"Sunny Belle, the little girl's dance is still immature, but it makes you laugh."

I don't know how long it took, the music faded away, and the dancing elf slowly solidified into a statue, but Hongqing still hadn't woken up from Cao Shuang'er's artistic conception.

"The dancing skills of the twin girls are outstanding, and the real Baylor has never seen it, good!"

Being said by Cao Yin, Hongqing woke up from the confusion, but his face was involuntarily slightly red, and he hurriedly shouted hello in disguise, but his heart couldn't help but ripple, and he didn't understand how he could be so out of shape today, you must know that over the years, Hongqing has seen all kinds of beauties, not to mention the side, just the beauties in his own small yard are not old and young, and today he was actually blinded by a little Lori, and it is inevitable that he will be in his heart.

"Come on, fill a bottle of wine for Sunny Belle."

Seeing Hongqing's face slightly red, Cao Yin was a little more complacent, but he didn't dare to make fun of Hongqing again, but beckoned Cao Shuang'er, who was drenched in sweat, to the front and commanded with a smile.

"Yes, Amma."

Cao Shuang'er responded obediently, walked to Hongqing's side, stretched out his plain hand, gently picked up the wine jug, filled the wine bottle in front of Hongqing, and then held it with both hands, lowered his head, and handed it to Hongqing shyly, Wu Ren said softly: "Please let the little prince drink a bottle." ”

"There's a girl with Lao Shuang'er."

Looking at the handsome little face in front of him with a strong flattery in the shy answer, Rao is Hongqing was calm by nature, and couldn't help but be a little flustered, thanked him vaguely, and hurriedly reached out to pick up the wine bottle in Cao Shuang'er's hand, and his fingers inadvertently touched Cao Shuang'er's Qianqian's fine fingers, but he felt a sense of smoothness coming, and his already chaotic heart couldn't help but swing even more, the wine bottle shook lightly, and the wine almost spilled out.

"Oops."

Although it was only a finger touch, Cao Shuang'er was as if he had been electrocuted, his mind was in a trance, and he involuntarily called softly, and when he came back to his senses, his already red little face instantly rose like a sunset, and he was shy and unbearable, and when he twisted his waist, he was already like a frightened deer and disappeared.

“……”

As soon as Cao Shuang'er escaped like this, Hongqing was immediately dumbfounded, holding the wine bottle in embarrassment, not drinking, not putting it down, and having a sense of loss involuntarily surged into his heart, and he was really a little stupid for a while.

"The little girl has no form, please also ask Qingbeile Haihan to be one."

Cao Yin tried his best to toss like this, and even did not hesitate to offend Ba Xi again, in order to create the effect of the scene in front of him, of course, Cao Yin is not in a hurry to marry his daughter to Hongqing, what he wants is to let the two have contact, it is best to have a good impression of each other, so that Cao Yin can also be in a favorable position to attack and retreat - if the third master is really powerful in the future, the Cao family will be able to hug a thick leg, if not, Cao Yin does not need to really marry his daughter to Hongqing, it doesn't hurt if it doesn't matter, Seeing Hongqing's reaction at this time, Cao Yin felt a sense of self-satisfaction that he had succeeded in his calculations, but he didn't dare to act too explicitly, so he just smiled and apologized.

"It's okay, Ben Baylor is a little overwhelmed, so let's get here first."

Although he had guessed Cao Yin's calculation in advance, Hongqing couldn't help but feel a little unhappy, but he couldn't tell where this unhappiness came from, so he drank the wine in the bottle in one gulp, and then put the wine bottle on the table, waved his hand, and commanded in an unquestionable tone.

"Okay, why don't you ask Qingbeile to move and go to the study for tea?"

Hongqing didn't want to drink anymore, Cao Yin didn't dare to force it, so he hurriedly got up and asked for advice carelessly.

"It's okay, Lord Cao, please!"

Hongqing went down to the south of the Yangtze River this time to go to the salt business, the destination is in Yangzhou, as for Jinling, it is just passing by, since it can not stay for a long time, at most two days to get up, it is really not delayed, since I am happy to talk to Cao Yin privately, but also to have a general understanding of the current situation of the salt affairs, since I will not refuse Cao Yin's proposal, nodded briskly and agreed, stood up, and Cao Yin smiled and talked to the study not far away, and after getting the land, after the guests and hosts sat down, since also a group of Cao Mansion people presented a new fragrant tea, They each withdrew from the room, leaving only the guest and the host to play alone.

"Lord Cao should know, Ben Beile sent the order out of Beijing this time, in order to rectify the salt affairs, Lord Cao has been re-elected for two consecutive terms of the two Huai salt envoys, I want to come to the salt affairs should be no stranger, I don't know what to teach me?"

Hongqing was restless at this time, but he really lost the interest in Cao Yinxu and the snake, as soon as Bu sat down, he was not very polite, picked up the tea bowl, and after taking a sip, he cut straight to the topic.

"I wonder how much Sunny Baylor knows about salt affairs?"

Seeing Hongqing's solemn face, Cao Yin didn't dare to take it lightly, and after muttering for a while, he didn't dare to give Hongqing an idea indiscriminately, but cautiously asked a rhetorical question.

"I know a little bit about one or two ears, I really don't dare to say that I am familiar with it, well, let's say so, Ben Baylor has also read some discs before coming, only know that the salt merchants are divided into four categories: nest merchants, transportation merchants, field merchants, and general merchants, especially the general merchants, but the two Huai on the ground are all the general merchants are only four, the field merchants, the nest merchants are second, and there are only thirty of them, but there are many transport merchants, there are sixty of them, the good and the bad are uneven, it is difficult for those who do not know the inside story, Lord Cao has been the salt transport envoy for a long time, presumably he knows the strange things, and please give advice."

Although Hongqing knew that salt affairs were the foundation of the imperial court taxes, he rarely paid attention to them, that is, after Mu Ning and others were framed and imprisoned, Hongqing had the idea of understanding salt affairs, but due to the limitations of channels, he did not understand it very deeply.

"Qing Belle is very right, salt merchants are only four categories, although the general merchants are important, but they are controllable, and they will rarely do the business of trafficking illicit salt, no matter what Liu, Dong, Sun, Wang four major merchants are, the wealth is an indisputable fact, and there is a close relationship with the officialdom, just sit and make a fortune, and will not risk killing the head, this one, the lower officials can be a guarantee, Qing Belle wants to investigate the case, you can use these four as help, as for the field businessmen, just sell salt, regardless of the rest, The possibility of participating in the matter of private salt is not very high, however, it must be an insider, and if Qing Baylor wants to know the news, he can only know the root of it from here; As for the nest merchants, they can only put salt to lead, relying on the grace of their ancestors, although they can make huge profits, they have no strength to participate in the illegal salt business, and there is no source of news channels, so they can be ignored, but the transporters must be treated with caution. ”

After all, Cao Yin is a veteran who has worked as two salt envoys of the two Huai, and when it comes to salt affairs, he is really the head, and Hongqing nodded again and again when he heard it.

"Listening to Lord Cao's explanation, Ben Baylor was deeply inspired, however, Ben Baylor heard that the general merchant is only the most powerful among the merchants, and the rest of the merchants are all under the name of the general merchant, and everything they do is generally subject to the control of the general merchant, if there is no connivance of the general merchant, the lower merchants may not dare to act recklessly?"

Although nodding repeatedly, Hongqing obviously did not agree with Cao Yin's opinion, but out of politeness, he did not interrupt Cao Yin's words, and it was not until after he finished speaking that he pointed out the crux of the problem.

"This ......, hehe, what Qing Belle said is very true, just, it's just ......"

Cao Yin thought that Hongqing had never been in contact with salt affairs, and he should not know much about the middle way, but he didn't expect Hongqing to hit the key point of salt affairs all of a sudden, and he couldn't help but be a little embarrassed for a while.

"Master Cao, is there anything unspeakable?"

Hongqing didn't believe that Cao Yin, who had served as two salt envoys, would really turn a blind eye to the key points of salt affairs, and when he saw his eyes dodging, he was inevitably a little unhappy in his heart, so he frowned slightly, and asked unceremoniously.

"Anyway, Qing Baylor must ask, then the official said, the strongest of the four major merchants is the Liu family, followed by Dong, Sun, Wang, of which Liu, Dong is a family of in-laws, and Sun, Wang has always been friendly, although the four major merchants have their own territory, but the relationship between each other is intricate, grievances are difficult to understand, and the whole body is involved, if Qing Baylor must move, the consequences may be difficult to reverse, therefore, the official steals that you must be cautious and cautious, if it is for the sake of the errand, you may wish to start from the transport business."

Although Cao Yin is not a clean official, but he is by no means a corrupt official, in fact, Cao Yin's official reputation in a place south of the Yangtze River is still very good, otherwise, he takes turns in front of Jiangning weaving and two Huai salt transportation to make these two fat shortages, if you really want to make silver, you will already be rich and rival the country, and you will not be forced to a dead end because of the loss of 600,000 taels of silver. In case Hongqing fell into it because of the salt matter, one is that Cao Yin's investment plan will be frustrated, and second, he is afraid that he will not be able to explain to the old man, so he will avoid the important and talk lightly, but unfortunately Hongqing does not seem to be very willing to receive such good intentions, Cao Yin has no choice but to vaguely break the strangeness, and plan a seemingly passable errand method for Hongqing - grasp the small and enlarge!

"Hmmm......"

Hongqing is a shrewd individual, and he knows the true meaning of Cao Yin's words as soon as he hears it, although he doesn't agree with it, he doesn't directly refute it, he just whispers quietly, there is a faint essence flashing in his eyes, and his heart is obviously not as calm as it seems on the surface.