Chapter 136: The Prince's Secret Private Visit (II)

The three secrets to chasing girls are: shameless, shameless, and no one, three, please refer to the first two. Yinzuo understands this principle, but he has never practiced it before. If you want to ask someone, you really have no one to discuss - Lin Xuanyi? Hey, look at his appearance that Qiao Jie'er is so careful that this master doesn't understand this at all. Qingsong, although this guy is still a fairy, he is still a Taoist in his heart, and he doesn't know what men and women love. As for other people, even if Yinzuo is not ashamed to ask, he is embarrassed to speak, and he has no choice but to think about it himself.

On May 16, 36th year of the reign of Emperor Kangxi, the ship of the imperial envoy, Yinzuo, left Yangzhou. The officials of all sizes and places were relieved. For nothing else, it was just because the prince had always been ruthless and did not eat the land. There were so many officials who were dismissed from the province wherever they passed. Nowadays, no one who became an official was clean. Seeing that the owner had left, everyone was celebrating in private and smiling. There were many people celebrating the banquet. Now, the yard of the prefect of Yangzhou was also placed, and the local wealthy businessmen were invited, but there were no official figures to accompany them.

The prefect treats guests, and you cannot neglect it. Now, the sun is just west, and the guests are all here. Everyone is acquaintances. When they meet, they naturally have to greet each other and be polite. While they are chatting and laughing, the prefect arrives with two guests. One of them knows Liu Chengshan, the shopkeeper of the famous "Fuyuan Ji", Yangzhou branch secretary, and the other young man is very jealous. However, looking at Liu Chengshan's cautious look, you know that he must be a great person.

The prefect is the subordinate of Prince Yi. Everyone knows this. The person he is with is naturally a person related to Prince Yi. Everyone secretly speculates in their hearts about which god this master is. While he is wondering, Priest He spoke: "Everyone, I will introduce to you a rising star in the business world today. This is Mr. Cheng, the nephew of Liu Mingchuan, the shopkeeper of the "Fuyuanji", to develop in our Yangzhou Prefecture. You are all veterans in the business world. You should help you more and more."

"I have met you all in Cheng Tianming." Yinzuo bowed to the people and said, "I have come to the noble place for the first time. I have no choice but to ask you all for advice."

"Where, where, Brother Cheng is young and promising, so be polite, but if you need it, just open your mouth." Lynch, the general salt merchant, was the leader of everyone, and first agreed politely.

"That's right, if there is something to be needed, just say it."

"If Mr. Cheng wants to change his buzz cut, I dare not say more. There is nothing more than 100,000 or 80,000 taels of silver."

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All the merchants were treacherous and cunning. Seeing that the person in front of him was quite big, not to mention that the person standing behind him was Prince Yi. Even if the nephew of the shopkeeper of the world's No. 1 business name "Fuyuanji", was just a golden signboard, naturally everyone was making a promise and made a basket of promises.

The seating order at the table has been a fine tradition since ancient times. After a long time of politeness, everyone finally got off the seat. He Lin was the master, so naturally he sat in the main seat. The next place was Lin Qi and Wang Hao. As for Yinzuo, he was a guest from afar, just sitting next to Wang Hao, and everyone else gave in to the table. After three rounds of wine, seven or eight people chatted casually, either talking about business, flattering He Lin, or talking about news from various places. All kinds of interesting news rolled up, which was very interesting.

Yinzuo didn't talk much, but usually just listened with a smile. Occasionally, he had a few drinks and chatted with Wang Hao next to him, and he was almost done. Wang Haoming was like a man, and he was really generous and had a lot of drinks. Although he didn't dare to let go because the prefect was present, he drank a lot after several rounds. After the wine rose, he talked a little more. He pulled Yinzuo to ask around, and generally asked about the business world in the capital. He was very envious of the "Fuyuanji" business in his words.

Envy? Hey, that's of course. We are doing a unique business. We are just technical work. We don't have any competitors at all. Others are jealous. Hey, this master is interested. Let's show you bother you. There is an excuse to visit your mansion today, right? Yinzuo has never done business himself, but he is not short of business information. He still has some insights into national monopoly business such as salt and iron.

Salt, iron and the tobacco business in later generations are basically the same concept, both of which are one of the biggest sources of national tax revenue. However, the difference is that salt is a daily necessity. After the salt monopoly has been long, the problem will be big. Due to the increase in salt taxes and other donations, as well as various disadvantages, the price of salt will inevitably continue to rise, and the burden on civilians will increase. As a result, official salt accumulation and private salt is active, resulting in the increasing income of the court's salt classes, forming a situation of "the upper and lower diseases", which will inevitably become a major disadvantage.

At present, the salt administration has shown such signs, and there are only two solutions: one is to fully combat private salt, but this method can only treat the symptoms but not the root cause. With high profits, there will be adventurers. Once the crackdown is weakened, private salt will inevitably rise and will not solve the problem at all. The second is to expand the recruitment of salt merchants again, increase the supply, and reduce the price of salt. However, in this way, there will be more salt merchants, competition will become fierce, and salt tax will be difficult to guarantee, but it is better than the situation where private salt is flooded and the imperial court has no harvest.

In Yinzuo's opinion, private salt will certainly be hit, but it is inevitable to expand the enrollment of salt merchants. If overseas trade is fully launched in the future, industry and commerce will begin to sprout, and the second politics of salt and iron will collapse completely. Of course, Yinzuo will not tell these words in full. He just analyzed the salt administration in his words, implying that the court may expand the enrollment of salt merchants to stabilize salt prices.

The salt merchants are all rich, and they eat the relationship between the court. They are well-informed. They have also heard of the news about the expansion of salt merchants' recruitment. It is said that the fourth prince in charge of the Ministry of Revenue is planning this matter, but no one knows the details. When he heard Yinzuo talking about this matter, everyone stopped chatting, raised their ears, and waited for Yinzuoxiang to say it. However, Yinzuo stopped smiling, making everyone feel itchy, but he didn't dare to ask openly in front of the prefect, and he was thinking about how to invite this master to his house as a guest, so that he could understand.

Everyone had their worries, so they didn't feel very good about drinking. After drinking in a depressed manner, the mat was dispersed in a hurry. Everyone invited Yinzuo, hoping that Yinzuo could be a guest at his house and get close to him. One or two, these guys were thinking about something in their hearts, but Yinzuo was very clear, and he didn't point it out, and agreed one by one with a smile.

Yangzhou is the capital of salt. As the prefect, He Lin did not care about the salt administration, but the salt administration had a great relationship with his political achievements. He finally sent all the salt merchants away and asked quickly: "Master, is the expansion of salt merchants mentioned in front of him true?"

Of course the matter is true. The fourth guy, the guy, is starting to do practical things now. Damn, I'm walking the same way as us. The person who gave the fourth guy behind him was not simple. Of course, Yinzuo would not say this to He Lin. He just glanced at He Lin and said, "What you deserve to know, I will naturally tell you. Don't ask more questions if you shouldn't know."

This was a little cold, scaring He Lin was sweating all over. He quickly nodded and said with a smile: "Master, the sun is getting late, should I go to the next hall to rest first?"

"No need, I went to the inn to stay in the inn. Don't let my secrets go unpunished. Remember, don't come to me if you have nothing to do." Yinzuo didn't want to be seen through his identity. He explained a few words to He Lin, and he led Qingsong leisurely and leisurely to the inn that he had settled down.

Hongbin Inn, the largest inn in Yangzhou City, Yinzuo stayed in this inn and booked a large three-entry yard. As soon as he entered the door, Chen Yingying, who had been waiting in the yard, hurriedly came up to meet him while serving, saying, "Master, you are back. Many people in front of you have sent invitations. I have put them in your house."

Oh? Invitation? Those salt merchants were very quick. Not long after they left, the invitations were delivered to their door. Hey, it was quite neat. Yinzuo smiled and picked up the stack of invitations on the table, flipped through them casually, found Wang Hao's invitations, and felt happy in his heart, waiting to come to the door tomorrow to start his plan to pick up girls.

Wang Hao's mansion is very easy to find. Just next to the Shrimp West Lake, the huge yard covers an area of ​​nearly 100 acres and is luxurious and grand. There are several strong men standing at the door, and the stone lions on both sides of the door are a little imposing. Yinzuo walked forward with a smile, and Qingsong followed with a big and small bag of gifts with a bitter face. When he arrived at the door, Yinzuo handed the invitation in his hand to the doorman who was coming with a smile, and gave him a ingot of ten taels of silver. He was so happy that the doorman thanked him in a stack of words and hurried to report the message inside.

There was nothing left and right, Yinzuo shook the folding fan in his hand, stood at the door waiting for the owner to greet him, and looked at the scenery casually. He was still a little nervous. He happened to be a little white little lion dog running out of the door, and a voice came from the door: "Xiaoxue, don't run around..." The sound sounded very familiar. Isn't it the target of Yinzuo this time? Well, hurry up and show his kindness. Yinzuo's figure flashed, and he picked up the puppy with a light copy. He was proud, and a scream came from behind: "Let it go, you bastard!"
Chapter completed!