"This Lu Dashao is more brainless than he imagined. This may be the last one. After that, you keep a low profile and hide for a while. Your Highness will not lose the rest of your reward. ”

Liu Yifan took out a stack of silver tickets and handed it to him in Shi Cheng's expectant eyes.

Maybe it's because of the last stroke, he's not as happy as before.

After thinking for a moment, Shi Cheng still smiled.

"Anyway, thank you Your Highness and Brother Liu. I also knew that I was useless, and I was satisfied to be able to enjoy my time again. Your Highness doesn't have to give me any follow-up rewards. Just tell me when it's time to disappear. ”

Shi Cheng carefully folded the silver ticket and put it in his pocket.

The other party's move made Liu Yifan look up a bit. I thought to myself: This man still knows some measure.

Still, he said it again.

Then, the two said goodbye.

At this time, Sima Liang looked at Fengyue Tower not far away, and was a little distracted.

He is now in a teahouse called Xuanyue Building. Of course, the nature of this building is also half a Fengyue place.

In addition to Sima Liang, there is also a girl playing music in the room.

But this time, he didn't come for the girl. It's about waiting for someone.

There was a soft knock on the door.

"Come in."

"Let His Highness wait for a long time, Shihu is rude."

An old man with white hair walked into the room.

Sima Liang didn't say anything, just smiled, and then waved his hand to signal the other party to take a seat.

After Shi Hu sat down, he smiled. Then he glanced at the girl who was playing the song.

"Your Highness, the old man doesn't like to listen to music very much, can you chat quietly."

Bring sand to the beach. Sima Liang scolded secretly. But the mouth still made the girl retreat.

The person in front of him is the current head of the Shi family. Shi Cheng's uncle is also the culprit who drove the other party away.

Even if you don't know the content of the discussion, just the news of the meeting between the two spreads. It will also alert several others, so as to deduce some facts.

Besides, what the two discussed was Sima Liang's conspiracy, so they didn't plan to hide it.

After the girl stepped back, Shi Hu's smiling face retracted a little.

"Your Highness, in two days it will be the day of salt. We're going to have to work together. ”

"I'm just a theater watcher, and your master is mainly busy. I'll have to rely on you. ”

"Your Highness has a good reputation."

"Where, where."

……

Hahaha.

The two laughed heartily.

After the void and the snake, Shi Hu corrected his demeanor.

"Your Highness, they are all people who understand. What you're doing these days, everybody knows. Everyone is for profit, and there is no right or wrong. ”

Sima Liang was a little surprised by the other party's directness. I thought: It's rare to be comfortable at such an age.

Before he could reply, the other party began to continue talking.

"The Sheng family's sale of silk must have His Royal Highness behind it. Moreover, the master of the Lu family, who has always had nothing to do with His Royal Highness, has always had nothing to do with it. ”

Seeing that the other party looked like a teacher asking for guilt, Sima Liang shrugged his shoulders.

"I didn't expect you to be quite direct. The Sheng family's business is what I did. If you feel cheating, don't buy it. Shi Cheng's matter, you can guess for yourself. Anyway, you know it in your heart, and I don't bother to say it. ”

Sima Liang poured a cup of tea and took a small sip.

His behavior and words made Shi Hu a little uncertain. He originally wanted to use the tone of Xingshi to ask for guilt and grasp some initiative.

If you don't want the other party to play tricks, while admitting the conspiracy, you also let yourself not jump in. This abnormal answer made the rhetoric he prepared useless.

"Your Highness, I don't mean anything else. It's just that the five princes of trade this time care a lot. You really have an unbearable benefit, can you give it to us? ”

The Shi family did not have any advantage in the face of Sima Liang, according to the arrangement of the imperial court, the other party was his boss, and the other party was the royal family in terms of identity. Even if he is half a royal relative, he is still not comparable to the real vassal king.

So he could only move out, and the five princes with higher status came to say. In this way, get some bargaining chips.

"Fifth brother?" Sima Liang pretended to be a little shaken. In fact, he had long expected the other party to say this, but he was still a little inexplicably upset when he was always pressed.

"Yes, if you are really willing to give up some of your interests, I hope you can think of the Five Princes first." Shi Hu's face was happy, and he felt that there was something to talk about.

Alas.

Alas.

Alas.

Sima Liang sighed three times in a row, showing a very embarrassed look.

"If the fifth brother listens to my advice, don't get involved in the Sheng family's situation. Let me put it this way, this is a trap. ”

"Ah, really?" Shi Hu was dumbfounded.

I didn't expect the other party to say this. directly admitted that this was a trap, and persuaded people not to jump in. This accident made him mess up. I thought, "What is this, should I believe it or not?"

After seeing him waver, Sima Liang smiled secretly in his heart. Hooked!

"They're all brothers, and I can't say I won't help. I think you are also short of money, and I don't have much silver, but I have a lot of silver tickets. Except for the Sheng family, other places will still collect it, right? ”

Sima Liang took advance as retreat and gave the other party a choice.

"Really?"

Although Shi Hu was confused, when he heard this condition, he immediately became suspicious.

"I don't have that boat, I've got everything I need to load. After this time, the next trade will not make so much money. Why stock up on so many high-priced goods. There is a lot of money in hand. It's better to be a favor. And I don't give it for nothing, so I naturally ask for some interest. The 10W silver ticket with the Lu ticket number is not too much for the interest of your two ocean-going ships. ”

The previous nonsense, Shi Hu directly ignored it. He only cares about the last sentence. I thought: two boats cost about 1W tael. This interest is not too high in terms of income. is the silver ticket of this Lu family ticket number, no matter how you look at it, it is all a conspirator.

After some consideration, Shi Hu still agreed to the other party's conditions. These families are not of the same heart in the first place.

Not to mention that he had also begged the Lu family to borrow some money before. But the other party just ignored it, which made him very angry.

So this time he was really used as a gun by Sima Liang, and Shi Hu didn't care.

Besides, take a step back and say that you don't enter the Sheng family's bureau. Just borrowing 10W taels, it's not particularly much.

As long as the salt release day passes, the court money will come down, and it will be repaid. At the same time, it can also earn high profits from the first wave of trade. No matter how you look at it, you won't lose.

After thinking about it, Shi Hu felt that it was not a big problem.

"Your Highness, I can accept it. Can I sign a contract now? ”

"Yes."

Things went smoothly beyond Sima Liang's expectations. I thought: The contradictions between these families are heavier than I guessed.

Soon, the two quickly brought pen and paper and drew up a preliminary contract.

Then, the paper was handed in duplicate to the men waiting outside.

Let them hand it over to the person in charge of the matter, and discuss the details and give the silver ticket.

After the main private matters were agreed, the less important business was also put on the table.

"Your Highness, today is September 20th, and the day of salt release is October 1st. There are still ten days to prepare. ”

"On the 27th, your ship will be able to go to the salt pan and load it first. followed by the Lu family and the Rong family, and finally our master's family. ”

"At the same time, the same is true of the order of the fleet."

"After loading and checking, you can wait for the imperial court to collect salt. After the final check, the canal can be blocked to deliver salt. ”

……

Sima Liang didn't know anything about what he said, so he could only accept it again and again.

This is not to blame him, the former King Ning also did not understand this matter. The business of transporting official salt was originally to hang the name of the royal family, so that the people below were jealous, but in fact, the work was still done by others.

And this fat and oil and water are too big, rather than being taken away by outsiders. It's better to give it directly to the vassal king of the Sima family, and let the other party be grateful and honest.

Of course, the vassal king who wants to seize the crown prince will not be able to get here. Those who can come here are all vassal kings who have been confirmed, have no desire to seize the prince, and have no ability.

is also the same, Sima Liang should not have come to Yancheng.

Because of the precociousness and management methods he showed in Zhongdu, he didn't look like an incompetent person at all. So even if he deliberately hides it, most of it is counterproductive.

So if there is a current result, Sima Liang is involved. After making money, where does it go.

As a man whose mind was ahead of his time, he knew the importance of profit.

He turned most of the money he earned in the past ten years into silver tickets, or rare items, and gave them to several brothers and queens. Even the eunuchs and maids in the palace, he gave a lot.

Even if he doesn't have any friendship with Sima Liang. But the silver of the white flowers always has some effect. Coupled with a trace of guilt from the emperor's father, he was sealed to Yancheng.

Even when he arrived in the fiefdom, when Sima Liang received the Feng family and the Sheng family. After setting out the priorities, he promised benefits as soon as possible.

Otherwise, he himself doesn't believe that the other party will willingly do things for him.

Similarly, the Lu family's bureau, he also planned with the uneven interests of several families.

Thinking of this, Sima Liang sighed: There is a knife next to the word Li, but as long as these people know that they are satisfied, they will not enter the set.

When he was out of his mind, Shi Hu was very energetic.

Said a whole bunch of things about salt transportation. Sima Liang didn't listen to a word, just echoed it.

After a long time, Shi Hu noticed that the other party was absent-minded.

"Your Highness, I have left beforehand."

"Go ahead." Sima Liang waved his hand and motioned for the other party to leave.

After Shi Hu left, he sighed.

"It's just the Rong family."