At this moment, Shen Lie's mind was filled with images of salt merchants crowding around in front of the major salt fields and making all sorts of ugly appearances.
In order to jump in line and receive their salt as early as possible, each salt merchant showed the ugliest side of the world without hesitation.
dirty.
Disgusting.
So Shen Lie frowned and shouted: "Keep talking."
So Li Huai then slowly said: "In this way, the rich and powerful salt merchants and relatives of the emperor can occupy the salt field for a long time by virtue of their prominent status, while those salt merchants who operate on a small scale have no salt but no lead. Salt, therefore…”
Hear this.
Shen Lie seemed to understand something and said softly: "Because of this, some salt merchants with insufficient financial resources and weak strength went bankrupt."
Li Huai was slightly stunned, pondering over the true meaning of the word bankruptcy in his heart.
After a while.
The chief steward of this pavilion's family, the Juren Master, bowed to Shen Lie again and praised: "You are a man of great talent, and students admire him very much. These two words are really wonderful!"
Shen Lie ignored him, just waved his hand and said softly: "Go on."
So Li Huai spoke again: "As a result, a large number of small salt merchants in various places... went bankrupt, and the salt in their hands naturally became waste paper. Sir, please guess what the salt in the hands of these small salt merchants... , who took it away at a low price?"
The words fell.
Shocking.
Shen Lie suddenly said: "Of course it was taken away at a low price by a powerful salt merchant and a respected relative of the emperor!"
Okay!
Understood.
Two words blurted out from Shen Lie's mouth.
"monopoly!"
As soon as I changed my mind, there were two more words.
"merger!"
This was just like a capital merger, with the big fish eating the small fish, which made Shen Lie understand. Sure enough, capitalism was created by the Ming Dynasty!
And later foreigners.
They stole this mature capitalist system from the Ming Dynasty, fabricated history, and boasted that capitalism was invented by Westerners.
aside.
Li Huai carefully thought about the new words "monopoly" and "merger", and said with a smile: "The talents of adults make students ashamed, that's why... I'm afraid you don't know something. Nowadays, this most profitable business is not selling Salt, but sell salt."
After saying that, he walked over and whispered in Shen Lie's ear: "This salt is getting more and more expensive, and the price of salt will naturally rise. Your Excellency... you have really wronged the student."
Lower your voice.
Li Huai responded: "If you want to check the price of salt, you can check the vassal kings and Jin kings in various places..."
Shen Lie's face darkened.
Lowered his head.
It was no longer possible to conceal the deep disgust in his heart. Most of what Li Huai said was true. Raising the price of salt was inseparable from the feudal kings everywhere.
There was a long silence.
Shen Lie raised his head, looked at Li Huai's elegant and handsome face, frowned and said: "The emperor's relatives are like this, so are you complicit in this?"
You said so much, it’s just two words.
Throw the blame.
"Have you ever thought about how the people of the world will live if things continue like this?"
Li Huai was stunned again.
Looking at Shen Lie with a gloomy face.
Urgent.
This gentleman's elegant and handsome face showed a hint of sarcasm inadvertently, and he said softly: "My lord, you are trying to express your grievances for those mud-legged people who are digging for food in the loess."
Although Li Huai said this with a smile.
But it was a deep ridicule.
Shen Lie lowered his head and remained silent, while Tian Hong and Dao Shisan frowned slightly, and the Dongchang fans who were guarding outside looked very uncomfortable.
Although a little angry.
But he lowered his head again.
They are what this Juren master calls mud-legged people, who have been digging and eating for generations in Zuowei, Tianjin, and in the loess of the Xuanfu land where wars rage endlessly.
A mud-legged person who regards a few acres of wasteland as his lifeblood.
In this eerie silence.
Everyone up and down is waiting for something.
until……
Shen Lie raised his head, looked at Li Huai's unintentional nature, and choked out a few words from his throat: "Catch him!"
this moment.
The disgust in Shen Lie's heart reached the extreme. He had never hated a person so much, hated these disciples of saints and Confucian hypocrites.
Perhaps this is the greatest evil of Confucianism, which divides people into three, six or nine levels, and divides people in this world into gentlemen and villains.
The words "gentleman" and "villain" are not about character. A gentleman may not necessarily be noble, and a villain may not necessarily be despicable. The situation is exactly the opposite.
For every dog-slaughtering person who is righteous, there are many scholars who are unfaithful.
understood.
this moment.
Shen Lie suddenly understood the connotation of the saying that all things are inferior, only reading is good. Those who have read the books of sages are gentlemen, and those who have not read the books of sages are villains.
It's a pariah.
Those who worship Confucianism are the masters of human beings.
Heaven and Earth are unkind and regard all things as stupid dogs. They think they are the heaven.
This is the greatest evil of Confucianism!
Following Shen Lie's order, Tian Hong and Dao Shisan let out a long breath, and the fans and captains in Jinyi swarmed in from outside.
He raised his legs and kicked Li Huai to the ground, then tied Wuhuada up, picked him up again, and put a wooden shackle around his neck.
A cry of pain.
The civilized master disappeared, and a ferocious look appeared on his handsome face, and he cursed: "How dare you!"
"Shen Lie...you must die a happy death!"
In the midst of scolding.
However, Dao Shisan, who was suffocated in his heart, took a step forward and punched him in the face hard, knocking out a few of the Juren Master's front teeth and causing his nose to bleed.
Peach blossoms are blooming.
This thief.
Who is the mud-legged person? What happened to the mud-legged person?
"alright."
At this time, Shen Lie stepped forward, patted the bruised and swollen Li Huai on the face, and said disgustedly: "Remember, I and you are not the same people. If we go back to our ancestors for three or five generations, everyone will be a fool. If it happens again, If you go back eighteen generations to your ancestors, whose family is not a noble?"
What kind of big-tailed wolf are you pretending to be?
Li Huai was stunned.
But he soon started shouting at the top of his lungs and yelling incomprehensibly: "Shen Lie, please listen carefully. I have a great reputation. If you want to arrest me, you must have real evidence. If not, my prime minister will not be able to spare you. Shanxi Shilin I can’t spare you!”
"oh?"
Upon hearing this.
Shen Lie nodded and said slowly: "It makes sense!"
After all, this is a master who raises people, and he is also the chief steward of the family. He is a big shot with dignity. When arresting people, you must pay attention to convincing them with virtue.
When speaking.
Shen Lie then walked around the salt shop, first walked to the counter and looked at the exquisite small bronze scales.
Something moved in my heart.
Shen Lie then shouted: "Check his scale!"
Tian Hong answered the order, stepped forward quickly, picked up a few steel scales and started playing with them. Soon his eyes lit up and he shouted to Shen Lie.
"Sir...this scale is wrong, it's missing two ounces!"
at this time.
Shen Lie walked over to the salt bag placed on the counter, stretched out his hand, inserted it into the salt pile, and pulled out the salt particles at the bottom.
really!
There is good salt at the top, but bad salt at the bottom is damp.
"This salt has become damp...can it still be eaten?"
He smiled coldly.
Shen Lie became more and more disdainful. The shop in Tangtangge's hometown just sold salt as a luxury product, but it was still short of it and was fake.
These people are obsessed with making money.
Completely crazy.
They are no longer worthy of being human and are beasts.
"take away!"
Shen Lie began to think about it. If he followed the laws of the Ming Dynasty and committed counterfeiting, what crime would Que Jin Shaoliang be punished with?