After finally fooling the three of them, Zhu Shenzui breathed a sigh of relief.
But this is still far from success, and how to deal with the Liu family still needs to be discussed.
After all, the Liu family is not an ordinary family. Liu Shancheng is a large businessman in Pingyang, and the relationship behind it is complicated.
If their clan members only came to visit Qiufeng, it would not be difficult to get a few taels of silver from the Liu family based on their status as clan members, but this was not Zhu Shenzui's original intention at all.
Zhu Shenzui's real purpose in dragging the three of them to target the Liu family was because of Jiezhou. Jiezhou was where Zhu Shenzui's private salt came from. In the past two years, Zhu Shenzui had made some money by smuggling Jiezhou's private salt. It also brought the people of Wangjia Village out of poverty.
Next, Zhu Shenzui has other things to do, especially since he plans to go to the grassland after next spring. If everything goes well, Zhu Shenzui will implement the next step of his plan after returning from the grassland.
In addition, Li Hu in Yangtou Mountain is now Zhu Shenzui's person. Yangtou Mountain will be of great use in the future. Zhu Shenzui will need to continue to invest in Yangtou Mountain. The amount of salt sales will be doubled next year. As growth grows, support overhead will also intensify.
If the salt road in Jiezhou is cut off at this time, all of Zhu Shenzui's plans will not be able to be implemented, and may even be completely knocked back to their original shape. This is equivalent to more than two years of hard work being in vain. This is a result that Zhu Shenzui absolutely does not want to see.
And who is the person who caused this? Isn't it the Liu family in Pingyang? Or rather Liu Shancheng, the head of the Liu family.
If Liu Shancheng and himself were not in conflict, Zhu Shenzui would not think about the Liu family, but now it is not him who wants to think about Liu Shancheng, but Liu Shancheng's insatiable greed that cut off his own financial path and forced himself into a desperate situation.
Therefore, it is inevitable to deal with Liu Shancheng. If Liu Shancheng's matter is not dealt with, Zhu Shenzui's private salt business will not be able to continue.
But how to solve it, Zhu Shenzhui also thought carefully about it. They had no way to solve it at the mine supervisor's side. Firstly, his identity could not be exposed. Secondly, his financial resources were far inferior to Liu Shancheng's.
It must have cost a lot for Liu Shancheng to bribe the mine supervisor. Although Zhu Shenzui already had some money, it was far inferior to Liu Shancheng. He had more money than Liu Shancheng? Zhu Shenzui is not that stupid.
Furthermore, there must be a balance between input and output, otherwise it will be a loss-making business. Only idiots would do such a loss-making business!
As for using official information to report Liu Shancheng's smuggling of illegal salt? It doesn’t help. The Liu family has been in business for so many years, and their network of relationships is very complicated. What big merchants like him do to smuggle salt is the loopholes in the Zhongkai Law. This practice is common among major merchants in Shanxi. Everyone That's all.
And when doing this, only a part of the profit-making merchants of the private salt industry, and the rest of the profits are held by local officials and border officials, all wearing a pair of trousers.
Therefore, reporting Liu Shancheng for smuggling salt would not only be of no use, but would outweigh the gains and losses. When the time came, the elder sitting in the hall was shocked and shouted loudly: "Who in the hall is suing me?" Aren't you asking for trouble?
To figure out Liu Shancheng, ordinary methods would definitely not work. Since the three of them had decided to do it, Zhu Shenzui did not beat around the bush and simply stated the purpose of targeting Liu Shancheng.
Of course, Zhu Shenzui would not tell them the truth, he just found an excuse. He told them that his friend had a conflict with the Liu family in the mall, and he planned to give Liu Shancheng a lesson. If he could disrupt the Liu family, If Liu Shancheng is concerned about one thing and not the other, and has no energy to focus on business, then this matter will be over.
As for how to do it and how to find opportunities, everyone needs to figure it out by themselves.
After Zhu Shenzui finished speaking, the three of them couldn't help but think hard, and the room suddenly became quiet.
"How about I guard the Liu family's gate, and then find a reason to break Liu Shancheng's legs when he goes out one day? At the worst, say that he rushed into the clan for no reason and lost his hand in anger? In this case, it will be considered a punishment. It's just a matter of how many times you get through the clan's mansion." Zhu Qiuqi thought for a moment, his eyes lit up, and he quickly made a suggestion.
"Nonsense!" Zhu Minfeng immediately rejected it and shook his head: "What kind of method is this? Do you think Liu Shancheng is an ordinary citizen? The Liu family has a big business, Liu Shancheng has never been able to come and go alone, and the Liu family's nursing home is not Young master, they are all practitioners in the world. Let alone whether you can get close to Liu Shancheng, even if you really attack him, are the people around him just decorations? By then, Liu Shancheng's leg will not be broken, can your leg be broken? I don’t know if I can’t keep it, and it’s in broad daylight, in full view of everyone, so your excuse for clashing with the clan is not easy to use.”
"This..." Zhu Qiuqi was stunned. Zhu Minfeng was right. He thought it was simple.
"If this fails, I will quietly find an opportunity to sneak into the Liu Mansion..." Subconsciously, Zhu Qiuqi thought of another way, but he couldn't continue before he could speak.
Sneak into Liu Mansion? How did Zhu Qiuqi sneak in? He is just an ordinary clan member. Although he is young and has great strength, he has never practiced. He is neither floating on water nor flying on grass. Is it possible that he still has the talent to be a snitch?
If he had this ability, how could Zhu Qiuqi live like this? Besides, the Liu family has a great business, and there are many nursing homes in the family. After entering the Liu Mansion, the nursing home might discover Liu Shancheng without even seeing him. When the news spreads that the clan is a thief, his own The outcome can be imagined.
Zhu Minfeng shook his head. His nephew was too unreliable. What kind of bad ideas did he come up with?
But for a while, he couldn't think of any good way. It was not easy to think about Liu Shancheng and get this thing done at the same time.
As for Zhu Minchun, let alone this. He, an honest clan member, has never done anything like this. Although he is determined to earn a lot of money for his family through this matter, he is completely confused as to how to do it. At best, everyone decided on a strategy and Zhu Minzhu helped him. It was really difficult for him to think about this matter.
After chatting for a while, no feasible plan came up, and several people couldn't help but feel a little frustrated.
This thing seems to be easy to handle, but how to do it and how to get it done is not easy. It may not be difficult to deal with ordinary people, but it is not easy to deal with big businessmen like Liu Shancheng. Moreover, they are just ordinary clan members, neither princes nor princes, not even generals of Fengguo. They have nothing at all. No rights available.
"It's not urgent. If you can't think of a way, just think about it slowly. Liu Shancheng is not an ordinary person. If you want to think about it, you have to think about it carefully. Otherwise, if you don't get it done, you will end up hurting yourself." Zhu Shenzui comforted them. .
Seeing that their anxious expressions had softened slightly, Zhu Shenzui said again: "Isn't it said in the art of war? Knowing oneself and knowing the enemy is always victorious. Although Liu Shancheng is also in Pingyang Mansion, he has never interacted with him on weekdays. We know the situation of the entire Liu family. Not much is known about it, and the affairs of Liu Shancheng’s family are also in the dark.”
"In this case, it's better to get to know the Liu family first, find out the situation of Liu Shancheng and the Liu family, and see if there is anything the Liu family can take advantage of."
"There are many disputes in the door of a big house. This fly will not focus on a seamless egg. It is true that the Liu family has a great business, and it is true that the Liu family has connections in various aspects. But think about it, after so many years of business, the Liu family will never be able to cover everything. Liu Shancheng is a businessman, and businessmen have conflicts when doing business. Many things in the business world and officialdom are unclear, and there must be many people who don't deal with the Liu family."
"Just like this time, although it's my people who are causing trouble for the Liu family, don't others also have this plan? I think we can think about it carefully from this angle, and then figure out the situation of the Liu family, and wait until everything is clear Now, it’s not too late to start from there.”
"That's right!" Zhu Qiuqi slapped his thigh. What Zhu Shenzui said makes sense. Liu Shancheng is not an ordinary person. If you want to trouble the Liu family, you must be fully prepared. Now the situation of the Liu family, including Liu Shancheng, is dark. Why are you talking about Liu Shancheng?
It is true that the situation of Liu Shancheng and the Liu family must be clarified first. The Liu family is such a big family. As a clan member, Zhu Qiuqi knows very well the filth inside the mansion. Doesn't the Liu family, which looks so glamorous on the surface, have no dirty and shameful things? If you understand this, wouldn't it be easier than blindly looking for trouble?
Thinking of this, his mind opened up instantly, and Zhu Qiuqi became energetic.
Brothers Zhu Minfeng and Zhu Minsu also nodded repeatedly, feeling that what Zhu Shenzui said was reasonable. They had to deal with this matter first, and then figure out how to start after figuring out the situation of the Liu family and Liu Shancheng.
Seeing that no one had any objections, the matter was settled.
Zhu Shenzui immediately assigned tasks to the three of them: who would inquire about information, who would go to find people to ask about the situation, who would find connections to get close to the Liu family, etc.
After the arrangements were made, Zhu Shenzhui asked them if there was any problem with this. The three of them smiled and said that it was not difficult. Anyway, their clan had nothing to do on weekdays, so they just did this these days.
Youdao is that the emperor has no shortage of hungry soldiers. Since he asked them to do this, Zhu Shenzui could not have wronged the three of them.
After the explanation, Zhu Shenzui reached out from his arms and took out three 12-ounce silver collars and laid them out in front of them one by one.
Seeing this silver collar, the three people's breathing suddenly became rapid, and they couldn't move their eyes away from the silver collar.
"Why are you just staring at it? This is a deposit for you. There will be a lot of money left after the work is done. Why don't you put it away quickly?"
The three of them instantly beamed. They never expected that there was such a benefit as depositing money, and Zhu Shenzui was very generous, giving him ten taels per person.
Ten taels of silver is quite a lot. With these, the family will have no problem surviving this winter safely. Thinking of the two hundred and fifty per person promised by Zhu Shenzhui earlier, my heart felt even hotter, and a flush appeared on my face.
He hurriedly thanked him and picked up the silver collar placed in front of him, his heart bursting with joy.
Zhu Min couldn't believe that he was really holding the silver in his hand. He subconsciously put it in his mouth and bit it hard. When he felt the collision between his teeth and the silver, and saw the tooth marks left by his bite, Zhu Min couldn't believe it. Diao's mouth suddenly burst into laughter.
