Tang Hua pointed to an object on the case and said, "There is no other. It's just the origin of this thing, please explain one or two things to Gongzi E."

Eyun looked at it fixedly and was surprised, wasn't that the money he paid to all kinds of salt merchants? But how did it get split in half? Is there something wrong? He stepped forward full of suspicion, picked up the split cake gold and looked at it carefully, suddenly broke out in a cold sweat, and said tremblingly: "This ------- Tang Gongzi, there must be something strange about this matter, the cake and gold are all transported from the country, and the money and goods are both in order, and there will be no difference. Isn't it ------- there is a misunderstanding?" He wanted to say that someone replaced him? After thinking about it, I put up with it.

"Humph! Do you mean that our Jimo Salt Merchant deliberately replaced it with fake cake gold in order to frame you?" The first person on the left angrily slapped the case, and his accent was obviously a local salt merchant.

"No, no, no, never!" Eyun waved his hand and explained, "Ejin is the governor of the country, how can it be shoddy? This is a big deal, and it is definitely not something that Yun alone can do! I really don't know what this matter is!"

Tang Hua suddenly spoke: "Gongzi E, if it is only one piece or two pieces, it can still be said that there are female cadres who are obstructed, but the thirteen salt societies in Jimo that have salt dealings with you have such adulterated cake gold. I waited for an inventory, and since last autumn, almost all of the more than 700 gold cakes you paid for salt in Jimo have been adulterated. What do you explain about that?"

"What?" This time, it was Eyun's turn to be surprised: "Is there such a thing? How is this possible -------?"

"How could it be?" The Qi merchant was even more indignant at this time, and his finger couldn't be pointed at E Yun's face: "It's been two or three years since you arrived in Jimo, and I will be trustworthy when I see you as a dignified son of the Eguo Kingdom, so I will supply the goods with all my heart, and the price will also go with the market." I don't want you to be such a woman, this year's ------- is not right, the previous ones are not counted, how much profit did we use this black-hearted cake to pit the market? Huh?"

As soon as the words were spoken, the audience was filled with righteous indignation. Although the businessman has tens of thousands of family fortunes, he runs around all year round, and he has to deal with the government, and it is not easy to make money. What I hate the most is that some people take advantage of loopholes and plan their own hard work, and now the trip to Eyun is not hateful?

Seeing that there was an uproar, noisy and shouting, when there was no one, Tang Hua cleared his throat, raised his arm, and made a downward gesture. The Qi Shang shouted, "Everyone is noisy, listen to Tang Gongzi's words. The Tang clan insists that I am the bull ear of Moyan City, as long as Tang Gongzi gives an order, we will all obey it."

"That being the case, Tang is reluctant to make it difficult." Tang Hua Huo Ran got up, bowed his hand to the sky deeply, and said solemnly: "Business is based on righteousness and sincerity, and there is no room for fraudsters. Whether adulterated cake gold is done by you Gongzi or by Hubei State, it is all fraudulent by the buyer, and it is not tolerated by my Jimo firm. From this day on, the Tang clan is determined to cut off all salt trade with the country."

"Good!" Everyone slapped the case and smashed their cups: "We all follow the Tang family, and from today onwards, we will cut off contact with the Hubei country, and not a single grain of salt will be sold to the Hubei country." Expelled the Eyun from Jimo, the E-clan will never be allowed to set foot in this landscape."

"This, this -------" Eyun trembled all over: "Why is this so? I am willing to double the loss of you, just don't cut off the salt road of my country! These common people have no salt to eat, so what can they do?"

"No more!" Tang Hua waved his sleeves: "Since you have done such a bad thing, you can naturally cope with the pain of no salt. Adjourned!"

Eyun walked out of the Tang Salt Society in despair, full of confusion and unwillingness: Is this the end? I have been operating in Jimo for more than two years, and the business network carefully woven just to protect the salt road in my country has been destroyed overnight? How can I have the face to return to China to explain to the Marquis? How can you be worthy of the people of your homeland where the salt shaker is empty? What to do?

The restless Eyun naturally didn't notice that in the woods not far away, two pairs of eyes were staring at his back and whispering.

"Master, do you want the disciple to come forward and stop him now, saying that our Yi Clan Trading Company is willing to supply salt to the Hubei country?" Yi Gong asked in a low voice.

Rong Yi shook his head: "It's still early, you need to let the whole country taste the embarrassment of being unsalted, and then it's time for you to make a move." Besides, this is Jimo, and the decision made by the salt company is public, and you have to abide by it."

"What does Master mean ------?"

"You clean up and leave Jimo's affairs to your brother Yilan to take care of. Hurry to Luoyi yourself."

"Luoyi?" Looking up in bewilderment, the master always did things so unexpectedly, which made him incomprehensible.

Rong Yi sighed helplessly: "Everything needs to be explained, your wisdom is far inferior to your junior sister. Luoyi is in the world, close to Hubei, if it comes to the time when Hubei is short of salt, it will be the first choice to buy salt. If you come here in advance to lay out, are you still afraid that the people of Hubei will not come to your door to ask for help?"

"Wonderful!" Yi Gong had a look on his face and realized: "Luoyi is the land of Zhou Wangji, how can you not listen to the orders of the master, the royal envoy? Master's move is wonderful!"

"Nope. This time you go alone, and I'll come later."

"Why is that?" Yi Gong was a little empty in his heart, without the identity of the master and the king, he was worried that he would not be able to show himself in Luoyi.

As if he had guessed what was on his apprentice's mind, Rong Yi said categorically: "I will send a letter to the Luoyi official and city department, and let them take care of you. As for me, after all, this envoy is for the marriage of Princess Boji, and I have to go to Linzi to negotiate the marriage date with the Marquis of Qi, and then go to Luoyi to meet you after the fact."

"No!"

In the court of Hubei, a fierce debate has been going on for several days, and the two sides have reached a fever pitch.

The main issue of debate was whether or not to immediately send troops to seize the Copper Green Mountain. A group of generals represented by the prince of the Eshi and most of the E's clans advocated taking advantage of the opportunity of annexing the Fanguo and raising the morale of the people, immediately sending troops to Tonglu Mountain, and starting a big battle with Suiguo, and vowing not to give up until they recaptured Tonglu Mountain.

And the opposition is the Wenchen doctor represented by the minister of the country and some of the clans, and the reasons are also very sufficient. Most of the destruction of the Fan Kingdom was due to its internal strife that consumed the country's strength, not the result of the Hubei War; And the war of annexation of Fanguo consumed a lot of national treasury funds, and now the new grain has not been collected, the old grain has been exhausted, and most of the treasury has been exhausted, so it really can't support another big war. Besides, with the strong soldiers and strong horses, the national politics are smooth, which is far from comparable to the country. If you really want to fight, there is not much chance of victory, and the loss will be far better than the battle of extinction. In this way, it seems more certain to accumulate strength in order to make a big move in the future.

E Shizi was so angry that he shouted, "What did the old Xiangguo say? Could it be that the battle of annihilation relied on two women, not the courage of my soldiers to take the lead? What do you say, how do you face the martyrs who died in battle? As a prime minister, you don't cooperate with the country, and you have nothing to do in the court, so how can you be in the prime minister's position--------

E Xiang was also furious when he was robbed of the white by the prince, and his white beard couldn't help shaking: "The prince actually treats the old minister like this? Even if the old minister offended the prince, he no longer had the shame to stand on the court. The old minister can beg the bones to return to his hometown, but what should be said has to be said that this is not the opportunity to conquer the Copper Green Mountain. Not to mention anything else, the Eighth Division of Chengzhou failed to send troops in the battle of Annihilation, and I heard that the summoning minister had been instructed by the government and the opposition. Now, you still want to send troops to Tonglu Mountain, that is the king of the Great Zhou, can the Eighth Division of Cheng Zhou not send troops? Kui Duoyou, the god of war for the defense of the country, does the prince dare to compete with him?"

"Why don't you dare -------?"

In the face of the old Prime minister's counterattack, where was E Shizi willing to admit defeat, and he was about to express his position with his neck, but he was stopped by a cry after the Jun case: "Okay, you have been arguing and shouting for several days, and the quarrel is so bad that everyone is about to commit it. Still haven't said why! Above the court, the two sides attack, like a shrew scolding the street, what does it look like?"

This shout finally calmed down the two sides with red faces and thick necks, and they apologized with their hands: "The ministers are out of shape, please punish the king!"

"That's it, let's disperse!" E Yufang waved his sleeves in distraction, and was about to retreat to the back of the screen, only to see a waiter in front of the hall hurriedly go up the steps and whisper something. E Yufang's face changed sharply, and he said to the bottom of the stairs: "Xiangguo and Shizi went to the study with the widow to discuss matters, and the rest of the people waited to disperse."

"No!"

"Your Majesty, the younger brother has no face to face the king, and he has no face to face the ancestors and ancestors—" As soon as he entered the outer study, E Yun fell at the feet of E Yufang and couldn't stop kowtowing and asking for guilt.

E Yufang was soft and hard, and he helped him lightly, and then spared him to sit behind the bookcase. E Shizi and E Xiang sat down on the left and right, and the three of them stared at E Yun, who was still kneeling on the ground.

"Alright, let's get things straight

Chu, don't miss a detail." E Yufang commanded.

"No."

E Yun sorted out his thoughts and explained the matter clearly. From how he has increased the amount of salt purchased in Jimo for more than a year, how to pay for salt with E's cake gold, to this Tang's Salt Society Industry Association, how everyone accused E's cake gold for adulteration------- until Tanghua and the salt merchants agreed: From now on, not a single grain of Qi salt will enter the country of Hubei.

E Yufang listened and listened, and a sinister aura faintly gathered between his eyebrows, as if there was a wave of anger brewing in his chest. And E Shizi and E looked at each other several times, and the two of them looked vain, faintly with a sense of emptiness.

"Are those E's cakes really adulterated? Have you ever looked into it privately?" After a moment of silence, E Yufang asked.

"Your Majesty, my brother also suspects that someone is making an obstruction from it, exchanging the false for the true, and deliberately ruining the reputation of my country. There are still some pieces of cake gold left in the trading company, and the ministers tried them one by one with salt water, and sure enough, they all floated in half a tank, which was indeed mixed with iron, and the copper content was insufficient. This -------- the ink salt merchant has not wronged us!" Eyun was frustrated.