Su Jingyang was shocked when he heard it... How much profit would this literary man monopolize the tea deal in Huguang?

If this is the case, wouldn’t the two companies pay more than 100,000 guan in total?

But after hearing this number, Chen Xi looked disappointed and shook his head and said, "It seems that Wen Tang does not have much sincerity!"

After saying that, Chen Xi stood up, turned his back to the two of them, as if he was making a decision. Wen Qinzhu and Zhong An suddenly felt that they were in trouble.

Wen Qinzhu said in his heart: "Oh, why haven't my head turned around yet? Lord Shen has now forced my two families to a desperate situation. Naturally, we can't use the rules before to talk about disaster relief. In the past, maybe a few thousand taels or tens of thousands of taels of silver were enough to settle everything, but now it seems that we have to bleed!"

"Hundreds of thousands!"

Wen Qinzhu gritted her teeth and said.

When Zhong An heard this number, he couldn't help but stare at Wen Qinzhu with his eyes widened and almost cursed... Wen Qinzhu, you old dog, want to flatter the young governor in front of him, please don't drag our Zhong family into the water!

For those who do business, the idea of ​​increasing revenue and reducing expenditure is deeply rooted in their hearts. Zhong An is extremely stingy on weekdays and likes to be petty. Therefore, he has a bad reputation as a "money-guarding slave" in Wuchang Mansion. He even tried every means to deduct the money from servants and maids in the mansion, and was even more petty in other aspects.

People are unwilling to do business with the Zhong family, but Huguang official salt is basically monopolized by the Zhong family. In a year, the Zhong family can make a profit of more than 100,000 taels by wholesale official salt.

But Chen Xi was still unmoved when he heard about the number of 100,000 guan.

At this time, Zhong An had no words at all. Not to mention 100,000 guan, even 10,000 guan, he didn't want to take it out.

Wen Qinzhu saw that Chen Xi was still dissatisfied and knew that it might not meet Chen Xi's psychological expectations, so she quickly stated: "Mr. Shen, if you think 100,000 taels is not enough to provide disaster relief, please give an exact number. Even if a villain loses everything, he will share the worries of the court and Lord Shen!"

Chen Xi turned around, looked at Wen Qinzhu and Zhong An coldly, and said, "I don't want you to lose everything, but it is impossible to walk out of the Governor's Mansion so easily!"

"Okay, I don't talk much nonsense. I have already listed the detailed numbers. Not only do you two want to make a payment, but the families of the gentry outside will also pay. If you want to save this little money, I will let you go. At noon tomorrow, Caishikou, I will borrow your head for use!"

Wen Qinzhu couldn't help but shivered when she heard the terms "Caishikou" and "human head". He swallowed and sadly discovered something that he couldn't get much bleeding this time. At the same time, he also understood why Chen Xi had a bad reputation in the officialdom.

Chen Xi is decisive in his work and likes to go to extremes. In many cases, Chen Xi cuts the mess with a quick knife, and directly takes action first and then reports. Even though the court later found out that it was suspected of being arbitrary, the situation was already done, so he pretended to be deaf and dumb and refused to pursue the matter.

It is only because Chen Xi is too powerful, and he is carrying the king's flag and has the power to kill the officials. In places like them, they kill them as soon as they say they want to kill them, which is no different from killing a chicken.

These days, the news has been passed slowly. When the news of their beheading by Chen Xi reached the capital, at least two or three months later, the court will not seek justice for the "criminals" who "conspired to kill local officials" in the local area. Even if someone reports to the court on their behalf, it depends on whether the court believes in them or the report of the second-rank official who is deeply favored by the emperor.

This is a sad era. Whoever holds power can control other people's lives... Not to mention that Chen Xi did not wrongly accuse them this time, even if they were really framed and accused, there would be no way for the local gentry to do anything.

Chen Xi was simply threatening Wen Qinzhu and Zhong An with death.

The two racked their brains and couldn't think of a way to get rid of the predicament in front of them. In the end, they could only go forward dejectedly and take the list from Chen Xi. When they saw the numbers above, their faces became extremely ugly. Chen Xi opened his mouth and asked for 200,000 taels of silver from each of the two families.

Just as Wen Qinzhu and Zhong An stared at each other, Chen Xi added: "The profit of buying official tea from Guanyan is higher. I have changed my mind. The Zhong family has added 50,000 jin to the original basis... Zhong Tang's family, is there no problem?"

Zhong An was originally a stingy person. When he heard this number, he wanted to die. He quickly defended: "Mr. Shen, how could there be so much money in his little one's family?"

Chen Xi shook his sleeves, looked at Wen Qinzhu with a gloomy expression, and asked, "Master Wen's family, how about your Wen family?"

Wen Qinzhu roughly estimated that although the Wen family could not afford so much money for a while, they could piece it together, or even sell houses and land, so they could barely get enough of this number.

Wen Qinzhu lowered her head: "Sir, go back and try to...patch it together, please let me go!"

Chen Xi smiled: "As long as I share my worries, the government will naturally not make things difficult for you Wen's family. Yang Zhuan, come over with the document..."

From the beginning, Yang Wenzhao was waiting in the room behind the lobby with the desk. When he heard Chen Xi summoning, he quickly came in with the booklet and sent it to Chen Xi.

Chen Xi opened the book and turned to the first page. There were many people's names listed on it. Wen Qinzhu widened his eyes and saw that his name was listed among several major officials of the General Secretary. This was clearly a document of crime. However, when Chen Xi waved his pen, he cut Wen Qinzhu's name and said:

"Master Wen, don't say that I don't take care of you. You originally conspired to poison Hu Fantai and Ma Fantai. I want to investigate it to the end, but now the culprit has been caught and the accomplices have been deposed one by one. The rest of the people will not be investigated for the time being, but it depends on whether you will make up for the merits. Do you understand?"

Wen Qinzhuxin exclaimed that she was so dangerous that she knelt down and kowtowed: "Thank you for not killing me!"

Chen Xidao: "What the Master Wen said is wrong. It is yourself who saved you. It is reasonable for you to take out money to provide disaster relief and reduce your crimes. I am afraid that someone will be obsessed with it. Then I will ask the person first for the crime, and then send someone to check the mansion to see if it is true. If it is not enough, even if it is sold for houses, land and people, it will be all... "

Zhong An quickly knelt down and kowtowed: "Mr. Shen, the villain pledges... Even if the villain's family lacks money, he will take it back and work hard to piece it together. But whether this number can be reduced by 30,000 or 50,000 yuan, 250,000 yuan is really..."

Chen Xi sneered: "Why, you still dare to bargain with me now? Then add another 50,000 guan!"

By this time, Chen Xi was no longer reasonable.

The Zhong family has monopolized the transaction of official salt in Huguang for three generations. Tens of millions of people in the entire Huguang province have to eat official salt through their hands, or buy it from the salt merchants who wholesale official salt. What's more, there is a lot of private salt mixed in between. Such a large business makes a lot of money every year, and Chen Xi is very polite without asking for 500,000 taels of silver.

Zhong An was extremely angry, but he also knew that his life was in Shen Xi's hands and there was no room for bargaining. He didn't dare to speak anymore because he knew that the price would be raised if he spoke.

But Zhong An didn't accept it, and just knelt there and seemed to be spending the whole time with Chen Xi.

Chenxidao: "This is all for me. General Su, let's go and see the gentry, see how much money and grain they are preparing to donate to this disaster relief in Huguang..."

"Get orders!"

Su Jing and Yang Ke didn't care how much money Chen Xi and Wen's family extorted, but he only knew that he would not only have meat to eat, but also promoted the official position.

Chen Xi's style of a lion's mouth is the only thing he saw in his life. At this moment, he admired Chen Xi very much and thought to himself: "No wonder Lord Shen can rise up in the court in just a few years. It turns out that Lord Shen is so smart and capable in doing things."

"With this set, can you raise 600,000 taels of silver in Wuchang Prefecture alone? It's a real big deal!"

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Chapter completed!