The snow has been falling intermittently for a whole night, melting while falling, and the city of Suzhou is muddy inside and out, and after a few more days, it will be better if it lasts until the beginning of spring, Yang Qinhu, the owner of Xuanyuan Village, thought so.

The stove in the living room was burning brightly, and the firelight was jumping and jumping, just like Yang Qinhu's anxious heart. He is only the nominal owner of Xuanyuan Village, yesterday Xiao Yutian took Yin Lan to I don't know where Lu Dao went, he himself can't remember how many times he sent it, how many people went out to find it, but he didn't find it after turning over Suzhou. Now that the event is present, although he is the owner of the village, he does not dare to make up his mind without authorization, although Zhang Shijie and Steward Zhang are capable of making decisions, but he can't show up to see the person in front of him for the time being. With the identity of the person in front of him, what is he here for?

"Pop" There was a charcoal popping sound in the stove, Yang Qinhu was startled, the teacup in his hand shook, splashed some tea out, he hurriedly put down the teacup, did not wipe the water traces on his body, and bowed his hand to the people seated: "Xiaomin is really rude, so that the prime minister laughed." ”

The person on the table was Sang Ge, seeing that Yang Qinhu was cowering, and was not a powerful character famous in Jiangnan as rumored, he couldn't help but have some contempt for this person, and glanced at Yang Qinhu from the corner of his eye, and said: "Lord Yang Zhuang is too foreign, people say that Lord Yang Zhuang has hands and eyes to the sky, even in the capital, there are many staff members who are your friends, and I want to make friends with you for a long time." I took the liberty to come today, and I didn't bring any gifts, and I asked the owner of Yang Zhuang to forgive me. "Anyway, just bowing his head and drinking tea, it doesn't mean that Yang Qinhu is flat.

Yang Qinhu saluted again: "How dare you, adults are too loving, but the small people are easy to make friends, and they are quite famous in the south of the Yangtze River, if you talk about friends in the capital...... That's just a general acquaintance, and there are no famous people, so it's really not worth mentioning. ”

Li Heng was sitting beside Brother Sang, only to hear him snort coldly and say, "Is Deng Yan famous?"

Yang Qinhu was stunned for a moment, it turned out that his dealings with Deng Yan were already known, "Deng Yan is just a scribe, and now he is no longer a court official, so he is not famous." ”

Li Heng pursed his lips and said, "He preaches the public virtue of the dead ghost Wen Tianxiang everywhere, and he is highly respected among you southerners." ”

Yang Qinhu smiled indifferently and said, "After all, he is General Zhang's teacher, but he just remembered the old relationship with Wen Tianxiang, so he ......"

"Don't use Zhang Qi to pressure me", before Yang Qinhu finished speaking, Li Heng interrupted: "Others are afraid that he is the number one warrior in Mongolia, but I am not afraid, he is an inferior Han Chinese, why should he be a warrior of Mongolia." ”

When Yang Qinhu heard this, he guessed that the two seemed to be incompatible, this Li Heng may have a deep grudge against Zhang Jue, and listening to his tone, he thought that he was jealous of Zhang Jue's title of the first Mongolian warrior, so he said: "Lord Li and Zhang Jue are both serving the imperial court, and they are both warriors of the Khan King. ”

Li Heng was about to have a seizure, but Sang Ge stopped: "Master Li, I have always known that you and Zhang Qi are not on good terms, and you don't have to tell others about this matter, Lord Yang Zhuang is right, whether you are or Zhang Jue, they are not Mongolians, everyone is working for Kublai Khan, don't care too much." ”

"Hey, it's a pity that there is no capable person around me who can win the title of the first warrior of Mongolia. This matter really shouldn't be mentioned again," Li Heng still felt indignant, looked at Yang Qinhu and said, "Why do you have a close relationship with that Deng Yan?"

Yang Qinhu said in his heart: Could it be that the Tartars know about us? I thought about it again, no, if there is a flaw, there should be a large group of people coming, and it is impossible for our eyes to be ignorant of the Tao at that time. The two of them must have come here for other things, and this is just a test.

He was calm and spicy, and said unhurriedly: "I like General Zhang's Mobao very much, but occasionally I ask Deng Yan to help me get some, and that's it, and there is no other interaction." ”

Zhang Jue's calligraphy and knife are unique, everyone in the government and the opposition knows it, just begging him to write a word, it is extremely difficult to be a person who is not close or he respects very much, that is, Brother Sang once asked him to write a plaque, he also refused, among the officials, only Boyan can ask for Zhang Jue's ink treasure, so Brother Sang was convinced when he heard what Yang Qinhu said, and Li Heng muttered secretly: "It's Zhang Jue again." ”

Brother Sang smiled: "Master Li, don't worry about it. It's just that Zhang Qi's words are very hard to find, how can you get them easily?"

Yang Qinhu said: "Exactly, it is a thousand words of gold, and Zhang Qi's words are really hard to find, but if he often writes scribble, it will be worthless, so I give Deng Yan a thousand taels of silver every month, and ask him to try his best to trick Zhang Qi into writing a word, so after eight months, he made up a sentence 'China is bounded, Xuanyuan is endless'." ”

"Oh?" said Sango, "where is the Mobao?"

Yang Qinhu said: "It's really unfortunate, the original work was bought by a guest for 16,000 taels of silver last month, and the adults can't see it." ”

Sango Ha Lu Ha Da Lu smiled: "You can do business, no wonder the rich party." I don't know who bought it?"

Yang Qinhu smiled and said: "A person with colored eyes, Xiaomin doesn't know either. ”

In fact, Yang Qinhu said this just to get rid of the suspicion of Deng Yan and himself, Zhang Qi is the enemy of all Han people, where will he be rare Zhang Qi's ink treasure?

Sang Ge didn't doubt what he said, "You made so much money all of a sudden, it's really very capable, almost equal to half a year's money." ”

When Yang Qinhu heard this, Brother Sang had something to say, and immediately understood, and beckoned the family to come over: "Tell the tent to prepare 20,000 taels of silver, load it in a carriage, and then give it to the two adults to take away." ”

Li Heng was really surprised when he heard this, although the pavilions and pavilions of Xuanyuan Village were very gorgeous, but how did he introduce the grass people to amass this ten thousand family wealth? Moreover, it was not a small number, 20,000 taels of silver would be given if he said to give it, if he plucked a hair of hair, his face did not change color and his heart did not beat. The white flowers and silver were stuffed into his hands, how could he not want them?

Brother Sang twisted his face and seemed to disdain: "Lord Yang Zhuang is really generous, 20,000 taels, it's really a lot, but it's not enough to support our entire Jiangnan Mansion." ”

Yang Qinhu gasped, this Brother Sang's appetite was inevitably too big, and he couldn't help but feel annoyed in his heart, and he didn't say a word with a calm face.

Sang Ge smiled and said: "Don't worry, the expenses of Jiangnan Mansion need the support of you people, but the imperial court still feels that it is not enough, the expenses of the nobles are getting bigger and bigger, the grasslands are full of shepherds, there is no oil and water, and the north needs the people to recuperate, but Jiangnan is rich, and it has been recuperating for nearly ten years, and it is far away from Kyoto...... To tell the truth, this is to collect money for the imperial court. ”

Yang Qinhu was filled with righteous indignation, how could this traitorous appearance be so shameless as to be naked? If it weren't for the big things in my heart, I would have killed him. On the surface, he remained silent, and listened to what he had to say.

Brother Sang glanced at Yang Qinhu, and then said, "Do you know why we came here in the starry night?"

Yang Qinhu shook his head and said, "Xiaomin doesn't know. ”

Sang Ge said: "First, Hangzhou was very fierce last night, this encounter was assassinated, and now the Jiangnan boundary is not very peaceful, I also feel uneasy in the house, anyway, things have to be done sooner or later, it is better to do it later than early, so I came to you." ”

Yang Qinhu pretended to be surprised: "Why did there be something wrong in Hangzhou last night?" secretly thought, it turned out that this old thief was afraid of death, so he sneaked to Suzhou overnight to take refuge, and yesterday he was only busy looking for people in Suzhou, but he didn't pay attention to the news in Hangzhou.

Brother Sang nodded: "That thief is very powerful, I heard Master Li say that he is a disciple of Jiangnan Xinbuping, and there are three other people who don't know where Lu Dao came from." ”

Yang Qinhu pretended to be shocked: "Xin Buping has already retired, there has been no news for more than ten years, and his three disciples have not shown up for a long time, as for the other three ......" Yang Qinhu groaned slightly, not good, isn't it? But Jiang Hu is by no means a person who causes trouble, Xiao Yutian and Yin Lan's self-respecting identities will not come out easily even if they encounter trouble, so who is the other person?" ”

Sang Ge said: "The second thing is that for this reason, you have some reputation in the Jiangnan area, and you know more about the rivers and lakes and green forests than the government, if you are not a person in your village, you can help me check." ”

When Yang Qinhu heard this, he quickly knelt down: "My lord is clear, although Xiaomin has something to do with those people in the green forest, he has never done anything forbidden, and I have never seen Xin Buping, how can those assassins and robbers have anything to do with my village, my lord knows it, my lord knows it." "As I spoke, I kowtowed, but my heart was secretly ruthless, and sooner or later I will ask you to kneel at my feet.

Sang Ge picked him up and said, "Master Yang, don't be afraid, I naturally know that Lu Dao Xin Buping will not have anything to do with you." The other three are all young people, a rich boy, a scholar, and a short-clothed martial artist, and I have sent someone to find out your family members, and you have no children, so I don't suspect you, I just want to ask you to help. ”

Yang Qinhu heard that a big stone fell to the ground, and listened to what Brother Sang said, that son and scholar must be Xiao Yutian and Jiang Hu, fortunately, Brother Sang didn't know the relationship between them and himself, but the short-clothed martial artist didn't know who Lu Dao was, "Xiaomin is willing to follow the work of dogs and horses, and in the afternoon I will ask someone to find out what young people are born in the green forest." ”

Brother Sang nodded and praised a few words, suddenly closed his mouth, and said after a while: "The third thing ......"

The main topic is here, without waiting for Brother Sang to speak, Yang Qinhu also guessed four or five points, and the third thing must be about accumulating money.

Sure enough, Sang Ge said, "...... It's the cost of the government. You Han people said: There is heaven above, there is Suzhou and Hangzhou below, I have also seen a lot of prosperous scenes in the past two days, and it is not much inferior to the capital, but the southerners in this area have deep grievances against the imperial court, and if I blatantly ask for money, I am afraid that they will not accept it. Although the rebellion of the White Lotus Sect has been pacified a few years ago, the remnants of the party are still there, and the prime minister has to scruple about ......"

When Yang Qinhu heard the words "White Lotus Sect", his heart tightened.

“...... So there are some things that can only be done in secret. Brother Sang said this and looked at Yang Qinhu, waiting for his answer.

Yang Qinhu was so tactful, he immediately bowed down and bowed down: "But if there is a difference, I will do my best." ”

Sang Ge said "um", "You are very smart, and smart people have their own benefits of smart people." I'm going to raise taxes, including taxes on fields, taxes on salt, taxes on people, and so on. But I can't collect it from the people, so I collect taxes from you rich households, and you control the salt and grain in Suzhou and Hangzhou, and you only need to double the price, and then you pay eighty percent of the income to the tax, what do you think?"

Yang Qinhu hesitated for a moment, what a vicious trick, this is clearly telling me to be the butcher's knife in his hand, salt, grain and other things are the foundation of the people's survival, if the price is raised, the people will inevitably point the finger at my Xuanyuan Village, how can they care whether the imperial court collects my taxes? But if I don't agree, the right words have already been exported, and Sang Ge is powerful and powerful, if he copied the business of Xuanyuan Zhuang without much effort, the people will suffer the same at that time.

Seeing his hesitation, Sang Ge was displeased, and said, "What's the matter?"

Yang Qinhu said: "Don't hide it from your lordship, although Suzhou and Hangzhou are rich, how can ordinary people eat so much salt and rice? I'm afraid that this method will not have much effect, and the people have just lived a good life for a few days, and they may not have much money, and they still need to recuperate for a few years." ”

Sang Ge said: "It's almost, the court is anxious to use the money." ”

Yang Qinhu said again: "But the salt and grain trade in Suzhou and Hangzhou is not all owned by Xuanyuan Village, and if we raise the price, I am afraid that it will be ......."

"It's okay, if the other people don't raise the price, I will send someone to 'coordinate', if you don't listen to the arrangement of the government, then your Xuanyuan Zhuang family will be the only one, do you understand?" ”

Yang Qinhu already understood at this time that he had to agree no matter what today, otherwise Brother Sang would naturally send someone to "coordinate", and he was angry in his heart, if this thief was not removed, the people of Jiangnan probably didn't know how much suffering Lu Dao would have to suffer.

Yang Qinhu was helpless: "Thank you so much for your support, Prime Minister." ”

Brother Sang waved his hand and said, "Don't be busy thanking you first, there is one more thing." If you do a good job, thank me. ”

Yang Qinhu frowned, the things mentioned earlier were already extremely difficult, and he didn't know what the bad idea of the dead fat man was, but he still smiled and said, "But according to the orders of the adults." ”

Sang Ge said: "You Xuanyuan Zhuang also have a lot of silver numbers, and the government wants to use your silver numbers to issue banknotes, and then your silver numbers will make a lot of money?"

Yang Qinhu immediately understood when he heard that while raising prices, he issued paper money, and then exchanged paper money for silver, which was really a good way for the government to collect money, Xuanyuan Zhuang may not be able to make much, but Brother Sang must have made a lot of money, and the most people pointed the finger at Xuanyuan Village, Xuanyuan Zhuang could no longer gain a foothold in the green forest at that time, and could only take refuge in the government, this is really a plan to kill two birds with one stone, and this condition must not be agreed.

Yang Qinhu bowed and said: "This matter is difficult for the villain to obey his fate, and many people will inevitably go bankrupt if they do this, and then more than ten years of rest and recuperation in Jiangnan will all come to naught." ”

Sang Ge said angrily: "So you don't agree?"

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