Pampered Poisonous Royal Wife

Wu Minzhi glanced at the salt merchant near the door. The salt merchant immediately got up and caught up in the footsteps of the ranks: “Mr. Qi, if you have anything to say, it is that we salt merchants have always been with each other. At this time, it is also a crucial moment for the court to verify the salt tax. Never make any contradictions inside! ”

"I wanted to sell a good one and save your lives, but I didn't expect you to play with me when you were in trouble. Anyway, it wasn't me who panicked at the end of the day, so you were comfortable. ”

“Mr. Qi is in a hurry. If you have something to say, come in and sit down.” A few more salt dealers stood up, so to speak, they invited their names back into the room.

Qi famously took a sip of the teapot and heavily placed it on the table: “Now, can you understand what I'm talking about? ”

Wu Minzhi gauged the name and finally could only bite his teeth and nodded: “What Mr. Qi wanted to say was that we secretly raised the price of salt, leading to the recent rise in the price of salt? ”

"Wu Minzhi, what I'm saying is not that you covertly raise the price of salt, but that you dare to covertly plot with the government to replace salt with sand to fill the shortfall in your salt tax! ”

Wu Minzhi's heart jumped: “Mr. Qi, don't be ridiculous. This is a crime of exterminating the family! ”

“Since you will not repent, I do not need to say,” Looking at the other salt merchants in the same name, "so follow this good chief to bury you! ”

“Mr. Qi, don't worry,” some salt merchants said directly to Wu Min, “Chief Wu, Mr. Qi can inform us in advance. He wants to come with us and try to save our lives. This time can't be confused. ”

Qi turned his head and looked at Wu Minzhi with a smile. His eyes were filled with ridicule.

Wu Minzhi sighed and saluted Qi's name: “Please excuse me, Mr. Qi, this is really a big deal, I was in a panic for a moment, I don't know where he got this information? ”

“Someone wrote a secret letter about your covert exchange of dirt and sand for salt, and sent it to Lord Li, who claims to be able to produce sufficient evidence.” The same name shook his head, "this time, Lord Li was instructed to verify the salt tax in Gangnam. The intention was to sell it for a good cause, but also to let you read the love of the Li family and the Grand Prince. Who ever thought that you were bold enough to make such a big mistake? ”

“Mr. Qi, don't tell the truth, if there is a way, we are not willing to do this. It is too much salt tax loss. We had to do this. We hope to make up the deficit in the name of this salt purchase. Who would have thought something big would happen? Please also point out what we should do to make Lord Li raise his hand? ”

Qi sighed: “It's not just how Lord Li seemed to see it now, but there seemed to be others watching behind it. Especially those who wrote to Master Li to expose the matter of exchanging mud and sand for salt. There was no clue as to what status, in case it was difficult to get rid of Lord Li himself. Now there is only one way to give you the clear road, which is to make up the missing salt tax with Silver Two as soon as possible. ”

Wu Minzhi frowned: “But Mr. Qi should also know that the sinking of the official ship transporting salt has spread, and now it can be said that everyone knows that at this time, taking out two pieces of silver to make up for the shortfall, doesn't that mean we have ghosts in our hearts? ”

“I have told you the way, as to whether you can walk or not, it depends on what you mean. If you want to come, you should have something to discuss. I will not keep you. If you have already discussed, you can come directly to Chunfengyuan to find me. ”

In the heart of the salt merchant, he was anxious to say something again. When he saw Wu Minzhi's eyes thrown at him, he immediately stopped talking and as he retreated out.

Out of Chunfengyuan, Wu Minzhi instructed an escort to observe in the dark before returning to his house with the salt dealers.

The atmosphere in the hall was extraordinarily heavy, and half a mile later, everyone said:

“Chief Wu, what should we do now? ”

“Could the identities believe it? ”

“Yeah, the road he showed us, it doesn't work right now, but he says it's an open road. How do we go about it? ”

Wu Minzhi raised his hand to show silence: “I have carefully checked the seal on the post. The seal of Governor Jiang above is indeed true, and I have already sent someone to investigate the identities of the same names. In other words, he is likely to have come to Yangzhou City in advance. ”

“If that is the case, then we should listen to him. After all, it was Governor Li of Jiangjiang who came to verify the salt tax. ”

“Yeah, I knew I wouldn't be worried about those silver pairs. If I took them out early enough to make up for the shortfall, there wouldn't be any subsequent events.” At least they have tens of millions of taels of salt merchants. There is nothing wrong with everyone giving out millions of taels, but it was just too painful before. Plus, when the salt tax was verified in previous years, they were safe and sound. There was a little laziness in their minds, and it was not conceived that a moment of neglect made a big mistake.

“Even if we want to fill the deficit now, we can't. We've advertised the sinking of the boat. At this time, we'll fill it. Shouldn't we hit ourselves in the face? ”

“Chief Wu, what do we do? ”

Wu Minzhi's eyes were dark: “If you think carefully about the names, you will understand. ”

“If it's the same name?” Everyone looked at each other and someone had to repeat the words of the same name independently. "… There is only one clear road, which is to make up the lost salt tax with Silver Two as soon as possible... There is only one clear road...”

Someone couldn't help but realize: “There is only one way, but there can be many! Now we can't come up to fill the gap, which means the road is blocked, so the rest can only be solved covertly, Chief Wu, am I correct in my guess? ”

“Nice.” Wu Min nodded, “The identities of all names are most likely true, now all we need to discuss is how to satisfy him so that Lord Li can raise his hands. ”

The salt merchants had to be silent and their minds thought in darkness. In fact, they have more or less in their hearts, and this is also the practice of verifying salt taxes. Whenever a Qin Dynasty is sent, they certainly want to send silver to the two filial piety, but how appropriate should silver be?

“Chief Wu, what should we do? ”

“Yes, please, Lord Wu, you are now the head of the salt merchant, who has always had more ideas than we do, and we all listen to you now. ”

“Ask Chief Wu to come up with an idea. ”

Wu Minzhi instructed everyone to calm down: “In fact, you should also understand that Lord Li belongs to the Grand Prince. Over the past two years, the Grand Prince has repeatedly sent people to solicit us. However, today, the situation in Kyoto is unknown. If we suddenly invest only in being someone else's money bag, so we did not show attitude, but now the form is different, the clear road is not clear, but there are still one or two secret roads, and we need to come together to take an idea. ”