In the days that followed, salt production became a top priority.

During this period, the confidentiality of salt production should also be ensured.

Pei Yun had thought about letting the method of salt making benefit the world, but the imperial court had no such plans.

Then, things become tied to personal interests.

In order to maximize personal interests, it is necessary to ensure the confidentiality of salt production.

But if the problem is internal, it is difficult to ensure confidentiality.

In order to make salt, Qi Xiangru used thousands of people.

is worthy of the Viscount, one sentence can command a thousand people.

In the hands of these thousands of people, more of them are doing hard work, and what they do does not have any skills.

Only a small fraction of the salt making core can be reached, which is the analysis, evaporation, and drying......

If you don't know these processes for making salt, even those brines, although salty, contain toxicity.

As the core technology, it is natural to leave it to someone who can be trusted.

But if you really want to talk about it, the people who Qi Xiangru can really trust in his hands are those private soldiers.

But it is impossible for those private armies to come and make salt.

Therefore, these trustworthy people will inevitably have flaws.

In Min County, the Qi Mansion is beginning to take over in a comprehensive way.

Take the Min County Commercial Bank as an example, it is now in the hands of Sun Youniang, and Sun Youniang can be regarded as being on the same front as Qi Mansion.

Grasping the commercial bank of Min County is equivalent to grasping the economic circulation of Min County.

Nowadays, there is also the privilege of salt production, which reflects the importance of the imperial court.

It can be expected that Qi Mansion will get better and better.

And seeing that Qi Mansion is getting better and better, some people are becoming more and more hateful, and what they hate is that everything in Qi Mansion should have belonged to them.

People who have such thoughts, but he is not surnamed Qi.

This person is none other than Luo Wenqing.

Luo Wenqing was driven out of Qi Mansion by Qi Xiangru, but he has been stranded in Min County.

once remembered that he almost couldn't stay in Min County, but someone found him, gave him relief, and said that he would let him deal with Qi Xiangru.

At that time, the man meant, this thing has to wait, and now, the time has come.

Although he is down, Luo Wenqing's dress is still well-dressed.

He has a good skin, which has become a kind of capital for him, no matter how unsatisfactory his life is, he will not let go of the capital.

It is appropriate to describe him in one sentence, then it is golden and jade, and it is ruined.

In fact, Luo Wenqing's attention to the image is not of great significance, and it can be said that it is not useful at all.

These days, he is not living comfortably.

It was someone who helped him so that he could have no worries about food and clothing.

But they arranged him in a courtyard and forbade him to go out.

Such days are no different from house arrest.

Luo Wenqing didn't dare to say anything.

He knew that the people who helped him were not good, and if he dared to disobey his will, his fate would definitely not be good.

Yes, they all want to deal with Qi Xiangru, what kind of good person can such a person be.

But when I thought of what the other party had promised me, the other party said that he would help him get back everything that belonged to him.

When I think of this, as long as I can achieve my goal, I don't care if he is a good person or not.

Luo Wenqing has the consciousness of getting on the thief ship.

Enlightenment is.

Not only is he not a good person, but he is also not a good person.

It was a day of formal conversation that had never been held before, and the topics discussed involved salt production, internal response, and so on.

Luo Wenqing stayed by Qi Xiangru's side for a long time.

All along, he has regarded himself as the heir of Qi Xiangru.

For this reason, he also planted trustworthy people around him.

Luo Wenqing was driven away by Qi Xiangru, and the people who installed him remained in Qi Mansion.

Some of these people were even arranged to make salt.

This also has things like salt making and internal response.

Yes, some people are eyeing salt production, but outsiders can't touch salt production, so the only way is to rely on internal response.

After the conversation, the visitor left.

Where did this person come from, said that he was going to deal with Qi Xiangru, and what was his purpose.

I saw that after this person went around in circles, he changed into the clothes of his subordinates.

This is how he came to the street where the Qi Mansion was located.

Isn't this person from Qi Mansion?

I saw this person take a look at the gate of Qi Mansion, and then walked to a house opposite Qi Mansion, and the word Liu Mansion was hung on the door of this house.

This person finally walked into Liu's mansion.

It turned out to be someone from Liu's house.

Accidental.

When you think about it, it seems that this should be the most plausible explanation.

After this person entered Liu's mansion, he came to a study, and there was an old man in the study, and there was a small servant serving him beside the old man.

In Liu's Mansion, there is only one person who likes to let the little maid serve, and that is ...... Liu Shiren.

When I saw this person's face clearly, this person was Liu Shiren, who should have died in the eyes of outsiders.

Yes, the person who really wants to deal with Qi Xiangru is Liu Shiren.

But why would Liu Shiren want to deal with Qi Xiangru.

The reason is very simple, that is, there is a contradiction.

When there is a contradiction, it becomes an enemy.

So, where does the contradiction come from?

The contradiction lies in each other's identities.

One was a large local landlord, and the other was a viscount who divided the local fiefdoms.

In this way, the land will belong to whom.

The land naturally still belongs to Liu Shiren, but in the future, the tax of the field will have to be the final say.

Actually, it's not a problem.

As long as the two sides can talk together, there will be no contradictions.

The problem is that this is clearly not negotiable.

Investigate the cause.

One is a bad guy and the other is a good guy.

For a long time, Liu Shiren has exploited the people as much as possible, and even did things to support bandits.

And Qi Xiangru is the first time he arrived, showing that he is thinking about the people, and he has a private army in his hand, and this private army alone can deter Min County and prevent the breeding of bandits.

The paradox is.

Liu Shiren wanted to collect more taxes and support bandits.

Qi Xiangru wanted to collect less taxes and put an end to bandits.

That's the contradiction.

Originally, when the imperial court was there, it didn't care about the land tax, but only how much money it could get.

Now, if it is replaced by Qi Xiangru, he has to manage the land tax, but he doesn't care how much money he can get.

This is the reason why Liu Shiren wants to deal with Qi Xiangru.

But Liu Shiren didn't dare to confront Qi Xiangru head-on.

Not to mention that in the eyes of outsiders, Liu Shiren is a dead man.

With Qi Xiangru's identity, in Min County, a word is like a holy decree.

If Liu Shiren really dared to confront Qi Xiangru head-on, he would only be a dead man in the end.

And today's Liu Mansion needs to be low-key, and the trauma caused by Gong Zihong to Liu Mansion is to make Liu Fu dare not act rashly.

Therefore, this needs to find another way, such as finding Luo Wenqing.

will think about subduing Luo Wenqing, because Luo Wenqing has been by Qi Xiangru's side.

The original intention was to understand Qi Xiangru through Luo Wenqing and find a way to deal with Qi Xiangru.

Even if it doesn't work, it's like wasting food to feed a rice bucket.