All Heavens and Worlds Modified History System

Chapter 106 Greedy Couple
"It hurts~~~"

Jia Lian, whose arm was twisted and pinned to the ground, kept shouting, "How dare you to fight me!"

"Mr. Chen." Ping'er beside him hurriedly advised, "Don't be like this, it's all a misunderstanding."

Chen Ran, who was holding Jia Lian, said in a cold voice, "Master Jia, it was your wife who invited me here."

"What?" Jia Lian was stunned, and then he became furious, "Bitch! She even seduced men into coming home, I'm going to chop her up!"

Ping Er knew that Jia Lian was drunk and impulsive, and he might really chase and chop Second Grandma with a sword, so she danced with joy and hurriedly explained, "No, no."

Chen Ran exerted force with his big hand, pressing Jia Lian so hard that he cried out, "Don't be so cruel, I'm here to visit Lord Zheng. Your wife asked me to come here to discuss the illegal sale of salt."

"Uh~~~"

At this moment, Jia Lian was like a chicken with its neck stuck. He could not make a sound and looked at Chen Ran in confusion.

Ping'er, who was standing by, was also filled with shock.

He lifted Jia Lian up with his big hands and pressed him directly on the chair. "Last time, your wife asked me for help and asked the prefect of Jinling to help her send out a batch of private salt. She made a lot of money. It seems that she is addicted to it. This time she asked me to do it again."

Jia Lian was no longer angry, and looked at him with a puzzled look, "Who are you, and why do you need the Jinling prefect to help you?"

He was in charge of the Jia family's external affairs, so he naturally understood the huge profits of the private salt business.

If you can do this kind of business, you will make a fortune every day.

"My name is Chen Ran, and I am an aide to the prefect of Jiangling. Last time, your wife used my connections to ask the prefect of Jiangling for help, and she seized a batch of illegal salt and sold it in Jinling, making a lot of profit."

Jia Lian's face showed a look of sudden realization. "I told you that she had so much extra money. Bitch, she made money but didn't tell me!"

He didn't care about smuggling salt or violating the law, he just hated Wang Xifeng for not giving him the money she earned.

"I happened to see Mr. Zheng fall into the water."

Chen Ran took the initiative to tell why he was here and why he changed into Jia Lian's clothes.

Jia Lian, who had calmed down, also suddenly realized.

Only then did he look at Chen Ran seriously.

Upon closer inspection, this man's appearance, demeanor, conversation and manners were all excellent, especially his strong physique. When he wore his clothes, they bulged out and he looked very manly.

"Brother Chen." Jia Lian changed his expression and said, "Please sit down, please sit down."

He turned around and scolded Ping'er, "Why don't you serve tea?"

Jia Lian asked with a smile, "May I ask Brother Chen about the matter of smuggling salt?"

"It has nothing to do with me." Chen Ran waved his hand immediately, "This is your wife's business."

Jia Lian stared at Ping Er who was serving tea. "Where is the Madam? The distinguished guest is here, where did she go?"

"I went to Rongxitang, where Master Zheng was."

"Hey." Jia Lian rolled his eyes. His precious brother was really good at causing trouble. "Go and call her back! She's not an imperial physician, why is she causing trouble over there?"

The thought in my mind was, "These trivial matters at home are not as important as making money."

Ping'er responded and went to look for Wang Xifeng.

Jia Lian treated Chen Ran warmly, so warmly that it seemed a little unnatural.

Fortunately, Chen Ran was experienced and chatted until Wang Xifeng, who looked unhappy, returned.

"Yo~~~"

Even though there were guests, Wang Xifeng couldn't help but sneer, "How could our master bear to go home?"

Jia Lian, who was drunk, was also a scoundrel. "If you don't come back, all the money in the family will fall into your hands. Tell me! Where did you hide the money from selling contraband salt last time?"

Wang Xifeng's expression changed immediately, and she hurried forward to cover his mouth. "Are you crazy? How can you say such things casually?!"

In the Zhou Dynasty, selling contraband salt is a crime punishable by death.

"Humph." Jia Lian waved his hand and told the maids and servants to get out.

"Tell me what's going on."

Wang Xifeng was a little hesitant, as it was not easy to bring up this matter.

She secretly did lending business, and when one family couldn't make ends meet, she took a batch of illegal salt from the south as compensation.

Wang Xifeng had no way to get this information. Later, she learned from the Wang family that the private salt sales in various parts of Jiangnan were in their own territories, and had long been divided up by the big salt lords.

If you want to make a profit, you have to get through to at least the level of the Jinling prefect.

After that, there was the last time I asked Chen Ran for help.

Now, this matter is really hard to say.

But now that the topic has come to this, she could only be vague and say, "Last time when I was doing business, someone used a batch of salt from Jiangnan as collateral, so I asked Master Chen for help and got through to Prefect Jia of Jinling to help me with the deal."

"I got another batch this time. I asked Master Chen to come because I wanted to ask Magistrate Jia if he could help me."

Chen Ran laughed at this.

You are the governor of Jia family and a servant of the Jia family.

Helping to sell illegal salt, how big a responsibility would that be?
Not only does he not give me any benefits, but he is even thinking of taking advantage of me again?
Last time, it was only because of Chen Ran's face that Jia Yucun was willing to help.

If you want to get something for nothing this time, you can just dream on.

"This may not be easy."

Chen Ran shook his head repeatedly. "It was not easy for Magistrate Jia to help last time. This time, it will be difficult."

It's hard to say, but it's actually a refusal. Unfortunately, Wang Xifeng and Jia Lian don't like money, so they don't care about it. They keep saying, "It's just a favor, it's not a big deal."

Wang Xifeng even said bluntly, "It's okay even if he is caught. The Yangzhou City Salt Inspector is our son-in-law!"

Chen Ran looked at her as if he was looking at a fool.

It’s not enough that he cheated Jia Yucun for money, but he also wants to drag Lin Ruhai into it?

Do you really think that your family has the final say in the Zhou Dynasty?
There are so many officials above Lin Ruhai and Jia Yucun, and even an emperor who is crazy with poverty!

Too lazy to waste time talking to this greedy couple, he simply stood up and said, "I can't do anything about this matter. Goodbye."

This couple treats favors as a rag. If you continue to stay with them, your IQ will be affected.

Looking at Chen Ran's determined back as he left, Jia Lian, who was now much more sober, asked Wang Xifeng, "How much silver is that batch of contraband salt worth?"

Wang Xifeng's eyes turned red.

After getting a big bargain last time, she felt like a whole new door had opened up for her, and she could make much more money than lending at interest.

This plan had been made for a long time. They raised money and arranged for people to go south, rented ships and bought a large amount of private salt, preparing to make a fortune in the prosperous city of Jinling.

But if Chen Ran doesn’t help now, won’t it be a waste of time?
"It can be sold for thirty thousand taels of silver!" She stared at Jia Lian with gritted teeth. "Without Chen the butcher, we still can't eat hairy pigs? Go, write a letter to Jia Yucun and ask him to sell the salt!"

Jia Lian was also a young man who was ignorant. He was blinded by the wealth of tens of thousands of taels of silver and happily went to write a letter.

He didn't even think about the fact that Jia Yucun was connected to Jia Zheng, so why should he help you?

Sure enough, through the court's post system, the urgent matter was delivered at full speed, and more than half a month later, Jia Yucun's reply was delivered to Wang Xifeng.

Since she was illiterate, she had to give the letter to Jia Lian, who had been keeping an eye on the matter.

"What a courage!"

After reading the letter, Jia Lian was furious. "You asked me not to break the law? What law? Pah!"

The couple cursed and yelled, but there was nothing they could do.

Jia Yucun is the prefect of Jinling, and they cannot order him around or even do anything to him.

"Then Jia Hua is using Master Zheng's connections." Wang Xifeng gave Jia Lian a bad idea, "Why don't you go ask Master Zheng for help?"

Jia Lian was not stupid either. He spat at her and said, "Why don't you go ask General Wang for help?"

Neither Jia Zheng nor Wang Ziteng could help them do such a thing.

When Wang Xifeng thought about the possibility that the large amount of money she had invested before might go down the drain, her eyes turned red with anxiety. "How about asking the old master for help?"

"roll!"

Jia Lian was too lazy to pay attention to this crazy woman.

What kind of people were thinking about asking the Salt Inspector to help with smuggling salt?

"This won't work, and that won't work either." Wang Xifeng, who was always decisive in her work, was already flustered at this time. "With so much salt stored in the south, we have to pay rent for the warehouse and the ship every day. And if someone finds out, then..."

Jia Lian was even more anxious than her. The thirty thousand taels of silver were right in front of him, but he could see it but couldn't get it. He was really worried.

He couldn't help but ask, "How did you do it last time?"

"It was Chen Ran who wrote a letter to Jia Yucun, and they took care of it." Wang Xifeng was also puzzled. "I thought it was very simple."

Jia Yucun is Chen Ran's bootlicker, so things will naturally be simple if Chen Ran speaks up.

But now that they were on the field themselves, they immediately became at a loss.

"We have to find him." Jia Lian immediately stood up and went out. "I'll go!"

Jia Lian went there in solitude and didn't see anyone at all.

The family made it very clear that in order to prepare for the upcoming Spring Examination, everyone was living in the academy and was not at home at all.

As for Meishan Academy, at such a critical moment, unless something catastrophic happened at home, no one would be able to see the candidates who were intensively preparing for the exams.

The anxiety levels of Wang Xifeng and her husband rose wildly as time passed.

Chen Ran is indeed studying seriously here.

It's not just for the purpose of passing the imperial examination, but more to feel the atmosphere similar to that before the college entrance examination.

There are always some special experiences at different stages of life.

As for the imperial examination, he was not worried at all.

Prefect Hao, who had been promoted to the position of Left Vice Minister of the Ministry of Rites and is now Vice Minister Hao, had secretly given him a hint in advance.

It is impossible to give the questions directly, but giving appropriate hints is enough.

Chen Ran went to the Ming Dynasty world and informed Zhou Yanru of the hint given by Minister Hao.

"This is easy." Zhou Yanru stroked his beard and smiled, "I'll do it."

He was very confident because when he took part in the imperial examination, he won the first place!

Later, during the palace examination, he stood out and was directly selected as the top scorer.

With his wholehearted help, Chen Ran will definitely not feel any pressure in the imperial examination.

After receiving the paper made by Zhou Yanru, all Chen Ran had to do was to memorize it and practice his calligraphy skills.

During the imperial examination, it was also extremely important whether the handwriting was neat and beautiful.

When everything was ready, the day of the exam finally arrived.

(End of this chapter)