There are few people in the world who are qualified to worship the Chen Garden where Chen Pingping, the president of the imperial court supervision, lives, so in their eyes, Xinyang Palace, Donggu City Jianlu, and Jiangnan Mingjia Ming Garden are the three most beautiful and wealthy privately owned buildings in the world. Of course, this ranking naturally does not include the black and cyan Yishan Palace, which is as beautiful as a fairy palace in Shangjing of the Northern Qi Dynasty.

There are nobles living in the palace, and there is a great master in the sword house, all of whom are far away from the ordinary people.

The Ming family has never been a bully, nor has it deliberately maintained the mystery of the Gaomen family, so many Jiangnan scholars and tourists from afar will walk along the wide avenue in the forest after walking around the city of Suzhou, and go around the city to see the beautiful manor from a distance.

Although you can't play it up close, it's enough to entertain your eyes when you look at it from a distance.

The Ming family is low-key and not mysterious, so this Ming Garden, which has been built for nearly 40 years, also maintains the deep imprint of their family, a brick and a tile, a grass and a tree, a step and a pavilion, not how gorgeous and dazzling, but it is a faint intimacy, and the courtyard wall built along the mountain is not tall, visitors stand on the official road, you can see the cornices inside. If you stand closer, you can hear the murmuring of water inside.

Closeness, does not mean homely, simple, of course not simple, in the eyes of people who really know the industry, you must be able to see every detail in this pet manor can not be picky. In the eyes of the soldiers, it can be seen that this manor seems to be defenseless, but as long as it is simply renovated, it can become a castle that can be defended for half a year in a very short time......

Today's weather is not too good, in the early spring, the drizzle is slightly cloudy, and the carriage that Young Master Ming is riding is walking alone on the road home, and there are no three or two tourists and women who can be seen in the past.

When the carriage reached the side door, it came to a strange stop. Young Master Ming opened the corner of the curtain, revealing a face full of gloomy colors, looking at the front door of his house.

There seemed to be a send-off, and a middle-aged man in an official uniform was walking into his carriage with an angry face on his face.

Ming Lanshi put down the car curtain, looked back at Zou Lei and said angrily, "Speaking of Guo Zheng, Guo Zheng will arrive, why is your boss so uninteresting?"

Zou Lei was silent, Guo Zheng was his direct boss, and he was still in Kyoto last year as the Imperial History of the Left Capital of the Metropolitan Procuratorate. After the Chunfu case, Guo Zheng took the lead in the trial of Fan Xian in the Third Division of the Criminal Department. At that time, with the support of the eldest princess, he beat Fan Xian a few times, wanting to make a move, but where did he think that Fan Xian's background backer was so strong. didn't overthrow the Fan family, not to mention, because they offended Lin Xiangye's Fan family and the Supervision Yuan afterwards, these three giants made a move, and they didn't make any noise, so they simply lost Han Zhiwei, the secretary of the Criminal Department, and at the same time sent Guo Zheng to Jiangnan.

Imperial historian Guo Zheng, the biggest loss in this life is because of Fan Xian. So he has always held a grudge, and now that Fan Xian has gone down to Jiangnan again, Guo Zheng seems to want to provoke the Ming family to do the right thing with Lord Qincha.

That's why Ming Lanshi's face was so ugly, thinking that old man Guo was moving with personal grudges. When I came to my house today, I was afraid that I would have to exert those pressures again.

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"Father. It's already been explained. Ming Lanshi respectfully stood under the stone steps of the small courtyard in the corner of the Ming Garden, facing the house.

The contemporary owner of the Ming family, Ming Qingda, a little tired and comforting voice, came from the house: "Okay, how can you survive this year, not only the people in the clan should be told, don't be caught by the government, it's ...... Lanshi, you have always been calm, and now you have to be more careful. 」

Ming Lanshi hurriedly nodded yes.

Ming Qingda walked out of the room slowly, with a hint of tiredness on his face: "Did you see Guo Zheng before?"

Ming Lanshi frowned and replied, "Yes, father, he came to the door like this, I am afraid that it will fall into the eyes of Lord Qincha. 」

Ming Qingda smiled bitterly: "That's it, the imprint on our body is deep enough, and if we want to tear off the relationship with that aspect at this time, it is impossible, and no one will believe it, don't think about these problems anymore." 」

"He...... Is it by yourself, or on behalf of those people in the capital?" Minglan Shi asked.

Hearing this, the wrinkles in the corners of Ming Qingda's eyes became deeper and deeper, and only after a while did he sigh and say, "When will these officials have their own identity?"

Ming Lanshi's heart tightened, knowing the meaning of his father's words, which meant that Guo Zheng was here to convey the opinions of the eldest princess and His Royal Highness, and looked at his father a little nervously.

"Don't worry, don't pay attention to what Kyori meant, His Royal Highness asked us to make a trip ...... for Lord Qincha" Ming Qingda, the richest man of the modern era, sneered and said, "This is to make us sword envoys, can I be so stupid? Of course, on the surface, we still have to rely on them, because no one knows what will happen in the future, and who will sit on that dragon chair." 」

Ming Lanshi frowned slightly and said, "The order has been issued, as long as Lord Qincha is in Jiangnan for a day, we will be quiet for a day, it's just ...... Blindly showing weakness like this is not always the solution. 」

"It's a good idea. A faint smile appeared on Ming Qingda's face, "Fan Tisi, he is not a devil who eats people and does not spit out bones, he can't grasp our handle on the surface, and he is afraid of the backlash of the officials and gentry in Jiangnan, so it is impossible for him to bring a bowl of water and swallow us in one gulp...... Let's be honest and give him enough face, and I think he will give us some face. 」

"This little Fan-sama...... But even the face of the Second Highness was not given. Ming Lanshi said with a wry smile.

Ming Qingda laughed at himself and said, "The identity of a merchant is always not on the stage at the level of history. But now it's the opposite, Master Fan is the son of Miss Ye back then, and watching him act, he has always hurt officials and not harmed the people, and he has no prejudice against businessmen. He doesn't give the second hall a face, but he doesn't necessarily give us face. In the end, how will His Second Highness fight back. It's just a trap on him above the officialdom, we ...... But it has the ability to leverage the power of the people. 」

"Of course, as long as the situation doesn't develop to the point where we meet each other, we must not provoke him. Ming Qingda said.

Ming Lanshi was a little bored, I don't know how many times my father said it in the past few days, my father was too cautious in this matter, which made people feel very uncomfortable, although he understood the reason, but it was still difficult to accept. At this time, looking at the faint sadness on his father's face, he couldn't help but comfort, "Father. It's really not possible, let's stop it. 」

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The stone steps were quiet for a while, and Ming Qingda, the richest lander in the contemporary Jiangnan, slowly shook his head.

After a while, a fierce look flashed in the eyes of the nearly half-hundred-year-old man, and he said, "There are some things that my father can't stop because he wants to. He immediately sneered and said, "Stop, what do tens of thousands of people in the clan eat? Don't forget that those nobles in the capital have so many dry shares, even if we don't do it, won't they reach out to me to ask for silver?" The crown prince, the second prince, and several families in Beijing have been used to eating us over the years. If we do stop this time, and the momentum comes together, who knows what they do? and never underestimate the greed of the royalty and officials......

Ming Lanshi looked at his father, and a trace of sympathy flashed in his heart, who could know that the richest man in Jiangnan also had all kinds of last resort.

Ming Qingda said with hatred on his face: "The Ming family looks beautiful, but in fact, it is not an old hen that can lay eggs in their eyes, if the old hen does not lay eggs. Those who originally supported us were afraid that they would want to slaughter us more than Lord Qincha, and finally eat a fragrant chicken. 」

Ming Lanshi's hatred disappeared as soon as he saw it, and he cursed in a low voice: "If it weren't for the fact that those people in the capital eat too much silver every year, we would have sold the inner warehouse in a serious manner. It's not much worse than it is today. Even if the inner library is intercepted by Lord Qincha, our family is full of industries in Jiangnan. It can also sustain the clan. 」

Ming Qingda waved his hand, signaling him not to continue talking about this topic, and said with a cold smile: "Over the years, my Ming family has been doing those shady businesses, just to satisfy the appetite of those people...... This time, Lord Xiao Fan went to the south of the Yangtze River, maybe it was also an opportunity given to me by God, so that I could take the opportunity to get rid of those things, and gradually reduce the share of entering Beijing from this year, and the eldest princess was not easy to say. As long as the door is opened this time, the winning bid will not be lower than last year's six achievements...... Don't be like the Cui family, the building suddenly collapses, when it comes to serious business, can't my Ming family do it?"

Ming Lanshi bowed slightly and said, "What my father said is reasonable. But there is some bad taste in my heart, I gave up the way of smuggling to Dongyi City, cut off the pirates overseas of my own family, this year's silver outside the account, I am afraid that I will earn too much, and those dry stocks in Beijing still have to pay dividends, so that at least within this year, the clan will definitely lose money, and you have to take the principal to fill it in, if Qincha has been staying in Jiangnan, will you have to keep filling in the silver, even if your own wealth is strong, you can't help ants move mountains......

Knowing what his son was worried about, Ming Qingda didn't want to explain and comfort him more, because this is the case, if the Ming family wants to break with the past and protect itself, then the necessary price for these two years must be paid.

Speaking of the matter of opening the door to the bidding in the inner library, Ming Lanshi thought about it and said softly, "The child has met with you in the past two days. 」

The so-called everyone in this sentence refers to the giant businessmen in the Jiangnan area who are famous and have the strength to participate in the bidding of the inner treasury.

He continued: "Several familiar families have asked, the Lingnan Xiong family, the Quanzhou Sun family, all know the current situation, although they look at the appearance, they are very greedy for the marketing power of the inner library, but the target is still in the Cui family's share left, and they have also promised the child that they will not raise the price with us. 」

Ming Qingda nodded and said, "This golden rice bowl, everyone wants to hold one, but since we are in the front, they are always not good at doing business with us, unless they don't want to do business in Jiangnan." 」

Speaking of this, the master of the Ming family faintly revealed a few traces of the confidence and pride that the richest man in Jiangnan deserved.

"The key is the smugglers. Ming Qingda frowned slightly and said, "Those salt dealers are all ruthless characters who make money between life and death. There is enough spare money on hand, if they participate in the bidding, it will be a little troublesome, although they are not afraid, but they have to produce more silver, the court rules are chaotic, and forty percent of the fixed silver ......" He shook his head and said, "It is too much. I'm afraid that some of the turnover in the first half of the year will not be enough. 」

The richest place in the south of the Yangtze River is the so-called imperial merchants and salt merchants, both sides were originally well water and not river water, but now the Cui family has fallen, who knows if those salt dealers will be greedy for the business of the inner treasury, those salt merchants have extremely strong funds in their hands, and they also have backers in the court, the Ming family is a little faintly worried about this.

"I've visited all these salt merchants in Suzhou. Thinking of what he had seen and heard in the past two days, Ming Lanshi replied with some surprise: "They said that the earth is extremely simple, and they said that they would definitely not enter the gate of the inner treasury this year...... Not sure what's going on. 」

Ming Qingda was slightly stunned, and after thinking about it for a while, he understood what was going on. Self-deprecating: "It seems...... Everyone knows that Lord Xiao Fan is rectifying the outbound sales channels this year, and they don't dare to grab this bowl of rice in the first time...... This is to see how we and the Chin Cha end, and those salt sellers seem to be preparing to enter the market again next year. 」

Ming Lanshi raised his head, frowned, and asked, "Those salt merchants...... It's not like such a forward-looking person. 」

"Who is their backer?" Ming Qingda sneered, "Our Jiangnan Road parent official Lord Xue Qingxue...... Xue Qingming knew what Lord Fan meant, at least in the first year, he would suppress the salt merchants and prevent them from entering the inner treasury to make trouble for Lord Fan, this was Lord Xue's face to Lord Xiao Fan, to the old Fan Shangshu in Beijing, and the dean. 」

Ming Lanshi was silent.

"It's fine. Ming Qingda thought for a while and said, "Being controlled by Qincha Tianwei, no one entered the chaos. Let's also plan, as long as we get the bids and spend the year in peace. 」

"Lord-sama Chincha...... Will you let us?" asked her father tentatively.

Ming Qingda said, "As long as everything comes from the Ming place, why should we be afraid of Lord Qincha? He is always inferior to ours...... Regarding the opening of the bidding for the inner library, the highest price will have to come, and Jiangnan Road will be supervised by the side, which is not something that the Inner Treasury Transfer Division can operate single-handedly, as long as my Ming family is willing to pay the silver, Lord Xiao Fan can't force it not to me. 」

"Childishly, do you mean that Lord Qincha will secretly instigate other families to deliberately raise the price? They don't have to lose anything, but they can make us suffer a big loss. 」

Ming Qingda shook his head very confidently and said, "There may not be anyone who dares to offend Lord Xiao Fan on Jiangnan Road, but except for him, he dares to offend our Ming family. Maybe not, you've asked about the rumors before. Powerful families should be on the sidelines this year. 」

"If you're looking for a puppet to raise the price. Ming Qingda frowned and said, "The bidding requires Ming silver, and Lord Qincha doesn't have so much silver, so he can't afford to raise much. 」

There was a faint mockery on his face, and he said, "Don't be dazzled by that box of 130,000 taels of silver, if you want to hit people with silver, the officials still can't do it. 」

When it comes to smashing people with silver, of course, this world is the most thrilling smashed by the Ming family, thousands of images, swallowing the wind and clouds, throwing out 400,000 taels of silver at a time, intending to smash Fan Xian unconscious, although it was not successful, but this kind of spirit, where is the realm that those who bribe and accept bribes in Beijing can reach.

"Father of Lord Kincha...... Old Fan, but we are still in charge of the treasury under the hands of the Daqing Dynasty. Ming Lanshi reminded with a wry smile, "When it comes to silver, his silver is a lot more than our Ming family. 」

"Fan Shangshu?" Ming Qingda sneered slightly, "If the household department does not move, if Qin Cha uses his father's power in order to suppress my Ming family...... This thing is a little funny, believe me, Her Royal Highness the eldest princess has been so quiet, it must be that time. 」

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Mingyuan was quiet all of a sudden, and Ming Lanshi's heart was slightly cold, knowing that although his father seemed to be retreating step by step, he had already discussed with the nobles of Beijing how to deal with Lord Qincha, and the background of the bidding in the inner library, I don't know how much blood and danger were hidden.

It involves the treasury, Shangshu. Ming Lanshi didn't dare to continue this topic that could not be announced, so he calmly changed the topic and said, "According to the practice of previous years, the silver on the side of Taiping Qianzhuang has been prepared, and my father told him to be tight, so this time he prepared an extra thirty percent of the silver, so as not to be caught off guard when the bidding is due. 」

The bidding for the inner library is clearly marked silver. Not to mention the deposit of up to 40% after the transaction, that is, the standard silver itself is required to be prepared in advance, or real money and silver, or silver tickets approved by the imperial court, must be delivered to the special venue within the day of opening.

This is an extremely terrifying amount of accumulation, like the Ming family, the richest man in Jiangnan, it is difficult to take out so much cash immediately, after all, it is impossible to sell land and houses, and there are sixty percent of the landmark silver that can be returned immediately after winning the bid, and the imperial merchants do not want to occupy the flowing water. will be seconded. However, large households like Cui Ming and the two families need a lot of cash when bidding every year, and they all raise silver taels through Taiping Qianzhuang and use the goods as collateral, which has formed a practice.

This year, it is expected that there will be some trouble in opening the door of the inner library, and Fan Xian will definitely find a way to make the Ming family have more blood, so the Ming family asked Taiping Puzhuang to prepare for the opening of the silver ticket this year, and prepared two more percent, don't underestimate these two percent, the base is too big. Twenty percent is already a very terrifying amount, which makes the Ming family pledge a lot of things.

"Taiping Qian Zhuang has believed. Ming Qingda said in a deep voice: "It's an old relationship, and after all, it's the industry of Dongyi City, and those Yi people always rely on us to supply. 」

"Yes. Ming Lanshi replied softly, "And we are not plain silver. Now there are always some white-eyed people in Jiangnan, who want to see the jokes of our Ming family, if they can win the bid this time, it can be regarded as a slap in the face, and at the same time, it is also to let Lord Qincha understand that the family that can act as an agent for such a large business in the inner library is still only our family. 」

Ming Qingda glanced at him appreciatively and said, "That's what it means. So this mark we must go next, the imperial court system needs such a large amount of silver to be pressed on the transfer department, the original intention is to eliminate those merchants who are not strong enough, and it is also for my Ming family to sweep away a lot of opponents. The people in the world who can bring out so much silver have already fallen into the house. Unless Lord Chincha wants to see the goods in the inner warehouse next year, no one will be able to take over...... Otherwise, there is only for me, what we have to ensure is, first, the price, not too high, and the second is the binding problem, the capital will come to pressure, pressing the transfer division according to the rules of previous years, sixteen items are divided into four parts, six eight one one, we ...... Still is...... Just that eight. 」

Half of the share, the master of the Ming family also said that it was "as long", and the confidence between the words was undoubtedly revealed.

Minglan Shi was convinced, and the seemingly tense situation became extremely easy under his father's analysis of the imperial court system.

"Things at sea are settled. Finally, the master of the Ming family said slowly, "You tell the one in the family to shut up too. 」

Ming Lanshi listened to the things on the sea, and couldn't help but feel relaxed up and down, that was the biggest handle of the Ming family, as long as it was cleared, according to the Ming family's steady behavior on Jiangnan Road, Fan Xian should not be able to grasp any reason to deal with himself, but listening to his father's last words, the young master of the Ming family still couldn't stop a chill in his heart.

He didn't know how his father handled the affairs of the sea, how those pirates entrenched on the island were exterminated, and some of the help of the Ming family must have come from the military, but his father was extremely strict-mouthed, so even he, the young master of the Ming family, didn't know what kind of army Jingli was using this time.

The affairs at sea were solved by his father, but the affairs at home could only be solved by himself, and a ruthless color flashed on Ming Lanshi's face.

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Night.

The young master of the Ming family was in a remote golden house in Suzhou City, he was lying on the bed, his eyes were looking at the sky, he didn't know what he was thinking, and a woman in his arms was lying obediently like a kitten, and her slender fingers were drawing circles on his naked chest.

This woman is the third concubine of Ming Lanshi, and because of her special status, she has been raised outside the Ming Garden.

"Blue Stone. The concubine exhaled a little hot, gasped and said, "I still want it." 」

The man was most disgusted to hear this sentence afterwards, and Ming Lanshi sneered, "What else do you want?

The little concubine's face changed suddenly, and she gritted her teeth and said, "What do you mean? Is it that Lord Qincha checked so tightly that he didn't dare to go out on the boat at sea, and you think our brother and sister are useless?"

Ming Lanshi turned around with a smile and said softly, "Little girl, you have earned so much silver for my Ming family in the past few years, how can it be useless?"

As soon as the words fell, his hand slapped heavily on the concubine's snow buttocks, shaking the white waves undulating, and coquettish.

The concubine's eyes are like silk, full of expectations.

Ming Lanshi smiled all over his face, slashed at the back of her neck with a palm, watched the concubine faint, and then used his hands to steadily and mercilessly strangle the snow-white neck that he had kissed countless times.