Red Mansion Royal Cat

Chapter 71

The Sun family, a salt merchant, is under the rule of Yangzhou Prefecture, the most wealthy family in Jiangdu.

Different from the other five salt merchants, the Sun family did not rely on the Zhen family in Jinling, but worshiped under the weaving Sun Shenxing in Hangzhou.

After all, both families are surnamed Sun, so maybe they were still the same family 500 years ago.In order to gain a foothold in the south of the Yangtze River, the former head of the Sun family, Sun Bolin, the father of Sun Kewang, knelt at the feet of Sun Shenxing with 10 taels of silver as his son-nephew gift, and thus obtained the qualification of a salt merchant.

Don't underestimate Hangzhou weaving, which is inferior to the fifth grade. To put it bluntly, Sun Shenxing is the spy of the Supreme Emperor Liu Ji in the south of the Yangtze River.

Since the reign of Zhaowu, the Sun family has developed from an unknown small businessman to one of the six major salt merchants in the south of the Yangtze River, the deputy head of the Yangzhou Chamber of Commerce, and the largest family in Jiangdu.

In recent years, the Sun family has developed rapidly relying on the profits of the salt merchants, and at the same time sent countless gold and silver to the Sun family of Hangzhou Weaving Mansion.

Sun Shenxing even used the gold and silver sent by the Sun family to make up for the 10 taels of deficit owed by his family in the household department. It can be seen that the profit of the salt merchants is astonishingly large!
The moving carriage creaked and creaked, and Jia Cong, who had been drowsy, widened his eyes after hearing what Jia Lian said.

"The Sun family is so rich? At least tens of millions of taels!"

After getting the confirmation from Jia Lian, the little fat man immediately thought of what Lord Yuezhang told him yesterday: the six major salt merchants manipulated the price of salt and hoarded it for strange things, which harmed tens of millions of people.If people don't eat salt, they will be weak.What are the people asking for?Not delicacies, but a mouthful of salt!

"Second Brother Bao is right. The imperial court is indeed full of national thieves and beetles! These people eat the flesh and drink the blood of the common people, and eat their brains full of fat. In just a few years, the Sun family has thousands of people. Wan Jiazi also made offerings to Hangzhou Weaving... You should be killed! You should be killed!"

"The national thief Lulu?"

Jia Lian reached out and patted Jia Cong's shoulder, and said with a smile, "there are too many national thieves, can we kill them all?"

"Why can't I kill them all? If I have a sword in my hand in the future, I will definitely kill all the thieves in the world!"

Jia Cong touched the Imperial Yanling Saber on his waist, his immature face was full of solemnity, which made Jia Lian very surprised.

He didn't say any more disappointing words. After all, his younger brother was still young, and Jia Lian himself thought some things were almost impossible, so let's leave a piece of pure land in his heart for this young brother.

……

Jiangdu County is near the canal and is the second largest county in Yangzhou Prefecture.

The rich and powerful families in the county are not much less than Yangzhou Fucheng. Jia Cong, who was still aggrieved just now, has been attracted by the dazzling array of gadgets on the small shops and stalls in Jiangdu City.

"Second brother, that clay doll is so interesting, that little fat man is only wearing a red bellyband..."

"Huh? It turned out to be Mohele, so I asked someone to buy it. It's a bit like when you were a child. One summer, you crawled around wearing only a Wufu red douchebag, and almost fell into the fish pond..."

"Huh? Why don't I remember?"

"You were only one year old at that time, how could you remember? At that time, your grandma didn't care, and I fished you out of the muddy water!"

"Second brother still hurts me..."

"Oh, I just can't see my brother being bullied by servants..."

For a moment, the two brothers were caught in memories. In the past few years, both of them had been wronged, unwilling, and confused.

In the future, there may be small disputes between them, but the past experience has made them understand a truth, brothers are brothers, and brothers work together to cut gold!
……

Appeal!
Creaking, the carriage stopped, and Jia Lian, who got out of the carriage, lifted the little fat man out of the carriage and stood in front of the gate of Sun's house.

"Heh, the salt merchants are really extravagant, and the stone lions at the gate are almost catching up with ours!"

Sun Kewang is a smart man, and smart people don't do stupid things on the surface.

Although he deeply hated Jia and Lin's calculations, he still complimented Jia Lian who came to trouble his family.

Since being welcomed into the Sun's house, Jia Lian has never said a word, but coldly looked at the elegant but luxurious front hall of the Sun's house.

Instead, it was Jia Cong who, after sitting down, clamored to snatch the fourth daughter of the Sun family home and make her second brother a concubine.

Sun Kewang suppressed the anger in his heart, and bowed to Jia Lian to beg for mercy: "Second Master Lian, to be honest, the villain really doesn't know about Yang Ruyi's affairs. The little girl was also deceived by the Yang family boy, which almost led to the accident." Big disaster. Your lord has a lot, so let’s bypass the little girl for a while. Whatever the Sun family can do, just say it, and the villain will definitely do it with all my strength!"

Jia Lian blew the tea foam in the teacup in his hand, and sneered: "Huh? Who do you think I am? Are you saying that I am bullying your Sun family?"

"The little man dare not."

"Oh? Don't you dare? Is that what you think in your heart?"

Sun Kewang hurriedly bowed down and begged: "The villain really didn't think so. Everything is the fault of the little girl. The Sun family is willing to accept the punishment. I beg the second master Lian to forgive me because the villain only has such a daughter-in-law." Come back, little girl!"

Harmful to people's reputation, even if the Jia and Lin families killed their grandsons, the officials and masters in the court would not make decisions for themselves.The Lin family didn't act personally, but used the name of Jia Lian's concubine to force their own family to take the initiative to accept punishment, which is considered kind.

Sun Kewang also knew what Lin Ruhai needed most right now, but he didn't dare to be such an early bird.The Sun family, one of the six major salt merchants, did not have much strength among the big families in the south of the Yangtze River.

If one is not careful, the Sun family will be abandoned by the Hangzhou Manufacturing Mansion, eaten up by other families, and there will be no bones left.

The only way now is to seek forgiveness from the Jia and Lin families in exchange for the life of the old lady...

That's right, in Sun Kewang's opinion, if his daughter went to Rongguo Mansion, she would never see the sun the next day.In the Duke's mansion, the death of a concubine is like the death of an ant, there will be no disturbance at all.

Clang!

Sun Kewang, who bent over to worship, heard the sound and saw that Jia Lian was still admiring the ornaments in the front hall leisurely, but Jia Cong put the Yanling knife on the ground on his waist and stared into his eyes.

"Sun Kewang, do you know how much money Yang Siqi paid for his life?"

The machine spring clicked, and the blade of the Yanling Saber popped out. The cold light frightened Sun Kewang's eyes and his hairs stood up.

He hurriedly lowered his head to hide his fear and unwillingness, gritted his teeth and replied, "I don't know, please ask Third Master Cong to clarify."

"150 million taels of silver, buy him and the Yang family's life!"

As soon as Jia Cong's words fell, Sun Kewang knelt on the ground immediately: "The villain is also willing to give 150 million taels, and begs the second master Lian and the third master Cong to forgive the crime of the little girl!"

At this time, Jia Lian smiled slightly and said coldly, "Not enough!"

"Ah? Second Master Lian, this is the maximum that the villain can raise now!"

Sun Kewang didn't lie, the salt merchant's extravagance was indeed true, but there wouldn't be too much cash, and almost all the money was poured into the salt.

But Jia Lian's visit today was not out of kindness. His purpose was to take advantage of this rare opportunity to try his best to weaken the Sun family and clear the way for Lin Ruhai's next plans.

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(End of this chapter)