"The most in Yangzhou are salt merchants." Li Shan lowered his head, raised his wrist slightly, and poured the boiled tea soup into the red tea bowl on the side.

The bamboo curtain brings a gust of fresh wind, blowing through the aroma of the tea bowl and diffusing the surroundings.

Li Shan's speech is very casual, the green robe is wide and fat, the short beard is fluttering, and his demeanor is suitable.

Looking at Li Xuan, who was sitting opposite, and Wang Bo, Li Shan said gently: "It's rare to see the old man again today, I should have had a few drinks, but I am not feeling well, and I am really sorry that Langzhong is forbidden to drink." ”

When Li Shan was demoted because of Helan Min's affairs, he joined the army for the palace of Li Xian, the king of Pei, and served as a bachelor of Chongxian Hall.

Although Wang Bo was demoted three or four years earlier, Li Shan still entered the Pei Wangfu earlier than Wang Bo, and the two got along for a few years and had a period of incense.

"Is the bachelor sick?" Wang Bo was a little surprised, because Li Shan, who was sitting opposite him, had a flushed face, and he didn't see the weakness of his body after being exiled to Lingnan for several years.

Wang Bo subconsciously looked at Li Xuan: "The king of Nanchang is a disciple of the medicine king Wei Xuanzang, so you might as well let the king of Nanchang help take a look." ”

Hearing Wang Bo say this, Li Xuan's face was strange for a while, and he even looked at Li Shan with a smile.

At this time, Li Shan turned his head a little embarrassed.

Li Xuan looked at Wang Bo and said in a low voice: "The bachelor is now conditioning his body for raising children in the future. ”

Hearing Li Xuan say this, Wang Bo's face was full of surprise, and at the same time, he was at a loss: "Bachelor is like this...... I can still ...... today."

"No problem." Li Xuan said with great certainty, and looked at Li Shan with a smile: "The doctor says that after men and women become adults, no matter how old they are, they can have children, but before forty, the chance is the greatest, and the older you are, the more difficult it is to give birth." Of course, if you can take care of it, you can be a ninety-year-old man, and you can also have a child's son. ”

After listening to what Li Xuan said, Li Shan let out a long breath, and then said: "The events of the year affected his wife and children, after returning from Lingnan, there was no one in the family, and he wanted to be alone but was left alone, but recently, the clan introduced him to marry the daughter of the Wu family in Jiangxia, and his heart was revived. ”

"It seems that the family is in harmony." Li Xuan's gaze swept over Li Shan's face, crossed his hands, and said respectfully: "Congratulations in advance, the bachelor is very well recuperated, half a year old early, a year later, the body will be like a regain of prime age, but the bachelor still needs to be careful, when things are full, beware of accidents!" ”

"What the king of Nanchang said is very true, and he has written it down!" Li Shan returned the salute, and then looked at Wang Bo: "Brother Zi'anxian, you haven't married a wife yet, right?" ”

The smile on Wang Bo's face suddenly stopped, and then quickly dispersed, even a little pale.

"In terms of age, I am twenty years older than you, in terms of seniority, I am also your brother, Zi'an, listen to the advice of my brother, there are three unfilial pieties, and no queen is the greatest, although the meaning is biased, but the kindness is awe-inspiring," Li Shan looked at Wang Bo sincerely, Wang Bo nodded silently, without saying a word.

"The Bachelor filtered." Li Xuan pulled the words back, and then said: "With Mr. Zi'an's talent, as long as you let go of your knots, the daughters of the five surnames and seven families will come to the door one after another, not to mention, there are many noble daughters of my Li family, maybe which county lord or county lord will target Mr. Zi'an." ”

Li Xuan's words were very light, but he secretly pointed out another feasible way for Wang Bo.

Wang Bo has repeatedly framed people, although the emperor granted amnesty and was imprisoned, but once he had this, it was almost impossible to enter the career of a non-commissioned officer.

There aren't many paths left.

One is the recommendation of others, just like Li Xian recommended Wang Bo to Li Xuan, so that Wang Bo's future is all in Li Xuan's hands.

The second is the genus of in-laws, preferably a concubine, but Emperor Gaozong only has three daughters alive, Princess Yiyang, Princess Gao'an was born to Concubine Xiao Shu, and she has already married.

The only princess Taiping who is not married, that is the top of Emperor Gaozong and Empress Wu, if they don't choose a family background better than Wang Bo and a talent higher than Wang Bo, they will not give up easily.

What's more, Wang Bo is more than ten years older than the Taiping Gongzhu, how can the Empress Wu be reluctant.

Therefore, Wang Bo can only have a few choices for the clan kings, such as King Han, King Huo, etc., all of whom have children of the right age, and they don't mind marrying their daughters to a wealthy talent from a top family like Wang Bo, even if Wang Bo is much older.

In any case, it is better than Wang Bo continuing to fall.

Wang Bo didn't know if Li Xuan listened to it, but Li Shan listened to it, and after taking a deep look at Li Xuan, he said: "Although the salt merchants in Yangzhou are not as valuable as the royal family and the family, their riches are far more than many,"

Li Xuan nodded subconsciously, the salt merchants in Yangzhou are not only rich, but also bold, they dare to fight even the idea of the imperial court salt boat, what else dare they not do.

"Historical Records: The Biography of Wu Wangbi records: Bi Ze caused the world's outlaws, stole money, boiled seawater for salt, so there was no endowment, and the national strength was rich." Wang Bo came back to his senses, looked at Li Shan, and said: "Yangzhou, the land of the world, in the early Han Dynasty, King Wu provoked the rebellion of the Seven Kingdoms, relying on Yangzhou's salt industry......"

"Since the Tang Dynasty settled the world, the south has been stable, and it is difficult to have King Wu." Li Shan waved his hand to stop Wang Bo from continuing.

"What the bachelor said is very true, Yangzhou group businessmen, the people who plan nothing more than money, three times the profit, they can ignore the risk of killing the head, five times the profit, the court and the government are regarded as idle, therefore, bachelor, now Yangzhou, who is the richest man, where is the source of his wealth?" Li Xuan looked at Li Shan with deep meaning.

This trip to see Li Shan, in addition to conveying his uncle Ouyang Tong's concern, he also wanted to know who was most likely to be the culprit of forging high-quality bad money in Yangzhou now.

The first to be targeted by them is now the richest man in Yangzhou.

As for who the richest man in Yangzhou was, Li Xuan knew it even before he arrived in Yangzhou, but whether he had anything to do with the coinage depends on the investigation later.

Li Shan, as a native of Yangzhou, Jiangxia Li's clan, is here, and his news is naturally better than others.

Even if there is no empirical evidence, rumors alone are enough to guide the way.

"How can Yangzhou be the richest man." Li Shan smiled and waved his hand, and then said: "But if you say that now, who is the richest in Yangzhou, I think it should be the Shen family, although the Shen family started as a maritime businessman, but inherited the Eastern Han Dynasty Haiduan Marquis Shen Rong, the contemporary head of the Yangzhou Shen family is Shaanzhou Sima Shen Shiheng, but he has not been in Yangzhou for a long time, and the Yangzhou Shen family is in charge, but it is his second son, Chaosan Doctor, and Shen Yuqing, the Household Treasurer. ”

Li Xuan nodded, the Shen family is also from a famous family, the contemporary head of the Shen family, Sima Shen Shiheng of Shaanzhou, and his father Shen Lin, are the former Sui Honglu Siqing.

"The Shen family is the head of Yangzhou maritime merchants, shipbuilding, silk, tea, cloth, gold, ivory, rhino horn and other items are involved, Waguo, Zhenla, Cham, Buyeo and other merchants, are related to it, in recent years involved in the salt industry, this has become the richest man in Yangzhou, but the richest man in Yangzhou said, it is false, the Lu family, the Meng family, the Xu family, are all Yangzhou generations of families, one after another is also an attempt, today is the Shen family, tomorrow is the other families."

"In that case, they should not be able to participate in the minting of money." Li Xuan suddenly showed a hideous sharpness.

"Minting money?" Li Shan looked stunned, and looked at Li Xuan with some surprise: "Don't you know, the prince doesn't know, all the families in Yangzhou are actually involved in the minting of money, but this is all permitted by the imperial court, and a certain amount of money can be minted every year, and at the same time pay a certain amount of money, you can mint a certain amount of bad money." ”

"Ahh Li Xuan and Wang Bo were stunned.

The major families in Yangzhou actually participated in the creation of bad money, which he had never heard of before, what is the emperor going to do?

Li Shan pushed the teacup to Li Xuan and Wang Bo, and said in a deep voice: "In the war of evil money, the court was unprepared and suffered heavy losses, but after that, His Majesty and the Queen of Heaven realized that the evil money was irrepressible, and the court itself made evil money and was criticized by the people, so they granted their rights to the various Taoist clans, allowing them to make a certain amount of evil money by themselves, but the amount was strictly limited, and the quality was not too good. ”

"I see." Li Xuan understood that the imperial court still had to take this benefit into its own hands.

Shaking his head, still thinking about these thoughts, Li Xuan looked at Li Shan and asked seriously: "That is what I said, but if other people try to enter this industry, they will immediately be resisted by all of them." These people, with the size of Yangzhou, are only four or five, and the entire Jiangnan Province, I'm afraid there will not be more than ten, right? ”

"There are ten, seven only." Li Shan's expression was faint, and he said: "In the early years, it was not only the Zhang family in Longxi, Jiannan, Hebei, Shannan, and Jiangnan that were exterminated, but there were at least dozens of families that were wiped out. ”

Whether it is recovering bad money or making dry sealed spring treasures, it is all the imperial court that uses the system to reason with the affairs of the world.

When the emperor found that the reason did not make sense, he began to kill people with his fierce hands.

This is what Li Zhi and Empress Wu are best at.

After all, no matter how much bad money there is, it is ordinary people who lose.

The wealth of the world is nothing more than transferred from the hands of the imperial court to the hands of the families who make evil money.

When these families were raided and exterminated, the wealth returned to the court.

It's just that those big families are so willing to be cattle and sheep and let others slaughter them?