"Brother Wei, Brother Wei, official ...... The government is coming~! ”

After inspecting the resettlement of the displaced people, Wei Shuo took Zhu Wenzheng and walked back, and suddenly heard Zhang Erlang's shouts from the front.

The corners of Zhu Wen's mouth showed a hint of mockery, and he pointed to the visitor: "President, it seems that someone from the government has come, I'm afraid that our refined salt will be targeted by outsiders." This person is definitely not from the government, but a representative of a family, who is trying to find out our reality under the guise of the government. ”

"Hehe, Ziwen, every time you mention the government and the family, your emotions are always angry, it's not good to go on like this, you have to remember not to let emotions dictate your decisions, if you want to do great things, you have to learn to control your emotions."

"Thank you! Ziwen is teachable! Zhu Wen bowed down to accept Wei Shuo's teachings, which in his opinion was a manifestation of Wei Shuo treating him as a confidant.

"If I'm not mistaken, the person who came must have been sent by the Wang family. A quarter of the time has passed since the last appointment, and the other party can't bear it. Wei Shuo said with a contemptuous smile on the corner of his mouth.

"Humph! The greed of the great families is endless, and they will never watch the secret art of making refined salt in our hands all the time. The so-called 'people from the government' in front of me are just a tentative move by the big family, and the president must have a countermeasure in mind. ”

"Hahaha, let's go, let's go and meet someone."

When Wei Shuo and the others returned to the cottage living room, a middle-aged man was sitting alone in the hall drinking tea, when Zhang Dalang walked up to Wei Shuo and whispered: "The person who came claimed to be the chief of the county guard, and he wanted to discuss confidential matters with the president. ”

"Oh? Is it?! Ziwen, go, come with me to meet this Lord Changshi. ”

"Hahaha, the distinguished guest is coming from afar, Wei has lost his welcome, and he hopes to forgive his sins."

The middle-aged man who was contemplating suddenly heard a burst of talking, looked up, and saw a young man with a majestic voice walking in behind him. The young man seems to have a unique temperament, which makes outsiders involuntarily feel good when they see him for the first time.

Wei Shuo's appearance made Changshi's eyes light up, if he said that before he saw Wei Shuo, he would imagine the other party as a vulgar farmer, but when he saw Wei Shuo for the first time, he felt that this person was not simple.

Busy reining in his arrogance, Changshi took the initiative to get up and said: "I was entrusted by the county guard, so I came to visit Laoshan Mountain." ”

"Lord Changshi is polite, in Xia Weishuo, he is the president of Laoshan Trading Company, and he is currently the person who talks about things up and down Laoshan, and if Lord Changshi has anything to say, he can talk to me directly." Wei Shuo sat on the main seat, and Zhu Wen sat at the head of his staff as a staff member.

"Just now I saw on the road that Laoshan Mountain is in good order, and the displaced people have their own place. I thought what kind of person would have such a means, but I didn't expect it to be from the hands of President Wei, and I am deeply impressed that Your Excellency has created such a large foundation at such a young age. ”

"Hehe, Lord Changshi has won the award, I don't know what Lord Changshi is doing here today?"

"It's not a big deal, a few years ago, Qingzhou Liu Bogen and Wang Mi were in turmoil, and Donglai and Changguang counties suffered greatly. There were many slackness in the county's general affairs, which led to the development of the salt boiling industry in the coastal areas almost stagnating. This time, I was entrusted by the county keeper to rectify the salt industry in the county. ”

Looking at the serious Changshi Lord, Wei Shuo suddenly felt a little funny, and he replied with a forced smile: "The government intends to rectify the salt industry in the county, which is a good thing!" At present, there is a flood of illegal salt in the country, and the government should have taken care of it a long time ago. But this doesn't seem to have anything to do with our Laoshan, right? ”

Changshi choked to death after listening to Wei Shuo's words, as the largest local smuggling salt leader, he actually asked the government to crack down on smuggling smuggled salt. However, Changshi knew very well in his heart that even if the government wanted to crack down on illegal salt, it would be impossible to hit Laoshan Mountain.

Not to mention that it is impossible for the Wang family to give up the refined salt produced in Laoshan, even the other wealthy families in Qingzhou will not allow the government to wantonly attack Laoshan for the time being, as the defender of the interests of the family, officials at all levels below the county guard of Changguang County should uphold the wishes from the family.

Obviously, the Laoshan talker in front of him is a clear person, and he knows that the government's rectification of the salt industry will not affect Laoshan, so he will make a lot of nonsense.

Changshi touched his nose embarrassedly and said: "This, this, the county guard means that the rectification of the salt industry in Changguang County is inseparable from the support of Laoshan Mountain." As long as the Laoshan people are willing to incorporate their salt industry into the government's unified planning, the county government can put Laoshan and its surrounding coastal areas under the jurisdiction of Laoshan. ”

Wei Shuo didn't react at all when he heard this, he just lowered his head and drank tea, and even Zhu Wen, who was at the bottom, couldn't help but be full of contempt for the stinginess of the county guard. Don't look at what the county guard said, what coastal areas are under the jurisdiction of Laoshan, in fact, even if they are not authorized by the government, Laoshan and its coastal areas will slowly be taken over by the Laoshan Trading Company.

It is really this place in Laoshan, which has become a deserted place since Wang Mi rebelled in Qingzhou a few years ago. In addition, now that pirates are rampant, people with a little ability have fled to the county. At present, except for Wei Shuo's wave of people, there is no one else in the entire Laoshan area.

If the government wants to take such an empty favor, it has to take the pillar industry of the trading company into its arms, which is too shrewd. Not to mention Zhu Wen's actions in secretly discussing the official mansion on the side, even Wei Shuo is not a very shallow person, and he will never agree easily.

Lord Changshi waited for a long time, and found that Wei Shuo and the others did not react at all, and couldn't help but feel a little ashamed, maybe he had realized that the conditions of the official mansion might not have satisfied the young and excessive president in front of him.

"If President Wei has other conditions, he can say it directly, and if it's convenient, he can agree to come down on behalf of Lord Junshou."

Hey, that's right! Hearing this, Wei Shuo could be regarded as having a reaction, only to see him put down the teacup slowly and methodically, looking at Lord Changshi and saying in a firm tone: "The government wants to bring the salt industry in Laoshan into unified management, this matter can be discussed!" However, before that, the government had to agree to a few conditions for me. ”

Changshi got up and arched his hand: "Please make it clear to President Wei!" ”

"First, the salt making workshop in Laoshan must not be relocated to another place, but must be settled in Laoshan; Second, the government must provide us with a large amount of grain and grass for Laoshan within a week; Third, the county guard government was asked to appoint him as the Laoshan salt field envoy, responsible for managing the salt industry around Laoshan. ”

Changshi frowned, and he was a little dissatisfied with Wei Shuo's lion opened his mouth, but he knew that the county guard lacked effective checks and balances on Laoshan Mountain, even if he knew that the other party was taking advantage of the fire to rob, he didn't dare to turn his face easily.

Now the situation in Qingzhou is complicated, since Gou Xi defeated Cao Wei and became the master, the family's power in Qingzhou has declined significantly. At present, when Cao Wei first arrived in Qingzhou, the local family had not yet figured out the details of the other party, and they would never dare to be caught by Cao Wei by the pigtails at this time. This is also why all the forces in the county only dare to win over Laoshan Mountain, but do not dare to use force, for fear of attracting Cao Wei's attention.

"It's easy to talk about other conditions, but let's discuss the problem of the workshop again?" The most important thing of this trip was to explore the workshop of salt production.

At this time, Zhu Wen, who was a staff member, took the initiative to stand up and sang with a black face: "Lord Changshi doesn't know, this salt-making workshop is the foundation of my Laoshan Mountain, and every move must be approved by the shareholders' meeting of the Laoshan Trading Company, otherwise even the president has no right to interfere." ”

"If the government can't agree to our conditions, then the trading company can only continue to sell salt in the name of private salt, and Laoshan has no official approval, and we have to pay a tax less, which is good for the people in Laoshan. Therefore, if the government cannot show sincerity, the people of Laoshan will not be willing to let the government interfere in Laoshan's affairs. ”

Changshi pondered for a moment and said, "Okay, I understand, I will tell the county keeper these original ones." ”

The long history came in a hurry, and soon hurried away, almost without attracting anyone's attention.

"President, do you think the county keeper will agree to our conditions?"

"Is there any other choice for the government?"

"Hahaha, too, they have no other choice."