Compared with the value of their own goods, the profit of the chartered fleet can only be regarded as the existence of chicken ribs. But this Jia Liang is not simple, and he immediately came up with conditions that were enough to make the Ling family excited: Jia Liang was able to make the emperor recognize the status of the Bajun Ling family and reasonably monopolize the cinnabar mining industry in the Bashu area!

This condition is difficult to calm down even if it does not make Ba Qing, who has eyebrows. Although in the past hundred years, the relationship between the Ling family and the imperial court is not bad, and they frequently pay tribute to the imperial court, but the imperial court has always been hostile to merchants, although the business activities of the Ling family are allowed, but Ba Qing, who is prepared for danger in times of peace and takes precautions, also knows that the emperor's temperament has always been dictatorial and arbitrary, and he may suddenly destroy the Ling family one day and include the wealth of the Ling family in the treasury.

It is also because of this sense of distress that Ba Qingcai pays a large tribute to the imperial court every year to show his submission. But if the Ling family can be recognized by the emperor and get this kind of monopoly canonization, the significance of it is unimaginable. That was the recognition of the imperial court, which was tantamount to the existence of a prince. That means that one day the empire exists, the Ling family will not have any opponents in the cinnabar mining industry!

After a detailed discussion with Jia Liang, Ba Qing finally confirmed that this matter could be done, and sure enough, soon after, the emperor's canonization decree came down, and in addition to praising Ba Qing's chastity and virtue, he also gave the cinnabar mine in Ba County to the Ling family, and as a price, the Ling family only needed to provide the emperor with a certain amount of mercury extracted from cinnabar every year, as a tool for the emperor to build a cemetery.

After getting the benefits, Ba Qing naturally couldn't break his promise, and leased the fleet to Jia Liang for a year at a very low price, and his own goods were completely transported in the form of land transportation, which is why Chen Sheng saw Ling Suyun escorting dozens of carts on the way. Otherwise, with the Ling family's water transportation capacity, there would be no need to work so hard at all.

Despite this, Ba Qing, who had a keen political sense, realized that such a good thing might not be beneficial to the Ling family, so despite the family's opposition, he donated nearly half of his wealth to the imperial court and expanded the imperial court's treasury.

Regarding what Ling Suyun said, Chen Sheng was a little stunned. From Ling Suyun's description, he could determine that Jia Liang was Zhang Liang's pseudonym.

However, he couldn't figure out how Zhang Liang, the "current counter-revolutionary", was a diehards who were determined to carry out the great cause of opposing Qin to the end, and how he had the power to urge the emperor to commit such an act.

After thinking about it for a while, he suddenly remembered everything he had been thinking about before. This matter should have nothing to do with Zhang Liang. The one who knew all this should be the mysterious figure in the imperial court, the master of the fat man he saw just now.

This person is proficient in the political situation, and he is well versed in the emperor's mind, and even has a very thorough understanding of Ba Qing's mind, Zhang Liang is just a specific executor.

Thinking about the emperor's canonization of Baqing, this person had already learned in advance, so he would let Zhang Liang take advantage of this loophole, and the Ling family donated money, I believe that this person also played a role in fueling the troubles behind the scenes. Thinking of this person's methods, Chen Sheng's heart was awe-struck. However, at the same time, Chen Sheng felt that this person's brain was a little short-circuited, and the typical eyes were high and the hands were low; type of character. Although this guy designed an interlocking trap, in the end he just wanted to make a lot of money and make a war windfall, but he conspired with the tiger and caught up with Zhang Liang's goods.

After sorting out the clue in this regard, Chen Sheng asked Ling Suyun again how he appeared in this place. According to Ling Suyun's confession, she originally stayed in Pengcheng, then went to Xue County, and finally rushed to Linzi. But on the night he met Chen Sheng, Ling Fengdu brought a group of people, secretly tied up Ma Lie and the others, and then captured her to this place.

After coming here, Ling Fengdu asked Ling Suyun and asked her to hand over the list of the family's businesses and contact information in various parts of Shandong, in addition to these, the most important thing was the letter representing the patriarch. When Ling Fengdu forced her to ask these things, Ling Suyun understood that this cousin wanted to seize the family wealth. Ling Suyun's personality is also very stubborn, and she refuses to cooperate. Ling Fengdu had no choice but to lock Ling Suyun on the boat for a while.

In the end, Ling Suyun's face also turned miserable green, and he said slowly: "What Ling Fengdu said in the past few days is a little inexplicable, what do you say, I will hand over the family's letter to him, then our Ling family can sit on the two counties of Bashu and split the soil and seal the marquis." He will be able to become the number one hero of our Ling family for hundreds of years. Do you think it will be ......?"

Chen Sheng smiled coldly and said, "Ripping the earth and sealing the marquis? This Ling Fengdu's ambition is not small, but with his IQ, he can't do this job, at most he is just being fooled into being a thug who is called by a gun. But no matter what, your Ling family has fallen into this whirlpool, even if you are unintentional, but the yellow mud fell into the crotch of your pants, isn't it ......" Chen Sheng suddenly felt that his words were a little vulgar, and he quickly bit his tongue and stopped his words.

Ling Suyun's brows were also low, and she was slightly annoyed in her heart, this guy still said that he was a student of Master Wei Yi, is Master Wei Yi's student so vulgar?

However, this unhappy look was well concealed by Ling Suyun in a blink of an eye. She also knows that her family has been inexplicably pushed into a political whirlpool by people with intentions, as Chen Sheng said, the emperor has gained insight into this matter, but the emperor may not know the whole truth, and when the time comes, her Ling family will suffer greatly.

"So what do we do now?" Ling Suyun looked at Chen Sheng a little helplessly. For complex events that have risen to this level, Ling Suyun's shrewd brain is obviously still a little insufficient.

"Help us find out this batch of food, catch Jia Liang, and completely clear up the relationship between your Ling family and him, as for Ling Fengdu, I can not know, your family can handle it by itself." However, this matter must be fast, because the army of the Southern Expedition has been short of military food, the emperor ordered a high price to buy, and now the price of a stone of grain has risen from sixty yuan to three hundred yuan, a fivefold increase, in the long run, it is not only a problem of the army of the Southern Expedition, but also a big problem of the entire empire's national economy and people's livelihood, even if the matter is solved, the emperor's anger will not be so easy to subside. Chen Sheng thought for a while, said with a little headache, and then asked, "Do you know where their grain is going?" ”

Ling Suyun thought for a while, shook her head blankly, and said after a while: "I don't know about this, but Ling Fengdu mentioned to me that the goods transported by Jia Liang were transferred from the area of Surabaya to Jiujiang County and Changsha County. ”