"Well, let them wait in the study, and Benbel will go."

As soon as he heard that the father and son of the Wang family were coming, Hongqing immediately guessed the other party's intention, and his heart moved, he already had a plan, but he didn't say much, he just simply commanded.

"Wow!"

Since Hongqing already had an order, Li Minxing didn't dare to delay a little, so he hurriedly responded, and immediately went to arrange relevant matters without mentioning it.

"Watch the rain, go, pass the meal!"

The meeting with the Wang family's father and son is obviously not something that can be ended in a short time, Hongqing doesn't want to be hungry and die, as soon as Li Minxing leaves, Hongqing immediately paced to the door of the room and greeted the rain watcher who was waiting outside the room.

"Good Lak, master, you wait, the little one will come when he goes."

Guanyu is a monkey, and Liu San'er is simply printed out of the same mold, and he has run away without a shadow when he laughs, and when the jump is out, Hongqing can't help but roll his eyes, but he doesn't bother to bother with him, and walks back to the room with his hands behind his back, while sitting and waiting for the arrival of dinner, while carefully pondering the way to negotiate with the Wang family's father and son.

Two flowers bloomed, each with a branch, not to mention that the Wang family father and son were nervously sitting in the post station study, but said that in the most luxurious mansion in Liujia Town, the largest town outside Yangzhou, the shirtless Liu Ba Nu paced back and forth like an angry lion in the spacious hall, the breath was urgent and heavy, obviously upset and irritable. The nameless fire of the head of the house will be vented on his own head.

"Report, sir, the news has arrived!"

In the midst of such unbearable dead silence, a rush of footsteps suddenly sounded, but I saw a sturdy man running up to the hall, not caring about catching his breath, he rushed to Liu Ba Nu's side, and while holding the small copper pipe in his hand high above his head, he panted and said a word.

"Good!"

Liu Ba Nu was obviously waiting for the arrival of this news, this heard the famous family Ding say so, a trace of excitement immediately flashed between his eyebrows, and he shouted hello in his mouth, and his subordinates were not slow, and snatched the small copper pipe into his hand, skillfully unscrewed the hidden buckle on it, and poured out a roll of paper full of words from the inside, spread it out, and went through it at a glance, and his face instantly became a little unpleasant, and with a drag of his hand, he had already crumpled the small note into a ball, lowered his head, and paced back and forth rapidly in the lobby. His face changed uncertainly, and after a long time, he suddenly stood on his feet, waved his hand, and said coldly: "Wait for all to retreat!" ”

"Yes, sir."

Liu Ba Nu was sexually cruel, and all the people were not afraid of it, and when she heard Liu Ba Nu retreat, no one dared to slack off a little, and they all responded to the promise, and they all fled and exited the hall, leaving only the family member who came to pay tribute to wait for Liu Ba Nu's further instructions tremblingly.

"Go, send a message to the other side, the 'Mending Heaven Plan' will start immediately, if you miss again, then let the old thief come to see herself, you don't raise idlers!"

After all the people in the hall retreated, Liu Ba Nu gritted her teeth with a hideous face, and squeezed out an extremely eerie sentence from between her teeth.

"Yes!"

As soon as he heard this, the family who came to pay tribute couldn't help but shudder, but he didn't dare to say more, so he hurriedly answered and ran out of the hall.

"Slow, you go and follow, keep an eye on Ye Haosheng, report any news immediately, go!"

Without waiting for the famous family to walk to the entrance of the hall, Liu Ba Nu, who was not very relieved, added another sentence from behind him.

"Yes, the little ones are going!"

As soon as he heard Liu Ba Nu add such a sentence, the famous family couldn't help but feel bitter, but he didn't dare to complain, so he hurriedly responded, and hurriedly ran into the night, and disappeared in an instant.

"Alas......"

After the family went, Liu Ba Nu was stunned for a while, and then raised her head and sighed, her face was full of exhaustion and slumped on the Taishi chair, there is no doubt that the decision made before was not so easy for her, and it can even be said to be very heavy, but things are not self-determined, even if you are unwilling, but you have no choice, and now the order has been given, Liu Ba Nu can only pray that God can bless her, as for whether God will agree, then only God knows......

At the moment when Liu Ba Nu sighed, the father and son of the Wang family, who had been waiting for a long time in the study of the post station, were also very worried, not for anything else, just because Hongqing's "notoriety" was far away, everyone knew that Hongqing was ruthless, and wherever he passed, the black gauze hat was rolling to the ground, and when he arrived in Yangzhou this time, he didn't give anyone face, and he didn't even attend the officialdom's customary banquet to catch the wind and wash the dust, may not come in handy, it is still undecided, and the freedom of the Wang family is not worried.

"Grass people king Pan Shou (Wang Cunmiao) knocks on the little prince!"

In the sound of footsteps, Hongqing had already turned out from behind the screen, and the father and son of the Wang family, who were nervous about themselves, saw this, and did not dare to have the slightest delay, jumped up like an electric shock, and rushed forward to pay homage together.

"Uncle Wang is polite, please hurry up, Ben Beile and Brother Cun Miao are friends, speaking of which, you are an elder, do such a big gift, wouldn't it be a shame for Ben Beile, come, sit down and say, sit down and say."

Playing the trick of virtual work, Hongqing is an expert, at this time, it is useful to Wang Panshou, and he is happy to show a corporal Lixian, without waiting for Wang Panshou to finish the ceremony, Hongqing has already rushed up, and very politely reached out to support Wang Panshou's arm, and soothed him with kind words.

"Thank you, little prince Longen, the grass people took the liberty to visit, and there were many disturbances, so please bear with me."

Wang Panshou has been in the officialdom all the year round, and he is very clear about the ecology of officialdom, even if Hongqing treats him so politely, he does not dare to take it lightly, and his attitude is always very humble.

"It's okay, Ben Baylor knew that Uncle Wang was a man of temperament, and he should have visited him earlier, but he was entangled in mundane affairs, and he hadn't gotten it yet, but he let the old man move over, but Ben Baylor's was not, oh, by the way, before Ben Baylor left Jinling, Lord Cao also asked Ben Baylor to greet the old man."

Hongqing thoughtfully held Wang Panshou's arm and let him to the guest seat, while smiling and pulling homely, looking particularly approachable.

"There is a little prince of Lao, ah, the little prince didn't say, the grass people almost forgot, this evening, Lord Cao sent someone to send a letter, saying that the sister and the little Shuang'er plan to return to their hometown in the next few days to see, if it is convenient, please take care of the little prince more."

As soon as he heard Cao Yin mentioned in Hongqing's words, Wang Panshou's anxious heart immediately calmed down a little, so he followed Hongqing's words and pretended to inadvertently point out what Cao Shuang'er was going to do.

"What should be, what should be, come here, change tea!"

For Cao Shuang'er, an elf-like little girl, Hongqing has an inexplicable good feeling, as for where this kind of good feeling comes from, even Hongqing herself can't say clearly, as soon as she heard that Cao Shuang'er was coming, Hongqing's heart immediately waved, and her face involuntarily became a little feverish, and she really didn't want to talk about it more at this time, so she hurriedly perfunctory twice, and even raised her voice to break her throat, and avoided the past with a little weakness.

"The little prince can come to Yangzhou to guide the salt affairs this time, and I have been looking forward to it for a long time, but with you, the two Huai salt affairs will definitely make great progress, and the grass people have recognized this one."

Although there is Cao Yin's letter to explain, Wang Panshou does not dare to take it lightly, and before he can't figure out Hongqing's intentions, he is very cautious, and he is full of praise when he opens his mouth.

"Uncle Wang's words are too much, Ben Baylor is here, I don't know how many people can't swallow it, hey, don't hide it from Uncle Wang, the saint is dissatisfied with the two Huai salt affairs, since 30 years ago, the population of the country has nearly doubled, but the two Huai salt taxes are only less than 30% more, there are a lot of strange things, Uncle Wang, what do you say, huh?"

When it comes to business, Hongqing is not so easy to speak, and he has no intention of concealing the fundamental purpose of his trip, so he straightforwardly singled out the problem of Lianghuai Salt Affairs, which immediately made Wang Panshou sweat wildly.

"What the little prince said is, it's just, ah, it's just that there is another reason for it, the little prince doesn't know, over the years, prices have skyrocketed, and labor costs have also increased rapidly, but the price of salt is unchanged, and we are struggling to maintain it, it's not, hehe, it's not deliberately to lower taxes, this one, we also have suffering, and please let the little prince know it."

As one of the four major merchants, Wang Panshou's ass is naturally not clean, and he doesn't know how Hongqing plans to treat himself, so he doesn't dare to tell the truth, so he can only smile bitterly and take some excuses to be perfunctory, of course, perfunctory is perfunctory, and there is a layer of intentions hidden inside, that is, to test how much Hongqing knows about the way of the salt industry.

"Uncle Wang's words are a little insincere, hey, how to rise prices and what does it have to do with salt tax? It is necessary to know that the law of the imperial court clearly stipulates the amount of tax, and it is the duty of salt merchants to pay taxes according to the amount of tickets, and one quote (about 200 catties) of four taels and six coins of silver, which is nearly half lower than the six taels and four coins of silver in the previous Ming Dynasty, but the price of salt sold in the world is slightly higher than that of the former Ming Dynasty, and the profit is afraid that it is a lot. ”

Hongqing is a shrewd individual, since he dares to come to Yangzhou, he will naturally not fight an uncertain battle, and he should understand the Tao a long time ago, how can he be fooled by Wang Panshou's specious words, but listening to Hongqing's sneer, he has already carefully calculated the economic accounts with Wang Panshou with his fingers, and Wang Panshou sweated profusely.