Jia Zheng is nearly 60 years old, and his hair and beard are all white, but he is well-behaved. The evil spirit that he had fought on the battlefield in his prime was overflowing between his eyebrows and eyes. His eyes under his thick eyebrows were bright and his dragon-headed crutches were pestle, and he was powerful without anger, which immediately made the air in the room heavy.

"What's going on?" Jia Sidao looked at his cousin Jia Zongyan who was sitting opposite, glaring and sad, and his eyes gradually became gloomy and sharp, and he asked.

Although Jia Changhe is his cousin in terms of seniority, he is much older and is almost fifty years old. The nephew Jia Changhe who was in trouble is not a few years younger than Jia Sidao.

The murder and robbery were the children of the Jia family, which was very serious.

If hundreds of people died, the average horse could not do it. Is there anyone behind the scenes who are interested in the Jia family? You must understand it.

"The detailed situation is not very clear, because no one survived when they went out together." Jia Zheng rolled his eyes, looked at Jia Zongyan, and said sadly: "It's a pity that Changhe is always smart and capable. He is a rare opportunity among the Jia family's children in this generation. He is responsible for our family's industry in Sichuan. Shi Xian, you know, my Jia family has a great business and has run a lot of business over the years. After all, this family wants to have a meal and don't make more money. If there is a turmoil, there will be no money to save their lives."

"I know, thank you for your hard work, the Jia family is what you are today." Jia Sidao nodded and said.

As Jia Zheng said, of course Jia Sidao knew that the Jia family's business was spread all over the Song Dynasty, doing all kinds of business and making money. However, the most core business still requires the salt industry.

The children of each generation of the Jia family will distinguish talent tendencies according to the convention and start training from childhood. Those who are proficient in studying or not can be sent to academies and businesses at their teens after learning to read in private schools, and are subject to strict supervision and training.

Jia Sidao has been proficient in poetry since he was a child and has taken the path of politics, while his nephew Jia Changhe is the business path he took.

The Jia family has a large share of the sea salt business in Jiangnan. The Jia family has a large share in the salt farms in various places. The Jia family is stationed in various places, and their salt stacks are also sold and traded to seek benefits.

If the business is bigger, the vision will be long-term. Just staring at the salt industry in Jiangnan is not enough. There are many people in the Song Dynasty here. There may be high-ranking officials of the priest level or royal relatives behind any salt merchant. Although the business is done separately, there will inevitably be friction and bumps. Many times, I have to swallow my anger and end up with concessions.

Therefore, after Jia Zheng took over his family, he began to extend his tentacles to the Central Plains, Sichuan and other places. There were relatively few people who were thinking about it. Although the risks were greater than the prosperous areas in Jiangnan, the interests were higher. Especially when he went north from Shu and trafficked salt to Tubo, Jin and other places. The profits of one trip were equivalent to the harvest of half a month in Jiangnan. Therefore, the Jia family placed the capable tribes there, deliberately managing and making good friends with local officials.

Jia Changhe is the representative of the Jia family in Sichuan. He has been a salt merchant in Shu for nearly ten years.

Before the Jin Dynasty fell, the Sichuan salt sold by the Jia family mainly competed with the Xixia green salt, and sold it to the Jin people in Shaanxi near Sichuan. Mongolia destroyed the Jin Kingdom. The Secretariat ordered Yelu Chucai to rule the Han area in the Yellow River Basin. Jia Changhe had taken some unknown ways, but actually established a connection with Yelu Chucai. On the battlefield full of beacons, he safely sent batches of Sichuan salt through mountains and waters and continued to transport them to the Guanzhong area.

The white salt was exchanged for golden money, and Jia Changhe was booming in Shu. The unexplained relationship between officials at all levels in Sichuan and salt merchants further made him bigger. Although he was not considered the largest salt merchant in Sichuan, he definitely sold salt from Shu to the north.

The annual income of the Jia family accounts for a considerable proportion of the income from salt production in Sichuan. The family values ​​Jia Changhe more and more. Jia Zheng is planning to call him back in a few years and keep him by his side to hone his life. In the future, the burden of the Jia family's business will sooner or later fall on this capable man who is about the same age as Jia Sidao.

Unexpectedly, Jia Changhe was dead.

"Changhe asked someone to bring back news more than a month ago, saying that after the Sichuan chaos, Xichuan's salt industry was about to recover again. It was a great opportunity to squeeze out the market. He was ready to show his strength and greatly explore our salt industry in Xichuan." Jia Zhengdao.

Jia Sidao nodded, listened intently, and did not speak. He knew that Jia Zheng had some more details.

Sure enough, Jia Zheng continued: "If you want to talk about clues, it is in it. Changhe said that the Xichuan Commander sent a military general named Changsun Hong to be responsible for the management of Sichuan salt. This man was a barbarian and unreasonable. As soon as he came, he appointed a business to monopolize the salt profit. Other salt merchants who wanted to buy Sichuan salt must buy it from this business, and the price was a few percent higher."

Jia Sidao snorted and interrupted: "Martial man is greedy!"

Jia Zheng deeply agreed: "Changhe also believed that he sued the General Office of the General Office, but he said that the General Office of the General Office was drawn from the salt profit and used for military pay expenses. Therefore, there is no way to support Changsun Hong's behavior!"

Jia Sidao frowned, frowned even deeper, raised his eyelids and said, "This matter cannot be confirmed. How can outsiders know whether they are doing the account book? The court cannot find it out. Maybe it has been put into personal pockets, and some people may not be able to get fat!"

Jia Zheng looked at him and said, "What Changhe wrote is exactly the same as what you said. If we follow this method, we will have to reduce the profit of selling salt by at least 30% or 40%. It is really not cost-effective. Changhe wants to bypass the Salt Supervision and do it by himself!"

"Isn't that the one selling private salt?" Jia Sidao was a little surprised and opened his eyes wide and said, "Why don't you tell me that I'll deal with it? Go to the Privy Council to sue him, who dares to shelter?"

"It should be like this." Jia Zheng coughed and said, "Isn't this the north urge? It rained heavily in the north, and the salt pond over there was flooding, and even a grain of salt could not be produced. The price was high. After long river's calculations, they made a decision and made a move. Something happened on the road."

Jia Sidao narrowed his eyes and changed his color and said, "Uncle Second means... Isn't the long river a bandit you encountered?"

"Many of the people who followed Changhe were the Lianghuai soldiers who followed your father and I back then. They had no experience and martial arts. The team of hundreds of people, ordinary bandits were not opponents at all." Jia Zheng said coldly: "And how many times have Changhe walked on that road? Where is the place not peaceful? Where is there danger? Do you not know? You will be trapped in someone else's trap in an unknown way?"

Jia Sidao's pupils shrank a little and said, "Uncle Second, there is something strange here!"

"That's right. I have sent someone to Xichuan to check the truth. My child is gone. How can I give up?" Jia Zheng gritted his teeth and clucked his hands with his hands: "There must be someone in Xichuan that can't get out of it. Maybe there are people in the officialdom to participate. The Changsun Hong, who was in charge of the salt administration, is very suspicious. Shi Xian, I'll ask you to come back, just tell you this. I hope you think about it. If it's really this person who did it..."

He stared at Jia Sidao, his eyes showing fierce light, like a bloodthirsty old wolf, extremely fierce: "You know what to do!"

Jia Sidao's eyes met him, and he was as cruel and violent as he was, his muscles all over his body tensed up. He pressed the handrail and replied in a low voice: "Don't worry, kill my Jia family, I want him to return it ten times more!"
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