The Sun family, a salt merchant, was the most wealthy family in Jiangdu under the rule of Yangzhou Prefecture.
Different from the other five salt merchants, the Sun family did not rely on the Jinling Zhen family, but on the sect of the Hangzhou weaver Sun Shenxing.
After all, both families have the same surname: Sun, so maybe they were still the same family five hundred years ago. In order to gain a foothold in the south of the Yangtze River, the previous head of the Sun family, Sun Kewang's father, Sun Bolin, knelt at the feet of Sun Shenxing with one hundred thousand taels of silver as a nephew's gift, and then he became qualified as a salt merchant.
Don't underestimate the fifth-grade Hangzhou weaving. To put it bluntly, Sun Shenxing was the spy stationed in Jiangnan by the Supreme Emperor Liu Ji. He was the emperor's eyes and ears, and officials at all levels in Jiangnan were all given high honor.
Since the Zhaowu period, the Sun family has developed from an unknown small businessman to one of the six major salt merchants in Jiangnan, the deputy head of the Yangzhou Chamber of Commerce, and the most wealthy family in Jiangdu.
In recent years, the Sun family has developed rapidly relying on the profits of salt merchants. At the same time, it has also sent countless gold and silver to the Sun family of Hangzhou Weaving House.
Sun Shenxing even used the gold and silver sent by the Sun family to make up for the deficit of hundreds of thousands of taels that his family owed in the Ministry of Household Affairs. This shows that the profits of the salt merchants were astonishingly huge!
The advancing carriage creaked and creaked, and Jia Cong, who was originally drowsy, opened his eyes wide after listening to what Jia Lian said.
"The Sun family is so rich? It must be at least tens of millions of taels of silver!"
After receiving the confirmation from Jia Lian, the little fat man immediately thought of what his father-in-law told him yesterday: the six major salt merchants controlled the price of salt, hoarded it, and harmed millions of people. If a person does not eat salt, he will feel weak. What do the people want? Not a delicacy, but a mouthful of salt!
"Brother Bao is indeed right. The imperial court is indeed full of national thieves! These people eat the flesh of the common people, drink the blood of the common people, and are full of fat. In just a few years, the Sun family has thousands of people. Wan Jiaqi also supports Hangzhou Weaving... He deserves to be killed! He deserves to be killed!"
"A national thief?"
Jia Lian reached out and patted Jia Cong on the shoulder, and said with a smile: "There are so many thieves in the country, can we kill them all?"
"Why can't I kill them all? If I have a sword in my hand one day, I will definitely kill all the national thieves in the world!"
Jia Cong touched the imperial-given Yan Ling knife at his waist. His immature face was full of solemnity, which made Jia Lian puzzled.
He didn't say any more disappointing words. After all, his brother was still young, and there were some things that Jia Lian himself thought were almost impossible. It was better to leave a piece of pure land in his heart for this young brother.
…
Jiangdu County is close to the canal and is the second largest county in Yangzhou Prefecture.
The number of wealthy families in the county is not much less than that in Yangzhou Fucheng. Jia Cong, who was still aggrieved just now, was now attracted by the dazzling array of knick-knacks on the shop stalls in Jiangdu City.
"Second brother, that clay doll is so interesting. That little fat guy is only wearing a red bellyband..."
"Huh? It turned out to be Mohele, so I asked someone to buy it. It's a bit like when you were a child. One summer, you were crawling around wearing only a Wufu red dundu, and almost fell into the fish pond..."
"Huh? Why don't I remember?"
"You were only one year old at that time, how do you remember it? Your nanny didn't care at that time, and it was I who fished you out of the muddy water!"
"Second brother still loves me..."
"Oh, I just can't see my brother being bullied by the servants..."
For a moment, the two brothers were caught up in memories. In the past few years, both of them had been wronged, unwilling, and confused.
In the future, there may be minor disputes between them, but past experiences have made the two of them understand the truth. Brothers are brothers, and brothers who work together can cut through gold!
…
Call!
With a creak, the carriage stopped. Jia Lian, who got out of the carriage, slipped the little fat man out of the carriage and stood in front of the Sun family's gate.
"Oh, the salt merchant is really extravagant. The stone lions at the door are almost as good as ours!"
Sun Kewang is a smart man, and smart people will not do stupid things in public.
Although he deeply hated the schemes of the Jia and Lin families, he still complimented the two Jia Lians who came to cause trouble for him.
Since being welcomed into the Sun family, Jia Lian has remained silent, only looking coldly at the elegant yet luxurious front hall of the Sun family.
On the contrary, Jia Cong, after sitting down, clamored to take the fourth girl from the Sun family home and make her a concubine for his second brother.
Sun Kewang suppressed the anger in his heart and bowed to Jia Lian to beg for mercy: "Second Master Lian, to be honest, I really don't know about Yang Ruyi's matter. My daughter was also deceived by a boy from the Yang family, which almost led to the incident. Big disaster. You, sir, have a lot, so just go around my little girl. Whatever the Sun family can do, just say it, I will try my best to do it!"
Jia Lian blew the foam from the tea cup in his hand and sneered: "Huh? Who do you think I am? Are you saying that I am bullying your Sun family?"
"The villain dare not."
"Oh? You don't dare? Is that what you're thinking?"
Sun Kewang quickly bowed down and begged: "I really didn't think so. Everything is my daughter's fault. The Sun family is willing to accept the punishment. I beg Second Master Lian to forgive me for the fact that I only have such a legitimate daughter." Come back, little girl!"
To harm people's integrity, even if the Jia and Lin families killed their grandson with a stick, the officials in the court would not make the decision for themselves. The Lin family did not take action personally, but used Jia Lian to take concubines to force them to accept the punishment. This was considered a mercy.
Sun Kewang also knew what Lin Ruhai needed most now, but he didn't dare to be the first person. The Sun family, one of the six major salt merchants, does not have much strength at all among the big families in Jiangnan.
If you are not careful, the Sun family will be abandoned by the Hangzhou Manufacturing Mansion and eaten up by other families, even the bones and dregs will be left.
The only way now is to ask for forgiveness from the Jia and Lin families in exchange for the life of the old woman...
That's right, from Sun Kewang's point of view, if his daughter went to Rongguo Mansion, she would never see the sun the next day. In the prince's mansion, the death of a concubine is like the death of an ant, there will be no disturbance at all.
Bang!
Sun Kewang, who was leaning forward to bow, heard the sound and looked around, only to see Jia Lian still leisurely admiring the ornaments in the front hall, but Jia Cong put the Yan Ling knife at his waist on the ground and stared into his own eyes.
"Sun Kewang, do you know how much money Yang Siqi spent to buy his life?"
The machine spring clicked, and the blade of the Yanling knife popped out. The cold light was threatening. Sun Kewang's eyes narrowed and his hair stood up.
He quickly lowered his head to hide his fear and unwillingness, and gritted his teeth and replied: "I don't know, I would like to ask Mr. Cong to clarify my doubts."
"One and a half million taels of silver will buy his and the Yang family's lives!"
As soon as Jia Cong finished speaking, Sun Kewang immediately knelt on the ground: "I am also willing to pay 1.5 million taels to ask Second Master Lian and Third Master Cong to forgive my daughter's crime!"
At this time, Jia Lian smiled slightly and said coldly: "Not enough!"
"Ah? Second Master Lian, this is the maximum amount that this villain can raise now!"
Sun Kewang didn't lie. It was true that the salt merchant was extravagant, but he didn't have much cash. Almost all the money was thrown into the salt.
But Jia Lian came today not to show mercy. His purpose was to use this rare opportunity to do his best to weaken the Sun family and clear the way for Lin Ruhai's next plan.
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