When in Beijing, Wei Xizhuang needed silver. Zhou Zheng once gave him an idea, which was to find a way from salt.
Zhou just wanted to test the depth of this. After all, the salt tax is the most powerful and quickest way to make up for the finances.
If there is a need in the future, Zhou Zheng hopes to start with the salt tax.
Zhou Zheng never thought that the Yanzheng had been corrupted to such an extent that these people even wanted to kill Wei Xizhuang, and even dared to kill it!
Wei Xizhuang was very angry. The anger was because he was doing business for official business this time, but these people were even more rampant and came to threaten him. If he shook his head just now, he might already be a corpse now!
He Qishou didn't know how to answer Wei Xizhuang, or what to do.
Looking at He Qishou's expression, Wei Xizhuang sat up abruptly, and said coldly: "Go, go back to Beijing! When I come back next time, I must find the place where I am today!"
They had no choice but to return to Beijing. The commander Zhao Suijin has been bought, and Wei Xizhuang is alone. If he doesn't leave again, Xiao Ming will have to explain here tonight!
He Qishou naturally wanted to hope that Wei Xizhuang would leave. After all, they were unfamiliar with their lives here. If they really died here, they might not know how they died outside!
Wei Xizhuang quickly'reported leave' with Zhao Suijin. Zhao Suijin was very happy about Wei Xizhuang's'reporting of leave', and with a few pretentious words on the face, he allowed Wei Xizhuang to leave Huai'an and return to Beijing.
Wei Xizhuang and He Qishou took the people, boarded the boat, and went north on the same day.
Not far from the pier where Wei Xizhuang had left, the young man appeared again, looking at the ship going northward with a mocking expression on his face.
There was an entourage beside him, sneered and said: "The Nine Young Master is still great, two words will make this Wei Xizhuang run back desperately."
The'Nine Young Master' had a proud look on his face and said: "There is no one who is not afraid of death, the higher the position, the more afraid of death."
"That's also Young Master Nine, you are great. If you change to another person, you will definitely kill people directly as before." The entourage continued to flatter.
The Nine Young Masters smiled more, but immediately sneered again and said: "Go, stare at them to see them boarding in the capital. If they dare to play tricks, tell me immediately!"
The imperial court did not check the transportation of water once or twice, and there were also some people who resisted coercion and temptation.
The follower looked at him and said, "Don't worry, Master Nine, I have been with them to Hejian Mansion!"
Hejian Mansion, the end of the canal, has reached Beizhili, not far from the capital.
'Young Master Nine' watched him leave until Wei Xizhuang's boat disappeared from his sight, and then said to himself: "We have to go to Yangzhou to make them feel at ease."
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Zhou Zheng in the capital was still sleeping. He absolutely could not have imagined that the power involved in the salt class was so strong, and he did not expect that Wei Xizhuang, who had been back before the end of the year, had to come back in March.
Zhou Zheng slept beautifully and didn't wake up until night.
Zhou Zheng habitually shouted'Liu Zhe', but he was about to go to the kitchen to find something to eat before he came back outside, when he saw Shangguanqing walking over with a plate of food.
Zhou Zheng was startled and said, "Are you still here?"
Shangguanqing glanced at Zhou Zheng and hummed crisply.
Zhou Zheng gave a cry, took the plate in her hand, turned around and entered the room, and said, "Come in."
Shangguanqing dressed in white and followed Zhou Zheng into the room.
A maid outside saw her, her eyes widened, and then she blinked, and immediately ran away like a surprise.
Zhou Zheng was hungry. He sat down and ate. Seeing Shangguanqing still standing, he said vaguely: "Sit down."
Shangguanqing then sat down opposite Zhou Zheng and watched him eat.
Zhou Zheng took a few mouthfuls, feeling that he had a bottom line, and then he was relieved. He ate slowly, and said, "Are you still used to living?"
After Shangguanxun was rescued, Shangguanqing had been living in Zhoufu. Shangguanqing’s younger brother Shangguanlie was in Zhou’s tooth, and Shangguanxun went to Suhang to help Zhou Zheng deal with Li Shi’s assets.
Shangguan Qing Qiao's face was cold, and his voice seemed to have no emotion, saying: "Has been used."
Zhou Zheng hummed and said, "Your father has been there for a few months, and it is estimated that he can return to Beijing next month, and then you can be reunited."
Shangguan Qing hummed, and did not speak any more.
Zhou Zheng has always been not good at communicating with girls, and Shangguanqing is not a very talkative temperament. After Shangguanqing said um, the room fell into a weird silence.
Zhou Zheng felt a little unnatural when he was eating louder. He coughed and raised his head and said: "It's okay to go back first. I'll let others clean up."
Shangguanqing blinked and said'OK', then stood up and walked out of Zhou Zheng's room.
When Zhou Zheng saw her gone, she was eating comfortably, thinking "I can still rescue" in his heart, and ate quickly.
After dinner, Zhou Zheng called a maid to clean up, and then sat in the study room, thinking about something while reading.
He originally hoped to reform Daming from within the imperial court, but judging from the current state of affairs, this is almost impossible to achieve. If Chongzhen were in power, the court situation would only become more chaotic, and it would be an unattainable luxury to hope that the court would reform.
"There must be external power." Zhou Zheng looked at the book and whispered calmly.
If it doesn't work internally, it has to rely on external forces, and external forces have to be firmly in the hands of Zhou Zheng.
The current control of the Ming court is declining sharply, and various forces are constantly emerging. Which one to choose
Rogues are definitely not good, I hope they are not as good as Zhou Zheng himself.
Merchant groups are not good either. These people and the gentry are basically one, they are only profitable, and their strength is too weak.
As for the princes of honor, those who can't count on it, they just suck blood on Daming, and can't see anything else.
Then there is the army.
"Which one?"
Zhou Zheng looked pensive, and various powers flashed in his heart, slowly scrutinizing, constantly comparing and analyzing.
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Early the next morning, Zhou Zheng accompanied his father Zhou. After Zhou Fang had breakfast, he left for Zhou Ji.
Now he doesn't need to go to the Metropolitan Procuratorate, but he can concentrate on his work.
"How's the eldest brother's marriage?" Zhou Zheng asked Liu Liuzhe. Just now at the dinner table, Zhou Fang was still in a state of unconsciousness.
Liu Liuzhe turned his head to look at Zhou Zheng, and said, "The Ding family still intends to quit the marriage, but the Ding's eldest daughter is unwilling to retreat, and things are still dragging on."
Zhou Zheng hummed, thinking about how to help Zhou Fang solve it.
Secretly taking note of this incident, Zhou Zhengdao: "When will Chengjing come?"
Liu Liuzhe said, "I informed him yesterday, and he replied that he would come to Zhou Ji to see the second master before noon."
Zhou Zheng nodded, and the two walked towards Zhou Ji on foot.
Zhou Ji was cleaned up yesterday, and it was much cleaner. Xin Gu's guy was very respectful to Zhou Zheng. Seeing Zhou Zheng coming in, standing on both sides, they shouted'host' together.
Zhou Zheng found this title to him both novel and interesting, and said with a smile: "Do everything, no need to be restrained."
These guys are all people who have seen the incident with their own eyes, and can let the people of the Metropolitan Procuratorate arrest the people of Shuntian Mansion. Who dares to underestimate such an owner
The six people said more respectfully: "It's the owner."
Zhou Zheng looked around and saw a few people with quick and flexible hands and feet, and they nodded secretly to the second floor.
The mattresses and the Four Treasures of the study were all new, and the room was cleaned. Zhou Zheng was very satisfied. After sitting for a while, he began to polish his ink and practice calligraphy.
After a while, Liu Liuzhe came in, holding a thick account book, and said: "Second Young Master, this is the entire account book of Zhou Ji and Zhou's Yaxing for the past two months."
Zhou Zheng looked at the memorabilia and took one. The numbers were all Chinese characters, and the font was upright, which was very large.
Zhou Zheng looked at it and said, "Go, I'll call you again if I have anything."
Just as Liu Liuzhe was about to leave, he suddenly slapped his forehead and said, "Second Young Master, I remembered that Young Master Wei left you a box before he left, and I will go and bring it to you."
Wei Xizhuang left him a box
Zhou Zheng was curious and sat and waited.
Not long after, Liu Liuzhe ran up again, handed a palm-sized box, and said, "This is it."
Zhou Zheng took it, looked at it over and over, and said, "Okay, I get it."
Liu Liuzhe was also a bunch of things, turned around and went downstairs again.
When Zhou Zheng opened the box, he saw a token, dark gold, with the word'Royal' on it.
Zhou Zheng picked it up and started with something heavy, like gold, behind it was something that looked like a red seal.
"Jin Yiwei's secret guard's token?" Zhou Zheng looked at this token with a curious expression. He had seen Jin Yiwei's token before, but that was not the case.
Wei Xizhuang only left this token and nothing else. Zhou Zheng couldn't decide. After thinking about it, he put it in his arms, put the box in the cabinet, and continued to read the account books.
Zhou Zheng has the account books of Zhou's dental office. The dental office is now in charge of the distribution of Zhou Ji, as well as the assets of Li Shi.
Zhou Zheng looked at the distribution category. There were hundreds of large and small distributors in Beijing. They even developed outside Beijing, in Shanxi, Shandong, and Henan provinces, and some merchants also came here. Set a ten-two twenty-two, or hundreds of two.
Zhou Zheng looked at it carefully, and what surprised him was that the profits of these distributions were very considerable, and they continued to gather in Yahang. The daily income was as little as tens of liang, hundreds of liang, and five or six thousand liang per month. Income.
Zhou Zheng looked at it carefully, smiled and nodded. The market in Beijing is quite mature, and he can consider expanding.
However, Daming's business environment is very bad. It is impossible to establish channels or franchise on your own, and you must have the cooperation of local snakes.
"It seems that we have to discuss it with Chengji." Zhou Zheng said to himself.
Cheng Jing is a dental business, and he knows many things better than Zhou Zheng. If he wants to expand outward, he has to do it with Cheng Jing.
Kick kick kick kick
Suddenly, intensive footsteps came from the stairs.
Zhou Zheng looked up and saw Liu Liuzhe hurried up, approaching and whispering: "Second Young Master, someone is staring at us."
Zhou Zheng was taken aback, got up and looked down from the window, only to see a figure on the opposite corner suddenly retracted.
Zhou Zheng waited for a while, then stood by the window and said, "How long have you been staring at it?"
Standing behind Zhou Zheng, Liu Liuzhe said, "I saw it before, but I didn't care about it. I'm afraid it was here before we came. Second Young Master, do you want to catch it for trial?"
Zhou Zheng looked at that corner, pondered for a while, and said, "The old liar is back?"
Liu Liuzhe paused and said, "I came back yesterday, and I'm fine, but he handed over half of the formula, and now I am hiding from you and dare not see you."
Wei Huaide was not a strong person, he didn't need to be severely punished, and he could recruit anything if he frightened him.
Zhou Zheng was not surprised, Wei Huaide only knew half of it, and said, "Well, how long will it take to become an economy?"
Liu Liuzhe calculated the time and said, "It's almost noon."
Zhou Zheng looked at the corner, the man no longer showed up, but Zhou Zheng knew that he was still there and didn't leave.
He didn't run after being found, it seems he was a caring person. (End of this chapter)