Tang Hua pointed to an object on the case and said, "Nothing else. It's just the origin of this object. Please give Mr. E an explanation."

E Yun looked at it carefully and was shocked. Isn't that the goods he paid to various salt merchants? Why was it split in half? Is there something wrong? He stepped forward full of suspicion and picked up the split one.

After taking a closer look at the cake gold, he suddenly broke out in a cold sweat and said tremblingly: "This ------- Mr. Tang, there must be something fishy about this matter. The cake gold is all shipped from the country, and the money and goods are both there.

There will be a difference. Could it be---could there be a misunderstanding?" He wanted to say that someone had replaced him. After thinking about it, he held back.

"Hmph! What do you mean, our Jimo salt dealer deliberately substituted fake cake gold so as to frame you?" The person on the left angrily slapped the case. He spoke with a Qidi accent and was obviously a local salt dealer.

"No, no, no, that's not the intention!" E Yun waved his hand and explained: "E Jin was built under the supervision of the central government, how can it be inferior to the best? This is a very important matter, and it cannot be done by Yun alone! This matter is crucial, and I really know it.

I don’t know!」

Tang Hua suddenly spoke: "Mr. E, if it's only one or two pieces, it can be said that there is a female official standing in the way. However, every one of the thirteen salt societies in Jimo that have salt business dealings with you has such adulteration.

We have done an inventory and found that since last autumn, almost every piece of the more than 700 gold cakes you paid to buy salt in Jimo has been adulterated. How do you explain this?"

"What?" This time it was E Yun's turn to be surprised: "This is happening? How is this ------- possible?"

"How is it impossible?" The Qi Shang just now was even more angry. He wanted to point his finger at E Yun's face: "You have been in Jimo for two or three years. When I see you as a high-ranking son of E State, I will definitely be proud of you."

I trust you, so I supply the goods with all my heart, and the price is according to the market. I didn’t expect you to be so cheating, this year-------no, not counting the previous ones, how much profit did you defraud us with this black-hearted cake money?

?ah?"

After saying this, everyone in the house was filled with righteous indignation. Although the merchants were sitting on tens of millions of dollars, they had to travel here and there all year round and had to deal with the government. It was difficult to make money. What they hated most was that someone took advantage of the loopholes and plotted against them.

I have worked hard to benefit the market, but now my trip to Eyun is not hateful.

Seeing an uproar and shouting, when it died down, Tang Hua cleared his throat, raised his arm and made a downward gesture. Then Qi Shang shouted: "Everyone, please stop making noise and listen to Mr. Tang.

Mr. Tang is the leader of Jimo Salt Market. As long as Mr. Tang gives an order, we will all obey it."

"In this case, Tang is reluctant to do so." Tang Hua stood up suddenly, bowed his hands to the sky deeply, and said solemnly: "Business is based on justice and is based on sincerity, and there is no room for fraud. Adulterated cake gold, regardless of whether it is E

Whatever you did, Sir, or came from the Kingdom of E, is a fraud on the part of the buyer, which our Jimo Trading Company will not tolerate. From today on, the Tang family is determined to cut off all salt transactions with the Kingdom of E."

"Okay!" Everyone clapped their hands and threw glasses: "We all follow the Tang family. From today on, we will cut off all contact with the country of E. Not even a grain of salt will be sold to the country of E. Drive Eyun out of Jimo, and the people of the E family will live forever.

You are not allowed to set foot in this landscape."

"This, this -------" E Yun's whole body trembled: "Why is this so? I am willing to repay the loss doubled, just don't cut off the salt road of our country of E! These common people have no salt.

It’s edible, what can I do?”

"No need to say any more!" Tang Hua waved his sleeves: "Since your country of E can do such a shameful thing, you can naturally cope with the pain of no salt. The meeting is dismissed!"

E Yun walked out of Tangshi Salt Society in despair, feeling full of confusion and unwillingness: Is this the end? He had been operating in Jimo for more than two years, and the business network he had carefully woven just to protect his country's salt roads had just happened overnight.

Is it ruined? How can I have the nerve to return to China and explain to the Marquis of E? How can I be worthy of the people of my homeland whose salt shakers are empty? What should I do?

Naturally, E Yun, who was in a restless mood, would not notice that in the woods not far away, two pairs of eyes were staring at his back and whispering.

"Master, do you want my disciple to step forward and stop him now, saying that our Yi's Trading Company is willing to supply salt to the country of Hubei?" Yi Gong asked in a low voice.

Rong Yi shook his head: "It's still too early. We need to make everyone in Hubei feel the embarrassment of having no salt to eat. Then it's time for you to take action. Besides, this is Jimo, and you have to abide by the public decision made by the Salt Bank.

.”

"Then Master means------"

"You tidy up and leave the affairs of Jimo to your brother Yilan. You can quickly go to Luoyi."

"Luoyi?" Yi Gong raised his head in confusion. Master always did things so unexpectedly, which puzzled him.

Rong Yi sighed helplessly: "Everything needs explanation. Your intelligence is far inferior to that of your junior sister. Luoyi is among the best in the world and is close to the country of E. If the whole country of Hubei is short of salt, it will be the first choice to buy it."

The Land of Salt. If you go here to lay out your plans in advance, are you still afraid that the people from Hubei won’t come to ask for help?”

"Wonderful!" Yi Gong said with a look of realization: "Luoyi is the land of the king of Zhou, how can he not obey the order of the king's envoy, the master? This move of the master is wonderful!"

"No. This time you go first, and I'll come back later."

"Why is this?" Yi Gong felt a little guilty. Without the identity of the master's envoy, he was worried that he would not be able to use it in Luoyi.

As if he had guessed his apprentice's thoughts, Rong Yi said decisively: "I will write to the Luoyi City Bureau and ask them to take care of you. As for me, after all, this mission is for Princess Bo Ji's marriage.

You still have to go to Linzi to agree on the wedding date with the Marquis of Qi, and then go to Luoyi to meet you after that."

"promise!"

A heated debate has been going on for several days in the Imperial Court of E. The two sides are at loggerheads and it has reached a fever pitch.

The focus of the debate was whether to immediately send troops to seize Tonglu Mountain. A group of generals, represented by the Crown Prince of E, and most of the E family clan advocated taking advantage of the opportunity of annexing the country and boosting the national morale to immediately send troops to Tonglu Mountain.

, and started a battle with Sui Guo, and vowed not to give up until the Copper Green Mountain was taken back.

The opponents were the civil servants represented by the Prime Minister of Hubei and part of the clan, and the reasons were very good. Most of the destruction of Fan Kingdom was due to internal strife that consumed the country's strength, not the result of the Hubei War; and the annexation of Fan Kingdom

The war has consumed a lot of treasury resources. At present, the new grain has not been harvested, the old grain has been used up, and the treasury has been exhausted. It really cannot support another war. Besides, with the country's strong army and strong horses, the country's government is smooth, which is far from ordinary.

Countries are comparable. If there is really a war, there is not much chance of victory, and the losses will be far greater than the war to destroy the enemy. Based on this, it seems more confident to conserve strength for future big moves.

Prince E was so angry that he yelled: "What did the old prime minister say? Could it be that the battle to destroy Fan relied on two women, rather than the bravery of our soldiers who took the lead? What do you say, how do you deal with the heroes who died in the battle? As a person,

How can a prime minister occupy the position of prime minister if he does not work together to pursue the country and only makes trouble in the court?"

The Prime Minister of Hubei was furious after being snatched away by the Crown Prince. His gray beard couldn't help but tremble: "How dare the Crown Prince treat this old minister like this? Forget it, the old minister has offended the prince and has no shame to stand in the court anymore. The old minister can beg for his body."

Returning home, of course, what should be said is that this is not the time to conquer Tonglu Mountain. If nothing else, the Eighth Division was unable to send troops in Chengzhou in the battle to destroy Fan. I heard that Zhao Xiang had been pointed out by the government and the public. Now, you still have to

If you want to send troops to Tonglu Mountain, that is the royal line of the Great Zhou Dynasty. How can the Eighth Division of Chengzhou not send troops? Wei Duoyou, the god of war for the country, does the prince dare to compete with him? "

"Why don't you dare------"

Faced with the rebellious attack from the old Prime Minister of Hubei, Crown Prince Hubei was unwilling to admit defeat. He stiffened his neck and was about to express his stance, but was stopped by a loud shout from Jun behind the case: "Okay, you have been arguing for several days, and the quarrel has caused everyone to lose their heads."

The wind is blowing. I still haven’t told you why! What does it look like when two parties criticize each other in the court, like a shrew in a street?"

This shout finally calmed down the red-faced and thick-necked two parties. They cupped their hands and apologized: "I have lost my temper, please punish me!"

"That's all, let's dismiss the court!" E Yufang waved his sleeves distractedly and was about to retreat behind the screen when he saw a chamberlain in front of the palace hurried up the steps and whispered something. E Yufang's expression changed.

He suddenly changed his mind and said to the people below: "The Prime Minister and the Crown Prince will go to the study with me to discuss matters, while the rest of the people will disperse."

"promise!"

"Your Majesty, I have no face to face your Majesty, no face to face your ancestors -" As soon as he entered the outer study room, E Yun threw himself at E Yu Fang's feet and kept kowtowing in apology.

E Yufang was not one to take soft and hard advice, so he gave him a faint support, then let him sit down behind the desk. Prince E and E Xiang sat down on the left and right seats, and the three of them all stared at E Yun, who was still kneeling on the ground.

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"Okay, let's explain what happened.

Chu, don't miss a single detail." E Yufang ordered.

"promise."

E Yun organized his thoughts and explained everything clearly. From how he increased the amount of salt he purchased in Jimo over the past year, how he used E's cake gold to pay for salt, to this time at Tang's Salt Society

In the industry guild, how did everyone criticize the adulteration of E's cake gold---until Tang Hua discussed with the saltmen and made an agreement: from now on, not a single grain of pure salt will enter the country of E, no matter how big or small it is.

, speak carefully.

As E Yufang listened, a gloomy air gathered between his brows, as if there was anger brewing in his chest. Prince E and E looked at each other several times, their eyes empty, and they seemed to have a guilty conscience.

meaning.

"Are those E's gold cakes really adulterated? Have you ever conducted a detailed investigation in private?" After a period of silence, E Yufang asked.

"Your Majesty, I also suspected that someone was causing trouble, exchanging the fake for the real, and deliberately ruining the reputation of our country. There are still some pieces of cake gold left in the trading company. I tried them one by one with salt water, and sure enough, they were all floating in half the tank.
Chapter completed!