Ming Dynasty: The Rampant Crown Prince

"Lord Tang. "

Lord Tang is so ......"

"Lord Zhao." "

Lord Zhou. As

soon as this group of people came in, the salt merchants around them greeted one after another, one by one with a smile on their faces, and the whole body was full of laughter and flattering taste, which is enough to show that the status of these Yangzhou officials is very high, no way, except for the five Yangzhou general merchants, they don't dare to offend these officials at all, although their distributors are all subordinates of the general merchants, but the above sentence will let you out.

And the people who were originally sitting also stood up immediately, the status of businessmen is very low, but where there are officials present, you are not qualified to sit, you are not qualified to wear silk, but at the end of the Ming Dynasty, there was a lot of relaxation in this regard, and in addition to the will of the imperial court to abolish the untouchable status some time ago, they were also wearing good silk openly.

As for the imperial court's will in this regard, they can still implement it very quickly.

"Hello everyone.

Master Tang, who was the leader, smiled at everyone, then stretched out his right hand to circle around and said, "Everyone, please take a seat, have a good time today."

After Lord Tang spoke, he took the lead in walking towards the wooden platform in the lake, and a group of bigwigs followed behind him, and began to serve food after sitting down one after another, and a group of graceful women in front of the wooden platform began to dance, and there was a beautiful woman with a better temperament playing the piano next to him.

Suddenly, the food, the beautiful scenery, the wine, the beauty, the music, the dance, all are ready.

"Originally, everyone just drank and ate well today, but some time ago, I met a big wrongdoer, and I spent 100,000 taels of silver to buy today's invitation.

At this moment, Mr. Jiang stood up and introduced it to everyone, and then said: "This person's surname is Li, he is from Beizhili New Town, and he came here to make a private salt business."

"This person seems to be stupid and has a lot of money, and he will be called over to talk later, and after that, everyone can go to contact and contact, where is the only salt in our business in Jiangnan?"

"Haha, that relationship is good."

When the other four chief businessmen heard this, they immediately smiled, and they naturally understood the meaning of Jiang general businessmen's words.

It means that a foreign businessman wants to get a piece of the fertile land in the south of the Yangtze River, and he wants to engage in salt the most, or the huge profits of private salt, and he can spend 100,000 taels of silver to come out, just to see them.

What, together with high satin, tea, grain, porcelain or something, let this fat sheep come to them to buy, the price is raised by one or two layers, think that this outsider will not say anything, if you want to gain a foothold here, you have to be a man, and it is natural to send some money.

"Call him over, meet and meet, 100,000 taels are spent, always set a table for him here, say a few words, if the other party is sensible, plus the background is no problem, you will be included in the account, and it is not impossible to give him a small county town.

After Mr. Tang finished speaking, he picked up a glass of wine, smiled and clinked glasses with the Yangzhou salt envoy next to him, and then drank it all.

Zhu Cihong and the three of them stood on the shore, and everyone around, including those in the attic, had already sat down, with wine in their glasses and beauties in their arms, and began to talk about the world and the world, joking about Fengyue.

Only the three of them stood on the shore in a daze, like three fools, no one greeted them, no one paid attention, they didn't know who the boss here was, and the boss here didn't come to serve, and he didn't arrange empty seats for them to sit in.

And the people around them all pointed at the three of them, talking and laughing, which made Zhu Cihong and the others extremely embarrassed, Made, it seems that a few big guys in the lake don't speak, no one will pay attention to them, when the air is the same, is it possible that it will not be 100,000 silver, so they will buy a lonely?

"Hey

!" "Who is that?"

Jiang Zongshang came to the edge of the wooden platform and shouted towards the shore: "It's the three of you, come here!"

Just when Zhu Cihong and the three of them were embarrassed, they suddenly heard a shout in the distance, and the three of them immediately looked around, and saw Jiang Zongshang on the wooden platform in the lake.

Seeing that the other party was calling them, he immediately walked over, and when he came to the wooden platform, he found a table and three chairs beside a pavilion.

"Sit down.

Mr. Jiang said with a smile.

"Thank you.

Li Ruolian first stood up and thanked the group of bigwigs, and then sat down, he sat in the middle, and Zhu Cihong and Zhang Huaibin sat on both sides.

"This Brother Li was recommended by me, let's introduce it.

Jiang Zongshang looked at Li Ruolian and nodded.

Li Ruolian's ass as soon as he did it was immediately raised, of course he knew what the other party meant, it was nothing more than that he had seen the big guys and was introducing his background, otherwise these people would probably not speak, even if they said a few words politely, they would not reveal anything important.

"A few adults, a few general businessmen.

Li Ruolian first hugged his fists and greeted these people again, and then began to introduce himself: "The villain Li Lian is a businessman in Beizhili New Town, who has been doing business for generations, and there are several rice shops, restaurants, and silk villages over there.

As soon as these words came out, everyone muttered quietly, and they were all discussing that the merchants surnamed Li in Beizhili were still in business for generations, and their business, in addition to private salt, tea, grain, and silk business would also be sold to Beizhili.

"This person is no problem, surnamed Li, I haven't heard of it.

Master Tang hooked his finger towards Mr. Jiang and asked in a low voice, he has been an official for many years, and he has also been a magistrate in the area of Beizhili, and he spent a lot of money before he was promoted to Yangzhou as a prefect, naturally he is a corrupt official, and he has accepted bribes from local businessmen of all sizes, but he has never heard of a generation of businessmen surnamed Li, and he can't help but be a little cautious in his heart.

He has been corrupt for so many years, and he has been stable and stable, one is that everyone in the current Ming officialdom is greedy, and even openly greedy, the snobbs in the capital all collect money, and they will naturally not engage you if they collect money, and secondly, today's Daming officialdom, although it is so corrupt, he still acts cautiously.

"Master Tang, anyway, I took 100,000 taels of silver, and if I don't make money, I won't make money, just let him explain clearly, if he can't explain, send him to the shore and arrange a seat to sit casually.

Jiang Zongshang smiled in a low voice, he was indeed a little unhappy in his heart, this Tang Daren collected 60,000 taels of money, and there are so many, the Ming Dynasty has been private salt for hundreds of years, and the emperor can't handle it, he can't manage it at all, especially here in Jiangnan, the imperial court doesn't dare to take care of it, and no one wants to take care of it, and he can't manage it even if he collects money from top to bottom, he doesn't know what this Tang Wenyan is afraid of.

He knew that this Li brother was rich, and he really wanted to take it under his command, and when the time came, a lot of goods could be sold to this person, and he didn't have to run it himself.

Thinking about it, Mr. Jiang came to Li Ruolian's side and said in a low voice: "The prefect of Yangzhou is not clear about your identity and background, mainly because I have never heard that there is such a family as you in Beizhili, and I am very suspicious of you, you explain it clearly, just get by." "

If you accept other people's money, things will naturally be done in place, and you must help to say the words, and there should always be a reminder.

"Understood.

Li Ruolian suddenly felt that this Jiang general businessman was a little righteous, at least he didn't unload the mill and kill the donkey, and he didn't collect money and didn't do anything.

He thought about it for a while, and then explained to everyone: "That's the case, although our family's ancestral home is in Xincheng, but we have been doing business in Liangzhou, Shaanxi for generations, and we are also doing business inside and outside the border gates, but due to the war, we moved our family to our hometown in Xincheng." Li

Ruolian didn't expect the Yangzhou prefect to be so cautious before, and he didn't make the background so perfect, and now he can only make up a reasonable reason to see what the other party thinks.

"Yes, Brother Li told me, it is not easy to develop over there, it has not been able to develop, the place is small, and there is no foundation and connections, so I want to come to Jiangnan to open up contacts, because there are many resources here, and there are more opportunities.

Jiang Zongshang hurriedly opened his mouth to cooperate, such a fat sheep, 100,000 taels can come out with a shake of his hand, his face does not change, he really wants to be under his command, and then looks at Li Ruolian crazily, hinting at something.

When Li Ruolian saw this, he immediately understood.