Zhou Zheng paused with his pen and looked up at Liu Liuzhe.
Wei Xizhuang's face changed the same color, he glanced at Liu Liuzhe, and met Zhou Zheng.
The relationship between Li Shi and them should be a delicate balance, and this balance may be broken at any time. Zhou Zheng and Wei Xizhuang had just taken the salt merchants, why did Li Shi come at this time
Zhou Zheng pondered for a moment, and said, "Please come up."
"Okay." Liu Liuzhe also knew that this person was sensitive, and he responded with some caution.
Wei Xizhuang looked serious, and sat down on Zhou Zheng's left side, took out the knife from his waist, put it on the table, and exerted his power.
Zhou Zheng couldn't help but smiled and said: "Don't be so nervous, he doesn't need to tear his face with us yet."
Wei Xizhuang was frightened for a while, and his expression remained unchanged, "Just in case."
Zhou Zheng followed him and put away the four treasures of the study on the table.
Li Shi came up. Compared to his previous arrogance, this time he gave people an approachable feeling. He smiled and looked at Zhou Zheng and Wei Xizhuang and said: "Two adults, it's been a long time."
Wei Xizhuang sat still, and although Li Shi was a high-ranking inmate, he was not ashamed.
Zhou Zheng looked at Li Shi, figuring out the meaning of his words, and said with a smile: "Gong Li, please sit down."
Li Shi sat down, looked at the empty table, and said, "Don't you want a cup of tea for our family?"
Zhou Zheng looked at Li Shi, stretched out his hand to pour him tea, and said, "Gong Li, please."
The more smiles on Li Shi's face, he took a sip from his teacup and said, "Zhou Yushi, how much benefit did you get this time?"
Zhou Zheng had been thinking about Li Shilai's purpose, at least from the moment of view, he was not looking for trouble, and said concisely: "Hundreds of thousands of taels."
Li Shi's smile remained unchanged, as if he had expected it, and said: "Then you know, you will have more troubles behind?"
Even if they reached a settlement with the salt merchants next week, and their business was intertwined, the salt merchants could not swallow this breath. When they came back, the revenge would only be sooner or later.
The revenge must be violent storms and will not give Zhou Zheng any vitality.
Zhou Zhengdao: "I let them go now."
Li Shi looked at Zhou Zheng and was amazed, saying: "I really don't know if you are bold or ignorant. Before you offended the court and the opposition, your career is basically cut off; now that you offend the salt gang, the business will definitely not last; Zhou Yushi , You have a good future here, don’t want to get promoted and get rich, what are you tossing about?"
"Be vigilant in peacetime."
Zhou Zheng replied casually, and immediately said: "Isn't Grandpa Li here to care about me?"
Li Shi has no beard on his face, his voice is sharp, and he laughs like a rooster, and said: "Of course I am here to care about you.
Zhou Zheng has his handle in his hand. If Zhou Zheng is really unlucky to die, there is no reason to keep him.
Zhou Zheng was curious about Li Shi's intentions, and said, "How does Grandpa Li want to care?"
Li Shi glanced at Wei Xizhuang, and said: "If your commander wants to resurrect, you can choose from six doctors. If your brother wants to be an official, the magistrate of the upper county, the seventh official in Beijing can choose."
In Liubu doctors, the magistrates of high-level counties can't be'chosen' by anyone, even Li Shi can't do it.
Zhou Zheng looked at Li Shi, his face was still, and said, "Gong Li has something to say."
Li Shidao: "I often say good things about my father to the emperor. The emperor admires my father very much and is ready to let me find an opportunity to take him into the palace to see him."
Where did Zhou Zheng believe Li Shi's nonsense, but he couldn't figure out the joints, and said with a strange look: "The emperor wants to see my father?"
For so many years, Zhou Qing’s Li Huanhai became a member of the bureaucrats and Wailang last year. He is transparent in the ruling and opposition parties and can no longer be transparent. Why did Tianqi meet him
Li Shi, what role did he play in it? What is the purpose
No matter what, this thing is weird.
Li Shi naturally had some calculations in his heart, and looked at Zhou Zheng with a smile on his face and said: "Just these two days, I will notify you when the emperor is free, and let my father prepare for it."
Zhou Zheng was uncertain and looked at Li Shi and said, "What kind of repayment does Grandpa Li want?"
Li Shi picked up the teacup again and took a sip without any rush, and said, "Well, I want 10% of your business."
"That's it?" Zhou Zheng looked at Li Shi, he still couldn't figure out what medicine Li Shi sold in the gourd.
"That's it." Li Shidao, with a smile on his face.
Zhou Zheng's eyes were calm, and his heart wandered quickly. Li Shi's sudden gesture of okay made Zhou Zheng very suspicious and speculated about the hidden traps inside.
But if Apocalypse really wanted to see Papa Zhou, it would definitely be a help in the snow for Zhou Zheng's immediate situation. It would have a powerful deterrent to some people, and it would be of great benefit.
Zhou Zheng pondered for a long time, looked at Li Shi, and said, "I'm going to be a private salt business. If you count 10%, I will pay dividends at the end of the year."
Li Shi frowned, his expression dissatisfied.
Although the private salt has been made public and no one will care about it, how can it be'illegal', and Zhou Zhengming is using him and adding him in, who would dare to make trouble
He was an emperor’s close inmate, the former admiral of Suzhou-Hangzhou weaving, worth this success
But Li Shi also understood that Zhou Zheng did not believe him.
Li Shi looked at the vigilant look in Zhou Zheng's eyes and said with a smile: "Okay, let's take a look at how much money Zhou Yushi can make in a year."
Zhou Zhengdao: "One hundred thousand tael guarantee, I will make up for less than one hundred thousand."
With half a million stone salt, Yang Huzhi would buy the weekly journal's 300,000 yuan every year, as well as all the previous ones, one hundred thousand. Zhou Zheng said this number without blinking.
This time, Li Shi was surprised. One hundred thousand, which is not a small number. He had copied seven or eight big households in Suzhou and Hangzhou before getting one hundred thousand taels. This week Zhengyun will come here with open mouth
Li Shi immediately wondered how much benefit did Zhou Zheng get from those salt merchants
Li Shi looked at Zhou Zheng with blinking eyes, and said with a smile: "Then our family would like to thank Zhou Yushi for his kindness."
Zhou Zheng smiled, picked up the teapot and refilled him.
Wei Xizhuang had been sitting between the two of them, listening to their conversation, there was nothing strange on his face, but he was strange in his heart.
Wei Xizhuang knows a little bit about Zhou Zheng. Don’t look at Zhou Zheng who usually seems generous, but in fact he is very stingy. The cost of three or five must be registered. If you can save it, you will save. Now, open your mouth and give Li Shi 100,000, the salt merchant Only gave him fifty thousand!
Li Shi took another sip of the tea he was pouring, and stood up and said, "Okay, everything that should be said is finished. One day my father is ready, let me know, and I will lead him to see the emperor."
Zhou Zheng stood up very politely and said, "If there is a father-in-law, I will send him off."
Li Shi stopped and said: "No, the secret of our family's coming from, can't tell outsiders that our family colluded with the court."
This sentence is nonsense. With Wei Zhongxian, who dares to mention this charge
However, Zhou Zheng smiled more and said: "What the father-in-law said is."
Li Shi seemed to have seen the one hundred thousand taels of silver given to him by Zhou Zheng, with a smile on his face that looked at Wei Xizhuang more, turned and walked, kicking downstairs.
After Li Shi left, Wei Xizhuang turned to Zhou Zheng and said, "You really want to give him one hundred thousand? That's one hundred thousand taels!"
Zhou Zheng picked up the teacup and said, "I hope he will have the guts to take it then."
Wei Xizhuang didn’t understand Zhou Zheng’s words, but he knew that Zhou Zheng would definitely not give it, so he was relieved and said, “That’s good. By the way, forget about business. Tian Ergeng is in trouble in Shanxi. Come, you don't need to worry for now."
"Shanxi? What happened in Shanxi?" Zhou Zheng asked in confusion. It is certainly not a small thing to be able to stumble Tian Er Geng.
Wei Xizhuang said: "I don't know the specifics. It seems that a county magistrate has taken refuge in the bandits and many people are involved."
The county magistrate took refuge in the bandits, which is the so-called uprising, this is rebellion!
If you want to come, you have to involve people at the provincial level, and even the military and political parties of the imperial court, for another bright and dark contest.
Daming's current politics is that no matter how big a matter is, it will eventually evolve into a court battle.
Before the Donglin Party came into power, it was a chaos of various forces; the Donglin Party dominated the court, which was the endless struggle within the Donglin Party; the castrated party rose up, the castrated party, and the two parties fought in chaos; the castrated party dominated the court, that is Eunuch internal conflicts continue.
Zhou Zheng knew that the court was going to be lively again, too lazy to bother, and said to Wei Xizhuang: "You can't go to the south of the Yangtze River. Go to Shandong, find a suitable salt field. We can't rely on those people for our salt."
Zhou Zheng was actually looking for a reason to send Wei Xizhuang out of Beijing to protect him in the future.
Wei Xizhuang didn't want to leave Beijing anymore. He picked up the knife and got up and said, "I'll let others do this. By the way, I have other things. I will leave first.
Zhou Zheng looked at him as he fled, frowned, and did not stop.
Now it's not just Wei Xizhuang, but he also has to find a way to remove the castration label, otherwise he will be unlucky.
Zhou Zheng left Zhou Ji in the evening and returned to Zhou Mansion.
At the dinner table, Zhou Qingli was surprised when he heard the news that Tianqi was about to see him, and said, "Really?"
It is not only an honor to be summoned by the emperor alone, it also has many unusual meanings in it.
Zhou Zheng didn't elaborate on Li Shi's role in it, saying: "Well, these two days, the news revealed by the internal supervisor."
Zhou Qingli looked at Zhou Zheng with a strange expression, and was speechless for a long time.
None of them knew that Tianqi had ever been to Zhou Mansion and had read Zhou Qingli's confession. Zhou Qingli was surprised that Zhou Zheng had received news from the internal prison in advance.
He couldn't help being surprised by this second son, how ordinary people can do the actions in the past few months!
Zhou Fang didn't think so much. He looked at Zhou Qingli and said in surprise: "Father, the emperor wants to see you, he must reuse you!"
Zhou Qingli glanced at him and was silent.
He has no accomplishments, and his official position is not high enough. Why should the emperor see him for no reason
Thinking about this, Zhou Qingli turned his gaze to Zhou Zheng again.
Zhou Zheng seemed to understand, shook his head and said: "I don't know the inside story either."
Zhou Qingli took a deep look at him, then suddenly got up and said, "You guys eat."
Zhou Zheng and Zhou Fang were both taken aback, watching Zhou Qingli just leave.
"It's time to take a bath," Zhou Fang understood, looking at Zhou Zheng and said, "I'm not going to eat anymore, you can eat it."
Zhou Zheng looked at his back, moved in his heart, and said to himself: "It's time to help you solve this matter."
Zhou Zheng ate a few bites in a hurry, and left the dining room, returning to his study. (End of this chapter)