Seeing Chu Chuyan's solemn expression, Zu An was startled: "What's wrong?"
"Come with me to the meeting hall first. I'll talk to you slowly on the way." Chu Chuyan took his hand and walked towards the mansion.
"My father was detained in Sun Yao City by Sang Hong." Chu Chuyan said on the road.
Zu An was startled: "How is it possible? My father-in-law is a dignified Duke and has a high level of cultivation. How dare Sang Hong detain him, and how could he be able to sting him?"
"Of course he has a high-sounding reason." Chu Chuyan explained, "In the final analysis, the problem still lies with the previous batch of salt."
After her explanation, Zu An finally understood the whole story.
It turns out that the last time Wang Yuanlong was arrested, he couldn't survive Chen Xuan's methods and confessed the route and exact time of the Wang family's salt shipment.
Then by coincidence, we arrived at Mingyue City on those two days.
So Chen Xuan decisively sent someone to intercept the batch of salt.
The Wang family had already been severely weakened because their frontier settlement had been plundered by foreign tribes. They had just pieced together this batch of salt.
There is absolutely no way to make another batch of salt bait in a short period of time.
The Chu family's salt business has a huge shipment volume, and it happens to need this batch of salt from the Wang family.
In desperation, the head of the Wang family came to Chu Zhongtian in person to beg him. Chu Zhongtian felt pity for him, and considering the actual situation of the Chu family, he decided to misappropriate the salt that had been produced in the years after the capital was transferred to the Salt Transportation Department.
After the Wang family and the Chu family have calmed down, they will slowly add the salt, and everything will happen without anyone noticing.
Unfortunately, things went against expectations. The Chu family's recent huge batch of salt was suddenly inspected by Sang Hong. It was found that their salt was imported incorrectly, so he used this to make a big fuss and detained Chu Zhongtian.
Zu An couldn't help but sigh: "It seems that Sang Hong has been prepared for a long time. This incident may be a conspiracy set by him."
Chu Chuyan sighed: "We are still careless."
Zu An was a little puzzled: "By the way, [51 Novels www.51ksbook.com] I heard that the Salt Transport Department is all your people, why was Sang Hong discovered?"
Chu Chuyan shook his head: "This is the strangest thing. I think it was probably Sang Hong who instigated someone from the Salt Transport Envoy Department."
Zu An held her slightly cold hand: "Wife, I will always accompany you to help the Chu family tide over the difficulties."
"Thank you~" Chu Chuyan forced a smile. At this point, she didn't think the other party could make any difference, but after hearing his words, her cold and chaotic heart felt a little warm.
"This guy Chen Xuan is really disgusting even after he died." Zu An couldn't help complaining. The cause of this incident was that Chen Xuan intercepted the batch of salt bait, otherwise there would be so many idiots.
At this moment, the two people had arrived at the meeting hall.
"Sister-in-law, you must give us an explanation for this matter!" Before entering, Chu Yuepo's angry roar was heard from inside.
Zu An was a little surprised. You must know that Chu Yuepo, the third family member, has always been a fat man with a smile, a typical smiling tiger, but he has never seen him so angry.
"Yes, we were kept in the dark about this matter from beginning to end, but now we have to clean up this mess. Sister-in-law, you have indeed gone too far." Chu Tiesheng's sneer voice also came.
After entering the door, they found that Chu Tiesheng and Chu Yuepo were attacking Qin Wanru. Qin Wanru's face was ashen, but it was indeed wrong and it was not easy to get angry.
Chu Chuyan walked in quickly: "Second uncle and third uncle, the first thing now is to solve the problem, not to divide responsibilities."
"That sounds nice. You kept it secret from us beforehand, but now you think of us when something happens?" Chu Tiesheng snorted.
Chu Chuyan frowned slightly and explained: "The reason why I hid it from everyone before was mainly because it was a very important matter and out of the need for confidentiality."
"It was kept secret, but the secret was leaked," Chu Yuepo said, "Now that only you know, who leaked the secret?"
After finishing speaking, he looked at Chu Chuyan and Qin Wanru, and the implication was very clear, one of them had leaked the secret.
Qin Wanru and Chu Chuyan were so angry that they turned pale, but for a moment they didn't know how to refute.
Zu An took a step forward at this time and stood in front of the two of them: "You are so embarrassed, two big men came to bully their orphaned daughter and widowed mother."
Qin Wanru: "???"
Chu Chuyan: "???"
The anger value from Qin Wanru is +666!
The anger value from Chu Chuyan is +233!
Zu An felt strange in his heart, thinking that I was clearly speaking for you, why are all of you still angry?
However, he immediately discovered the problem and said with a smile: "It's not an orphan and a widowed mother. It's a slip of the tongue."
If Chu Zhongtian hears this, no matter how good-tempered he is, he will probably explode.
The expressions of the two goddesses relaxed slightly.
At this time, Chu Tiesheng snorted coldly: "You, the son-in-law, don't have the right to speak here!"
Zu An was not angry: "I'm just speaking for my wife. I can't see you being so aggressive. Besides, I am not considered a direct wife, and you are just a side wife. You can say it, but I can't say it?"
"
"This is outrageous!" Chu Tiesheng was immediately furious, and even Chu Yuepo glared at him. You must know that the side house has always been a knot in their minds.
The anger value from Chu Tiesheng is +886!
The anger value from Chu Yuepo is +668!
"Okay, okay," Qin Wanru finally said, "What's the point of arguing!"
Chu Tiesheng snorted: "It's not that we want to quarrel, but everything is usually in the hands of your concubine. My third brother and I each control the salt and iron in name, but everyone knows that he is just a puppet.
That’s all.”
Chu Yuepo also agreed: "Yes, if this matter had been discussed with us in advance, such a big mistake would never have happened."
Zu An said: "Everyone can make sarcastic remarks afterwards. The reason why my father-in-law took the risk was not because of the overall interests of the Chu family. During this period, the Chu family has been unable to make ends meet, so it is natural to save a little."
Although Chu Chuyan didn't say anything, he could roughly guess the reason behind it.
Qin Wanru's face softened slightly. Normally, he would feel a little unhappy when he saw Zu An's sharp tongue, but now that he spoke for himself, the side that he didn't like before was now cute.
Having a man standing in front of you to protect you from the wind and rain makes you feel at ease.
Qin Wanru couldn't help but think of Chu Zhongtian, and didn't know when he would come back safely.
"Save, save, save, but now not only have you not saved anything, but you have completely involved the Chu family. Sixteen million taels, how can the Chu family get so much money now!" Chu Tie said angrily.
The anger value from Chu Tiesheng is +358!
"Sixteen million taels?" Zu An was shocked, how could it be so much?
He also thought that he now had a lot of money in his pocket, so he could help his wife tide over the difficulties, but it turned out that he didn't even have enough money now.
"In order to prevent salt merchants from dumping at will, the imperial court set a quota for the annual salt quota. If the quota is exceeded, the salt quota for the following years must be withdrawn in advance. Then in addition to 1.5 taels of silver for each salt quotation, an additional advance of 2.1 taels is required.
Silver." Chu Chuyan paused and looked a little unhappy, "And in order to prevent salt merchants from operating behind closed doors, the court also explicitly stipulated that those who conceal and fail to pay advance silver will be fined several times."
"More than half of the sixteen million taels of silver are fines." Chu Tiesheng took over and said, "Such a large amount of money, unless the Chu family is completely dismantled and sold, how can it be obtained?"
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I'm really not in good shape today, I'll make up for it with 3 updates tomorrow
This chapter has been completed!