"Get cold water." Zhang Wen said, he had just rinsed his mouth with green salt, and was sitting on a chair, waiting for someone to wait for him to wash his face. All the way back to Hangzhou, he was sore and weak, and there was an indescribable feeling on his body, just like he was infected with the wind and cold, his limbs were not good, he didn't sleep well all night, and his head was also dizzy, so he wanted to use cold water to clear his mind, and he had to go to the yamen for a while.

Light makeup walked in with a copper basin of clear water and said, "I just got it from the well, will it be too cold for the owner to try it?" ”

Zhang Wen walked over and poured a handful of water on his face, the cold water made him feel excited, and it was very exciting. I washed my face and ate breakfast again. The white-clothed girl standing next to her said with light makeup: "Last night, the owner asked the slave maid to inquire about the price of salt, and yesterday the slave asked the cook again, and she said that it had risen to four taels or five yuan." ”

"Four, two, five?" Zhang Wen was shocked when he heard this, the price of salt used to be three yuan, but now in a few months, it has risen fifteen times, which is too unreasonable. For four taels or five dollars, the salt merchant is to transport grain to the northeast to exchange for salt, and the cost is far lower than this price. Zhang Wen felt that there must be someone manipulating this. As a necessity of life, the price of salt has far exceeded its own value.

Zhang Wen put on his official robe, and while packing up and preparing to go to the yamen, he was thinking about how to figure out what was going on with the price of salt. Thinking about it, I have to ask Shen Biyao about this, the Shen family has been in the business world for several generations, and they have a lot of contacts, so they must understand the mystery.

Zhang Wen was speechless. At this time, Zhang Ying said again: "Miss Shen has come to Hangzhou, and she sent someone to ask Xianggong to take the time to come over." ”

"I was still looking for her, but as soon as I thought of her, someone came, saving me a lot of trouble." Zhang Wen said casually without thinking. I didn't want Zhang Ying to hear it in my ears, but the taste changed, and I thought that Zhang Wen wanted to see Shen Biyao if she had something, and she simply missed her.

Zhang Ying was very dissatisfied with Zhang Wen's fraternity, but since they were all married to him, there was no way, so she said coldly: "Do you know what Miss Shen was crippled into?" ”

Zhang Wen didn't speak, just looked at his wife and waited for her to continue, on the parting side, he was still not sure what he saw, the scar?

"No one knows, and those who know have become dead people when they leave the Shen family."

Zhang Wen couldn't help but shudder when he heard this, thinking that she Miss Shen had a good strategy, but she was ruined by a traitor, and she had to lock herself in the courtyard. Ugly and talentless men are everywhere in this world, and women are put in heavy shackles.

"Therefore, she will never fall in love with anyone again in her life."

"Miss Shen is not harmed by love, but by jealousy, ma'am." Zhang Wen heard the vinegar in his wife's words, he said that he would put down the trip to the yamen and went directly to Shen Biyao's foothold, if Zhang Ying was sure that Shen Biyao would not be tempted by anyone, then she should understand that there was something more important to talk about between Zhang Wen and Shen Biyao than the private relationship of their children.

The Shen family has strong financial resources, and there is not only the house where Zhang Wen lives in Hangzhou, but also next to the West Lake. Zhang Wen was led down to the place where Shen Biyao lived with the guards such as the squire.

The house is a money bank, doing business in the front, and the people living in the inner house in the back. All businessmen who have connections and money will open money banks, and this industry can be said to be a profiteering industry. The popular silver on the market is divided into real and false fineness, copper coins also have money, private money, the value is different, some copper coins are 1,500 pieces for one or two silver, some are worth 3,000 pieces to one tael, merchants do business in the exchange of a lot of trouble, all have to rely on the money bank. Money banks are also engaged in borrowing and saving money, collecting interest, and investing in various industries, which is a business with a fast turnover. However, because it involves private money, it is very risky to have a relationship without the government.

Zhang Wen had already changed into a cloth shirt, dressed as a civilian, and the sword was originally from the Shen family, and at this time he greeted the people of Qianzhuang, and someone brought Zhang Wen and the others into the backyard. Zhang Wen secretly appeared surrounded by bright and dark whistles, looking like he was facing a great enemy, and he couldn't help but feel a little strange.

When he walked north to a cave door, the people who led the way stopped, and only let Zhang Wen and Shi Jian enter, because Shi Jian was also Shen Biyao's guard before.

Entering the cave door, two women wearing dark clothes, hats, and black veils were standing there, and a woman said coldly: "Lord Zhang, please come here." The voice was as cold as a knife, impersonal.

When he walked in front of a bamboo building, Zhang Wen saw that the surroundings were still sprinkled with flower petals, and they were not as clean as in the world. There are a few bushes of cultivated bamboo planted around the bamboo building, and there is nothing else, and there are a few masked women in black clothes walking around next to it. There was also the same woman in front of the stairs, Zhang Wen couldn't tell the difference between them at all, the woman glanced at the sword and said, "Your current identity can't see the altar master." ”

The sword had to stay, and Zhang Wen entered the bamboo building alone. Inside the bamboo building, there was a curtain of beads, and Zhang Wen knew that Shen Baguio might be behind the bead curtain.

Sure enough, at this time, Shen Biyao's voice sounded crisper than the silk bamboo orchestra, "I shouldn't have called Master Zhang to get into danger at this time......

Zhang Wen couldn't help but ask, "What is the danger of Miss Shen?" Could it be that Li Ruzi heard something? ”

Shen Biyao said: "I'm afraid so." ”

Zhang Wen chuckled in his heart, remembering the manpower he had just seen in the outer courtyard that was like a great enemy, and asked, "Will Li Ruzi send assassins to assassinate?" ”

"I can't say clearly, but I don't think Li Ruzi's assassination method is very good...... These people of the Shen family are no worse than Li Ruzi's people, they have no absolute advantage, Li Ruzi has an advantage in the power of the government, I guess they will use the government to do it, Lord Zhang is an ally of the Shen family, so I came to Hangzhou to ask Lord Zhang if there is anyone who can be trusted in the Donglin Party. ”

Zhang Wen only thought of Zuo Guangdou, Zuo Guangdou had already said to the left and right that he wanted to accept Zhang Wen as a protégé, and the others, Zhang Wen felt that it was not very reliable, and asked Shen Biyao again: "Except for me, does the Shen family have no other relationship?" ”

Shen Biyao said: "Some officials of the radical faction in Donglin used to be our people, but at the same time they were Li Ruzi's people, they are unreliable, and only Lord Zhang can be trusted. ”

"Lord Zuo is the imperial history of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, a member of the Sanpin, and he already has a teacher-student friendship with me, and he is not a radical person, I can let Lord Zuo try to save it."

"The friendship between Master Zhang and Lord Zuo is still shallow, and I don't know if I can rely on it at the moment of life and death." Shen Biyao said the key point at once.

Zhang Wentou is big, he is only in his twenties, and Zhongjinshi has only been a few years, and his family blood is thin, where does he get a deep relationship?

Zhang Wen thought for a while and said: "You can't say this personal grievance to Lord Zuo, as long as the matter is involved in political opinions." We have a disagreement with Li Ruzi and his party, so if they are to the death, Lord Zuo will definitely stand on my side and fight back...... By the way, why has the price of salt increased fifteen times? Does Miss Shen know the mystery? ”

Shen Biyao said: "It's nothing more than the collusion of those salt farms, and the support of Li Ruzi and his party, you buy mine with five dollars, and I buy yours with six dollars, so that when you buy and buy, the salt will go up." ”

Zhang Wen said coldly after hearing this: "That's right, in order to deal with the Zhejiang Party, the East and East Lin are trying to push the responsibility for the failure of the salt change to the other party, Li Ruzi and a group of profiteers are good, in order to make huge profits, accelerate the failure of the salt change, once the Zhejiang Party investigates clearly, do not use this as a basis to attack Donglin?" Lord Zuo will definitely be on our side in this matter. ”

Shen Biyao sighed and said, "We can only hope for this, our power in the officialdom cannot be compared with Li Ruzi." The Shen family's shops in various places, especially the money village, are suspected of private money, and the loss is ...... this time."

Zhang Wen couldn't help but ask, "How many assets do you have?" ”

Shen Biyao was silent for a while, and Zhang Wen didn't speak, this question did ask the core information of the Shen family, and it may not be said by others. Just as he was thinking about it, Shen Biyao opened his mouth and said, "There are more than a million." ”

Zhang Wen listened and said: The imperial court called me for a million military expenses, but I didn't expect a businessman to have millions of assets, and it can really be said that he is a rich country, and Zhang Wen feels that the Shen family is definitely not the richest.

"Since Miss Shen is rich, you try to get through the joints and collect evidence that the salt merchants manipulate the price of salt, and I will try to involve the matter in politics, so we will split up and give it a go......"