The tragedy of the salt merchants in Yangzhou was an earth-shattering event. Naturally, many people suffered at the expense of the emperor and the princes. In the end, the magistrate of Yangzhou was transferred to a barren land with no hope of promotion, and Sheng Hong was transferred to a barren place because of his family loyalty.
With the help of the Earl of Qin, he was only scolded by the officials, and then continued to stay in the position of general judge without any trouble. As for future promotion, it must not be a big problem.
This is the so-called principle that there are people in the court who are good at becoming officials.
Immediately afterwards, the Jiangnan gangster "Fang La" was wanted throughout the Song Dynasty. However, no one knew the appearance and information of this "Fang La". Naturally, there was no so-called profiler evolved from psychology in later generations, so "Fang La" was just
I copied the blood letter left by "Fang La" and tried to find this imaginary gangster based on the handwriting.
"Hey! I don't know what happened this year? So many big things happened all at once." After the documents from the Bianjing Officials Department came down, things in Yangzhou came to an end, and Sheng Hong couldn't help but sigh happily.
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"Hong Lang, you are a good person and have good fortune, so this kind of thing will not happen to you." Lin Zhishuang is the woman who knows Sheng Hong's temper best. She can control Sheng Hong to death every time.
Yes, he immediately complimented Sheng Hong with understanding.
"What! This is all thanks to my in-laws from Bianjing, the Earl of Zhongqin. Otherwise, it is hard to say whether I would have been dismissed, let alone promoted, and investigated." At this time, Sheng Hong was quite confident.
With self-awareness, I know that I was lucky enough to find a good in-laws, so I was able to survive this unexpected incident.
"Oh? The Earl of Zhongqin's Palace is so powerful?" Lin Jiaoshuang, who has seen the turmoil in the world, naturally knows that they are all the helpers of the Earl of Zhongqin's Palace, and the reason why she praises Sheng Hong so much is just to cater to Sheng Hong's vanity.
"This is natural! They are a real noble family, and their connections and resources are naturally beyond our imagination."
"Then...how do we, the salt merchants in Yangzhou, solve the problem?" Then Lin Zhishuang looked at Sheng Hong with some doubts and asked. Women in this era can only live by gossip and family feud.
"Hmph! Without the three major salt merchants in Yangzhou, there will be other small salt merchants. Besides, Gu Tingye inherited all the Bai family's property and has recently taken over the other two salt merchants quickly. It has grown to become the largest salt merchant in Yangzhou and even the whole country.
It is the largest salt shop in Song Dynasty." In fact, the great ministers, ranging from Sheng Hong, a seventh-rank official, to the most respected ministers, did not care much about the lives of a few salt dealers.
"Honglang, actually sometimes I feel that "Fang La" is Gu Tingye's man. You must know that he has the strength and motivation. Not only did he solve the Bai family who were fighting for the family property, he also swallowed up the other two families in one fell swoop.
Salt trade." Lin Zongshuang, who was already good at maneuvering and scheming, realized early on that the Yangzhou incident was not simple. The main reason was that the front and rear joints were too mysterious.
"Nonsense! The Bai family is Gu Tingye's mother clan. How much hatred is there to destroy the whole Bai family?" Hearing that Lin Zongshuang would make such random associations, Sheng Hong immediately glared and scolded with a sudden expression on his face.
"Eh? Hong Lang, I'm just guessing, so you can just listen to it and enjoy it." Seeing that her "reliance" actually got angry, Lin Zongshuang quickly and cleverly slapped her haha.
"Well, Aunt Lin must be careful what she says in the future. You need to know that walls have ears." Sheng Hong's way of being an official is nothing more than to be cautious, and naturally he is not interested in the specific inside story.
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Lin Zoshuang was very dissatisfied with Sheng Hong's cautiousness at this time. She still felt that what happened was too subtle, and Suning became the biggest beneficiary. She just saw that Sheng Hong was disgusted with discussing this issue, knowing that Sheng Hong was
Really frightened by this incident, Lin Zoshuang could only keep this doubt deep in her heart. After all, her biggest threat was Aunt Wei who was about to give birth.
You must know that Aunt Wei is the eldest lady Wang Ruofena who came back to fight with Lin Jiaoshuang in order to share Shenghong's preference for Lin Jiaoshuang. Now Aunt Wei not only gave birth to a daughter for Sheng Hong, but now she even wants to continue to give birth to a daughter for Sheng Hong.
When her son approached her, she immediately broke through Lin Zhishuang's bottom line, and then prepared to use a little poison to eliminate the big enemy of Aunt Wei. Naturally, the remaining stupid lady was no match for her.
"Zhou Xueniang, have you delivered the supplements you were asked to deliver?" Lin Zhishuang, with a vicious look on her face, suddenly looked at the personal maid beside her and asked.
"Mom, it has been delivered, but I feel that Aunt Wei is too cheap." As Lin Zongshuang's personal envoy, she naturally did a lot of stolen things for Lin Zongshuang, but she was puzzled by Lin Zongshuang's behavior this time.
"Hmph! What do you know! Just tell those old ladies in advance not to let Aunt Wei move around as she pleases. Then we just have to wait and see the show." Lin Zhishuang sneered with a vicious look on her face. Her supplements were not that good.
Delicious.
"Yes! My dear."
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Bianjing, Ningyuan Marquis Mansion, and the Gu family all gathered together at this time, because they saw an opportunity from the Yangzhou incident. After all, there was no longer the obstruction of the Bai family, a local snake. Gu Laosi couldn't wait to look at the leader.
Gu Yankai said, "Brother, now the entire Bai family in Yangzhou has been massacred. This kid Gu Tingye has inherited a huge estate, but he is also an out-of-control character. Our Gu family has to send someone to Yangzhou to take over as soon as possible!"
"No! The Bai family's property does not belong to our Gu family. We, the Gu family, can't make things too ugly." As the head of the family, Gu Yan still had to be somewhat shameless, so he naturally refused without thinking.
"Brother, why are you so pedantic! Gu Tingye is the eldest son of our Gu family, isn't his property the property of our Gu family?" At this time, the anxious Gu family immediately jumped to their feet, and then took out "Junior"
It’s just the elders’ fallacies.
"Brother, what Fourth Brother said is very reasonable. The industries left behind by the Bai family in Yangzhou are huge. It is better than remaining in Tingye's hands and failing." Gu Laowu on the side also said in a supportive voice, wishing he could immediately
He flew to Yangzhou and seized the Bai family property.
"Master Hou, what Lao Si and Lao Wu said is very reasonable. I have watched Tingye grow up, and I know that his temperament makes it difficult for him to take on such a big responsibility, so it is very necessary for our Gu family to send someone to take over." As the Gu family.
Xiao Qin, who was the most scheming, was naturally very excited about this wealth, and also persuaded the stubborn and face-saving Gu Yan to start.
"This..." Sure enough, seeing that his family members all agreed with this, Gu Yankai couldn't help but start to hesitate.
"Brother, we really can't hesitate any longer. If we stay here for one more day, our Gu family will lose a lot of money." Everyone in the Gu family saw Gu Yankai starting to hesitate, and immediately looked at each other and started urging them.
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"Hey! Okay! Fourth brother, please dispatch some capable Gu family members and servants and rush to Yangzhou as soon as possible to take over the Bai family's Hou'an Salt Village." At this time, Gu Yankai had no choice but to agree. After all, he was used to dealing with people.
Even if he knew that they were all blood-sucking leeches, he still didn't care about his family's compromise.
"Yes! Brother, I'll go down and get ready." Seeing that Gu Yankai finally obeyed their advice again, Gu Laosi was so surprised that he wanted to jump up immediately. He felt like he was floating when he walked.
"Brother, can't the fourth brother go alone? How about I go there too?" Seeing that Gu Laosi had achieved his wish, Gu Laowu beside him couldn't help but feel his eyes getting hot.
"Okay! Fifth brother, you can go with us." Gu Yankai looked helplessly at the fifth brother in front of him, and then agreed again without any bottom line.
"Haha, okay, big brother."
From Bianjing to Yangzhou, you only need to go through the canal. This is the biggest reason why the Song Dynasty chose Bianjing as the capital. It is true that river transportation is too important for the people of the Song Dynasty, and it is in the area of the fourth and fifth sons of the Gu family.
When leading a large group of Gu family members and servants to kill Yangzhou, they did not know that what they were heading to was not a paradise filled with gold, but a hell on earth that they could not even imagine.
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In Yangzhou, Suning quickly integrated all the salt industries in Yangzhou with thunderous means. There are as many as sixteen salt farms under direct control. All the big salt farms from Yangzhou to Gaoyou are under control, and the daily output of
Salt is a huge figure, which naturally made Suning become the emperor of the business world in Yangzhou. However, Suning, who had become famous, was not ready to return to Bianjing immediately, because going back to Bianjing was completely meaningless for Suning.
His relatives are like wolves and tigers, eager to swallow up his property.
"Su Yi, how many salt cubes are there in our salt village?" Suning asked casually, looking at the pollution-free sky outside the window and turning his back to his AI robot.
"Master, there are more than 120,000 people in total." The AI robot named "Su Yi" immediately answered in detail.
"Well, continue to hire a large number of new salt workers from major cities, and then select the strong ones from the old salt workers for secret training. This time I want to play a completely different time travel."
"Yes! Master."
This time, he carries with him whatever he wants from the space world. Naturally, he doesn’t want to endure it as humiliatingly as in the original drama. Anyway, no matter what he does, he will be slandered by his relatives, so Suning is prepared this time.
Secretly cultivating your own power, and then going directly to the Song Dynasty army to join the army and fight hard, using your own hands to carve out your own future, I believe you will never be as aggrieved as in the original drama.
Another reason why Suning doesn't want to return to Bianjing is that she really hates the Gu family. Every Gu family member is like a leech sucking the blood of him and his late mother. In their eyes, they only see constant calculations and so-called interests, and they don't care about them at all.
They would care about the feelings of a legitimate second son like Suning, so Suning naturally has no feelings for them.
"Brother Gu, it's really not easy to invite you out to a party." Sheng Changbai has been posting invitations to Suning to party recently, but Suning has always rejected them because he is busy.
"Changbai, it's mainly because I'm a timid person. I'm really afraid of another assassination attempt like last time." At this time, Suning said casually, half jokingly.
"No wonder I saw that the followers you brought are all very strong." Although Suning said it in a joking tone, Sheng Changbai still looked at the burly men on guard in surprise.
"Well, they are all the kind of masters who can match ten with one!" Suning suddenly looked at Sheng Changbai with a mysterious face and explained in a low voice.
"Oh?" Sheng Changbai looked at the guard on the side in surprise, and then told Suning his arrangement with a smile, "Okay! We won't go to the wine shop outside today. I asked the servants at home to do some dirty work.
Food and drinks.”
"good."
Soon the servants of the Sheng family prepared a few side dishes to go with the wine. Suning and Sheng Changbai were happily drinking and chatting. They felt that they were indeed very speculative. At this time, Sheng Changbai suddenly saw a maid looking at them.
, and also discovered that this maid turned out to be the personal maid of her sister Sheng Hualan.
"Taohong, why are you here?" Sheng Changbai immediately looked at the sneaky maid with a cold face and scolded.
"Mr. Changbai, Miss Hualan said that she has something to ask Mr. Gu." The maid of the Sheng family named Taohong immediately responded respectfully and timidly.
"Oh? What's there to ask? Didn't grandma already keep her grounded until she gets married?" Sheng Changbai couldn't help but asked casually in surprise.
"But... Young Master..."
"Okay! You go back and tell her! Parents' orders and matchmaker's words are the rules of human ethics. Let her stop thinking about it." The smart Sheng Changbai naturally knew what Sheng Hualan wanted to ask. Facing the playful Suning,
But he said feeling a little embarrassed.
"Yes! Master.
At this time, Suning and Sheng Changbai both looked at each other and smiled. Of course, they knew what Sheng Hualan wanted to ask. They just wanted to know from Suning what kind of person their future husband would be. After all, what girl doesn't want to be pregnant? She is already fifteen years old and has hairpins this year.
Sheng Hualan was naturally very curious about her future husband Yuan Wenshao.
"Ahem! Tingye, what kind of person is my future brother-in-law?" In fact, Sheng Hualan, the person involved, was curious. As his brother-in-law, Sheng Changbai naturally couldn't pretend anymore.
"Yuan Wenshao is quite stable, but unfortunately he is a mama's boy. He will obey whatever his mother says. In addition, his mother prefers the boss Yuan Wenchun, so it is best for your sister to be mentally prepared in advance."
At this time, Suning expressed his evaluation of Yuan Wenshao realistically. Although he also had some thoughts about Sheng Hualan, he was not so impatient.
"Ah? No way?"
"Haha, a big family is just a mess between the mother-in-law and the wives and concubines. I don't think your Sheng family is really harmonious and happy, right?"
"Eh? This..."
"Okay! Your father's doting on his concubines and killing his wives is well known in Yangzhou City. I think you should remind your father, in case it reaches the ears of the dignitaries and officials in Bianjing.
Your father's future in this life is really worrying. You have to know the principle of sweeping the world if you don't sweep one house."
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Of course Sheng Changbai was disdainful of Sheng Hong's behavior, but it was a pity that Sheng Hong was my father, and he was only his son. Naturally, he couldn't accuse Sheng Hong of anything. But today, when he heard what Suning said was so serious, he couldn't help but feel real for the first time.
felt worried.
"Tingye, do you have any plans in the future? Are you going to take the imperial examination or go back to Bianjing and become a rich man?" After three drinks, Suning and Sheng Changbai relaxed a lot. Then Sheng Changbai looked at Suning in front of him and asked.
"No! I'm going to join the army soon."
"Surfing into the army?" At this time, Sheng Changbai's eyes widened in astonishment, feeling that Suning's choice was too incredible.
"Yes! As Marquis Ningyuan, we have a military family for generations, so it is most appropriate to join the army directly. As for the imperial examination... haha..." Suning knew that his eldest brother Gu Tingyu was always ready to drag him into trouble.
It is very likely that he will enter the official career through the imperial examination. Besides, he does not want to join the official career in the Song Dynasty this time.
"Ting Ye, you have to think clearly. I, the Song Dynasty, have always been a noble man and a lowly military man. Joining the army is not a good way out." Although he saw Suning's firm eyes and revealed an unspeakable secret, Sheng Changbai still persuaded him with sincerity.
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"You don't understand! The situation in my family is too complicated, and there are too many relatives who are holding me back. Otherwise, my reputation wouldn't have become so bad." At this time, Suning shook his head with a wry smile.
Shaking his head, those relatives of the Gu family are stinky shit that they can never get rid of.
"ah?"
"Okay! Changbai, let's just drink and have fun in time."
"..."
Suning suddenly felt a little urgent to urinate. She felt that she might have drank too much low-alcohol liquor, and then asked Sheng Changbai's personal book boy to take him to the toilet. But as soon as he wandered to the toilet, he saw Sheng Hualan and
Her personal maid was already waiting here. Sheng Hualan looked at Suning in front of her and bowed shyly and said, "Second Young Master Gu, could we chat for a while?"
"I know what you are going to ask. I have already told Chang Bai. Just go back and ask Chang Bai." Looking at the young girl Sheng Hualan in front of him, Suning certainly hated Yuan Wenshao's good luck, and then looked directly at Sheng Hualan.
asked.
"Ah? Thank you, Mr. Gu." Seeing that Suning in front of her was so considerate, Sheng Hualan became even more shy at this time, hoping that Yuan Wenshao would be as perfect as Suning.
"Well, you're welcome."
At this time, Suning was still a little depressed. In fact, he wanted to make some secret arrangements. As long as Yuan Wenshao of Earl Zhongqin's Mansion could not marry Sheng Hualan as he wished, Suning only needed to arrange a robot to go to Bian.
Beijing, it would be better to have Yuan Wenshao die in an accident caused by a frightened horse. Presumably the engagement between Yuan Wenshao and Sheng Hualan will be naturally cancelled.