XXXVI. The Catfish Effect
"Hey," Ma Song sighed, "Once a son of heaven and a courtier, this truth, the third prince will not understand, I originally thought that relying on the afterglow of my grandparents, I could just eat and wait for death, but unfortunately there are so many people in the family, and I have to support it to come out and do a good job of salt." Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 infoIf we compare forces, can we compare with the Liu family? That's the great grace of Emperor Taizu, but today, isn't Liu Bingde's old man here in person? As soon as he arrived today, it set off that our families didn't know how to be polite, they were all young people, and the head of the family didn't come. ”
Sang Sangongzi is a little despised by the Ma family, especially Ma Song, who loves opera, and has raised seven or eight teams such as Geyang dialect, Kunshan dialect, Qin dialect, Sichuan opera, etc., all of which are private classes, only for their own home entertainment, every time they sing in the hall, it must be seven days and seven nights non-stop, even if the salt merchants are used to being lavish, the luxury of the Ma family is also extraordinary, Sang Sangongzi secretly slandered, there are many people in the family, if these opera troupes are sent, they must be able to be comfortable for many years, but it is not good to say it in person if they slap their faces, The third prince then looked at him left and right, "We can't change it," Sang Sangongzi said, "These salt citations are all accumulated over the years, no matter what, they can't be thrown out of our hands, Xue Pan wants to take our silver, yes, this is originally the meaning of the question, but if you want to take our salt citations, this is not something you can agree to." ”
Ma Song sneered in his heart, what is the use of you being tough like this, and said lightly on his face, "Although the businessman of this dynasty is not too bad, compared to it, he still can't fight the official family, Xue Pan is a businessman and an official, he understands the things in these businesses, and he has official authority, not such a sentence, you can send it." ”
"What I mean is the same as that of the third prince," Ma Song continued, "It's better to choose some salt merchants who have nothing to do with us and throw them out, they have more or less dozens of salt quotations in their hands, and if you put them together, you can always get to a third." ”
"If this can be done, it will be the best," Sang Sangongzi nodded, "If it can't damage us, it will be done, if it is damaged, then I will have to go to Beijing to sue." ”
Ma Song disagreed, the Sang family's reliance is nothing more than a vassal king, the vassal kings of this dynasty, compared with the same clan as the pig raising in the former Ming Dynasty, can go in and out of the general is quite poor, and the authority is already much greater, but in comparison, it is nothing, not to mention that the vassal king is still a minister in the local government, governing a province, counting, Hu Guangyong will not take him in his eyes, not to mention the emperor behind Xue Pan and Lin Ruhai?
is so arrogant, but also let people kill his sharpness, Ma Song secretly thought in his heart, if he took this opportunity to defeat the rest of the big salt merchants, why deal with those three hundred Arhats?
Liu Bingde got on the sedan chair, Western objects have become quite popular in recent years, young people love fashion and like fashion, all use the Western carriage pulled by the tall head, but Liu Bingde still likes to sit in the sedan chair, he thinks that the carriage is not as stable as the sedan chair, the sedan chair is steady, the manpower is carried, there is a certain range of progress, swaying, but it is a little help sleep.
Only this time, in the end, he couldn't sleep, Liu Bingde's housekeeper helped him to get into the sedan chair, and he was waiting in the sedan chair, saying that it was a sedan chair, but I was afraid that there was a warm pavilion as big, and there were several small Luohan beds in it, and the housekeeper poured Liu Bingde a cup of tea, "Master, drink a cup of tea to moisten your throat." ”
Liu Bingde shook his head, "I've drunk enough in the garden." ”
The housekeeper has been with Liu Bingde for many years, and he has served his father, he is a first-class close person, and he is very clear about Liu Bingde's habits, listening to his faint tone, he knows that this visit is not too successful, "That yellow-mouthed child, is it possible, don't you give the master such face?" ”
"It's too face-giving," Liu Bingde sighed slightly, "He is polite and humble, he speaks without leakage, he says a lot of things in the clouds, everyone is satisfied, listen carefully, it seems that there is nothing, he has not said any promises, such a person is not at all like the attitude that a young man should have, but an old fritter who has been in the officialdom for decades, I looked, the young people in ordinary people's homes are not comparable to him." ”
"Why do you have to say this to others, the uncles of our family are all excellent."
"Them?" Liu Bingde shook his head, "It's not that I don't say how good my sons are, it's just that they don't make it, and they can't be regarded as a king, let alone forge ahead." ”
"Sir, it's serious."
"The gentleman's Ze will be beheaded in the fifth generation." Liu Bingde sighed, and his tone was gloomy, "Emperor Taizu's blessing, after three generations, it has been used for almost the same, and now the long-lived Lord is the grandchild of Emperor Taizu, where we still remember our kindness to Emperor Taizu in the past, besides, although this kindness is a little, but after so many years, we have been born in Yangzhou for seventy or eighty years, and how much kindness has been paid off." But the uncles you are talking about, every day Gao Le is just happy, and he still talks about this kindness all day long, is this something that can be said often? It's really Shengmien, and Doumi is hateful. ”
This old man has been worried about the future of his family, "Others can probably be frightened by our family's signboard, and if they don't look at the face of the monk and look at the face of the Buddha, they will give in to a little bit of concession, but if you know the people inside, it is very clear that Emperor Taizong does not attach much importance to Emperor Taizu's aftermath, and even more so the Holy Queen, but for the sake of filial piety, there is a little meaning of letting go gently, plus our family is not an important role, so it has been tolerated so far, since the Lord of Long Live sent Lin Ruhai to do the salt administration, There will be no extra compassion for us, those starters at home, and chewing their tongues indiscriminately, but they don't know that if it falls into the ears of those who have a heart, it will be a big crime! Just look at the Ma family, Hu Ge Lao has such a big momentum, doesn't he have to back down! Some people think that they can lie on the blessings of their ancestors and eat and drink for a lifetime! ”
Liu Bingde's tone was displeased, and the housekeeper didn't dare to interject, "This salt merchant is the first, it is a golden signboard, but it is also a big burden, what apportionment, what donation, we want the first share, and we can't escape, but this is also an ordinary reason, but now this situation is really incomprehensible." ”
"The Ma family seems to have something to do with this Xue Pan, let's hurry up!"