Six hundred and thirty-nine: Eight major salt merchants
Wu Xiumin was completely devastated for a moment and felt discouraged. At this moment, the two children in the yard suddenly let out a weak cry: "Mother..."
She suddenly turned her head and looked at her two sons with an unprecedented cold gaze. This was the evil between her and that beast! It was an evil that should not exist! It was evidence that she was sorry for her husband!
These thoughts bombarded Wu Xiumin's mind like crazy! Her eyes gradually turned blood red, her chest kept heaving, and then a crazy idea came to her mind.
She looked at the two children coldly and stared at her with big eyes. Wu Xiumin finally stood up, then turned around and went into the small kitchen. When she came out, she clearly had a sharp boning knife in her hand!
The two children stood there in fear. The fear of danger from biological instincts wanted to drive them to escape quickly, but part of the emotion from human sensibility told them that the person in front of them was the mother who gave birth to them and raised them...
Wu Xiumin walked slowly to the two children. The little boy raised his head and timidly called out: "Mom..."
A layer of mist covered Wu Xiumin's red eyes. There was a bit of unbearability and pity in her seemingly crazy eyes. Her hands were shaking slightly. After all, these were two pieces of meat that fell from her body.
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She felt that she was completely stunned and was trembling unconsciously. Looking at the two children in front of her, the face of her dead husband suddenly appeared in front of her eyes. He died tragically in the hands of the father of these two children!
This beast also humiliated himself! He used sweet words to deceive himself! He made himself willing to bear children for him! He actually took care of the family business for this husband-killing enemy, let him live in the home of herself and her husband, and gave birth to two children for him.
A son! This beast! After all, the deep-seated hatred overwhelms the glory of motherhood...
The blood redness in Wu Xiumin's eyes became deeper and deeper. Finally, without any hesitation, she reached out and grabbed one of the children. When the child was still dazed, Wu Xiumin frantically stabbed the sharp knife in her hand into the child's heart.
Among!
Hot blood suddenly spurted out! It sprinkled on Wu Xiumin's ferocious face, turning the originally gentle face into an extremely crazy and ferocious one.
The child just struggled for a moment in Wu Xiumin's hands, and then said softly to Wu Xiumin: "Mom, I, it hurts..." Wu Xiumin didn't show any mercy, and looked to the side with her blood-red eyes.
Another boy.
The boy might have been frightened, or he might not have known how to escape. He was spattered with blood. He stared blankly at his mother as he killed his brother and threw it to the ground. The brother twitched twice and said something like:
Still vomiting blood, he then lay on the ground with dull eyes and looked at the rainy sky...
Wu Xiumin looked at the boy nervously and muttered softly: "It will be quick, Gu'er, don't be afraid... the bastard!"
As he spoke, he pushed the boy to the ground and stabbed down crazily with the sharp knife in his hand, one, two, three...
The courtyard was full of blood splatters, but the continuous drizzle washed away all of it, slowly washing down all the blood like a river and gathering it into a lake of blood.
Wu Xiumin sat weakly on the ground, looking at her two pale sons lying on the ground. Wu Xiumin looked at everything she had caused in a daze. She didn't know what to do for a while, until she heard a trembling sound in her ears.
A voice mixed with disbelief sounded: "Mother?!"
Wu Xiumin suddenly raised her head, and saw Xu Zhiping at the courtyard gate looking in shock at his mother covered in blood, and his two half-brothers lying in a pool of blood. The book in his hand suddenly fell on the lake where the blood gathered.
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The gardens in the south of the Yangtze River have always been the best in the world. If we only talk about the study of garden architecture, the gardens in the south of the Yangtze River can be described in a lifetime! It can be said to be the most beautiful treasure in the history of human architecture!
Therefore, even the dignitaries in the north mostly like to use gardens in the south of the Yangtze River, such as Jia Jing's Grand View Garden. Although it is also because Jia's mother is from Jinling, it is also because of the uniqueness of the gardens in the south of the Yangtze River.
So as the most authentic Jiangnan gardens, gardens in Yangzhou, a city in the south of the Yangtze River that can be said to be the most enjoyable and affluent, are naturally even more extraordinary!
Although Yangzhou gardens are not as famous as those in Suzhou, there are still quite a few. If we say the most famous among them, Shouzhi Garden should be the first!
Shouzhi Garden adopts the technique of stacking stones, including bamboo shoots, lake stones, yellow stones and xuan stones to form a rockery for the four seasons in spring, summer, autumn and winter. Within one garden, the scenery of the four seasons gathers together. When you swim in it, you can see the scenery of the four seasons at once!
At the same time, it integrates the principles of gardening and landscape painting into one, and it looks like a Jiangnan landscape painting. Moreover, the pools and pavilions in the garden are quiet, the water and trees are clear, and there are thousands of bamboos planted. It is quiet, elegant and unique! Jia Jingruofei occupies a rare place in Shenjing.
There is absolutely no way to introduce living water into the Grand View Garden from a spring, but living water ponds can be seen everywhere here!
Mountains and water complement each other, the weather is full of bamboo, and the mountains and lakes are full of light. In terms of elegance, it is even far better than Jia Jing's Grand View Garden!
Naturally, such a garden is not something that ordinary people can own. This garden is owned by the Huang family, the head of the eight major salt merchants. There are countless people in Yangzhou who survive by selling salt, but they are all small-scale and can really be called large-scale.
, there are only eight.
Huang, Bai, Jiang, Zheng and Gao replaced Li and Wang. These eight salt merchants controlled the salt administration of the entire Yangzhou. At this time, Yangzhou was actually the place where all the salt administration was concentrated in the world. Therefore, it can be said that these eight salt merchants completely monopolized the entire Yanzhou.
salt industry!
Among them, the most powerful and senior one is undoubtedly the Huang family. The life of the head of the Huang family, Huang Yingjun, is legendary. He was born in Zhao County, Beizhili. His father was the magistrate of Zhao County. Later, after his father passed away
, the family was in decline, Huang Yingjun rode a donkey to Beijing, and relying on his daring to fight and his father's past connections, he actually got permission to operate the salt industry in Lianghuai!
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Not everyone can sell salt casually at this time. To become a salt merchant, you need to have a salt certificate issued by the court, and you must also have a fixed sales place.
It's called: "leading nest"
And Huang Yingyun relied on this salt to lead him to Yangzhou City alone. In this world of hidden dragons and crouching tigers, he actually carved out his own world! In just a few decades, a young boy who was penniless in the industry,
Suddenly became the largest salt merchant in Yangzhou City!
After people get rich, they are either greedy for enjoyment or stingy and guarding money. But Huang Yingjun is different. He is an ambitious and thoughtful businessman.
Therefore, he repeatedly funded Emperor Taizong's Northern Expedition. At this time, Emperor Taizong really wanted to become a famous emperor in history. He also wanted to wash away the bad reputation of seizing the throne from his nephew, so he launched the Northern Expedition several times. Of course, it was effective and he defeated the Tatars.
Hewala fled away, but then various problems came one after another, the most serious of which was undoubtedly: he had no money...
The little wealth that Emperor Taizu left behind was almost all caused to Emperor Taizong. In this way, Emperor Taizu still wanted to go north to beat up the Rakshasa and the Koreans... This is what he was responsible for in the inner treasury and the Korean people.
Emperor Yongxi of Hubu almost knelt down before Emperor Taizu and Prince Ning!
This work is too torturous! Emperor Yongxi is almost bald and can't find a penny! If you still want to fight, kill me first! I can't even spare a penny!
The war must be fought, but what should we do if we have no money? At this time, Huang Yingjun stood up thoughtfully and said, "It doesn't matter if you don't have money. The most important thing for ordinary people is money!"
So under Huang Yingjun's mediation, the court agreed that wealthy people who donated money could be given an honorary official title! Those salt merchants lacked everything, but the most lacking thing was status. They were all men. Who didn't have the dream of becoming an official?
Emperor Taizong was almost crazy from poverty at that time. He had no money to reward ministers who had made meritorious deeds. He could only make up for it by raising his title a few degrees. Why would he care about a mere honorary title? So he readily agreed to the matter!
So Yangzhou salt merchants desperately supported Emperor Taizu's Northern Expedition, and the national treasury suddenly received a large donation!
Therefore, it can be said that Huang Yingjun solved the urgent need of Emperor Taizong, and it can also be said that he made a great contribution. Emperor Taizong felt this and was quite fond of Huang Yingjun.
First, he was given the honorary title of salt transport envoy, and then he promised that the Huang family's salt tax could be halved within three years! That was the salt tax, a very high tax, and exempting half of it was already a huge sum of money.
And the Huang family can actually be exempted from tax for three years!
The Huang family became famous and profitable for a while. Because of this, Huang Yingyun also gained a great reputation and strength! He became the first of the eight major salt merchants in Yangzhou!
To this day, the Huang family is still the most powerful and respected family in the entire city of Yangzhou! Even several salt censors who patrolled the Huaihe River and Huaihe Rivers had to come to the Huang Mansion to see Huang Yingjun before taking office!
Huang Yingjun is not very old now, and looks about the same age as Jia Mu, but he is well-maintained and still seems to be agile and alert.
He became famous very early, so people think he is very old now, but in fact he is still a very strong and healthy little old man.
Even now, I can still meet many people in a day. Just now, another person who came to visit came out of Qingyi Pavilion in Shouzhi Garden with admiration for Huang Yingjun and the thought that he deserved it.
Qingyi Pavilion is a small hexagonal pavilion, tall and dignified, from which you can easily view the entire Shouzhi Garden. There are many Taihu stones around the Qingyi Pavilion, and the outside of the Taihu stones is surrounded by a curve of green water.
Qingyi Pavilion becomes more and more delicate and beautiful under this heavy guard.
Now that Huang Yingyun has retreated from the rapids, his favorite thing to do every day is to sit in the Qingyi Pavilion, fish, and look at the scenery.
A young man in the distance saw him from a distance and hurried over. The visitor who had just left also hurriedly saluted after seeing him. When the young man saw this, he hurriedly returned the salute with a smile and exchanged greetings.
After waiting for a while, he hurriedly entered Qingyi Pavilion.
"Grandpa."
The young man bowed respectfully, and Huang Yingjun smiled: "Shuang'er is here? Is there nothing to do in school today?"
The young man is Huang Shuang, the eldest son of Huang Yingyun. Huang Yingyun has three sons, the eldest son Huang Zhiqi, the second son Huang Zhilin, and the third son Huang Zhixi.
Huang Yingyun also taught his sons well, so the three of them were all outstanding people. When Huang Yingyun was in his fifties, he chose to retire with peace of mind and began to cultivate the third generation heir for the Huang family.
After all, who wouldn’t want to take a break if they can? The clerk below thinks that the shopkeeper is not tired, the shopkeeper thinks that the top shopkeeper is not tired, and the top shopkeeper thinks that the boss is not tired. In fact, in any matter or industry, you have to be top-notch.
If you want to make big money and achieve great achievements, hard work is just a prerequisite...
Therefore, Huang Yingyun decisively chose to retire after he was able to retire. The Huang family with him and the Huang family without him are completely different things, so he cherishes his body very much. The Huang family will never fail as long as he is here!
The Huang family obviously knows this, so even though the old man is no longer in charge, they still treat him respectfully.
When Huang Shuang heard his grandfather ask this question, he hurriedly stepped forward and said, "Yes, there was a lot of noise in school today, so I couldn't learn much, so my grandson came back first."
When Huang Yingjun heard this, he smiled unexpectedly and said, "What's the fuss about?" He patted the embroidery stool next to him and said, "Sit down and talk slowly. Come and warm yourself by the fire. It's very cold."
Huang Shuang responded with a smile, and then sat on the embroidery stool next to Huang Yingyun. Huang Yingyun stared at the buoy in front of him and said with a smile: "You young people are too hot-tempered and too proud, so you always cause trouble.
Come."
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Huang Shuang smiled and said: "It's not like someone had a dispute with someone today... Didn't grandfather get the news?"
Huang Yingyun glanced at him and said with a smile: "What's the news?" Huang Shuang said with a smile: "The legendary Marquis Ning is coming to our Yangzhou!"
Huang Yingjun looked at his grandson's slightly excited smile and was stunned for a moment. Then he thought for a while and then suddenly realized: "Oh, you are talking about the one from Ning Rongjia's family."
Huang Shuang nodded excitedly and said, "That's right! That's the one!" Huang Shuang chuckled and said, "Do you admire him very much?"
Huang Shuang scratched his head and said: "My grandson admires him more, but Xiu Yuan Ziming and the others are holding back their energy!" Huang Yingyun still smiled lightly and said: "What are you holding back?
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Huang Shuang said with a smile: "Back when Ninghou was not famous for his military exploits, there were some good people who revered Ninghou as an immortal. This shows that Ninghou was already a great hero with his poems at that time, and his immortality was his own! He can be called an immortal in the world.
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Huang Yingjun nodded without saying anything, and Huang Shuang continued: "Later I heard that Bai Yi from the Bai family went north to pursue the daughter of the Duke of Korea, and went to the King of Wu's banquet to write a poem. I heard that it was a big loss.
Probably some poems praising Jinshang."
When Huang Yingjun heard Bai Yi's name, he narrowed his eyes slightly. Huang Shuang continued: "Ninghou was also present at that time. He didn't like Bai Yi's poems, so he wrote a poem called "Tong Care" to satirize Bai Yi. It caused a scene at the time.
It’s so ugly that Bai Yi almost loses the shame to stay in Shenjing City!”
Huang Yingjun smiled: "I have also read the song "Tong Guan Guan Gu". The boy from the Bai family did not lose unjustly." Huang Shuang said with a smile: "Bai Yi has always been touted as the number one talent in Jiangnan here, but he ended up in Shu first.
He was defeated by the Korean Duke's daughter with his talk, and then he was humiliated by Ninghou with poems when he entered the capital, but not many people ridiculed him..."
Huang Yingjun said with a smile: "Don't expect others to make a fool of themselves. No matter how much they make a fool of themselves, they are only qualified to make a fool of themselves because they are in the position of a talented person."
Huang Shuang nodded and said: "Yes, but after this incident, good people called the daughter of the Duke of Korea the most talented woman in the world, and the Marquis of Ning as the most talented person in the world. They just said that the Duke of Korea
If the woman is a woman, the whole world will suffer great loss; if Ninghou is an honorable person, the whole world will suffer great loss."
Huang Yingyun laughed loudly when he heard this. After a moment, he coughed and said to Huang Shuang: "Keep talking...Haha."
Huang Shuang patted Huang Yingjun on the back and continued: "But you also know that there is no first in civility and no second in martial arts. The world calls Ninghou the best in the world. How many talented people are there in the south of the Yangtze River? Ninghou went south.
After the news came, who wouldn’t be eager to give it a try?”
Huang Yingjun nodded and said: "The world is bustling with people, but they are just fighting to be the leader for these four words! If you have this intention, you are good and motivated... Have you ever thought about it?"
Huang Shuang laughed dryly, and then said to Huang Yingyun: "My grandson must be lying if he says he has never thought about it, but he knows how much he weighs. Whether Ning Hou is a scholar or a martial artist, he has
A place worth learning for a long time for my grandson..."
Huang Yingyun said calmly: "How do you say it?" Huang Shuang spoke for a while and then said to Huang Yingyun: "Ning Hou has done amazing things since his debut. If nothing else, this alone can be called Ning Rong.
The Jia family came back from the dead and shouldered the lintel of an aristocratic family alone. This alone is enough for my grandchildren to admire and learn from."
Huang Yingjun said with a smile: "It's well said. Smart people know their own weaknesses. When they see the strengths of strong people, they will learn from them and make them their own strengths. Only fools will think that they are mediocre and just miss a chance. In fact, they are just one chance away from mediocrity."
Strong people are no different."
These words were inevitably a bit harsh, so Huang Shuang laughed dryly and said: "Xiu Yuan Ziming and the others are just joining in the fun. Don't you also say that those who do something knowing that they cannot do it are warriors?"
Huang Yingyun laughed when he heard this: "You can draw inferences from one instance!" Huang Shuang scratched his head and smiled, and then said to Huang Yingyun: "Grandpa, now every family in Yangzhou City has taken action because of this news, can we do the same?
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Huang Yingyun pondered for a moment, and then said with a smile: "How are you going to act?" Huang Shuang was stunned, and then thought about it: "The other families are more powerful, but Sun'er thinks that based on the information he knows now,
Marquis Ning probably has military affairs to go to Guangzhou to handle, so Marquis Ning probably has no intention of staying in Yangzhou for a long time."