Chongzhen Undergraduates

Use the places to go back to the place of origin to take the imperial examination.

Huizhou, the hometown of Huizhou merchants, and Huaiyang belong to South Zhili Province. According to regulations, their children are not allowed to go to school there.Therefore, in the fifth year of Chongzhen, Huizhou merchants jointly wrote a letter, and officials who inspected the Lianghuai Salt Administration wrote a letter, requesting that all the children of salt merchants can go to school on the spot and get

Chongzhen approved.

It is not surprising that Zhu Youjian entered Huainan City as a salt merchant.To this day, Liu Zeqing forced the salt merchants to gather in Huai'an City, nothing more than coveting the money in the hands of the salt merchants.

Huai'an City.

"Master Li, you are a well-known salt merchant in Jinzhong. Go to Liu Zeqing, he won't miss you, right? As I said before, please introduce me." Zhu Youjian sat in the main seat of the inn room, Picking up a bowl of tea in his hand, he drank it slowly

With a sip, a big fat man stood in front of him with his hands down.

The fat man was wearing a staff cap and silk satin. The top-quality silk was very textured and well concealed his fat body.

It's just that at this moment, the fat man's expression was tense, he couldn't stop wiping his sweat, his legs trembled unconsciously, and his face turned dark.Behind the fat man stood two men dressed as ordinary people, but each of the two men held a single knife in their hands.

If it was just two ordinary men, Fatty wouldn't be afraid, it's just that these two people came all the way, never spoke, and walked quietly.And standing behind me for a long time, my posture hasn't changed at all, and even my breathing hasn't changed rapidly.

Conversion.

Fatty has traveled all over the world for many years, so he naturally knows that these people are not ordinary bodyguards, they are even more elite than Liu Zeqing's bodyguards he has ever seen.

"My lord, it's not that Li Ming doesn't want to introduce you. It's just that this Liu Shuai is too hard to see. Now he seldom goes out, and it's even more difficult for him to visit." The fat man is afraid of heat, the sweat on his forehead is half hot, half anxious, Even the lips that spoke were watering.

Zhu Youjian glanced at Li Ming, and smiled lightly: "He, Liu Zeqing, doesn't like money, right? Now is the time when salt merchants gather, how could Liu Zeqing not see outsiders."

Li Ming quickly took half a step forward, stretched out his hand in panic, trying to stop Zhu Youjian from speaking, but stopped halfway in fear.Turning his head, he glanced to the side.

Li Ming found that the entourage behind Zhu Youjian had already pressed his hand on the handle of the knife, so he could only whisper: "Okay, my lord, you can't call Liu Shuai by his name directly in Huai'an City. If people hear this, But you're going to lose your head."

"I prepared 10 taels of silver, so I asked him to give me an official position as a garrison. With so much silver to open the way, what are you afraid of?"

Li Ming lowered his head, not daring to refute. He thought to himself: I have been unlucky recently. I came here from Jinzhong to buy goods, and I want to take my wife and children to Jiangnan to avoid disaster.As a result, his wife and children were tied up on the way, and they were still tied up by the factory guards.

If this is half of the bandits, maybe there is something to do, but facing the factory guards, I don't even have the confidence to resist.

This is great, the family is under control, and I have left myself with a big burden. This group of people forced me to bring them to Huai'an to meet Liu Zeqing.

"Don't panic Li Dong's family, we are prepared for everything. We have agreed, as long as you can let us get on line with Liu Zeqing smoothly, I will keep your family safe."

"That's it, that's it." Li Ming nodded and bowed, not daring to say a word.When a businessman asks for money, anyone is right, as long as he can make money safely.

"I'll say it again, 10 taels of silver, buy a garrison, and I can recruit soldiers to train soldiers in the southeast of Shanxi. If they ask, just say that, do you understand what I mean?" Zhu Youjian stared at Li Ming's The eyes repeated word by word.

"I'll do it right now, villain." After Li Ming finished speaking, he left the inn in a hurry.

Zhu Youjian winked at Ji Biao, and Ji Biao turned around and went out, following Li Ming all the way to Dongping Bo's Mansion.

I saw the brand-new mansion, very grand, comparable to the imperial palace in Nanjing.It's just that Liu Zeqing's mansion is too new, obviously it has just been built not long ago.

Outside this brand new mansion, there were patrolling soldiers, and it was obvious that these soldiers were taller and stronger than other street patrolling soldiers in the city.

Ji Biao looked at Li Ming standing at the gate, handing over several silver ingots to the messenger, and guarding the gate for an hour before he was able to enter.

Chapter 72: The Backyard of Earls Court

It can be said that Liu Zeqing spent the past six months happily, especially after the fall of the capital, he hid behind Huai'an.

Not only did he enjoy the beauty of the south of the Yangtze River, but he also got promoted and made a fortune, not only became an earl, but also opened a mansion.Even the big and small officials in Nanjing City did not live as comfortably as he did.

Today's Liu Zeqing wants money, money, people, and dominance, and he is the salt to master the best in the world.I was just an order, and the big and small salt merchants in Yangzhou could only obediently come to Huai'an City to pay tribute.

"Brother, with your order, Huang Degong from Yangzhou will be caught blind. He can only watch the salt merchants come to our Huai'an, and there is nothing he can do. That little old man Huang Degong must be so angry that he is cursing his mother."

It was Liu Zeqing's younger brother Liu Zefeng who was speaking, who was peeling this year's newest citrus, carefully picking off every stalk on the tangerine peel.After removing it completely, he carefully handed it to Liu Zeqing.

Liu Zeqing was wearing a Confucian shirt, pretending to be sitting upright.However, his two paws were groping around the bodies of two fourteen or fifteen-year-old girls beside him.

"Hmph! If you want to fight with me, Huang Degong only has 7 or 12 soldiers, but I now have [-] soldiers. In Nanjing, it's not about who has the most people. After two months, let's go to Luzhong Packed up, who will do anything to me when the time comes?"

Liu Zeqing became angry when he thought of the losses he suffered in Luzhong. Recently, he heard that Luzhong had recruited a lot of people, and he felt itchy when he thought about it.He convened the Salt Merchant Conference this time just to get some more money so he could go to Luzhong to recruit soldiers.

Although my family's money has piled up into mountains, who still dislikes having too much money?To recruit soldiers, he is not willing to take the silver that has been deposited in his cellar.

"Commander, there is a salt merchant outside the door who calls himself Li Ming, and said he has something to see." Li Huajing, Liu Zeqing's confidant, quietly came to his side at this time, bowing his head and said.

"Is there anything that can't be discussed at the Salt Merchant Conference tomorrow? I'm too lazy to meet a small merchant." Liu Zeqing was not interested in these salt merchants. He just wanted to clean them up all at once, so he didn't have the patience to meet them one by one.

"My subordinate has asked, and he said that there is money to be offered separately." Li Huajing spoke with joy on his face.

Seeing his expression, Liu Zeqing knew that it was not a bad thing, so he stopped his salty tricks, took Liu Zefeng's orange, and was about to throw it into his mouth.

"Since you have money, let Liu Zhiqian's nephew go see him." Liu Zeqing said lightly, throwing the orange that had been held in his hand for a long time into his mouth.

Chewing and chewing, Liu Zeqing didn't feel right. Why does this orange have a salty taste?Turning around, Liu Zeqing glanced at the little girl beside her. The little girl was panicked by Liu Zeqing's stare, and quickly knelt down and kowtowed.

"Drag it out and chop it up, bah!" Liu Zeqing spit out the oranges in one gulp, took a few mouthfuls in a hurry, and took a sip with a look of disgust.

"Marshal, spare your life! Marshal, spare your life!" The two little girls were frightened and kept begging for mercy.

"Go, replace me with two powdered ones. These two will be rewarded to the brothers. It can be said that I have a compassionate heart." Liu Zeqing opened the folding fan with a slap of his right hand, with a refined expression Mo Yang, pretending to be compassionate.

Upon hearing Liu Zeqing's words, Li Huajing showed a lewd smile on his face, and carried the two little girls to the next yard like catching chickens.

"Brother is becoming more and more like a civil servant. His demeanor is even better than that of Wang Yangming back then." Liu Zefeng quickly complimented him.

"It can't be compared, it can't be compared. Mr. Yangming is a saint, at most I can get the first prize in the exam. It's a pity that I don't have the opportunity to go to the exam room to try my best."

Liu Zeqing is vicious and vicious, and likes to call himself a Confucian general. He often shows off his literary talent, and often invites guests to drink and sing together.

He once called Liu Hongxun, a scholar in Chongzhen period, his uncle.As soon as Liu Hongxun died, he regarded his sons Kong Zhong and Kong He as his nephews.He didn't know much about books, and he thought he was romantic. Once he had a banquet in Huai'an, and he showed his poems for everyone to read.

The guests flattered and praised him one after another.Liu Konghe kept silent. He asked Liu Konghe by name, and Konghe jokingly said, "It's better not to do it."Immediately, he became furious, and took the opportunity to send Liu Konghe and 2000 people across Hezhou, and then beheaded him under the pretext of being fierce. The 2000 people under his command refused to accept the fierceness, but he actually killed all 2000 people without missing a single person. . ——From Baidu Encyclopedia.

After a while, a young man walked into the yard.The young man was also wearing a Confucian shirt, holding a folding fan, almost exactly like Liu Zeqing, but his eyes were erratic, and he kept glancing at the women around him.

This person is Liu Zhiqian, Liu Zeqing's nephew, and a loyal fan of Liu Zeqing, Liu Zeqing also values ​​this nephew very much.

"Marshal, I have already asked. The person who came was a Jinzhong salt merchant. He had met him before, and there was no problem. He came this time to introduce a salt merchant. He said that this person wanted to talk about things in the eastern Jin area. Qiqi organized a team to practice bravery, and wanted to seek a status as a defensive commander under the title of commander in chief."

Liu Zhiqian wanted to be like Liu Zeqing and half-lyed on the recliner, but he stretched out his hand. He didn't have a beautiful woman to cuddle like Liu Zeqing, so he was a little embarrassed.

"How much money is he going to give me?" Liu Zeqing squinted his eyes and asked contemptuously.

"10 million taels."

Upon hearing this, Liu Zeqing immediately sat up. 10 taels is not a small amount, far exceeding the value of a garrison.