Li Youli pondered for a long time on the porch of the Jin family, very distressed by the new problems he had inadvertently discovered. Before, he was excited about the opportunity to collect money to meet the Son of Heaven, but he forgot that the Salt Transport Division was better at doing this than him...

If he tried to raise silver taels, he would not be able to compare to the salt transportation division. Most of the silver in Yangzhou City was in the hands of three hundred salt merchants, and most of the salt merchants' lifeblood was in the hands of the Salt Transportation Division. Even though several giant businessmen have their own power, they also have the same interests as the Salt Transportation Division. Therefore, at the critical moment, the salt merchant must definitely act according to the eyes of the salt transportation department, and he can't win it no matter how much he coerces and lures him in this regard.

Thinking about it, it is indeed an unsolvable problem to compare silver with the Salt Transport Division, and no matter how you calculate, it is impossible for the salt merchant to give up the field of the Salt Transportation Division to support him Li You, it is simply a plot with the tiger.

However, fortunately, through various means, from destroying the Du family and mixing sand to besieging the Salt Transportation Division to sow discord, from showing the background to promising the draft, the old Jianghu of Jin Million was gradually imperceptibly transformed under the combination of grace and power, and it would not be without help.

I also remembered that the He family was entrusted by the Salt Transportation Division to hold a poetry meeting, to a certain extent, it was also to continue to fight against the momentum of "hopeless future". Working in Yangzhou City, even if it is not about salt, this salt transportation division still can't get around after all.

Tossing like this in Yangzhou City, the envoy is also a smart person, and he must have doubts and guesses about his ultimate purpose. It is reasonable for the Salt Transport Division to distinguish itself from all aspects, especially now that it is still a "good opportunity" for Ding Yun's envoy.

Li You silently compared in his heart, and his biggest advantage at present is only in the time difference. Whether it was the news of the Son of Heaven's southern tour in advance, or the misjudgment of the Salt Transportation Division's coincidental failure to write a book, it caused the Salt Transportation Division's response to fall behind step by step. But this advantage can only last for ten days, and if you want to do this, you must hurry up...

The next day, another shocking news broke out in Yangzhou City! Very shocking news! However, since Li Fushi's official Yangzhou, the gold content of the word earth-shattering news has become lower and lower.

Every few days, a sensational and shocking news can be broken, and this frequency has already tempered the gossip hearts of the city's spectators to numbness. Fortunately, there are many kinds of shocking news, and there are many tricks. It doesn't make people feel bored, and it maintains a steady and non-declining number of subscribers, no, it's the number of listens.

This time, however, it was still different, and a new trick came up -- the imperial court, the brother of the Son of Heaven, Lord Zhu, and the lord Li of the city cordially met with the outstanding representatives of the salt industry and the registered merchants in the mansion. He was encouraged and commended.

The reason is that the golden million thinks about what the Son of Heaven thinks, is anxious about what the Son of Heaven is anxious about, and generously donated a huge amount of money to sponsor the southern tour of the Son of Heaven.

Keyword. The Son of Heaven traveled south.

If the people just listen to the excitement, how to live their lives will have to be lived, and maybe they will be caught and suffered. Then the city's top billionaires are really making a splash.

Since the Ming Emperor moved to the current Beijing Division, it is rare to have one or two southern tours in three hundred years, is it fortunate to meet once in this life?

Knowing that this was deliberately released news, but the big rich people still had an irrepressible sensation, at least this news would not be fake, it would not be a rumor, Qin Cha and Li You did not have the courage to fabricate this kind of thing. And most of it was Na Qincha who was responsible, so he deliberately let out the wind.

In a way. The business of the wealthy businessmen of the National Dynasty has reached a certain level, for example, the top twenty or thirty salt merchants in Yangzhou, and the most worrying thing is no longer that they will not be able to make money. Instead, I am afraid that there is no way to "serve the country".

After all, the salt industry giants who flourished after Jiashen were far away in Yangzhou, too far away from Jingshi, and even farther away from the Son of Heaven above the Nine Folds. If you report to the state, there is a door. There is an opportunity to give gifts directly to the royal family, of course, the opportunity is not to be missed. …,

The southern tour of the great tomorrow is not an exaggeration to say that it is rare in a hundred years. If it weren't for the fact that the ancestral tomb almost collapsed in a flood this year, the Son of Heaven would have to tour south to apologize to the ancestors, and those civil officials who just want to lock the Son of Heaven in the Forbidden City really have no reason to stop them, and the southerners are afraid that they will not meet the Son of Heaven once in their lives.

After this village, there will be no next store, as the so-called opportunity must not be lost, and it will not come again. This time, he actually made Jin Million well-informed, and he really can't envy having a good son-in-law. But if there is a first prize, there will be a second three chips, and it is impossible for a million gold to cover all of them by itself.

Maybe you have to worry about the example of the huge rich Shen Wansan showing off his wealth being destroyed first, but the times have changed, and now is not the era of Taizu who desperately suppressed businessmen. The imperial court also eats fireworks in the world, and it also needs silver to do things.

Besides, Yangzhou salt merchants are different from Shen Wansan, they are not huge rich people who sit on the gold mountain and eat empty mountains and have no other use for the country and the people. They pay millions of salt taxes to the imperial court every year, which is the largest single cash income of the imperial court, and they also have supporting forces in the court, and the imperial court is unlikely to kill chickens and eggs to create panic.

Don't you see, Master Li and Jin Million are both extremely shrewd people, can they do stupid things? There must be some benefits to it, so I was ahead of it.

With generations of money, the salt industry is inexhaustible, and there must be something that can make people feel at ease. If the Son of Heaven gives a plaque to hang on the door, then does Li You dare to break down the door and arrest people for no reason? Do you dare!?

That night, there was a big salt merchant with bright eyes and quick legs, named Xu Changrui, who sneaked into the county mansion and promised Mr. Zhu Fanghe a lot of money.

But he was beaten out by Lord Qincha's messy stick, and then Zhu Qincha left Yangzhou City and went to the northern suburbs of Slender West Lake to play in the water.

This matter was a joke in the salt business circle for a while, and they ridiculed Xu Yuanwai for having a little cleverness but no great wisdom.

What does it mean for you to send money directly to Qincha as a businessman? Do you want to show that the emperor is begging for money from you, a merchant? The bigger the person, the more he cares about this layer of face, and Qin Cha's attitude of taking the initiative to leave the city could not be more clear.

At this time, of course, we should quietly wait for the call of the yamen, and then "take the initiative" to donate and lose, and then the yamen officials will be named and played, which is the right reason for a win-win situation.

Sure enough, in the early morning of 15 November, the top 30 merchants in the salt industry received summonses, except for the gold million, ordering them to go to the county government of Jiangdu County on 16 November to discuss matters.

Obviously, this is a card ticket from Master Lee. It is also obvious that this is after Master Li blackmailed his father-in-law, he was still insufficient, and he couldn't wait to continue to blackmail others.

For Master Li's thoughts, people with a bit of brains can see it very clearly. He has now lost the trust of the imperial court, although he has made great contributions and reluctantly stays in office. But his position is precarious, so at the end of his life, he intends to scavenge the silver and sacrifice the Son of Heaven to invite favor and gain favor.

The twenty-nine people who received the summons were basically the richest people in Yangzhou City, and they were also the most powerful people in Yangzhou City except for the government.

On the 16th, when the hour came, Li You came to the county back hall. When I counted the heads, there were only fifteen, and almost half of them came. Everyone had different expressions, but they were all silent.

Master Li is angry!

"The Son of Heaven patrols the south, and the omen of peace and prosperity is also! Our subjects are fortunate to be at this time. Be sure to greet the Lord with all your might! ”

Hearing this, everyone's expressions were moved, but they were still silent.

Lord Li's voice is full of emotion!

"The hereditary widow of the merchant is on the occasion of serving the imperial court. How can you hesitate and be ungrateful, and chill the hearts of people of insight in the world! ”

Hearing this, everyone's expressions were neatly ridiculed, but they were still silent.

Master Li is very inward-looking!

"It is beneficial to the country, and it is also beneficial to you, and it can be said that everyone has their own gains! Once in a lifetime, can you not be tempted? ”…,

Hearing this, everyone smiled, but remained silent.

After exhausting his tongue, Master Li was speechless. You can't arrest all these people, torture them, and ask for money. He is a quasi-righteous five-grade official of the Ming Dynasty, not a thief.

In fact, these fifteen big salt merchants came here to see Lord Li's embarrassment, and after reading it, they left the county government satisfied.

It's just that the faint mockery at the corner of his mouth lingers. Did you, Master Li, ask us too? Money may not always be able to communicate with the mind. But when you encounter a god that can be channeled, it is enough to kill. Usually don't burn incense, temporary worship of Buddha's feet, is it useful?

At the same time, I also want to laugh at the fact that the old man of the golden million was cheated. It is not worth donating 500,000 yuan for this matter, and it is not worth donating 500,000 yuan for this son-in-law.

After the defeat of Lord Li's fundraising campaign, the Salt Transport Division made a decisive move. It is an official who is aware of the opportunity contained in it, and Ding Yunzhi will naturally not let go of this opportunity to hit Li You in contrast, why not?

On November 17, more than 20 leading figures of the Lianghuai salt industry gathered in the lobby of the Salt Transportation Division. This is completely different from the cold joke-style scene of the Jiangdu County Ya yesterday, which can be described as a gathering of laughter, and the guests and hosts are happy.

The ones who are really enthusiastic about donating are just these big salt merchants, who are bold and often tens of thousands of taels, so they can naturally show their faces. The other two or three hundred small and medium-sized salt merchants, donating a few hundred or thousands of taels is of little use, and it is impossible for the Son of Heaven to see these thousands of eight hundred taels of silver, so it will not take this effort.

Looking at the full house, even Ding Yun, who was calm by nature, couldn't help but think proudly, then Li You can only occupy the name of the initiator by attracting gold millions, even if he spends all his wealth, can he compare to the joint efforts of these more than 20 people?

What if Zhu Qincha and Li You have a good relationship? After hearing my thoughts last night, I didn't express encouragement and appreciation to myself. In front of the Son of Heaven, this time in the end it will be hard currency to speak!

In this situation, presumably Master Li, who instigated and encouraged the old man to dig out of his pocket, planning to make a big fortune in front of the Son of Heaven, was very unhappy. But Zhu Qin is under a lot of pressure to raise money, and Li You can't control the salt merchants, so he has no choice but to stare dryly!

Most of the people who watched the excitement were similar to Ding Yun's thoughts, and they couldn't help but feel that although Lord Li's fame, talent, and meritorious deeds were invincible, they were not good in front of the silver this time.

Silver is really a magical thing, something extraordinary, even a thing that is as strong as Lord Li will be defeated!

There is only one person who feels that this scene seems to be familiar, and that is Master Zhuang of the county government.

Thinking that he was still an old official in Suzhou Mansion back then, Li You, who was the official at the time, deliberately summoned the major grain merchants who were hoarding and forced to lower the price when there was a grain shortage, and as a result, the grain merchants put them together.

This time, the grain merchants were summoned instead the salt merchants were summoned, and the result after the convening was almost the same...

But what will happen next, Master Zhuang doesn't know ......,