"You want to die?"
Li Jinglong suddenly shouted, which made Li Fangying jump out of her wits. She took a few steps back and said in fear, "Brother, you...?"
"Did I tell you that there are plenty of places to get money, so don't take advantage of our family's reputation?" Li Jinglong gritted his teeth and almost growled.
He knew this younger brother very well, and he had been looking for ways to make a lot of money outside in recent years relying on the name of the Li family. Li Jinglong tolerated ordinary things. After all, he was also a member of the Li family, and he could not watch him suffer poverty.
But Li Jinglong didn't dare to get involved in the matter of the salt farm. The water here was too deep, and if he did anything wrong, he would be shattered to pieces. His Li family had so many businesses, including tea horses, but it never involved salt.
Because he knew that the salt fields in Lianghuai were the lifeblood of the Ming Dynasty, the private treasury of the royal family, and the money bag of the Ming Dynasty's million-strong army.
To put it bluntly, it was precisely because of this money bag that the old man killed those generals so unscrupulously. If the royal treasury was so poor, which emperor would dare to kill those old military leaders?
"I..." Li Fangying took a few steps back, "It wasn't you who gave me this..."
"Fart!" Li Jinglong stepped forward and grabbed Li Fangying by the collar, "When did I let you get involved?"
"A few years ago, the emperor's grandson gave our family the exclusive right to sell salt to Goryeo!"
Li Jinglong's hand suddenly let go, and then he sat on the chair in a daze.
This is indeed the case, and the salt at that time did come from the Lianghuai Salt Fields, but the salt was accounted for and was priced at the official price.
"Tell me carefully, what's going on?" Li Jinglong said while holding back the anger in his heart.
Li Fangying lowered her head, took two steps forward, and whispered, "It was Mr. Tang who found me..."
"Tang Jing?" Li Jinglong suddenly felt a big headache and pain in his temples.
The reason for this is that this Tang Jing is the direct grandson of Tang He. His father, Tang Ding, died in the war in Yunnan that year. He and the empress Shu in the palace are biological brothers and sisters.
Tang Jing was the son of a military general from an honorable family, but precisely because his father died in battle at a young age, the old man took pity on him for losing his father when he was young, and gave him a big job in his early years, as a salt transport envoy to Jiaodong.
At that time, Tang Jing was only in his twenties, and before he was thirty, he was already a high-ranking official of the third rank, handling hundreds of thousands of dollars every year.
But this boy was so bad that he was impeached by the censor for his indiscretion. Anyone else would have lost his head long ago, but first it was because the old man loved the Tang family so much that his sister became a noble concubine. Not only was she safe, but she also became the person in charge of the royal family.
Chariots and horses, Taipusi Qing, who is in charge of horse administration throughout the country. Although his official position has not changed, in a few years he will be on the road to becoming a minister of the Ministry of War, and his future is limitless.
At this moment, Li Jinglong felt like his head was buzzing.
"First it was Marquis Chengen, and now there are people from the Tang family. If the emperor knew about it, I'm afraid his heart would be broken..."
"The royal relatives and the country's relatives, ha! The emperor's relatives and the country's relatives are just a group of wild dogs that don't smell fishy. They are usually docile, but when the country is in trouble, they will come out and bite them hard!"
Li Fangying glanced at Li Jinglong and continued, "Tang Laoer came to me and told me that due to the flood in Huaibei, the largest salt field in Huai'an, Huaiyin, and Yancheng, the largest of the three, would have to stop working. Once the work stops, salt will inevitably not be supplied. Those salt fields
He would be so anxious that he would stamp his feet..."
"Let's get to the point!" Li Jinglong shouted.
"What he means is that there is insufficient salt in these three salt fields. Salt can be sold from Jiaodong and Changlu Salt Fields and put it under the name of Lianghuai Salt Fields..."
Buzz!
Li Jinglong's head was completely blown.
There were many salt fields in the Ming Dynasty, but why did the imperial court rely on these three places the most? Because these three places were all close to canals, and they could only be transported by water. Then Huaiyin was also close to the sea, and could also be transported by sea.
Moreover, the most important thing is that most of the salt stamps issued by the imperial court are from these three places, and they are also the most valuable on the market.
In addition to bringing huge cash income to the court every year, the Lianghuai Salt Fields also had the most important function, which was salt stamps.
The food supplies for the frontier armies in various parts of the Ming Dynasty relied on merchants to transport them, especially in the harsh northwest areas such as Ningxia and Gansu.
The border town is not like a large military fortress, but a strategic circle that expands outward layer by layer, with guard posts as units.
If the imperial court organizes manpower, it is afraid that more will be eaten and wasted than transported. So starting from the third year of Hongwu, the richest businessmen in the world were asked to send food and supplies to the border towns.
After it was delivered, the general soldier of the border town inspected and stamped it. The merchants took the receipts and returned to the Lianghuai Salt Farm to collect the salt.
Those who have the ability to transport grain to the border are the wealthy merchants in the south of the Yangtze River. The Lianghuai Salt Farm is the closest to them, so naturally they cannot go far away.
Going a step further, if the salt merchants want to save time by getting the salt, they don't even need to sell it themselves, and they just sell it backhand with 20% added.
For those small salt merchants, take a hundred stones of salt as an example. They get the actual amount from the imperial salt field, and then add 30% of sand to it. How much profit is that?
What Tang Lao Er thinks about is sold by private salt officials.
To use the simplest analogy, it is like how much does a pound of pigs killed by farmers in the countryside cost when sold to their neighbors? But the official uniform does not allow them to sell them in the city, but those who have been inspected and approved by the government can sell the meat in the city.
The price will double.
Tang Jing served as the salt transport envoy to Liaodong. Shandong produces salt, and the Jiaozhou generation has repeatedly prohibited illegal salt sales. The local officials also know that this stuff brings money, but they always turn a blind eye. They pay every year.
When the court pays taxes, if you catch a group of them, they will be of great use.
"What did he ask you to do?" Li Jinglong's voice trembled.
Angry and scared!
Li Fangying swallowed, "He said, he asked you to say hello to the Shandong Dusi... and to say hello to the Jiaodong Coast Guard... He also said it would be best if he could guide the way and find some boats...
"
boom!
Li Jinglong covered his heart, his head going blank.
"He also said that he would give me 20% profit after the matter is completed..."
Snapped!
A fine blue and white underglaze red Jingdezhen official kiln was placed directly on Li Fangying's head.
"Did you promise him?" Li Jinglong shouted.
Blood dripped down Li Fangying's forehead, and he was completely frightened. Their father, Li Wenzhong, died young, and the eldest brother was like their father. The brothers had been afraid of Li Jinglong since they were children.
"How dare you, brother! I'm not stupid either. I told you to tell you first..."
"You shouldn't even tell me!" Li Jinglong said in a cowardly manner, "Who else knows about this?"
It is absolutely impossible for such a big matter to be just the two of them. Because whether it is transporting salt from the north or privately selling it as official salt, there are definitely not a few people involved.
People from the Jiaodong Salt Fields, people from the Lianghuai Salt Fields, Hedao Yamen, the Salt Class Promotion Department, the Ministry of Household Affairs... and the salt merchants...
"Feng family, Fu family...?"
"Wait a minute!" Li Jinglong stood up suddenly, "Who is the Fu family?"
"Nine Consorts!"
Upon hearing this person, Li Jinglong was stunned.
That was Fu Youde's eldest son, Princess Shouchun's consort, Fu Zhong, who was now the eldest brother of Fu Rang, the marching director of the Goryeo camp.
At the same time, he is also the elder brother-in-law of the current King Jin, and his sister is the royal concubine of King Jin.
In this way, the Fu family and the Li family are still related because Li Jinglong's son married the sister of King Jin.
"Ouch!"
Li Jinglong kept rubbing his head with his big hands, becoming more and more impatient.
"Brother...?"
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He took a deep breath of fresh air, his chest trembling.
Confused, confused, and all kinds of emotions came to my mind.
Where is this?
Afterwards, Shi Yu subconsciously looked around and became even more confused.
A single dorm?
Even if he was successfully rescued, he should be in the ward now.
And my body...how could I not have any injuries at all?
With doubts, Shi Yu's eyes quickly swept across the room, and finally his eyes rested on a mirror beside the bed.
The mirror showed his current appearance. He was about seventeen or eighteen years old, and he looked very handsome.
But the problem is, this is not him! Download the Star Reading app and read the latest chapters for free without ads.
My previous self was a handsome young man in his twenties who had been working for a while.
And now, no matter how you look, this appearance is that of a high school student...
This change left Shi Yu stunned for a long time.
Don't tell him that the operation was successful...
My body and appearance have all changed. This is not a matter of surgery or not, but magic.
He turned into a completely different person!
Could it be...that he traveled through time?
In addition to the mirror placed by the bedside, which was obviously not feng shui-friendly, Shi Yu also found three books next to it.
Shi Yu picked it up and took a look. The title of the book instantly silenced him.
"Essential Animal Breeding Manual for Beginner Breeders"
"Postpartum Care of Pet Pets"
"Evaluation Guide for Interracial Beast-Eared Girls"
Shi Yu:???
The names of the first two books are pretty normal, but what happened to the last one?
"cough."
Shi Yu looked solemnly and stretched out his hand, but his arm soon stiffened.
Just when he was about to open the third book and see what it was about, his brain suddenly felt a sharp pain, and a large number of memories came flooding back.
Icefield City.
Pet animal breeding base.
Internship pet breeder. The website is about to close. Download the Star Reading app to provide you with the great god and the thief of years. My grandfather is Zhu Yuanzhang.
Beast master?
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