Gift?

Chang Zhixian said awe-inspiringly: "It is really wishful thinking that the official rebel still wants to bribe, how can this official be in the same league with a gangster." ”

Zhou Tian lowered his head slightly, and secretly said in his heart that Han Er's method really didn't work.

"Go down."

Chang Zhixian waved his hand and never mentioned the gifts on the table.

He didn't have time to think about anything else now, and his mind was full of how to get his hands on the Xu family's property.

That Xu Xiong has been the chief bookkeeper for all these years, and he secretly colluded with the Black Mountain bandits, and I don't know how much family business he has accumulated.

A conservative estimate is at least tens of thousands.

Tens of thousands!

This piece of fat is close in front of him, but Changzhi County can't swallow it, so he can only watch it dryly, like a hundred claws scratching his liver.

As soon as Master Xu died, he immediately embezzled the family property, which was too ugly and damaged his reputation.

The second is that the relationship between the Xu family in Linzi County is intertwined, and it has a close relationship with several major families in the county.

Even if he has now taken control of the county government, he doesn't dare to be too persecutive, worried that the other party will jump over the wall in a hurry.

After all, there are a lot of nursing homes in captivity in the homes of these wealthy gentry.

I can't guarantee that one day I will rush into the county office, and then I will kill the official and rebel!

At this moment, Chang Zhixian's gaze swept over the two wooden boxes in front of the table.

After seeing the two wooden boxes presented, my eyes couldn't help but light up.

Zhou Tian didn't know the goods, but he did.

Look at the color of these two wooden boxes purple and red, the texture is like water ripples, it is actually the water ripples in the red sandalwood, and the carving on the wooden box is fine and vivid, obviously from the hands of the master craftsman.

The boxes are so valuable, and the gifts in them are certainly not light.

Although Wang Yuanwai is a rural landlord, he has accumulated several generations of family business, and there will always be some good things.

Thinking of this, Chang Zhixian opened a wooden box with great anticipation.

Well?

I saw that the wooden box contained most of the white powder.

Chang Zhixian frowned, and ordered outside the door: "Call Zhou Tian in." ”

Soon, Zhou Tian, who had just left the main hall, turned back again.

Bowing slightly, he stood there respectfully.

Changzhi County asked; "Zhou Tian, what did this Han Er say he was sending?"

"Not really."

Zhou Tian shook his head and replied truthfully.

The white powder is delicate, the color is as white as frost, is it not the top grade North Pearl grinding?

He heard that the dignitaries and dignitaries in Tokyo today are in vogue to grind the finest pearls into powder and swallow them with wine, and take them for a long time, which is said to have the effect of rejuvenating the body and prolonging life.

After thinking for a moment, Chang Zhixian brought the wooden box closer, leaned in slightly and sniffed.

For a moment, a faint sweet smell, accompanied by the fragrance of sugar cane, surrounded the tip of the nose.

This...... Is this white sugar?

Chang Zhixian was shocked, and was about to taste it, but he was afraid of poisoning.

Catching a glimpse of Zhou Tian below, he smiled kindly: "I've worked hard for you today, and I'll reward you some, let's try it together." ”

As he spoke, Chang Zhixian picked up a small spoon, scooped some and handed it over.

Where did Zhou Tian know his thoughts, he was immediately flattered and took the small spoon, and put it in his mouth without thinking about it.

Chang Zhixian stared at him carefully and asked, "How?" ”

"Sweet, so sweet!"

Zhou Tian's eyes were full of enjoyment, and he was reluctant to swallow it.

It turned out to be white sugar!

Chang Zhixian was overjoyed, and dipped his fingertips into his mouth and threw it into his mouth.

I felt the sweetness on the tip of my tongue, and I was very satisfied with this gift.

To say that this small box of white sugar is worth hundreds or thousands of yuan, it is really not, the key is that it is rare and expensive.

Not to mention a rich merchant landlord, even he never had.

I don't know where to get some of the master books of Xu, there are less than one or two, and I keep them like treasures on weekdays.

Half a year ago, Song Tixue from the state capital came to the county, and Master Xu took out the sugar and ordered tea in public, which attracted a burst of praise from Song Tixue, which really made him in the limelight.

After confirming that it was white sugar, Changzhi County couldn't help but feel a little distressed, he shouldn't have scooped so much to give to a servant just now.

It's really a cow chewing peony!

Closing the lid of the wooden box, Changzhixian picked up another wooden box, and after opening it, it was still white powder.

It's just that the texture is a little rougher than the sugar just now, like fine sand.

Sniffed, there was no smell.

It doesn't seem to be white sugar.

This time, Changzhi County didn't let Zhou Tian test the poison again, and directly dipped some of his hands and put them in his mouth.

The next moment, Chang Zhixian's entire face was wrinkled together.

It's so salty!

When he was about to vomit, he couldn't help but be stunned.

I endured the salty taste, tasted it carefully, and found that the saltiness of this salt was pure, and the most important thing was that there was no bitterness.

You must know that today's salt has a bitter taste, even the Qingbai salt of Western Xia and the Putian tribute salt, which are the same, but compared with ordinary coarse salt, the bitter and astringent taste is relatively much lighter.

Two wooden boxes, one sugar and one salt, one sweet and one salty, suppressed the self-proclaimed Changzhi County, and at the same time couldn't help but have doubts in his heart.

Can a rich man in the countryside have such a good thing?

Zhou Tian below smashed his mouth, still reminiscing about the sweet taste of sugar

Suddenly, he remembered something, and hurriedly said, "Han Er said that there is a business to do with the magistrate. ”

Chang Zhixian was stunned: "What business?" ”

Zhou Tian was stunned for a moment and said embarrassedly: "This ...... Han Er didn't say anything. ”

Didn't say that?

Chang Zhixian thought for a moment, and was about to open his mouth to refuse.

A bandit doing business with a dignified Song official?

It's just wishful thinking...... Wait a minute.

Suddenly, he couldn't help but look at the two wooden boxes in his hand, and his heart suddenly realized.

Yes, yes!

A rich man in the countryside will definitely not have such good things as white sugar and refined salt, probably because Han Er got the way out of nowhere.

And that business is, of course, white sugar and refined salt.

After thinking about these keys, Chang Zhixian stood up suddenly, his face was excited, and he kept pacing back and forth.

The huge profits contained in white sugar and refined salt, how can he not understand.

This thing is not worried about selling at all, let alone tens or hundreds of catties, even if 100,000 catties are thrown into the city of Tokyo, they will be sold out in an instant.

Now he is forty-six, and he has been in the position of magistrate for more than ten years.

There are two reasons why I have not been able to be promoted for a long time, I have no money and no connections.

If you can master this business, not to mention tens of thousands of dollars, it will be 100,000 yuan, or even millions of yuan.

At that time, I will be able to transfer back to Tokyo and get a Beijing official.

has been an official outside for so long, and it is time to enjoy the drunken gold fans in Kaifeng City.

Thinking of this, Chang Zhixian only felt that his heart was beating faster and his breathing was short, and he hurriedly ordered: "You go to Xiaowang Village immediately, find Han Er, and inform him that I have accepted the gift." ”

Zhou Tian was overjoyed in his heart and nodded in response.

"Wait!"

Just as he was about to go out, Chang Zhixian's voice came from behind him again.

Hearing this, Zhou Tian paused, turned around and said, "Does the magistrate still have orders?" ”

"Don't rush yet."

Chang Zhixian had calmed down at this time, stroked his beard and said, "You wait a few days before you go." ”

If Zhou Tian is ordered to go now, he will seem to be impatient and fall behind.

Let's dry that Han Er first, so that he can know which is the sky.

Now with this transaction, the Xu family's family business ...... He also didn't plan to let it go, but he could slow it down.