Soon, Liu Cang took Zhao Feng to a restaurant in Fucheng, and the two of them walked directly to the private room on the top floor.
When he opened the door, he saw that Liu Er was already sitting inside with several elders of the Liu family.
"Liu Cang, is this Master Zhao?"
Liu Cang smiled quickly and nodded, then patted Zhao Feng on the shoulder and extended his hand to introduce.
"Master Zhao, let me introduce to you. This is the patriarch of our Liu family and my second uncle, Liu Er."
Liu Er smiled and nodded to Zhao Feng, his expression looking very cordial.
Liu Cang continued to introduce.
"The remaining few are all the elders of our Liu family. In order to entertain you this time, our Liu family can be said to have put in a lot of effort!"
Zhao Feng smiled slightly and bowed his hands directly to Liu Er and the others.
"I would like to thank you all for the banquet and hospitality."
Liu Er quickly stood up and said to Zhao Feng and Liu Cang.
"Master Zhao, you don't need to be too outspoken. Although our Liu family is a family in this city, our relationship with the government has always been extraordinary."
"Since Master Zhao is the master of the prefect, we should move around. Please take a seat!"
Zhao Feng nodded slightly and sat directly opposite Liu Er, while Liu Cang sat in the lower position of the elders of the Liu family.
"Master Zhao is indeed a talented person. I heard that Master Zhao is from Zhao County?"
Zhao Feng nodded in agreement. Except for Liu Er who showed some kindness to him, all the other ancestors at the dinner table had a cold attitude. Even Liu Cang, who had brought him here before, had a cold attitude. Sit and look at him.
Seeing their posture, Zhao Feng already understood in his heart that this Liu Er was probably here to be a good person, while the others were just a bad person.
Sure enough, just when Liu Er finished speaking and Zhao Feng had not yet spoken, a clan elder next to him snorted coldly.
"You're just a country man. Don't think that by climbing up to the prefect, you can control the situation in this city."
"Why don't you go out and inquire about our Liu family's status in this city!"
Zhao Feng chuckled and said in a neither humble nor arrogant tone.
"Of course I know that the Liu and Li families are the most prosperous in this city, but what if we leave this city?"
The clan elder frowned, slapped the table with his hand, and asked Zhao Feng with wide eyes.
"Zhao, don't give me any good looks, or you won't know what's going on!"
"Even if we leave this city, our Liu family is still famous in the entire Zhou Dynasty!"
Zhao Feng couldn't help but laugh, narrowed his eyes and looked at Liu Er and asked.
"Clan Chief Liu, if you just called me here and wanted to intimidate me, I don't think you need to do this."
"I already know a lot about the Liu family. You are doing your salt business, and we have no real conflict."
Liu Er quickly stretched out his hand to stop the angry clan elder, then smiled at Zhao Feng and said.
"Master Zhao, our clan elder has always had a bad temper. Please don't mind Master Zhao."
"But Master Zhao just said that he knows our Liu Jia very well, but I don't think so."
Zhao Feng looked at Liu Er with some confusion, while Liu Er sat up straight and said very solemnly.
"Our Liu family does do some salt business with the Li family in this city, but our Liu family's industries are not the only ones here."
"It is no exaggeration to say that even in the capital, you can see the salt of our Liu family. The green salt produced in abundance by our Liu family is the favorite of those dignitaries!"
Upon hearing this, Zhao Feng immediately understood what Liu Er wanted to say.
The Liu family and the Li family did jointly run some salt business here, but since the Liu family only had one salt mountain, it was impossible to sell their own salt to the whole world.
The reason why the Liu family is now able to control the situation in this city, and even the prefect here dare not do anything to the Liu family, is mainly because the salt produced by the Liu family is not the brown salt used by the common people, but is deeply loved by those who The green salt loved by dignitaries!
In other words, the salt made by the Liu family is mainly high-quality.
In the Zhou Dynasty, even table salt was divided into three, six or nine grades.
The poorer people cannot afford salt at all, and what ordinary people use at home is the cheapest brown salt.
The production of such salt is huge, and it is usually produced from salt lake salt ponds. However, because there are many impurities in it, it not only tastes slightly bitter, but also has an astringent taste.
Even brown salt is divided into several categories. The darker the color, the worse the quality. Those with a little wealth use brown salt that is almost light in color.
But what real dignitaries use in daily life is green salt.
Not only does this kind of salt have no astringent taste, but it also has a very light bitter taste. Because of its bluish color, it is called green salt.
A pound of salt like this costs three taels of silver!
And because the production of such salt is very small, almost only in a few salt mountains, the Liu family can quickly become rich by relying on this salt.
Don't underestimate these green salts. It is by relying on these words that the Liu family can establish good relations with the dignitaries in the capital. Therefore, these people have become the Liu family's support, making the Liu family dare not give any advice even in this capital. The magistrate’s face.
After thinking about this, Zhao Feng couldn't help but smile, and then shook his head.
"Clan Chief Liu doesn't need to tell me these things. I'm not interested in your Liu family's business."
"I think if you have anything to say, Patriarch Liu should just say it directly!"
Liu Er frowned. He didn't expect that Zhao Feng would look like he was indifferent. This made Liu Er very confused. Zhao Feng was just a master, but he had such courage to not leave them. Family face?
Does this Zhao Feng have any other identity?
But it shouldn't be. I heard that this Zhao Feng is just a young man brought back from Zhaojiazhuang by the prefect Yu Ruhai.
So Liu Er put away the attitude in his heart and said directly to Zhao Feng.
"Master Zhao, since you are so forthcoming, I will just tell you!"
"There is no fundamental conflict of interest between you and our Liu family. If you are willing to help our Liu family, your benefits will be indispensable in the future."
"But if you block something that our Liu family wants to do, I advise you to think it over carefully. I'm afraid even Yu Ruhai won't be able to save you by then!"
After hearing Liu Er's words, Zhao Feng burst out laughing, stood up and said.
"Clan Chief Liu, wouldn't it be clear to you if you said this earlier?"
