In order to make Cui Yiqi fully believe in his identity as a businessman in Shuzhong, Guo Ye asked Zhang Jiujin to escort 300,000 taels of silver to the helm of the Salt Gang, posing as if he wanted to hand over silver with the Salt Gang to buy illicit salt.

Subsequently, he asked Wang Bajin to take people to observe the next four weeks, whether there was any eyeliner sent by Cui Yiqi. After making sure that there was no Cui Yiqi's tail, he returned to Yangzhou City and returned to the Yangzhou Mansion.

The next thing he needs to do is only one thing, and that is the word "wait".

He had to wait for a month to let Zhang Jiujin escort back the 300,000 taels of silver from the helmsman of the Salt Gang again, and then return it to Cui Yiqi with interest.

He took such great pains to move around for only one purpose, that is, to make Cui Yiqi believe that he really smashed Yangzhou's illicit salt into Shuzhong and successfully made huge profits.

As the saying goes, there is borrowing and repaying, and it is not difficult to borrow again.

Guo Ye arranged it so carefully, and put a lot of effort and foreshadowing in the early stage, in order to "borrow again" with Cui Yiqi next time.

The following days, in addition to waiting, still waiting, waiting for the arrival of a month.

In order to prevent Cui Yiqi or Cui Yiqi's people from bumping into him in Yangzhou City, he even locked himself in the government and stayed at home.

In a blink of an eye, more than half a month has passed.

On this day, he was bored left and right, so he and Wu Xiuxiu played on a swing in the backyard.

Wu Xiuxiu sat on a wicker chair swinging, and Guo Ye held two ropes for her in the back, pushing and helping from time to time.

If you want to say that this swing is also Guo Ye saw that Wu Xiuxiu was bored and moldy with him in the government all day long, so he took advantage of this otaku day to build it for Wu Xiuxiu.

It's nothing more than wanting to add some vitality and freshness to her boring life.

Swinging, one is swinging, the other is pushing, the little couple is also happy to be free, and from time to time there is the joyful laughter of Wu Xiuxiu on the swing rattan chair, which is enough to prove that Guo Ye's romantic behavior is deeply loved by Wu Xiuxiu.

"Your Excellency!"

Chen Jitao suddenly ran into the garden in the backyard, stopped not far away, and called Guo Ye softly.

When Guo Ye heard this, he knew that Chen Jitao must have something to do with him, so he immediately grabbed the rope that was still swinging, stopped the swing, and looked at Wu Xiuxiu apologetically.

Wu Xiuxiu heard the sound of the strings and knew the meaning of elegance, and immediately understood that her husband wanted to discuss something with Chen Jitao. Immediately, she smiled faintly at Guo Ye and said softly: "Husband, let's get busy with business first, and the concubine will go to the room first to complete the needlework that was not embroidered yesterday." It's the same if you accompany me tomorrow for a thousand years. ”

With that, she jumped off the swing and trotted back to her bedroom.

As soon as Wu Xiuxiu left, Guo Ye beckoned to Chen Jitao and motioned for him to come over.

After Chen Jitao came over, he nodded apologetically, and said in a low voice: "It's really a big sin to disturb the Lord and Mrs. Qin Se and Ming, the lower official is really guilty." ”

Guo Ye shook his head and said with a smile: "Don't gag, these days I nest in the government every day, and people are about to get moldy." If I don't have some fun for myself and my wife, I'm sure I'm going to get moldy and hairy. You suddenly came to me, could it be Yangzhou Yinhao, what is the situation? ”

Chen Jitao said: "That's not it, everything is as usual on the Yangzhou Silver Horn, and Cui Yiqi is also opening the door to do business as usual, and there is nothing special." ”

"Then you are ......"

Guo Ye was just about to ask, but Chen Jitao suddenly took out an open envelope from his sleeve, handed it over and said, "Captain Liu sent a letter from Chang'an to his subordinates. ”

Guo Ye took the letter and looked at it, a smile gradually appeared on his face, and he nodded: "Yu Nuannuan, Chai Lingwen, and Liang Shuyu are very efficient, and the millions of taels of salt tax are actually made up for me in the shortest possible time." Now the salt tax was finally paid to the household department as scheduled. But you and I have a big deal on my mind. ”

Chen Jitao had read the letter before, and knew what Liu Zhenxuan said in the letter, and said in a good mood: "Yes, you are still well-connected, and you can mobilize millions of taels of silver in Chang'an thousands of miles away. ”

"Don't wear a top hat for Lao Tzu!"

Guo Ye scolded with a smile, and said in an aggravated tone: "Mingren, this amount of silver is not a small amount, it was borrowed by this official in the name of Yangzhou Assassin Mansion against his personal reputation. If we don't get back the stolen salt tax from the Qinghe Cui clan one day, we will have to carry the debt of Changle Fang Daqian Village one day. Hehe, the interest for a day is not old or young. ”

Chen Jitao knew that Guo Ye was already working on this matter, and the success or failure was all in Guo Ye's hands, including the future and fate of the big guy, so he had to echo and laugh with him: "That's, that's, you have to rely on the adults to strategize." ”

After Guo Ye reminded Chen Jitao, he changed his words and said: "However, the salt tax that needs to be solved urgently has been delivered to the household department as scheduled, so for the time being, the eldest grandson Wuji and they will not be able to use this matter to challenge us, at least they can breathe a sigh of relief." As for how to get back this salt tax silver from the Qinghe Cui family, it is not something that can be done in a hurry. Now that the plan has been launched, the first step is to successfully gain Cui Yijun's trust. After the month expires, according to the plan, we need to make other plans. ”

Chen Jitao arched his hand and said: "I am willing to listen to the orders of the adults, and the next official will never give up!" ”

Guo Ye waved his hand and said with a relaxed expression: "Don't worry, it's not to the point where you want to die." Akihito, listen up, you're going to need to do these things for your own officer......"

While speaking, Guo Ye leaned into Chen Jitao's ear and whispered to Chen Jitao about the next plan

At the same time, Chang'an City, the eldest grandson's house.

The eldest grandson, Wuji, was also talking to a distant guest in the back garden of the mansion.

This guest was about fifty years old, dressed in a green robe, with an elegant and bookish face, and at first glance he was a learned man who had read poetry and books.

This person is none other than the person who ordered the robbery of Yangzhou salt tax in the inn of Qinghe County, surnamed Cui, named Heling, the contemporary head of the Qinghe Cui family.

The eldest grandson Wuji and Cui Heling sat idly under an old tree in the back garden, at this time it was the cold winter season, the old tree withered, the leaves withered, a late twilight scene.

The eldest grandson Wuji was also in the twilight mood of the old tree at this time, depressed, and shook his head at Cui Heling and sighed: "Brother Heling, it is really not as good as the sky, and the kid surnamed Guo escaped again." Earlier today, the Ministry of Households mentioned that this year's salt tax in Yangzhou had been escorted into the Treasury of the Ministry of Households as scheduled yesterday. ”

"Huh?"

Cui Heling's elegant face not only showed a little surprise, but also said in surprise: "Didn't you say that the treasurer of Yangzhou Mansion is now empty, and I asked people to secretly rob Yangzhou Salt Tax in Qinghe County, how could he still pay this huge amount of silver?" Lord Eldest Sun, it's a million taels, don't you tell the kid surnamed Guo that his family is so rich that he can't rival the country? And in order not to be reprimanded and punished by the saint, he actually paid out of his pocket privately and took the initiative to fill in the millions of taels of salt taxes? ”

The eldest grandson Wuji smiled bitterly: "I don't know whether the kid surnamed Guo is rich and rivals the country. But this time he did pay for the salt tax out of his own pocket. As far as I know, this salt tax worth millions of taels was borrowed by him from the Changle Fang Big Money Bank. Hehe, I only know that he secretly kicked himself in Changle Fang's big money village, but I didn't expect that this surnamed Guo would dare to break his wrist like a strong man, but this is also in line with his usual style. ”

"Tsk, what a young hero, amazing!"

Cui Heling praised it from the bottom of his heart and said, "Lord Eldest Sun, if it weren't for the fact that this surnamed Guo has been an enemy of our Guanlong clan several times and has repeatedly hurt our interests, I would have liked this young man a lot." ”

Hearing this, the eldest grandson Wuji frowned slightly, and said in a cold voice: "Brother Heling, this son is a scourge, if he is allowed to grow strongly, it will definitely be a problem for the entire Guanlong clan in the future." Brother Heling, the Zhang family in Yangzhou was wiped out not long ago, this is a lesson from the past! ”

Cui Heling heard the dissatisfaction and doubts of the eldest grandson Wuji, and immediately put away the light and light look, and hurriedly explained: "The eldest grandson, don't take it to heart, Cui is just talking casually." We Guan Long clan are in the same breath, and I know the importance of this. ”

After hearing this, the eldest grandson Wuji's face softened slightly, nodded, then sneered, and continued to say in a cold voice: "But it doesn't matter if he pays out of his own pocket, or if a strong man breaks his wrist, anyway, now that the Yangzhou salt tax is millions of taels gone, at least it can make him bleed and break his wealth, which is relieving." Hehe, this is not three or five hundred taels, but millions of taels, I want to see how he plugs this hole in the future. It's best for him to do something corrupt and pervert the law to make up for the hole in Yangzhou, as long as I catch him, I will definitely be able to put him in a place where he will never recover. ”

Cui Heling nodded again and again and said yes, he had always believed in the ruthlessness of the eldest grandson Wuji's methods. Otherwise, the Guan Long clan would not have always regarded the eldest grandson Wuji as the spokesperson in the court.

Then, he remembered another thing he had come to Chang'an this time, thinking that he would leave Chang'an tomorrow and return to Qinghe, so he hurriedly asked: "Lord Eldest Sun, Cui has another thing to discuss with this time. ”

The eldest grandson Wuji asked for his hand and gestured: "Brother Heling is polite, but it doesn't hurt to talk about it." ”

Cui Heling suddenly smiled a little shyly, and asked in a low voice: "I know that the eldest grandson has three sons under his knees, and the third son is now a handsome and beautiful young man, and he is not married. I wonder if the eldest grandson has the heart to kiss our Qinghe Cui clan? ”

Belch......

The eldest grandson Wuji understood that Cui Heling, the emotional son, was eyeing the third child of his own family, and he wanted to marry the eldest grandson's family.

He knew very well that the Qinghe Cui clan was a famous family, an official family, and a big family of the Guanlong family. If the eldest grandson clan can marry the Qinghe Cui clan, it will naturally be a strong alliance.

But the eldest grandson Wuji suddenly became a little embarrassed, because he heard his eldest son say that the adopted daughter of the Li Jing family of Weiguo Gong was Nuan Nuan before Cui Heling came. Compared with the Cui family, he prefers the girl Yu Nuan Nuan in the Weiguo Mansion.

Without him,

Just because he fell in love with Li Jing's connections in the army and King Wei, at the same time, he also fell in love with Yu Nuannuan, the golden phoenix that laid golden eggs.

Now that Cui Heling mentioned it in person, the eldest grandson Wuji suddenly fell into a dilemma in his heart, and he didn't know how to answer him.