The governor's office, in the study.
Li Dongshan is handling the government affairs of Liangzhou.
These things are all things he did in the past, and there is no change. The only difference is that in the past, he had to ask Shen Quan for instructions on things he had sorted out before making a decision. Now, everything is decided by him.
Li Dongshan handled it with ease and without any difficulty.
Li Dongshan's mentality is very good.
Lin Feng was from a good family background. He was the emperor's grandson-in-law and a disciple of Xunzi. He couldn't afford to offend such a person. Of course, Wang Yue was from the Wang family, and he was a well-established person. He couldn't afford to offend him, so he simply ignored the affairs of Weiwu County.
Anyway, there are other counties in Liangzhou, he can still handle them, and he has great power.
In the past, he was just a long history officer. It was almost impossible to become the governor of a state. Because Lin Feng came and killed Shen Quan, he was able to act on behalf of the governor. No matter what, this means that he is the governor of Liangzhou.
This is opportunity.
So he acted very measuredly.
Don't offend Lin Feng, and even help Lin Feng with all his strength. When Lin Feng leaves Guzang County, he will naturally have the opportunity to become a full-time official and become the real governor of Liangzhou.
While Li Dongshan was handling government affairs, his current staff member Jin Can entered.
Jin Can was in his forties and had been working as a clerk at the bottom of the Governor's Mansion. He was unlettered, but he had some contacts with Li Dongshan because of the affairs of the Governor's Mansion. When Li Dongshan suddenly encountered an opportunity to temporarily act on behalf of the governor, he transferred Jin Can to his side to make suggestions and became Li Dongshan's staff.
Jin Can also went all out. He knew that once Li Dongshan became a full official and became the real governor of Liangzhou, he, as a staff member, could become the former Li Dongshan and serve as the governor of Liangzhou.
This is opportunity.
So Jin Can has been working extra hard to perform.
Jin Can bowed and said: "Your Majesty."
The title Shijun is often an honorific title for the governor. Jin Can became a staff member, so he called Li Dongshan the envoy to show his respect.
Li Dongshan said: "Jin Can, that's all you call me in the palace, but you can't do it outside. I am only acting on behalf of the governor temporarily. It is unknown whether the court will arrange for me to be promoted to a regular position or to arrange for someone to take up the post in the future. Therefore, you must not overstep. .”
Jin Can smiled and said: "Your Majesty gave me some advice, and I will keep it in mind. However, after I took over Liangzhou, I worked hard, worked hard and slept nightly, and never showed any signs of neglect. Such an attitude is rare. I believe that the imperial court will definitely see it." Get the merit of your envoy."
"I hope so."
There was a trace of yearning in Li Dongshan's eyes.
All his life, he thought that he had reached his peak as a governor of Liang.
Don't even think about taking charge of Liangzhou.
Unexpectedly, the opportunity came in the blink of an eye. Shen Quan was taken down directly, and he had a chance to be promoted.
Li Dongshan put down his pen, with a smile on his face, and asked: "What do you want to do here?"
Jin Can bowed and said: "Reporting to the envoy, I just heard the news from the public that the Lianhua Mountain Salt in Guzang County has been spreading its channels in full swing and is preparing to start large-scale external sales."
"I even heard that many businessmen gathered in Guzang County and wanted to see Lin Feng. The most shocking thing was that businessmen from various countries in the Western Regions were surprised by the good quality of Lianhua mountain salt and wanted to come to Guzang County to buy it. Ready to meet with Lin Feng for negotiation."
"Your Majesty, Lianhua Mountain Salt is a good thing. It takes no effort to dig it out, and selling it can make a lot of money."
"Now, Lin Feng is in charge of everything. He decides everything. He has status and background, that's all. We can't take it away. The problem is that such a huge benefit should be given to the governor's office."
"Anyway, you are the governor of the state. You have always respected him and never interfered in his affairs."
Jin Can looked like he was thinking about Li Dongshan and said: "Lin Feng is very ignorant. His behavior is a bit inappropriate. The interests of Lianhua Mountain Salt are too great. With such interests, Lin Feng only needs to spend time A trace is enough for the governor's office. So, let's give it a try, what do you think?"
Li Dongshan's eyes narrowed.
He certainly knows the situation of Lianhua Mountain Salt.
Li Dongshan waved to Jin Can. With a smile on his face, Jin Can stepped forward and bowed slightly in front of Li Dongshan.
Snapped!
There was a loud slap.
With a scream, Jin Can fell to the ground, covering his burning and painful face, his mind was a little confused, and the look in his eyes was even more confused.
What?
How to hit him directly?
Li Dongshan stood up directly and looked at Jin Can who fell on the ground with a cold expression on his face.
Jin Can was so frightened that he ignored the pain on his face. He turned over and knelt on the ground, begging for mercy: "I made a mistake in my humble duty. Please punish me."
"Where did you go wrong?"
Li Dongshan asked.
Jin Can said: "In a humble position, one should not criticize Lin Feng."
Li Dongshan kicked Jin Can out again, knocking Jin Can to the ground, and scolded: "Is the name of Lord Marquis something that you can call him by his first name? You bitch, I think you have some ability." , and you are young and have few opportunities, so you are very depressed, so I promoted you. Unexpectedly, you are so brave that you want to instigate me to fight with Mr. Lin. Do you want Mr. Lin to hate me? "
"You know your mistakes when you humble your position, you know your mistakes when you humble your position."
Jin Can knelt on the ground and kowtowed quickly to beg for mercy.
He was very panicked. As Li Dongshan's staff, this was a key position and many people were jealous. Once news spreads that Li Dongshan is dissatisfied with him, many of his things will be difficult to handle.
Jin Can also did it for Li Dongshan's good.
Unexpectedly, it was like this.
Li Dongshan snorted and said: "If you hadn't thought about it, you were only serving me. Now, it's not as simple as getting a slap, but dragging him out and beating him to death with sticks. You should remember this for me at any time. You can’t offend Lord Lin, for one day he is in Guzang County, and he is the person in charge of Liangzhou, do you understand?”
"I understand."
Jin Can answered hurriedly.
He regretted it in his heart. He really didn't have a good mouth and said random things.
So much so that he was beaten like this.
Li Dongshan waved his hand and said: "Get up."
Jin Can then stood up carefully and stood respectfully aside.
Li Dongshan reminded: "Lin Houye is not an ordinary person. Although he is the magistrate of Guzang County, he came to Guzang County with the emperor's orders and a mission. In other words, he is in Guzang County. The county just goes through a process and will leave after completing the task.”
"Once Lin Houye left Guzang County, his career skyrocketed. His promotion was not the trajectory of ordinary people. His status was incomparable to ordinary people. You must know that Lin Houye is deeply relied upon by Your Majesty. He is also His Majesty's grandson-in-law and even the crown prince. son-in-law."
"Can such a person be offended?"
Li Dongshan said: "With Mr. Lin, no contradiction can arise. If I make good friends with Mr. Lin, I will have a benefactor in the court, and I will have a backer and background. You Understand?"
"I understand, I understand."
Jin Can bowed his waist and said as if he had taken it to heart, "I have a long-term vision, and I admire you for your humility."
"Report!"
At this moment, the attendant came in and reported: "Master Governor, a group of businessmen have come outside. They say they are from various countries in the Western Region and want to see you."
"I understand, please go to the lobby."
Li Dongshan gave an order.
The attendant turned around to inform, and Li Dongshan said in a deep voice: "As soon as you mentioned the merchants from the Western Regions, these people came. They came to Guzang County for the salt of Lianhua Mountain. Now that they came to see me, could they be at the county government office?" Hit a wall and didn’t get any benefits? So, you want to find a way with me."
The golden eyes rolled, and he said: "Your Majesty's analysis is completely possible. Businessmen from various countries in the Western Regions have always been profit-seeking. Now that they are here, I am afraid they are asking for your help, or asking you to suppress Marquis Lin. .”
Li Dongshan said: "These people are just blind. They can't see Mount Tai. They just happened to come and beat them up. They want to break through from me, but they are selfish. Every step Lin Houye takes in Guzang County, They are all related to the important policies of the imperial court. Are you tired of asking me to interfere in major imperial affairs?"
He stood up and walked out.
Li Dongshan entered the hall. An Guijia, Ma Boya, Bai Shan and others had already arrived. Everyone saluted Li Dongshan with respectful expressions.
Li Dongshan sat down directly, looked around at everyone, looked at the businessmen from the Western Regions, and said slowly: "You guys are here to see me today, what can I do for you?"
An Guijia said: "Master Governor, we are here..."
"Shut up!"
Li Dongshan scolded.
An Guijia was confused. Why was he scolded as soon as he opened his mouth?
what's the situation?
An Guijia's cheeks twitched, he smiled, and continued: "Lord Governor..."
"Shut up."
Li Dongshan scolded: "I am only the governor of Liangzhou, not the governor of Liangzhou. In our territory of Daqin, there are rules for titles, how can we overstep them at will? You cannot overstep the title of me."
Anguijia felt confused after hearing this.
What the hell?
Li Dongshan is still so particular?
He called Li Dongshan the governor to put gold on Li Dongshan's face and flatter Li Dongshan, but Li Dongshan actually scolded him righteously.
Is this going crazy?
An Guijia didn't understand what Li Dongshan meant, but he had a bad premonition in his heart. He could only cheer up and continued: "Sir, I was wrong. I and other merchants from the Western Regions are here to pay their respects now to redress their grievances. Yes, please seek justice for us."
Li Dongshan asked: "What grievances do you have?"
An Guijia said: "Reporting to your lord, the salt from Lianhua Mountain in Guzang County comes from Liangzhou. Lin Feng is covering it up and won't let us buy it or sell it to us. Such behavior disturbs the fairness and justice of the market. I kindly ask Li Sir, do us justice.”
Speaking of this, An Guijia suddenly increased his tone.
"As long as we can buy the salt from Lianhua Mountain, and we sell it in the next step, we will definitely pay a lot of taxes. Mr. Li, Lin Feng, the magistrate of Guzang County, what they did was to play the piano randomly and act wantonly. Interference in business.”
He did not mention money, only paying more taxes. If Li Dongshan directly intervened in this matter, he would have nothing to do.
Everything is simple.
If Li Dongshan is not happy, just add more money. It cannot be done in one step, it needs to be calculated step by step.
Li Dongshan flicked his sleeves and said: "The sale of salt in the Lianhua Mountain Salt Field is a matter of Guzang County, and I have nothing to do with it. If you come to me to redress your grievances, you have found the wrong person. If you want to talk, you should also go to the county. Yamen talk.”
An Guijia was unaware of Li Dongshan's thoughts and thought that Li Dongshan's words were deliberately raising the price.
He immediately released his goodwill and tempted: "Master Li, as long as you order to reprimand Lin Feng so that we can buy salt. All our businessmen are willing to collect ten thousand taels of silver to honor you. I wonder what Master Li wants?"
He laid out the conditions.
I hope Li Dongshan can help them.
"A bunch of bastards actually interfered in the government affairs of our Great Qin. Everything in Great Qin has its own rules, how can you interfere?"
Li Dongshan stood up and scolded: "Come here, beat out all these unscrupulous businessmen from the Western Regions. If these people come again, I will punish them with sticks."
The government officials in the mansion took action directly after entering.
Bang bang, stick blow, echoing endlessly.
An Guijia received two sticks, escaped from the government officials' sticks, and quickly left the governor's office. Ma Boya, Bai Shan and others were also beaten, and they all escaped from the governor's office in embarrassment.
They looked at the majestic Governor's Mansion with panic-stricken expressions.
how come?
The governor's office didn't help at all.
As soon as Li Dongshan heard about Lin Feng's matter, he directly served him with a stick and didn't care at all.
This is a benefit.
Why doesn't Li Dongshan care?
The only explanation is that Li Dongshan is afraid of Lin Feng.
Ma Boya rubbed his arms and said: "We were beaten out. It can be seen that when An Guijia called out the word governor, he had already rejected us. In other words, Li Dongshan got the news that we came to visit, so he kept I have no intention of refusing. Here in Li Dongshan, we dare not be enemies with Lin Feng. Now that Li Dongshan’s road is impassable, we have no way out, what should we do?”
"Anguijia, it's all your fault."
Baishan glared angrily, gritted his teeth and said: "We have lost all the roads, what should we do? Shouldn't we stop the salt business? The quality of Lianhua Mountain salt is excellent, better than most salts. If it is sold domestically, it can be sold The price is high and you can make countless money.”
"Anguijia, this is all your fault."
Some people started to complain again.
"An Guijia, we can't go through Zhang Feng's house, nor can we go through Li Dongshan's road. What do you think we should do?"
"All of this is your responsibility, An Guijia. You angered Lin Feng, causing us to be disgusted by Lin Feng. Now there is no way out and we can't buy salt. You must take responsibility. You personally tell Lin Feng Apologize and take responsibility."
"We bought three hundred cents per pound of salt. Anyway, the price in China is estimated to be at least eight hundred cents, or even higher. Even after excluding labor and other expenses, we can still make a lot. "
"Anguijia, this is all your fault. You must stand up and shoulder this responsibility."
Businessmen from various countries in the Western Region all began to take action. Everyone turned against each other, no longer as friendly as before. Even this time, the responsibility was placed on Anguijia.
An Guijia looked around and said angrily: "Why is it all my fault? Don't you have any brains? It's impossible to blame me after something has happened. In this case, you just don't do business."
Wow! !
Everyone was in an uproar.
Everyone became angry, but after the anger, there was really nothing they could do against Anguijia.
The merchants are not affiliated with each other, they just belong to the Western Region and do business together.
Baishan calmed down his anger and said kindly: "Anguijia, we still have to find a way to solve this problem. We have to do this business."
Ma Boya said: "Yes, we should unanimously discuss how to obtain Lin Feng's consent. Otherwise, the salt business will be ruined. Lianhua Mountain salt is different from ordinary salt. It is of excellent quality. It is sold to domestic manufacturers. The rich and powerful have everything to gain and cannot give up.”
One by one, they changed their words again, without any anger from before.
The speed of face change is astonishing.
An Guijia looked at this with anger in his heart, but he sneered. These were businessmen from all over the world.
An Guijia's heart was even colder. He had tried all his tricks and schemes, but in the end he had this result. It was so helpless.
He felt a little disappointed.
However, he had to cheer up.
This business of Lianhua Mountain Salt cannot be ignored, and salt must be purchased.
He looked around at the crowd and said, "That's it. Let's go see Lin Feng again and I'll apologize. Let's go. Lin Feng will give you three hundred coins per pound of salt. We promise."
Everyone nodded, and everyone went to the county government office again. When he arrived at the county government office to seek an audience, he was not left alone and was directly led into the hall.
Lin Feng came soon after. He looked at the merchants from various countries in the Western Regions in the hall with a smile on his face. After these people left the county government, they swaggered to Zhang Feng's mansion, and then to Li Dongshan's governor's mansion.
Now that I'm back, I've obviously hit a wall.
Lin Feng said: "You first went to Zhang Feng's mansion, and then to the Governor's Mansion. Now you are back, have you figured it out after hitting the wall one after another?"
An Guijia said respectfully: "County Magistrate Lin, I was wrong, we misunderstood you. We are all to blame for what happened this time. The three hundred coins per pound of salt mentioned by Magistrate Lin is the right price, and we all agree , please ask Magistrate Lin to sell salt to us."
"Prices have gone up."
Lin Feng leaned forward slightly and said with a smile: "I told you before that when you leave the county government, the price will not be this when you come back. Three hundred coppers per pound of salt was the price in the past, but you can't buy it now."
brush!
The expressions of everyone suddenly changed.
They were all confused.
Changed again!
The price of Lianhua Mountain salt is going to rise again. What should I do? In fact, Lin Feng might even ask the lion to open his mouth again.
