Soon after Yunmo went, more than a dozen officials came in, all of whom were above the salt envoy, and those above the fifth grade, like the deputy envoy level, were not allowed to come.

Guo Wenying glanced at them, took a sip of tea with a teacup, and said leisurely: "You have been with the official for a day, and the official has not deliberately asked for trouble with you, but since you have taken up this position, it is better to know it in your heart." The official checked this account and found that there were a lot of losses, so I was afraid that the emperor would not be able to explain it if he asked, so I would like to find a way to make up for it first. It's hard for her to be so angry just now, but when she turns her face, she can say such a set of polite words in a harmonious voice.

More than a dozen officials nodded frequently, "What your lord said is very true. "More than 10,000 taels of silver, it's really not a big deal for them.

Guo Wenying said again: "From now on, we are a family, and I will take care of you in the future, since the emperor has entrusted me with this errand, I will do my best to do it well, and I hope you will help you more in the future." ”

She made a circle, really made the etiquette to the extreme, the officials who were originally frightened and flew away, all settled down, although they couldn't figure out what the inspector wanted to do for a while, but they were not in danger.

"It's nature, it's nature. The group laughed flatteringly.

Guo Wenying said a few more words to them, and then told them all to disperse, where did they come from, where did they go back, each went back to their own homes, and each found their own mother.

Guo Wenying asked someone to put it up, naturally she couldn't swallow this breath, and she was thinking about how to make up for this face. If Feng Jingting wasn't in Hangzhou, if he knew that he had worked so hard for so long, he would have made a big mistake, maybe what to say about her.

Grandma's, she really can't settle these people if she doesn't believe it.

She went home and asked Lu Junyan to find Chen Wanxi, this prefect is really a bit honest, much easier to deal with than Ma Ruyun's old fox, and he must be able to get something out of his mouth.

There was wine in the house, and at the banquet, Lu Junyan knocked on the side and asked this Chen Governor how he operated the private salt, how to evade taxes, how to prevent the above from checking the accounts, a few glasses of wine went down, and was coaxed and deceived by Lu Junyan, and he was scared again, saying that the governor was going to take him to the crime and escort him into Beijing, so frightened that Chen Wanxi almost peed his pants, and he didn't dare to hide his secrets.

There is a set of methods for evading salt taxes, Guo Wenying hid and listened to him while calculating the account in his head.

According to last year's calculation, the annual fiscal revenue of Nanqi was about 3.66 million taels of silver, and the salt tax reached 2.5 million taels of silver at its peak. For every 6 taels of silver, 6 taels and 4 cents, 13.28 million taels of silver should be obtained. However, in fact, the annual salt tax revenue was only 2.5 million taels of silver at the most, and the salt tax could be said to be a large loss. There is a huge gap between the salt tax receivable and the actual salt tax, and the salt tax of 13.28 million taels of silver that should have been obtained can only be collected by one-tenth.

This account was not calculated by Guo Wenying, but calculated by Lu Yiyu, Lu Yiyu checked the salt road in Fujian a while ago, and Lu Weixin took another trip to the salt fields in Huainan and Huaibei.

In this way, such a huge amount of money is by no means something that a small Hangzhou can be greedy for, and it may involve the entire Jiangnan and even the entire four southern provinces. Guo Wenying has long felt that there is a lot involved, and the four southern provinces are afraid that they have already formed a relationship network, and they will both prosper and lose. It's just that I don't know who weaves this web together and plays a pivotal role in it.

Chen Wanxi only knows some superficial things, but he doesn't know who really operates, and even Ma Ruyun is just a small role in it.

She didn't close her eyes all night, she was also tired, listened for a while, and when she stood up again, she felt that her eyes were dark and her body was shaking. She couldn't help but sigh, this is really not the time it used to be, and she can't really be ruined when she is pregnant.

Chen Wanxi really said some useful things on this trip, especially revealing a news, saying that every time there is salt in Hangzhou, more than half of it comes out of the warehouse.

Lu Junyan asked where the big warehouse was, but he said that he didn't know, all the salt in Hangzhou was taken over by Zheng Wenbin, and they transported the salt to one place, and then the people of the Zhang family took over the transfer. In this way, they don't even know where this kumen is, only that the place should be on the water.

Guo Wenying said secretly, sure enough, there was Zheng Wenbin inside, she said that the little white face was not kind, this surnamed Zheng was so beautiful, and he was the son-in-law of the Zhang family, and he was really hooked up with the Zhang family's trafficking in illicit salt.

To say that this big warehouse is mysterious, but it is not that there are no traces at all, Guo Wenying immediately asked Yunmo to investigate, and carefully searched all the waterway docks inside and outside, and really found some clues. It was also a coincidence that a few days ago, a batch of salt was transported to the wharf, and someone saw it, and the person who was searching asked about it.

Guo Wenying has a lot of people on the main roads and wharves of the river road during this time, just waiting for something to happen. A few days ago, there was no movement here, but I didn't expect that as soon as I took the cover, a big fish swam ashore. It seems that God also treats her well, blocking this road, and there is another way for her to go. The road is facing the sky, you can't block it all, right?

She asked Yunmo, "But where is the salt transported?"

Yunmo smiled and rubbed his hands, "The emperor's personal guards are naturally good, he followed all the way, and he really found it." ”

Guo Wenying was stunned, "What emperor?"

Yun Mo was surprised: "Don't you know, the emperor has arrived in Hangzhou, and this news is the emperor who asked you to return to your lordship." ”

Guo Wenying was shocked, she thought that Feng Jingting didn't know that she was here, it turned out that everything was in his eyes, could it be that he came to Hangzhou for the salt case?

But this is not the time to be entangled in Feng Jingting's purpose, so he has to beat his spirit and ask, "Where is it?"

"Military ration depot. ”

Guo Wenying said secretly, these people are so scheming, the military grain depot is heavily guarded, and ordinary people can't enter, who would have thought that they would put salt there?

Without further ado, immediately notify Xu Heng to order 500 people and follow them to search the army grain depot.

But as soon as they arrived at the military food depot, they were blocked out, and they were not allowed to enter. Although they are people in the army, there is no order from the Ministry of War, and it is a violation of military discipline to move the army at will, even if Xu Heng is tyrannical, he does not dare to make a move with others, so he has to come back to talk to Guo Wenying about this matter.

Guo Wenying had expected that this matter would not be so easy, and she didn't dare to really fight in Hangzhou, especially when the emperor was still there, she always had to save some face for him, it was too public, and she didn't need others to participate, and Feng Jingting's face would not be able to hang up.