That night, Du Zhixin hosted a banquet with ginger rice at Qingfu Tower. The guests and hosts enjoyed themselves.
In his view, this was a statement to signal to the salt merchants that the Wu family salt shop had received the support of the county government, and to warn the Lu family that the Yin family should stop engaging in small tricks, and that matters in the business world should be resolved in the business world.
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Yan Yunyun sat through this small banquet, saying that he was too drunk and left early.
She seemed to do it on purpose.
In the past, she was a prostitute, so it was obviously impossible for her to come and go as she pleased while drinking with guests. But it was different now, no one at the table could force her.
She left Qingfu Building and took a deep breath on the stone steps, as if she felt some kind of freedom.
Subtly, there is also a sense of power to control the fate of others.
She walked all the way through the long street and arrived at the county government office.
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Li Xia was talking with Han Chengxu in the public house.
"Alang, father." Yan Yunyun saluted, looking a little reserved.
Li Xia said: "Why did you come here tonight? Did you encounter difficulties?"
"No, I just wanted to report the progress of the matter to Alang."
"That's fine." Li Xia said, "Just tell me."
"I plan to kill Du Zhixin. Wu Hou is a reckless man. This time we have made him think that if something big happens in Qingfu, we will settle it for him. He will probably smash the Lu family's salt shop indiscriminately.
, even more excessive. Once they move their hands, they can't stop if they want to..."
"Will Wu Tong come in person?"
"I tried my best to force him to come and let him personally come and destroy the salt merchants. We'll kill with a borrowed knife."
Li Xia thought for a while and said, "I don't care what you do this time. In short, we should master the salt industry in Qingfu County as soon as possible."
"yes."
"I would like to remind you that in the future, you should use business methods to do business." Li Xia added: "It is the simplest and most direct way to kill people and seize wealth. If you use it too much, it will destroy you, just like you used to rely on your beauty."
Yan Yunyun lowered his head, feeling deeply.
She thought for a while and asked: "Then when the Wu family and the Lu family take action, how about we buy the Yin family's salt shop first?"
Han Chengxu suddenly smiled and looked at Li Xia.
"What do you think, Mr. Han?"
"Okay." Han Chengxu said, "But in this case, there won't be much money in the account."
"You should be willing to spend money." Li Xia looked at Yan Yunyun and said, "Let's do it like this."
"Alang, why don't you leave it to your father? Are you afraid that I will run away with such a large sum of money?" Yan Yunyun asked.
She seemed to be peeking at Li Xia, as if she wanted to hear him say something like "I believe in you."
But Li Xia just said calmly: "You can't run away. If you dare to run away, I will kill you no matter how far you are."
"Don't dare."
Yan Yunyun lowered his head, a little disappointed.
She couldn't tell what she was here for. Maybe in addition to reporting information, she also wanted to hear praise from Li Xia or Han Chengxu.
It's a pity that they didn't, they were always calm.
But they didn't shy away from her and continued to talk about things calmly.
"After this money is spent, it is best to be able to make some profit from the salt industry within a month. Everything is beginning now, and there are many places where money needs to be spent."
"How much profit does Mr. Han think the salt industry can make in a year?"
"Seven to eighty thousand guan. However, if we take over the business of Junlianzhou and the Wumeng tribe to the south, there should be more than 400,000 guan. Alang is different from Wu Tong, Alang doesn't need to take care of anyone."
"Then this is similar to the official business of Xin Qiji Liquor Industry?"
"No, selling salt privately is more profitable. Xin Qiji bought a liquor business all the way to Hunan, while Alang only sold salt in one county, one state, and one part of the country."
"If we sell salt to the Wumeng tribe, can we open up a smuggling route to Dali at the same time?"
"It still needs to be done step by step."
"Yeah...where did you just talk about?"
"The attitude of the landlord, it seems that after Jiang Zhan was almost accused of being the murderer of Tang Ergeng, the landlord no longer interfered in the private affairs..."
Yan Yunyun stood aside, lit the lights for them, and poured tea.
She felt that the feeling she had on New Year's Eve had returned. She couldn't tell how it was, but in short, she was no longer homeless...
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In Qingfu Tower, a banquet is about to break up.
"Haha, brother Wu Hou, let me tell you... I think the Lu family is very likely to sneak into Mongolia."
"Yeah?"
"Really, the last time I searched for Quanzhen Sect assassins from the north, they were hiding in the Lu family."
Wu Hou said: "Then Captain Jiang should let Lieutenant Li check the Lu family!"
"No, no." Jiang Fan waved his hand and said, "What does that sound like? People will say that County Lieutenant Li is seeking wealth and murder, and has a bad reputation as an official."
"What are you afraid of? Are officials afraid of the people?"
"No, how can any county magistrate attack a big family under his control? It won't sound good if it gets spread. By the way, didn't Inspector Wu fight with Meng Tatar? He also made meritorious service, so he can send someone here."
"Is that okay?" Wu Hou asked.
Jiang Fan said: "How dare the imperial court take care of the conflict between Jizhou and the salt merchants? I heard that the Mongolian army is attacking from Yunnan this time, and the imperial court is eager to win over the Tibetan soldiers of all ethnic groups in southern Sichuan."
Wu Hou became interested and said: "Shopkeeper Du, what do you think? I think you can do it!"
Du Zhixin said hurriedly: "There is no need to go to this point, no need, no need, I am a businessman."
"Hahaha, yes, businessman... Thank you to shopkeeper Du for entertaining me tonight. I have to go. It's late at night."
"Jiang Bantou, walk slowly."
Amid laughter, Jiang Fan said goodbye to Du Zhixin, Wu Hou and others, turned around and left.
Jiang Fan was very drunk and staggered.
"Hahaha... I can walk without any help..."
After walking far away, the man supporting him whispered: "Brother, I suddenly thought of something."
"explain."
"Last time, after the banquet at Qingfu Tower, Zhang Yuanming was raped by us."
"So what?"
"If I cook Du Zhixin tonight, how bad will it be for Qingfu Tower? People will say that those who have had a banquet here will die easily."
"Young man, you are telling me nonsense."
Jiang Fan burped and stood up, looking very sober in the night.
He felt that the two murders were actually the same. The last time was to seize the land, and this time was to seize the salt industry.
The difference is that if it is done again this time, the way for the county captain to get money will be completely opened.
"Let's do it..."
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Yan Yunyun walked out of the county government office.
She took off the Iroha mask from her face and replaced it with the demon's mask.
"It's not good enough." She murmured.
After listening to the conversation between Li Xia and Han Chengxu tonight, she realized that they had greater ambitions, at least to become the local snakes in the entire Xuzhou.
Then the plan she made for this little secret lover seemed too mother-in-law.
Han Qi'an was more straightforward in getting rid of Zhang Yuanming last time.
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Wu Hou returned to his residence half drunk and half awake, and couldn't help but giggle twice.
"Hehe... Trafficking in smuggled salt is a serious crime of beheading, and being a 'businessman' all day long, a stupid shopkeeper... I'm afraid of people who come here..."
He spat on the ground to show his disdain for Du Zhixin, then fell on the bed and fell asleep.
Sleeping until midnight, I suddenly heard a scream.
"ah!"
Wu Hou suddenly woke up and rushed to Du Zhixin's house. He looked around and saw Du Zhixin lying in a pool of blood with stab holes all over his body.
Leaning down and taking a look, Du Zhixin was dead.
"Damn it! This is too much!"
Wu Hou roared angrily and picked up a man who was rushing over.
"Go! Go back to Yunlian and tell your brother to bring people to kill these salt merchants! They are still doing a bullshit business..."