If it weren't for this generous gift as a stepping stone, Qingshan would probably not even have the chance to meet Jiang Shu.

Of course, no matter how heavy the gift is, it is a drop in the bucket compared to the profit Wei Jun is about to obtain. Qingxiao knew the significance of this trip, so he had to persuade Jiang Shu at all costs.

Qingxiao's public identity is the shopkeeper Cai of Fuyuan Warehouse. He has been in contact with Yangping Pass many times before. He has many acquaintances in Yangping Pass. It is natural to be easy to do things with acquaintances. Therefore, Qingxiao did not spend much effort and entered Yangping Pass and contacted Tianlang, who served as the record room. Through Tianlang's relationship, Jiang Shu's subordinates would soon be on the line and met Jiang Shu smoothly.

Not many people can resist money. For two-faced people like Jiang Shu, all the surfaces are pretended to be by him. The greed and darkness in his heart are far greater than the sunny surface. So when he saw Qingxia present a gift list, he was still quite moved. The value of this gift list is even higher than his annual salary, so he really has no reason to refuse to see Qingxia.

After Qingxiao came in, he bowed to Jiang Shu and said, "Caomin has met General Jiang, General Wan'an."

Jiang Shu raised his head and faced the businessman, Jiang Shu naturally wanted to maintain his arrogant style. He nodded slightly and said, "No gifts and no gifts. I have no intersection with Manager Cai. I wonder what businessman does Manager Cai do when he sees him?"

Qingxiao smiled slightly and said, "It is naturally impossible to do business. I have some private matters. If you want to trouble General Jiang, it will be convenient."

Jiang Shu frowned slightly. It seemed that this shopkeeper Cai had a different idea, but it was normal to think about it. It would be strange if someone gave such a heavy gift and didn't ask for what he wanted.

Jiang Shu said lightly: "If it is a matter of the governor, it is easy. If it is a crime or a illegitimate act, then Manager Cai should not speak out."

Qingxiao smiled and said, "General Jiang was joking. In the next step, he was just doing some small business. He dared to engage in private fraud and commit crimes. All the businesses he did were legal and legitimate."

Jiang Shu said: "Since that's the case, Manager Cai only needs relevant personnel to do the work. Why do you need to come to our governor for such a small matter?"

Qingxiao said: "If it weren't for the people below who could really do the job, how could I dare to trouble the general? Now the gate of Yangping Pass is closed. If it weren't for the general's order, no one would dare to open the gate."

Jiang Shu said: "Now that the enemy is in front of us, in order to prevent the Wei people from doing detailed transactions, we naturally have to conduct strict inspections. I don't know what goods are being transported by Manager Cai, where are they coming from, and where are they going?"

Qingshan said: "There are no valuable things, just some well salt, which was shipped from Jiangyang and ready to be shipped to Chang'an for sale."

Jing Yan and Jiang Shu immediately showed a look of vigilance. You should know that salt and iron are strategic materials. Under normal circumstances, private vendors are prohibited from selling them, especially to Wei State.

However, later the economy of Shu was more difficult, and Shujin and Jingyan became two important materials for export and foreign exchange earnings. As long as merchants could pay full salt tax, as for where they were sold, the Shu government turned a blind eye and no longer pursued the matter so tightly.

Because the well salt from Jiangyang is white in color and higher in quality than the salt produced in other places, it is sought after by dignitaries and nobles in Guanzhong and even Luoyang. Although the price is expensive, buyers are still flocking to it, and there has always been a shortage of supply in Wei State.

Because the profit of selling well salt is extremely high, many merchant salt often travels between the Wei and Shu countries, traffics well salt and wanders between this gray area.

Moreover, there are many private salt dealers who secretly trafficked private salt in order to pursue huge profits. These people are the real targets of the government's attack.

The Shu government acquiesced to the trafficking of official salt. As long as there is salt inducement, they will not care where you sell it. However, the government will never tolerate those private salt dealers who escape from salt. They set up checkpoints everywhere on the road to specifically investigate private salt.

However, salt tax is a very heavy tax. The tax alone is several times the price of the well salt production area itself. The reason why private salt is sold is constantly banned is because of the huge profits that many people take risks and try the law with their own hands.

Most of the people who sell private salt are fierce and vicious outlaws. They usually carry weapons and carry them in armed ways. When they encounter officers and soldiers in small groups, they dare to confront each other head-on. Only when they encounter officers and soldiers in large groups will they scatter. Therefore, it has been difficult for the Shu government to truly control these private salt.

When Jiang Shu heard Qingqiu say that he was selling well salt, his first reaction was whether this guy sold private salt?

In Shu, there are also many cases of collusion with private salt dealers in the government. After all, under the temptation of huge profits, many officials in Shu did not hesitate to take risks. Otherwise, with the steep terrain and numerous checkpoints of Shu, they wanted to transport private salt out of Shu and try to climb to the sky.

However, as Jiang Shu's identity, he still disdains to estimate such bad things. After all, although private salt dealers have huge profits, the amount of trafficking they sell is limited, which is not as much as those regular salt dealers. Jiang Shu himself has a bright future, so how could he ruin his future just by just a few private salt money?

Jiang Shu smiled coldly and said, "If Manager Cai wants to sell private salt, then you have found the wrong person!"

Qingqian hurriedly said, "General Jiang misunderstood. He is not a private salt dealer. This is a salt invoice issued by the government. Please check it out."

As he said that, Qingxiao introduced the salt issued by the government.

Qingzhen sold well salt and other goods purely to cover his identity as a spy, so how could he be a private salt dealer? Private salt dealer often has to oppose the government and the Shu army, and his head is not on his belt. How could Qingzhen look for a dead end for a mere slap?

Qingxiao's warehouse has legal and formal procedures. Not only that, Qingxiao also takes out a sum of money every year to honor the people in the officialdom in Hanzhong and other places. One is to pave the way for his caravans, and the other is to spy on the intelligence and spend money to buy information, sometimes more detailed and realistic than the information he collected.

Qingxia didn't care about the small money at all. After all, his real identity was a spy, and spying on intelligence was his job. As for business, it was completely paving the way for Qingxia's spy identity. He didn't care even if he spent a lot of money.

There are already some people in Qingxiao lurking in Hanzhong. He was a business person who covered his identity, but his Fuyuan warehouse was very successful and became the number one warehouse in Hanzhong.
Chapter completed!