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Yangzhou Xicheng, Yulang Street.
The Bai family mansion.
In a side hall somewhere deep in the courtyard, purple smoke hangs over the double eaves.
A bronze crane in the hall spits out streams of incense from time to time, which is refreshing.
Eight men, richly dressed, with white beards and hair, middle-aged or young, were sitting in the hall.
Although the eight people are of different ages, they all look quite powerful.
? It can be seen that he is a person who has been in power for a long time.
These eight people are the world-famous eight salt merchants in Yangzhou.
The person sitting on the main seat in the middle is the head of the Bai family, Bai Shijie.
He is also the only young person among the eight people.
¡°However, he does not seem to be the junior at the bottom, but rather the central figure among the eight.
Although no one spoke at this moment, the eyes of the other seven people were either overtly or covertly resting on Bai Shijie's face, as if waiting for what he would come up with.
The Bai family is indeed the first of the eight major salt merchants.
"But Bai Shijie's ability to sit in the middle depends not only on his family background.
Since the founding of Daqian, the eight major salt merchants in Yangzhou City have not always been the eight sitting in this hall.
Only the Bai family and the other Zhao family are always ranked among the eight major families, while the other six families have a changing situation and change every six years.
For a hundred years, the wealthy merchants from Shanxi, Huizhou, Shandong, Guangdong and other provinces have always been thinking about these eight locations where mountains of gold and seas of silver flow.
The reason why Bai Shijie became the first of the eight major salt merchants at less than thirty years old was because in the ten years since he succeeded the Bai family, he led the other seven salt merchants more than once to severely defeat them. Repelled the attacks from Shanxi merchants, Guangdong merchants, Lu merchants and other big businessmen.
There were many times when he even wanted to help the other seven families even at the expense of the Bai family.
Helped them overcome difficulties time and time again.
Then he will lead the Eight Families to continuously develop and grow in strength, and eventually become a behemoth of the Eight Families.
It was precisely with the help of real benefits that Bai Shijie became a leading figure in the entire Yangzhou City and even the entire Jiangnan, and was recognized as a prominent figure in the world.
Although the eight major salt merchant families were not among the thirteen Jiangnan families, it was only because the imperial court deliberately restricted these eight families from taking the imperial examination and becoming officials, and prohibited these eight salt merchants from entering the official career.
But in terms of strength, these eight families are by no means inferior to the thirteen Jiangnan families.
Although the eight major salt merchants did not enter officialdom, they continued to cultivate their power in the officialdom through marriage, sponsorship, etc.
The whole of Jiangnan has been woven into a big net by these eight families.
And as the base camp, Yangzhou has been turned into an iron barrel array by these eight companies!
¡°Any slightest disturbance can¡¯t be hidden from their eyes and ears.
It only took less than half a day for all eight families to know what happened to Jinyi Hundred Households today and what Jia Cong said after arriving at Yanzheng Yamen.
Although it was cloudy and rainy at dawn, what happened in the Baihu Station is not yet clear.
But the eight families knew almost exactly what happened in Yanzheng Yamen.
Naturally, everyone also knows about Jia Cong¡¯s feat of galloping thousands of miles in two months, sweeping through thousands of Jinyi households in five provinces, and regaining most of the Jinyi country in the south of the Yangtze River.
This is also the direct reason why their eight salt industry giants gathered this time.
As one of the major forces in the south of the Yangtze River, the strength of the Jinyi pro-army is actually not very strong.
Without central support, the Jinyi pro-army from other provinces were almost reduced to legal "ruffians", doing dirty work for other major forces.
However, it is this force that many big bosses were unwilling to even take a look at, but now it suddenly becomes extremely dangerous.
Because the dirty and smelly work that the Jinyi pro-army once did is now very likely to become the direct evidence of guilt that will make many powerful forces die without a place to die!
Among them, there are eight major salt merchants.
"I thought that King Wu was still alive, and the Zhenyuan hero who took action that night was still in his position, so the Jinyi army would not resurface, but I didn't expect"
An old man with gray hair said with a solemn expression.
This old man¡¯s name is Qiu Lun, and he is the head of the Qiu family, one of the eight largest salt merchants.
It is worth mentioning that Qiu Lun had a granddaughter who married into the Yanzheng Yamen and became Lin Ruhai¡¯s concubine
After Qiu Lun finished speaking, a middle-aged man said: "This uncle of Rongguo Mansion is not an ordinary man. In addition to his literary fame, he has moved the world under his tutelage.Said: "Uncles came here in such a panic, I thought something big had happened Of course, this matter is not a small matter, but it is not something that would cause such a stir. In fact, we are not the ones who should be anxious now. How many people are relying on us? With those people in fine clothes earning some dirty money, 30% of the prostitutes on the Qinhuai River outside Jinling City were procured by those bastards, not to mention those black gambling houses and people's markets.
"If they knew that a disaster was coming, uncles, do you think they would just sit back and wait for death?"
Will Lin Zhao from Jinling accept his fate?
"Besides, everyone has already known that Jia Jiazi came to help the court implement the new law.
¡°We are not the ones who bear the brunt of this.
Our eight families rely on this salt to survive. As long as the salt is there, we will be rich for generations.
But others are not. Among the thirteen families in Jiangnan, which one is not full of fertile land?
Haha, so if the sky falls, there will be a tall one standing in front. "
After hearing Bai Shijie¡¯s words, everyone¡¯s expressions became lighter and brighter.
A tall and thin middle-aged man said with a smile: "Nephew Shijie is worthy of being the first of our eight major salt merchants. With you here, we feel much more at ease. Those bastards in my family, if only Nephew Shijie could do it, 30% of them could do it. I¡¯m completely satisfied!¡±
This person is Zhou Zhi, the head of the Zhou family, the eight major salt merchants. He has always been gentle in his behavior, but he seems more sincere at the moment.
After Bai Shijie thanked him, he paused and said: "Originally, Shijie was going to be a host today, and it's rare to have all of you uncles together. I just thought that all of you uncles have to go back to clean up some loose ends, so why not wait until after October 15th? Let Shijie be my host again, and I ask you uncles to show your respect."
When the other seven people heard this, they all stood up and said "you're welcome" with a smile, and then left without much politeness.
They do have a lot of tails that need to be cut off early
After they left, Bai Shijie put away his smile, summoned his confidants, and said in a deep voice: "Immediately send someone to rush to Jinling, tell Liu Zhao what happened today, and ask him to use all his resources before October 15th." Use the power to kill Jia Qingchen outside Jinling City!"
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ps: Thank you to the leader of Brother Shachen outside the Great Wall. I was really flattered and in a good mood when I saw this when I came back from a day out. Thank you, man. Also thanks cells? Ta? Brother R keeps giving rewards every day, which is really heartwarming, thank you. (Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com - Didn't finish reading? Add this book to your favoritesI'm a member and bookmarked this chapterCopy the address of this book and recommend it to your friends for pointsChapter error? Click here to report
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