After the 24 general merchants came out, a grand banquet was held in the public hall of the guild hall at noon. Master Li had fun with the people, drank a few glasses, and then returned to the government office.

As soon as he sat down to read a few official documents, the officers and soldiers guarding the city gate came to report: "Today, the salt eunuch of Nanjing and his entourage have entered the city. ”

Li You didn't pay much attention to it after hearing this. The officials, soldiers, and eunuchs left behind in Nanjing use 400,000 catties of salt every year, some of which involve the mausoleum of the temple, and the demand is even more picky, so it is not uncommon for eunuchs to come to Yangzhou once a year to run salt.

They came to deal with the Salt Transport Division, and they had nothing to do with the place, and Li You relied on his identity and fame, and he would not take the initiative to visit the eunuchs if he had nothing to do.

It is said that Nanjing is relatively close to Yangzhou, and the water transportation is convenient, and the salt price is extremely cheap, only about half of the wholesale price of Hankou port, and only one cent of silver per catty.

Therefore, the profit of trafficking salt to Nanjing is not high, and the general salt merchants are not very interested, not to mention that the official and military internal supervisors use salt, and the price is lower, and no one wants to suffer this anger.

For many years, Nanjing's salt has always been undertaken by Li You's cheap father-in-law. Jin Dayuan colluded with Nanjing to smuggle hundreds of millions of catties of surplus salt every year. This point of Nanjing official salt is naturally a gift for the golden million, and it doesn't matter if it is provided at a discount.

I don't mention it, but I said that at present, Lord Li has leveled the salt merchants with one hand, and carried out the affairs of welcoming the car smoothly with the other, and the prestige of the city has become more and more popular, and the governors, salt transportation divisions, and government offices have all been silent and stopped. For a time, Li Taishou felt that the world was peaceful and the Haiyan River was clear.

It is the early spring of March, and the custom of Yangzhou people is the most fond of hairpin flower travel in March and April. Under the support of the whole family, Li You took all his wives and concubines and children, BMW incense cars, and painting boats to go out of Gongchen Gate and go to the shore of Slender West Lake to enjoy the spring.

At this time, Yu Wan'er happened to come from Gaoyou, so she joined the You Chun team. The plan of the year lies in the spring, she originally came to discuss with the Jin family about this year's salt transportation business, and caught up with the whole family to go on a trip, so they walked together.

There is no deceitful fighting. Without the official duties of the case, Li You's mood was rarely relaxed and peaceful, and he put down the official master's shelf, showing the vitality of a twenty-year-old young man.

When I was a little tired, I found a place with good scenery, pulled up a three-sided brocade barrier, circled a clearing, and only opened an opening to the lake. And a blanket was spread. The whole family sat on the floor, eating, drinking, talking and laughing.

Li You looked at the fighting method of the children under his knees with interest. The eldest sister relied on her physique half a year ahead and forcibly oppressed her younger brother, while Li Dalang stubbornly resisted desperately. A pair of small bodies rolled together on the soft blanket, and they couldn't tell who made it.

Master Li is afraid that the world will not be chaotic, so he sometimes cheers for his son. sometimes applauded her daughter, and her very irresponsible performance provoked Guan Xiuxiu to roll her eyes and separate the two happy dolls.

Next to Master Li is Yu Niangzi, she and Li You get together less and leave more, and others will not compete with her for this position.

Yu Wan'er glanced at the Ma lady who was whispering to Cheng Saiyu, and whispered in Li You's ear: "Master give me a word, who is the fifth room?" ”

"If you go home, it's you." Master Li promised.

Yu Niangzi sighed and said: "It's really the same life, our Yujia Village follows the old man before and after the saddle." Now it's not as comfortable as the horse farm. ”

Nasizhou Mazhuang, under the patriarch's strategy, mistakenly helped Li Youping to rebel together, and after Lord Li asked for meritorious service, he was now pardoned by the imperial court for the crime of digging the ancestral tomb embankment, and also rewarded a number of acres of land in Xuyi County, as well as the preferential treatment of 50 years of exemption from servitude, and the small life was nourished.

"The Ma family's life is good, and you can't do anything if you don't accept it. Your Yujia Village moved to Gaoyou, avoiding disasters every year. No, you can't. Li You said with a smile. ..., "Farming always depends on the sky to eat." The slave family gave some silver and went to the seaside salt field to collect more than 1,000 acres of reeds. This seems to be more drought and flood than farming. ”

Master Li nodded and said, "Your idea is good. "Reeds are the necessary fuel for boiling salt, which is equivalent to a kind of means of production, and it can be regarded as hard currency in the salt field, and it is indeed very cost-effective to buy reeds.

At this time, a middle-aged mother-in-law flashed in from outside the fence and reported to Master Li: "There is a person outside who calls himself Yu Da, saying that there is an urgent matter of 100,000 and wants to see the master." ”

Li You knows this Yu Da, he is Yu Wan'er's cousin of the same clan, he is coarse and has walked the rivers and lakes, he is alert and capable, and he is considered to be the focus of Yu Wan'er's training.

Li You glanced at Yu Niangzi suspiciously, and Yu Wan'er said: "Today, Jin Yuanwai will lead the stewards in Yangzhou to visit the salt eunuch to discuss matters. Because the slave family wanted to come out with the master, he asked Yu Da to go instead of the slave family, but he didn't know what happened. ”

The word 100,000 urgency has been used, there should be something big happening, Li You looked at the blue sky, and lamented that he wanted to be idle for a long time. After sitting upright, he commanded, "Bring him in." ”

That Yu Da was brought into the brocade barrier, his eyes did not dare to squint, but his steps were very hurried, and he said to Li You after saluting: "The big thing is not good, Jin Yuanwai and other stewards have been caught!" ”

Hearing this, Li You was shocked: "By whom?" ”

"I was arrested by the salt eunuch Zhou Huai! The little one escaped by luck, so he heard the news all the way! ”

Zhou Huai, the salt eunuch in Nanjing, was a confidant of Wu Dayong, a lieutenant who cooperated with the garrison and guarded the town, and was an old friend of Jin Million, and often acted as a liaison. This time he came to make salt, and according to the usual practice, the gold million had to be hemorrhaged again.

Therefore, Li Youcai was shocked, the two eunuchs who ran salt and Jin Million, who should have been in a mound for many years, were embarrassed and traitorous, how could they suddenly turn their faces without warning?

Besides, the eunuch who ran the salt was just a person in front of the stage, and his actions were not on behalf of himself, but the guards and eunuchs. Thinking of this, Li You shouted: "You talk about it carefully!" ”

It turned out that today, Jin Million summoned all the stewards under him to visit Zhou Huai, the salt eunuch in the mansion. Of course, the purpose is not only to deal with the official salt in Nanjing, but also to discuss the relevant matters related to the trafficking of surplus salt this year, which is tacitly done every year.

Yu Da continued: "After entering the lobby, we sat down, and after a while, the father-in-law sneered and said, I heard that you have climbed another high branch in the golden million, which is gratifying." ”

"At that time, dozens of sergeants suddenly appeared from all sides to surround us, and the small position was next to the door, because I had practiced juggling, I escaped from the hall by my skills, and climbed the trees and climbed out of the courtyard, so that I was able to escape. It's just that Jin Yuanwai and the other six or seven stewards are all trapped in the mansion. ”

From Yu Da's words, Li You noticed two important places, one was that the eunuch sneered and said, "You have climbed another high branch with a million gold", and the other is that there are dozens of sergeants.

"Husband!" When Jin Bao'er heard that her father had an accident, her face turned pale, and she couldn't help but scream.

Li You Huoran got up, "There is a husband, don't worry!" ”