Jiangnan salt merchants all had rich families, among which the Lu, Yang, Tan, Sun, Mo, and Bai families were the most luxurious.
The six major salt merchants almost monopolized the entire process of salt circulation in Jiangnan, arbitrarily lowering the buying price and raising the selling price, exploiting kitchen households and people, and made huge profits.
In addition, with strong financial resources and the closest relationship with the government, he gradually became a giant among salt merchants. He has great influence in Jiangnan and even in the DPRK, and has a vague tendency to influence the officialdom of Jiangnan.
Among them, the Yang family and the Tan family not only ran the salt courses of Lianghuai and Changlu, but also invested a large amount of gold and silver to kill many civil and military officials by supporting poor families. In just twenty or thirty years, the two families Change the family and become an official.
This time the six major salt merchants dared to come to Yangzhou while Lin Ruhai was seriously ill, not just to find out whether Lin Ruhai was really terminally ill.
The main reason was that they had received instructions from the capital and planned to take advantage of Lin Ruhai's serious illness to see if they could swallow up the Lin family and seize the network resources accumulated by the Lin family for generations.
A wealthy family created with money is not a real wealthy family. In Shilin's eyes, the Yang and Tan families are still just a rough family that suddenly became rich. If you want to truly quickly enter the officialdom, the best way is to marry the only daughter of the Lin family and take over the political resources left by Lin Ruhai, who was born as a Tanhualang.
Anyway, Lin Ruhai is going to die. I guess the Salt Patrol Censor also wants to leave a way out for his daughter!
As for whether Lin Ruhai would agree? A girl whose reputation has been ruined is lucky enough to marry into the Yang family or the Tan family, isn't it?
of course not!
With Mr. Cong here, not to mention the son of a salt merchant, even if the loyal king Liu Ai dared to take advantage of Daiyu, he would chop off the dog's claws without hesitation!
"You are so brave. You dare to do such dirty things in my house... Hang me up here. Today I must let them know why the flowers are so red!"
Jia Cong was really angry. If Jia Lian hadn't arranged for his personal guards to step up the patrol, he might have let these two thieves break into the inner courtyard.
After all, the Lin family was infiltrated by outsiders. The servants and maids who were originally guarding the entrance to the inner courtyard unexpectedly left the courtyard at the same time due to "emergency matters."
Jia Wuyi led several soldiers to tie up Yang Ruyi, the youngest son of the Yang family, and Tan Qichang, the second son of the Tan family, and hung them from the crooked neck tree in the front yard, leaving them to scream and scream loudly.
When Jia Lian and the owners of the six major salt merchants in the front hall heard the noise, they quickly came out to check.
I saw Jia Cong holding a riding crop and swiping it angrily on the two of them, one after another without any intention of stopping.
"stop!"
Yang Ruyi was the favorite son of Yang Siqi, the head of the Yang family. When he saw his son who had several blood stains on his body, his eyes looked at Jia Cong full of anger and hatred.
However, he was still rational and knew that Jia Cong, who was holding a whip, had a noble status, and there would be no advantage at all in a head-on conflict with him.
He opened his mouth to put pressure on Jia Lian and asked dissatisfiedly: "Second Master Lian, I came to visit Mr. Lin today. My son is also a scholar with a great reputation, but he was lynched and humiliated by your government. What if my son accidentally offended Cong?" Third Master, how about I, the father, apologize on your behalf?"
Snapped!
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As soon as he finished speaking, Yang Siqi screamed and covered his face.
It turned out that Jia Cong struck Yang Siqi in the face with a whip. The whip slashed diagonally across his left eye, nose, mouth and the right side of his neck.
Yang Siqi, who had been pampered for nearly forty years, had never experienced such pain. She was so hurt that she couldn't even say a word. She covered her face and curled up on the side, groaning for a long time without making any other movements.
I saw Jia Cong swinging his whip in the air and looking at Tan Zhen, the head of the Tan family who had never spoken.
"Master Yang is willing to take the responsibility for his son, and I accept it. Master Tan, what do you say?"
Tan Zhen looked at his grandson hanging on the tree with cold eyes, and asked calmly: "Master Cong, can I ask, how come my grandson offended you and was hanged in the tree by Master Cong and whipped?" .”
"Ha! I don't believe that Master Tan doesn't know that these two idiots are sneaking into the inner courtyard. What's their plan? I can't find out if they are really young masters?"
Jia Cong waved, and Jia Wuyi brought up two pieces of paper filled with words.
Jia Cong threw the two pieces of paper directly on the ground and said coldly: "This is the confession of Tan Qichang and Yang Ruyi. You can read it yourself. The Tan family... and the Yang family must give me a satisfactory answer." Explain, otherwise these two bitches won’t have to go back!”
A gust of wind blew by, and the confession on the ground was blown to Tan Zhen's feet.
He endured his anger and picked it up, glancing at it casually. Today he specially brought his grandson here because he wanted to see if he could win over the girl from the Lin family.
This was originally the plan after receiving the letter from the capital, but I didn't expect that the Rongguo Mansion would get involved, causing the original plan to fall short.
Unlike the Yang family, this plan was rough to begin with. Tan Zhen only wanted to give it a try. It didn't matter whether it could come true or not.
This attempt was basically to deal with the order of the master of the capital. As for Tan Qichang, his grandson, in Tan Zhen's heart, his face was really not as important. After all, he has many children and grandchildren, not least of whom is this one.
I saw Tan Zhen pretending to read the confession in his hand carefully, and pointed at his grandson hanging on the tree with great anger and cursed: "You bastard, you did such a thing that ruined the family tradition. You really lost the face of the family..."
Tan Zhen cupped his hands and bowed deeply to Jia Lian: "Second Master Lian, it was the young master's lax upbringing that made his children and grandchildren unkind and offended the nobles. Please forgive me, Second Master Lian! From today on, Tan Qichang's name will be removed from the Tan family tree." , let the Rongguo Mansion handle it, the little old man will have no complaints!"
hiss!
Although Jia Cong didn't show it on his face, he took a deep breath in his heart.
This Tan Zhen was really cruel, abandoning his grandson so straightforwardly.
"Master, Chang'er is your biological grandson. How could you just leave him alone? If you don't let the old woman take care of it, the Tan family doesn't want this grandson, but my Zhen family does!"
Before the Jia Lian brothers could react, an old woman rushed out from the inner courtyard. Behind him were an equally worried young woman and several maids and women.
Grandma Li walked to Jia Cong, whispered a few words to him, and then stepped aside to watch the show with sarcastic eyes.
The old woman was Tan Zhen's step-wife. As soon as she came up, she looked at Jia Cong imploringly. She bowed and begged: "Master Cong, Chang'er is an old woman who is not well-educated, which is why this disaster happened. Please Congsan." I'd like to show you my noble hand and spare him once..."
Tan Zhen looked unhappy and warned: "Madam, don't mess around here..."
"What nonsense? Mr. Tan, don't forget why Chang'er did this."
Mrs. Tan chuckled and looked at Tan Zhen mockingly: "My son is dead, and this is the only grandson left. Who dares to treat him as an abandoned son? Don't blame the old woman for going crazy and dying with him!"
The ferocious look on the old woman's face covered up her original kindness and pleading. The heads of the six major salt merchants, including the indifferent Tan Zhen and Yang Siqi who covered their faces and wailed, were all frightened by the old woman's ferocity. .
Tan Zhen remained silent, but Jia Lian had already sensed something unusual.
After exchanging information with Jia Cong's eyes, both brothers smiled knowingly. Interesting, it looks like some plans need to be changed!
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