Bai Lizer is forty-three years old this year. He can still eat three bowls of rice a day and drink half a catty of rice wine. He feels that he is full of energy! At this time, a man should be at the peak of his physical and mental strength.
The year to fight!
When he was twenty years old, he separated from his elder brother and lived alone. He left the small town where he was raised and came to Yangzhou, vowing to make a name for himself in Yangzhou!
Twenty-three years have passed, and now he has nearly 10,000 salt workers and countless salt fields! He produces millions of taels of water every day! This is even more than the tax revenue of the entire Dayan in a year!
He has hooked up with tens of thousands of officials, and even the senior officials in the central government and the cabinet are all brothers and equals to him!
Not to mention that in the city of Yangzhou, he ranks second among the eight major families. He can call the wind and rain, and cover the sky with one hand! A man has lived a lifetime, and by this time, he has already earned enough!
But Bai Lizer was not willing to give in, he was not willing to be second place! He admitted that Huang Yingyun was indeed a person, but he looked down on Huang Yingyun's three sons from the bottom of his heart!
A conservative man, a romantic fake scholar, a high-spirited playboy! Why should they ride on my head? Just because your father debuted early?
Bai Lize despises the Huang family from the bottom of his heart. Huang Yingyun is old. If he were thirty years younger, he would be willing to succumb to such a hero. But how could Huang Zhiqi be so virtuous? Why should he be above me!
Bai Lize feels that he is in his prime, so he has great ambitions. He wants to be the only master in Yangzhou! He wants the whole Yangzhou to tremble because of him! He wants to do what Huang Yingyun did, and Huang Yingyun has nothing to do with him.
Everything you can do!
Bai Lizer's thoughts have become more and more urgent in the past few years. Huang Yingjun has been seriously ill twice. He is already so old. If I remember correctly, he is only two years younger than Emperor Taizong, so he is already or enough!
And Emperor Taizong has been in power for almost a year. How many more years can you, Huang Yingjun, live? Therefore, Bai Lize, who was oppressed by Huang Yingjun and was out of breath, has been making frequent moves in recent years.
Huang Yingyun may or may not have noticed it, but he remained indifferent from beginning to end, which further fueled Bai Lize's arrogance!
Huang Yingyun is old, Yangzhou should have a new talker! There is a stronger, younger and more powerful voice!
Bai Lize led several other salt merchants to fight with the government, fight with Huang Yingyun, and fight with all the forces trying to get ahead in Yangzhou! It is bound to bring the entire Yangzhou under their control!
He had an intuition, and this intuition began to become stronger and stronger! He could feel that Yangzhou City was about to be unstable! And the court was likely to launch a new wave of "exploitation" of salt merchants.
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The imperial court suffered many defeats in Sichuan and Shaanxi. Although the war in the southwest went smoothly, it was still a war. Fighting cost money. Where did the money come from?
"Thanks" to the old man Huang Yingjun, now the imperial court will cut two knives from the salt merchants whenever there is a shortage of money! The salt merchants have long become the golden pigs of the imperial court.
Yes! The Lianghuai Salt Patrol Censor was the butcher!
But this time, it's not as simple as cutting twice! Bai Lize could predict that if the court didn't kill one or two this time, they might not be able to survive the new year!
Although he understood this, Bai Lizer was not only not afraid, but also excited about it!
He knows that everyone thinks clearly, but they are all a bunch of pathetic cowards! They are all hoping that the knife will not fall on their heads!
Bai Lize doesn't want this. He doesn't want to pray that the other party won't kill him, but he has to tell the other party clearly that I can give you this money, but you can kill me to get it, but no!
Bai Lizer wants to completely break the humiliation of Yangzhou City to the imperial court! He wants to represent the salt merchants, and even represent Yangzhou, and confront the imperial court! He is working hard for this now!
Bai Lizer doesn't have any special hobbies, and even his lustful characteristics as a man are not particularly obvious. He has only one hobby that he will never forget over the years, which is drinking tea!
To this end, he visited all the famous masters in the world, studied painstakingly, and never tired of trying to study the tea ceremony by himself. He drank tea every day, and even when he went out, the servants behind him had to prepare hot tea for him at any time.
He is very particular about tea, even when he is drinking tea, no one can disturb him, but today a person hurried in while he was drinking tea.
"Dad! Dad! Something big happened!"
Bai Lize did not pay attention to his impatient little son, but sipped the tea in his mouth slightly, quietly savoring the fragrance surrounding his tongue and teeth...
After a moment, Bai Lize frowned slightly and opened his eyes and looked at his youngest son Bai Yu who hurried in: "What are you doing in such a hurry?"
Bai Yu swallowed his saliva and said, "Dad, something big happened!" Bai Lize put away the tea set unhurriedly and snorted: "What other big thing could happen? The sky is falling?"
Bai Yu hurriedly slapped his thigh and said, "My dad! Why are you so unhurried? I just heard someone say that Zheng Yulin from the Zheng family is in the Qingyi Garden of the Huang family at this time!"
When Bai Lize heard this, he raised his head and glanced at Bai Yu: "Where did you get the news?" Bai Yu smiled bitterly and said: "Dad! The whole Yangzhou will soon know!"
Bai Lize was silent for a moment, then sneered and said, "Just go. Going doesn't mean that the Zheng family is cowarded, nor does it mean that they have to give in!"
Bai Yu hurriedly said after hearing this: "Dad, if everyone is sitting together now, it must be that they have discussed it again! If they have reached an agreement again..."
Bai Lize sneered and said: "Zheng Yulin is not a fool. He will never give in on this matter! It was because of this that my father caught them right in the middle!"
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Just when Jia Jing was in full swing in the southwest, everything was not smooth sailing in Yangzhou City. Bai Lize used an extremely vicious strategy to directly kill
The four alliances led by the Huang family almost broke up!
The forces headed by the Huang family are now very complex. Last time, the Bai family and other four families deceived the Huang, Zheng, Jiang, and Wang families. As a result, the emperor's imperial edict was not issued, so the game was not completed. But in the end, they were deceived.
Bo, how can there be no reason not to retaliate after the Huang family has calmed down?
The same goes for the Wang family. Due to some business problems in recent years, the Wang family has become very enthusiastic in their relationship with the imperial court, and gradually they have become mutually beneficial. Therefore, the Wang family is also relatively opposed to overdoing the imperial policy...
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But even though you said that, our Wang family should still stand by your Bai family! In the end, you turned around and sold me out?
The Wang family is not a cheap person. They were stabbed in the back and decided to vote for the Huang family! Therefore, the current power of the Huang family is actually very complicated.
The Huang family and the Wang family were both Shanxi merchants, but they had many fights with each other because of their different opinions. Now the Wang family has turned to them. Although they are both businessmen pursuing profit, it is pure to say that there is no guard against each other.
It’s nonsense!
Although the Zheng family and the Jiang family had a relatively good relationship with the Huang family from the beginning, the Zheng family and the Jiang family were from Huizhou merchants. The Huizhou merchants were relatively honest and advocated "the world is in love, benevolence and righteousness are valued"! So,
Huizhou merchants also opposed being too tough on the court.
Huizhou merchants were not as powerful as Shanxi merchants, especially in Yangzhou City. Huizhou merchants had just started to get involved in the salt business in the past few years, so naturally their background was not as good as Shanxi merchants.
Therefore, the Zheng family, the Jiang family, and the Huang family all came together just to keep each other warm, and there was no friendship at all between them. Bai Lizer took advantage of this, and took advantage of the mixed power under the Huang family to separate them!
Facing the overwhelming retaliation from the Huang family, the first move he made made the Huang family miserable! That was the issue of student status!
The Huizhou merchants and Shanxi merchants in the second Huaiyang Prefecture were not Huaiyang locals, so according to Dayan regulations, their children could not take the imperial examination in the Huaiyang Second Prefecture and had to return to their place of household registration to take the examination.
Later, when Emperor Taizong was young, because the salt merchants helped Emperor Taizong a lot, Emperor Taizong reciprocated this item by allowing the salt merchants' children of the second Huaiyang Prefecture to have seven places without returning to their household registration.
The location is in the imperial examination of Huaiyang Second Prefecture!
These seven places have been owned by several major Shanxi merchant families for so many years. Later, even if the Zheng family and the Jiang family came, they were never qualified to take it out from their hands. They could only keep calling their children for so many years.
The mountain is high and the road is far away, so I ran back to the imperial examination in advance...
Of these seven quotas, one is occupied by each of the six Shanxi merchant families, and two are occupied by the Huang family! Bai Lizer took advantage of this! This caused conflict among the four families headed by the Huang family!
Emperor Yongxi ascended the throne, so he authorized a class of Enke, which means that he can take another test this year. The candidates are preparing with confidence, but the children of the Zheng family and the Jiang family have to climb mountains and ridges first.
Go back to your original place of residence and take the exam!
The Bai family fanned the flames, and the Zheng family soon expressed their dissatisfaction. The head of the Zheng family, Zheng Yulin, thought it shouldn't be so unfair. At first, everyone spent the money together, but now, the benefits are all given to you.
Shanxi merchants fell? Just because we arrived late?
Therefore, Zheng Yulin proposed that this system should be changed and turned into a rotation system. Every time a subject starts, it would be better if one school does not have the quota!
What Zheng Yulin proposed is definitely fair, but first of all, they are all merchants from Shanxi, why should they listen to you, a merchant from Huizhou? Secondly, the Huang family has two quotas, and now not only does it have to hand over one, but it is not even its turn.
When there was no one? Why should people give up the benefits they have gained?
Therefore, not only did the six major families except the Jiang family disagree with this proposal, but even the Huang family remained silent at this time!
The Zheng family and the Jiang family were extremely dissatisfied because of this. They have almost cut off contact with the Huang family these days! Just when the Bai family was satisfied that their plan had succeeded, news came today that Zheng Yulin actually went to the Huang family!
The frightened Bai Yu hurriedly ran back and told Bai Lize about the matter. At this time, seeing Bai Lize not caring at all, Bai Yu couldn't help but said with some doubts: "Dad, why? How can you be so sure that the Huang family will not
Concession? As far as I know, that old man from the Huang family is quite cruel!"
Bai Lize smiled and said: "No matter how cruel Mr. Huang is, he will not give in on this matter. This is a non-negotiable matter."
Bai Yu scratched his head and said, "Why?" Bai Lize sighed and said, "If you are not a parent, you don't know the key to this. It doesn't matter if you feel a little wronged, but jumping around outside is just for the sake of it.
Descendants?"
As he spoke, Bai Lize stood up slowly and said: "Mr. Huang has been in power all his life and has endured everything, but he absolutely can't bear this! Because he is fighting for future generations! If he doesn't want to be poked in the bone by his descendants,
All we can do is grit our teeth and hold on!"
After hearing this, Bai Yu suddenly realized, and then he stepped forward with a flattering smile and said to Bai Lize: "Dad! You are still the best!"
Bai Lize smiled and said: "Get out! Is your eldest brother back yet?" Bai Yu smiled and shook his head and said: "I think eldest brother is too happy to miss Shu. No, it's because he misses Shu too much! That's why he refuses to come back!"
Bai Lize glared at him angrily and said, "Your elder brother has his own considerations, it's not as simple as you think!"
Bai Yu curled his lips and said nothing. His eldest brother was just asking for humiliation in order to be humiliated by others! She is a serious and honorable daughter of a prince, and it is impossible for her to think highly of his eldest brother even with her heels!
He must admit that in Yangzhou City, his eldest brother is indeed a first-class hero, but outside Yangzhou City, who is his eldest brother? Let alone his eldest brother, even if he is the Bai family, who is he?
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Why do they worship Lu Buwei?
But high-end games like rare goods and hoardings are hard to come by! To put it simply, they will never be able to get on the big ship of the Korean public! They are not worthy!
Bai Yu has a very clear understanding of himself and what the Bai family should do next, but the eldest brother, who has been shrouded in the light of genius since childhood, obviously does not realize this!
He has received too much adulation and high expectations since he was a child, which makes him a little arrogant and arrogant! When he replied to the letter before, the lines were full of the words he had dined with which prince, and went out to play with which prince...
It was as if he was on an equal footing with them... He didn't realize at all that what people value is not your talent, Bai Yi, let alone you, Bai Yi. What they value is just the Bai family behind you, and the Bai family.
Just a huge fortune!
Without these, you wouldn’t even be qualified to carry someone’s shoes!
So Bai Yu thought that Jia Jing, who had humiliated Bai Yi before, used poems to humiliate Bai Yi, was not necessarily a bad thing...
Therefore, Bai Yu inevitably had some yin and yang in his words. Bai Lize knew that Bai Yu was not giving Bai Yi eye drops, so after scolding Bai Yu for a few words, he asked Bai Yu to continue to go out and inquire to see what happened next.
Sure enough, Bai Yu came back with a smile after going for a while, and said that Bai Lize was really clever! Sure enough, Zheng Yulin only stayed at the Huang family for less than half an hour, and then left with an angry face, even Huang Zhiqi from the Huang family was behind.
I kept chasing and trying to stop him, but couldn't stop him...
Now it seems that the Zheng family and the Huang family are really about to break up!
This is certainly good news. Although the Huang family can definitely beat the four of them if they work hard, the Huang family is not a desperate man. The Huang family now is not the Huang family in the reckless era.
No! They don’t have the courage and determination to die together with the four families!
So allies are naturally extremely important to the Huang family. Now the Huang family has almost lost an arm! How can Bai Lizer not laugh heartily and shout happily?
But Bai Lize didn't have time to be happy for long before he received news that made his hair stand on end and made him stand up in shock!
Jia Jing, the Marquis of Ning State, armed with the power of great victory, led 3,000 cavalry into Yangzhou City!
Jia Jing's move immediately caused an uproar! It also woke up this city of feasting, luxury and enjoyment! The eight major salt merchants are in danger!
Even the Zheng family and the Jiang family, who had just broken up with the Huang family, immediately returned to the Huang family. Huang Zhiqi looked at the returning Zheng family and Jiang family heads, but there was no expression of joy at all. On the contrary, he was extremely serious.
I had a secret chat with the two of them for a long time!
After the heads of the Zheng family and Jiang family left, Huang Zhiqi hurried to Qingyi Garden to ask his father for advice! Everyone in the eight major families was like this!
Just because they know why Jia Jing is so aggressive! There has been no news from the Yanzheng Yamen for a long time these days. Many people even thought that Lin Ruhailin, the salt censor of the Huaihe River Patrol, had actually died of illness long ago!
Of course, it is not known whether it was a true "illness death" or some other reason...
The eight major families all know that there is something fishy here, but none of them know who committed this murder! Although the eight major families are a unit when facing outsiders, they are fighting overtly and covertly among themselves!
That's why they were so vigilant at this time, for fear that Jia Jing would blame them! If they were framed as a scapegoat by some bastard, it would be too unworthy!
Everyone knows that Jia Jing attaches great importance to love and righteousness. Nothing else. As long as it is his family, even if it is just a name, they will be entertained with delicious food and drinks, and a bright future will be arranged!
So no one would think that Jia Jing abandoned an army of 260,000 and ran back just to collect the corpse for Lin Ruhai...
Judging from the relationship between Ning Rong and his family, there is no difference between Jia Min and his aunt. Your aunt's family was killed and the whole family was killed. Now only the uncle and an orphan are left, and one of them is going to be killed! Who can we spare?
Can you bear it?
With Jia Jing’s temperament, it’s only right to collect corpses from all over Yangzhou!