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Chapter 262 Rules
The eighth day of the first lunar month.

"Li Feiyu! Don't go too far!"

Fang Yankai slapped Li Xia's desk with his palm, and said, "Because you condone private salt, look at how chaotic the county is now? A murder case happens every day..."

"The owner's book, the private salt belongs to the private salt, and the murder case belongs to the murder case. They should not be confused."

"You don't want to fight with me, which recent murder case has nothing to do with illegal salt?"

Li Xia said: "In my opinion, these people were not killed by private salt dealers."

"Huh?" Fang Yankai laughed back in anger, and said, "Listen to what you said, if it wasn't a private salt dealer who killed him, who else could it be?"

"Master, calm down, you are not so emotional in the past. What's the matter?"

"You still ask me? Who am I getting excited?!"

Li Xia just looked at Fang Yankai quietly and didn't speak anymore.

After a while, Fang Yankai sighed and sat down in front of him.

"To be honest, last time Jiang Yan was almost falsely accused of being the murderer of Tang Ergeng, I thought about not getting involved in the private salt business anymore. Why should I be so stubborn? But I figured it out, I can't ignore this matter.

Do you know who the salt smugglers are?There are all three religions and nine streams, and even officials and soldiers openly participate.In addition, according to the criminal law of our dynasty, people who sell more than three catties of smuggled salt can be beheaded, so those who sell salt are often desperadoes.A little careless handling can lead to accidents.

During the Jianyan period, Fan Ru in Fujian rebelled; during the Qingyuan period, the Daxishan Islanders rebelled; during the Shaoding period, Fujian and Jiangxi Tingkou rebelled; Puyan bandits rebellion.All the rebellions started because of private salt..."

Li Xia said: "Doesn't this just mean that there is something wrong with the court's salt policy?"

Fang Yankai was taken aback, and said: "How dare you say such words? Yes, the court's salt tax is heavy, but look at the current crisis in the country, if there is no salt tax, how can we resist Mongolia..."

"I'm not talking about the heavy salt tax." Li Xia said: "It's that the salt system in the Song Dynasty is rotten. Not to mention, I recently checked the prison of the well. Officials are corrupt and extort bribes, and they do everything; , Excessive collection of business travelers; there are various tricks and codes for hasty weighing, or marl is mixed with salt.

Up and down, embezzling salt funds, misappropriating salt taxes, and enriching private pockets.If I were a salt merchant, I would like to sell official salt, but anyone with a conscience would not know how to sell this salt mixed with plaster to ordinary people.Landlord book, what do you think? "

"Yes, the salt affairs have accumulated more and more evils. Could it be that you, as an official of the Song Dynasty, indulged in private salt?"

"I never said that illegal salt should be tolerated. What I have always said is that illegal salt must be paid."

"Don't play around with me." Fang Yankai said, "You don't know who Wu Tong is. Let me tell you, he is not desperate to sell salt, but is relying on the Tibetan soldiers in Lizhou to deceive the court and dare not suppress him. , running across the village, bold and reckless, and bribes up and down, easy to move. Such people are extremely dangerous, if you deal with them, if you are not careful, it will cause disaster!"

"Yes, Changning Army Yi Duqin also said that he told me to avoid contact with Wu Tong."

"Since you know, stop now, don't let Wu Tong's forces enter Qingfu County. Isn't it chaotic enough now..."

At this point, Jiang Yan shouted outside the door: "Dong Weng, Dong Weng! It's not good!"

Before Fang Yankai could respond, Jiang Wei had already opened the door and got up.

"What's the matter?"

"Wu Hou led people to rob and smash Lu Ji Salt Shop, wounding many people, and one of them was killed."

Fang Yankai stroked his forehead and murmured, "It's really a murder case every day...Ming Guang, you go out first."

"Dong Weng?"

"go out!"

Fang Yankai snorted, then turned to Li Xia, with an expression of persuasion.

"I have worked hard for two years. I am afraid that this salt lord will cause chaos under the rule. You really can't indulge private salt anymore..."

Before the words fell, Jiang Yan pushed the door open again, as if deliberately speaking to Li Xia, and said directly: "Dong Weng, Lu Gui is here, and said that if the county government doesn't make decisions for him, Lu Wenyang will leave today to Xuzhou to file a complaint. , please know the state to be the master."

"go out."

With a bang, Jiang Yan closed the door again.

Li Xia thought for a while, and said, "The owner of the house, you haven't understood what I mean. I have said many times that private salt must be paid."

"Enough! Don't use bureaucratic accents anymore! I've had enough of Jiang Chun! Don't let me learn from him!"

"It's not official." Li Xia said, "I'm telling the truth."

"Let me tell you, if you don't make the decision for the salt merchant today, you won't have a chance to pay again when Lu Wenyang brings this matter to the state department or the transshipment department..."

"Boom, boom, boom." There was another knock on the door outside the public room, not in a hurry.

"Come in." Li Xia said.

Han Chengxu pushed open the door, looking much calmer than Jiang Wei.

"I've seen the owner's book." He bowed his hands before walking to Li Xia's side, and whispered softly in his ear.

Li Xia nodded, and Han Chengxu backed out.

"How about this, the landlord will give me two days." Li Xia said: "Two days, I will destroy the salt owl, how about it?"

Fang Yankai narrowed his eyes, stared at Li Xia, and suddenly asked, "What do you want to do?"

"If I tell you, do you want to go together?"

~~
Qinxiang Tea House.

"Wu Tong is about to leave to celebrate the talisman." Jiang Fan said, "He is very angry, and he ordered two hundred soldiers, and set off tomorrow."

"Did you tell the county captain?" Yan Yunyun asked.

"Yes."

Yan Yunyun said: "Then the two hundred Tibetan soldiers will not be under our control... Let's talk about what Wu Hou plans to do."

"Of course it's killing people, killing Lu Wenyang."

"Great, when will we do it?"

Jiang Fan said: "I have told Wu Hou that Lu Wenyang intends to go to Xuzhou to sue. Wu Hou will lead people to ambush outside the city, kill him first, and then enter Lu's house."

Yan Yunyun smiled and said: "Then I have to go and sell the Yin family's salt shop."

"What about me? How can I do it?" Jiang Fan asked.

"Why do you always ask me? It's annoying, you can't think about it yourself."

Her tone was charming, but the scar on her face made Jiang Fan pimple all over.

"Lu Wenyang must die." Jiang Fan said, "But when will I take down Wu Hou?"

Yan Yunyun said: "If I were to choose, of course I would wait for Wu Hou to kill all the Lu family members."

Jiang Fan frowned and said, "Too many innocents."

"It's ridiculous, you go ask those people who bought sand-mixed salt with their hard-earned money. These salt merchants are all innocent." Yan Yunyun said lightly.

Jiang Fan said: "Once Lu Wenyang dies, can I take Wu Hou directly?"

"This is your business, you don't belong to me."

"That means it's all right?"

Yan Yunyun said: "There are a few people who must be killed, I will write their names to you."

Jiang Fan breathed a sigh of relief, feeling that Han Qi'an was more measured and only killed necessary people when dealing with the Zhang family, Yan Yunyun was a little crazy.

"Remember, wait for me to sell Yin's salt shop first, and don't touch Wu Hou before that."

"What if you can't make it?" Jiang Fan asked.

Yan Yunyun smiled and said: "Then let Wu Hou go and kill the Yin family..."

~~
"Mr. Han, please go and tell Yan Yunyun that it is very important to buy Yin's salt shop and Yan Yin." Li Xia said.

Han Chengxu said: "If you don't need to spend money, isn't it good?"

"When we don't have the strength to establish new rules, we can't always break the rules, and we will mess up." Li Xia said: "After I met Fang Yankai today, this understanding has deepened.

Killing Zhang Yuanming caused too much fear, and it took a lot of energy to settle it afterwards.Therefore, this time I only dare to use Wu Tong's hand to kill Lu Wenyang, but Fang Yankai will figure it out sooner or later.

Only by spending capital to do business can people know that we are capable of doing business and can abide by the rules, instead of just killing people and stealing money.Otherwise, the resistance to doing things will only increase in the future. "

Han Chengxu said: "So, the house owner won't stop A Lang this time?"

"Yeah." Li Xia said: "But we didn't just make it for him, we made it for everyone, and we had to make it beautiful enough."

"Yes. Wu Tong fought with Lu Wenyang and sent people to kill Lu Wenyang; A Lang led his troops to suppress the salt lord; Yan Yunyun took the opportunity to sell Yin's salt shop and monopolize the Qingfu salt industry...Wu Tong is the one who doesn't follow the rules. Alang only deserves credit."

"What is Mr. Han laughing at?"

"Relaxed. When A Lang encountered problems in the past, he would only go on the rampage and break the rules to solve them. Now he can use the rules to solve problems, and he has learned one more method..."

(End of this chapter)