As the publisher and distributor of the novel "The Richest Man in the World", Huiyou Bookstore has still suffered some impacts.
Of course it was not from the official side, but from time to time I encountered harassment from green-skinned gangsters.
It can only be said that Daqing is not the Ming Dynasty in the mid-to-late period!
The Five Cities Military and Horse Division, which is responsible for public security in the capital, is in the hands of the astonishingly powerful Xungui Group, and even the cabinet cannot mobilize it at will.
As for the Shuntian Prefecture, which is in charge of the political security of the capital city, it simply does not dare to intervene in the current disputes. Even Shuntian Prefecture Yi does not dare to come forward.
Therefore, the court bosses who had great interests connected with Yangzhou salt merchants had no choice but to use their official power to target Huiyou Bookstore.
At this time, even if they implicated Mr. Zheng Er and Lian Er who were in the officialdom, they themselves would not think that they were implicated by Jia Cong, the instigator, but that they were implicated by Wang Ziteng.
It can be said that at this time, Jia Cong really no longer has to worry about possible threats from the Rongguo Mansion. As long as he does not seek death, he does not have to worry about the "dimensionality reduction attack" from the court bosses.
If Jia Cong had behaved like this in the late Ming Dynasty, the Rongguo Mansion would have been destroyed, and he himself would have been in exile and become a wanted criminal.
If you can't use official methods, you can only use some unofficial methods, that is, driving gangs to harass bookstores.
Regardless of whether it is useful or not, at least it can disgust people.
Fortunately, the Xue family's guards were always there, and the green-skinned gangsters who came to harass were easily dispatched without making much noise.
Even Jia Cong himself was hit twice after the storm broke out in the court, but each time before he could take action personally, various people happened to pass by and came to help.
Such a result made him dumbfounded.
Of course he knew what was going on, it should be due to his own luck.
At this time, the first floor of the Fortune Pagoda in Jia Cong's sea of consciousness has been completely filled with white luck, and even a few light red spots appear. It is not an exaggeration to say that the luck is capped.
The Red Mansion has Taixu Illusion and mysterious existences like the Alarm Fairy, so it is possible for natural luck to be fulfilled.
He is protected by majestic luck, and with the promotion of the novel, there will be more and more. Anyone who can't get along with him is asking for misfortune.
According to his understanding of merit, luck, and so on, as long as he does not do anything that goes against the laws of heaven and humanity, and does not take the initiative to confront the emperor who has a lot of humane dragon energy, at least he can live a prosperous life in Daqing.
Being chic is not a problem.
With such confidence, Jia Cong had no scruples in continuing to promote "The Richest Man in the World", a novel that caused a huge shock.
The second volume of the novel "Big Businessman and Rich Businessman" has come to an end. Liu Dafu, a pig-footed man, has also become a big salt merchant in Yangzhou. He has a wealthy family with countless servants, and his "trench" spirit is soaring and the scenery is endless.
Next is the last volume of the novel, "The Richest in the World," which is even more eye-catching. It is full of scenes of Yangzhou's big salt merchants fighting for their wealth.
There are all kinds of things like throwing gold and silver in the Qiantang River, competing for oirans, lavish banquets costing hundreds or even thousands of taels, and Yangzhou thin horses. They are all scenes of arrogance and lewdness.
In other words, there is so much money that even the big salt merchants in Yangzhou have it. In addition, Daqing is in the feudal era and its productivity is still very backward. These big salt merchants don't know how to spend their money, so there are scenes that will stun ordinary listeners and readers.
Various luxurious and rich scenes.
From fields and shops to tea mountains and mulberry orchards, Yangzhou's big salt merchants have basically bought everything they can buy with money. But they still have millions of taels of silver in their hands, and they still make huge profits from salt every year.
Enter the account.
The entire third volume, "The Richest in the World", mostly describes the Yangzhou salt merchant, especially the pig-footed Liu Dafu, who lived a luxurious life like a wine pond and a forest of meat.
It's not like Jia Cong is really stupid. He wouldn't write about the collusion between Yangzhou salt merchants and Beijing bosses in the novel, so he would really be setting himself on fire.
I didn’t mention much about the fact that the Yangzhou salt merchants spent a lot of money to support poor scholars. This matter is quite sensitive and might ignite the entire Jiangnan scholar community, as well as the court bosses from Jiangnan.
As far as he knew from the information he got from Lin Ruhai, Yangzhou salt merchants had already formed a tradition and scale of subsidizing poor students.
Many officials from Jiangnan were more or less supported by Yangzhou salt merchants.
If the truth here was publicized in a novel, it would be really shocking. There are too many officials involved, and there are many high-level officials. It is estimated that in order to avoid turmoil in the court, the emperor and the emperor must
Kill him as the author of the novel.
At the same time, according to Lin Ruhai, the academies and private schools supported by Yangzhou salt merchants were very influential in Jiangnan Shilin. Unless Jia Cong wanted to completely offend Jiangnan Shilin, it was best not to go too far.
The Prince of Chu also means the same thing. After all, Jiangnan is related to most of Daqing's tax revenue. No matter which force it is, no one will allow chaos there.
Jia Cong followed the good deeds and did not easily touch such a hornet's nest. He just wrote novels to gain popularity and disgusted the Yangzhou Salt Merchant Association. He did not really want to overturn the table in Yangzhou.
The most outrageous content he wrote was that in order to compete for the position of president of the Yangzhou Salt Merchant Association, Liu Dafu, a pig-footed man, used all kinds of means to win over the Yangzhou Salt Patrol Censor, and the drama about the Yangzhou magistrate getting into trouble, either by throwing away money or by throwing money at him.
Use a honey trap.
The plots here are all written based on Lin Ruhai's true experience of several previous salt inspection censors who were convicted. Even if the court officials are unhappy, it is hard to say that they cannot be written like this.
At the end of the novel, Liu Dafu, a pig-footed man, successfully became the president of the Yangzhou Salt Merchant Association and accumulated a massive wealth of more than 20 million taels. It can be said that the richest man in the world died with a smile and was buried in glory.
Is this the end?
The Huibin Building was completely silent. Even though the most famous talker in the capital, "Kuai Zui Lao Li", finished speaking the last chapter for a long time, no guest spoke.
I feel unspeakably sad that such a wonderful novel has ended like this?
Many of the dignitaries who were attracted felt a little reluctant to leave, but also secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
With their vision and understanding, they naturally know that many plots in the novel are not detailed, and it would be very difficult if they really want to delve into it.
Of course, their hearts were filled with passion at this time.
Damn, when Liu Dafu died in the novel "Pig's Feet", his net worth was over 20 million taels, which was equivalent to almost two years of taxation in Daqing. It is fair to say that he was as rich as the country.
The title of the book "The Richest Man in the World" is not wrong at all, but I wonder if the Yangzhou salt merchants are really that rich?
No matter what, at this moment, all those who feel that they have some strength have their thoughts...