"Fu, Cui, Wang, and Lin are Qingkou's Four Great Salt Merchants' General Merchants. The court's Salt Licenses are purchased exclusively by them, then resold to other salt merchants for a share of the profits."
"The Fu Family is the strongest. Aside from a retired Grand Secretary, they currently have a Provincial Governor serving outside the capital and a Censor at court-"
Yi Feng had been sent here ahead of time. Besides Fang Wu and Qin Ming, the two apprentices who had followed from the Martial Arts School, Yang Xing had also arrived.
Fang Wu and Qin Ming were both apprentices who had gone to Wei'an County with them. Fang Wu had suffered the worst injuries back then. Perhaps because they had experienced life-and-death combat, both had successfully achieved whole-body force since returning and become bright force experts.
Since the Martial Arts School already had almost all the instructors it needed, they wanted to venture out, and Lin Hao had naturally taken them under his wing.
Yang Xing's continued presence at Yi Feng's side was an unexpected bonus. Lin Hao would not shortchange any of them.
Money was easy to earn, but reliable, capable people were hard to find.
During this time, Yi Feng had also familiarized himself with almost all of Qingkou's general circumstances. He had a rough grasp of the major families' backgrounds, the relationships between the various factions, and much else besides.
"Well now, the Fu Family even produced a Grand Secretary and still has connections to the current cabinet. They really do deserve to be called Qingkou's foremost family."
Lin Hao nodded after hearing Yi Feng's explanation.
The four Salt Merchant Guild Masters—Fu, Cui, Wang, and Lin—naturally had considerable ability to hold on to such lucrative positions!
Every family had produced at least one official of the