Hearing her words, Zu An was dumbfounded: "You want to go to a brothel too?"
Chu Chuyan rolled her eyes at him angrily: "Of course I'm not going, but I'm asking you to date someone."
"Who are you dating?" Zu An was a little curious.
"The eldest young master of the Wang family, Wang Yuanlong." Chu Chu said seriously.
Zu An looked at her with a strange look on his face: "You are not having an affair with this young master of the Wang family, are you? I heard that the Chu family and the Wang family have always been good friends. Is this some childhood sweetheart drama? Go ahead, why is my life so miserable? …”
Damn it, if I had known this, I wouldn't have saved the man named Wang last time in Shenxianju, and let him be beaten to death by Chen Xuan.
Chu Chuyan was ashamed and angry, and grabbed his ears: "Stop crying like a ghost, what can he and I have? All you think about all day long is all this nonsense."
The anger value from Chu Chuyan is +123!
Zu An looked happy: "Then why did you ask him to meet at a place like Shenxianju?"
"I'm not asking him to meet, but I'm asking you to meet him." Chu Chuyan corrected him.
Zu An blinked, indicating that he didn't understand what was going on at all.
Chu Chuyan then said: "Today Sang Hong summoned my father, Zheng, Yuan, Wang and other famous families in Mingyue City to hold a meeting. He mentioned that the imperial court is currently using troops against the foreign tribes in the north and military pay is tight, so it is necessary to Wealthy businessmen from all over the country enthusiastically donated money to contribute to the country."
Zu An nodded. Chu Chuyan had mentioned the donation to him before.
"Because we just lost a donation last year, no matter how big the family is, they can't bear such frequent apportionments, so all the big families are not so willing," Chu Chuyan continued, "My father flooded the world with private salt, which made it impossible to sell official salt. He used the current situation of going out as an excuse to say that he could not get the money for the time being."
Zu An couldn't help but laugh and said, "I didn't expect that my father-in-law, who seems so honest on weekdays, could turn out to be so cunning."
"Are you so complimentary?" Chu Chuyan rolled her eyes at him, "Unfortunately, that old fox Sang Hong had already expected that we would say such things, so he said that he would let Sang Qian listen to his father's orders in the future. Make every effort to encircle and suppress illegal salt."
Zu An sighed: "This should be the exchange of interests you mentioned before. The Chu family donated money and the Sang family reciprocated to help solve the private salt problem."
Chu Chuyan nodded: "My father is thinking that the proliferation of illicit salt has indeed affected the Chu family's business, and Sang Qian is in charge of anti-smuggling in river defense. With his cooperation, it will be easier than before to destroy those illicit salt gangs." Much more. If we can take this opportunity to completely eradicate illegal salt, then it is worthwhile to donate a little bit. So we agreed to donate 100,000 taels first, and when the illegal salt gangs are completely wiped out later, the official salt can be sold to earn income. After the increase is made, the remaining amount will be donated.”
"That's good." Zu An nodded secretly. Chu Zhongtian is indeed the head of the family. Although he is usually upright, he also has the cunningness that he should have.
"It was pretty good at first." Chu Chuyan sighed, "But the Wang family suffered heavy losses due to the plundering of foreigners in Shangtun Village at the border a few days ago. A large amount of their previous working capital was used to make repairs there, so I was temporarily nervous, so I proposed that this donation would not be theirs for the time being."
Zu An had heard her mention it before. In order to transport, sell and distribute salt in the Zhou Dynasty, an official salt certificate was required.
To get the official salt guide, you don’t have to pay to buy it.
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It's about how much food you need to transport to the border areas where the war is urgent before you can be qualified to purchase the corresponding share of salt.
It is not convenient for many salt merchants to transport grain to the border by themselves every time, so merchants like the Wang family appeared.
They were mainly responsible for delivering grain to the border in exchange for salt, and then selling the salt to other salt merchants.
However, if you transport grain from the inland to the border, the journey is long and the losses along the way are countless. The overall cost is too high. Therefore, these merchants choose to organize people to go to the border to open up fertile fields, plant and harvest on the spot, and then send the grain to the nearest destination. border.
This method of farming is the so-called merchant farming.
"Being plundered by aliens?" Zu An sighed, "That's indeed a bit miserable."
"Yes, the Wang family has indeed lost their vitality this time. They can't even bear such an important matter as donation." Chu Chuyan sighed, "On the surface, Sang Hong didn't say anything, but instead comforted him. After a few words, he turned around and gave the Wang family's diversion bank in a nearby state to the Chu family, saying it was to reward the family who actively contributed to the country."
"Leading to the shore?" Zu An was stunned.
After Chu Chuyan’s explanation, he roughly understood:
According to the laws of the Great Zhou Dynasty, buying and transporting salt requires a salt bank, but when selling it, not only a salt bank is required, but also a bank bank approved by the official.
The lead bank is equivalent to the sales qualification of a certain area. Only a certain family owns the lead bank in this area can legally sell salt.
It is illegal if you sell it on a shore that does not belong to you. Not only will the goods be investigated for smuggling salt, but the selling family will also be severely punished.
Just like cigarettes in previous lives, cross-regional sales are generally not allowed.
After understanding this, Zu An immediately reacted: "Sang Hong's move is cruel. The Wang family is an ally of the Chu family. His move not only severely damaged the Wang family, but also successfully alienated the relationship between the Wang and Chu families."
At this point, he had to admire Sang Hong. From beginning to end, he didn't waste a single soldier or even pay anything. He used the Wang family's things to trap the Wang and Chu families to death.
The key point is that all this is in compliance with the laws of the Zhou Dynasty. It is true that the Wang family cannot donate in the first place. The imperial court took the opportunity to withdraw some of his donations to reward those who actively donated. Even if they appealed to the capital, no one could find any fault.
The Wang family could only suffer the loss of being dumb. The evil fire had nowhere to go but to the Chu family. After all, he was the ultimate beneficiary.
"Why don't we know that this is his plan to sow discord?" Chu Chuyan's eyes were full of worry, "It's one thing to know, but it's hard for people in the world to be absolutely rational, because there are many Wang family members about this matter. People have criticized the Chu family and feel that the Chu family is deliberately plotting to lure them away."
"There are always some idiots in a family." Zu An commented, "And there must be Sang Hong secretly sending people to fan the flames. So you asked me to date Wang Yuanlong just to explain the misunderstanding?"
"It's not just that," Chu Chuyan replied, "Our Chu family, Wang family, and Zheng family are general merchants. Retail investors from all over the world come to our Yinan to wholesale salt, and they often need to pay a deposit one year in advance. , and after the general merchants receive the deposit, they will use the money to circulate in various places. After all, this money will be theirs in the coming year, so it is not a problem to use it in advance."
"But this time the problem arises
The Wang family's bank was handed over to us by the government, so they had to return the deposits of retail investors. "A strong look of worry flashed in Chu Chuyan's eyes, "It would be fine if it were a normal situation, but now the Wang family is already a little short of cash flow because Shangtun was robbed. If they have to come up with this deposit again, I'm afraid they The family's capital chain will be broken, and the huge Wang family may collapse directly. "
Zu An was horrified when he heard this: "This Sang Hong is really cruel and ruthless. If he doesn't take action, he will kill someone if he does!"
"Yes, but our Chu family cannot sit idly by and ignore it," Chu Chuyan said, "That's why I want you to entertain Wang Yuanlong at Shenxianju and hand over the deposit to them in private, and then they will return it to the retail investors. We should take this opportunity to resolve the knots in the other party's heart."
Zu An's eyes lit up: "Gao, this move not only solved the urgent needs of the Wang family, but also cleverly resolved Sang Hong's idea of estrangement between the two families. I don't know which master in the family had the idea. .”
"I'm not an expert anymore. I've just seen a lot of intrigues in shopping malls over the years, so I just reacted instinctively." Although Chu Chuyan spoke calmly, there was still a look of pride on her eyebrows. It was obvious that she That's the master.
Zu An couldn't help but smile. She was usually cold and cold, but she didn't expect to see such a little girl.
"But why do you want to change hands through me? And why do you have to choose a place like Shenxianju?"
Chu Chuyan explained: "The main reason is to deceive others. After all, we complained to the court that we couldn't get the money because of the proliferation of illegal salt, but we turned around and supported the Wang family with such a large sum of money. Whether it was the court or Chu My family’s face is not good-looking, and it is easy for political opponents to find opportunities to criticize me.”
"Secondly, after all, the Wang family is also a well-known big family in Mingyue City. If it is known that they can't get out even this little money, it will easily affect the credibility of the Wang family and lose the Wang family's face. If you are not careful, not only will it be If the purpose of showing goodwill is not achieved, it is easy to become enemies."
Zu An couldn't help but sigh: "My wife, you are so thoughtful, you have even thought of this."
At the same time, I secretly complained in my heart, no wonder she would smell other women's perfume every time I smelled a little bit on my body. It seems that I must be more careful next time.
After receiving his praise, a faint smile appeared on Chu Chuyan's face: "The third reason is that I heard that you helped Wang Yuanlong at Shenxianju a few days ago. If there is an opportunity, Wang Yuanlong will give you a favor." , there will be no unnecessary misunderstandings.”
"More importantly, no one would have expected that we would leave such an important matter to you."
Zu An was unhappy when he heard the last sentence: "Are you praising me or hurting me?"
Chu Chuyan was obviously in a better mood. She smiled brightly and really brightened up the whole room: "What kind of image do you have in everyone's eyes? Don't you know it yourself?"
Zu An: "..."
This woman has been with me for a long time, and her mouth seems to have become a little bit poisonous.
"Have you finished talking about the business? Let's start today's healing." Zu An said with a depressed look.
Chu Chuyan's face turned slightly red, and after a long time she hummed softly.
Zu An looked like a domineering president and looked at her coldly: "Take off!"
