I turned around and climbed into the tile-roofed house. I saw the sky was white with fish belly.
A ray of sunshine shot out from the sky, lining a white cloud with a gold edge, which was very beautiful.
He took a long breath and breathed in the cold air.
He looked at his feet.
She suddenly smiled.
This friend is good.
She was not a good person, but she still treated her friends sincerely. She decided to go back and look for the information Lu Bai needed.
Didn't sleep all night.
When Lu Bai woke up, the sun was already three o'clock in the sky and it was almost noon.
He stretched.
Fortunately, I have the Turtle Breathing Skill, otherwise I wouldn't have been able to survive this night.
As soon as there was any movement here, the door opened.
The White Wolf Gang members who came in said, "Gang leader, there are two fast guys waiting outside. They have been waiting all morning."
A disciple brought Lu Bai water to wash his face.
While Lu Bai was washing his face, he asked, "Did they say anything?"
The White Wolf gang laughed and said, "I said I want you to attend the celebration banquet."
He took a step forward and said, "Gang leader, have you solved the series of beheadings in Yongle City?"
He pointed outside and said, "They have been praising you just now."
The apprentice carrying the face wash said proudly, "Of course, there are cases that my master handles that cannot be solved?"
"Okay, mouthwash."
After Lu Bai finished arranging things, he went out to meet the two policemen.
The policemen were not unhappy at all because they had waited for a long time. They saluted Lu Bai respectfully and said, "Mr. Lu Qi, our Lord is hosting a banquet in the house to express our special thanks to you and ask for your kindness."
Lu Bai agreed.
He was looking for them.
Now that the case has been solved, the agenda regarding salt should be raised.
Lu Bai went to the prefect's Yamen.
It was just the right time, and we almost arrived right in the middle of the meal. Shao Baitou's catcher was also there, and he was now the catcher.
Lu Bai went in and apologized first, "Sir, please calm down. I was really tired last night, so I slept until three o'clock in the morning."
The prefect said it was okay.
"Mr. Lu worked hard all night last night. No matter how late he is, he will be late." The prefect asked Lu Bai to sit down, poured the wine for Lu Bai himself, and toasted to Lu Bai.
Lu Bai hurriedly stood up and said, "Hey, Lord Magistrate, you are really embarrassing me."
"Hey, that's right, Mr. Lu, you have helped me a lot." The prefect said sincerely.
If Lu Bai hadn't appeared in time, this would have been a very difficult time for him.
After three rounds of wine, five flavors of food.
The prefect clapped his hands and asked his subordinates to hand over a letter, "Mr. Lu Qi, I know you are here for salt, but the salt industry in Yongle City has been very nervous recently."
Lu Bai was startled, "Why is this?"
"Right now, the salt pond in Yongle City is in the mountains, and it has been attacked by monsters recently."
The magistrate smiled and said, "Of course, this is what he said openly."
To be honest, there is news in the capital that the emperor is planning to bypass the city lord and start with Xichang to completely take salt, a huge way to make money, into his hands.
In other words, in the past, salt was nominally under the control of the Salt Supervision Department.
But the city lord is the lord of a city.
The Salt Supervisor also had to listen to the city lord and be appointed by the city lord.
There are naturally a lot of tricks in this layer, and there are ways to make profits from it.
But it won’t work in the future.
From now on, the Holy Father will not allow anyone to get his hands dirty.
As a result, there was a panic in collecting salt. Caravans traveling from south to north were now waiting in Yongle City to buy salt.
This is still official salt.
Because many people had the same idea as Lu Bai - if salt was poorly controlled by this money-grubbing emperor, the price would definitely rise in the future.
In this case, don't worry about official salt or private salt, it is always good to collect more.
As for private salt——
It's even harder to get now and requires a lot of connections.
Coincidentally--
"I have some friendship with the Lord of the Salt Supervision Department. To express my gratitude, I wrote you a letter of recommendation. You can go directly to the Salt Supervision Department with it," the prefect said.
After Lu Bai heard this, he stood up happily and solemnly thanked the prefect.
The prefect did not speak clearly.
But this is the case in official circles.
Lu Bai believed that the prefect's gratitude was definitely not just for introducing him to the Salt Supervisor, but also had other benefits.
"Hey, you deserve all this." The prefect smiled.
After another drink, Lu Bai took his leave.
Before leaving, the prefect suggested that he go to the city lord's mansion.
"The Lord of the City already knows that the case has been solved. If you go over now, you will definitely be rewarded heavily." The prefect pointed out to him.
Lu Bai indicated that he understood.
He said goodbye and went straight to the city lord's palace.
Looking at Lu Bai's disappearing figure, the prefect's master came over and said, "Sir, is the reward too heavy?"
"Heavy? Not heavy at all." The prefect looked away.
He spoke earnestly and thoughtfully: "Jinyiwei is different from the officialdom. The advancement or retreat of the officialdom depends entirely on the words of the superior officer or the emperor."
And Jinyiwei——
Only when the level is reached can you move up to the top. This is a condition for influence.
The prefect believed that with Lu Bai's ability in solving crimes and his being at the third level at such a young age, he would have a bright future.
Now that he has not taken off, he can form a good relationship, so why not do it.
If anything happens to him in the future and falls into Jin Yiwei's hands, this good fate will give him room to maneuver.
The master nodded, indicating that he understood.
When Lu Bai went to the City Lord's Mansion, he was easily received by the City Lord's Mansion. He did not entertain Lu Bai, but only encouraged Lu Bai and asked Lu Bai if he had any plans to come to Yongle City.
"Sir, it's hard to leave your homeland," Lu Bai said.
The Lord of the City didn't make it difficult for him. He didn't mention it anymore. After giving a letter to Lu Bai and asking him to forward it to the Salt Supervision Department, he let him go.
"It's also a letter." Lu Bai prayed in his heart that the functions of the two letters would not overlap.
If they overlap, the two letters become one.
Lu Bai thought about it and took the city lord's seal into his arms first.
He went to find Jin Yiwei.
I don’t know how well Deputy Liu Qianhu and the others have handled the situation. Could it be that within the past three days, when he was not present, they had already settled the official salt and private salt, thereby preventing Lu Bai from finding a way to the private salt.
Deputy Liu Qianhu's abacus was good.
pity.
Lu Bai now has the city lord's envelope in his hand. There is no way that he can't get through. Maybe the price he will get will be lower.
Lu Bai went to the inn where Jin Yiwei stayed.
As soon as he entered the door, he was startled, "What's going on?"
Several Jin Yiwei's faces were all blue.
Several Jin Yiwei had bandages on their arms.
They saluted Lu Bai, "Master General Banner."
Lu Bai was overjoyed, "What a surprise, someone hit Jin Yiwei on the head during a fight. Who is so ignorant?"
The royal guards did not answer and left in dejection.
All the subordinates of Lu Bai's Jin Yiwei Zongqi must be tailed.
Lu Bai wondered, "Why are you okay? What happened to them?"
The Jin Yiwei under Lu Bai gloated, "The only one who can defeat the Jin Yiwei is definitely the Jin Yiwei."
Lu Bai sat down and asked them to talk in detail.
"They deserve it too." His subordinates scorned him.
It turned out that Deputy Liu Qianhu really took advantage of Lu Bai's absence to lead people to deal with the salt matter. In order to avoid leaking the news, they didn't even take Lu Bai's men with them.
But when they arrived at the Salt Supervision Department, they found that there was a queue in front of the Salt Supervision Department. People bought the salt as soon as it came out.
The Salt Supervision Department has no salt at all.
If the Yancheng Jinyiwei want to buy salt, they may have to wait until next month.