When he woke up, Li Ling felt that his whole body was in terrible pain, thinking that it was because he had drunk too much wine. Yesterday, he was so drunk that he had to stay at the county commander's house.

Thinking of the woman who helped him in, he couldn't help but feel a wave in his heart, and he also knew which girl it was? "Nephew, have you woken up?". When my eyes were sleepy, an old face from the county order came over! "Damn!". Li Ling screamed and was completely awakened, fortunately he didn't take off his clothes, otherwise he would have been looked at by this old thing.

He got out of bed with a wit, and asked a little puzzled: "I don't know if the county lord has something to teach?" “。

In a daze, he was drunk by the county order, and he was kept overnight, and he didn't believe it anyway if he said that this old thing didn't have his own plans in his heart. "Lu Yun, the eldest son of the Lu family, wants to see you, please trouble the virtuous nephew to lie down with me!"

Jiangnan Lu family!

Li Ling gasped, what is this Lu Gongzi looking for himself?

Although the Li family is expensive, it is only counted as the number one person in this county.

The Lu clan is different, they are considered famous chaebols in the entire Jiangnan.

It is said that in the early years, he also operated overseas trade with the wealthy man Shen Wansan, and the Shen family was suppressed by Emperor Taizu.

The Lu family cut off almost all the silk trade.

They controlled all the transactions between the North and the South.

The Lu family lives in Suzhou Mansion and has always had the saying of Lu Bancheng.

As long as they are willing, they can buy most of Suzhou City at any time, although it is a joke, but it also shows the strong strength of the Lu family. "No wonder the silk produced in the old house can't be sold, it turns out that the Lu family is doing things in secret!" Li Ling thought in his heart, and walked out with the county order. "Virtuous nephew, this is the eldest young master of the Lu family, Lu Yun!"

In the living room, a handsome young man had been waiting there for a long time, and when footsteps came, he hurried forward to greet the two.

After the county commander introduced the two of them, he left the living room, and he was not easy to participate in some things, so it was better to let the two discuss slowly.

"Lord County and a distant cousin of mine are in the same year, so this is how he takes care of the Lu family!" Li Ling's thoughtful look attracted Lu Yun's attention, and he hurriedly explained the relationship between the Lu family and the county order.

Li Ling didn't have time to pay attention to these trivial matters, he only wanted to figure out one thing now: "The matter of the Li family's old mansion was done by your Lu family!" Tell me, why are you targeting me? ”。

"Actually, I don't want to target you, I just want to get to know Xie Yuangong, so let's find a reason!" Lu Yun explained slowly, as if what the Lu family had done was reasonable.

Li Ling understood the Lu family's thoughts, they were just afraid that they would not pay attention to each other, so they would take this opportunity to show their strength.

Now that the two sides have met, it's time for a showdown.

"May I ask why the Lu family has gone to such great lengths to deal with me, a scholar?"

"Benefits, we see great benefits in you, you are qualified to join us!".

There are two main forms of traditional overseas trade: tributary trade, which was run by dynastic governments, and private overseas trade, which was run by private people.

Tributary trade refers to the overseas countries sending missions to the Chinese/national court to meet the emperor of the dynasty, "tribute" the party, and the imperial court will give official reception, and according to the principle of "Huairou is far away" and "thin and thick", the tributary country is given back as a "reward". The total value of the "reward" item is several times or even dozens of times greater than the total value of the "tribute" item.

The Ming Dynasty implemented the basic national policy of valuing agriculture and suppressing commerce, so the private overseas trade was suppressed, strictly managed and even banned by the imperial court for a long time.

The imperial court banned private overseas trade and opened tributary trade, but in fact, the Ming Dynasty never really completely banned overseas trade.

Under the policy of strict maritime ban, private overseas trade was regarded as illegal, and was forced to embark on the path of abnormal development, that is, forced to turn into smuggling and armed smuggling, and some large armed smuggling groups at sea appeared.

The Lu family is a member of the smuggling/smuggling syndicate, and after more than 100 years of development, this group has formed a unique way of operation.

Not only in smuggling/smuggling, but also in the selection of partners has a unique set of operational methods.

They discovered Li Ling's value, and after several temptations, they decided to absorb him.

"Glass-related trade has always been controlled by the Francophiles, and my Ming merchants rarely get involved in it, Xie Yuangong threatened to be able to make glass, which attracted our attention!"

The Lu family is the master of the eyes and hands, and they decisively discovered the huge interests hidden in it, so they made a move on the Li family's old mansion!

"Let me think again, I can't decide whether I want to join you!". Li Ling politely rejected Lu Yun's proposal.

The sea ban was one of the basic national policies of the Ming Dynasty, and if he touched it, he would die, and he simply did not have the courage to challenge the authority of the imperial court.

If he can't make money from weaving, he will change it.

"Okay, I promise you, whether you join us or not, we won't interfere in the affairs of the Li family's old mansion!" Lu Yun is worthy of being a person who does big things, since he has seen Li Ling, there is no point in putting pressure on the Li family's old mansion, it is better to be a favor!

"Refreshing, in that case, I also promise you, no matter whether I join you or not, I will supply glass products to the Lu family at the lowest price!" Coming and not being rude, Li Ling planned to reassure the Lu family.

After Li Ling left, the county magistrate couldn't wait to re-enter the living room and said to Lu Yun: "Virtuous nephew, it seems that this Duke Xie Yuangong still has a bad heart, do you want to add more fire to him?" ”。

"Uncle rest assured, he is treating each other with sincerity by doing this, if he participates in smuggling activities without thinking, I really shouldn't believe him, as for the Li family's old mansion, let's let it go, I have promised not to interfere again!" Lu Yun shook his head and said with some gains and losses.

Li Ling is a very assertive person, and he can't say a few words by himself.

There are no impermeable walls. The matter of the Li family's old mansion finally got out.

Li Ling, you should give us a happy word. Who is secretly fighting the Li family, and will this affect the cooperation between us? ”。

"That's right, the long-term workers are working day and night these days, and there are a few workshops that are about to produce products, but don't be the same as the situation in the Li family's old house, no one wants the things that are produced!"

The squires came to the Li Mansion spontaneously, they wanted to know if it was reliable to cooperate with Li Ling, but not like the last time, the money invested in Sun Shanren could not be recovered.

"Young Master, Li Yang from the old mansion is here, do you see it?" When everyone was in trouble, someone came to report that someone was coming from the old house.

"Let him come in and talk!". Li Ling smiled slightly, he seemed to have guessed Li Yang's intention.