Xian Sun of the Ning Mansion of the Red Chamber

Chapter 70

Outside the Yanzheng yamen, many merchants came one after another. Lin Ruhai had already ordered them to be invited into the lobby of the government yamen.

Some of the merchants who had participated in the Yan Mansion's secret meeting were a little embarrassed to meet each other.

Everyone agreed to advance and retreat together, but now they are all thrown out of the sky.

There were also some dutiful salt merchants who gathered together and whispered about today's events.

"Shopkeeper Song, are you here too?" A salt merchant who had been to Hell's Mansion was greeting acquaintances.

The shopkeeper called Song smiled awkwardly, and said in a low voice, "Shopkeeper Liu, you can't come if you don't come! The knife is on your neck, you have to get over this hurdle first."

As he spoke, he pouted to the other side and whispered, "Don't look, even Shopkeeper He has arrived. Back then, he was the happiest dancer. We don't have any regrets."

"It's right! It's right!" Shopkeeper Liu replied with a smile, sweeping away the embarrassment.

But at this moment, someone looked outside and said, "Look, there's another person!"

"That old guy is here too? He's not..." Which of the people present didn't know President Yan of the Jiangnan Chamber of Commerce.

Rao Yan Min is old and thick-skinned, and there is a burst of burning enthusiasm on his face at this moment.

It's as if everyone made an appointment to rebel together, and didn't find out the leader's first rebellion until the next day!
"Master Lin is here!"

The officer guarding outside shouted, and everyone in the hall stopped talking.

They greeted each other together and said, "Greetings, Mr. Lin!"

Lin Ruhai smiled warmly, as if there was no unhappiness between the two parties. Seeing everyone, he said, "Everyone is here? Okay! It's for my honor. Since this is the case, let's stop gossiping and start discussing!"

After finishing speaking, Lin Ruhai went to the official chair and sat down. His demeanor was still as elegant as yesterday, but there was a kind of sharpness on his body.

Lin Ruhai looked at the people in the hall, and did not offer tea, but tapped his fingers on the table, and said calmly: "Since you are all here today, you must have made a decision in your heart. The new salt policy this year, There is 20 ounces of salt in Yangzhou, seven qian of silver from the original, and three taels of tax, and three taels of ministers, each family can subscribe based on their strength!"

As soon as Lin Ruhai finished speaking, the people below started talking in low voices.

A businessman cautiously asked: "Master Lin, in previous years our Yangzhou Gangyan had to be transported to Jiangxi and Huguang for sale, so we also allocated a piece of Gangyin from these two places, but why is there only 20 Yin this year?"

One person took the lead, and the others were naturally unable to hold back, and immediately another person said: "Yes, Master Lin, why is there so much less Yanyin this year?"

"Also, the nest book is six percent more expensive than before, the tax money is one yuan more, and the minister has also increased a lot. This is simply not worth it!"

Everyone is complaining about every word you say.

Lin Ruhai sneered in his heart: "Lin has paid so much, how can I make wedding clothes for you again!"

I only heard Lin Ruhai say again: "From now on, Yangzhou's contracted salt can only be sold in Lianghuai. If you want to sell it to Hunan and Jiangxi, you need to subscribe for another salt ticket! But the matter of buying salt and receiving tickets is not discussed today. within."

"Ticket salt!" A salt merchant exclaimed!
The reason why their Lianghuai salt merchants have a higher status than salt merchants in other regions is because their salt can be exported!
Salt in Guangzhou is cheap, and those Cantonese merchants have long set their sights on the market along the river in the north, but they dare not cross the border. Isn't it because of the policy of not exporting salt?

Now that the ticket salt system is introduced, how can it stop the privilege of Lianghuai salt merchants to export to Hunan and Jiangxi regions!
Everyone turned their attention to Yan Min. His family has the largest business here. In previous years, Yan Min's family accounted for [-]% of Yanyin.

Lin Ruhai also looked over.

Yan Min didn't know that Lin Ruhai had cut off half of the salt merchants' livelihood twice, and 20 yuan was not enough for them to share, so what did the rest do?Even if it is distributed, in the face of such a heavy tax, how can it pay back if there is not enough sales?

In addition, once the ticket salt came out, the Lianghuai salt merchants no longer had the status they used to have.

He didn't want to agree, but Lin Ruhai sharpened his sword, if he didn't give him an explanation today, I'm afraid he would have to go with the few kidnapped companions except for the Yanzheng Yamen.

Yan Min was silent for a moment, before he said: "Since that's the case, then I'll do what Master Lin said, but I still need to come up with a way to divide the 20 yuan. Will Master Lin allow me to go back and discuss it?" some time?"

Lin Ruhai looked at Yan Min quietly, making Yan Min always feel his neck was a little chilly.

It took a long time to see Lin Ruhai nodded and said: "One day, I will give you one day, and you will claim it here tomorrow!"

Then he looked at the crowd and said: "You guys better not have any other ideas, even if officials from all over the south of the Yangtze River wrote to impeach me, when the court makes a decision, it will be half a month later, I don't know if you still have any Half a month!"

Just when everyone was about to resign, Lin Ruhai said again: "Since you think there is too little salt, I still have a few boats of private salt here, 90 shi, which is much more than two gangs of salt. Claim some and go back. How much each family claims can be determined according to their own strength, as much as they can eat, you can claim as much! After paying the silver, I will give you a salt ticket, and you can use the ticket to raise salt!"

Then he called the officials to register the invoices.

After hearing this, the elderly Yan Min was the first to speak out: "This old man claims 30 shi!"

The other families also realized that Lin Ruhai was digging holes for them. Whoever claims more at this moment will have the strength, and the 20 yuan of salt will naturally be apportioned more.

So one by one rushed to the officials, and there was another quarrel, and then the 90 shi of private salt was divided up, and Yan Min only claimed [-] shi in the end.

After everyone left, Lin Ruhai's expression gradually relaxed.

"Today's level is considered to be over, but I don't know if these people will make something wrong tomorrow?"

Lin Ruhai really didn't dare to drive them all to extinction, in that case, no one could save him, and the emperor would probably be the first to blame him!

But at this moment, an old servant came to report, saying: "Master! Miss is back!"

Lin Ruhai didn't seem to hear clearly, and asked, "What? Who's back?"

"It's Miss! Second Master Ying has accompanied Miss back!" The old servant replied with a happy face.

Lin Ruhai's face was happy at first, but then gradually sank down, his brows were slightly frowned, he sighed softly, and whispered to himself: "Why are you back at this time!"

Immediately, he ordered to the old servant: "You go back to Ying'er and Yu'er first, and tell them that I have unfinished business here, and let them wait in the back office for a while!"

The old servant didn't know the reason, but he had no choice but to take his orders and leave.

After the old servant left, Lin Ruhai said to the attendants outside the hall again: "Come on, go to my aunt and get a thinner shirt for me! Go!"

But I thought in my heart: "Now this official robe is a bit looser after all, and it looks too thin. If Yu'er sees it, it will inevitably be sad!"

But it was Lin Ruhai who had already lost her appearance after a few months, but she didn't want her daughter to find out.

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