Bai Lize is forty-three years old this year, and he can still eat three bowls of rice a day and drink another half a catty of rice wine, he feels that he is full of energy! At this time, a man should be at the peak of his physical strength and intelligence, and it is the year of fighting!

When he was twenty years old, he separated from his brother in the family, and he left the small town that raised him alone, came to Yangzhou, and vowed to make a name for himself in Yangzhou!

Twenty-three years have passed, and now he has nearly 10,000 salt rods under his command and countless salt fields! Millions of taels of water every day! It's even more than the tax revenue of the entire Dayan in a year!

He has colluded with thousands of officials, and even the senior officials of the Central Committee and those in the cabinet have not called him brothers! Peer fellowship!

Not to mention in this Yangzhou city, he ranks second among the eight major families, calling for wind and rain, and covering the sky with one hand! A man lives a lifetime, and by this time it will be enough!

But Bai Lize is not reconciled, he is not willing to be the second place! He admits that Huang Yingyun is indeed a character, but he looks down on Huang Yingyun's three sons in his heart!

A man who keeps his way, a fake literati who is full of wind and snow, and a gentleman who is high-spirited! Why do they ride on my head? Just because your dad debuted early?

Bai Lize doesn't look down on the Huang family in his heart, Huang Yingyun is old, if he is thirty years younger, then he is willing to succumb to such a hero, but how can Huang Zhiqi be virtuous? Why is it above me!

Bai Lize felt that he was in the year of fighting, so he had great ambitions, and he wanted to be the only person in Yangzhou City! He wants the whole Yangzhou to tremble because of him! To do what Huang Yingyun did, and everything Huang Yingjun didn't do!

In the past few years, Bai Lize's thoughts have become more and more urgent, Huang Yingyun has been seriously ill twice, he is so old, if I remember correctly, he is only two years younger than Emperor Taizong, and he has already been enough!

And Emperor Taizong has been in business for almost a year, how many more springs and autumns can you Huang Yingyun live? Therefore, Bai Lize, who was out of breath and was oppressed by Huang Yingyun, has made frequent moves in recent years.

Huang Yingyun may or may not be aware of it, but he is indifferent from beginning to end, which further fuels Bai Lize's arrogance!

Huang Yingyun is already old, and there should be a new talker in Yangzhou! There is a stronger, more youthful and powerful voice!

Bai Lize took several other salt merchants and the government to fight, and Huang Yingyun to fight, and all the forces that tried to stand out in this territory of Yangzhou! It is bound to keep the whole of Yangzhou under their control!

He had an intuition, and that instinct began to grow stronger and stronger! He could feel that Yangzhou City was about to be unpeaceful! And it is very likely that the imperial court will set off a new wave of "exploitation" of salt merchants!

The imperial court suffered a lot of defeats in Sichuan and Shaanxi, although the war in the southwest was very smooth, but in the end it was also a war, and it cost money to fight, where did the money come from?

"Benefit" from the old man Huang Yingyun, now the imperial court will cut two knives on the salt merchant whenever there is a shortage of money, and cut two knives on the salt merchant whenever there is a shortage of money! The salt merchant has long become the golden pig of the imperial court! The two Huai Patrol Salt Imperial History is the butcher who handled the knife!

But this time, it's not as simple as cutting twice! Bai Lize can have a hunch that if the court doesn't kill one or two this time, I'm afraid it won't be able to pass this year!

Although he understood this, Bai Lize was not only not afraid, but on the contrary, he was excited about it!

He knew everyone figured it out, but they were all pathetic cowards! They are all hoping that the knife will not fall on their heads!

Bai Lize didn't want to do this, he didn't pray that the other party wouldn't kill him, but to tell the other party clearly, I will give you this money, you kill me and I will take it, no!

Bai Lize wants to completely break the humiliation of Yangzhou City to the imperial court! He wants to represent the salt merchants, and even Yangzhou, and make a fight with the imperial court! He's working on it right now!

Bai Lize has no special hobbies, and even as a man, he is not particularly, he only has one hobby that he can never forget for so many years, which is to drink tea!

For this reason, he visited all the famous masters in the world, studied painstakingly, and tried to study the tea ceremony by himself, and he had to drink tea every day, even when he went out, the servants behind him had to prepare hot tea for him at any time.

He is very particular about tea, and even when he is drinking tea, no one can disturb him, but today a person rushed in while he was drinking tea.

"Daddy! Father! Something is wrong! ”

Bai Lize didn't pay attention to his impatient little son, just sipped the tea in his mouth slightly, and quietly tasted the Qingfen around the tongue and teeth.........

After a while, Bai Lize frowned slightly, opened his eyes, and looked at his youngest son Bai Yu who hurriedly broke in: "What are you doing in a hurry?" ”

Bai Yu swallowed and said, "Dad, something is wrong!" Bai Lize unhurriedly packed up the tea set and snorted: "What else can happen?" The sky fell? ”

Bai Yu hurriedly patted his thigh and said, "My father! Why are you still in a hurry? I heard just now that Zheng Yulin of the Zheng family was in the Huang family's Qingyi Garden at this time! ”

Hearing this, Bai Lize really raised his head and glanced at Bai Yu: "Where did you get the news?" Bai Yu smiled bitterly and said, "Dad! The whole of Yangzhou is about to know! ”

Bai Lize was silent for a moment, and then sneered and said: "It's okay to go, go, it doesn't mean that the Zheng family is cowardly, nor does it mean that you have to give in!" ”

Hearing this, Bai Yu hurriedly said: "Dad, everyone is sitting together now, so it must be said that there is a discussion again!" In case they talk about it again........."

Bai Lize sneered and said: "Zheng Yulin is not a fool, in this matter, he will definitely not give in again!" It was the father who grasped this point in the first place, and he hit their seven inches! ”

Just when Jia Jing was in full swing in the southwest, it was not smooth sailing in Yangzhou City, Bai Lize used an extremely ruthless strategy, and directly broke up the four alliances led by the Huang family!

The forces led by the Huang family are now very mixed, last time the Bai family and other four families cheated the four families of Huang Zheng and Jiang Wang, but the emperor's holy decree did not come down, so this bureau was not completed, but in the end, it was a wave of ruthless pit people, how could the Huang family not retaliate?

The Wang family is too, because of some business problems in recent years, the relationship between the Wang family and the imperial court has become very enthusiastic, and gradually mutual benefit and reciprocity have become reciprocal, so the Wang family is also more opposed to the policy of the imperial court too much.........

But having said that, our Wang family is still on the side of your Bai family! As a result, you sold Lao Tzu as soon as you turned around?

The Wang family is not a cheap embryo, they were all stabbed in the back like this, and they decisively voted for the Huang family! Therefore, the current power of the Huang family is actually very complicated.

The Huang family and the Wang family are both from Jin merchants, but they didn't fight with each other before because of their differences, and now the Wang family has switched to themselves, although they are both businessmen seeking profits, but it is pure nonsense to say that there is no defense against each other!

Although the relationship between the Zheng family and the Jiang family and the Huang family was relatively good at the beginning, the Zheng family and the Jiang family were born in Hui merchants, and Hui merchants were more honest, advocating "the world is cherished, benevolence and righteousness are valued"! Therefore, the Hui merchants also opposed being too rigid with the imperial court.

The power of the Hui merchants is not as good as that of the Jin merchants, especially in Yangzhou City, and the Hui merchants have only begun to meddle in the salt administration business in recent years, so they are naturally inferior to the Jin merchants.

Therefore, the Zheng family, the Jiang family and the Huang family went to everything purely for the sake of keeping warm, and there was no friendship between them at all.

In the face of the Huang family's overwhelming revenge, the first move he made had already made the Huang family anxious! That's the issue of student status!

The Hui merchants and Jin merchants of Huaiyang Erfu were not Huaiyang natives, so according to the laws of Dayan, their children could not participate in the imperial examination in Huaiyang Erfu, and they had to return to the place of household registration to take the examination.

Later, when Emperor Taizong was young, because the salt merchants helped Emperor Taizong a lot, Emperor Taizong returned the favor with this item, allowing the children of salt merchants in Huaiyang Erfu to have seven places to not return to the place of household registration, but to take the imperial examination in Huaiyang Erfu!

These seven places have been owned by several major families of the Jin merchants for so many years, and even if the Zheng family and the Jiang family came, they were not qualified to take them out of their hands.........

And of these seven places, one of the six major families of the Jin Merchants and the Huang family occupy two! Bai Lize takes advantage of this! The four families led by the Huang family had a conflict because of this!

Emperor Yongxi ascended the throne, so he granted a lesson in Enke, which means that he can take another exam this year, and the children of the Zheng family and the Jiang family are preparing with confidence, but the children of the Zheng family and the Jiang family have to go back to their original household registration to take the test first!

The Bai family fanned the flames, and soon the Zheng family expressed dissatisfaction with this, Zheng Yulin, the head of the Zheng family, thought that it should not be so unfair, at the beginning, the big guys spent money together, how come it is now, the benefits have all let your Jin merchants fall? Just because we came late?

Therefore, Zheng Yulin proposed that this system should be changed and turned into a rotation system, and every time the department is opened, it is good that there is a family that does not have this place!

Zheng Yulin's proposal must be very fair, but everyone is a Jin businessman, why should you listen to you, a Hui businessman? Second, the Huang family occupies two places, and now they not only have to hand over one, but maybe there will be none when it is their turn? Why do people give away vested benefits?

Therefore, this proposal was not only disagreed by the six major families except the Jiang family, but even the Huang family remained silent at this time!

The Zheng family and the Jiang family are extremely dissatisfied because of this, and they have almost cut off contact with the Huang family these days! Just when the Bai family was satisfied and thought that their plan had succeeded, today came the news that Zheng Yulin actually went to the Huang family!

The frightened Bai Yu hurriedly ran back and told Bai Lize about it, and seeing Bai Lize not caring at all, Bai Yu couldn't help but be a little puzzled and said, "Dad, why?" How can you be sure that the Huang family will not budge? As far as I know, the old man of the Huang family is ruthless enough! ”

Bai Lize smiled and said: "Even if he is ruthless, Old Man Huang will not give in to this matter, this is a non-negotiable matter." ”

Bai Yu scratched his head and said, "Why? Bai Lize sighed and said: "If you are not a parent, you don't know the trick of this, and it is nothing to be wronged, but jumping outside is not just for the sake of your children and grandchildren?" ”

Bai Lize said and slowly got up and said: "Old Man Huang has been in the wind and clouds all his life, and he has endured everything, but he definitely can't bear this!" Because it's fighting for future generations! If he doesn't want to be poked by his children and grandchildren, he can only grit his teeth! ”

Bai Yu suddenly realized when he heard this, and then stepped forward flatteringly and said to Bai Lize with a smile: "Dad! Or are you amazing! ”

Bai Lize smiled and said, "Get out!" Did your eldest brother come back? Bai Yu shook his head with a smile and said, "I think the eldest brother is too happy, no, it's because he thinks too much!" will not come back! ”

Bai Lize glared at him angrily and said, "Your eldest brother has his own considerations, it's not as simple as you think!" ”

Bai Yu pursed his lips and didn't speak, his eldest brother was humiliating himself and was humiliated in a hurry! He is a noble daughter of a righteous country, and it is impossible to look down on his eldest brother with his heels!

He must admit that in Yangzhou City, his eldest brother is indeed a first-class handsome person, but out of Yangzhou City, what is his eldest brother? Not to mention his eldest brother, even if it's their Bai family, what is it?

They're merchants! In this country, no matter how powerful the merchants are, no matter how much strength they have, no matter how rich they are, they will never be able to become the masters of this country, otherwise why would they worship Lü Buwei?

But strange goods can live, this kind of high-end bureau can be encountered but not sought! To put it simply, they will never be able to get on the big ship of the Korean duke! They don't deserve it!

Bai Yu had a very clear understanding of himself, and he also knew what the Bai family should do next, but the eldest brother, who had been shrouded in the brilliance of genius since he was a child, obviously didn't realize this!

He has received too much praise and high hopes since he was a child, which makes him a little arrogant and arrogant! When he replied to the letter before, the words were full of which prince he had dinner with and which prince he had gone out with.........

It's as if he's on their footing......... He didn't realize at all that what people value is not your Bai Yi's talent, let alone your Bai Yi, what people value is just the Bai family behind you and the Bai family's wealth!

Without these, you don't even deserve to carry shoes for others!

Therefore, Bai Yu thought that Jia Jing, who had made Bai Yi lose face before, beat Bai Yi with poetry, which was not necessarily a bad thing.........

So Bai Yu inevitably had some yin and yang in his words, Bai Lize knew that Bai Yu was not giving Bai Yi eye medicine, so after scolding Bai Yu for two sentences, he asked Bai Yu to continue to go out to investigate and see what was going on next.

Sure enough, Bai Yu came back with a smile after going for a while, and said that Bai Lize was really clever! Sure enough, Zheng Yulin only stayed in the Huang family for less than half an hour, and then left with an angry face, even if Huang Zhiqi of the Huang family kept chasing and blocking him, he couldn't stop it.........

Now it seems that the Zheng family and the Huang family are really going to break!

Of course, this is good news, although the Huang family will definitely be able to beat the four of them if they work hard, but the Huang family is not desperate, and the current Huang family is no longer the Huang family in that reckless era! They don't have the courage and determination to die with the four families!

Then allies are naturally extremely important to the Huang family, and now the Huang family is almost self-defeating! How can Bai Lize not laugh heartily and shout happily?

But Bai Lize didn't have time to be happy for long before he got a piece of news that made him couldn't help but stand on end, and the whole person stood up in shock!

Jia Jing, the Marquis of Ningguo, with the power of victory, led three thousand iron to ride into Yangzhou City!

Jia Jing's move suddenly caused an uproar! It is also a wake-up call to this city of luxury! The eight salt merchants are in danger!

Even the Zheng family and the Jiang family, who had just broken up with the Huang family, immediately returned to the Huang family, Huang Zhiqi looked at the Zheng family and the head of the Jiang family who had gone and returned, but he did not have the slightest happy look, on the contrary, he was extremely serious and talked with the two for a long time!

After the head of the Zheng family and the Jiang family left, Huang Zhiqi hurriedly ran to Qingyi Garden to ask his father for advice! At this time, everyone in the eight major families is like this!

It's just because they know why Jia Jing is so aggressive! There has been no news from the Yanzheng Yamen for a long time these days, and even many people think that Lord Lianghuai Patrol Salt Imperial History Lin Ruhailin has actually died of illness a long time ago!

Of course, is it really "death" or something else......... I don't know!

The eight major families all know that there is something wrong with this, but none of them know who did this! Although the eight major families are a whole when facing outsiders, they have open and secret battles with each other!

That's why they are so vigilant at this time, for fear that Jia Jing will blame themselves! If you are framed as a substitute for death by some bastard, it is too worthless!

Jia Jing attaches great importance to love and righteousness, this is known to everyone, nothing else, as long as it is his family, even if it is a name, it is also a delicious and delicious hospitality, and a splendid future is arranged!

So no one would think that Jia Jing left the 260,000 army and ran back, just to collect Lin Ruhai's body.........

With the relationship between Ning Rong's two families, Jia Min is no different from his aunt, your aunt's family, the whole family was killed, and now only the uncle and an orphan girl are left, and one will be killed! Who can bear this?

With Jia Jing's temperament, it's right to collect the corpses of the whole Yangzhou!