Jia Qiong listened to Lin Ruhai's narration, while thinking alone, and did not intervene, after listening to it, she felt even more frightened, but she didn't expect Miaoyu to be Lin Ruhai's daughter.

confirmed with Lin Ruhai a few times and memorized everything he said.

Thinking of Lin Ruhai's previous question, Fang asked:

"Uncle, what are you talking about today, what are you talking about about the salt merchants, and you want to force you?"

"Naturally, because of the salt introduction, there are still some deficiencies in the opening of the Chinese method. Previously, when the China Law was implemented, they lost a lot of food when transporting it to the border gates.

Later, their salt merchants cultivated grain in Shanxi and other military towns, and the seal letter they took was later exchanged for salt in Yangzhou.

However, the military towns that lack food in the world are not only in the mountains and Shaanxi, but also in Beiping, Liaodong and other places, and the nine sides are so vast.

The imperial court ordered that other places should also be counted in the list of donations. It is also necessary to consider the exchange ratio, and Liaodong and other places are not suitable for growing grain, and the salt merchants need long-distance transportation, so they are a little unhappy. ”

Jia Qiong heard Lin Ruhai's words clearly, and the first reaction in her heart was the sweet potatoes, potatoes, and corn that Xu Guangqi was cultivating.

All of them are cold-tolerant and drought-tolerant crops, and if they are improved for several generations, they can adapt to the environment of Liaodong and other places.

It's just that it hasn't been cultivated and matured yet, and it's not easy to talk to Lin Ruhai, even if it is said to help the salt merchants, after thinking about it, he said:

"Uncle, as an imperial historian, you are also an official, you can't be in charge of everything, you should also find some staff, why don't I go and talk to the salt merchant today."

When Lin Ruhai heard this, he also understood the meaning of Jia Qiong's words, and wanted to cultivate a few characters who came forward specifically for themselves.

It's just that he has only been in office for a short time, and so many things have happened at home. Originally, I wanted to use Jia Yucun as the west seat, but I didn't think that I was unwilling to be left behind, so I had some concerns about using it.

Thinking of this, he nodded and motioned for Jia Qiong to try.

When they came to the door of the backyard, more than a dozen people all over Luo Qi blocked the door of the hall, venting their emotions at the housekeeper of the Lin Mansion.

These people had also seen Jia Qiong in the restaurant that day, and they were all salt merchants of the remaining seven families.

He also knew that the salt merchants and the salt government yamen were actually interdependent and cooperative.

The salt government yamen certainly controls the wealth, life and death of the salt merchants. But on the other hand, the salt merchants were also indispensable partners of the salt government.

After all, the salt administration is related to the livelihood of thousands of people, and it can't be taken care of only by relying on the ideas of the salt administration yamen.

Therefore, Lin Ruhai has not killed such a big thing before, and it is not impossible to destroy the eight families, but at that time, Lin Ruhai's family will inevitably be unlucky.

The policy of the imperial court is that you can fight, but you can't influence big policies.

As a result, among some salt merchants, a concept has been formed, that is, whether the position of the salt official in the imperial court can sit still, and whether he can do it well, is actually all about whether they give face......

After all, millions or even tens of millions of dollars of salt tax silver are spent every year, and if they don't cooperate, it will be really difficult for the salt administration yamen to collect it!

Even if you collect it, you may not be able to collect it in full, if you drag on tens of millions of taxes, not to mention the future of the salt officials, I am afraid that my life will not be saved! 、

I never thought of meeting Lin Ruhai, a noble Wenchen, a ruthless character. If you dare to slippery, I will dare to chop your claws.

Therefore, in the face of the obvious increase in the imperial court this time, and the new opening of the Chinese law that wants to regain their wool, the salt merchants are unwilling, thinking about last year's events, and they dare not use force with Lin Ruhai, so they can only harass one or two things in the Lin family.

Since they are dissatisfied, they want to ask for the above, and as Lin Ruhai, who was "raised" by them, at this time when everyone's life and death are at stake, he should naturally stand up and speak for them.

Since the conspiracy is useless, I will come to Yang, and I will rub you with a dead face.

This is not for the people behind the scenes, nor is it against you Lin Ruhai, everyone is communicating with you Lord Lin for the sake of this new law of opening China, and communicating with you Lord Lin with the decree of the imperial court.

Therefore, when Jia Qiong appeared here along the corridor, he saw the head of the seven families of the salt merchant blocking this side, muttering:

"We want to see Lord Lin" and "Please make decisions for us" and so on.

Like a child, he has no dignity as the head of the family.

Xu saw Jia Qiong coming out of it, and wearing a full-body white filial piety, and they were all quiet.

Jia Qiong didn't say a word, and slowly walked to the middle, standing on the steps, scanning the salt merchants.

Jia Qiong's arrogant posture immediately aroused the dissatisfaction of some people.

One person stepped forward and shouted: "Little Brother Qiong, you are just a side branch of the Jia family, not the main branch, let alone the son and son-in-law of Lord Lin, what are you doing when you come out." ”

Jia Qiong looked down at the person in front of him from above, and said in an equally unceremonious voice: "My uncle is unwell and is resting in the back hall, why are you making noise here and making my uncle uneasy?" ”

When I heard that it was not a child of the Lin family, it was just a pro-roll, so where was everyone polite.

"Jia Qiong, you are just a showman, who am I waiting for who does not have a fame, so condescending, disrespectful to the elderly, you have a tutor.

Besides, we have important matters to discuss with Lord Lin, are you trying to hinder us from getting down to business? ”

"Exactly, if you don't retreat, you will delay the big things we are waiting for, I'm afraid you can't afford it."

was first perfunctory by Lin Ruhai, and waited here for a long time, and everyone was already a little angry in their hearts.

Now Jia Qiong's attitude is even more annoying to everyone, and the dissatisfaction is unceremoniously vented to Jia Qiong.

In the face of the gossip of the salt merchants, Jia Qiong's face sank and shouted: "Presumptuous! ”

Listening to Jia Qiong's cheers, the audience fell silent for a while.

Everyone stared at Jia Qiong in amazement, first, they didn't expect Jia Qiong to dare to yell at them, and second, they didn't expect Jia Qiong to be so young, how could this voice be so loud, and it hurt their ears a little!

Jia Qiong didn't wait for them to react, so he said: "This place is the Salt Administration Office, which represents the majesty of the imperial court. ”

Jia Qiong has traveled for many years, and she has seen all kinds of people, so she knows that these people are deliberately disgusting.

and has been with Jia Zhu for many years, and has been taught by Lin Ruhai, so he has naturally cultivated some extraordinary bearing.

Now such a reprimand really suppresses these people.

Everyone looked at each other, saw that no one spoke again, and thought of the purpose of the day. Then an obese man stood up:

"Brother Qiong, the old man Bao Zhidao, I haven't seen the little brother before, but I have heard a lot.

We naturally know that this is the Yamen of the Salt Administration, but we came here to discuss important matters of the Salt Administration with Lord Lin!

As a salt merchant in Yangzhou, we have always been law-abiding, and the annual tax and silver donated to the imperial court is close to 10 million!

The people we are here are all people who have made great contributions to the imperial court, that is, Lord Lin is kind and polite to us, but I am afraid that your status as a talent can not talk to us like this.

And if we sit upright, how can we be threatened by you! ”

The housekeeper, who had been watching for a long time, saw everyone saying this, and suddenly said faintly: "Gongzi Qiong, he is already a person, not the famous talent in the past." ”

The salt merchants were taken aback when they heard this, they knew that this Jia Qiong was excellent, and they only thought it was the way of the Jia family envoy in the previous examination.

However, now His Majesty is strict, and he specially sent two inspectors to Jinling, but he never thought that he would still be a high school person, but he thought that he was a person with real talent and real learning.

Lifting people and Xiucai are naturally not the same thing, Xiucai is more in the world, but there are a lot fewer people, and even if you don't get into the jinshi, you can also be awarded an official, with the power of the Jia family, this is a trivial matter.

Thinking of the current situation of the Jia family, and thinking of the attitude of the people behind them towards the Jia family, everyone had a flickering expression.

When Jia Qiong saw the housekeeper say this, he didn't stop it, and saw that everyone was surprised and had different colors. Sneered:

"Do you sit upright? Great merit to the imperial court? It's ridiculous, with your current appearance, you dare to say that you have contributed to the court? ”

It's just that what Jia Qiong didn't know was that the housekeeper said such a thing, which did not make them afraid, but stabbed their hearts even more!

As the last class of scholars and merchants, the merchants were originally looked down upon by the scholars, and it was not easy for them to obtain status.

And the outstanding children cultivated by their family in the past could have taken the opportunity to step into the court.

Although it is the road of a military general, it is also a rare progress, but because the Jia family was lost, I couldn't help but hate it even more.

And as salt merchants who can contribute more than a quarter of their annual income to the imperial court every year, they all think that they have made great contributions to the imperial court!

And Jia Qiong's words are undoubtedly denying what they are most proud of, which cannot be tolerated in any way.

Therefore, they were filled with righteous indignation, and they all showed the color of anger.

Jia Qiong didn't care, and continued: "I know why you are here! Nowadays, the imperial court has implemented a new salt policy, encouraging people from all over the world to go beyond the Shanxi border to transport grain in exchange for salt.

This move broke the original law of opening up the central government, and you felt that it would be detrimental to your own interests, so you gathered here in spite of my uncle's funeral, intending to coerce my uncle to speak up for you and others, so that the court could revoke this new policy. ”

In Jia Qiong's words, although not all of them are not far away, this is only one of the reasons.

But one thing is true, they did deliberately come while the Lin Mansion was holding a funeral.

Otherwise, Lin Ruhai would not let them in. In the name of mourning for Mrs. Lin, Lin Ruhai was embarrassed to refuse people.

They came here for this donation, and they have spread out the stalls in Shanxi, but they have nothing to do, but it is difficult to deal with them like Liaodong.

Secondly, it is also to test Lin Ruhai to see if there is any discovery, if one of them is suddenly removed, it will not work.

The last time the Wang family was destroyed, countless small salt merchants saw hope, this year they competed with each other for a long time, although there was no result, but let these people faintly show signs of unity.

Coupled with the emergence of this new method of opening the middle school, it is really possible to pick one or two more of these old families.

Except for the Jiang family, no one else dared to pack tickets, so the seven families also united.

As for the Jiang family, they are also worried that they will be targeted at him by these six families and many small salt merchants, and it will not be beautiful if they pull him down from his position again.

Therefore, he is also willing to join forces with the other six.

This time, these six families have already made up their minds, anyway, if you don't agree, we will come every day, first of all, Lin Ruhai will fight for them and the imperial court, and secondly, take on the pressure of those small salt merchants!

Shamelessness is a little shameless, but as a businessman, and still a salt merchant, his conscience has long been smoothed.

So it's easy for them to skip this stubble and justify:

"The new law of opening up is not reasonable, there are many salt merchants, and now we have to let the people of the world participate, if everyone can go to the salt store to intervene, we dare to guarantee, or two years, the world will be flooded with private salt, and it is impossible to curb it.

At that time, the biggest loss will be the imperial court.

Moreover, salt is a matter related to the people's livelihood, once the control is lost, at least more than half of the people in the world will have no salt to eat, which is a policy to bring disaster to the country and the people.

That's why we asked Lord Lin to write according to the facts, and this move is for the sake of the court and the world.

The stakes are so important, how can you, Jia Qiong, a stinky boy who has not dried up, understand, even if you are a lifter now, but now you are not an official, you don't understand what is powerful. ”

"That's it, if you don't retreat quickly, this matter can only be solved by asking Lord Lin to come out. Today, only Lin Da has the ability to turn the tide! ”

Jia Qiong was amused in her heart, and deceived herself as a person with no experience, although she didn't know the true purpose of the salt merchants, she might as well help Lin Ruhaitou teach these salt merchants a lesson.

Therefore, in the face of several salt merchants who were full of momentum and almost clamoring again, Jia Qiong laughed, and then said:

"Everyone is also an old and serious person, and they don't feel that their words are too ridiculous, obviously because they are afraid of being shared by others.

So regardless of etiquette, righteousness and shame, I came to coerce my uncle and let him be driven by you, and now you still have the face to say what you say for the court and the world? Have you forgotten about the Wang family?

Do you really not know why the imperial court implements the law of opening up, I have been established for a hundred years, and on the surface, it seems that it is now Heqing Haiyan, the image of singing and dancing!

However, in recent years, natural and man-made disasters have continued, and the Tatar Jiannu in the north have long been fierce and have been eyeing our Taizheng, and the countries of the Western Regions, the Japanese in the East China Sea, the foreigners in the south, and the Burmese countries have also coveted our Taizheng.

In order to deal with these abductors, the imperial court has continued to increase troops to the border in recent years, which has kept the peace of our Taisho territory!

However, millions of border troops, the daily military expenditure and food are very huge, if all rely on the imperial court to transport, the cost is too great, so this is to borrow the huge profits of salt and iron to encourage the world's merchants to transport grain and grass for the country, but also all of you to protect the heart of the country!

This is a great plan related to the long-term peace and stability of the country, and now you are actually obstructing it for your own selfish interests, and you still dare to talk about meritorious service to the country and the world?

Besides, it is not Yangzhou Mansion that acts like this, as well as the Yongping Mansion Salt Farm, and the well salt of the Sichuan Xingdu Division.

Why can others do it, you can't do it, I think it's too much of a comfortable life, why don't you let my uncle report to Your Majesty.

Beep Pavilion

See if you are still pampered, if you are still irreplaceable. ”

Listening to Jia Qiong's half explanation, half intimidation, everyone couldn't help but be a little speechless, although several of them had served the Emperor Taishang's southern tour.

But no amount of grace would allow them to disobey the policies of the imperial court in such a blatant manner.

Hearing this, the head of the Ma family couldn't help but say, "What do you know......

Seeing that the Ma family still wanted to speak, Jia Qiong couldn't help interrupting his speech, and immediately broke off while he was in good spirits:

"I may not understand salt politics, but the imperial court must understand, and my uncle should also understand. But do you understand the imperial court? Have you thought about it for the imperial court?

If you don't understand Lu Fangweng's humble position and dare not forget the country, the matter will still have to wait for the coffin.

Then I have a message for you today, *******, *******!

Let's take a look at you again, it simply tarnishes the face of my Taisho businessman, and without the pride of my Han family, it is all selfish!

When I am worried about internal and external troubles, you don't want to share your Majesty's worries, it is disloyal!

As a citizen of Dazheng, he has been favored by the emperor for several generations, and in exchange for the identity of this salt merchant, he can be clothed and fed. Now he doesn't think about reciprocating, for this petty profit, taking the name of a traitor, and doing such a defiling of the lintel, it is unfilial.

My aunt was newly mourned, and she waited for a crowd to come to the door, but instead of paying tribute to the dead, she took the opportunity to coerce my uncle to do something wrong, which was unkind.

Knowing that the border soldiers are short of food and clothing, but only caring about their own selfishness and obstructing others from donating is unjust!

You have committed such disloyal, unfilial, unkind and unrighteous acts, and dare to make a big fuss here and talk about meritorious deeds?

I've never seen anyone so brazen! ”

Jia Qiong's scolding made everyone under the stairs a little dizzy. They are all rich and noble people, and in the face of such insults, they can't help but jump violently, and even want to sink Jia Qiong into the river in Yangzhou.

However, thinking of Jia Qiong's identity is a little constrained, after all, it is a side branch of the Jia family, and now that he is so young and has the status of a lifter, he will inevitably be cultivated as a person like the main branch in the future.

And this Jia Qiong has always spared his life, and he was cautious in the Imperial History Mansion last year, a few points more than them, and let the servants eat first, and then the maids in the house ate it, and finally ate it themselves.

Thinking of Jia Zhu's death again, although Jia Jing didn't know who it was, he also had a few suspicions.

If it weren't for being restrained by the Emperor Taishang, it would not only be a wash of the forces in the army of those suspicious people.

If they dare to make a move, the Jia family will probably destroy them without scruples.

Emperor Taishang will not restrain the Jia family because of them.

Thinking of this, although these seven major salt merchants were very unhappy in the face of Jia Qiong's threats and insults, they didn't dare to speak more.

Knowing that Lin Ruhai could no longer be tested today, he couldn't help but have the idea of retreating.

At this moment, Shi Dian came from the backyard, and when he saw Jia Qiong facing the salt merchants alone, he couldn't help but step forward and protect Jia Qiong behind him.

The salt merchants remembered the situation reported by their subordinates, and knew that this stone lightning was invincible to dozens of people.

looked at the surrounding mourning hall layout, if he was killed by him for the reason of making a big fuss in the mourning hall, there was really no reason, and killing people for filial piety would be exempted.

With Jia Qiong's identity and background, and in addition to Lin Ruhai's home, it is estimated that they died in vain.

Everyone looked at each other, then looked at Jia Qiong and said:

"Brother Qiong laughed, we are also anxious and thoughtful, please do a lot of Haihan, we will retreat."

PS: Today's more 5,000 words, there will be no chapters, yesterday I encountered an unlucky thing, more than 4,000 words were stuck into more than 3,800 words, and the next day's full attendance was gone, and I had to use points to redeem a leave note. It's a dog.