The stalemate in relations with the Jinling clan did not affect Jia Cong's life.
Living in the old house of Rong Guofu, the Jincai couple who guarded the old house did not dare to attack, so they tidied up a small yard for Jia Cong to live in. The environment and living conditions were good.
What about the parents of the eldest maid next to the old lady?
Faced with the Xue family's thugs No. 50 who were eyeing him, the Jin Cai couple, who had risen to power relying on their daughter's relationship, did not insist on not giving Jia Cong face.
What a bullshit bastard. If you have strength, you will get the respect you deserve. Unless your brain is flooded, you can't see the situation clearly.
Taking the time, Jia Conghui and Lian Er did not greet the Jinling clan members, but worshiped the Jia clan ancestors alone.
No matter what, the etiquette should not be less, at least not give others a chance to twist their lips, and anyway there will be no major omissions in 'filial piety'.
"Third brother, I heard that you and the Jinling clan are having a serious dispute?"
When leaving the Jia family's ancestral tomb, Lian Er said hesitantly: "Is there some misunderstanding? Do you want me to step in and help ease the situation?"
"No need!"
Jia Cong flatly refused and said with a sneer: "Brother Lian doesn't know that the Jinling people are so audacious because of their interests that they dare to participate in Yangzhou's salt administration. I don't even know how to write the word "death"!"
Then he recounted all his encounters at Uncle Seventh's house and the conversation, and finally said disdainfully: "Since they dare to participate in Yangzhou's salt policy, it's useless even if we talk about it!"
"How could this be?"
Lian Er was shocked and said: "Don't the Jinling people know that even the government can't get involved in this matter?"
"hehe……"
Jia Cong just chuckled, and after a long time he said leisurely: "They may know, or they may not know, anyway, if there is a problem, both the Mansion and the Ning Mansion will have to help wipe their butts. I guess this is the way the Jinling people think!"
Lian Er was silent, and after a while he said angrily: "You just don't know how to live or die!"
He felt a little panicked. After staying in the investigation team for so long, how could he not see how troublesome Yangzhou's salt administration was?
Uncle Lin is the Yangzhou Salt Patrol Censor, and the Rongguo Mansion has such great conveniences, but he doesn't even think about getting involved. How can the Jinling people have the courage?
"The benefits are so exciting!"
Jia Cong sneered again and again and said in a condensed voice: "As far as I know, a portion of official salt and salt has been sold for ten taels of silver!"
"Once you can get enough salt, it's almost like robbing money. How can the Jinling people care about the danger of such an 'idea' if they are so used to it?"
Lian Eryi didn't know what to say for a moment, and he never thought that things had reached this point, and he was afraid that it would be difficult to get better in the future.
"Third brother, what do you think we should do?"
Subconsciously, Lian Er asked Jia Cong for his opinion. He realized that his third brother, a concubine, was not of ordinary ability.
"What can be done?"
Jia Cong looked as usual and said calmly: "I can only treat it as if I don't know!"
Ignoring Lian Er's ugly face, he continued to explain: "It's not safe to write a letter back to this kind of thing, and we brothers don't have the ability to deal with it. It's best to leave Jinling as soon as possible and ask Uncle Lin for advice after arriving in Yangzhou!"
Lian Er had his heart set on objecting, but after much deliberation but no good ideas, he had to temporarily agree to return directly to the inn where the investigation team was staying.
Fortunately, the investigation team had no intention of staying in Jinling for longer, and set off for Yangzhou in just two or three days.
Jia Cong naturally continued to mingle among them, and none of the officials in the investigation team objected.
This time, Xue Pan did not follow.
As one of the four major families in Jinling, the Xue family is still very famous in Jinling and the entire Jiangnan. The most important thing is that the business network is relatively complete.
In this case, Xue Pan can play a greater role by staying in Jinling.
Before leaving, Jia Cong assigned him a task, asking him to secretly investigate how many powerful forces in Jinling were interested in or were already involved in the official salt trade in Yangzhou.
Of course, there is also the task of vigorously promoting the script of "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", and by the way, "Story of the Three Kingdoms" and "Commentary of the Three Kingdoms" will be widely publicized in the storytelling mode.
Jia Cong has no intention of putting the cart before the horse. The Jiangnan area is densely populated and economically developed, and the demand for entertainment is also very strong. Naturally, it has to be managed well to gain a lot of popularity. Otherwise, he would not be able to go all the way to Jiangnan.
As for the so-called Yangzhou Salt Policy, it really has little to do with him.
As long as Lin Ruhai is no longer in the post of Inspector of Salt Patrol, all troubles will be over.
The reason why Xue Pan was asked to investigate secretly was mainly to see how deeply the Jinling people were involved and whether anything going wrong would implicate the Rongguo Mansion or him.
As long as the situation is not too bad, he doesn't bother to care about these things.
It would be a pity not to take advantage of the Xue family's influence in Jiangnan and its complete business network to publish the "Three Kingdoms" scripts and storytelling, forming a popular trend and thus launching the "Cong San Shao" brand.
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Even with the help of the Xue family's business network across the country, the Three Kingdoms dialects and storytelling became extremely popular in the capital, but due to the poor traffic conditions of this era, the speed of information dissemination was maddeningly slow.
The Three Kingdoms dialects and storytelling are only slowly becoming popular in the north now, and it still takes a long time for them to become popular.
As for Jiangnan, due to the reputation of the Xue family, it is not very recognized, and the promotion speed is extremely slow.
Of course, the biggest reason is that the propaganda methods and methods are wrong, and without Xue Pan's personal supervision, it has been in a state of limbo.
This is contrary to the excitement of the Three Kingdoms story and is very abnormal.
When Jia Cong went to Jiangnan this time, he had the idea of asking Xue Pan to personally supervise the Xue family's business network in Jiangnan and make serious efforts.
No matter how you put it, it must be called the story of the Three Kingdoms and storytelling, which are completely popular.
Such a thing will not affect the fundamental interests of the powerful Jiangnan family, so naturally it will not receive much attention or even suppression.
Even Jiangnan Shilin, which has already formed a large scale, will not pay too much attention to it. This has little to do with their public opinion position.
Of course, when Jiangnan Shilin reacts later, it won't be up to them.
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The flight from Jinling to Yangzhou only takes two or three days.
On the official ship, Jia Cong saw the "long-famous" imperial envoy minister. He did not have the majesty of an imperial envoy at all. Instead, he frowned and looked worried.
Judging from the way he behaves, he is an absolute fool.
Since he didn't want to get involved in the troubled waters of Yangzhou's salt administration, he simply tried to find a way to refuse. He had to play an unsightly trick of pretending to be ill, which suddenly made him worse today.
Even if I don't care about it now, I won't blacklist this guy completely. He will just wait to wear small shoes in the future.
Jia Cong had no intention of getting acquainted with this guy, and he didn't take Jia Cong seriously either...