Zhou Zhou Lang glanced at him and said: "You have robbed him of his wealth, will he not want to kill you?"
He sat between the two of them and sighed deeply, "Cutting off people's money is like killing their parents. You see, Mr. Yang is such a powerful person with such a good family background. If he cut off their money, they still send assassins." Kill him."
Every time Zhou Zhou Lang thought of this, his head would sweat, he shook, stretched out his hand to rub the goose bumps on his arms, and said to the two of them: "And this broken fortune is in your hands, do you think they hate you? "
He used himself as an example, "I have been selling tea to the grassland. If one day, someone stops me, refuses to sell it to me, and snatches away all my buyers, I will definitely hate them."
Zhou Man and Bai Shan: ...
"Of course, I wouldn't just go and kill them." Seeing the strange eyes of the two, Zhou Zhou Lang immediately explained, "Isn't there a place to stay here if you don't stay here? But I only make a little money with the tea leaves. , how much money does the saltworks in the south of the Yangtze River make?"
He lowered his voice and said, "I heard people say that most of the official salt in our Dajin comes from the south of the Yangtze River. Think about it, who in the world doesn't eat salt? How much salt does it take in a day? How much does it cost... "
Bai Shan: "...it's not that great. Salt is also produced in other places, including well salt. There are also some salt farms in other coastal areas. The Jiangnan salt farms account for at most about a quarter of the salt in Dajin."
But this is the most concentrated, most of the salt in other places is self-sufficient, such as Qingzhou.
Several counties in Qingzhou get salt from Beihai County, basically there is no surplus to sell out, and occasionally, they can sell a little to the nearest Qizhou.
Therefore, compared with the Jiangnan Salt Field, which can not only supply the entire Huainan Road, but also supply nearly a quarter of Dajin prefectures and counties, the former Beihai County is far behind.
Zhou Zhoulang thought about it, but he couldn't figure out how much it was. Anyway, he thought it was quite a lot, "Does this mean that one out of every four households eats salt from Jiangnan?"
Bai Shan nodded, "Almost."
"That's also very profitable," Zhou Zhoulang said: "Now you have earned all the money, how many people have been blocked from getting rich?"
Bai Shan: "... I didn't earn it, I lost a lot of benefits."
"Anyway, everyone thinks it's you," Zhou Zhoulang said, "I used to think that being an official is pretty good. Is there anything more majestic than being an official in this world? Except for officials who are bigger than you, no one can." Bullied you."
"It's okay to be bullied. We are all officials in the same dynasty. You have some affection. You are all smart. Others may not be able to beat you, but I didn't expect them to use knives if they can't beat you," Zhou Lang raised his hand and wiped Wiping the sweat off his forehead, he said with lingering fear: "You don't know, I heard people say that Mr. Yang was assassinated every few days in the south of the Yangtze River, and even the tea he drank when he went out may be poisonous. You said that if those people find out that they can't kill him Master Yang, what should I do if I turn around and kill you?"
In the past, they fought openly and secretly in the officialdom. Zhou Lang thought it was nothing. His sister was popular, and both of them were smart. Those who fought openly and secretly could not beat them, but now...
Zhou Zhoulang was a little worried, looked at the two of them and asked cautiously: "If... are you willing to resign now?"
Bai Shan didn't speak.
Zhou Man asked him directly, "There are bandits on the road from the capital to Xiazhou. You may be robbed if you pass by. Are you willing to give up that trade route now?"
"That must not work. How many years have we traveled to open up this trade route. We are familiar with the heavy rain."
Zhou Man said: "Bai Shan and I don't want to either. How can we give up when we encounter a little setback?"
She said: "And if Bai Shan and I are no longer officials, who will protect our family's caravan? Believe it or not, you will not even be able to continue the medicinal material business."
Bai Shan nodded, "Only if Zhou Man and I are still in the officialdom, they dare not fight against you. If they want to fight, they will fight with us. But if we both retreat, they will definitely beat the dog in the water."
"I'm not a dog," Zhou Zhoulang muttered, but he still understood what they meant, and couldn't help sighing, "Forget it, I won't go back to the capital, and I'll go to Longchi tomorrow to bring everyone back , let someone vacate a few rooms for me in the back cover room, and I will take the guys to live in, there are too many people, and we are not afraid of assassins."
Zhou Man: "...No need, fourth brother, what are you supposed to do, this is the backyard of the county government. During the day, there are government servants, and at night, there are guards and bodyguards at home."
"By the way, the princess and Yin or both live here, and the guards and guards they bring are all skilled. Do assassins dare to come?"
Zhou Zhou Lang's eyes lit up slightly, and his heart felt a little relieved.
Bai Shan continued: "And this is Qingzhou, which is far away from Jiangnan. This is my territory, how can I be bullied by others in my own territory?"
Zhou Zhou Lang patted his thigh, "That's right, this is your territory. Alas, Mr. Yang was just unlucky and transferred to Jiangnan. That is someone else's territory. No wonder he is always assassinated."
"How wonderful Xiazhou is. Let me tell you, Mr. Yang has great prestige in Xiazhou..."
"I know, I know," Zhou Man quickly interrupted him, "Fourth Brother, are you still sleeping tonight? We have to go to court tomorrow."
"Let me feel it," Zhou Lang tilted his head to look at the sky, and after a while he said to the two people who looked at him eagerly, "I don't feel sleepy right now."
Bai Shan and Zhou Man lowered their heads immediately, what to do, they want to hit someone.
The three sat for a while, Bai Shan tentatively suggested: "I heard that drunk people sleep well."
When Zhou Zhou Lang heard this, he became happy, rolled his eyes and said, "But I don't have any wine."
"I have." Bai Shan got up immediately, "Wait a minute, I'll get the wine."
Whether it is Bai Shan, Bai Erlang or Yin He, the three of them are not very good at drinking, but there will always be people giving wine during the festivals, and there will be occasional guests at home, so there is still wine.
Bai Shan moved a jar of wine, turned around and was about to leave, thought for a while, then turned back and hugged the jar again.
Zhou Man was silent for a while, "It's not good to drink cold wine, I'll go heat the stove."
The stove was lit, Bai Shan boiled the wine and poured it into the flagon to heat it up, Zhou Man said again: "Eating wine on an empty stomach is not good, I'll go to the kitchen to find something."
She went to the kitchen to rummage, found some steamed buns, thought about it, rummaged carefully in the cupboard, and found some snacks, so she pretended to bring them to Zhou Zhoulang.
Zhou Zhou Lang looked at a plate of steamed buns and a plate of dim sum, and was speechless for a while, "Even if it's a plate of fried beans."
"No, you can just eat."
Zhou Zhoulang poured himself a glass of wine, took a mouthful of steamed buns, drank half of the wine, his eyes gleamed, and said, "This wine is good!"