Anyone who has taken care of a child should know when a child is the most well-behaved? Of course, a child who has just been spanked is the most well-behaved! At this time, you don’t dare to ask him to do bad things!
Emperor Yongxi should be doing this now, sending Tao Peng, the newly appointed governor of Liangjiang, to deal with the salt merchants in Yangzhou, and secondly, to protect Lin Ruhai.
But Tao Peng, who didn't know anything about Jiangnan's affairs, had to take care of Jiangnan's affairs at the same time. How could he have the free time to deal with Yangzhou's salt policy?
So it's very simple. Tao Peng is here to collect money. He is just here to raise money for the court! As long as he can raise a figure in Yangzhou that satisfies the court, he will be very relaxed about Yangzhou's salt policy in the future!
It’s just that Emperor Yongxi still doesn’t know that Lin Ruhai is actually a person who has passed through the Palace of Hell! And Zhou Huan and Lin Ruhai also want to take advantage of this opportunity!
The salt merchants in Yangzhou all knew that Lin Ruhai was seriously ill and that the new governor of Liangjiang was about to take office. The salt merchants also knew clearly what the governor of Liangjiang, Tao Peng, was here to do!
At this time, the salt merchants in Yangzhou were busy fighting among themselves, and the result of the fighting was precisely because of this fundraising matter! Those who failed would have to accept the consequences of having their homes confiscated by the imperial court or even being killed!
The Yangzhou salt merchants have formed their own rules over the years. The imperial court is more like a tiger raised in captivity by them. Whoever among them is killed by several others will be thrown to feed the tiger!
And what Lin Ruhai has done for so many years is to let these people who clearly don't need to feed the tigers cut off their own flesh to feed the tigers!
What the Huang family does is to maintain this rule. Of course, if you can pull off one or two fingers to satisfy the tiger, you can also satisfy the tiger, because maintaining this rule is equivalent to maintaining your own transcendent status!
What the Bai family hopes is to break this rule! After leaving the Huang family and the other four families to feed the tiger, they put a collar on the tiger! From now on, you have to beg me for mercy in order to get a bite of meat from me!
So they have no sense of crisis at all about Tao Peng's upcoming arrival. In their opinion, the imperial court is here to ask for money this time, and they want a lot of it!
So this time the internal fighting will be even more fierce! At least four families must be thrown away to satisfy the court's appetite! This can be said to be the intention of the Zhenghe Bai family! So these eight families can be said to have been very fierce in the past few days.
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They thought that Lin Ruhai could no longer reconcile, and Lin Ruhai and Zhou Huan seized on this point to confuse the eight salt merchants and make them think that Lin Ruhai was dead, but in fact it was just to intensify the fight among the salt merchants!
After understanding this, Jia Jing also knew her duty, which was to let the eight major salt merchants know that she was extremely angry now!
Nothing is too much for a person to do when he is so angry that he loses his mind! When it comes to boiling frogs in warm water, Jia Jing is the one who really kills the frog in the warm water!
After Jia Jing figured it out, she couldn't help but excitedly said, "I'm good at this kind of thing! Just watch it, sir!"
Hearing this, Zhou Huan couldn't help but nodded in amusement and said: "You are always good at singing big plays. Your uncle and I have been working on this play so far. Now it's your turn to go on stage. Don't let us screw it up!"
Jia Jing stood up with a smile, patted her sleeves left and right, made a bow in the play, and smiled at Zhou Huan: "Okay! Just watch how I sing your play!"
When Zhou Huan heard this, he just smiled at Jia Jing and said, "Don't worry, you just came on stage, there is a beautiful actress waiting for you."
Jia Jing was stunned when he heard this: "Who is it?" Zhou Huan smiled but said nothing, Jia Jing's eyes suddenly widened: "No, you can't?"
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Zhou Huan smiled mysteriously, and Jia Jing immediately stood up and said to Zhou Huan: "No! I absolutely disagree!"
Zhou Huan raised his head and glanced at Jia Jing in surprise and said, "What?" Jia Jing stepped forward impatiently and said, "Sir, how could you and your uncle drag her in?"
Jia Jing was so anxious that she just slapped the table: "She is just a little girl! She doesn't understand anything! Even my uncle can't protect himself from the situation in Yangzhou! Why drag her in!"
Jia Jing hurriedly ran inside: "I'm going to find my uncle now to find out!" Zhou Huan said solemnly: "Okay! Come back!"
Seeing that Zhou Huan had become serious, Jia Jing stood still, but she was still very dissatisfied. Zhou Huan then said in a deep voice: "Why are you getting more and more irritable now? Have I finished my words? The bigger it gets, the more outrageous it is! Or just
Speaking of that girl, you are so virtuous!"
Jia Jing opened her mouth, but in the end she could only be speechless. Zhou Huan snorted coldly, and then said to Jia Jing in a deep voice: "What kind of person do you think I am? Being a teacher will harm a child.
Girl? Would your uncle kill his own daughter?"
Zhou Huanyi slapped the table and said: "You are getting more and more impatient! It's hard to take on a big responsibility! If you don't want to cause trouble, go back as soon as possible and cultivate your way conscientiously! We won't need you for things here!"
After Jia Jing heard this, she hurriedly apologized: "Sir! The student was a little embarrassed for a while. It's also because you didn't understand what you said..."
Zhou Huan almost laughed angrily: "Oh, then you blame me?" Jia Jing laughed twice, and then said to Zhou Huan: "You said it yourself, at this time, if you call her back, other than using her as bait, I will not
Do you know what else to use..."
Zhou Huan sighed helplessly and said helplessly to Jia Jing: "Your uncle called him back. At that time, he really thought that he was dying. Who doesn't miss his children at this time?"
Jia Jing suddenly realized, and Zhou Huan then said: "But your uncle didn't ask her to go back after she recovered. Now the salt merchants are waiting for news from the Yanzheng Yamen. If something is done at this time, everyone will notice it.
So how can we execute this plan?"
Jia Jing fell silent. Zhou Huan looked at Jia Jing and said, "When that girl comes, she will be hiding in the Yanzheng Yamen and being taken care of by the teacher and your uncle. Is there anything that could go wrong?"
Jia Jing sighed helplessly, bowed and said: "Sir, please forgive me. I didn't notice clearly for a moment and bumped into you. I hope you won't blame me! It's just... Lin Yatou is weak and I'm afraid she won't be able to bear this. Now in Yangzhou
The situation in the city is changing, and indeed something has changed..."
Zhou Huan sighed helplessly and said: "You have always been a brave and decisive person. Although I didn't say it, I have always been proud of you. You are so heroic and a hero in this world. Why do you always act like this when it comes to your children?"
Mediocre and troublesome?”
Jia Jing pursed her lips and didn't know what to say. He had indeed had a lot of rotten peach blossoms in his life...and his own handling method could be said to be extremely rotten!
Zhou Huan shook his head and said: "Sure enough, you have any thoughts about this girl. Then she will have even less experience. If she can't even see such a scene, how will she serve you as Ning Guo's wife in the future? You are also a descendant of an aristocratic family. You should understand the things that happen in Shenjing City.
What are all the ladies like? Do you think Miss Lin can compare with those people now?"
Jia Jing smiled bitterly and was about to speak, but Zhou Huan interrupted: "I'm not joking with you. This matter is very important. You should think about it carefully! Think about it with your heart!"
Jia Jing was stunned for a moment, and then fell into silence. He knew in his heart that Daiyu... was actually not suitable to be a big wife. Whether it was her sensitive and fragile personality or her experience, Daiyu was not one of those ladies.
opponent!
She has no one to teach her. Although she is talented and can figure out some things, she has no one to teach her. Moreover... Daiyu has a soft temper and soft ears. These characteristics determine that Daiyu is not suitable for a housekeeper!
Zhou Huan sighed: "You have said it yourself since you were a child. You, Jia Jing, do not live for yourself. There are countless people behind you looking at you! Do you think your wife can support Ningguo Mansion?"
Can you compete with those shrewd and cruel ladies? How can you, the dignified Marquis Ning, still interfere in the affairs of the ladies?"
Jia Jing was silent. Men have their own arena, and women have their own track. It is true that because of Jia Jing's identity, those people certainly did not dare to offend Daiyu, but it did not prevent them from making trouble behind her back at all.
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Zhou Huan stood up and patted Jia Jing on the shoulder: "You are not young anymore, don't be childish anymore! If you have the intention, you should treat others well. If you don't have the intention, stay away from other good girls!
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With that said, he said something about taking care of himself, turned around and left, leaving Jia Jing frowning tightly and thinking in place...
Jia Jing led three thousand cavalry to surround the Yanzheng Yamen. It can be said that it caused an uproar in Yangzhou City! It can be said that firstly, it caused a thousand waves!
One of the characteristics of the people in Yangzhou City is comfort. Yangzhou people are more comfortable, pay more attention to the quality of life, and enjoy life. They are content with a small amount of money. They don't expect more and hate busier days.
So many talented people in ancient and modern times, after they got rich and powerful, the first thing they thought about was "with a hundred thousand guan in their waist, riding a crane to Yangzhou"! That's why people in Yangzhou came up with the idea of being wet during the day and having water at night. This sounds very good.
Cool thing!
After all, a life that is too comfortable lacks excitement and hard work, so the unprecedented chilling atmosphere brought by Jia Jing, a northerner, immediately made the people of Yangzhou City very excited!
People in the streets and alleys are talking about Jia Jing. They say that Jia Jing went to Jinling to ask for a miracle doctor. Before leaving, he made harsh words. If even the miracle doctor he invited couldn't save Lin Ruhai,
He will not investigate anything, he will blame everyone in Yangzhou City who may and has the ability to hurt Lin Ruhai!
As soon as this sentence was uttered, the crowd immediately became even more excited. They were all ready and waiting for Jia Jing to perform "The Wrongful Retribution of the Orphans of the Zhao Family"!
But as soon as Jia Jing said these words, the salt merchants in Yangzhou City suddenly felt sad! They were thinking about how to spread Jia Jing's anger to the other side!
In such an atmosphere, the children of the salt merchants have been very dissatisfied with each other recently. Huang Shuang's younger brothers have been at war with several children from the Bai family recently.
Today, after Huang Shuang once again fished out his two younger brothers from the Yangzhou government office, he reluctantly scolded the two of them and told them to be more honest during this time, and then hurriedly walked back.
Compared with the recent frequent actions of other families, the Huang family has been unusually quiet these days. Firstly, they really do not want to participate in such a cruel battle, and secondly...the old man of the Huang family is sick.
It's very serious......
There was some light rain in the first few days of spring in Yangzhou. Because it was light rain, Huang Yingyun didn't pay much attention to it. He went out fishing as usual, but when he walked to a bluestone slab, his foot slipped.
Then he fell hard to the ground!
If a young and strong man were to see if there was any damage, he would fall down after standing up and taking only two steps. Huang Yingjun is almost eighty years old...
An old man in his eighties was slapped on the ground, and Huang Yingyun fell into a coma that day. Various famous doctors came in and out of Huang's house, and after a lot of effort, Huang Yingyun was finally able to save Huang Yingyun's life!
But Huang Yingjun was paralyzed in bed because of this. It is said that he broke his pelvis. Now he is not only paralyzed in bed, but also enduring severe pain every day, and he has almost no waking hours in a day!
A generation of reckless heroes ended up like this! It is really sad and sighing!
Falling is almost fatal for the elderly. The Huang family is just relying on their ability to give Huang Yingjun a false reputation, but everyone knows that Huang Yingjun has only been alive for two days!
Anyone who has taken care of a paralyzed elderly person knows that, not to mention bedsores that can easily develop, infection wounds are almost fatal to an elderly person's body. Even if they lie in bed doing nothing every day, most elderly people will end up depressed!
Not to mention having to suffer the humiliation of being unable to control urination and urination! Basically, when an old man is paralyzed in bed, he will slowly eat less and less, and become thinner and thinner. Most of them will not survive more than a year or two.
Then suddenly passed away......
Huang Yingjun's mentality is pretty good, but his body really can't hold on anymore. Since the fall, Huang Yingjun has had trouble sleeping day and night due to the unbearable severe pain in his body, and his body has become visibly thinner!
Huang Shuang walked in and saw his father helping Huang Yingjun to turn over. When he heard the noise and looked back, Huang Shuang hurriedly whispered: "Get that Wuxiang quickly."
Huang Shuang nodded hurriedly, and sure enough, he saw Huang Yingyun moaning softly with pain on his face. Huang Shuang did not dare to neglect, and hurriedly walked inside, opened a small box, and took out a thick and long pipe.
There is also a small leather bag.
Huang Shuang hurriedly walked to Huang Yingjun's bed, and then handed the pipe in his hand to Huang Zhiqi. After Huang Zhiqi took it, Huang Shuang squatted on the ground, took out a small glass lamp from the small leather bag, took out the fire stick and lit it, and then
He took out a small wooden box from his bag and opened it. There was a large mass of black stuff inside, and a stench rushed straight into his nose as the lid was opened!
Huang Shuang held his breath, pulled out a small piece, and then stuffed it into the smoker. Huang Zhiqi held the smoker and whispered: "Dad, please take some more Wu Xiang."
Huang Yingjun was lying on his side. Hearing the words, he reluctantly opened his mouth a crack, and then nodded hurriedly: "Quick, quick..."
Huang Zhiqi did not dare to neglect, and hurriedly put the big smoking gun into Huang Yingyun's mouth. Huang Yingyun endured the severe pain in his body and took a deep breath. His whole body suddenly relaxed, and his face showed an ecstatic look...
Huang Shuang looked at his grandfather with curiosity in his heart, but at the same time he was also a little scared. His grandfather had only been smoking Wuxiang for half a month, and now it was so painful that he couldn't sleep if he didn't smoke Wuxiang every day!
This thing is the top medicinal material paid tribute by Siam, Java and Mankara. At this time, it is basically outside the Thirteenth Line of Guangzhou and Sichuan and Sichuan, and only the royal family can enjoy it.
The royal family named it Wuxiang. Legend has it that it is one of the main medicinal materials for refining elixirs. It is also said that if you light this and put it in the house, people will feel happy and soothed...
All in all, it is mysterious and mysterious! For this reason, this stuff is very popular in Guangzhou Sanhang! It is said that the same black fragrance is equivalent to the same gold!
But the Huang family definitely doesn’t care about money. This was something that Mr. Huang couldn’t bear the pain a few days ago. One of the doctors brought it up, saying that he had seen it in a medical book, saying that Wuxiang can greatly relieve pain.
So the Huang family tried their best to get some of these from Guangzhou.
Oh, over there in Guangzhou, they seem to be more accustomed to calling it... Fushou Ointment!
Seeing the dazed expression on his grandfather's face after taking a sip of Wuxiang, Huang Shuang couldn't help but be filled with curiosity. It wasn't until Huang Zhiqi taught him a few words from the side that Huang Shuang came back to his senses.
Huang Zhiqi said softly to Huang Shuang: "Has your brother's matter been dealt with?" Huang Shuang nodded in agreement, and then hesitated and said: "Ninghou's matter has made a fuss in the city. Jinling is not far from Yangzhou, I'm afraid
………”
Huang Yingjun closed his eyes, smacked his lips and said softly: "Don't be afraid of him. This kid is just bluffing. He doesn't dare to really do anything, so why are you panicking?"
After hearing this, Huang Shuang looked at Huang Yingyun and said, "Grandpa, don't you think Marquis Ning is planning to launch a killing spree in Yangzhou City?"
Huang Zhiqi still had his eyes closed, as if to buffer Huang Shuang's words, with his mouth wide open and a floating smile on his face...
After a while, he seemed to react, and said softly to Huang Shuang: "Have you forgotten everything I told you before? Jia Jing's character is not such an impulsive and irritable person... He will not do such a thing
Yes."
Huang Shuang smiled bitterly, "People have said such harsh words, but you have to believe in your theory of using troops to judge people!"
Huang Yingjun said softly: "If he really wanted to kill people, he would definitely not say such cruel words and kill the whole Yangzhou? Haha..."
Hearing this, Huang Shuang and Huang Zhiqi looked at each other, and Huang Zhiqi stepped forward and said softly: "My father, if Jia Jing really wants to kill people and blame our salt merchants for Master Lin's incident, he will name names instead of
Are you talking about the whole of Yangzhou in general?"