The two of them came out from the side, walked through the alley on the side, and when they got to the street, they didn't go far, they found a teahouse nearby, Liu Han asked for a private room, and Xiao Er quietly retreated after sending tea and snacks. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

"How is it? can I say it now, what is the benefit?" King Yanping held up the teacup, and a faint smile appeared on his handsome face.

Liu Han also smiled faintly: "There is a business, I don't know if the prince is interested." ”

"Oh, what kind of business? I, the prince, have no fiefdom, and his annual income is only a few pieces of silver, so of course it is good to make money. King Yanping said.

"Salt. ”

"Salt!?" King Yanping was stunned and looked at Liu Han puzzled.

"There is a friend who feels that the salt innovation in Yangzhou is at an impasse and needs someone to break the situation, but he can't eat it alone and finds me, but I don't dare to provoke the local tyrants in Yangzhou, so I want to ask the prince to be a backer. Liu Han said with a smile.

The king of Yanping couldn't help but shake his head slightly: "I said Brother Liu, you can smell the smell of meat thousands of miles away, what kind of nose do you have?!!"

Liu Han shrugged his shoulders and smiled self-deprecatingly: "Dog nose, no way, I think this is an opportunity, not only to share the worries and solve problems for the court, but also to earn silver, those gate valve families in Yangzhou, hehe, short-sighted, offending the court, not to mention, but also to lose the silver, if the court is ruthless, I'm afraid they will no longer be able to get involved in salt affairs." ”

King Yanping nodded, thought about it for a while, and asked, "I don't know what your friend is?"

"It's very famous in the rivers and lakes," Liu Han didn't want to hide it, and immediately replied: "It's the Hundred Workshops." ”

"Hundred Workshops, they also have to do salt work?" King Yanping was so surprised that he almost blurted out.

Liu Han looked at him and nodded: "This is what they proposed, Lord Wang, I think this is an opportunity, everyone in the world knows that the benefits of salt are huge, and Yangzhou is the center of salt production in the world, if it is a regular day, even if we want to interfere, there is no way, today the imperial court is innovating salt affairs in Yangzhou, but the gate valve family in Yangzhou is not greedy enough, and has embarked on the road of confrontation with the imperial court, Lord Ju and Lord Gu are merciful, otherwise, those guys may have been like those unlucky ghosts in Chen Guo." ”

This is true, but there is one thing that is not, Lord Ju and Master Gu are not benevolent, but they don't want to annoy the Jiangnan Gate Valve family. The king of Yanping pointed out the key to the impasse in Yangzhou, and the fundamental reason why Ju Yu and Gu Wei were afraid in Yangzhou was not that they had no choice, but that they were unwilling, in that case, they would seriously offend the Jiangnan Gate Valve, and even offend the King of Huainan, so neither of them was willing to be ruthless.

"Therefore, we are now intervening to solve the difficulties of the two adults, and also to remind the gate valve in Yangzhou. Liu Han said.

"Reminder?" "Reminder?" The king of Yanping County was still a little confused at first, and then he understood, Liu Han also smiled: "The prince is a person who understands, Lord Gu is unwilling to be ruthless for whatever reason, but the emperor will not allow the salt innovation to continue like this, so if the two adults still care about the Jiangnan Gate Valve family, the two adults may not be able to get out so easily, so the two adults have to attack them in the end, so our move is also to solve the difficulties of the Jiangnan people." ”

"That's reasonable," King Yanping nodded, picked up the teacup and took a sip gently: "How are you going to interfere?

Liu Han shook his head: "How to do it, we still have to discuss, however, the matter was proposed by them, what about me, there are a lot of things in the imperial capital, and Jizhou is still looking for trouble for me, so I will definitely not be able to leave the imperial capital, and what about them, the prince probably also knows that they have always been hiding behind their backs, only taking share dividends and dividends, so my idea is to find two more, in addition to this, there is another reason, to share the risk." ”

The King of Yanping nodded without waiting for him to finish, indicating that he understood what he meant, and interjected: "What else?"

"Well, I was just thinking about discussing with the prince," Liu Han said: "I also want to find Xiao Zhao Wangye, and in addition, there is Zhen Niang, the former shopkeeper of Baiyi Garden." ”

Obviously, these two candidates surprised the king of Yanping County, he looked at Liu Han in a daze, Liu Han explained: "Prince Xiao Zhao is the commander of the Zongzheng Mansion, and he has a deterrent to the King of Huainan, in addition, there are a group of clans such as Wang Yanhao of Jiajun in Jiangnan, which can also form a deterrent, as for Zhen Niang, we can't come forward directly, so I let Zhen Niang serve as the shopkeeper of this salt number, the prince is afraid that he doesn't know, Zhen Niang has a background in the Demon Gate, let her come forward, and she can pull the strength of the Demon Gate into this whirlpool." ”

When Liu Han said Zhen Niang's Demon Gate background, the King of Yanping County was a little surprised, but soon calmed down, Liu Han didn't care about leaking this, because the internal guards had already known Zhen Niang's background, although the Demon Gate and the Central Plains Wulin were fighting in secret, but in the past seven or eight years, both sides have tacitly been in a cold peace, and there is less fighting on the surface.

After Liu Han finished speaking, the king of Yanping did not speak, but drank tea calmly, Liu Han did not disturb him, ate two pieces of snacks, and waited quietly.

After a while, the king of Yanping put down the teacup, looked at Liu Han and asked, "What is their opinion?"

"I first asked the prince for his opinion, if the prince has no opinion, I will go to see Xiao Zhao later. Liu Han replied.

"This king heard that you are friendly with Lord Xue Yuxue, why don't you pull him in?"

"The prince misunderstood, Lord Xue is a wealthy nobleman, and he has only drunk a few times with him, Lord Xue is humble, but he has self-knowledge in the next. ”

The king of Yanping shook his head slightly, Liu Han also shook his head slightly, and the king of Yanping sighed: "Brother Liu, it is said in the Taoist scriptures that he is humble and arrogant, and he is a wise person. This arrogance is not the arrogance of the other, but the pride of the heart, Brother Liu, Brother Liu, you have only been in the imperial capital for more than a year, but you have achieved more than Xiao Wang in the imperial capital!"

"The prince has an overreputation," Liu Han said without changing his face: "In Xia Nai, businessmen have to understand the local market and look for business opportunities wherever they go, so they have to pay attention to these. ”

The king of Yanping smiled faintly, did not argue with Liu Han, and asked, "How much silver does the king have to pay?"

Liu Han shrugged: "I don't know yet, now we are talking about intentions, I now want to know if the prince is willing to buy shares, as for how much silver, everyone will discuss it together at that time." ”

The king of Yanping nodded: "Just rush to you Mr. Liu, this king will definitely become a shareholder." ”

"So, thank you, lord. Liu Han hugged his fists and thanked him, and the king of Yanping said with a smile: "Not only can you contribute to the court, but you can also earn money, why not." ”

The two looked at each other and smiled, Liu Han diligently poured tea for the king of Yanping County, and after drinking a cup of tea, the king of Yanping County asked again: "Mr. Liu, what do you think we should do next?"

Liu Han was slightly stunned, and then smiled and said, "Isn't the prince doing it? Send someone to secretly check the property of those officials to prevent them from transferring their wealth." ”

The king of Yanping County showed a wry smile, this matter was not done by Du Zhi Cao, but he called the Wang Mansion generals to do it, because he couldn't trust Du Zhi Cao's officials, but he didn't expect that Liu Han actually noticed it.

"Well, I'll still give the prince a suggestion," Liu Han said, the king of Yanping County looked at him quietly, Liu Han said: "I feel that they are too relaxed, I don't feel it, I have to make them nervous, so I think the prince can meet the emperor in half a month or a month, and ask the emperor to decree that all those who have not paid off the arrears will be suspended from their duties to pay off their debts." ”

The king of Yanping frowned slightly, he fully knew the shock and chaos caused by this move, how much chaos would be caused by so many officials being suspended, and the anger and resentment of these officials would come at him.

"If it's pus, you have to squeeze it, and it hurts a little when you squeeze it, but as long as you squeeze it out, it's fine. Liu Han said.

"This method is too intense," said the king of Yanping County, Liu Han was silent for a while, and also nodded: "If there is another way to let them move, then of course it is the best." Lord Wang, two days have passed, but except for the 30,000 taels of silver that he received from Xiao Zhao Wang Ye that day, no one else has moved. ”

"The king knows," said the king of Yanping, "I am afraid that some officials will not be able to come out, and these officials are precisely honest and honest officials in the court, and they have not been corrupt and bribed." ”

Liu Han shook his head: "They don't have the opportunity to be corrupt and take bribes. ”

The king of Yanping couldn't help but smile bitterly again, Liu Han's words were too direct and mean, but it was a fact, most of those who didn't come out were petty officials of the Qingshui Yamen.

"No, even so, it still doesn't work," the King of Yanping County looked very resolute, and he said with a little apology: "If it goes on like this, it is very likely to fall into political disputes, and in the end, it will affect debt collection." ”

"There is such a possibility, but as long as the emperor...."Liu Han suddenly stopped, frowned and thought: "Otherwise, you go to the Dao, through formal channels, and then let the emperor stay in the middle and not send it, so the news will be spread, but.... , in this way, the prince will bear all the resentment, and these people who resent the prince are hiding in the shadows. ”

The king of Yanping County smiled bitterly, and Liu Han sighed: "Lord Wang, when you took this matter, you should have known that you were going to offend many people. ”

The king of Yanping County sighed, did not speak, and looked out the window blankly, the mansion opposite, the two stone lions at the door were majestic, he suddenly forgot whose mansion it was, such mansions abound in the inner city, but except for the words on the door plaque, most of the others are the same.

"If King Rong thinks about it again, even if he has to offend people, this king hopes to have less. The king of Yanping said bitterly, and Liu Han nodded indifferently.

The next atmosphere became more dull, the dim sum had already been eaten, the two of them drank the tea dry, and got up almost at the same time, still the king of Yanping County was in front, Liu Han was behind, and they went out of the teahouse.

Back to Duzhicao, before breaking up, Liu Han took a day off by the way, and he didn't hide it, saying that he would negotiate with Baigongfang tomorrow.

The king of Yanping not only agreed, but also told him that the price should be higher, and don't let the hundred workshops take advantage.

Liu Han couldn't help laughing, took out the black panther, still came out of the alley, turned over his horse, and drove towards Zongzheng Mansion.