After hearing what his daughter said, Wei Tongnian was so angry that his beard and eyebrows were almost tangled together. He pointed at Wei Man Ting and cursed tremblingly: "What's so good about that Pang Gang? Is it worth it for you to ignore your own honor and protect him like this? You don't
Have you ever thought about how you would get married in the future if word spread about it!"
Wei Manying's big eyes also turned red, and she said stubbornly: "Daddy doesn't have to worry about my daughter's life-long events, but it's daddy. What's wrong with you? Da Daren doesn't seem to have offended daddy. Why did you mention it recently?"
He just has a nose, not a nose, nor eyebrows, so why doesn't he want to see you? Don't forget, he is now the commander of the third rank, General Dingyuan, and his rank is even higher than yours!"
"What are you talking about!" Wei Tongnian became even more angry, "I would argue with a reckless man who only knows how to fight? As for the grade, huh, it's just the third grade..." Wei
The tone at the beginning of the same year was very disdainful, but at the end of the sentence, his voice became much quieter without realizing it.
"Okay! Master, Man Ting, please stop saying a few words!" Seeing the two of them quarreling, Rou Niang hurriedly came out to smooth things over. She said softly to Wei Tongnian: "Master, Man Ting only occasionally quarreled with me.
Mr. Pangda said a few words, why are you so unyielding? And Man Ting, you don't have to contradict your father like this. What if you make your father angry anyway?"
Although Rou Niang was born in a brothel and was only Wei Tongnian's concubine, as her name suggests, she has a gentle personality. Since she entered the Wei Mansion, she has done a good job both in serving Wei Tongnian and in treating Wei Manyui. Therefore,
Wei Tongnian and his daughter would give her a lot of respect. Now when they heard what Rou Niang said, the two of them shut up.
Wei Manting had tears in her eyes: "What's wrong with me? I just said a few words to Mr. Pang! Dad, I know you claim to be a descendant of a saint, and you always say, "Everything is inferior, but reading is good." You
We also look down on military generals like Pang Pang, but don’t forget the saying “A useless scholar is a scholar.” A few days ago, if Pang Pang hadn’t led his troops to the front and fought to the death with the Tatars, how could we be as comfortable as we are now?
How come you can't put away that prejudice in your heart?"
"I...I..." Wei Tongnian said after waiting for a long time: "How can I look down on that Pang Gang? It's just that that kid was just a poor soldier not long ago. I didn't expect that he would pass."
In just one year, he jumped on me, why?"
"Pfft..."
After Wei Tongnian's words came out, Rou Niang couldn't help but laugh out loud. Even Wei Manting, who was crying at the side, couldn't help bursting into laughter. Only then did they understand why Wei Tongnian disliked Pang Gang so much during this period.
Well, it turned out that he was jealous of others who jumped up too quickly.
In his heart, Wei Tongnian, like all scholars, believed in one truth, that is, only those who are good at reading are inferior in everything. In their view, governing a country and bringing peace to the country is the ability of scholars, while fighting and killing is only the skill of rude warriors.
Things. Now that Pang Gang had jumped up so quickly, it made him feel a little sour in his heart. In addition, the relationship between his daughter and him had been somewhat ambiguous recently, so he felt even more displeased with Pang Gang.
After knowing the truth of the matter, Wei Manting said angrily and funny: "Dad, you are the prefect because you studied hard for ten years and survived for so many years before being promoted, but how can a great man achieve the status he has today?"
It was someone who risked his life with a knife and a gun, what are you so angry about?"
Looking at his daughter's pretty face, which was as pretty as pear blossoms and raindrops, Wei Tong sighed and then fell silent.
At this moment, a servant came to report: "Your Excellency, someone from the Yamen has arrived, and he wants to see you."
The three people in the pavilion looked at each other and said, Cao Cao, Cao Cao is here, what a coincidence.
"Let him in!" Soon Wei Tongnian spoke.
Not long after, a young sergeant wearing a red mandarin duck battle coat came to Wei Tongnian under the guidance of a servant. Wei Tongnian looked at him and asked in a deep voice: "Why are you looking for me?"
When the sergeant saw Wei Tongnian sitting in the pavilion, he knew that this must be the rightful leader he was looking for. He immediately knelt down on one knee and saluted: "Master Wei, I have been ordered by the commander to give you this."
A gift list has been sent, please take a look." After speaking, the sergeant presented an envelope with both hands.
Wei Tongnian took a look and found that it was a banknote issued by Qingzhou Datong Bank. When he saw the amount on the banknote, his brows jumped. Wei Tongnian put the banknote back into the envelope and asked quietly
Said: "No reward for no merit, how could your commander give me this great gift for no reason?"
The sergeant said respectfully: "Replying to your words, the Commander-in-Chief said that you have helped our Commander-in-Chief Yamen a lot these days, and I have never had time to thank you. This thing is just a small thought on his part."
Wei Tongnian was noncommittal about this answer. He waved to the sergeant and said, "Okay, I'll accept the gift order. You can go back first."
"yes!"
The sergeant bowed his hands and saluted before striding out. Looking at the erect posture of the sergeant as he walked, Rou Niang couldn't help but praise, "Looking at an ordinary sergeant under his command, he is so impressive. From this, we can tell that this
Mr. Pang Da is really capable, but sir, what did he give you this time?"
Pang Gang had saved Rou Niang's life, so Rou Niang had always had a good impression of him. Now that he saw the gift coming, she took the opportunity to say good things for him.
Young Wei Tong snorted and put the gift list gently on the table. At this time, his complexion had improved a lot, but he still said harshly: "This Pang Gang is really tacky. He only gives some gifts to A Du, but this time he
He was quite generous, giving me five thousand taels of silver as a gift."
Wei Man Ting was dissatisfied with her father's behavior of being obedient even though he got an advantage. She glanced at her father with her beautiful eyes and said, "If father dislikes this, you can take it back."
However, Wei Tongnian smiled and said: "It seems that this money is Pang Gang's profit from selling illegal salt in Qingzhou and shared with my father. If my father doesn't accept Pang Gang, he will be suspicious."
Wei Manying rolled her eyes again but fell silent. She was well aware of the trivial matters in the officialdom. She also knew that if Pang Gang wanted to sell private salt safely in Qingzhou, although it would touch the personal interests of those salt merchants, if there was Wei Tongnian, the prefect of Qingzhou,
Cooperation, the two chiefs of the military and political affairs really have nothing to fear when they join forces.
Looking at his daughter who was crying and smiling, Wei Tongnian sighed secretly in his heart. He knew his daughter better than her father. Wei Tongnian knew that his daughter might have fallen in love with Pang Gang. If not, she would at least have a good impression of him. Otherwise, she would have liked him.
My daughter, who usually seems peaceful but has a rather arrogant temperament, will not intercede for a person or even meet frequently. But what should I do? Break up the family abruptly? The person who has an official position is bigger than me. In terms of money, now
As a salt dealer, he is much better than himself.
While Wei Tongnian was having a headache for his precious daughter, Pang Gang was settling accounts in a room of the command yamen. Because the matter was so important, there were only two people in the room, Pang Gang and Ruolan.
The crackling sound of the abacus rang for a long time. Ruolan, who had been busy, stopped, wiped the sweat from his forehead and said to Pang Gang with a smile: "Mr. sir, the accounts have been calculated. In the past half month,
Our profit from selling refined salt is fifty-five thousand, four hundred and thirty-six taels of silver. Sir, we are rich."
"What?" Even though he was prepared, Pang Gang couldn't help but be shocked by the huge profits he made from private salt. He only sold refined salt for half a month, and the profit he earned was more than 50,000 taels, and this was just
What if the profits from Qingzhou were expanded to the entire Shandong and the entire Jiangnan? Then wouldn’t the profits be hundreds of times that? No wonder I watched those pigtail dramas on TV in later generations, saying that the imperial court’s taxes
It's just a few yuan, and the salt tax accounts for half of the entire court's tax revenue. It seems that selling private salt is really a huge profit!
Looking at her silent husband, Ruolan thought that he was so happy that he could not speak. She couldn't help but pursed her lips and said with a smile: "Mr. sir, don't be too happy too early. The reason why we can achieve such high status in Qingzhou is
Profit, that's because this is our territory, even if those salt merchants want to cause trouble, they don't have the courage, if we leave Qingzhou, we won't have such high profits."
"Well, I know that!" Pang Gang nodded, "I don't expect to become a big fat man in one go. As long as I can occupy the salt channels in Shandong, Zhejiang, and Jiangsu, my husband, I will be satisfied.
"
Ruolan couldn't help laughing when she heard the words, she stretched out her jade fingers and tapped her husband's forehead, her beautiful eyes were full of charm: "You, other people's salt merchants are only satisfied if they can occupy one or two states, yours
You have a big appetite, and you want to occupy the land of three provinces. If you really occupy the salt roads of the three provinces, I'm afraid even the imperial court will have to borrow money from you."
Pang Gang did not laugh, but sighed solemnly: "Look, the high profit we can get is certainly related to our own production and sales, but it can also be seen from this how big the profit of the salt channel is. I guess
If our Ming Dynasty's salt tax could be fully collected, it would cost at least tens of millions of taels a year. However, the salt tax from Jiangnan to the court last year was only a pitiful six thousand taels. Do you think the people below deserve it?
How cruel!"
"Alas!" Ruolan also sighed softly, shook her head and said, "Ms. sir, even the emperor can't do anything about this matter. What can we do?"
"Do you understand now why I am so unscrupulous in selling private salt?" Pang Gang's eyes shot out a bright light: "Instead of letting those black-hearted salt transporters and salt merchants earn this money, it is better to let
Let’s make money!”
"Sir, urgent report from Dengzhou!" While Pang Gang and Ruolan were talking in the room, a soldier called outside the door.
"Squeak!" Pang Gang opened the door and asked, "What's the matter?"
The soldier handed over a letter with both hands, "Sir, it's not good, I sent a three-hundred-mile rush from Dengzhou, and there was a mutiny in Dengzhou!"
"What? Mutiny!" When Pang Gang heard this, his face suddenly changed color...