The old gang leader looked at Xiong Wei with a blank look on his face, and judged: "At first glance, you will know that you are not from the officialdom." How big can officialdom be, people who are not their own can become their own people!"

Xiong Wei suddenly realized: "No wonder he had a bad attitude towards me at first, and then he flattered me in every possible way, just to win me over." ”

Xiong Wei had a very disdainful expression on his face.

The old gang leader told Xiong Wei again: "As the saying goes, shopping malls are like battlefields. The old man believes that officialdom is like a casino. ”

"Casino?" Xiong Wei didn't quite understand what the old gang leader meant.

The old gang leader smiled and continued to say what he thought of officialdom.

In officialdom, the same thing is a crime. Maybe you get caught, and he won't? It's not just a matter of personal luck.

is also the prefect of Yangzhou, and some people are logical and prosperous. Some people's names have already been hung on the list of the criminal department.

For them, it doesn't matter who you were before, and it doesn't matter who you are after you. What matters is how much value you have for me now.

In the words of officialdom, it is not terrible to be used, but what is terrible is that you are not even worth being used.

No matter how big the official is, it is not their line, and they don't buy it. No matter how small the official is, he is a person in their circle, and that also has an effect. As the saying goes: although the weight is small, it weighs a thousand pounds.

These people have formed a complete chain, and without any link they will be paralyzed.

Ordinary people can't easily enter their circle, and it's not so easy to get out if they enter.

Entering this circle does not mean that they are of the same mind. They are also at odds with each other.

It doesn't matter if there are people in the circle or outside the circle, as long as someone gets in the way of their interests. They are bound to attack together.

However, people outside the circle, as long as it is good for them, they will also pull him in and become their own.

So that the whole circle will get bigger and bigger.

Xiong Wei listened to the words of the old gang leader, and now he understands more and more that they flattered themselves before, probably just to let them go, or to inquire about the news from here.

"However, I still didn't understand what you meant when you said that officialdom was a casino. Xiong Wei listened as if he didn't understand.

"Everyone in officialdom is gambling, and their lives are the only bargaining chips!"

"I still don't quite understand. ”

The old gang leader continued to explain to Xiong Wei.

There is only one position for any one officer. But there are a lot of people who will grab this position.

In order to get it, they have to pay a price, whether it is money or something.

After paying, they want to get back what they have paid. Otherwise, it's not cost-effective. Then you have to do something that is not in line with the court and the law. That's a gamble!

Sometimes the imperial court can't find out these things. And they took risks. Once found, the life is gone.

It's also a gamble!

Once you have chosen a team, you have to follow this team. The people above are favored by the emperor, and naturally the people below can also get a little light.

The people above offended the emperor, and even the nine clans, and the people below naturally couldn't get out of it.

This is another gamble!

In the past few years, the Donglin Party has sent several Yangzhou prefects to prison and several Yangzhou prefects to Beijing.

I don't know how many more people will be implicated in this war without gunpowder!

Xiong Wei suddenly thought of Jiudao Villa again. The people of Jiudao Villa are also gambling officials and gambling women. Now that I think about it, it must be the same.

"Old helper, according to your words. You should be useful to them too, why don't they pull you into their circle?"

"How do you know they didn't pull me in?" asked the old gang leader.

"This ...... Didn't they pull the deputy gang leader in, it stands to reason that you should have more power than him, isn't it better to pull you. ”

"Do you think a piece of fresh meat is perishable, or is it a piece of cured meat that has been salted for decades?"

"Hehe, the old gang leader is really good at laughing. Xia Yun couldn't help but laugh when she heard the old gang leader say this.

"Girl, I'm not joking. That kid is only a little older, and I can't grasp it for a while......"

The old gang leader said, sighed again, and said, "It's me who didn't discipline well." Didn't let him see the world clearly. People are in the rivers and lakes, although they can't help themselves. But there are some things that you must not do, even if you put a knife on your neck, you can't do it. ”

Xiong Wei listened to the words of the old gang leader, and suddenly felt a heavy feeling in his heart.

"Is there anything else you don't know about the old gang leader?"

"If you have something to say, please say it. ”

"Since you all know these things, you must have guessed that the deputy gang leader will kill you sooner or later. Why didn't you do it sooner?"

"Yes, I guess he's going to be bad for me sooner or later. I just want to see if he still has a little conscience. Actually, if you don't come today, I'll be fine. As far as he is concerned, don't look at him and put the knife on my neck. It would be easy for me to take his life. ”

The old gang leader said, stood up and patted Xiong Wei on the shoulder and said, "People in the rivers and lakes, you must learn to endure, and you must not make a move when the time comes." A moment earlier, not a moment late. One moment earlier, you can't see the truth, and one moment later, even if you see the truth, you will die. What's the point?"

"In that case, old gang leader, you must know how to deal with them. Ask the old helper to teach me. Xiong Wei said and knelt down on one knee in pray.

"Now that you make a fuss, the news will surely reach the government, and I will arrest the rabbit cub again. Presumably, they won't act so easily. The old gang leader began to plan again.

"But didn't you say that the peak season for salt was about to come, and that they would let go of this opportunity?" Xiong Wei also began to think in his heart.

"Since I don't have any problems here, I'll have to start with the salt merchants. The old gang leader said in a deep voice.

"Why?" said Xiong Wei again.

"No matter how the salt merchants make money or what means they play, it is much simpler than that in the officialdom, and the scope of involvement is not so wide. The salt merchant bought the salt at a low price of a few copper plates and a catty, and then sold it for a few taels of silver. ”

"As soon as I came to Yangzhou, I heard a saying that Yangzhou is the land of fish and rice, producing rice and salt. It produces a lot more salt than rice. However, salt is more expensive than rice. Why is that? Why do salt merchants only make money on salt and not on rice?"

"Haha! You kid has a lot of problems. This is another secret of the mall. The old gang leader told Xiong Wei with a smile again.

Although Jiangnan is rich in rice, not all people like to eat rice. For example, people in Shanxi and Shandong love to eat noodles, Jingchu and coastal areas love to eat fish and shrimp, and residents in mountainous areas love to eat mountain delicacies.

However, people in all regions must eat salt. Salt is the only thing that cannot be replaced.

If you master the trade of salt, you can monopolize a way to make money.

However, no matter what kind of money, as long as someone makes money, someone will follow suit. There will be people who will do the same business as you. That's going to create competition.

"You have been in Yangzhou for so long, there are many small traders, are they also selling illicit salt?"

Xiong Wei and Xia Yun nodded one after another.

"Actually, these are just sold because I have salt and I want to live a better life. ”

"Then these salt merchants don't care, can they allow these smugglers to steal their business?" Xiong Wei didn't understand.

"Haha! The salt merchants are making big deals. They have long been disillusioned with such small deals. Besides, if they exterminate all the smugglers. Their business won't be as smooth as that. ”

"Big deal, you mean the salt business in the surrounding provinces. ”

"Yes! As soon as they leave, they will go to Wandan Illegal Salt. And these salt dealers, the target is the local residents, and they earn enough money to live on their own. From the beginning, we only did business. It was only later that some local wealthy people colluded with the government, which led to today's situation. ”

"It's been a long time, this road was first opened up by the Salt Gang!" Xiong Wei sighed and continued, "Then why don't you resist them, old gang leader." ”

"Because I'm not in the same place as them. They are mixed with shopping malls and officialdom. I'm in love!

"Love field, righteous field? ”

The old gang leader said generously and forcefully: "The Salt Gang is also a gang in the rivers and lakes, and people pay attention to two words in the rivers and lakes: 'love and righteousness'! Brotherhood, love in the rivers and lakes. In everything, we pay attention to the word 'righteousness'. Officialdom is based on the principle of official universities, and shopping malls are based on the principle of interests. If the Tao is different, there is no conspiration. ”

"Old gang leader, you don't go along with them. They will find a way to do you harm. ”

"So we helped get out of that bunny! Besides, I know exactly what they're doing. I want to be like them. Sooner or later, the century-old foundation of my salt gang will be destroyed in my hands. How can I be worthy of the ancestors of the Salt Gang after I die? ”

Xiong Wei took a deep breath, and involuntarily sighed in his heart: The small salt tax actually implicates so many people.

The list on the emperor's holy decree is estimated to be that the power of these people is too huge and endangers the interests of the imperial court, so they have to be disposed of. However, it is not possible to dispose of a Yangzhou prefect, so all the people on this line are dealt with.

The first time I entered the palace, I heard that the emperor did not often go to the court and did not pay attention to the government. Have fun in the harem all day long.

Xiong Wei felt that this was a faint monarch at the time, but this faint monarch seemed to have a good life for the common people, and there was no big chaos.

For a long time, although the emperor did not go to court, he had some people like Qianlong walking on the rivers and lakes to find out news for him.

Above the imperial court, he used the power of the queen and the power of Zheng Guifei to contain each other. From time to time, he used one side to suppress the other side to balance the forces.

The old man of the emperor is really: sitting in the deep palace and knowing the affairs of the world.

Xiong Wei looked at the old gang leader again, although this old man is just a salt gang leader, but his style of doing things is similar to that of the emperor. On the surface, he doesn't know anything, but in fact, he can't hide anything.

"Old helper, don't tell me so much. Tell us what we're going to do next!"

"What should I do?" the old gang leader sighed, "Now, you have appeared in my Salt Gang, and after talking for so long, your relationship with the Salt Gang has been exposed. The deputy gang leader has been arrested by me again, and this is the only way to do it now!"

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