manynovel Chapter 838 This road is right at your feet
Chapter 838 This road is right at your feet
Chapter 838 This Way is Right at Your Feet
When Zhou Jinghe arrived, he was not surprised to see Patriarch Qu already in the study.
Because Chief Qu had expressed his willingness to support the new policy before, and was very active in asking about it. On the contrary, he only hurried over after hearing that Chief Qu was coming.
But what surprised him was that Jiang Youzhen actually asked the two of them to discuss matters with him in the study at the same time.
What does this mean? He had the same guess as Chief Qu. Could it be that they were asked to bid? It seemed that this gentleman had a big appetite!
After exchanging a few pleasantries with Jiang Youzhen, the tribe leader of Qu clan, Zhou Jinghe went straight to the point.
"I believe you all know that my purpose of coming here is to obtain salt permits. Our Zhou family is a family of medicinal herbs, and medicinal herbs are indispensable for marching and fighting.
The Zhou family wants a salt permit to be sent to the border, please give us a chance."
Zhou Jinghe also asked his personal attendant behind him to take out a small wooden box and handed it to Qinglang on Jiang Youzhen's side.
He glanced at the box on the table next to Jiang Youzhen, estimating in his mind how much Patriarch Qu would give.
Chief Qu does have some foresight, but he is a very stingy person.
It was because he knew the character of Patriarch Qu that he came up with the corresponding countermeasures. He believed that as long as Lord Jiang saw the banknotes he brought, he would definitely choose him.
Chief Qu's face was already livid. In his opinion, Zhou Jinghe was here to compete with him for the quota. Zhou Jinghe also guessed how much silver he would get, so he followed closely behind him.
As expected, when Jiang Youzhen opened it, he found that the top one was a silver note of 1,000 taels. Judging from the thickness, there should be about 100 notes, which means Zhou Jinghe prepared 100,000 taels.
Zhou Jinghe saw that Jiang Youzhen looked normal, but showed a slightly surprised look when he saw the thickness of the large amount of silver bills. He immediately smiled with a determined look.
He turned his head to look at Chief Qu, only to see that his face was ashen and he looked somewhat uneasy.
He had said long ago that sooner or later Chief Qu would be ruined by his stinginess.
As the patriarch of a large family and a businessman, even if you are spending money to make friends, you must not be known as a stingy person, otherwise who will want to make friends with you in the future?
However, Jiang Youzhen's action at the next moment surprised him. He saw Jiang Youzhen cover the brocade box and put it aside again.
"You two have really misunderstood my meaning. It is not impossible to release one or two quotas for salt permits to the border. But these are not what I want." Jiang Youzhen smiled meaningfully.
The two were stunned for a moment, looked at each other, and saw the confusion in each other's eyes.
"You two should go back and think about it carefully! The new policy announced by the court will probably be issued in the next few days."
Jiang Youzhen picked up the tea bowl and said this, which meant he was seeing the guest off.
The two men stood up hesitantly, full of doubts.
Jiang Youzhen pointed to the two brocade boxes on the table towards Qinglang. Qinglang understood and immediately stuffed the two brocade boxes into the hands of the two family heads.
"Please come in, both of you." He gestured to the two of them.
Since the guests had been seen off, the two of them didn't want to stay any longer and just said goodbye and left.
The two of them left the government office study, still confused. Just as they were about to speak, they saw a carriage parked at the government office's corner gate. Then a man got off the carriage. The two of them saw that it was an acquaintance.
Huh? It's actually a thousand-year-old pine tree?
"Master Wan!" The two of them bowed and greeted Wan Niansong.
"Patriarch Qu, Patriarch Zhou, what are you doing?" Wan Niansong saw that the two of them looked very surprised.
"Brother Wan, are you going to discuss matters with the Imperial Envoy?"
"Exactly! You two too?"
Patriarch Qu and Patriarch Zhou looked at each other and then sighed.
"Why are you two acting like this? Is there something bothering you? Why don't you tell me? Perhaps I can think of a solution."
"Brother Wan, let's talk for a moment! If you are not in a hurry, how about we go to the teahouse in front and chat?" said the chief of the Qu clan.
"It's not urgent. If you two have something to say, we can go to the teahouse to discuss it in detail."
As the three of them were talking, they agreed to take a carriage to the teahouse. As soon as they entered the wing, before Wan Niansong sat down, Patriarch Qu and Patriarch Zhou started talking.
They wanted to test it out, but after thinking about it, they felt it would be better to just say it directly.
Anyway, Wan Niansong has already clung to Jiang Youzhen's thigh, so he must know what Jiang Youzhen means.
So the two of them briefly recounted what had just happened, hiding the exact amount of money involved and simply saying that they had demonstrated their strength.
Unexpectedly, Wan Niansong just smiled and said nothing after hearing this, and the two of them frowned immediately.
"Brother Wan, please don't keep us in suspense. We also want to do the same as you. Do you have any ideas?"
The products sold by the three companies are different, so there is no competition between them.
Wan Niansong smiled mysteriously, "Because do you know why the Imperial Envoy values the Wan and Yun families so much?"
The two shook their heads at the same time. Yes! I heard that these two families seemed to be involved in the smuggling of salt before, but there has been no news in the past few days. After the imperial envoy investigated, he found that it was a fabrication.
Do they believe this? Definitely not!
How could they not know whether the Wan and Yun families were smuggling salt? Even if they only did it once or twice, they were still involved. If they were really investigated, the Wan and Yun families would be completely finished.
The Imperial Envoy helped them conceal it and even wanted to be their backer. These two families must have paid a high price. As for what price? They were a little curious now.
"Of course it's because I divided the net profits from all the family businesses." Wan Niansong reminded.
How come these two people are so smart on weekdays and don’t think of this? Originally, it was the rule to find a backer and give him bonuses. If you don’t give them benefits, how can they help you solve your difficulties?
This is also a means to closely link the family and the backer. Many businessmen want to find a backer, but have no way to do so.
Now that the opportunity has been presented to these two, they don't even know how to take the step. Could it be that they still despise the Imperial Envoy and want to find someone else to back them?
The two of them reacted after Wan Nian Song's reminder, but...
They were still unsure about being tied to Jiang Youzhen because Jiang Youzhen was too young and was only a sixth-rank official. Could he really protect them?
"Now Lord Jiang is a favorite of the Emperor. When Lord Jiang was going to Jiangnan to eliminate the salt gang, the Emperor promised to reward him according to his merits after he returned, and at least promote him two levels."
Wan Niansong said this with admiration on his face.
"Think about it, Lord Jiang is only seventeen years old this year and will soon be promoted to a fifth-rank official. He has a bright future! The most important thing is that he is now in the emperor's good graces and has the potential to be a favorite minister."