Li Mosong shook his head at this moment, and said a little bit jokingly, and a little bit serious: "Some people have been singing opera for a long time, and they really think they are the roles in the opera. Just like the actor who has played the prime minister for a long time, they think they are the prime minister, and when they play the role of Qin, they think they are the imperial envoy."

Lin Yan háo smiled and refused to say anything when he heard this.

Li Mosong walked with his hands behind his back, stretched out his hand and pointed at Lin Yanháo and said, "Of course, in the opinion of my official, you are definitely not such a shallow person."

Lin Yan háo bowed and said, "Thank you, my parents, otherwise I really don't know what to say."

Li Mosong sneered: "But in my opinion, I only smile fifty and hundred steps. Getting close to power is not power in my hands. Foxes pretend to be powerful, and relying on power is not a long-term way. I am here to advise you with kind words, don't mislead yourself."

Lin Yan háo said: "Why did the parents say this?"

Li Mosong said seriously: "You...you think you can walk horizontally in Yangzhou City by relying on the power of the patrol master, so you will be wrong."

Before Lin Yan háo could speak, he heard Lin mutter in a low voice: "The inspector is also a sesame official."

Lin Yanháo sighed after hearing this.

Li Mosong's face twisted a few times, looked at Lin Yong, and then looked at Lin Yan. He thought that Lin Yan was relying on Li Ruhua's power to pretend to be powerful. It was reasonable to look down on Mr. Ma and himself so much. But now it is obvious that Lin Yan is not Li Ruhua's person, otherwise no matter how brave his son is, he would not dare to say this, otherwise he would be a cheating father.

Li Mosong looked at Lin Yan again. Indeed, if he was a confidant or aide to a court official, these people were all smart and capable, with a steady demeanor, and could be seen at a glance with his every move, but the other party was just an ordinary person, at most he said, like a scholar.

Li Mosong bent down and asked Lin Yong, "Is the little brother just said that the inspector is a Sesame Official?"

Lin licked the sesame on his lips with his tongue and nodded: "I've said that."

Li Mosong raised his face and clasped his fists to the north and said, "The Censor of the Salt Inspection Office was ordered by the Emperor to inspect the Yan Road in Lianghuai. He was an imperial envoy. Even the prefect should respect him three points. Why do you say he is a Sesame Official?"

Lin Yong said without hesitation: "As the saying goes, the seventh-rank sesame official, isn't the censor a seventh-rank? Is the salt inspector a censor a censor a censor? Is the censor a sesame official?"

After hearing Lin Yong's words, Li Mosong couldn't help laughing.

Lin Yan háo sighed: "Son is not the fault of the godfather. He is too busy on weekdays and has less discipline. Today, he offended the place and asks the parents to forgive him. Do not say anything more, otherwise..."

Lin Yan háo remembered that he did not discipline Lin Yong on weekdays and lacked threats, so Lin Yong was more afraid of his mother and was not afraid of himself.

Lin Yong was displeased by Lin Yan's scolding the boss, but Li Mosong said kindly: "This statement makes me speechless. If the son is good at training, he may not be unable to become a great man in the future."

Lin Yong was very happy when he heard this, and looked up at Lin Yanháo. Li Mosong continued: "Young brother doesn't even take the salt inspector's censor seriously. It seems that your father is a very small official!"

Lin Yong wanted to say something, but looked up at Lin Yanháo and stopped talking.

Lin Yan nodded and stroked Lin's palm with his hand, thinking, after all, he was born by himself, and he was still not stupid.

Lin Yan háo smiled and said, "What the parents said is exactly, jade cannot be made into a weapon without carving. You must remember this."

Lin Yan háo said to Li Mosong again: "Today is not the place to speak. Another day, Lin will visit his parents' officials."

At this moment, someone said, "It's really a place to search for something without any effort."

Li Mosong looked at it but saw Mr. Ma who was wrapped in gauze and walked over. President Ma and several big salt merchants from Yangzhou came with Mr. Ma.

For example, Shen Ming, son of Chen Tingzhen, Fan Xuemin of the Fan family, Chen Tingzhen is Zhang Siwei's brother-in-law, and Fan Xuemin's grandfather Fan Shikui is a big salt merchant in Shanxi, and Fan Xuemin's sister married Zhang Siwei's younger brother Zhang Sixiang.

So when Zhang Siwei was in the cabinet, the Shen family and the Fan family were extremely powerful among the salt merchants in Lianghuai, and no official dared to offend them, otherwise he would be unable to get along with the black hat.

In addition to Lianghuai Salt, Zhang Siwei and Wang Chonggu also controlled Hedong Salt and Changlu Salt at that time. Zhang Siwei's mother was Wang Chonggu's sister. But now it was not the time when Zhang Siwei was in the Pavilion back then. The Chen and Fan families, including President Ma, were much more low-key.

In addition to Mr. Ma, President Ma, Shen Ming and Fan Xuemin, there was also a man in his thirties who came here. This person was Wu Shifeng from the Wu family in She County. His father was Wu Shouli, a famous merchant in She County. Wu Shouli managed the salt and timber industries and did a great job in business.

A few years ago, the emperor was short of money for the enlistment of Myanmar, so the Wu family gave the imperial court 200,000 taels of silver. So the emperor gave Wu Shouliquor, and Wu Shi was the servant of the Secretariat.

This is a real position, not a resigned official.

Only the Wu family can do the businessman who was awarded an official position without passing the imperial examination.

In another time and space history, when the Wanli Dynasty conquered the dynasty, the Wu family paid 300,000 taels of silver to the court, and gave a total of 500,000 taels, which was close to the salt tax of Lianghuai for one year.

The emperor also appointed Wu Shouli as the chief of Guanglu Temple, and six people from the Wu family successively named him the Minister of the Secretariat.

Wu Shifeng is now popular, and his popularity has surpassed Ma, Chen and Fanshu. He is now the vice president of Lianghuai Salt Merchants Association.

Li Mosong understood that Ma, Chen, Fan and the Zhang family in Puzhou were both prosperous and both rich and damaged. They would definitely come to hold a banquet for Zhang Taizheng, and even Wu Shifeng would sell Zhang Taizheng's face.

Except for President Ma, Mr. Ma, and several other Yangzhou salt merchants did not come forward, otherwise the entire second floor would have caused a sensation. Most of the people here would not recognize Li Mosong, but if these big salt merchants did not recognize them in Yangzhou, they would be unable to get over the money in their pockets.

President Ma, Mr. Ma met Li Mosun, and then looked at Lin Yan.

President Ma glanced at Lin Yanháo and immediately said to his son: "Today is a critical occasion, don't delay the important matter."

President Ma looked at it, but saw that Lin Yan was calm and composed, not the appearance of a liar in his impression.

"I haven't left yet. The Master of Futai is still waiting."

President Ma ordered Mr. Ma, and the other party forced himself to hold back, glared at Lin Yan and then went upstairs.

Then President Ma looked at Lin Yanháo and bowed, "I'm the President Ma of the Salt Merchants Association. You should have heard of my name. Today, Master Tai, the Lord of the Mansion, has invited salt merchants from both Huaihe River and important members from Nanjing. Since this brother Tai is here, it's better to go to the banquet together. Let's make friends. Can brother Tai give a gift to Ma?"

Lin Yan háo said: "Thank you, President Ma, I am not a salt merchant in Yangzhou or an official in Yangzhou, so I didn't go rashly."

"Why is it because Brother Tai blamed Ma for not posting in advance?" President Ma teased, and then smiled and said to Li Mosong, "Why did this brother dare not go when he heard the name of Master Tai. Master Tai would not dare to go. Master Tai should know that Brother Tai would not even sell his face, so he would probably be unhappy."

Li Mosong knew that President Ma was not sincerely invited him. He wanted to test Lin Yanháo how to react when he knew the name of the prefect, and how much the other party was able to understand at a glance.

Lin Yanháo thought for a while and said, "President Ma is so kind, so it's better to obey your orders than to be respectful. President Ma asks you."

President Ma was already embarrassed at this moment.

The three-story banquet hall on the third floor can see the scenery of the Little Qinhuai River. Yangzhou City is bounded by the river, with the old city to the west and the new city to the east, Yingen Bridge, Kaiming Bridge, and Tongsi Bridge across the Little Qinhuai River to communicate with the old and new cities.

There are crowds of people on the bridge, and there are small boats under the bridge. Along the river are teahouses, restaurants, bookstores, famous gardens, and baths. It is a prosperous destination.

As the prefect of this city, Yang Prefect and Zhang Taizheng, Linxuan with his hands behind his back, and he was able to enjoy the scenery of Xiao Qinhuai.

Several salt merchants and Li Mosong went upstairs to see each other, and Zhang Taizheng nodded and said, "Prince Li has not arrived yet, let's wait for a banquet."

The salt merchants said that they immediately took a seat at the coffee table next to the Eight Immortals Table. When Mr. Ma arrived, the other party had been chatting for a while.

"Where is Brother Ma?"

Mr. Ma bowed and said, "My father is chatting with others."

Shen Ming of the Shen family asked President Ma: "Who is the person just now?"

Mr. Ma smiled and said, "Officials are not officials, businessmen are not businessmen, they are very arrogant."

Wu Shifeng smiled and said, "Oh? There are people like this. Do you want me to find out his details?"

Mr. Ma smiled and bowed, "I dare not work for President Wu, we can solve this problem by ourselves."

Wu Shifeng nodded and said, "Okay, I'll just speak if you have something to do."

Zhang Taizheng suddenly asked: "Which famous is the brothel in front? So many scholars flock to it."

Mr. Ma quickly stood up and said, "I heard that it is Liu Yanzi, a famous Jianghuai River. In terms of talent, you can reach the top three in Yangzhou."

Magistrate Yang said: "This Liu Yanzi has also been heard by our mansion."

Zhang Taizheng smiled and said, "Only places like Jianghuai can there be such beautiful women."

Seeing this, Yang smiled and said, "Since it is the love of the official, let Liu Yanzi go upstairs and sing a song to see if she has real talent?"

All the salt merchants smiled. A famous person like Liu Yanzi was sought after by many scholars. They usually don’t see people easily, otherwise why should they compete in the flag tower and poetry?

Now that the prefect Yang asked her to sing a song, it was like treating her as an ordinary singer who performed her skills. If this matter was spread, its value would definitely drop sharply, and people would definitely not want to. This is not something that can be done for a lot of money, but the prefect of Yangzhou is enough to do it.

Zhang Taizheng nodded to Prefect Yang, thanking him.

Magistrate Yang took a sip of tea and said, "I heard that the man who injured President Ma's son is here too? Is this person a guest of the patrol officer?"

Li Mosong said: "Reporting to the Lord of the Mansion, it seems that it is not, but the officials seem to..."

Prefect Yang interrupted: "How old is that person?"

"It's less than thirty years."

Yang prefect smiled and said, "Although Zhuge Kongming was appointed as the military advisor General at the age of 27, there are a few Kongmings in the world. If it weren't for the serious business, I would invite him to our mansion to take a look on your behalf. Maybe I can make you smile at that time."

After hearing what Yang prefect said, Mr. Ma and President Ma laughed, and the other salt merchants laughed.

Wu Shifeng smiled and said, "Kong Ming was appointed as the General of the Central Army at the age of 27. It was like the fact that the Lord of the Futai was appointed as the prefect of Yangzhou back then, but it was a good story in Yangzhou."

The prefect Yang smiled. He was appointed as the prefect of Yangzhou at the age of 32, and was considered successful at a young age. This was also a very brilliant move in his career.

Yang Magistrate Yang smiled and said, "I dare not take it. I am the official in Yangzhou. It is all supported by my mentor Wen Yigong. Otherwise, how could I get my official position in this Feng Shui treasure land?"

After saying that, Yang Gongfu toasted Zhang Taizheng, everyone raised their glasses together.

Zhang Taizheng nodded and drank a glass of wine, and then went out to change his clothes.

After a moment, the door of the banquet hall opened, President Ma, Li Mosong, and a young man entered the room together.

The magistrate Yang's eyes flashed. He felt that the young man in front of him looked familiar, but he couldn't remember the other person for a moment.

President Ma's face turned pale and immediately walked to the prefect Yang and said, "The mansion is so big, this person has a big order, but he came uninvited!"

Li Mosong felt that President Ma was too shameless when he heard this. It was clearly the one he invited Lin Yan to come, but now he has been uninvited.

The prefect Yang reached out and walked to Lin Yan and said, "Brother, I wonder if we have met in Beijing in the past?"

Lin Yan háo said: "I remember that Master Fu Tai was a Jinshi in the fifth year of Wanli and was a subordinate of Duke Zhang Wenyi. In the ninth year of Wanli, I met with Master Fu Tai. I still remember Master Fu Tai, but Master Fu Tai didn't remember that Master Fu Tai."

Others think this is natural. For example, all officials in the court can recognize Shen Shixing, but it does not mean that Shen Shixing knows all the officials.

"Oh?" Yang Taifu tried hard to recall that such things were very rude in relationships, not to mention in officialdom.
To be continued...