Hearing her words, Zu An was dumbfounded: "You want to go to a brothel too?"
Chu Chuyan rolled her eyes at him angrily: "Of course I'm not going, but I'm asking you to date someone."
"Who are you dating?" Zu An was a little curious.
"The eldest young master of the Wang family, Wang Yuanlong." Chu Chu said seriously.
Zu An looked at her with a strange look on his face: "You are not having an affair with this young master of the Wang family, are you? I heard that the Chu family and the Wang family have always been good friends. Is this some childhood sweetheart drama? Go ahead, why is my life so miserable?
…”
Damn it, if I had known this, I wouldn't have saved the man named Wang last time in Shenxianju, and let him be beaten to death by Chen Xuan.
Chu Chuyan was ashamed and angry, and grabbed his ears: "Stop crying like a ghost, what can he and I have? All you think about all day long is all this nonsense."
The anger value from Chu Chuyan is +123!
Zu An looked happy: "Then why did you ask him to meet, or in a place like Shenxianju?"
"I'm not asking him to meet, but I'm asking you to meet him." Chu Chuyan corrected.
Zu An blinked, indicating that he didn't understand what was going on at all.
Chu Chuyan then said: "Today Sang Hong summoned my father, Zheng, Yuan, Wang and other famous families in Mingyue City to hold a meeting. He mentioned that the imperial court is currently using troops against the foreign tribes in the north, and military pay is tight, so it is necessary
Wealthy businessmen from all over the country enthusiastically donated money to contribute to the country."
Zu An nodded. Chu Chuyan had mentioned the donation to him before.
"Because we just lost a donation last year, no matter how big the family is, they can't bear such frequent apportionments, so all the big families are not so willing," Chu Chuyan continued, "My father flooded the market with private salt, which made it impossible to sell the official salt.
He used the current situation of going out as an excuse to say that he could not get the money for the time being."
Zu An couldn't help but laugh and said: "I didn't expect that my father-in-law, who seems so honest on weekdays, could turn out to be so cunning."
"Are you so complimentary?" Chu Chuyan rolled her eyes at him, "Unfortunately, that old fox Sang Hong had already expected that we would say such things, so he said that he would let Sang Qian listen to his father's orders in the future.
Make every effort to encircle and suppress illegal salt."
Zu An sighed: "This should be the exchange of interests you mentioned before. The Chu family donated money and the Sang family reciprocated to help solve the private salt problem."
Chu Chuyan nodded: "My father is thinking that the proliferation of illicit salt has indeed affected the Chu family's business, and Sang Qian is in charge of anti-smuggling in river defense. With his cooperation, it will be easier than before to destroy those illicit salt gangs."
Much more. If we can take this opportunity to completely eradicate private salt, then it is worthwhile to donate a little. So we agreed to donate 100,000 taels first, and then sell the official salt after the private salt gangs were completely wiped out.
After your income increases, you can donate the remaining amount."
"That's good." Zu An nodded secretly. Chu Zhongtian is indeed the head of the family. Although he is usually upright, he also has some cunning.
"It was pretty good at first." Chu Chuyan sighed, "But the Wang family suffered heavy losses due to the plundering of foreigners at the Shangtun Village at the border a few days ago. A large amount of their working capital was used to make repairs there, so
I was temporarily nervous, so I proposed that this donation would not be theirs for the time being."
Zu An had heard her mention before that in order to transport and sell salt for circulation in the Zhou Dynasty, an official salt certificate was required.
To get the official salt guide, you don’t have to pay to buy it.
It's about how much food you need to transport to the border areas where the war is urgent before you can be qualified to purchase the corresponding share of salt.
It is not convenient for many salt merchants to transport grain to the border by themselves every time, so merchants like the Wang family appeared.
They are mainly responsible for sending grain to the border in exchange for salt, and then selling the salt to other salt merchants.
However, if you transport grain from the inland to the border, the journey is long, and the losses along the way are countless. The overall cost is too high, so these merchants choose to organize people to go to the border to open up fertile fields, plant and harvest on the spot, and then send the grain to the nearest destination.
's border.
This method of farming is the so-called merchant farming.
"Being plundered by aliens?" Zu An sighed, "That's indeed a bit tragic."
"Yes, the Wang family has indeed lost their vitality this time. They can't even bear such an important thing as donation." Chu Chuyan sighed, "On the surface, Sang Hong didn't say anything, but comforted him.
After a few words, he turned around and gave the Wang family's diversion bank in a nearby county to the Chu family, saying that it was to reward the family who actively contributed to the country."
"Lead the shore?" Zu An was stunned.
After Chu Chuyan’s explanation, he roughly understood:
According to the laws of the Great Zhou Dynasty, buying and transporting salt requires a salt bank, but when selling it, not only a salt bank is required, but also a bank bank approved by the official.
The lead bank is equivalent to the sales qualification of a certain area. Only a certain family owns the lead bank in this area can legally sell salt.
If you sell it on a shore that does not belong to you, it is illegal. Not only will the goods be investigated for smuggling salt, but the selling family will also be severely punished.
Just like cigarettes in previous lives, cross-regional sales are generally not allowed.
After understanding this, Zu An immediately reacted: "Sang Hong's move is cruel. The Wang family is an ally of the Chu family. His move not only severely damaged the Wang family, but also successfully alienated the relationship between the Wang and Chu families."
At this point, he had to admire Sang Hong. From beginning to end, he didn't waste a single soldier or even pay anything. He used the Wang family's things to trap the Wang and Chu families to death.
The key is that all this is in line with the laws of the Zhou Dynasty. It is true that the Wang family cannot donate in the first place. The imperial court took the opportunity to withdraw part of his money and reward those who actively donated. Even if they appealed to the capital, no one could find any fault.
The Wang family could only suffer the loss of being dumb. The evil fire had nowhere to go but to the Chu family. After all, he was the ultimate beneficiary.
"Why don't we know that this is his plan to sow discord?" Chu Chuyan's eyes were full of worry, "It's one thing to know, but it's hard for people in the world to be absolutely rational, because there are many Wang family members about this matter.
People have criticized the Chu family and feel that the Chu family is deliberately plotting to lure them away."
"There are always some idiots in a family." Zu An commented, "And there must be Sang Hong secretly sending people to fan the flames. So you asked me to date Wang Yuanlong just to explain the misunderstanding?"
"It's not just that," Chu Chuyan replied, "like our Chu family, the Wang family, and the Zheng family are general merchants. Retail investors from all over the world come to our Yinan to wholesale salt, and they often need to pay a deposit a year in advance.
, and after the general merchants receive the deposit, they will use the money to circulate in various places. After all, this money will be their own in the coming year, so it is not a problem to use it in advance."
"But the problem this time is that the Wang family's lead bank was handed over to us by the government, so they have to refund the deposits of retail investors." Chu Chuyan's eyes flashed with worry, "If this is a normal situation, it would be fine.
It’s nothing, but now the Wang family is already struggling with cash flow due to the looting of Shangtun. If they have to come up with this deposit again, I’m afraid their family’s capital chain will be broken, and then the huge Wang family may collapse directly.”
Zu An was horrified when he heard this: "This Sang Hong is really cruel and ruthless. If he doesn't take action, he will kill someone if he does!"
"Yes, but our Chu family cannot sit idly by and ignore it," Chu Chuyan said, "so I want you to have a banquet with Wang Yuanlong at Shenxianju and hand over the deposit to them in private, and then they will return it to the retail investors.
Just take this opportunity to resolve the knots in the other party's heart."
Zu An's eyes lit up: "Gao, this move not only solved the urgent needs of the Wang family, but also cleverly resolved Sang Hong's idea of estrangement between the two families. I don't know which master in the family had the idea.
.”
"I'm not an expert anymore. I've just seen a lot of intrigues in shopping malls over the years, so I just reacted instinctively." Although Chu Chuyan spoke calmly, there was still a look of pride on her eyebrows. It was obvious that she
It's that tall man.
Zu An couldn't help but smile. She was usually cold and cold, but she didn't expect to see such a little girl.
"But why do you want to change hands through me? And choose a place like Shenxianju?"
Chu Chuyan explained: "The main reason is to cover up people's eyes. After all, we complained to the court that we couldn't get the money because of the proliferation of illegal salt, but we turned around and supported the Wang family with such a large sum of money. Whether it was the court or Chu
My family’s face is not good-looking, and it is easy for political opponents to find opportunities to criticize me.”
"Secondly, the Wang family is also a well-known big family in Mingyue City. If it is known that they can't get out even this little money, it will easily affect the credibility of the Wang family and lose the Wang family's face. If you are not careful, not only
If the purpose of showing goodwill is not achieved, it is easy to become enemies."
Zu An couldn't help but sigh: "My wife, you are so thoughtful, you have even thought of this."
At the same time, I secretly complained in my heart, no wonder she would smell other women's perfume every time I smelled a little bit on my body. It seems that I must be more careful next time.
After receiving his praise, Chu Chuyan also showed a faint smile on his face: "The third reason is that I heard that you helped Wang Yuanlong at Shenxianju a few days ago. If there is an opportunity, Wang Yuanlong will give you a favor.
, there won’t be any unnecessary misunderstandings.”
"More importantly, no one would have expected that we would leave such an important matter to you."
Zu An was unhappy when he heard the last sentence: "Are you praising me or hurting me?"
Chu Chuyan was obviously in a better mood. She smiled brightly and really brightened up the whole room: "What image do you have in everyone's eyes? Don't you know it yourself?"
Zu An: "..."
This woman has been with me for a long time, and her mouth seems to have become a bit poisonous.
"Have you finished talking about the business? Let's start today's healing." Zu An said with a depressed look.
Chu Chuyan's face turned slightly red, and after a long time she hummed softly.
Zu An looked at her coldly like a domineering president: "Take off!"
This chapter has been completed!