When it was about to get dark, Yang Chengzu returned to his home at Dengshikou from the construction site, and the old department of Ganhua County was already waiting in the yard early. One person gets it, the chicken dog ascends to heaven, the power of the Ming clan and the involvement is amazing, in this regard, the Yang family has a very advantage. Yang Daxing is thin, there are not many clan forces to rely on, and after Yang Chengzu made his career, there are also not many clans that need him to take care of. There were some people who came to the door with genealogy to confess their relatives, and they were all sent by him to the brocade guard, and then they lost their lives.

The ones who are really close to him and need his care are those old people in Huaxian County, who were mixed up in a small banner. Like Wang Tietou, who has managed to punish thousands of households, even if he is the best one among the old people in Huaxian County, although the others have not reached such a high position, on the whole, they are much stronger than when they were in Xiaoqi.

Most of them have made meritorious contributions when Anlu guarded the palace, and relying on Yang Chengzu to protect them, they have a future for four or five grades. The old people of the father's generation are in Henan, and almost all of them have entered the Henan Thousand Households Office, such as Duan Biao, who has exchanged stickers with Yang Chengzu, and now they are all transferred to Shaanxi, and they have sat in Shaanxi Jinyi Thousand Households, and actually mastered a province.

For these people, whether they admit it or not, they are all members of Yang Chengzu's group, which can be regarded as a relationship of glory and loss. For example, the banquet of Yangfu's family banquet, which represents intimacy and identity, is a rare reward for Huo Qiu and others, and it is an ordinary thing for these old departments of Huaxian County. Everyone is a villager, many of them are friends who have played since childhood, and there are not so many rules, laughing or playing in groups in the yard.

Song Guoen took the big red stickers and sent them one by one, "My mother-in-law has it again, and in two months, I will be a father again, everyone remember to come and drink the wedding wine when the time comes." ”

"Brother Song, the speed at which you give birth to a child, I'm afraid you're about to catch up with Brother Yang, there are also three female babies in front of your family, if it's a male baby this time, let's make a baby kiss with the big girl in my family."

Wang Tietou squeezed over and pushed behind the man's back, "Go ahead, you are everywhere, this doll, it's none of your business, my daughter has already decided, right, Guoen, if you are a son this time, you have to be my son-in-law." ”

Seeing Yang Chengzu come back, everyone came forward to salute, and Yang Chengzu didn't have any fights, so he went over one by one to say hello, or patted his shoulder and punched him in the chest. When they arrived at the house, the people brought up the price of the banquet. This kind of family banquet is not too particular, everyone guesses the boxing order, and there is no difference between dignity and inferiority.

Wang Tietou won a few punches in a row, and said with a red face, "The reconstruction of Ciqing Palace, this time it is our Yang Ji who did it, if this project is done well, the future work is indispensable." Recently, some people have come to my mother-in-law to send money and fabrics, just to add a hand to the supply of materials. But don't worry, although my stupid mother-in-law is confused, she still understands this matter, she didn't dare to accept the things, and everyone drove them away. This matter is Brother Yang's face, and it is long live staring, can it be counted according to the money? It's done, long live to give two good words, it's much more important than making money. ”

Yang Chengzu nodded and patted Wang Tietou's shoulder, "Let's take a look, I think that when he was in Huaxian County, he was a bastard who only knew how to fight in groups, and it was only a few years?" Among you, he is the one who understands it. Whether it is our business name or Jinyi Yamen, the first is not to make money, and the second is not to have a good reputation, the picture is a smiling face of the Son of Heaven. Long live happiness is our first priority, compared to this, everything else is nonsense. Besides, long live the high fortune, are we afraid that there will be no money to make? Let me tell you the bottom, Master Zhang Jiayin, our old county respect, this time in the southeast patrol is good. I promised to live the offer, and after a while, I let him go to Yangzhou to patrol the salt. Jin Liang, Iron Pillar, a few of you, follow along. The former brother of the Zhang family gave me 500 pieces of Huaibei salt, and when the Ciqing Palace is repaired, long live the salt to be able to make up to 1,000. Take this 1,000 pieces of salt, and you can return more than 200,000 catties of salt. With the banner of our factory guard, no one dares to check on the road, so we will support him with 500,000 catties of salt, are you afraid that you will not have the money to take it? ”

Song Guoen stopped his chopsticks, "Chengzu, what do you mean, are you going to use the salt method?" ”

"I'll just say, among the old brothers in Huaxian County, Brother Guoen, your brain is the most spiritual. At the beginning, Uncle Song sent you to Weixue and let you study, saying that he was going to take the imperial examination, but in my opinion, this move was the right move. If you don't go to Anlu with me, maybe you will be admitted to the Meritorious Service by now. As soon as I said this, you can guess that, yes, I am going to use the salt method. Yang Ji sells grain in Jiubian, he is losing money, I don't care about losing money, so that the border army does not starve, it is more important than making money. However, when the opening of the Chinese law was implemented, the border army was not hungry, and there were merchants near the nine borders, and it was convenient to get food, and there was less loss of transportation on the road. Since the fifth year of Hongzhi, the method of opening the middle has been abolished and the method of folding color has been changed. Even if those salt merchants were saved, they used to have to transport grain to the nine sides to change it, and they were tired like turtles. Now, it's good to wait for the salt with peace of mind, not to be exposed to the wind and rain, the pain of displacement, and to make a fortune with peace of mind, but the price of grain in the nine sides has become like this. No matter what we Yang Ji do, the food is not as convenient as Jingshi's food. ”

He had been to the northwest, seen the hardships of the border army, and Yang Ji was engaged in grain sales in the nine sides, and these people naturally knew the problems. They all nodded in agreement, saying that those salt merchants had been living too comfortably since they changed the color folding method.

Song Guoen said: "Chengzu, we are small brothers, you listen to me, those salt merchants are actually not easy." Shangtun, I've heard people say that it's very bitter. When the Tartars came in, the border army couldn't stop them, and those who farmed the land couldn't escape, and they might even lose their lives. Moreover, nobles like the Zhang brothers, who can give priority to salt when they hold salt in their hands, and those merchants who send grain to the place may be waste paper when they hold salt guides. At the beginning, the color folding method was also changed because the salt merchants refused to keep the branch, and the court had no way, and now they want to change it back, I'm afraid, the salt merchants still don't agree. We have many enemies, and I know that now you have holy dependents, and you are not afraid of merchants. However, those salt merchants have hands and eyes, and some of them are friends and wings, and if the saints are not there in the future, it will be difficult to say. We are brothers, let me tell you a word from the heart, you have to think about it for the future. ”

Yang Chengzu didn't have a displeased look on his face, but gave a thumbs up, "That's it, now that I'm in this position, there are not many friends who are willing to tell me the truth." Brother Guoen, you are one of the few people. Among our old brothers in Huaxian County, I admire your strategy and insight, and I don't have to say anything about your character. I will listen to what you say, brother, but the salt merchant's affairs must also be done. In the past, the salt merchants could indeed threaten the imperial court by refusing to defend their support, but now, this trick is useless. There is Yang Ji here, they don't keep the branch, I keep the branch. I abolished the Sino-French law, just to squeeze these salt merchants, either not to keep the support, or obediently transport grain to Jiubian. After all, Hongzhi has just changed its color in the fifth year, and it has not been a long time until now, and people have not yet formed a habit, so they have changed it. ”

Wang Tietou said: "Then if the big salt merchants refuse to pay salt, what should we do?" ”

"What else can I do? They don't pay, we support, and then we sell. As I told you, all the industries that make money must end up being state-run. Using Yang Ji as a disguise, and finally returning to Long Live is the purpose of Yang Ji's existence. Salt is only part of it. ”

Song Guoen nodded, didn't say anything anymore, everyone started gossiping again, and when the wine and rice were halfway through, Yang Chengzu asked about Song Guoen's wife, and when he heard that he was going to be a father, he also said he was happy

"You have three daughters in front of you, and this time I hope it will be a son. You are the only seedling of the Song family, if you give birth to a son this time, the Song family will not be extinct. You can rest assured, even if my sister-in-law gives birth to a daughter this time, I will find a boy to be her adopted son and inherit the incense of your Song family. ”

These words came abruptly, and the voices of the people who were laughing gradually lowered, and I don't know who let go of their hands, and the bowl fell to the ground and shattered.