Yes, yes! It must have been His Royal Highness King Han who asked him to come, this woman is too charming, this Shen Zheng has committed such a big thing, if it weren't for the fact that he was a eunuch and had no fertility, and he didn't have a father and mother, I was afraid that the nine clans would have been killed long ago.

But this way up...... No, Ye Biqing used to be Shen Zheng's wife who married back from Ming Media, why didn't she have anything to do, and she was still in good spirits? Could it be that she has quietly caught the high branch of His Royal Highness King Han?

Zhang Mao didn't dare to think about it anymore when he thought about it, this woman was born in the dust, and her control over men was not amazing, if she really won the favor of His Royal Highness, His Royal Highness might really break this case and let a woman be an official in the Jinyi Guard.

If this is the case, then Ye Biqing is on behalf of His Royal Highness King Han, and His Royal Highness King Han is on behalf of the court and the emperor, then this meaning is obvious.

No matter what the purpose is, in short, I can't refuse now, if I refuse, it is very likely to anger Ye Biqing, and then anger His Royal Highness King Han.

Zhang Mao accepted this fact, waved his hand to let his subordinates go down, and then pulled his son to kneel down for Ye Biqing, but was dragged by Ye Biqing.

"Brother Zhang, there are no outsiders here, there is no need to kneel, now can I sit down and have a good talk with Brother Zhang, you can rest assured, His Royal Highness is definitely not the kind of person who eats people and does not spit out bones, kills chickens and takes eggs, His Highness has come up with a good way to get the best of both worlds, even if you suffer a loss, it is only a temporary loss."

Zhang Mao smiled bitterly, what kind of loss is not a loss, it is important for businessmen to pursue profits, but he still has a family, he is not Shen Zhengcong, the eunuch, for the life of his own family, he can't fight against the government, let alone Jinyiwei.

Everyone sat down, and Zhang Hua personally poured tea for Ye Biqing and others.

Since he knew that the demonic little brother in front of him was Shen Zhengcong's wife, he had never dared to look at Ye Biqing's face, and she finally understood why Ye Biqing said that when she saw her when she was young, she hid behind her father at first sight.

Zhang Mao looked at Ye Biqing not only dressed as a man, but also sat in a very masculine posture, with her legs spread apart, her head held high, and she was holding a small folding fan in her hand.

"I don't know what Lord Ye came here for? It's just that this grass people also know what His Highness came to Yangzhou for? The grass people are willing to take out the silver, but maybe not too much, probably only about a million taels. ”

Ye Biqing looked at Zhang Mao and shook her head.

"Silver is important, but His Royal Highness came to Yangzhou this time not only for silver, Brother Zhang actually has a lot of private salt hidden in private, these private salts are sold through various channels without salt introduction, and they don't need to pay taxes to the government, so they can earn a lot more than before, right?"

Zhang Mao just regretted it, he shouldn't have been too close to Shen Zhengcong at the beginning, and told all his secrets, he thought that all salt merchants in the world were virtuous, and having a salt introduction was certainly a pass to sell salt, but he also had to pay money from the government, and he still needed money to buy salt introduction, and he could get thirty percent of the money for a liter of salt.

And if it is not sold through salt, although there is a risk, but ten times ten silver penetrates into his pocket, of course he has salt, and Yangzhou is originally a salt-producing land, and the salt in Huainan and Huaibei is different, but in the entire Ming Dynasty, there is no better salt than Huainan and Huaibei.

Therefore, illicit salt is a shady way, but it is not worried about selling at all, and if you can't sell it in a near place, can you sell it in a distant place? For example, the northwest, southwest, and northeast.

The price of salt is sold to these people, and the price at which they buy salt is cheaper, and they make more money, and both buyers and sellers are very happy, except for the risk, there are almost no shortcomings.

But now this risk has affected the whole body, Ye Biqing has followed Shen Zheng for so many years, and she knows all the tricks of the salt merchant, if she wants to deceive her, it is too difficult.

"Lord Ye, a salt merchant, is mostly in this way, and this is indeed a violation of the laws of the Ming Dynasty by selling illegal salt in private, but wasn't it a year of war in the past few years? This person dies for money, and the bird dies for food, this Lord Ye can also understand it, right? ”

"Yes, of course I understand!" Ye Biqing said with a smile: "What Your Highness means, if Brother Zhang can hand over the private salt you hidden, Your Highness will be able to turn this salt into a strict one that cares for the laws of the Ming Dynasty, and it can be said that the public salt that is ready to be sold through salt in the coming year can also be said to have just been produced, in short, these salts must be handed over to the imperial court, and they will not involve you." ”

"Of course, I also know that it is not easy for you to save these private salts for so many years, so my Royal Highness wants to open the sea route and pour and sell the salt handed over by the two Zhejiang and Huai through the ship of the government, after all, the salt tax you should have paid during the Jianwen Dynasty has been paid, and even if you have, you really shouldn't take it from you anymore, but after all, the court is really short of money now, and there is no way."

Zhang Mao breathed a sigh of relief when he heard this.

"The grass people understand the difficulties of the imperial court, if this is the case, then Lord Ye will give it to the next day, I will integrate the salt hidden in Huainan and Huaibei in the next few days, and hand it over to the imperial court, Lord Ye can talk and count, after this, I Zhang Mao will definitely no longer resell illegal salt, but can I let my whole family go this time."

Ye Biqing snapped and opened the folding fan, startling Zhang Mao.

"Brother Zhang, I haven't finished speaking, the imperial court sells illicit salt by sea, and the silver on your side will also be handed over to the imperial court, of course, you won't let you go to the pot without rice, you can carve out a part of this private salt, just count it into 10%, you can send someone to follow the government's ship to the Nanyang countries to sell it, and the rest of the money from the sale will belong to you."

"You handed over a million taels of silver and handed over so much salt, which is equivalent to passing this pass, not only passing the pass, but also getting an excellent image in His Royal Highness and the emperor, His Royal Highness is transparent, knowing that it is used by the people, taken from the people, and of course it must be raised by the people, only when the businessmen raise it well, they can come and go more, turn the land into treasure, and pay more taxes to the country!"

Zhang Mao couldn't hide his excitement after hearing this, if he could sell salt by sea, it would be really a lucrative business, although he had never been to the Nanyang countries, but in the end it was not far away, and the people in that area did not worry about eating salt after all, it was close to the sea.

But this salt is also divided into three, six, nine and so on, this Yangzhou salt, that is, thinner than sea salt, more flavorful, and more profitable! I took out a hundred percent of the salt, not to mention more, 500,000 taels will definitely be recovered.