Chapter 37: Temptation
Finally fooled the three of them, Zhu Shencone quietly breathed a sigh of relief in his heart.
However, this is still very early from success, and how to deal with the Liu family still needs to be discussed.
After all, the Liu family is not an ordinary family, Liu Shancheng is a big businessman in Pingyang, and the relationship behind it is complicated.
If a few of their clans just came to fight the autumn wind, it would not be difficult to get a few taels of silver from the Liu family with the identity of the clan, but this was not Zhu Shencone's original intention at all.
Zhu Shencone pulled the three of them to target the Liu family, the real purpose was because of Jiezhou, which was the place where Zhu Shencone's private salt came from, and Zhu Shencone made some money by smuggling the illegal salt of Jiezhou in the past two years, and also took the people of Wangjia Village out of poverty.
Next, Zhu Shencone has to do other things, especially after the beginning of spring next year, he plans to go to the grassland, if it goes well, Zhu Shencone will implement the next plan after returning from the grassland.
In addition, Li Hu of Sheep's Head Mountain is now considered Zhu Shencone's person, and Sheep's Head Mountain will be of great use in the future, and then Zhu Shencone needs to continue to invest in Sheep's Head Mountain, and the amount of salt will double next year, and the cost of support will also intensify.
If the salt road in Jiezhou is broken at this time, then all of Zhu Shencone's plans will not be able to be implemented, and even will be completely beaten back to its original shape. This is equivalent to more than two years of hard work in vain, and Zhu Shencone absolutely does not want to see this result.
And who is responsible for this? Isn't it the Liu family in Pingyang? Or Liu Shancheng, the head of the Liu family.
If Liu Shancheng and his well water did not interfere with the river water, Zhu Shencone would not have pondered the Liu family, but now it is not him who wants to ponder Liu Shancheng, it is Liu Shancheng who is insatiable and cuts off his financial path and forces himself into a desperate situation.
Therefore, it is inevitable to solve Liu Shancheng, if Liu Shancheng's matter is not dealt with, Zhu Shencheng's private salt business will not be able to continue.
But how to solve it, Zhu Shencone also thought about it carefully, they didn't have the slightest way on the mine supervisor's side, first, his identity could not be exposed, and second, his financial resources were far inferior to Liu Shancheng.
Liu Shancheng must have spent a lot of money to buy off the mine supervisor, although Zhu Shencheng said that he already had some money in his hands, but compared with Liu Shancheng, it was far inferior, and Liu Shancheng had more money than him? Zhu Shencone is not so stupid.
Moreover, there must be a balance between input and output, otherwise it will be a loss-making business, and this loss-making business idiot will do it!
As for going to the official whistleblower to report Liu Shancheng for smuggling smuggled salt? This is also to no avail, the Liu family has been in business for so many years, and the relationship network is very complicated, and large merchants like him smuggle salt to drill the loopholes introduced by the Zhongkai Method, which is a common thing in Shanxi's major merchants, and everyone does this.
Moreover, when doing so, only a part of the profit-making merchants of the smuggled salt were owned, and the rest of the profits were held by local officials and the Qiu Ba people at the border gates, and they were all wearing a pair of pants.
Therefore, the whistleblower reported that Liu Shancheng smuggled salt, not only to no avail, but to gain more than to lose, when the time came, the old man sitting in the hall was shocked, and asked loudly: "Who in the hall sued this official?" "Aren't you asking for trouble?
If you want to think about Liu Shancheng, the ordinary method will definitely not work, since the three of them have decided to do it, then Zhu Shencone will not go around in circles, and directly and simply talk about the purpose of targeting Liu Shancheng.
Of course, Zhu Shencone won't tell them the truth, he just found an excuse, he told them that his friend had a conflict with the Liu family in the mall, and planned to teach Liu Shancheng a hard lesson, if he could mess up the Liu family, let Liu Shancheng take care of one thing and lose the other, and he didn't have the energy to do business at all, then this matter would be done.
As for how to do it and how to find opportunities, this needs to be figured out by everyone.
After Zhu Shencone finished speaking, the three of them couldn't help but think hard, and the room suddenly fell silent.
"Why don't I go and guard the gate of Liu's house, and one day when Liu Shancheng, the old boy, goes out and finds a reason to break his legs? It's a big deal to say that he rushed into the clan for no reason and lost his hand in a fit of rage? In this case, even if it is punished, it is a matter of a few boards in the Zongren Mansion. Zhu Qiuqi's eyes lit up after thinking for a moment, and he hurriedly made a suggestion.
"Nonsense!" Zhu Minfeng immediately vetoed, shook his head and said: "What kind of method is this, do you think Liu Shancheng is an ordinary person?" The Liu family has a big business, Liu Shancheng has never been in and out of the world, and there are a lot of nursing homes in the Liu family, all of which are practitioners on the rivers and lakes, not to mention whether you can get close to Liu Shancheng's body, even if you really shoot at him, are the people around him decorations? At that time, Liu Shancheng's leg was not broken, I don't know if your leg can be saved, and in broad daylight, everyone is watching, and your reason for rushing into the clan is not good. ”
"It's ......." Zhu Qiuqi was stunned, Zhu Minfeng was right, he thought simply.
"If this doesn't work, I'll quietly find an opportunity to sneak into the ...... of Liu's Mansion." Subconsciously, Zhu Qiuqi thought of another way, but he couldn't continue before he could speak.
Infiltrating Liu's Mansion? How did he Zhu Qiuqi sneak in? He is just an ordinary clan, although he is young and has the strength to do it, he has never practiced, he is neither floating on water nor flying on grass, is it possible that he still has the talent to be a snitch?
If he had this ability, would he Zhu Qiuqi still be able to live like this? Besides, the Liu Mansion has a big business, and there are a lot of nursing homes at home, and when you enter the Liu Mansion, you may not even see Liu Shancheng's face and find out to the nursing home, and when the news of the clan being a snitch spreads, your fate can be imagined.
Zhu Minfeng shook his head, his nephew is too unreliable, what kind of bad idea did he come up with?
But for a while, he couldn't think of any good way, not only to think about Liu Shancheng well, but also to get this matter in place, it was not so easy.
As for Zhu Minqi, not to mention, he, an honest clan, has never done such a thing, although he is determined to rely on this matter to earn a good sum of money for his family, but he is completely confused about how to do it. At best, everyone set a strategy, and Zhu Minqi helped to make a difference, so it was really difficult for him to think about it.
After chatting for a while, they didn't come up with a feasible plan, and several people couldn't help but feel a little frustrated.
This thing seems to be very easy to do, but how to do it and how to handle it well is not easy. It may not be difficult to deal with ordinary people, but it is not easy to deal with a big merchant like Liu Shancheng, and a few of them are just ordinary clans, neither princes nor county kings, not even Fengguo generals, and they have no usable rights in their hands at all.
"This matter is not in a hurry, if you can't think of a way, you can think slowly, Liu Shancheng is not an ordinary person, if you want to think about it, you have to think about it carefully, and if you don't do anything, you will fold yourself inside." Zhu Shencone comforted them.
Seeing that their anxious expressions eased slightly, Zhu Shencone said again: "Didn't the art of war say? Although Liu Shancheng is also in Pingyang Mansion, he has never dealt with each other on weekdays, and we don't know much about the situation of the entire Liu family, and the affairs of Liu Shancheng's family are also blackened. ”
"Since this is the case, it is better to find out the Liu family first, figure out the situation of Liu Shancheng and the Liu family, and see what the Liu family can take advantage of."
"There are many rights and wrongs in the mansion, this fly does not stare at seamless eggs, it is right that the Liu family has a great cause, and it is not wrong that the Liu family has a relationship in all aspects. But you think, the Liu family has been in business for so many years, it is absolutely impossible to cover everything, Liu Shancheng is a businessman, and businessmen have conflicts when doing business, and many things in the business world and officialdom cannot be explained, and there must be many people who do not deal with the Liu family. ”
"Just like this time, although it is my side that is making trouble for the Liu family, is there no one else who has this plan? I think it is better to think about it carefully from this angle, and then figure out the situation of the Liu family, and when everything is understood, it is not too late to make sure that you can start from there. ”
"That's right!" Zhu Qiuqi slapped his thigh, what Zhu Shencone said made sense, Liu Shancheng is not an ordinary person, if you want to toss the Liu family, you have to be well prepared, now the Liu family, including Liu Shancheng's situation, their eyes are black, what else are they talking about Liu Shancheng?
It is true to find out the situation of Liu Shancheng and the Liu family first, the Liu family is such a big family, as a clan Zhu Qiuqi is no longer clear, but the dirtiness in the mansion is not clear, and the Liu family, which is glamorous on the surface, is there nothing dirty and unseemly? If you know this, isn't it much easier than blindly finding faults?
Thinking about it like this, the brain hole opened up instantly, and Zhu Qiuqi's whole person was in good spirits.
Zhu Minfeng and Zhu Minqi brothers also nodded again and again, thinking that what Zhu Shencone said was reasonable, and this matter had to be done first, and then pondered how to start after figuring out the situation of the Liu family and Liu Shancheng.
Seeing that everyone had no objections, then the matter was settled.
Immediately, Zhu Shencone arranged tasks for the three of them, who would go to inquire about the news, who would go to someone to ask about the situation, and who would find a relationship to get close to the Liu family, etc.
After the arrangement, Zhu Shencone asked them if there was a problem with this, and the three of them smiled and said that this is not difficult, anyway, their clan has no errands to do on weekdays, so they will do this these days.
There is a way that the Son of Heaven is not bad for hungry soldiers, and since he wants them to do this, it is impossible for Zhu Shencone to wronged the three of them.
After explaining, Zhu Shencone reached out and took out three ten taels of silver collars from his arms, and placed them in front of them one by one.
Seeing this silver collar, the breathing of the three of them suddenly became rapid, and their eyes fell on the silver collar and they couldn't take their eyes off.
"What are you looking for? This is the fixed money for you, and when the work is done, there will be a big head in the back, why don't you put it away quickly? ”
The three of them smiled instantly, they never expected that there would be such a benefit as a fixed money, and Zhu Shencone was very generous, and as soon as he made a move, it was ten taels per person.
Ten taels of silver is a lot, and with these families, it is absolutely no problem to survive this winter safely. Thinking of the two hundred and five people promised by Zhu Shencone earlier, his heart was even hotter, and a flush appeared on his face.
Hurriedly thanked him, picked up the silver collar in front of him, and his heart was full of joy.
Zhu Minqi couldn't believe that he was really holding the silver in his hand, and subconsciously put it in his mouth and bit it hard, when he felt the collision of his teeth and silver, and then saw the tooth marks that he had bitten out with his own eyes, Zhu Minqi's mouth instantly smiled together.