Jia Min's Counterattack

More than half a month has passed, and there were people who went to Fang's house to inquire about the saltworks, but no one paid attention to Fang's saltworks in the past two days, and even the people in Yangzhou City paid little attention to this matter. After that, no one in the teahouse and restaurant talked about Fang anymore about the Fang family's sale of the salt field.

Old Mr. Fang could still hold his breath, but Mr. Fang was a little impatient.

"Father! No one cares about our saltworks anymore, and Mr. Lin doesn't seem to care at all. Should we still sell it?"

"Selling is a must! It just depends on the timing!"

"But it's been so many days, and there is not even a single person who is interested, and the Liu family hasn't even asked about it."

"How do you know that the Liu family didn't ask?" Mrs. Fang asked with a frown.

"I'm being watched by others. Not only did the Liu family never come to our house, but they didn't take the initiative to mention it to others! You said that the Liu family didn't even ask, so it must be because they really don't want to buy our salt farm?"

"Did you really not even ask?" Only then did Old Master Fang realize that things were different from what he expected.

"I'm sure, the Liu family really didn't ask!" Master Fang said solemnly.

Mrs. Fang blinked, and Mr. Fang said, "Why do you think the Liu family didn't even ask? Such an approach is unreasonable!"

"Father, I think the Liu family seems to have something to rely on, otherwise they wouldn't have become so tough all of a sudden! The last time my father personally came to persuade him to come forward to negotiate with Mr. Lin, he was flatly rejected by Mrs. Liu, without hesitation On the other hand, this time I am even more indifferent to such a large piece of fat, I always feel that there must be something strange in it!"

"Although the Fang family has always remained neutral, because of their deep roots in Yangzhou, even Zhen Yingjia is unwilling to offend him easily. Speaking of which, they are in-laws with the Zhen family, but they have never asked for any benefits from Zhen Yingjia because of this. Instead, when Zhen Yingjia was in trouble, he spent a lot of gold and silver to help him. What is the Liu family planning to do?" Old Master Fang asked in confusion.

"Father! We have always been on good terms with the Liu family. Is it necessary to confront them this time?" Mr. Fang worried that his father was confused and set up a strong enemy for the Fang family.

"The two of us can only keep each other in peace, otherwise no one will get better! I won't do things that hurt the enemy one thousand and self-damage eight hundred!" Old Master Fang snorted coldly.

"Then let's still wait like this, and the salt field is still left like that?"

"Don't panic, wait a few days before talking! Let's find out what Mr. Lin is thinking! You invite Mr. Hua to drink tomorrow and find out what he has to say!"

In the evening of the next day, Mr. Fang invited Hua Chong to the delicacy shop for a drink.Hua Chong had been waiting for the Fang family to come. After getting off the Yamen at night, he changed his clothes and went to Zhenxiufang in a carriage.

When he arrived at the private room that Mr. Fang had reserved in advance, Mr. Fang was already waiting for him inside. After the two greeted each other, they sat down and chatted while drinking and eating.

After drinking for three rounds, Mr. Fang saw that Hua Chong's face was reddish, with a hint of drunkenness, his eyes flashed, he opened his mouth and turned to the topic.

"Mr. Hua heard the news that our Fang family plans to sell the biggest salt farm?"

"Oh! Tell me about this! A few days ago there was an uproar in the city of Yangzhou, no one knew who didn't know! But it seems that no one has heard it again recently. Is Mr. Fang your Fang family? Have you found your next home?"

Mr. Fang faintly felt that Hua Chong's tone was playful, but seeing that he was still smiling like that, his eyes were a little blurred, thinking maybe he was too sensitive, so he didn't pay much attention.

"Mr. Hua doesn't know that our Fang family wanted to sell the salt field because we had no choice but to distribute too little salt this year, and there was no way to sell the extra salt. We can only stop working first. But it’s not a problem to stop like this all the time, I just want to sell the salt farm, which can reduce some losses to some extent!”

"Oh! It turns out there are so many insiders! But why didn't you report more amount last year? The salt that the yamen distributes is based on the amount you reported. For the first three months, it is still Half of the salt is too much!"

"This... There is some misunderstanding in this. One of the shopkeepers in our family missed the total when calculating the total, so..."

"Hmph! Mr. Fang is looking at me at this moment, drunk and coaxing me to play?" Hua Chong sneered.

"No, no, no! I don't mean that at all! What I mean is..."

"Hey! You don't need to explain anything to me, you have your own affairs, and I can't control so much as a teacher!" Hua Chong picked up the wine glass and tilted his neck, and drank the wine in the glass.

Mr. Fang also knew that none of the excuses he made could fool this person in front of him. To become Lin Ruhai's master, at least he must have a very good brain. It would be harder to fool him than going to heaven.But this is not the time to tell the truth, Mr. Fang didn't know how to continue his words for a moment.

"Master Fang, if you have something to say, just say it, why bother to beat around the bush like this, you feel bad, and I'm tired for you!" Hua Chong looked at Mr. Fang with a smile.

Master Fang thought for a moment, then gritted his teeth and said, "I would like to know how Master Lin thinks about this matter? I also ask Mr. Hua to give me some advice!"

Hua Chong poured himself another glass of wine, filled Master Fang's glass again, then raised his glass with a smile and clinked glasses with Master Fang, and then the two drank the wine in the glass together.

"Forget it, I'll tell you a piece of news for the sake of our friendship, and you'll know it from other people soon anyway." Hua Chong took a bite of the food with his chopsticks and ate it. Then he continued: "Master Huigui has a Zhuangzi bestowed by the emperor in the northwest, do you know?"

"I've heard it! I heard that it's all planted with cotton!"

"Two days ago, Master Lin received a letter from Princess Huigui's family, saying that a salt mine was discovered in the imperial estate."

"What! Is this true?"

"Of course it's true, how could I lie to you with such a thing?"

"This... Princess Huigui is really a well-deserved lucky star!" Master Fang said in a sour tone, envious and jealous of Lin Ruhai in his heart.

"Hehe! It seems that Master Fang didn't understand what I meant!"

"Oh! That's right! Princess Huigui plans to collect salt by herself?"

"No! Princess Huigui has already reported to the imperial court, and the salt mine will be managed by the imperial court, and it will also belong to the imperial court in the future!"