The secret room of the Xu family is not small, more than ten zhang square, there are several large boxes in it, and some grain is piled up. At the same time, www.biquge.info here and outside are still connected, and a bamboo pipe is inserted into the wall, dripping water down. The droplets flowed down a sink on the ground.

Generally, in large households, such a secret room will be built, in addition to hiding important things, it is also a place to avoid disasters. If you encounter a troubled year, as long as the whole family hides in the secret room, you can be safe and sound. There is food and water in it, and it should be no problem to hide for half a month.

"Old thing, there are a lot of treasures at home. Zhao Cheng casually opened a box and grabbed a pearl necklace from it, with a hint of greed in his eyes.

However, he didn't dare to swallow it alone, so he quickly reined in his mind and put the pearl down. There is a god three feet above his head, and his every move is watched by the city god master.

And Xu Jiang's attention was not on these, he found some account books and title deeds in a box, he looked through them a few times at random, in addition to some of the account books of the Xu family's shop, there was also a book for their family to sell illegal salt.

"The profit is so high?" Xu Jiang just looked at it a few times, and his heart jumped up, the Xu family just sold illicit salt, and the net profit was at least 10,000 taels of silver every year, which was simply a huge profit. Moreover, the cost of salt production is extremely low, and as long as there is a way to transport it, you can basically collect money just by sitting at home.

However, although Xu Jiang is envious, he will not be contaminated with the salt buying business. Not to mention how dangerous this matter is, just this matter of getting up and down is enough of a headache. It's easy for you to make smuggled salt, but it's hard to sell it everywhere.

What he had in his heart was another idea, although he couldn't sell illicit salt, he could rely on Xu Zhaonian. The other party was able to sell the private salt for a few years, which shows that the channel is still stable, as long as it is caught in his hand, it is a chicken that can lay eggs.

Moreover, this matter is not in the slightest danger, once there is something, push the other party out, and you can stay out of it.

"Lord Chenghuang, the little one has something to report. After Xu Jiang made up his mind, he did not make his own decisions, but bowed down and saluted in the direction of the City God Temple.

And Zhao Cheng was startled when he saw him acting like this, and quickly bowed down and stood aside.

"What's the matter?" As soon as the two of them stood still, a sudden flower suddenly appeared in front of them, and the surrounding area turned into an endless open space, and Fang Hong stood in front of them.

This was not to say that Fang Hong had used the Void Shifting method to take them to other places. He just used his thoughts to construct an illusion and project his consciousness here, he himself was at home, and Xu Jiang and the others were still in the Xu family's secret room.

"Master, I have an idea...... Xu Jiang told Fang Hong what he was thinking, he was eighty percent sure, and the master would definitely agree with his approach.

Fang Hong's eyes flashed with divine light, and he didn't say a word, as if he was thinking about something. After a while, the illusion disappeared, and his whole person disappeared without a trace, but Xu Jiang and the others had a sentence in their minds, "Self-determination." ”

As soon as he heard these two words, Xu Jiang immediately understood, the eldest master let him decide for himself, that is, acquiescence.

"This Xu Jiang is also a talent, and he also knows that killing chickens and taking eggs is not a long-term solution. Fang Hong nodded, and his perception of Xu Jiang was a little better in his heart. He had just replied with the word "self-determination", which was a tacit acquiescence to his actions.

As for why it was tacit approval and not explicit, because when the two of them called him, he was manifested in the form of a god, and if he said it explicitly, he would have intervened in this matter, and it would have easily caused the luck of the court to be suppressed. Only vague words can cut off the danger.

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"It's over, it's all over. Xu Zhaonian sat on the ground, his eyes were a little blank, his Xu family's family business for so many years has been completely gone from today onwards, so how should he live with such a big family.

But he didn't dare to really break the net, and now although his family wealth is gone, if he dares to work hard, he may even bury the lives of this big family.

"Brother Zhaonian, it's so cold on this ground, let's get up quickly. Xu Jiang paced, walked outside the door, and saw Xu Zhaonian muttering to himself, so he pulled out a smile and stepped forward to help him up.

The enemy was in front of him, but Xu Zhaonian didn't react at all, and he didn't push it away.

"Brother Zhaonian, I have a way to live, I don't know if you want to grasp it?" Xu Jiang patted the muddy water on Xu Zhaonian's body and said.

As soon as he heard this, Xu Zhaonian slowly came back to his senses and glanced up at Xu Jiang, although he knew that there must be no good thing, but things couldn't be worse, "What's the way to live?"

"This time, I only took five thousand taels of silver from your Xu family. Xu Jiang smiled, looked at Xu Zhaonian's eyes and said.

"What conditions?" Hearing this, Xu Zhaonian was a little shocked at first, although five thousand taels of silver was also a lot, but it was not to the point of shaking the foundation of their family. But he also knew that there would be no such good thing in this world, so he asked in a deep voice.

"Your family's private salt profits, give me eight dividends every year. Xu Jiang approached Xu Zhaonian's side, and said in a slow, but firm voice.

"No! at most half!" Xu Zhaonian realized that the other party had the idea to hit here. However, he was also slightly relieved, he was not afraid of the other party sucking blood from him now, because the other party sucking your blood shows that you are still valuable. And the most terrible and tragic thing is that a person has no value.

"Okay, deal!" Xu Jiang clapped his hands and agreed, the net profit of this private salt for a year is 10,000 taels of silver, and half of it is 5,000 yuan, although it is not much, but it is better than the long stream, as long as you are optimistic about the Xu family, it is a cash cow.

"Hmph. Xu Zhaonian looked at Xu Jiang's smug appearance, then snorted coldly, waved his sleeves and walked into the inner hall. He now has the value of use, and he has a lot of confidence in his heart.

"Come on, put the things we just moved back into the distance, and we'll just get some jewelry. Xu Jiang waved his hand and asked the people from the Inspection Department to put down the things, what those people moved away just now was just some worthless things, since he promised to take only five thousand taels, then take some jewelry to offset it.

Soon, the people from the inspection department sent the things back into the distance. And Xu Jiang Zhao Cheng stood at the door, according to the list, it was time to go to the next one. The head of the house is also a fat man, and his family background is also very rich, so he should be able to give them a lot of surprises. (To be continued.) )