"I said... what happened to the Liu family, wasn't it your boy who did it?" Wang Rong couldn't help but ask.
"Hahaha, uncle, where did you say that? If I have this ability, I will drag you with me to do the salt business?"
"That's true..." As an old uncle, Wang Rong certainly knew the situation of his nephew. Although Zhu Shenzui was from the clan, the clan was nothing these days! There are too many clans in the entire Ming Dynasty. There are hundreds of people in the Pingyang Mansion clan alone. If you include clans without titles, the number will more than double.
If Zhu Shenzui is a dignified prince or a county king, that's two questions. Even if he is a general of the auxiliary country, it is still considered reluctant. But you must know that Zhu Shenzui is only a middle-lower lieutenant of the auxiliary country. How can such a title have any privileges? Just like Zhu Shenzui said, if he really had such power, could he be involved in the smuggling of salt business? You have lived a comfortable life for a long time, but can you still not have enough to eat like before?
Although he believed it in his heart, Wang Rong still felt that this matter might be more or less related to his nephew. Although he had such an intuition, there was no evidence. But no matter what, once the Liu family fell, the previous problems disappeared, which was indeed a good thing.
"Uncle, to tell you the truth, although I didn't have much involvement in the Liu family's affairs, I did get some benefits from it." When Zhu Shenzui said these words, Wang Rong's eyes narrowed, and he laughed and cursed in his heart for guessing. That's right. It would be strange if my nephew didn't get involved in anything that happened to the Liu family.
Over the years, he and Zhu Shenzui have been doing the salt business together. How could he not know what kind of person Zhu Shenzui is? My nephew is not a fuel-efficient lamp, otherwise these young men in Wangjia Village would not be obedient to Zhu Shenzui.
The Liu family had become an obstacle to them because of the salt road quilt in Jiezhou. When things happened in Pingyang Mansion, it would be strange that Wang Rong didn't add fuel to the fire based on Wang Rong's understanding of Zhu Shenzui. Sure enough, his guess was correct. Even if Zhu Shenzui didn't push for the Liu family's affairs, Zhu Shenzui definitely didn't do anything bad in it.
In Wang Rong's opinion, this should be the most likely possibility, but Wang Rong didn't know that the nephew sitting in front of him was the real mastermind. The reason why Zhu Shenzui didn't tell Wang Rong the truth was not that he didn't trust Wang Rong. No one except a few parties knew about the action against the Liu family. Even if he came forward in the name of the General's Mansion, Zhu Shenzui did it quietly. Hiding behind and not showing up.
Zhu Shenzui understood the principle that a big tree attracts wind. In addition, coupled with his clan status, and what happened to the feud between the Kang family and the Liu family, etc., the fewer people who knew the real situation, the better, even his own uncle. There is no need to explain things so clearly.
"What good did you do? Could it be that you fell in love with the beautiful maids of the Liu family? Or maybe you secretly took Liu Shancheng's concubine back to warm the bed, right?" Wang Rongrong asked jokingly, and his nephew did not do it either. I'm young, and although I'm not married, it's normal to find a beauty to warm my bed. For a manly man, what's in his crotch is nothing. If Wang Rong himself was more than ten years younger, he might have the same idea, but now. ...The tigress at home is not a vegetarian, hehe, that's all.
Zhu Shenzui smiled and shook his head repeatedly. Where did he have such thoughts? Let alone looking for a beauty, he doesn't even drink wine.
Knowing that his uncle was joking with him, Zhu Shenzui didn't care. He laughed for a while and then told Wang Rong that he took advantage of the Liu family's unlucky situation to ask the General's Mansion for help and spent some money to take over a piece of the Liu family's property. shop.
The shop itself is not worth much, but the key is that it is a salt shop, and the key is the qualification to obtain salt.
When he heard what Zhu Shenzui said, Wang Rong immediately became energetic. He hurriedly asked Zhu Shenzui if he wanted to keep his integrity. Seeing that Zhu Shenzhui had sworn to tell him that this was absolutely true, that the store had been taken over, and he also asked the shopkeeper to take care of it. When it was reopened, Wang Rong excitedly slapped his thigh.
"Okay! Wow!"
Wang Rong wished he could dance with joy. After working as a salt dealer for so long, could he not know what it means to have a salt shop with salt import qualification? With this salt shop, they can now sell their private salt openly, and they no longer need to be as sneaky and cautious as before.
In the future, under the guise of normal trafficking, the private sale of salt will be continued secretly. Not only will it be safe and reliable, but the amount and profit of this salt will also increase significantly.
In Daming and Shanxi, aren't all the big merchants doing this? There was no such opportunity or possibility before, but now the pie is falling from the sky, which is a great thing that cannot be obtained!
After Wang Rong's excitement subsided, Zhu Shenzui chatted with him about his plans and arrangements.
This time I came to Wangjia Village because of the salt shop and Yanyin. Although he has already found a big shopkeeper at the salt shop, and this big shopkeeper is a very business-minded person and is trustworthy. But no matter what, the salt shop business cannot be conducted in a regular manner. With such convenience, you would be a fool not to sell private salt. This is the key reason why Zhu Shenzui made great efforts to win this salt shop. .
According to Zhu Shenzui's idea, there must be someone trustworthy at the salt shop, and this person must also be sent from Wangjiacun.
In addition, the subsequent negotiation of Yu Yan’s path from Jiezhou and the subsequent determination of the share must be done as soon as possible, and these must be discussed with Wang Rong.
Apart from these, there is another more important point, that is, there is no inventory in the salt shop. This time when Zhu Shenzui came here, he planned to take some stored salt from Wangjia Village and send it to Pingyang Mansion for the daily sales of the salt shop. While delivering the salt, people from the salt shop will be arranged to go there together. This matter must be dealt with as soon as possible.
After hearing Zhu Shenzui's words, Wang Rong nodded repeatedly, indicating that these considerations were correct and that it should be done sooner rather than later.
Then, he and Zhu Shenzhui discussed who to send to Pingyang Mansion. After discussing for a long time, they decided on two clerks. As for who the second shopkeeper should be, they were still not sure.
It stands to reason that Xia Dong should be the most suitable. He has studied and learned to read, and he has also gained experience working in the salt industry for the past two years. He is the most careful in his work on weekdays. There is no problem in being the second shopkeeper in a salt shop.
But Wang Rong felt that it was not possible. There were not many people in Wangjiacun who could take charge of their own business, and Xia Dong was one of them. If Xia Dong went to Pingyang Mansion, what would happen to the salt walkers outside? Don’t forget that Zhu Shenzui is planning to go north in a few days. When he goes north, he can’t let others take responsibility for the previous salt road, right? In addition, Xia Dong has been taking care of Jiezhou's side. After taking over the salt shop, this matter will be especially important in the future. Once Xia Dong goes to Pingyang Mansion, there is really no one who can take care of these things.
Xia Dong can't go, so there are still two candidates, one is Wang Chuer and the other is Wang Yinsheng. These two brothers can be regarded as Zhu Shenzui's old team. But the problem is that Wang Yinsheng is currently in Yangtou Mountain. In the future, Yangtou Mountain will be an important transfer station on the Salt Road. It will definitely not work without reliable people watching over there.
As for Wang Chuer, although he is smart and reliable, he can't read a few words. It's okay to let him be a waiter or errand boy, but he is really not qualified to be the second shopkeeper. Zhu Shenzui rejected them both after thinking about it. .
This won't work, that won't work, and Wang Rong is naturally impossible. Besides, it's even more unrealistic for Wang Jinwu to go to Pingyang Mansion. It's okay for this kid to use his fists, but using his brain is not the material at all. The salt shop is not an escort agency, so he would be thankful if he didn't get into trouble there.
For a moment, Zhu Shenzui couldn't help but feel worried. After much deliberation, he couldn't think of any good candidate. Can we just settle for the next best thing? But when he thought about the importance of the salt shop, Zhu Shenzui was a little reluctant.
"Hey! How come I forgot about him?" Suddenly, Wang Rong slapped his forehead. He thought of a person. This person should be suitable, and now he seems to be the best candidate.
Zhu Shenzui asked Wang Rong who he was. Wang Rong smiled and pointed in one direction, saying that Zhu Shenzui was really a noble man who forgot things. At first, this person was brought back from Yangtou Mountain by Zhu Shenzui. How could he turn around in a blink of an eye? Don’t remember?
"You mean Mr. Zhang?"
"Isn't that him?" Wang Rong nodded and said: "Let's not talk about Master Zhang's literacy. This man is quite capable, and he is just an idler in the village now. Why not let him be the second shopkeeper?"
"Uncle, you and Master Zhang...?"
"Don't get me wrong, I have no friendship with him." Wang Rong knew what Zhu Shenzui wanted to say, and said openly: "Master Zhang has been in the village for several months, and the people at the head and tail of the village don't look up when they look up. This I met him often, and sometimes I would chat with him, and naturally I had some contact with him.”
"Although I am old, my eyesight is not dull and my ears are not deaf. I think I have eaten salt for so many years, and I am still somewhat capable of reading people. Although Master Zhang does not talk much, he has quite a lot of thoughts in his heart. I can still see a thing or two about these. Besides, since you brought this person back, you can't just leave it idle like this. You have to find a chance to use it, right?"
Zhu Shenzui certainly knew that Zhang Xijun was not a simple person, and as Wang Rong said, Zhang Xijun was more suitable to be the second shopkeeper than Xia Dong. But the problem is that he took Zhang Xijun away from Yangtou Mountain and placed him in Wangjiacun out of accident. Moreover, Zhu Shenzui had some guesses about Zhang Xijun's true origin, but he never really confirmed it.
From these points of view, Zhang Xijun should not be used. After all, Zhu Shenzui was not absolutely sure. But Zhu Shenzui was also moved by Wang Rong's words. What Wang Rong said was right. You can't just leave it idle after you bring it back, you must always find an opportunity to use it.
If you want to achieve great things, sometimes you cannot stick to small details, let alone look forward and backward.
Everything you do has risks to some extent, so you can’t just not do it just because of the risks, right? Thinking of this, Zhu Shenzui felt relieved and carefully considered Wang Rong's suggestion.
"I'll talk to him first, and we'll make a decision after we talk to him." Zhu Shenzui said. Wang Rong nodded after hearing his answer.
