He sighed deeply and asked, "What now?" ”

Chen Kang shook his head.

The two of you, you look at me, I look at you, both of them are at a loss.

They had already offended Zhao Zhiwei to death, so they ran over to reconcile with Zhao Zhiwei at this time, and slapped Kang Shilin and Gan Lun's sycophants, is it still too late?

Chen Kang thought for a while and said, "You have to give it a try." You are the prince's person, if Lord Zhao doesn't want to offend you, as long as you bow your head first, she won't embarrass you if you want to come. ”

"Try? How to try? Cai Yaozong said irritably, "It's like this, can I still fool her with those thankless things?" You have to take out one item of salt and grain and give it to her to take care of it, so as to show sincerity. Which one do you think I can take? ”

Chen Kang's brows also furrowed tightly.

The salt administration of the Great Jin Dynasty implemented a merchant monopoly system of civil system, commercial income, commercial transportation, and commercial sales. Although Nanyang does not produce salt, salt merchants who have obtained the approval of the Yamen transport salt from the salt producing areas and then resell it, which is extremely profitable.

And these salt merchants who specialize in this category are all selected by him and Cai Yaozong from many competitors, and they are given extremely rich money every year.

Once Cai Yaozong handed over this item to Zhao Zhiwei, with Zhao Zhiwei's powerful methods and aggressive temperament, he would definitely firmly strangle the necks of these salt merchants and make them have to fall to her side. When the time comes, he and Cai Yaozong's annual offerings will be gone, and Zhao Zhiwei will find out that there is something wrong with the accounts of previous years, and threaten them, maybe they will spit out the money they swallowed in previous years.

Salt is a monopoly, there is no competition, and it is something that everyone needs, and the profit is extremely high, so this item must not be let out.

As for grain, because Nanyang is a fertile land and a grain production place in the Great Jin Dynasty, he and Cai Yaozong can make a lot of profits from collecting and selling grain every year, and those lieutenants will also be filial to them, and they will respond to whatever they want, both money and power. Let them give this piece to Zhao Zhiwei, and they are also very reluctant.

After thinking about it, Chen Kang said: "Why don't you give food." ”

When Zhao Zhiwei first arrived, she relied on her deep background to be arrogant and domineering in the Yamen, making Liu Hongyu and Li Li fall to her side, because these court officials were under the control of the court and the magnates in the capital.

But the rich merchants, squires, and lieutenants here in Nanyang are different. They can't fight with the powerful in the capital. As long as they don't break the law, Wu Huaisi and Wu Zong can't do anything if they want to cure them. On the contrary, they are not afraid of Zhao Zhiwei.

Zhao Zhiwei, a noble lady who is proud and arrogant, is not on the same road as those businessmen and farmers at all. It is simply impossible to make the wealthy businessmen and lieutenants recognize Zhao Zhiwei, be willing to obey her management, and pay taxes smoothly every year.

Food involves a wide range of people and things, and has a relationship with local wealthy businessmen, villagers and ordinary people, so there are a lot of cats and Taoists among them, and I don't know that these Taoist people not only can't make profits, but may also get into a lot of trouble.

Wealthy merchants, village kun, and lieutenant chiefs can be used by Shangguan, and in turn, they can also cause trouble to Shangguan. As long as he and Cai Yaozong fan in private, these people make a fuss, and if they don't pay taxes and grain on time and in quantity, it will be enough for Zhao Zhiwei to drink a pot.

At that time, Zhao Zhiwei could not collect enough grain taxes on time, so he could only honestly return the grain to Cai Yaozong.

Therefore, weighing the pros and cons, it is better to take the initiative to hand over the grain to Zhao Zhiwei to manage.

Chen Kang told Cai Yaozong about his thoughts.

Cai Yaozong nodded and said, "I think so too." Chen Kang's thoughts coincided with his thoughts.

"Then I'll go and tell Master Liu and let him mediate?" He said.

Chen Kang nodded: "Lord Liu shouldn't want to see you fight with Lord Zhao. ”

Cai Yaozong immediately got up and went out with Chen Kang, and saw a few people carrying two cabinet-like things into the courtyard.

Liu Hongyu and Li Li stood under the porch, looking at the two cabinets curiously.

Cai Yaozong saw several people carrying the cabinet into Zhao Ruxi's house, and he asked Liu Hongyu, "What is this?" ”

Liu Hongyu said with a subtle expression: "Safe." ”

He raised his eyelids and glanced at Cai Yaozong: "Didn't you say that the files and accounts are very important and cannot be lost?" Lord Zhao specially moved two safes from home to place these things. ”

Cai Yaozong: "......"

Chen Kang: "......"

This safe is old, and the powerful people in the capital move it to their homes in a few ways, but the local officials, because it is expensive, do not have many valuables to put at home, so there are very few people who buy it. But the rich businessmen bought more.

Cai Yaozong and Chen Kang have been greedy for money for so many years, and they have a family background. But half of Cai Yaozong's money was handed over to the prince. Chen Kang is in charge of black and white, and there is no shortage of money, but there are many people who eat under his hands. It is not easy for him to maintain the current situation as a pawn, and he receives a lot of money and scatters a lot.

Therefore, both men are reluctant to spend money.

For the shady accounts in their hands, they finally bought a safe, and they hid in their bedrooms like babies, and usually even cleaned up themselves.

But now, seeing Zhao Ruxi lightly moved two safes to store these yellowed files and accounts in the yamen, the two almost shed sad tears.

But that's not all.

Li Li was also bullied by Cai Yaozong and Chen Kang. At this time, there is an opportunity to upset the two of them, and he is very happy.

He said: "Steward Zhou of Lord Zhao's family just said that this safe was developed by his girl and craftsmen, and then partnered with the emperor to do this business. It is also a kind of fate for Lord Zhao to work with several adults, and if several adults are interested in buying a safe, Lord Zhao is willing to sell it to several adults at cost price. ”

Cai Yaozong: "......"

Chen Kang: "......"

No wonder this Lord Zhao is so powerful, he keeps saying that he will write an excerpt to the emperor. She has done business with the emperor, can the emperor not give her this face?

The two wanted to cry again.

Cai Yaozong regretted it more and more, why didn't he go to the capital to inquire more about Zhao Zhiwei's details? Otherwise, as soon as she came, he would have given her a few things with a very good attitude, and wouldn't there be nothing?

Why did he provoke such a bad star?

Chen Kang's eyes rolled.

Cai Yaozong and Zhao Ruxi carried it, but he didn't. He has never covered up with this Lord Zhao, and he has not offended her positively.

If he cooperates with Lord Zhao now and climbs the big tree of the emperor, does he still need to do his best to maintain the situation in Nanyang and be careful in everything?