The old lady Gu heard that it was Gu San's sister so angry that she was afraid that her son Ma Cheng would be seduced by the maids at home, so she sent Gu San to be Ma Cheng's Changsu. At the same time, there was no maid in Ma Cheng's house to serve him in daily life. Then she knew that she had taken advantage of the loophole and let Gu San's sister take the lead.

Gu is also very troubled now. If an ordinary maid is beaten to death, it will be over, but Gu Qing's daughter will be difficult to deal with. Although Gu San has no status, Gu San's devil father Gu Qing saved Gu's son back then. This kind of kindness is not over.

Gu thought for a while and said, "Come on, get thirty taels of silver for Gu Xiying and let him go home and find someone to marry!"

Gu said this and was very kind and righteous, but Ma Cheng quit. What Ma Cheng wanted was to get a background for Gu Xiying. Now my mother, Gu, would naturally not be able to drive Gu Xiying away.

"Mom, my son has already made a living with his younger sister. How can she get married when she goes home?" Ma Cheng also wanted to defend Gu Xiying, but my mother Gu had already made up her mind to drive Gu Xiying away. Gu did not want his son to have any concubine before his niece came.

"Okay, Cheng'er! You have become more and more out of control these days. When your father comes back, he will definitely ask your father to beat you up for his mother!"

Ma Cheng heard that reasoning was no longer possible after hearing what my mother said. Ma Cheng covered the wound on his head and shouted: "Mom, I have a headache! I'm going to die! Without a little sister, I'm going to die!" After Ma Cheng stood up, he was about to act and hit the corner of the table with his head.

Ma Cheng is Gu's heart, but today Gu will never let Ma Cheng's intentions. Gu did not care about Ma Cheng's life and death, but signaled his maid to hand the money to Gu Xiying.

When Ma Cheng saw that this was useless, he lay on the ground and acted like a scoundrel. Ma Cheng rolled on the ground and shouted: "Mom, if you don't agree to take a concubine to your son, you won't marry your cousin!"

Seeing that my mother was still indifferent, Ma Cheng knew that it would be impossible not to play harder. Ma Cheng picked up a porcelain teapot on the table and shouted to me: "Mom, if you don't agree to your son, break your Yang*gen, and your son won't want children in the future!"

Ma Cheng was frightened by my mother Gu. If you have a son after all, wouldn’t it be better to die? Gu shouted in anger: “Ma Cheng, are you going to be angry with your mother?”

"I don't care. I want Gu Xiaomei, or I'll beat her up and become a monk!" After Ma Cheng said that, he raised the teapot and was about to attack his crotch. Gu quickly said, "Stop, son, I promise you that I'm just a concubine! Put down the teapot!"

Ma Cheng actually scared me. Ma Cheng would not do stupid things like interrupting right and wrong. The Ming Dynasty was so big, there were so many beauties, and there were also the Eight Beauties in Nanjing and Qinhuai waiting to develop them. How could Ma Cheng cut off his own weapons?

Gu saw Ma Cheng put down the teapot and breathed a sigh of relief, and then said to Gu Xiying who was kneeling on the ground: "Hmph, I really don't know what you are good about. My son is fascinated. Since Cheng'er likes you so much, come in through the back door tonight!"

In the Ming Dynasty, the traditional wife had to enter from the main gate, and the concubine had a low status. She could only get married at night and had to go through the back gate. However, when Gu Xiying heard the old lady's agreement, she quickly kowtowed happily: "I thanked the old lady!" Although Gu Xiying has become Ma Cheng's concubine, she is not qualified to call Gu's mother. Only the wife can call her mother-in-law.

What else can I do if my son likes it? Gu sighed and thought: Cheng'er is already eighteen years old, and it is indeed wrong for him to restrict him. If Cheng'er had an accident with those fireworks women outside, the one who was embarrassed in the end was not his niece?

Gu thought of this and felt that Gu Xiying was not bad either. At least he was from his own family. As a slave, he naturally would not compete with Miss Gu in the future. Gu thought about it and felt relieved.

"Chener gets up! When will you pretend to be!"

Ma Cheng, who had succeeded in his plan, quickly got up from the ground after hearing what my mother said, sat down next to her again, held her hand and said, "It's better for my mother to know her son!"

"Okay, someone comes to get Gu Xiying a hundred taels of silver and fifty taels to Gu San, which is considered a betrothal gift! The rest will add some jewelry to Gu Xiying. Although it is a concubine, it is my Ma family's concubine after all, so you can't lose your identity!"

Gu Xiying's family spent only about fifty taels a year, but now the old lady gave her one hundred taels. Gu Xiying quickly kowtowed and thanked the old lady for the reward.

The rest is easy to solve the problem of identity. The old lady Gu left Gu Xiying in the back house to prepare for the wedding tonight, and at the same time taught Gu Xiying the duty of being a concubine.

Ma Cheng left the backyard and returned to his small yard.

Gu Changwei in the yard was already looking forward. When he saw Ma Cheng coming back, he quickly stepped forward and asked, "Second Master, where is the little man's sister?"

"Oh, my mother agreed. My sister is at my mother's place now and I will not be back tonight. Then even if the second master is taking a concubine!"

When Gu Changwei heard this news, he breathed a sigh of relief, so he finally got involved with the Ma family.

Gu Changwei quickly bowed and said, "Congratulations to the second master!"

Ma Cheng laughed and said, "Tongxi Tongxi, today you are officially considered the second master's elder brother-in-law!"

Ma Cheng said this and Gu Changwei did not dare to follow up, but just accompanied Ma Cheng to laugh foolishly.

"By the way, I just said that before leaving, there is an important task for you. It just happened that it's okay now, so I'll talk to you!"

When Gu Changwei heard that he had something to do, he quickly bowed to listen carefully.

Ma Cheng looked at the yard and there was a stone pier in the corner. It was probably what Gu Changwei used to practice martial arts. Ma Cheng walked up and sat down on the stone pier, and then asked, "Gu San, do you know the process of selling private salt now?"

Gu Changwei didn't know what the process meant, but when Ma Cheng meant that he was preparing to sell private salt, Gu Changwei laughed and said, "Second Master, if the villain didn't know, probably no one in Fengyang City will know! Yunnan and Guizhou are located in the inland province, which was originally a province with salt shortage, and official salt is too expensive, so private salt is naturally popular. The entire private salt business in Yunnan and Guizhou is in operation. Second Master really asked the right person this time!"

Ma Cheng heard Gu Changwei say this and couldn't recover. Originally, Ma Cheng wanted to develop armed trafficking in private salt, but he didn't expect that the biggest private salt dealer in Yunnan and Guizhou was his own family. However, Ma Cheng was right when he thought about it. He was the Governor of Fengyang and managed a large area of ​​land in the Huaihe River Basin. Several major salt farms in the Ming Dynasty were all in the Huaihe River Basin. Ma Shiying had the power in his hands, and his uncle Gu Congxin had the army, so he naturally had to monopolize the profitable industry of private salt.

The official who managed the salt industry in the Ming Dynasty was called Lianghuai Salt Transportation Commissioner, which was a fat man who was fartful. However, Lianghuai Salt Transportation Commissioner had great power, but his official position was not high, and he was only a sixth-rank censor. In the early Ming Dynasty, there was no governor of the canal transport, and the Governor of Fengyang was responsible for managing the canal transport. Although Lianghuai Salt Transportation Commissioner was directly under the central government, he still had to give face to the Governor of Fengyang in the territory of Lianghuai. After all, local tyrants were not easy to fight.

After Fengyang was burned by Li Chuang in the eighth year of Chongzhen, the emperor felt that the power of the governor of Fengyang was still too small, so he divided the position of the governor of Fengyang into two parts. The military and civil affairs part was appointed as the governor of Fengyang to manage, and the grain transportation part was established as a full-time grain transportation governor of Fengyang to manage. Now the governor of Fengyang is Ma Shiying, and the governor of Caoyun is another famous minister, Lu Zhenfei.

When Ma Cheng heard Gu Changwei say this, he realized that his family was a big private salt dealer. Thinking of him scrambling for business with his family, Ma Cheng smiled bitterly and shook his head to give up the idea.

However, what made Ma Cheng curious was that selling private salt was very expensive, so why did his family not look like a rich man at all?

Ma Cheng asked his questions, and Gu Changwei smiled bitterly: "Second Master, it's of course to make money for selling private salt, but it has to be transported there. In the past, when the north was peaceful, Shaanxi and Shanxi were all good places, but now the north is in ruins and the trade routes have long been cut off. Even if someone dares to go, he will hire a large number of guards. The cost is naturally not worth the cost."

"As for Nanzhili, not to mention that the private salt in this place has long been controlled by various major families, it is Nanzhili, and the price of official salt is almost the same as that of private salt. If it were not for large-scale trafficking, it would be unprofitable. So the only places that are still profitable now are Yunnan, Guizhou and other places. However, Yunnan and Guizhou are located in the inland, blocked by mountains, rivers and rivers, and the labor cost is too high. In addition, salt transport envoys in various provinces along the way have to handle some, so the profits earned are minimal!"

Ma Cheng was right to hear Gu Changwei say this. After all, private salt is illegal, and even if he relies on Ma Shiying and Gu Congxin's forces, it is not too blatant. Ma Cheng was very distressed when he saw that private salt had lost his future. How could he train the new army after he lost money? Will he have to wait until his father becomes the chief minister and use the state machinery to train the new army?

Seeing Ma Cheng’s frown, Gu Changwei knew that the second master had encountered a difficult task. Gu Changwei asked carefully: “Second Master, is there anything difficult to do?”

Ma Cheng nodded: "Yes, Gu San, you are no longer an outsider now. I ask you, what did you say to make money the fastest?"

This question stopped Gu Changwei, and he had never considered what to make money quickly.

Gu Changwei thought for a while and said, "If the second master is short of money, he can ask the old lady for it. There is no problem with a thousand eight hundred taels!"

A thousand eight hundred taels are useless. Ma Cheng asked for not a thousand eight hundred taels, but millions and tens of millions of taels of silver. However, Ma Cheng did not tell Gu Changwei, and he didn't understand it even after he told him.

Ma Cheng sat on the stone pier and thought hard, what else is there small size, easy to produce and high value? This kind of thing can be produced completely in the Ming Dynasty, and it must be sold in the market. After thinking about it, only the later generations of radixoin have this nature.

No matter whether this thing can be produced in the Ming Dynasty, even if Ma Cheng can be produced, he will not be prepared to produce it. This kind of thing is too harmful.
Chapter completed!