Confused!"

After a reprimand, he suddenly lowered his voice again, subconsciously looked left and right, and saw that there was no one outside the window, so he whispered.

"How to borrow a knife to kill someone? Could it be that I went to tell my old boss that I couldn't open up the salt road, and in this world, as long as I made enough money, there would be things that couldn't be done? ”

Looking at his apprentice who has not done anything, Chen Fangnan is full of contempt in his heart, but on the surface, he still looks like he thinks about it, he needs this kind of confusion from the other party, only in this way can he manipulate this person in the future, as for the family business of the Zhao family in the future......

"When the time comes, if we can't do anything, what will the old club think of me, what will I think of you? What if others add oil and vinegar to the side? ”

As soon as Chen Fangnan reminded him like this, Zhao Zishan realized that he had indeed said something stupid before, so he said stupidly.

"Then, master, what shall we do now?"

"What should I do?"

After a moment of silence, Chen Fangnan's corner of his eyes swept slightly around, lowering his voice even lower.

"Not only can we not do this badly, but we must do everything possible to handle him well, only by doing this well can we have a chance!"

"Master, I, I'm a little confused? What do you mean old, let's get him back? ”

Zhao Zishan was really confused at this time, he couldn't figure out what the master was thinking for a while, and he didn't know what the master was talking about.

"Pick it up, how can you not pick it up, not only do you have to pick it up, but you also have to let the young master come back well!"

After speaking, his eyes sharpened, and his voice sank again.

"But, whether he can return to the Zhao family compound of filial piety alive depends on whether he has that fate!"

"Master? You mean, let's ......."

"Not us!"

Staring at Zhao Zishan, Chen Fangnan commanded in a low voice.

"It's Liu Mazi!"

"Liu Mazi!"

Hearing this name, Zhao Zishan's voice suddenly trembled.

"Master. This Liu Mazi is a famous bandit, killing people without blinking, in the past few years, the grass has fallen into the grass on the Shaanxi and Hubei side, and the officials and soldiers have suppressed him several times, and they have not suppressed him, you say, if he knows, our ship is loaded with tens of thousands of taels of silver, what will happen to him? ”

What do you think? Do you still need to ask?

"They are bandits, and it is their duty to rob houses and houses, so it doesn't matter who is on that boat!"

"But master, it's true that they are bandits, but if my cousin sends the silver with both hands, you know, that kid is shrewd in his bones!"

His eyes narrowed slightly, and Chen Fangnan sneered.

"You're a good reminder. However, it is true that this bandit is seeking money, but what if we buy his head from Liu Mazi? ”

looked at the master in astonishment, and Zhao Zishan, who was speechless for a long time, listened to the master again.

"Okay, don't ask about this matter, now you just pretend that you don't know what to do, be your filial son, as for the rest, it's up to the master to do it, understand? The owner told me to leave tomorrow, and when the time comes, it's all up to you! (To be continued.) )