"...I don't believe it." Then where do you think so much salt comes from in Qingzhou?
"Forget it, don't think about it. Let the county magistrates buy salt and distribute it to them according to the previous quantity. Next season, people will go to Qingzhou a month in advance to inquire about the news. If there is any, it is best. If not, go to Jiangnan.
It will be the summer harvest season, which is very labor-intensive, and we must have enough salt."
"yes."
Jizhou and Xiangzhou going west from Qingzhou, as well as Zhengzhou, Huazhou and other places going south all received the gift cars sent by Bai Shan. The soldiers went south in Xiangzhou, and after arriving in Zhengzhou, they returned eastward, passing through Huazhou and Yanzhou.
After returning to Qingzhou with Yunzhou, because they did not bring enough salt, Yanzhou divided the last three carts of salt, so when they arrived at Yunzhou, they went in empty.
The soldier sent an official letter directly to the governor of Yunzhou, as well as a letter from Bai Shan.
The governor of Yunzhou was speechless for a long time after reading it, "So when it comes to me, it will be gone?"
The soldier comforted the governor of Yunzhou, "Yunzhou is not far from Qingzhou. If you are in urgent need of salt, why don't you send someone and me back to get it."
The governor of Yunzhou thought for a moment, then nodded in agreement, and then sent a team to go with them to Qingzhou to fetch salt. Well, they brought money, carriages and horses.
After sending the people away, the master was a little worried, "Is there really so much salt in Qingzhou?"
"We'll know in ten days."
It took them six days to go back and forth from Yunzhou to Qingzhou. Four days was enough for them to purchase salt. If they didn't come back after ten days, or they didn't bring salt with them, they would have to look for salt elsewhere.
"Over there in Jiangnan..."
"Huh, let them continue grinding. By the way, let them live in the inn. Anyway, the food and accommodation are provided by the inn. If you want to increase the price, there are no doors or windows, let alone doors." The face of the governor of Yunzhou was very ugly.
He sneered and said: "If they want to fight with the imperial court, then let's fight. They are just gambling with the lives of the people in the Central Plains and all the salt-deficient areas. No wonder His Majesty cannot tolerate them."
Are the aristocratic families of the Central Plains and Guanlong sufficiently arrogant?
They are more powerful and don't pay much attention to the royal family and the emperor, but who dares to gamble with the salt of the people in the world?
It’s no wonder that Your Majesty took the knife to Jiangnan first, he really had no bottom line.
The governor of Yunzhou angrily rolled up his sleeves and turned back to the Yamen. Then he began to write notes on impeachment of the salt policy in Jiangnan.
At this time, Yang Heshu was trying his best to control the output of salt by the various households and yamen at all levels in the salt field. To this end, he even risked his own life to inspect the salt field, and then he saw the salt field that had been fried and had been cleared of wood.
The official who received Yang Heshu said while wiping the cold sweat from his forehead: "Your Excellency has also seen it. It's not that the officials are trying to shirk it. It's because the salt field is old and firewood is hard to find, so the salt field has to stop boiling salt."
The official looked at the expressionless Yang Heshu and said thoughtfully, "I beg you to write a letter and say a few kind words for me. It's hard for a clever woman to make a meal without rice."
Yang Heshu withdrew his gaze, lowered his head and stared at him quietly for a long time. When the sweat on the official's face became more and more, he nodded slightly and said, "I understand."
Yang Heshu turned around and left.
After riding the horse for a long distance, he lowered the speed of the horse and led the people to walk slowly on the official road. After a while, two horsemen caught up from behind, and he reined in the horse.
The two guards clasped their fists and saluted on their horses. They stepped forward, leaned into Yang Heshu's ears and lowered their voices: "There is salt in the warehouse, and there is a lot of it. It takes up two-thirds of the warehouse."
In other words, it is almost full.
Yang Heshu tightened the reins in his hands and whispered: "Let people keep an eye on the intersection. If they move the official salt, they must keep an eye on it. I want to see what they will do with the official salt in the future."
After returning, Yang Heshu sent an official letter to the saltworks in various places, asking them to indicate the current inventory of the saltworks, the current number of workers in the saltworks, daily consumption, etc...
When Gu Huai received the news, he pondered for a moment and then said: "Let's wait and see what he wants to do."
Lu Binghua, who was making tea on the side, said nonchalantly: "What else can be done? I just want to force them to produce salt, but every salt farm has found a reason, and everyone from the officials to the stewards has been silenced.
Even if Yang Heshu knew there was something wrong and there was no evidence, there was nothing he could do to us."
Zhu Hongru, who was sitting opposite him, shook his head and smiled, "Brother Lu was too cruel to Master Yang. Speaking of which, we still have some friendship."
The Yang family belongs to the Guanlong family. When Yi Guan traveled south, one branch of the Yang family ended up in Wu County. Since then, various families have been marrying each other. A aunt from the Lu family has married into the Yang family, and a daughter from the Yang family has married into the Lu family.
Not to mention, one of Lu Binghua’s aunts is from a branch of the Yang family.
This is one of the reasons why Yang Heshu is both dangerous and safe here.
There are many people who want to kill him to avoid future troubles, but there are also many people who want to keep him because of family ties and other interests.
The emperor sent Yang Heshu over, but he hit them hard. Before the people arrived, the voices of various families became confused.
Regarding the confrontation with the imperial court, there were those like Lu Binghua who were determined to fight to the end and wanted to firmly hold Jiangnan; naturally, there were also those who wanted to take a step back and live in harmony with the imperial court and the emperor.
Let alone several families, it is just one family, and even brothers and sisters from the same father and mother have different opinions.
Last year, the emperor used the prince's assassination and frame-up to arrest many people in Jiangnan. The Lu family, the Zhu family and the Gu family all suffered losses. Among them, Lu Binghua's younger brother was arrested for rumors about the prince's rebellion, forging letters and other crimes.
, although he did not die, he was sentenced and exiled to Liaodong.
In this life, unless the emperor grants amnesty to the world, he may not be able to come back.
For this reason, the Lu family had to detach a branch to follow his brother to Liaodong and let him settle there.
Lu Binghua looked very unhappy and was obviously angry.
Gu Huai then said: "It's better to be careful. We have all seen Yang Heshu's ability. If he hadn't helped the prince last year and confused us, we wouldn't have suffered a disastrous defeat."
Zhu Hongru slowly took a sip of the tea handed to him and said with a smile: "Yang Heshu is recognized as the number one person in the Guanlong Zhongyuan family. If we can fight with him and draw a tie, it is worthy of me to show off, so Brother Gu is right.
Wrong, we should be more careful about him."
Although Lu Binghua was not convinced in his heart, he did not say it out loud.
Gu Huai just thought he agreed, so he sent an order to let people delay.
But Yang Heshu was not completely helpless. After only two days of delay, the salt field officials complained to Gu Huai that the delay could not go on any longer. If the delay continued, Yang Heshu would directly take over the salt field. Not to mention that officials like them would have to take over the salt field directly.
If he is replaced, even the control of the salt farm will fall into the hands of Yang Heshu.
He is the Huainan Road patrol inspector and has the authority to do this.