Li Yongzhong came back from the well field, he just dismounted, handed the reins to Wutong's hands, and the person was still standing at the gate, when he saw the chief steward Li Sanzhong hurriedly walked out of the door, he didn't have time to salute, and walked to him and whispered a few words in his ear. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 After listening to this, Li Yongzhong raised his eyebrows, and took the lead in striding towards the mansion, the chief steward followed closely behind him, and asked softly: "Zhong Guan'er, people are still waiting in the outer study, do you want to meet now?" ”

"In the study?" Li Yongzhong muttered to himself, then thought of something and turned his head to Li Sanzhong and instructed: "You tell that person, I'll go change my clothes first, and then I'll go over." ”

Li Sanzhong respectfully answered yes, and the whole robe was retreated. Li Yongzhong stood in the patio and squinted his eyes and thought about it, but he didn't just think of anything, and the corners of his mouth pulled out a smile lightly. Wutong, the little servant, asked boldly: "Zhong Guan'er, this is a good thing?" It's a pleasure to watch. ”

He chuckled, didn't answer, and walked in the direction of Wushitang on his own. Wutong was thrown by him in place and stunned for a long time before he hurriedly followed, Li Yongzhong treated people gently and kindly, Wutong grew up with him, and his temperament was more lively and generous, and at this moment he couldn't help but slander in his heart: "It's really weird, don't talk about it if you're not happy, don't talk about it!" ”

The outer study room is in the left wing of the Wushi Hall, when Li Qi was alive, it used to be the residence of a concubine, but he went early, and then it was vacant, and some furnishing tea utensils were put as a tea room for drinking tea. When Li Yongzhong moved in, it was changed to an outer study, which was Li Yongzhong's daily hospitality, and his own inner study was specially arranged in the warm pavilion of the main room.

"Sister-in-law asked you to come over this little girl, it's really a great trust." As soon as he stretched out his feet and stepped into the door, Li Yongzhong looked at the nervous little girl in front of him and was as startled as the cat that was stepped on the tail, he reached out and untied the protection and threw it to Wutong, and then walked to the side of the Luohan couch and sat down in three steps and two steps, looking at the anxious little girl in front of him, Li Yongzhong took the hot tea bowl handed to Li Sanzhong and took a sip, and suddenly felt comfortable all over, and then he didn't know whether to sigh or continue sarcastically: "Anyway, in this situation, it is rare for my sister-in-law to think about me for something." ”

Cui Yongming, the director of the Fuyi Salt Division, has been in charge of the Fushun Salt Affair for eight or nine years, and he will die of old age in this position. Compared with the top three Tongjinshi promoted by the Xuzhou Salt Division, Cui Yongming is the candidate for election, and he has already given up on his career, and he wants to live his stable life in Fushun.

Compared with his predecessor, Cui Yongming thinks that he is still a good official - he also accepts filial piety, but he never receives it in vain, and he always has to settle his wish for the other party; It's not too much of a push, if you can raise your hand, for the sake of the other party's filial piety, Master Cui is also willing to be a good person and raise his hand slightly.

But right now, Cui Yongming is really encountering a difficult matter.

"It's hard!" He complained with a long sigh as a copywriter named Chen Yuan, who was a friend of the scenes: "How could you ever have thought that there would be such a thing? The brothers at the head of the house are now divided into two families! That uncle's family is also unreasonable, he is clearly two surnames, how can he meddle in other people's affairs? ”

Chen Yuan smiled and made a cup of tea for Cui Yongming, slapped the owner on the back and said, "So this is the vulgarity of the merchants." There are only two sons of Qian Li in his eyes, how can he compare to the old man who has been taught and read the articles of sages for many years? It is precisely for this reason that the master should be guided by the orthodox Taoism. ”

Cui Yongming proudly stroked his beard three inches under his chin, and pretended to be modest: "Mingzhi has killed me very much." However, the previous sentence is not wrong, the elders and youngsters, messing up the rules and family law, is the root of the disaster. The promotion of the salt division sighed half-truthfully: "This is also the true intention of the imperial court to send me and other herdsmen. ”

The two laughed for a while, and then turned to the topic. Cui Yongming handed the post he received to Chen Yuan, and said with a little distress: "These big salt merchants in Fushun are not easy to get along with. The head of the Liu family is not a fuel-efficient lamp, I have heard that he has a hand with many characters on the ground in eastern Sichuan, and I hope that they will finish the salt as soon as possible on weekdays, so that everyone is convenient, why do you want to disturb my peace now? ”

"The owner is saying this badly." Boss Chen Yuan said unceremoniously: "The owner is responsible for the promotion of the Fushun Salt Division, and all the stove households, well fields, and salt merchants in this place should be in charge, how can it disturb people's tranquility?" He also said meaningfully: "If the owner says this, if it reaches the ears of Shangguan, it will be trouble. ”

Cui Yongming sighed, shook his head and said in distress: "How can I not understand this?" But there is no precedent for this! I've heard that there are merchants in Jiangnan who have invested in the shares, but this is a well field after all! A big deal related to salt and iron! ”

Chen Yuanzhi continued: "Because of this, the master must be stable!" He took a brush and held it in his hand, and said, "I'll try to explain one or two for the master." Now what the old man is worried about is only the matter of Liu and Li's two families' request," Chen Yuan wrote a Li on the paper, and then wrote a Liu, coughed, and continued: "Actually, this matter is not difficult to say, but it is not easy to say. ”

"How?" Cui Yongming came to be interested and asked: "The obstacle in this matter is on a salt, although it is my job, but the situation of the salt industry today is different from the beginning of the founding of the country. But in the end, the court has its own laws, but I don't dare to be the master. ”

"The master is right. That's the difficulty, but it's also easy to deal with here. Chen Yuanchengzhu said eloquently in his chest: "Now that the law in Kaizhong exists in name only, the well field is said to be an official camp, but it is just a matter of face, who doesn't know that this is the industry of various salt merchants?" Thinking from here, it's actually much simpler: the master is just a middleman for his two families, and the two of his families are willing to buy shares, and those who are willing to sell shares are just buying and selling, and the lord upholds morality in the middle. ”

Cui Yongming pondered for a while, slammed his palms into each other, let out a long breath, and laughed: "It's extreme, it's extreme!" Mingzhi is worthy of my Zhuge Sima! Okay, okay, just do as you want! Someone," he summoned in a servant and instructed: "Send a message to the Liu family tomorrow, and say that I have approved Liu Kui's request!" ”

Instructed Wutong to take the lotus incense down, Li Yongzhong fiddled with a purple sand tea cup at will, and saw Li Sanzhong's red face standing on the side, he smiled, pointed to the circle chair, and said to the chief steward: "You are in a hurry here, I am really uncomfortable to watch!" Don't stand up for the rules, Uncle Li is not young, sit down quickly and relaxed. ”

Li Sanzhong confessed to a crime and sat down with half of his ass sticking to the chair. Although he tried his best to hide it on his face, he still saw a little pain and anger, listening to Li Yongzhong's brisk voice, he endured and endured, and finally said indignantly: "Zhong Guan'er, this uncle is really too impertinent!" The old man has not passed for a hundred days, the bones are not cold, and the villain can do the bastard thing of filial piety and concubine if he doesn't believe it! ”

"He hasn't had the courage to cover the sky yet, and the uncle of the Liu family is slippery, so he must agree with him to wait for filial piety before entering the door." Li Yongzhong smiled at the corner of his lips, but there was no smile in his eyes, he slowly took off his shoes, sat cross-legged on the couch, lowered his eyebrows and said: "However, this Liu Sankui will not be inexplicably kind enough to give up a daughter to me, the eldest brother who is not a master." ”

"This ......" Li Sanzhong reluctantly suppressed his anger, frowned and thought for a while, his expression changed, and finally he considered it and spoke: "Zhongguan'er, the villain has a thought." ”

"Say."

"The villain heard that Zhongguan'er can't pay the salt tax this season. Qian'er also heard the guards talking in the middle, some people heard Wu Laoer, who smuggled salt, drunk and bragged, and some people sold no less than 5,000 catties of salt to him, and then he woke up from drinking, and when someone asked, he refused to admit it. The more Li Sanzhong spoke, the more he felt that this matter was not false, and he became more and more determined: "I think that Boguan'er will most likely focus on this matter when he acts this time." ”

Li Yongzhong hooked his lips and sneered: "Even you have heard about this matter, my good big brother thought that he was thoughtful and secretive, but he didn't know that half of Fushun knew that he didn't have a few grains of salt in his library." What a first-class idiot. Commenting casually, the disgust on his face was still there, but he talked about other things: "I heard Wang Huanzhi say that these days, the Liu family's well yard is very busy, and it has been working brightly for many days. He had a smile on his lips, but it was more terrifying to look at than when he was angry, "I also said that this uncle of the Liu family is going to work hard this year, but I didn't expect it to be prepared for my good nephew." ”

Saying that, he didn't know what to think, his face suddenly relaxed, changed to a light cloud, picked up a wishful play on the table, and smiled with Li Sanzhong: "Uncle Li doesn't have to be nervous, I already know everything he wants to do." Li Yongzhong is intriguing: "In this world, what you don't dare to do is think how smart you are, otherwise, not to mention a bamboo basket to draw water, I'm afraid that I will have to put more than 100 catties of meat into it!" ”

Li Sanzhong looked at him, and felt a little strange in his heart, but he didn't dare to ask, only a few words, and then said that the house was busy, and he bowed and retired. Li Yongzhong stopped him, sighed lightly, and said with a somewhat complicated look on his face: "You go to the warehouse to find a few old ginseng sticks that you bought before, and then pack a few packets of good medicinal materials and send them to Brother Zhang'er together." Another sentence to the sister-in-law is to say that I accept her love and let her take care of herself and my nephew. ”

Li Sanzhong loves to hear this. He glanced at Li Yongzhong's face gratefully, but found that the other party's face was full of sighs and helplessness. Therefore, I had to say: "Zhong Guan'er's intentions, I hope Boguan'er can know." ”

Li Yongzhong smiled and said leisurely: "It doesn't matter if he knows it or not. It's just that the women and children are innocent and pitiful, but I thought, if Li Yongbo really knows the end of his sister-in-law's hand one day, what will happen to him? My sister-in-law," he chuckled, "and how are you going to deal with yourself?" ”