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Chapter 82 Move to Suzhou
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"Why do you keep looking at me?" When he was packing his luggage and preparing to leave Yangzhou, Young Master Zhang found that Zhang Qing had been peeking at him, so he asked with a smile, "What's the matter? Did you find that my son is getting more and more handsome? It's a pity we They both have the same surname, otherwise, you might as well introduce your sister Zhang Qingyun to me. Anyway, I haven’t married yet... Don’t go get Shangfang’s sword again, okay? Last time my clothes were cut by you. Are you going to cut my belt this time? Okay, okay, I won’t talk, you put it down, this thing is not just a joke.”

"Smelly thief, if you dare to take advantage of my sister next time, I'll cut off your tongue!" Zhang Qing blushed and threw Shang Fang's sword back to the place, and hummed again: "I really don't know how you figured it out, The salt rats in Yangzhou are known as iron roosters. In the past, the imperial court asked them to collect taxes, and they all tried their best to evade taxes. When you came, the salt rats not only obediently donated 100 million taels of silver, but also expressed their gratitude to you Thank you, thank you for praising you as a lifesaver. Hmph, this time you are really cheap, when you return to the capital in the future, the emperor and Jiuqiantui don’t know how to promote you.”

"Promotion? I'm not very interested." Young Master Zhang shook his head, and boasted: "As for why the Yangzhou salt merchants were settled by me, in the final analysis, there are four words-you can be strong without desire. What are other officials thinking when they come to Yangzhou? To get money for myself from the Yangzhou salt merchants, I couldn’t hold my head up in front of the Yangzhou salt merchants. Before I could say anything, I lost my momentum by three points. But I only thought about collecting taxes for the court and raising donations for the disaster victims. I have never considered my own personal gains and losses, and I am confident and confident. I speak loudly in front of the Yangzhou salt merchants. Before I speak, I take up three points of momentum. In addition, this young master is a pedantic man with great talents. I know what the Yangzhou salt merchants are most afraid of. , I also know what their weaknesses are, so it's easy to deal with them."

"I bah! I said you're fat, and you're still panting?" Zhang Qing blushed and blushed, and then snorted, "If you don't want to be strong, you have the face to say it? If you really have no desires and desires, then yesterday Yangzhou Salt Don't take the 2 taels of silver from the merchant."

"Don't worry, I took the 2 taels of silver, but I sent someone to the capital overnight to hand it over to the treasury." Young Master Zhang smiled triumphantly, and said, "My young master came to Jiangnan to collect donations for disaster relief, and what he did was to offend people." How could it be possible to leave a handle for someone else to catch me? So I accepted the 2 taels of silver unceremoniously, and quietly sent it to the capital to hand over to the treasury—in this way, if anyone dares to impeach me for being corrupt If he accepts bribes, then he will be convicted of slandering his colleagues with ulterior motives."

"Shameless, you're digging traps and deceiving people again!" Zhang Qing glared at Young Master Zhang angrily, and then snorted, "Don't get complacent too early, if Jiu Qiansui insists on implementing the ticket and salt law proposed by Yang Lian, Yangzhou will be broken." Let me see how you explain to the salt merchants in Yangzhou about the source of income of the salt merchants? At that time, be careful that the salt merchants in Yangzhou become angry and bribe the assassins to kill you."

"You underestimate Jiuqiantui at this point, and Jiuqiantui's grasp of the government affairs of the court is better than you and I expected." Young Master Zhang shook his head and explained: "The Ticket and Salt Law can indeed reduce the salt tax. Part of the effect of losing and curbing private salt, but there are also many disadvantages. It is impossible for Nine Thousand Years not to see this, and implement it immediately without thinking about the consequences. Moreover, the cost of the Liaodong war is huge now, and the Miao chaos in Guizhou is also here. The critical moment of complete pacification is when money is being used everywhere. Nine thousand years old will not take this risk to raise the salt tax. He must stabilize the salt merchants first, and then free up his hands to reform the salt industry when the situation in the country stabilizes slightly. It’s not too late to pay the tax.” Speaking of this, Young Master Zhang giggled again, and added: “Besides, the gang of salt rats in Yangzhou are all worth millions. Although implementing the ticket and salt law now can cut off their wealth, it will not There is no way to take out the silver they have already put in their pockets. Nine thousand years old is not a fool. If they don't use this new salt law to frighten them and get more than half of their silver, how can they be worthy of the Ming people who have eaten high-priced salt for more than 200 years? "

"Bah!" Zhang Qing couldn't listen anymore, covered his ears and screamed: "Stop talking, stop talking, the more you listen, the more disgusting you become, I know you're amazing, okay? Don't tell me about you anymore Dirty intrigue and intrigue, okay?"

"Okay, okay, don't say it, but you didn't ask me first, so I said it." Young Master Zhang agreed with a smile, and then said: "Go back to your room and pack your luggage. We will leave after lunch."

"It's already been prepared." Zhang Qing said angrily: "It's your two godbrothers, Wei Liangqing and Fu Yingxing, who went to the Slender West Lake last night and haven't come back yet, why don't you send someone to remind you? "

"Brother Zhang, we're back." The evil on the ground in Yangzhou, just as Zhang Qing mentioned Wei Liangqing and Fu Yingxing, the shouts of their brothers sounded in the courtyard. Why did you tell us to leave in a few days? What’s the rush?” Fu Yingxing also yelled, “Yes, uncle asked you to raise 50 yuan, and now you’ve got more than 100 million yuan, in response to Tianfu’s purchase of food. Just leave it to the people below to handle it, and we'll just stay in Yangzhou and continue playing with the skinny horse."

"We are not responding to the sky, we are going to Suzhou." Young Master Zhang said with a smile: "Pan Ruzhen, governor of Zhejiang Province, has sent messengers over several times. We must invite us to Suzhou for a visit to raise funds for disaster relief in Suzhou." Second, I asked him to show his kindness as a landlord. I saw Master Pan was so enthusiastic, and I was too embarrassed to refute his face, so I agreed. Besides, the country is struggling now. We raise an extra tael of silver in the south of the Yangtze River. As long as there is less pressure, we nephews should be more filial, right?"

"That's the truth, but is Suzhou more fun than Yangzhou?" Wei Liangqing, who was born in a bumpkin, asked doubtfully.Young Master Zhang smiled and said, "Brother Wei, you must have heard such a sentence, right? There is heaven above, and Suzhou and Hangzhou below—Su refers to Suzhou, and the scenery there is much better than Yangzhou. Also, South Suzhou , Bei Datong, these two places are the most famous places in the world that are rich in beauties, the girl you like, Yang Wanyang, is actually a girl from Suzhou..."

Before Master Zhang finished speaking, the four eyes of Wei Liangqing and Fu Yingxing were already shining green light, and they shouted in unison: "Okay, let's go to Suzhou!" After finishing speaking, the two brothers turned their heads and walked towards their own Running around the room, he asked the servant to pack his luggage quickly, and he wanted to accompany Young Master Zhang to go south to Suzhou to raise funds for disaster relief.But Zhang Qing's nose was almost out of breath, and he grabbed Young Master Zhang by the collar, and shouted angrily: "Okay, this is why you went to Suzhou to raise funds for disaster relief after you have been doing it for a long time?"

"Don't get me wrong, I don't say that, will Wei Liangqing and Fu Yingxing leave Yangzhou obediently?" Young Master Zhang waved his hand to explain, Zhang Qing would not believe it, then grabbed Young Master Zhang by the ear, and shouted viciously: "Coax the ghost, you are I don't know what kind of virtue? That day at the Slender West Lake, you kept flirting with that vixen named Yang, making a lot of flames. When you come to Suzhou, where there are so many beauties, you still go out to fool around all day long?"

"Okay, okay, I won't fool around in Suzhou!" Young Master Zhang also got angry and shouted: "Then I'll stay in Yangzhou and fool around. Anyway, Yang Wan is still in Yangzhou. I'll go to her head office every day, right? I can't do it." I understand, you are a big man, why do you want to control me like my wife? Do you really like Longyang Broken Sleeve? " Zhang Qing was ashamed and angry at being yelled at by Young Master Zhang, and pushed Young Master Zhang away. He rushed out of the room and shouted angrily: "Okay, I don't care about you, go where you like, I don't care."

"Damn girl, why are you so gentle when you wear women's clothes, but so brutal when you wear men's clothes? Do you have dual personalities?" Looking at the back of Zhang Qing leaving angrily, Young Master Zhang muttered in his heart.But at the thought of going to Suzhou, the lascivious smile soon covered Young Master Zhang's face again, and Young Master Zhang muttered to himself: "Haha, I can finally go to Suzhou. What is Yang Wan? Go in, Chen Yuanyuan is the head of the Qinhuai Eight Beauties and a Suzhou native, although I don’t know how old she is now, but if I can catch her, this trip to the south of the Yangtze River will not be in vain. Haha, hahahahaha..."

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Ever since, Master Zhang snickered, Master Zhang and his party boarded the official ship with dozens of people, left Yangzhou at noon on June [-], and went south to Suzhou to continue raising funds for disaster relief.Before leaving, Young Master Zhang sent a letter, entrusting Jiangnan weaving eunuch Li Shi and Dongchang eunuch Song Jin to start purchasing food immediately, and planned to send the first batch of relief food to the disaster area when he returned to Yingtian from Suzhou.At the same time, Young Master Zhang sent a memorial to the capital, reporting the results of the first phase of his fundraising work, and reported that Jiangnan's fundraising potential is still huge, far exceeding his estimate when he volunteered, so he hopes that he can continue to stay in Jiangnan to raise funds to reduce the burden on the imperial court as much as possible—of course, this is just a formality. Since Master Zhang stays in the south of the Yangtze River, he can get more money for the imperial court. Also reluctant to call Young Master Zhang back to the capital at this time.

Same as when we came here, when Young Master Zhang, who was three feet short by scraping silver in Yangzhou, left Yangzhou, crowds of Yangzhou officials all went to the pier to see him off—but different from when he came, this time the 25 majors in Yangzhou All the salt merchants also came to the pier to see them off. These Yangzhou salt merchants who were slaughtered by Young Master Zhang and cried for their fathers and mothers all had blood in their hearts. They nodded and bowed to Young Master Zhang. Wang Fuguang tearfully took Master Zhang's hand, He said kindly: "Master Zhang, you must come to Yangzhou again. Our salt merchants in Yangzhou are all looking forward to your visit."

"Shopkeeper Wang, please don't worry, in a few days, I will probably come to Yangzhou again to continue raising funds." Young Master Zhang agreed with a smile.As soon as the words fell, Wang Fuguang and the other 24 Yangzhou salt merchants were already pale. Fortunately, Master Zhang added with a smile: "Treasurer Wang and shopkeepers, please rest assured. The next time I come to Yangzhou, I am looking for people from other industries in Yangzhou." Donation, you have already donated 100 million taels of silver this time, why am I ashamed to reach out to you again?"

"So that's the case, thank you, the imperial envoy, for your understanding." The faces of the twenty or so salt merchants finally recovered, but Wang Fuguang didn't dare to say anything to invite Young Master Zhang to Yangzhou again. Shangguan Ship, shed tears to say goodbye to Young Master Zhang.But not long after Young Master Zhang's fleet left the pier, a big red flower boat decorated with lights suddenly sailed up from the upper reaches, following the trend of the water and running side by side with Young Master Zhang's official ship, wearing a light green dress Yang Wan held Yuxiao in her arms, stood on the bow of the boat facing the wind, smiled coquettishly at the stunned Young Master Zhang, and asked softly: "Master Zhang, what a coincidence, do you want to leave Yangzhou today?"

"Yes." Young Master Zhang nodded, and asked in surprise, "Why, Miss Yang, you want to leave Yangzhou too?"

"It's not because of you that I have to leave." Yang Wanbai glanced at Young Master Zhang, pursed his lips and chuckled.Young Master Zhang was stunned again, and was about to speak, but Zhang Qing got out from there, gritted his teeth and looked at Yang Wan, then glared at Young Master Zhang, and said sourly: "Tanhualang, Merry, Miss Yang, for the sake of You, but you went there and followed you there."

"Mr. Zhang misunderstood." Yang Wan smiled sweetly and said charmingly: "I said that I left Yangzhou because of Mr. Zhang, not the reason you think. It's because Mr. Zhang is engaged in fundraising in Yangzhou, and my The big customers have all their pockets empty, and the business can’t continue, so I discussed with my mother and planned to go to Suzhou to do business for a few days.”

"Suzhou?" Zhang Qing's face turned blue, and he stared fiercely at Young Master Zhang.Young Master Zhang was also puzzled, and then suddenly came to his senses, and quickly asked, "Miss Yang, did Big Brother Wei and Second Brother Fu tell you that I'm going to Suzhou?"

"Tanhualang is really smart, he guessed right." Yang Wan covered her mouth and snickered, and said with a wicked smile: "It's precisely because Mr. Wei and Mr. Fu told me that you are going to Suzhou to raise funds, Mr. Tanhualang. So hurry up and go to Suzhou first, otherwise if you go late, you will empty the wallet of the big textile merchant in Suzhou again, and I will be hungry."

"Is that an exaggeration? Ms. Yang, are you still hungry? Maybe you are like Du Shiniang, actually richer than me." Young Master Zhang said with a wry smile.Yang Wan smiled badly again, she didn't comment on this, just smiled and said: "Master Zhang, you are an imperial envoy, and the slave's flower boat is not suitable to go with you, so let's go first. Master Zhang, if you, Mr. Wei and Mr. Fu want to listen to the music You can catch up with a small boat at any time, and my family is waiting for orders at any time." After finishing speaking, Yang Wan ordered the boatman to speed up the oars, and soon rushed to the front of Young Master Zhang's fleet.

"Hey, this girl seems to be entangled with me. It seems that my young master's charm is really extraordinary." Young master Zhang was a little complacent, but also a little worried, "Trouble, if Yang Wan and Chen Yuanyuan post upside down at the same time , I can only choose one, so who should I choose?"

"Master Zhang Gou, let me put my ugly words first, but you are a dignified imperial envoy." Seeing Young Master Zhang's smirk all over his face, Zhang Qing was furious, and warned Young Master Zhang sinisterly: " If you dare to disregard your identity and the court's face, and quietly go to that Lehu surnamed Yang, I will write to my father and ask him to take care of you."

"No, no, don't worry about this, I still distinguish between public affairs and private affairs very clearly." Young Master Zhang agreed wholeheartedly, and then instructed Xiao Chuan: "Brother Xiao, you send two messengers to go first by fast boat." Suzhou, tell Pan Ruzhen, the governor of Zhejiang, that after I arrive in Suzhou, I want to meet the masters of the big weaving workshops in Suzhou and Hangzhou, and ask him to make arrangements for me. Also, I must meet someone, and please Master Pan arrange."

"Who?" Xiao Chuan asked.Young Master Zhang pursed his lips and said in a deep voice, "Xu Guangqi."

(End of this chapter)