Xian Sun of the Ning Mansion of the Red Chamber

Chapter 46
In Yangzhou City, in the brightly lit mansion, black-clothed wealthy guests sat on both sides of the hall.Looking at the people in the house, some have greasy faces and big bellies;

It's just that they didn't see any communication between them.

Tatata!
At this time, there was a burst of footsteps from the back hall of the hall, and everyone with different thoughts looked over in unison.

"Old Yan!"

"President Yan!"

Seeing the person coming, everyone stood up and said hello to show their respect.

The person who came was Yan Min, the chairman of the Jiangnan Chamber of Commerce, a hunchbacked old man over sixty years old. Although he looked a little old, but under his drooping eyelids, there was a hint of shrewdness. Therefore, even if he is old, But still able to subdue a group of wealthy merchants in the Jiangnan area.

"Is everyone here?"

Yan Min leaned on a crutch and sat on a chair in the main hall with the support of his cronies, and asked unhurriedly.

Immediately, someone in the hall replied: "Mr. Yan, there are still a few heads of businesses who have not arrived, but it's all here now, and I don't think they will come."

Yan Min was not angry when he heard his drooping eyelids tremble slightly, but said calmly: "It's okay, it's okay. If you can come, you are giving the old man a little favor. After all, everyone has their own ambitions. If they don't come, they won't come." Come on, everyone sit down!"

After everyone sat down, he said to the person beside him: "Let's start the discussion."

Yan Min looked around at the crowd and said, "I think everyone already knows about the announcement recently issued by the Yanzheng Yamen in Yangzhou, so let's talk about it, what do you think?"

The hall was dull for a while, before someone tentatively said, "Old Yan, we are used to the calm of the Yan market in Yangzhou, how is it going well, and we have to redistribute Yanyin again? And I heard that this time, Yanyin is more expensive than Yanyin." It was even less than in previous years.”

As soon as the words fell, someone in the hall said in a strange voice: "Why? Then I have to ask some people why they transported salt alone without telling us, which made us unlucky! Hmph!"

A man with a scarred face heard this, slapped the table, leaned over and said, "What do you mean, Mr. He, please explain clearly what you have to say, don't be so yin and yang here!"

The man named He Laoer didn't dare to be weak, and replied: "My surname is He, the business of smuggling salt has always been your way, and now the government has blocked the canal, you Shouldn't you give everyone an explanation?"

The scarred man surnamed He said with anger on his face: "He said it a long time ago, that is not our salt, what more do you want to explain?"

After finishing speaking, he turned to the old man who was wearing straw sandals, rolled his trouser legs, and smoked a cigarette, and said, "Old man Qiu, the river near Jiangning has always been the territory of your Changhe Gang. Someone sent a boat to transport salt without permission. What do you say?"

The old man squatted on the chair, smoked a few puffs of dry cigarettes, and then said bitterly: "Boss He, shopkeeper He, our Changhe Gang are just a bunch of mud legs, transporting salt and grain for you to eat and eat. This is a big issue, but it can’t be related to us. Although our Changhe Gang has some skills in the vicinity, it is still far from the point where it can dictate the Jiangning river course. In the huge Cao Gang, our Changhe Gang family is not the only one. The two Master, stop pulling on us!"

Several people were still waiting to argue, and the sound of a few crutches hitting the ground interrupted their dispute.

I just heard Yan Min say: "Okay! Alright! Now is not the time to talk about this. Tomorrow is the day when the Yanzheng Yamen will call all salt merchants to discuss the allocation of salt. You all talk about how we should deal with it. What matters right now!"

Just listen to the shopkeeper He said: "What's there to talk about, his surname Lin wanted to add salt class at the beginning, we gave face, but now he comes to destroy our jobs, I don't care what you do, anyway, this This time, He will never give him this face again!"

The scarred man surnamed He also said: "Old He is right, now we should advance together and retreat together, if we don't go, we don't go at all!"

At that moment, nearly half of the people in the hall began to agree, Yan Min saw everyone's performance in his eyes, his eyes finally stopped on the few people who hadn't spoken, and said slowly: "Jingting, what's wrong with your grain merchants? Say?"

The man who was called Jingting got up and saluted respectfully, and replied: "Mr. Yan, you also said that we are grain merchants, and this matter of salt introduction" was halfway through, but he didn't continue, but everyone The children understood what he meant.

Yan Min laughed and said, "Of course the old man knows, but if the salt merchants like Mr. He don't go tomorrow, I'm afraid that Lin Ruhai will find you haha. Jing Ting should also say something about his attitude."

After hearing this, the other salt merchants looked over one after another, their gazes were like knives, as if they could eat people.

The man who was called Jingting had a look of doubt: "This"

"My surname Wu, you should have a better time. The food you exchanged from the west in the past was not less than your share. You have to be kind!" said the man surnamed He with a scar on his face.

Wu Jingting had no choice but to smile bitterly and said: "Forget it, Mr. Yan, our Jiangnan Chamber of Commerce will advance and retreat together. It's just that Lin Ruhai represents the imperial court after all. If we confront him like this, I'm afraid there will be a few more today. Home hasn't arrived yet."

After Yan Min heard this, a smile appeared on his wrinkled face, and he said leisurely: "It's okay, as long as you don't go to Jingting, others will not dare to act rashly. Although the old man is old, he still has a bit of a naughty face in Jiangnan." .”

Shopkeeper He in the hall heard this, his heart moved, and he asked softly: "Old Yan, but the Jinling Prince's Mansion?"

Yan Min raised his drooping eyelids, looked at Shopkeeper He with a warning in his eyes, and said in a deep voice: "The old man is talking about himself, what does it have to do with Jinling? Boy, be careful tongue."

Shopkeeper He smiled and said nothing.

The next day, at the Yanzheng Yamen in Yangzhou, Lin Ruhai, who hadn't slept all night, was sitting in the main hall of the Yamen, waiting quietly.

It has been a few days since the announcement was issued, and several important commercial firms have also sent people to deliver letters. Today is the day for re-merchanting, salt-introduction and apportionment, but I don't know which ones will come.

Lin Ruhai didn't hold much hope in his heart, a decree from the court ordered him to rectify the salt market in the south of the Yangtze River, but he was thousands of miles away in the temple of the capital city, so he didn't know how difficult it was for the salt merchants in the south of the Yangtze River.

Is it that easy to steal a home and behead it?Behind these salt merchants, which one has no background, it is said that Yan Min of the Jiangnan Chamber of Commerce is an old man who came out of the Dongping Palace.

Moreover, this Dongping Palace belongs to the same family as his Yue family.

The sun was almost at its midpoint, and no one came in.

Immediately, Lin Ruhai called the yamen guard at the gate and asked, "Is there anyone coming from outside?"

The yamen servant replied: "Going back to the lord, there is still no one coming, but several families sent people to watch at the gate of the yamen, and there was no news after that."

Lin Ruhai looked at the sky outside, then at the empty lobby, and snorted coldly in his heart: "Ruhai didn't want to get into trouble with you, since you are so stubborn, no wonder there is Ruhai!"

It's just that Lin Ruhai still has some worries in his heart. Offending people is inevitable for the job he takes over, but he doesn't know what will happen to him in the end. Yu'er, who is still in the Yue family in Beijing, is she doing well?
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