Kowloon wins

Chapter 263 Chapter 260 Fourth Secret Meeting ([-])

"Well, let them wait in the study, and Ben Belle will go right away."

As soon as Hong Qing heard that Wang's father and son had come, Hong Qing immediately guessed the purpose of the other party's visit, and she was already thinking about it, but she didn't say much, she just gave a simple order.

"twitter!"

Since Hongqing had already made an order, Li Minxing didn't dare to delay a little bit, so he hastily agreed, and went to arrange related matters without mentioning it.

"Watch the rain, go, pass the meal!"

The meeting with Wang's father and son obviously couldn't be completed in a short time, Hong Qing didn't want to starve herself to death. Rain said hello.

"Okay, master, just wait, the little one will come as soon as he goes."

Guan Yu is just a monkey, he and Liu San'er were printed in the same mold, and he ran away without a shadow while laughing, and when he jumped out, Hong Qing couldn't help but rolled his eyes, but also Too lazy to argue with him, he walked back to the room with his hands behind his back, while waiting for dinner, while carefully thinking about the way to negotiate with the Wang family and his son.

Two flowers bloomed, one for each, not to mention the father and son of the Wang family sitting anxiously in the post station study, but the shirtless Liu Banu in the most luxurious mansion in Liujia Town, the largest town outside Yangzhou City. In the spacious hall, there were people pacing back and forth like an angry lion, breathing fast and heavily, obviously very upset, as soon as this posture came out, the many servants waiting on the side were all frightened and did not dare to breathe casually After taking a sip, everyone kept silent, lest if they were not careful, the owner's unknown anger would be vented on their own heads.

"Report, sir, the news has arrived!"

In this unbearable silence, there was a sudden sound of hasty footsteps, but I saw a burly servant running up the hall, ignoring his breath, he rushed to Liu Ba Nv In front of him, while holding the small brass pipe held in his hand high above his head, he reported out of breath.

"it is good!"

Liu Banu was obviously waiting for this news. Hearing what the famous scholar Ding said, a hint of excitement flashed across her brows, and she shouted "Hello", and her subordinates were not slow, and immediately took the small brass pipe away. After snatching it in his hand, he unscrewed the hidden button familiarly, and poured out a roll of paper full of words from inside, spread it out, and went through ten lines at a glance, his face instantly turned a little ugly He got up, pulled his hand, crumpled the small note into a ball, lowered his head, and paced back and forth in the lobby rapidly, his face constantly changing from cloudy to cloudy, and after a long time, he stopped abruptly, With a wave of his hand, he shouted coldly: "You all stand down!"

"Yes, sir."

Liu Ba girl is brutal, and all the servants are afraid of her. At this moment, when Liu Ba girl shouted back, no one dared to be slighted, they all agreed, and they all left the hall as if they were fleeing. Only the servant who came to report the matter was still waiting tremblingly for further instructions from Liu Banu.

"Go, send a message over there, the 'Project Mending the Sky' will start immediately, if you miss again, then let the old villain raise her head to see her, I don't care about idlers!"

After all the people in the hall had retreated, Liu Banu gritted her teeth with a ferocious expression on her face, and squeezed out a very sinister sentence from between her teeth.

"Yes!"

Hearing this, the servant who came to report couldn't help but shuddered, but he didn't dare to say more, he hastily responded, and was about to run out of the hall.

"Wait a minute, you go and follow, keep an eye on Ye Haosheng, if you have any news, report it immediately, go!"

Before the famous family member Ding came to the entrance of the hall, Liu Banu, who was not at ease, added another sentence from behind him.

"Yes, little one, let's go!"

As soon as Liu Banu added such a sentence, the famous family member Ding couldn't help but look bitter, but he didn't dare to complain, so he hurriedly responded, and hurried into the night, and in an instant he was gone.

"Ugh……"

After Jia Ding left, Liu Banu stayed in a daze for a long time, then raised her head and let out a long sigh, and slumped on the grand teacher's chair with a tired face. There is no doubt that the decision made earlier was important to her. It is not so easy, it can even be said to be very heavy, but things are not something she can decide on her own. Even if she is unwilling, she has no choice. Blessed, as for whether God will agree, only God knows...

Just as Liu Banu was sighing, the father and son of the Wang family, who had been waiting in the post station study for a long time, were also in a very uneasy mood, not for any other reason, but because Hongqing's "notoriety" spread far and wide, and everyone knew that Hongqing was cruel. , wherever you go, the black hats are rolling to the ground. This time when you arrive in Yangzhou on the first day of the junior high school, no one will give you face, and you won't even attend the customary official ceremony. Well, as the chief businessman of the Wang family, the bottom of their buttocks is naturally not clean. Even if they have such a relationship with Cao Yin, they may not be useful.

"Grassman Wang Panshou (Wang Cunmiao) kowtows to the little prince!"

There was a sound of footsteps, and Hong Qing had already turned around from behind the screen. The father and son of the Wang family, who were in a state of anxiety, did not dare to delay the slightest when they saw this, they jumped up like an electric shock, and each rushed forward. Qiqi salutes incessantly.

"Uncle Wang is too polite, please hurry up, Ben Baylor and brother Cunmiao are friends. Speaking of which, you are an elder. If you give such a big gift, wouldn't it hurt Ben Baylor? Come, sit down and talk, sit down and talk .”

Hong Qing was already an expert at playing the trick of Xuhuo, since Wang Panshou was useful at this moment, she was happy to show respect to the corporal, and before Wang Panshou finished performing the gift, Hong Qing rushed up to it , very politely stretched out his hand to hold Wang Panshou's arm, and comforted him with kind words.

"Thank you, little lord Long En, Cao Min took the liberty to visit, if you disturb me, please bear with me."

Wang Panshou has been in the officialdom all the year round, and he is very clear about the ecology of the officialdom. Even if Hongqing treats him with such politeness, he dare not take it lightly, and his attitude is always very courteous.

"It's okay. Ben Baylor knew that Uncle Wang is a man of temperament. He should have gone to visit him earlier. However, he was entangled in mundane affairs, and it was not convenient for the old man to move here. It is Ben Baylor's fault. Oh, yes Oh, before Ben Bele left Jinling, Mr. Cao asked Ben Bele to say hello to the old man."

While Hong Qing thoughtfully supported Wang Panshou's arm, she let him sit on the guest seat, while laughing and talking about homework, she seemed extraordinarily approachable.

"Thank you, little prince, ah, don't tell me, the grass people almost forgot, this evening, Mr. Cao sent someone to send a letter, saying that Sister She and Xiao Shuang'er plan to return to their hometown in the next few days Let's take a look, if it's convenient, please ask the little prince to take care of me a little bit more."

Hearing that Cao Yin was mentioned in Hong Qing's words, Wang Panshou's uneasy heart immediately calmed down a little, so he followed Hong Qing's words and revealed that Cao Shuang'er was coming.

"Should be, should be, come and exchange tea!"

Hong Qing had an inexplicable fondness for Cao Shuanger, an elf-like little girl. As for where the affection came from, even Hongqing herself couldn't tell. Just a sway, his face involuntarily became a little feverish, and he really didn't want to talk about it at this moment, so he hastily made a few perfunctory calls, and then he raised his voice and yelled loudly, avoiding it with a guilty conscience.

"My little prince can come to Yangzhou to guide the salt affairs. I have been looking forward to it for a long time, but without you, the Lianghuai salt affairs will definitely make great progress. This one, the grass-roots are sure."

Although Cao Yin's letter explained it, Wang Panshou did not dare to take it lightly. Before he could figure out Hongqing's intention, he was very cautious, and he praised it endlessly.

"Old Uncle Wang's words are over. I don't know how many people can't eat when Ben Baylor comes here. Hey, to tell the truth, Uncle Wang, the Holy Majesty is very dissatisfied with Lianghuai Salt. After 30 years of fighting Today, the population of the whole country has almost doubled, but the two Huai salt taxes have only increased by less than [-]%, there are quite a lot of strange things, what do you think, old man Wang, huh?"

When it comes to business matters, Hong Qing is not so easy to talk about, and she doesn't intend to hide the fundamental purpose of her trip, so she directly pointed out the problem of Lianghuai salt affairs, which immediately made Wang Panshou break out in cold sweat.

"What the little prince said is, it's just, ah, it's just that there is another reason for it. The little prince doesn't know. Over the years, the price of goods has skyrocketed, and the cost of labor has also increased rapidly, but the price of salt has remained unchanged, and so have we. It’s just trying to maintain it, it’s not, hehe, it’s not deliberately lowering the tax, this one, we are also suffering, please let the little prince learn from it.”

As one of the four general merchants, Wang Panshou's buttocks are naturally not very clean, and he doesn't know how Hong Qing intends to treat him, so he dare not tell the truth, so he can only make some excuses with a wry smile Perfunctory, of course, perfunctory is perfunctory, there is still a layer of intention hidden inside, that is to test how much Hongqing knows about the way of the salt industry.

"Old man Wang's words are a bit disingenuous. Hey, no matter how much the price rises has anything to do with the salt tax? You should know that the court law clearly stipulates the tax amount. It is the duty of salt merchants to pay taxes according to the ticket amount. A quotation (approximately two hundred catties) of four taels of silver is nearly half of the previous Ming's six taels of silver, but the price of salt sold in the world is slightly higher than that of the previous Ming, and the profit is fearful. It’s quite a lot. When it comes to the price of goods and the cost of labor, I’m afraid it’s not as clear as before. Uncle Wang’s calculation of this account is clearer than Ben Baylor’s. In this way, Uncle Wang’s explanation must be a little unreasonable. ,Um?"

Hong Qing is such a shrewd individual, since he dared to come to Yangzhou, he would naturally not fight an uncertain battle, and he had already figured out what he should understand, so how could he be fooled by Wang Panshou's specious words, but Hearing Hong Qing's sneer, she calculated the financial accounts with Wang Panshou carefully with her fingers, until Wang Panshou was sweating profusely.

(End of this chapter)