It was another afternoon, and Li Ling came to Xie's house again.

This time, I was familiar with the road and was soon invited to sit inside. However, it was no longer the monastery, but another warm hall. After drinking two sips of tea, Xie Wenruo and Xie Wenbin came to see the guests with a smile: "What kind of wind is this that blowing you, Master Li. What a distinguished guest."

"Haha, thank you, Marquis, I am really flattered." Li Ling hurriedly greeted them with a smile, "I came here today to agree to your promise. If something hadn't happened in Jinling, I would have told you half a month ago and opened the branch of Zongheng Bookstore in Jiangnan as soon as possible."

When Brother Xie Wenruo heard this, he smiled even more happily. Although he didn't dare to say that he was satisfied, his heart was still full of words: "Prince Li, you are too serious, and we are naturally not comparable to the stability of Jiangnan. We have heard of it here. This time, Master Futai, with the assistance of you, Master Li, severely attacked the arrogance of the Luotian thieves. I believe that after this, the entire Jiangnan area will not be as worried."

"Haha, this is the wise decision of the Lord Futai. The soldiers and soldiers under my command have used their lives. I am just beating the drums in the side, and I have no contribution, but I can't afford to praise you like this."

After a few people exchanged greetings, they brought the topic back to the bookstore. After all, for the Xie family, this was the important thing they were eager to implement. Earlier, they gave all the money, but Li Ling dragged it down because he had other official duties. If he hadn't been strong enough before and had the Governor protected him, the Xie family would have gone to settle the accounts.

Li Ling had a long time to think about it, and then smiled and said, "It's not difficult to open a Zongheng Bookstore. It's just to choose a store with convenient transportation and find some down-to-earth and trustworthy shopkeepers and staff. I think with the Xie family's status in Yangzhou, these two points should be easy to get, right?"

Seeing the two nodded, he smiled and said, "But it's not difficult, but it's also a bit difficult. You probably have already learned about how my bookstore in Beijing is bigger. Compared with other bookstores that only sell book books, our exclusive newspaper is the real sale of the whole city and making a big deal of gold every day. However, this newspaper requires the cooperation of many links, and the use of ink and paper are given priority, as well as the use of the above articles, how to attract more people to read..."

Listening to him slowly, both of them showed a sudden look of consciousness. Some things may not be able to fully grasp the secret of success by just looking at the result. Only by listening to people's careful analysis and explanation can we understand the profound meaning. With the minds of the two, after Li Ling's guidance, they already have a considerable concept of newspapers.

Seeing that the two of them nodded frequently with deep understanding, Li Ling said even more vigorously: "To be honest, I already have the overall plan for newspaper publishing. For the people of Jiangnan, this is fresh food, so the first step is to cultivate their habit of reading newspapers. This requires losing money to gain publicity and promotion with extremely low or even almost free means; the second step is to launch targeted content based on the preferences of local people. With the connections of Lu and Xie families, it should not be difficult to grasp. Then we can also hire scholars to publish good articles in newspapers, and always pay attention to everyone's evaluation of the articles. After half a year, we can organize and publish these articles into books, so that we can make another profit..."

Many marketing activities that were most common in later generations were naturally amazing by Li Ling at this moment. At this time, they had no doubts or dissatisfaction with Li Ling. They thought that as long as they followed this statement, it would take less than two or three years to fully expand Zongheng Bookstore in Jiangnan. Just relying on advertising alone, they could make money every day.

After a while of excitement, Xie Wenruo suddenly smiled and thought that Li Ling came to the house today, and he would never have come to the house to discuss with his own company how to do business. So when Li Ling said a lot and drank tea to moisten his throat, he tentatively said: "Master Li is really interested. If you say that, I will feel relieved. From tomorrow, I will contact the Lu family and we will work together to open the bookstore first. However, are you really just going to discuss the matters of the bookstore with us?"

"Haha, I can't hide it from Mr. Xie. As the saying goes, I won't go to the Three Treasures Hall without any trouble. I'm here today. I really want to ask Mr. Xie to teach me if I have something to do."

"Oh? Let's talk about it." Xie Wenruo took a sip of tea with some vigilance. Judging from his previous experience, what Li Ling asked for must be quite a bit.

"Actually, this matter is closely related to our bookstore. Does Mr. Xie know which partners are there in my Zongheng Bookstore in the capital?"

"I have heard of this. It seems that King Huai has cooperated with Zongheng Bookstore?"

"That's right, but in addition to King Huai, there is another very important collaborator, that is the Cao Gang. I dare not hide it from the Marquis. It can be said that my Zongheng Bookstore was completely helped by the Cao Gang. Later, it was through their ships that allowed the influence of the Zongheng Report to gradually expand and spread to all parts of the north and south."

Xie Wenruo had guessed Li Ling's intention at this time: "Do you want me to help Cao Gang?" When he said this, his brows frowned slightly, and this move naturally fell into Li Ling's eyes: "It seems that the Marquis already knows that Cao Gang is suffering from disasters now?"

Xie Wenruo smiled without comment: "This matter is not easy to deal with. Even if I have some reputation, I am afraid it will be difficult to intervene in it, so that the officials who Jiangnan thinks are selling me this face."

"It seems that the Marquis not only heard about this, but also knew a lot about the current situation of the Cao Gang." Li Ling suddenly felt excited, "I would like to ask the Marquis to tell me which officials from both Huaihe Rivers are trying to seize the power of the Cao Gang's water transportation?"

"Why, don't you know?" Xie Wenruo was a little surprised. He nodded at Li Ling and smiled, "Okay, I will give you a brief explanation. Now most people in the Cao Gang are trapped in the Shouchun Prefecture in Huainan. As for the people who control them... Let's put it this way, the guardian of them is a military horse from Huainan."

Li Ling was a little dizzy. Why was it from Huaibei and Huainan? Although the two Huai Rivers are one at the court level, in fact, both governments are not in charge.

Seeing this, Xie Wenruo smiled again: "Didn't you figure it out? This is a move by many officials from both Huaihe River to seize the interests of the Caohe River. Among them, the vanguard was that the Huaibei governor had a heavy fee, so he sent people to guard many important figures of the Caogang.

"I'm going to tell you, after I knew about it, I wanted to save them. After Yang Qinghou said that, I had some friendship with me, and I didn't want to see him suffer. If only the officials in Huainan were involved in this matter, I might be able to protect them with my face, but now there are people from Huainbei who are involved, so my face is not enough."

He said so much, but in fact he had only one meaning. If you want to ask you to rescue the Cao Gang, you are wrong. I don’t have the ability to do this yet.

Li Ling fell into silence at this time, silently chanting the name Fei Chong in his heart. After a while, he remembered why he had some impression of this person. It was because his enemies were narrow. The Cao Gang had a big battle with the men sent by Fei Chong, and finally killed them all on Taipingdu to eliminate future troubles.

At the same time, Li Ling and Fei Chong also had a grudge. At the beginning, he ordered someone to snatch his sister from Jiangcheng and send her back to the Wei family. Then, the sister was destroyed in Jiangbei City and the Wei family was destroyed!

Now it's great. A few years have passed, and Li Ling has not yet taken revenge on him, and people have attacked the people around him again. It's really a new and old hatred that has gathered together.

Seeing that Li Ling's face gradually became gloomy after his silence, Xie Wenruo sighed and advised: "Prince Li, even if you are appreciated by the governor, you are afraid that it will be difficult to achieve this matter. It is too difficult to rescue people from the Lianghuai government. Perhaps they are indeed of great use in transactions, but it is not worth it to be an enemy of the Lianghuai officials, and you are not sure of winning. No, it should be said that the hope is slim. Not to mention that you are a magistrate, even if you hear the Governor come forward to plead with you, it is not easy to use."

Li Ling took a deep breath, forcibly suppressed the anger in his heart, and then he clasped his fists: "Thank you, Marquis, for telling me about this. However, the Cao Gang has always been kind to me, and I will not give up on them. A real man stands in the world, does what he does not do, and does what he must do!"

"You..." Xie Wenruo looked at Li Ling with a look of surprise. He was a young and promising imperial prefect who was really going to take risks for a group of wild and powerful officials in the world, and he would not hesitate to turn against him or her against a large group of officials with higher identities and greater power than him? Isn't this too incredible?

But he was not easy to persuade, because he had seen that Li Ling had made up his mind, so he could only sigh: "You should do it yourself."

Li Ling nodded and stood up: "Don't worry, Marquis, I will do what I promised you." After saying that, he walked out with big strides. Today is not in vain, at least he knows who the target is.

Just as Li Ling was about to step out of the hall door, Xie Wenruo behind him suddenly spoke: "Let's wait."

Li Ling paused his movements and turned around: "What else does the marquis have to give?"

"You are really determined to help them get out of trouble, even if they are enemies with the officials of the two Huai Rivers?" Xie Wenruo stared at his eyes with an extremely serious expression.

"That's right." Li Ling looked back without hesitation.

"It is probably difficult to save people by following normal paths, but we can start from their weaknesses. And if we can help officials of a similar status, it will be easier to succeed." Xie Wenruo pointed out, "Of course, if someone asks you in the future, I will not admit that I have said this."

Li Ling's heart moved at this moment, his eyes shone brightly, and he immediately bowed to the other party again: "Xiaoguan knows that I have never been to Xiejiabao today, and everything I do next has nothing to do with the Xiejia family."

It was not until Li Ling left that Xie Wenruo came back to his senses and sighed: "This young man is really not simple."

"Why help him, head of the family?" Xie Wenbin said with a puzzled look. In his opinion, the best choice for the Xie family in this matter is to pretend that they don't know.
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