Steel Dynasty - Chapter 46

[Chapter 46: The Fisherman Gains]

Qin Chuanyun and Xiao Ming were stunned at the same time.

They all thought that Wang Chengchou’s first sentence must be to defend himself, but they never thought that he would plead guilty now.

Xiao Ming looked at Wang Chengchou with great interest and said with a smile: “Except the king, I haven’t asked you yet, why do you say you are guilty!”

“Your Highness, a few days ago, the common people went to inspect the manors in various states and unexpectedly found that my nephew Wang Xuan was hiding. The cattle were sold to the common people at a high price. After His Highness promulgated the Farming Law, the common people have been trying their best to help His Highness. They never thought that the common people would make a big mistake by employing people unkindly, so they asked Your Highness to punish him! “Wang Chengchou wiped the cold sweat from his forehead. Discount on one side.

Qin Chuanyun sneered: “The king is very scheming, but he found a scapegoat at this moment. You have always disliked Wang Xuan, but this time you killed two birds with one stone. You cleared the charges and eliminated Wang Xuan.”

“What does Qin Yuanwai mean by this? My Wang family has always been at peace with your Qin family. Why is Qin Yuanwai so vicious and wants to put my Wang family to death!” Wang Chengchou said in a hateful voice.

This time, Wang Shijie mentioned the selling of private salt in front of Xiao Ming. It was indeed his idea. In the past, Xiao Ming had always been biased towards the Wang family. He had always been able to do well in Qingzhou, and he was even very scornful towards Xiao Ming sometimes.

After all, Xiao Ming was really a loser at that time, relying solely on the Wang family’s money to support his luxurious life. But today is different from the past. After a serious illness, Xiao Ming was transformed overnight, and he was good at adopting Pang Yukun’s strategies. He knew that this Pang Yukun was not simple. Now Xiao Ming’s every move is likely to be guided by Pang Yukun behind his back.

Now the Qin family has made a lot of profits from Xiao Ming’s business. If this continues, the Qin family will surpass the Wang family in a few years. At that time, the Qin family will, like the Wang family, use Xiao Ming’s hand to suppress the Wang family.

Wang Chengchou would never tolerate this kind of thing, so he resorted to this vicious trick to drive a wedge between the Qin family and Xiao Ming.

“Hahaha, Wang Yuanwai is really a toothless bastard. He is extremely shameless. Who made the first accusation in front of His Highness, falsely accusing the Qin family of selling illegal salt.” Qin Chuan’s beard trembled in anger.

If Xiao Ming hadn’t been in front, the two of them would probably have fought.

“Huh, whether you are selling private salt, Qin Yuanwai knows better than me.” Wang Chengchou handed over to Xiao Ming at this time, and showed an arrogant look to Qin Chuanyun, “Your Highness, please be more careful!”

Xiao Ming’s eyes turned back and forth between the two of them. .

The Wang family and the Qin family are quite powerful in the six states. Most of the state and county officials are related by blood or marriage to the two families. The two families also have many manors in the six states, and they have many tribes, bankers, and farmers. There are countless tenants on their farmland, not to mention the private slaves at home.

Now if he really favors one family and destroys another, it is inevitable that one of them will jump over the wall. At that time, it will be bad. Now the fiefdom is in dire straits, and what is needed is a stable development environment.

If the incident continues for a few more years, it will be very disadvantageous for him. Instead of doing this, it is better to take advantage of each other and squeeze benefits from both families.

In the future, he will use the contradiction between the two to restrain each other, so that he can have both sides. When he establishes a new army and controls the government affairs of the six states, the wealthy families in Qingzhou will no longer be a problem, and it will not be at his mercy.

Thinking of this, Xiao Ming said: “Okay, okay, let’s stop arguing about this matter. You all can go back. Since the cattle farming thing was done by Wang Yuanwai’s nephew, this matter is Wang Yuanwai’s family matter. It’s up to Wang

Yuanwai how to deal with it, but the cattle…”

Wang Chengchou was overjoyed. Xiao Ming said that he would no longer pursue the matter. He said: “Your Highness, when the common people go back, they must send the excess cattle in the manor to the states. The government will allocate it, and His Highness only needs to pay a small amount of rent to the poor people every year. “

Xiao Ming nodded with satisfaction. This Wang Chengchou is quite good. In this way, the production team’s cattle problem can be greatly improved. Then he looked at Qin Chuanyun, “As for Qin Yuan, I will start investigating the matter of selling illegal salt. Before a conclusion is reached, no rumors can be spread.”

Qin Chuanyun felt a little pinched in his heart. In Xiao Ming’s mouth, this person selling illegal salt It’s not over yet.

“Thank you, Your Highness!” The two stood up at the same time, glared at each other fiercely, and then turned and left.

Seeing the two of them leaving, Qian Dafu said hehe, “Your Highness is getting more and more clever. He just gave the Qin family benefits, and then turned around and beat the Qin family. Now that Wang Chengchou is not held accountable, Wang Chengchou also knows For current affairs, immediately take out the Wang family’s cattle, and the Qin family’s private salt matter will always be in your hands. This is a sharp sword hanging over the Qin family’s head.”

“Yes, Qin Chuanyun must be. I also know in my heart that I will definitely be more obedient than the Wang family in the future.” Xiao Ming laughed.

While the two were talking, Qin Chuanyun and Wang Chengchou also arrived at the door of the palace.

“Wang Chengchou, you are ruthless, let’s see what happens in the future!” Qin Chuanyun scolded. It was obvious that the Qin family suffered a loss in this matter. Selling private salt can be a big or small matter, just follow what Xiao Ming says.

Wang Chengchou said proudly, “I’m ruthless enough, and Qin is also unequivocal, huh!”

After saying that, the two of them walked away at the same time.

Qin Chuanyun returned to the Qin Mansion, still feeling uneasy. He thought carefully that the reason why King Qi spared the Wang family this time seemed to be for the purpose of farming cattle. He immediately went to the Wei family. Since his daughter married Wei Qing, the two families are related by marriage, so the two families are very close.

When he arrived at the Wei family, Qin Chuanyun revealed everything about today’s events.

“Brother Qin, do you mean to donate all the extra cattle from your family?” Wei Hong felt a little distressed and his face trembled.

Qin Chuanyun said: “Brother Wei, this matter is for the long term. A cattle only costs more than ten taels of silver, but now the Qin family earns more than ten taels from a jar of wine. Now His Highness has expanded production. After one year, More than tens of thousands of taels of silver, which one is more important?”

Wei Hong said bitterly: “No matter how much you earn, it is still Brother Qin’s money. I, Wei, can only envy you.”

Qin Chuanyun said with a smile: “You and I. Why should we divide the family between you and me? My in-laws are the largest grain merchants in the six states, with the most cultivated land and the most cattle. It is not difficult to come up with a thousand cattle. At the worst, I can compensate you with some silver. “

“Brother Qin has said this, so I can only help you with this.” Wei Hong still didn’t want to suffer a loss, but since Qin Chuanyun mentioned the money, he wouldn’t lose much, and then he said: “Brother Qin, though. When the time comes, you must give me a nice word in front of His Highness.”

Qin Chuanyun was stunned for a moment, then smiled and patted Wei Hong’s hand, “Don’t worry, I will naturally report Wei Hong’s achievements. If I can. To please His Highness, why worry about our family not becoming prosperous? What’s more, today is no better than in the past. Wang Chengchou was very close to us in the past, but now he has revealed his wild ambitions. Our family foundation is still shallow, so we can only rely on His Highness to not be afraid. The Wang family and the Sun family.”

Wei Hong nodded, “What Brother Qin said makes sense.”

(End of this chapter)