Chapter 3 Tanhualang Lin Ruhai

When he arrived at the house, Jia Lian first went back to the room and changed his clothes, and then came to Lin Ruhai's bedroom door.

After the news was published, Jia Lian walked in.

After entering, Jia Lian smelled a very strong smell of medicine.

At this time, Lin Ruhai, who was as thin as a bed, was leaning on the sickbed waiting for Jia Lian's arrival.

"Lian'er, why did you come back so early? Are you satisfied with the banquet?" Lin Ruhai asked with a squinted eyes.

Lin Ruhai also heard about his reputation as his nephew.

Less than three days after coming, Lin Ruhai ran out to drink, and he was also a little helpless.

It seems that my Yue family is worse than the previous generation, but I just don’t know what happened to the boy named Baoyu from the second brother’s family mentioned in the letter.

Lin Ruhai deliberately refused what his mother-in-law said in his heart, but he knew that once he went, his only daughter, Yu'er, had both her parents died. The Lin family had been passed down for five generations, and there was no one to rely on within five generations.

The only one who is closest to Yu'er is the Yu'er's mother tribe.

So although Lin Ruhai was not optimistic about the Jia family and Jia Baoyu, the Jia family finally became the last place he entrusted Yu'er.

As for Jia Baoyu, the so-called young master who was born with jade, although he will not become a great man in the future, as long as he does not participate in things that he should not participate in, he will be fine without worries about food and clothing.

For a moment, many thoughts passed through Lin Ruhai's mind.

When Jia Lian heard Lin Ruhai's words, he quickly bowed and said, "Reply to my uncle's words, Yangzhou salt merchants are too enthusiastic and too extravagant."

Lin Ruhai looked at Jia Lian in surprise. He originally thought that Jia Lian would talk about food, drink and have fun, but he didn't expect that his nephew would actually answer seriously.

"Oh? How do you say it?" Lin Ruhai was curious about how his nephew would say it.

Jia Lian did not see Lin Ruhai's changes, so he hurriedly said his opinion: "My nephew is also a master. Although he usually eats gold and wears silver, compared with this Yangzhou salt merchant, it is like a beggar who has entered a gold and silver nest. This is the first time that my nephew has seen a dish made of the tongue of more than 100 chickens, and these hundreds of chickens are actually fed by eating pearl powder and drinking honey water. To be honest, my nephew didn't expect that this Yangzhou salt merchant would be so rich."

Lin Ruhai smiled and said, "You have just come to Yangzhou, and you will have the opportunity to see the wealth of salt merchants in the future."

Jia Lian quickly smiled and said, "Forget it, my nephew is afraid that he will be used to this extravagant life. In the future, he will probably be difficult to swallow even the food when he returns to the capital."

Lin Ruhai smiled and shook his head, then asked, "You just said that they were too enthusiastic, why don't you like it?"

Jia Lian frowned and expressed his opinion: "Uncle, although my nephew is from a family, he is far away in Kyoto. Moreover, Rongguo Mansion has been getting worse every year over the years. As for my nephew, he is even a playboy who is not motivated by eating, drinking, having fun. It is really puzzling to understand the enthusiasm of the salt merchants."

Lin Ruhai was really impressed at this time. It seemed that his nephew was not useless.

"So, why do they be so enthusiastic about you?"

Jia Lian bowed to Lin Ruhai and said, "My nephew thinks they are just for the sake of their uncle's face. However, uncle and nephew feel that they seem to be inquiring about something, which makes my nephew a little puzzled."

Lin Ruhai leaned against the head of the bed and asked indifferently: "Lian'er, you have been in the capital for a long time, have you ever heard of the salt administration?"

Lin Ruhai's question was inexplicably asked.

But Jia Lian knew what Lin Ruhai asked meant.

Since ancient times, the world's wealth has been salt and iron.

The wealth of salt merchants basically comes from the private salt they sell.

There are more than 80 million people in Dazhao, and the salt needed for a day is basically fixed.

According to the court's law, everyone should buy official salt, but the salt merchants rob the court's business and sell private salt.

There are only so many people, and everyone goes to buy private salt, so the official salt will not make much money, let alone taxes.

Da Zhao has only been seen for more than a hundred years. At the beginning of the opening, the salt tax could obtain tens of millions of silver every year, but for only more than a hundred years, the current salt government tax revenue is only more than one million taels of silver every year, which makes the current emperor very dissatisfied, so he sent the Salt Censor to rectify the salt affairs.

Before Lin Ruhai took office, the Yan Yan Censor changed three times in six years. Two of these three Yan Yan Censors ended up raiding their homes and beheading their heads, and one died of sudden illness after just one year.

Therefore, the emperor sent Lin Ruhai, the former Tanhualang, to organize the salt affairs.

Lin Ruhai's identity is very special, which is why the emperor likes him.

Lin Ruhai, his hometown, Gusu Lin, was a Tanhualang, and his master was the second assistant to the former cabinet. He had a wide connection among literati and had bad years in the court, a fellow countryman, and a fellow countryman.

Another thing that the emperor admired was that Lin Ruhai’s Yue family was Rongguo Mansion.

The Jia family in Rongguo Mansion is one of the four major families in Jinling. Jia Shi, Wang Xue has a strong influence in Jiangnan.

If Lin Ruhai is asked to be the salt inspector, the Jia family will not stand by.

This is also one of the reasons why Lin Ruhai was able to be a salt inspector in Yangzhou for so many years.

After Lin Ruhai became the salt inspector, he copied many salt merchants' homes, and the income of the salt administration increased year by year. Last year, the income of the salt administration was more than 6.5 million taels.

It can be said that Lin Ruhai did a very good job. As long as this continues, the salt administration income of tens of millions of taels a year is just a matter of time.

But no one expected that the emperor would abdicate directly to become the Supreme Emperor, and the new emperor was already a little dissatisfied with the Supreme Emperor's confidant as the Yan Censor.

Therefore, the Salt Administration became the battle between the Supreme Emperor and the New Emperor.

Today, because the treasury has no money, I am determined to increase the salt tax in Jiangnan as soon as possible, so I asked Lin Ruhai to reorganize the salt business.

Reorganizing the salt business is to take their lives for the salt merchants.

Therefore, although the reorganization of salt business was still at the time of the news, Lin Ruhai, who had been in good health before, suddenly became seriously ill.

Just think about it, there must be the hands and feet of salt merchants.

Jia Lian still knows a little about this.

"My nephew has heard of this in the capital."

Lin Ruhai still asked calmly: "In your opinion, can this happen?"

Jia Lian was speechless. He was just a commoner now. Although he had donated an official position, he was just a false position and had no room for intervention in the major affairs of the court.
Chapter completed!