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Chapter 849 Wanted Fang La
The salt merchant tragedy that occurred in Yangzhou was an earth-shattering event. Naturally, many people suffered the consequences of the emperor and the ministers. In the end, the Yangzhou prefect had no hope of promotion and was transferred to a barren place. However, Sheng Hong, because of the strong support of his relative, the Earl of Zhongqin, was only reprimanded by the Ministry of Personnel, and then continued to stay in the position of Tongpan without any trouble. As for future promotion, it should not be a big problem. This is the so-called reason why it is easy to be an official if you have someone in the court.

Next, a warrant was issued throughout the Song Dynasty for the wanted man for the Jiangnan bandit "Fang La". However, no one knew the appearance and information of this "Fang La", and naturally there were no so-called profilers evolved from psychology in later generations, so they simply copied the blood letter left by "Fang La" and tried to find this imaginary bandit based on the handwriting.

"Oh! I don't know what happened this year? So many big things happened at once." After the documents from the Ministry of Personnel in Bian Jing came down, the affairs of Yangzhou came to an end. Sheng Hong couldn't help but sigh with relief.

"Honglang, you are a lucky person, so this kind of thing will never happen to you." Lin Qinshuang is the woman who knows Sheng Hong's temper best. She can always control Sheng Hong and immediately understand what he means and give him a compliment.

"What? This is all thanks to my relative-in-law, the Earl of Zhongqin in Bian Jing. Otherwise, I would not only not be promoted, but it is hard to say whether I would be dismissed and investigated." Sheng Hong was more self-aware at this time. He knew that he was lucky to have found a good relative-in-law, which allowed him to survive this emergency.

"Oh? The Earl of Zhongqin's Mansion is so powerful?" Lin Qinshuang, who has seen the fickleness of the world, naturally knows that it is all the help of the Earl of Zhongqin's Mansion. The reason why she flatters Sheng Hong so much is just to cater to Sheng Hong's vanity.

"Of course! They are a real noble family, their connections and resources are naturally beyond our imagination."

"Then how do we deal with the salt merchants in Yangzhou?" Then Lin Qinshuang looked at Sheng Hong with some confusion and asked. Women in this era can only make a living by gossiping and talking about family matters.

"Hmph! Even if Yangzhou loses its three major salt merchants, there will still be other small salt merchants. Besides, Gu Tingye inherited all the property of the Bai family. Recently, he has quickly swallowed up the other two salt companies and has grown into the largest salt company in Yangzhou and even in the entire Song Dynasty." In fact, from Sheng Hong, a small official of the seventh rank, to the ministers in high positions, no one cares much about the life and death of a few salt merchants.

"Honglang, actually sometimes I feel that "Fang La" is Gu Tingye's man. You know, he has the ability and motivation. Not only did he solve the problem of the Bai family who were fighting for the family property, but he also swallowed up the other two salt companies in one go." Lin Qinshuang, who was good at scheming and calculating, realized early on that the events in Yangzhou were not simple. The main reason was that the connections were too mysterious.

"Nonsense! The Bai family is Gu Tingye's maternal family. How great a hatred could they have to wipe out the entire Bai family?" Upon hearing that Lin Qinshuang would actually make such a random association, Sheng Hong immediately glared at her and scolded her with a sudden change of expression.

"Huh? Honglang, I'm just guessing. Just take it as a joke." Seeing that her "support" actually got angry, Lin Qishuang quickly laughed it off cleverly.

"Well, Aunt Lin, you must be careful with your words in the future. You must know that walls have ears." Sheng Hong's way of being an official is nothing more than being cautious and careful, so naturally he is not interested in the specific inside story.

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Lin Qinshuang was very dissatisfied with Sheng Hong's cautiousness at this time. She still felt that the incident was too subtle and Su Ning became the biggest beneficiary. However, seeing that Sheng Hong was very disgusted with discussing this issue, she knew that Sheng Hong was really scared by this incident. Then Lin Qinshuang could only hide this doubt deep in her heart. After all, her biggest threat was Aunt Wei who was about to give birth.

You should know that Aunt Wei is the eldest lady Wang Ruofuna who came back to compete with Ling Qishuang in order to share Sheng Hong's preference for Ling Qishuang. Now Aunt Wei not only gave birth to a daughter for Sheng Hong, but now she is even thinking about giving Sheng Hong a son to support him. This has immediately broken Ling Qishuang's bottom line, and she is ready to use a little poison to completely eliminate Aunt Wei, the big enemy. Naturally, the remaining stupid eldest lady is no match for her.

"Zhou Xuenniang, have you delivered the supplements I asked you to deliver?" Ling Qishuang, with a vicious look on her face, suddenly looked at her personal maid beside her and asked.

"My dear, it has been delivered, but I feel that it is too cheap for this concubine Wei." As Ling Qishuang's personal maid, she naturally did a lot of dirty things for Ling Qishuang, but she was puzzled by Ling Qishuang's behavior this time.

"Hmph! What do you know! Just tell the old maids in advance not to let Aunt Wei move around freely, and then we just have to wait and see the show." Lin Qishuang sneered maliciously. Her tonic was not that delicious.

"Yes! Girl."

In Bianjing, at the Ningyuan Marquis Mansion, the entire Gu family gathered together because they saw an opportunity in the Yangzhou incident. After all, without the local tyrants of the Bai family blocking their way, the fourth Gu Lao couldn't wait to look at Gu Yankai, who was in the main seat, and said, "Brother, the Bai family in Yangzhou has been slaughtered. Gu Tingye has inherited a huge estate, but he has a very unruly personality. We, the Gu family, have to send someone to Yangzhou to take over as soon as possible!"

"No! The Bai family's business does not belong to our Gu family. We, the Gu family, cannot make things too ugly." As the head of the family, Gu Yankai still had some face, so he naturally refused without thinking.

"Brother, why are you so pedantic! Gu Tingye is the eldest son of our Gu family. Isn't his property our Gu family's property?" The anxious Gu family members immediately jumped up and down in panic, and then brought out the fallacy that "what belongs to the younger generation belongs to the elder generation."

"Brother, what Fourth Brother said makes a lot of sense. The assets left by the Bai family in Yangzhou are huge. It is better than leaving them in Tingye's hands and letting them fall into decline." Gu Laowu on the side also joined in, wishing he could fly to Yangzhou immediately to seize the Bai family's property.

"My Lord, what the fourth and fifth brothers said makes a lot of sense. I have watched Tingye grow up, and I know that his temperament makes it difficult for him to handle such a heavy responsibility. Therefore, it is very necessary for our Gu family to send someone to take over." As the most scheming member of the Gu family, Xiao Qin was naturally tempted by this wealth, and she was also persuading the stubborn and face-conscious Gu Yankai.

"This..." Seeing that his family all agreed with this, Gu Yankai couldn't help but start to hesitate.

"Brother, we really can't hesitate any longer. If we delay here for one more day, our Gu family will lose a lot of money." When the people in the Gu family saw Gu Yankai starting to hesitate, they immediately looked at each other and began to urge him on.

"Oh! Okay! Fourth brother, you should select some capable men and servants from the Gu family and rush to Yangzhou as soon as possible to take over the Hou'an Salt Farm of the Bai family." Gu Yankai agreed helplessly at this time. After all, he was used to compromising with his family members. Even if he knew that they were all blood-sucking leeches, he still didn't care.

"Yes! Big brother, I'll go down and prepare now." Seeing that Gu Yankai finally obeyed their opinions again, Gu Laosi was so surprised that he wanted to jump up immediately, and he felt like he was floating when he walked.

"Brother, it's not okay for the fourth brother to go alone, right? How about I go with him?" Seeing that Gu Laosi had achieved his wish, Gu Laowu on the side couldn't help but feel jealous.

"Okay! Old Five, you can come with us." Gu Yankai looked at his fifth brother in front of him helplessly, and then agreed again without any bottom line.

"Haha, okay, big brother."

It only takes one to get from Bian Jing to Yangzhou via the canal, which is the biggest reason why the Song Dynasty chose Bian Jing as its capital. River transportation is really too important for the people of the Song Dynasty. When the fourth and fifth sons of the Gu family led a large group of Gu family men and servants to Yangzhou, they did not know that they were heading to not a paradise full of gold, but a hell on earth that they dared not even imagine.

In Yangzhou, Suning quickly integrated all the salt industry in Yangzhou with thundering means, and directly controlled as many as sixteen salt factories. All the large salt factories from Yangzhou to Gaoyou were under his control. The daily output of salt was a huge number, which naturally made Suning a local tycoon in the business world in Yangzhou. However, the successful Suning was not prepared to return to Bianjing immediately, because it was meaningless for Suning to go back to Bianjing. His relatives were like wolves and tigers, and they wanted to swallow up his industry in one bite.

"Su Yi, how many salt workers are there in our salt village?" Suning asked casually with his back to his AI robot, looking at the unpolluted sky outside the window.

"Master, there are more than 120,000 people in total." The AI robot named "Su Yi" immediately answered in detail.

"Well, continue to recruit a large number of new salt workers from major cities, and then select strong ones from the old salt workers for secret training. This time, I want to play a completely different time travel."

"Yes! Master."

This time, the space world he carries with him has everything he wants, so naturally he doesn't want to endure the frustration like in the original drama. Anyway, no matter what he does, he will be slandered by those relatives. So this time Suning plans to secretly cultivate his own power, and then go directly to the Song Dynasty army to join the army and fight, using his own hands to create his own future. I believe that it will definitely not be as frustrating as in the original drama.

Another reason Su Ning didn't want to return to Bianjing was that he truly hated the Gu family. Every member of the Gu family was like a leech sucking the blood of him and his deceased mother. Their eyes were filled with endless calculations and so-called profits, and they didn't care about the feelings of a legitimate second son like Su Ning. Naturally, Su Ning had no feelings for them. "Brother Gu, it's really hard to get you together." Sheng Changbai had been posting invitations to Su Ning recently, but he always declined, citing his busy schedule.

"Changbai, the main reason is that I'm timid. I'm really afraid of another assassination like last time." Suning said half-jokingly at this time.

"No wonder I saw that the followers you brought were so strong." Although Su Ning said it in a joking tone, Sheng Changbai still looked at the burly men who were on guard everywhere in surprise.

"Well, they are all masters who can defeat ten people at once!" Su Ning suddenly looked at Sheng Changbai with a mysterious face and explained in a low voice.

"Oh?" Sheng Changbai looked at the guard beside him with surprise, then smiled and told Su Ning his plan, "Okay! We won't go to the wine shop outside today. I'll ask the servants at home to prepare some snacks to go with the wine."

"it is good."

Soon, the servants of the Sheng family prepared some side dishes. Su Ning and Sheng Changbai were happily drinking and chatting, and it seemed that they really got along very well. At this time, Sheng Changbai suddenly saw a maid looking at them curiously, and found that this maid was actually the personal maid of his sister Sheng Hualan.

"Taohong, why are you here?" Sheng Changbai's face immediately turned cold and he looked at the sneaky maid and scolded her.

"Master Changbai, Miss Hualan said she has something to ask Master Gu." The maid of the Sheng family named Taohong immediately answered respectfully and timidly.

"Oh? What's there to ask? Didn't grandma confine her to house arrest until she gets married?" Sheng Changbai couldn't help but ask casually in surprise.

"But, sir..."

"Okay! Go back and tell her! Parents' orders and matchmaker's words are the moral principles of human relations. Tell her to stop having wild thoughts." The smart Sheng Changbai naturally knew what Sheng Hualan wanted to ask, but he felt a little embarrassed when facing Su Ning who had a playful look on his face.

"Yes! Sir!

At this time, Su Ning and Sheng Changbai smiled at each other. They knew what Sheng Hualan wanted to ask. She just wanted to know from Su Ning what kind of person her future husband would be. After all, every girl has love in her heart. Sheng Hualan, who is already fifteen years old this year, is naturally very curious about her future husband Yuan Wenshao.

"Hey! Tingye, what kind of person is my future brother-in-law?" In fact, Sheng Hualan, the person involved, was curious, and Sheng Changbai, as the brother-in-law, naturally could not pretend anymore.

"Yuan Wenshao is a relatively steady person, but unfortunately he is a mama's boy. He obeys everything his mother says. Plus, his mother prefers the eldest daughter, Yuan Wenchun, so it's best for your sister to be mentally prepared in advance." At this time, Su Ning spoke truthfully about his evaluation of Yuan Wenshao. Although he also had some ideas about Sheng Hualan, he was not so impatient.

"Oh no?"

"Haha, big families are nothing more than these messy things between mothers-in-law and daughters-in-law, and wives and concubines. I don't think your Sheng family is really harmonious and happy, right?"

"Eh? This."

"Alright! Your father's preference for a concubine over his wife is a well-known fact in Yangzhou City. I think you should remind your father. If word gets out to the dignitaries and officials in Bianjing, your father's future will be in jeopardy. You know, if you can't clean up your own house, how can you clean up the world?"

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Sheng Changbai was of course disgusted by Sheng Hong's behavior, but it was a pity that Sheng Hong was the father and he was just a son, so he naturally couldn't blame Sheng Hong for anything. But today, when he heard Su Ning say it so seriously, he couldn't help but feel really worried for the first time.

"Tingye, what are your plans for the future? Are you going to take the imperial examination, or go back to Bian Jing to become a rich kid?" After three rounds of drinks, Su Ning and Sheng Changbai both relaxed a lot, and then Sheng Changbai looked at Su Ning in front of him and asked.

"Neither! I plan to join the army soon."

"Join the army?" At this moment, Sheng Changbai widened his eyes in surprise, feeling that Suning's choice was too incredible.

"Yes! Our Ningyuan Marquis family has been a military family for generations, so it is naturally most appropriate for us to join the army directly. As for the imperial examination... hehe." Su Ning knew that his elder brother Gu Tingyu was always ready to drag him into the water. It was unlikely that he would enter the official career through the imperial examination in this life. Besides, he didn't want to get involved in the official career of the Song Dynasty this time.

"Tingye, you have to think it over carefully. In our Song Dynasty, civil officials have always been respected and military officials have been despised. Joining the army is not a good way out." Although he saw that Su Ning's eyes were firm and revealed his unspeakable secret, Sheng Changbai still persuaded him earnestly.

"You don't understand! My family situation is too complicated, and there are too many relatives who are holding me back, otherwise my reputation wouldn't have become so bad." At this time, Su Ning shook his head with a wry smile on his face. Those relatives of the Gu family are the stinky dog shit that can never be gotten rid of.

"what?"

"Alright! Changbai, let's just drink and have fun."

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Su Ning suddenly felt the urge to urinate, thinking it might be because he drank too much low-alcohol liquor, so he asked Sheng Changbai's personal servant to take him to the toilet. However, as soon as he stumbled to the toilet, he saw Sheng Hualan and her personal maid waiting there. Sheng Hualan looked at Su Ning in front of her, bowed shyly and said, "Second Master Gu, may I chat for a moment?"

"I know what you want to ask. I have already told Changbai. You can go back and ask Changbai." Looking at the young girl Sheng Hualan in front of him, Su Ning certainly hated Yuan Wenshao's good luck, and then looked at Sheng Hualan directly and asked.

"Ah? Thank you, Mr. Gu." Seeing that Su Ning in front of her was so considerate, Sheng Hualan became even more shy at this time, hoping that Yuan Wenshao could be as perfect as Su Ning.

"Well, you're welcome."

At this time, Su Ning was still feeling somewhat depressed. In fact, he also wanted to make some secret arrangements. As long as he could prevent Yuan Wenshao from marrying Sheng Hualan as he wished, it would be fine. You know, Su Ning only needed to arrange a robot to go to Bian Jing, and it would be best to design a plan for Yuan Wenshao to die in an accident caused by a frightened horse. Presumably, the engagement between Yuan Wenshao and Sheng Hualan would naturally be cancelled.

(End of this chapter)