Jinan.

Wang Kang was not very majestic in front of his three sons, but as the father of the Duke, he was still respected in the eyes of others other than his three sons.

Nowadays, the prohibition on alcohol has actually been in name only, but Wang Kang is too lazy to do wine business anymore, so he only threw this big stall to Wang Liu for treatment, in order to have a way out for his subordinates to have a way out.

Wang Kang himself started a salt business.

In fact, Wang Kang didn't even want to sell salt. Although he used to blame Wang Zhu for cutting off the family business all day long, he felt that he was losing his element as a businessman.

Wang Kang is older and his reaction is not as quick as his three sons. However, as the head of the family, his vision is not bad. He has gradually understood over the past few months. At that time, it was the right decision for his sons to give up the wine industry in exchange for the position of the court. He just refused to give in.

Who would have thought that in just two years, the Wang family was no longer the same.

As the so-called scholars, farmers, industry and commerce, Wang Kang planned to make the Wang family among the first-class gentry. For this purpose, he mainly did several things after he arrived in Jinan.

First, build schools to allow the Wang family to study; second, buy land without hesitation; third, seek marriage with the family of famous scholars and officials... After more than ten years of diligent operation, the Wang family can also be regarded as a "farming and reading family".

He already felt that wearing official uniforms made people call him "Mr. Wang" too rustic. He liked to dress up with feather fan and lantern scarf made people call him "Mr. Wang". He often held a book "The Analects of Confucius" and read it in his hand. After reading it, he never read the fifth page. In Aunt Shen's words, "Why do you have to make things difficult for me?" But Wang Kang was just happy.

Unfortunately, not long after, Wang Xiao took Wang Xiao to divide the land he bought. Wang Xiao also "persuaded" him not to merge the land in the future. The original words were, "I will start land reform soon. Dad, if you dare to buy land, you will lose all your money. Dad, you have to keep up with my ideas..."

Wang Kang was angry and helpless, but in short, he had no choice but to focus on building schools to teach and educate people.

Not long after, Wang Xiao relaxed the official system, and the children of the Wang family, including some villains in charge, were arranged to work in various places. Wang Kangjian's schoolhouse was also requisitioned to teach people some miscellaneous studies.

This matter... Wang Kang regarded himself as cultivating a lot of talents for his son.

Seeing that Wang Kang was quite frustrated, Wang Xiao threw millions of stones of grain into his hand and asked him to sell salt.

Wang Kang was furious.

"I wanted to sell wine at that time, but you didn't let me sell it. Now, in my status, you want me to manage the business of merchants..."

Before he could finish his roar, he was interrupted by Wang Xiao's wave of his hand.

"Did I ask my father to sell salt? Can you sell it for millions of stones? So, my Chu Dynasty was in Lianghuai, and Liangzhe set up a transfer salt envoy, but now the land of Lianghuai and Liangzhe is all under the rebellion of Zhou Yu. Shandong official salt cannot be controlled by them. With your status and status, and with these millions of stones of salt envoy, although they do not have a title, it is tantamount to Shandong's transfer salt envoy... Of course, these salt envoys were made by me, and Lianghuai did not recognize them.

Dad, you only need to remember a few regulations for doing this. First, most private salt dealers in Shandong come from Lianghuai, and have made a lot of money in recent years. I don’t allow them to make any money. If you sell official salt, even if you don’t make money, you must make the people more affordable. At the same time, you must crack down on private salt. You cannot let Shandong’s silver money flow into the hands of Lianghuai Salt Owl…”

Wang Kang didn't like Wang Xiao's tone, but he still sneered: "When doing business, these old men in Jiangnan must not be my opponents, so you don't need to say more."

Wang Xiao was speechless, probably also understood where Wang Zhu's arrogance came from.

"This matter is very important. Dad, you must not ignore it. You must understand the importance of the salt industry. In addition to the people's lives and the preservation of food, it also affects my next tax reform. So, I will collect one ounce of silver from each of ten thousand people, compared to a salt merchant. The effort I spent is very different.

For example, if you can sell Shandong official salt to other places, it is equivalent to collecting taxes from them. I have learned a lot about reading "Guanzi" recently. This is exactly 'Your cuts firewood and boils water, and keeps it in the world'. Duke Heng of Qi made the world pay taxes to Qi by chopping firewood and cooking salt...'

Wang Kang's beard blew and said, "You think beautifully. Can the two Huaihe Rivers buy official salt from you in Shandong?"

"Dad, you boasted just now."

"I just said I wouldn't let them sell it, but I didn't say I could sell it."

Wang Xiao waved his hand and said, "This is the second point I said. Since ancient times, the court has not easily bought salt, iron, tea cloth and other things to foreign tribes as a means of economic sanctions. But at present, I need a large amount of salt to be exported and sent to overseas countries such as Korea, Japan, and other overseas countries in exchange for their minerals..."

"The third point is that the salt industry is just a transition now..."

When Wang Xiao said this, he glanced at Wang Kang, took out something from his sleeve, and said, "I want you to sell this in the future, dad."

Wang Kang looked at him and saw something wrapped in thin paper. He couldn't help but ask, "What is this?"

"cigarette."

"I'm just thinking it's something strange." Wang Kang picked it up and looked at it, feeling a little disdainful. He has not seen tobacco before, and this thing has been available for a long time.

He used his fingers to tick the tobacco leaves in the paper circle and said, "When I was in the middle of the capital, I occasionally sucked a pipe when I went to the show. This thing is said to be brought by the barbarians decades ago. It is like to use it in central Fujian. Most people there have cold diseases, so they can cure cold. The price is not low and most people cannot afford it."

After saying that, Wang Kang caressed his long beard and missed the days in the capital.

Wang Xiao said, "Dad, you are smoking drying cigarettes, and my tobacco is made of different tastes."

He took the cigarette back from Wang Kang and said slowly: "I will fight a war with Spain in the Philippines and occupy that place to grow tobacco..."

Wang Kang was stunned and said solemnly: "Don't think about it, I will never go to that small country of foreign countries!"

"I don't plan to let my father go," Wang Xiao said, "I will leave this matter to the maritime merchants. But in the future, the money you get back must be managed by trustworthy people. Simply put, Dad will do the salt industry's business and open up the sales to overseas countries. When the tobacco is planted, use the sales of the salt industry to sell it, and put the money in our own hands. Do you understand?"

"Don't talk to you in this tone. What's wrong with me? It's like when I sold wine and brewed everything to my second child. I just need to keep the accounts in charge."

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Wang Kang said this and thought to himself: It’s a pity that the second son, the gangster, later let the family business be controlled.

"That's true." Wang Xiao nodded, "Dad, you have to have snacks this time, don't let the maritime merchants lose public welfare."

He said this, thinking that there was no trustworthy person to entrust this matter to the old man...

Wang Kang was determined to manage the salt industry in this way. He didn't know much about the affairs of the temple, but his business was ups and downs throughout his life and he was able to do business. In addition, his status was there, so he could not make any mistakes.

While busy, Wang Kang almost forgot something. It has been a hundred days since the death of the previous emperor. Wang Bao and Qian Yi have to get married.

This matter was naturally being prepared early, but Cui now considers himself the family of the Duke and looks down on Qian Yi. She either dislikes Qian Chengyun's family or simply dislikes Qian Yi's appearance. Therefore, she has been delaying and watching Wang Kang be busy for a while, she deliberately does not remind her.

On this day, Qian Chengyuan sent someone to ask about his life, and Wang Kang remembered that he would curse Cui.

"You stupid woman still want to pick up the most. Let me tell you, I will go to Laizhou Salt Field in a few days, and I will have to do Baoer's wedding these days."

Cui was shocked and shouted, "This is too hasty, I have not prepared anything."

"You have been planning something since last year. If you don't prepare for it, who can you blame? I'll tell you the last time, if you want to do it, I'll let you do it."

Cui cried again when he heard this.

In the room, Aunt Shen was coaxing her child who had just been born, and she heard the argument outside and found it funny.

Aunt Shen used to be afraid of Cui's death, but now with Chunning's support, she only feels that Cui's in her eyes is not even an opponent.

With a pig brain like Cui, if I hadn't been too lazy to fight with her, I would have let the master divorce her and make me a wife, hahaha.

OK, it’s not that Aunt Shen is too lazy to fight, but that Chunning promised her that she would give her an imperial edict in the future and help her become Wang Kang’s wife.

Thinking of this, she thought that she hadn't seen Chunning for a few days, so she still had to find an opportunity to go to the Duke of Guo's Mansion more...

Oh, she was idle anyway, and she had the opportunity to walk around every day. She arrived at the Duke's Mansion that afternoon.

"The master has said a lot of big talk now." Aunt Shen said without stopping and said with a smile: "He said, Shandong has begun to light taxes and taxes, and the taxes in the entire province are not as much as the silver sold by these official salt. Of course, this silver is all from His Highness King Qi, and our Wang family is unquestionable for His Highness Hahaha..."

Speaking of this, she looked around and asked again, "By the way, why didn't I see Miss Qin today?"

"She has something to do."

Chunning responded, although there was no depressed look on his face, he seemed to be in a bad mood.

Aunt Shen said all the gossips she could say, and found that Chunning was not as funny as she usually could bend her eyes and smiled, so she realized this.

Aunt Shen was not able to hide things, so she asked directly: "Your Highness, what's wrong with you? If I could do it for you, I would never refuse the sword under the mountain of swords and fire."

Chunning shook his head and asked, "It seems that I haven't seen my sister-in-law come to see me for a long time. What is she busy with recently?"

"Jun is becoming more and more capable. Brother Xiao asked her to build another industrial park in the mountains between Qianfoshan and Taishan in the south of Jinan City. That place is much better than Jinan City. I don't know how Brother Xiao has such a big deal and dares to hand over this matter to a woman."

Chunning knew about this, but the reason why she asked was to think about whether Tao Jun was deliberately hiding from her, because she had known Tang Qianqian's identity for a long time...

Aunt Chen called out twice before Chunning came to his senses.

"What's wrong with you, Your Highness?"

"Hmm? Not that, but I seem to have a quarrel with my husband."

Aunt Chen was stunned and thought to herself that she was just a little quarrel, why did she still "seem"?

She smiled awkwardly and said, "No couple can't make a fuss? Don't take it to your heart. But don't be afraid that I, the aunt, will be too talkative... Your Highness and Brother Xiao'er have been getting married for some time. If you don't have a child, you will naturally feel it's not enough. The main thing is that you have to have a child."

"Child?" Chunning was a little confused.

She nodded and thought to herself that she should have a child, and the mother was named the Imperial Concubine because she had two children.

Aunt Chen talked for a while and then left.

She didn't know what was happening between Chunning and Wang Xiao. She just felt that it was too smart to persuade Your Highness to have a baby.

In this way, Brother Xiao and His Highness’s son are about the same age as his own, and he can still play together in the future. The relationship is the best, hahahahaha...

After Aunt Chen left, Chunning thought about it and suddenly seemed to have made up some kind of determination.

Some things she didn't think about were complicated. For her, there was only one concept, that is, children were a good thing.

She didn't want to complain like a resentful woman. Her idea was more about: what to do next for her home and for her country.

She focused on ‘how to solve the problem’ rather than ‘I’m very upset’, so now there is a solution.

"I have to have a child with my husband, preferably a son." She murmured.

But in fact, she didn't know how to give birth to a child...

It doesn't matter, take it step by step.

She cheered up and took out a walnut kernel wrapped in tart cloth from the drawer. She ate it slowly for a while, and then sorted out her mind.

First, send Tang Qianqian away as soon as possible. The method is very simple and reach an alliance as quickly as possible.

Secondly, having a child with your husband... Well, that's it.

After deciding the charter, she looked down at the convention drafted on the case and took a pen to cross out the conditions that were only difficult for Rui Dynasty to cross out.
To be continued...