"Proprietor Liu's words are really good."

Before Liu Yan finished speaking, the others just looked pensive and did not interrupt him.

After all, Liu Yan is the patriarch of the family, and it is not good for everyone to interrupt his words at will, but in the crowd, some people exhaled and praised Liu Yan in a very clear tone.

"Huh? It sounds familiar. ”

Liu Yan was not annoyed, he was originally a bold and generous person, he stood up at the moment and lined up the crowd forward, but he saw that there was also a big man in the crowd, who was looking at him with a smile.

"Hey, Brother Qin!"

When I saw it, I was very happy. strode forward at the moment, patted Qin Shouhua on the shoulder, and laughed: "Yangzhou has been separated for more than ten days, and there is actually a time to say goodbye, which is really unimaginable...... A while ago, I thought I would never have a chance to meet you again, brother. ”

Saying this, that is, when he was arrested, he saw many people killed on the spot, or beheaded afterwards, and were carried out by the armor and entered the camp.

The crown prince really beheaded everyone, what can he do?

Looking back now, I am naturally very happy and very happy.

"The proprietor laughed, you always treat kindness, which year you don't give porridge in winter, donate money to the good hall, and you have never been behind people, a gentleman like you can't live forever, how can there be heavenly justice?"

As soon as Qin Shouhua said this, of course Liu Yan laughed, and only said to Qin Shouhua: "Since you are here, of course you will stay and live longer, by the way, what about your brothers, why didn't you look at it?" ”

On Liu Yanzhuang, Qin Shouhua and his gang also come and go often. In the eyes of many salt merchants, smuggling salt dealers are rebellious and hateful. There are some salt merchants who don't care much, and sometimes they just ask them to get the goods from the salt farm, and it is not uncommon for them to get along well after a long time.

"My brothers are now sitting in the back garden with my host. The proprietor spoke, and my proprietor also listened, and was very happy, so I want to meet you. ”

"This ......"

Rao is Liu Yan is very bold and atmospheric, and he is also slightly unhappy at this time.

The people around him were even more dissatisfied.

Quietly came to someone's house, Qin Shouhua himself was a regular customer, he came for many days, walked around, bumped into the house, saw that he was an old guest, and did not come to embarrass him.

At this time, he actually came in quietly with his new owner, and he didn't see the owner after coming in, and at this time he entered someone's back garden without permission and asked someone to see it, which truth is this?

Liu Yan made a face, and planned to train this little brother. Although he has to talk about friendship, he is also much older than Qin Shouhua, and his status is far worse, so there is nothing to train him.

It's just that seeing Qin Shouhua's face smiling rather than smiling, and his expression is very mysterious, Liu Yan knows that although this salt dealer looks rough and heroic, and his martial arts are also very clever, he acts as a person, is very cautious and careful, and does not mess around.

At that moment, his heart moved, and he said: "A person like him actually found an owner?" With that alone, why should I go and see? ”

So he nodded and said lightly: "Brother Qin, I believe you this time, but if your proprietor is not worthy of me to go this time, how many years of friendship can only be done." ”

"Please!"

Qin Shouhua didn't say anything, just stretched out his hand, and in the Liu Mansion, he made a solemn appearance.

Liu Yan was very angry, but he had already agreed, so he had to smile bitterly, and he really followed Qin Shouhua out of the main hall gate, turned all the way to the east, from the thousand-step corridor to the east, after hundreds of steps, through a white-walled moon cave hanging flower door, first Nuoda lawn, and then the mountain stone towered, and then along the stone road covered with moss, through the rockery stone group, along the small river verandah, and walked for a while, only to see a few simple and unadorned water pavilions, near the river by the wind, a few lanterns illuminated, someone sitting on the riverside railing, is fishing in the river.

Along the way, there should have been a lot of people in Liu's house, but they didn't look at any of them, and from the front of the door to this house, all the way were all servants wearing green robes and big hats, all of them were either capable or vigorous, and their waists were full of bulging bags, obviously hiding guys.

In the crowd, he also looked at Qin Shouhua's old brothers, all of whom were dressed in green clothes at this time, standing honestly around the crowd, as if they were still close to the edge.

He looked at Qin Shouhua with a shocked look, only to see that the other party also took two steps back with a smile, obviously he couldn't move forward, and the corner of his mouth was full, but it was pointing to the person who was sitting in Liu's water pavilion, but there was no one around, fishing from the river.

"It's so fresh!"

Liu Yan knows that something is wrong, but he is used to being bold and big, plus he has a lot of money, and now he has donated to the official, and he is also a fourth-grade rank, even if this is a court official, what can he do?

At the moment, he was slightly determined, but he just strode forward, and when he took more than a dozen steps outside the water pavilion, a young man in Chinese clothes flashed out, bowed to Liu Yan, and said with a smile: "Is it Lord Liu?" ”

"Uh......" Liu Yan was a levy, but he suddenly remembered that he had indeed redeemed the donation, and it was a serious four-grade rank, half a level higher than Yangzhou Mansion, and this "adult" really deserved it.

At that moment, he snorted, and replied: "It's me, who is it?" ”

"The younger brother is not talented, and he is in charge of the five-grade camp." The young man smiled and said, "Since it's Lord Liu, then, please." ”

At this point, the people inside are obviously nobles, and with so many tricks, their status is obviously not low. But like this, Liu Yan was also very unhappy in his heart, and when he heard that the other party was only a fifth grade, he returned the half-salute, snorted coldly, and took a step.

When he passed, two more people flashed out, and smiled at the young man in gorgeous clothes: "Little Marquis, this salt merchant's shelf is really not small. ”

"Are you looking for death?" The young man pressed the sword on his waist, stroked his fingers lightly on the turquoise inlaid with the hilt, and chuckled: "The donor is also an official, and the official photos of the rank are all real, and you can also posthumously give three generations...... You want to go to Lingao, don't you? ”

"Yes, mark the gaffe."

The two big men knew that it was powerful, they stuck out their tongues, and they also pressed the waist knife with their hands, and quickly flashed back into the shadows.

When they arrived here, that is, the tightest line of defense, except for Liu Zhaohui and the most personal guards, no one could get here without permission.

Talented guards such as Qin Shouhua, although they were brave and had outstanding qualifications, they did not have a certain amount of time to be trusted, and it was impossible for them to be sent here.

Liu Yan strode in, and on the fence in front of him was a young man-like person, wearing a gray robe, holding a fishing rod in his hand, and was leisurely fishing, he was indignant in his heart, so he said in a mocking tone: "This adult is really leisurely, but I don't know, what advice do you have in vain, is it a special trip to fish?" ”

"Of course not specifically for fishing."

The other party laughed, threw the fishing rod, and said with a smile: "I've been busy for a while, where is the spare time?" I want to pick this thing up, but I can't calm down, it's useless. ”

After that, he turned around, stared at Liu Yan with a pair of eyes, his eyes were dark and deep, there was a momentum of not being angry and self-righteous in his eyes, his face was melon seed face, his complexion was fair, very handsome, but he had thick eyebrows and big eyes, and there was a trace of wind, frost, rain and snow between his eyebrows.

In short, it is a person who knows at a glance that he is not idle, but an extremely noble and insightful person.

And on closer inspection, this person is just a fifteen or sixteen-year-old boy, ordinary people, or ignorant children, at most just following the adult's experience in doing things, or some of the early wisdom, can be a child, show talent, even if it is very remarkable.

If you want to set up a household and become an adult, it will take at least another ten years.

The young man in front of him can be regarded as a very complicated character at a glance...... Liu Yan was stunned for a while, and in his mind, he only felt that this young man was very familiar, and he seemed to have seen it just a few days ago. But in the past few days, either the salt merchants who have been locked up together, or those low-level military attaches and soldiers who guard the door, where can you see such a celestial figure?

In the current period, Ai Ai, a well-informed salt merchant tycoon, was also recruited for a while.

"Okay, you're Liu Yan, you've only been working for a few days, and you don't know me?"

This young man is, of course, Zhu Cihong, after dealing with the Yangzhou Rebellion, he immediately returned to Qingjiang and urged all localities to collect this year's taxes.

After coming down, he planned to use this time to travel around Huaishang and take a look at the field.

For those who are in a higher position, of course, they must rely on the usual accumulation, such as the folding of songs, documents, official secret folds, and secret reports of special agents, so as to accumulate understanding and perception of the situation in various places.

But there are some things, if you don't see them with your own eyes, they will be separated after a long time.

Like Chongzhen, he was born in the deep palace, and then divided the royal palace, and was not allowed to make friends with officials, and after he ascended the throne, he knew nothing about governing the country except for the Confucian classics.

The tea tax was still 100,000 taels a year in the year of the Apocalypse, and in Chongzhen's hands, there were only a few thousand taels left.

Many tariffs, in the Qing Dynasty, were hundreds of thousands of dollars a year, and in Chongzhen's hands, tens of thousands a year.

The tax revenue of the salt department is less than one million a year, and if you can't take a look at it with your own eyes, how can you penetrate it and start to improve it thoroughly?

The salt introduction and change the salt system is also to see how the people are doing!

In the past few days, it happened to be Qin Shouhua's group of smuggling salt dealers to lead the way, which was just the right time. As for Liu Yan, he had heard of it when he was in Yangzhou, and he also took a few looks in the crowd.

This is true for salt merchants with a net worth of more than one million.

But if you pay special attention, then it is naturally not possible. Zhu Cihong looked at them at that time, but it was just a look before slaughtering a fat sheep.

At this time, Liu Yan first requisitioned, and then his mind was like lightning, clear and transparent.

When I think back to the situation when I came in, that dissatisfaction has long since disappeared...... It is strange that the prince of a country does not have such a defense.

He didn't dare to hesitate anymore, immediately knelt down, and said loudly: "The grass people knock to see His Royal Highness the Crown Prince!" ”

(To be continued)