Liu Daming and Liang Liuduo all have family members, and in the future, they will naturally bring their families to the Yamen of the Hai'an Inspection Department. But the two were worried that this errand would be robbed by others after leaving, so they discussed it at the door and decided that one would stay in the yamen, and the other would go back to Taizhou to pick up people first.

It is an eventful time, and it is the time to employ people.

Han Xiufeng not only agreed, but also asked two archers to send Liang Liu back to Taizhou, and by the way, he helped them bring Jia Xiaoquan over. The two of them had a miserable life in the green camp, and the battalion officer never even regarded them as human beings, but when they thought that the inspector was so good to them, they were moved to kowtow several times in a row.

After sending them away, Pan Er suddenly remembered something, walked into the signing room and said, "Young master, you should ask Liang Liu to send a letter to Su Jueming." ”

"What's the letter?"

"We not only seized sixteen boats of illicit salt, but also sixteen boats, plus the boat sent by Second Young Master Zhang, a total of seventeen. These seventeen boats are also worth a lot of money. Who can be sold to in Hai'an, it is estimated that you have to go to Taizhou to sell it. ”

Without waiting for Han Xiufeng to speak, Han Chen couldn't help but smile and said, "The boat is a good thing, and it is not possible to have a boat in the area of Lixia River." But you're right, big families have boats, and ordinary people can't afford to buy them even though they want to, so they can only go to Taizhou and Rugao to sell them. ”

"Brother Yuzhi, you are more familiar with places like Taizhou and Rugao than me, how much do you estimate how much a boat can be worth?" Han Xiufeng put down the teacup and asked.

Han Chen groaned: "I have seen it at night, the ships you have captured are all made of fine wood, and most of the ships are not very old, and one is worth forty or fifty taels. We not only have stove households, but also boat boatmen, and I still know a little about the market of ships. ”

Pan Er couldn't help but say, "Even if a boat is worth forty taels, seventeen boats can be sold for six hundred and eighty taels." ”

In the past, Han Xiufeng would definitely sell the boat without hesitation, but now that there is no shortage of silver, he weighed it, looked back and smiled: "Changsheng, it is easy to sell now, but it will be difficult to buy it again if you want to use the boat in the future." But just stopping by the river not only has to send someone to watch, but it is easy to break after a long time. Just keep one for your own use, and rent out the rest, how can sixteen boats collect a hundred taels of silver a year. ”

Pan Er muttered: "It's okay to rent it out, but who can you rent it to, Hai'an is different from the salt factory, the people can only farm the land, not run the boat." ”

"Rent it to those punks." The more Han Xiufeng thought about it, the more he felt that this idea was good, and he couldn't help laughing: "As the saying goes, the country is easy to change, and the nature is difficult to change, just let those scoundrels go back, they will have trouble sooner or later." And just let them go back like that, there will be gossip. ”

Pan Er asked puzzledly: "What gossip can you have?" ”

Han Xiufeng was about to speak, but Han Chen smiled again: "Because just let those splashes go home, the local squires and people will definitely think that although your young master is not a corrupt official, he is not a good official." The reason why I locked up those pranksters a few years ago was that I was the master of the people and rectified the atmosphere, but in fact, I wanted those pranksters to check the smuggled salt and help your young master earn money to check the smuggled salt. ”

Thinking that no matter what he did, he couldn't have a good reputation, Pan Er suddenly reacted.

Han Xiufeng and Han Chen glanced at each other and said with a smile: "Find them a livelihood, they won't harass the people anymore, even if the bad habits are hard to change, they will only make trouble on the river." And most of the people who run boats on the river are unstated, and there are not even a few good people. Renting boats to those who are punks and letting them beg for a living on big rivers and small rivers is equivalent to dozens of more eyeliner for us. ”

"If they find out about the whereabouts of the smugglers, they will report it?"

"They have tasted the sweetness, and not only will they come to report it, but they will also help us investigate it as they did the night before."

Pan Er thought about it and asked, "Young Master, aren't you worried about them colluding with private tyrants?" ”

"Will the smugglers believe them, and will they dare to collude with the smugglers?" Han Xiufeng smiled and continued: "As far as I know, whether it is those boatmen and sailors on the canal or those boatmen who go down the river, I don't know how many gangs have been formed. They often fight with each other, and even kill each other. Put those splashes into the river, they will only form their own gang, and they will not and dare not collude with those private tyrants who do not know the roots. ”

"Zhixing, in my opinion, those splashes can be released, but they can't be broken after being released like flying a kite, although they won't install a trustworthy person in each boat, but they must also set a rule with them, so that they know what they can do and what they can't do. Otherwise, they are obsessed with money and carry private salt, and they will be stolen by others, and you will not be able to wash it away when you jump into the Yellow River. ”

Han Chen's words made Han Xiufeng suddenly remember that there were all salt farms nearby, and suddenly realized that there were a few people who ran the boat without carrying private salt, and thought that he couldn't move a stone to hit his own feet, so he immediately turned around and said: "Changsheng, otherwise, you can invite Dean Gu, Wang Jiansheng and other squires later, and I will discuss with them to see if they can come forward to rent the boat to those punks." It's good if nothing happens, and even if something happens, it has nothing to do with us. ”

"Okay, I'll go and please."

As soon as Pan Er walked out of the signing room, Han Chen suddenly said: "Zhixing, it's already late, why is there no movement outside." ”

Han Xiufeng was about to speak, and there was a commotion in the front yard,

Immediately afterwards, Zhang Shiheng knocked on the door and walked in, bowed down and said: "Uncle Han, Ambassador Han, Second Young Master Zhang has sent another family member, and that family member also brought dozens of servants and young men, and the tone is to take Xu Lequn and the private thieves we captured the night before yesterday to Taizhou." ”

Han Xiufeng asked in a low voice, "What about Second Young Master Zhang?" ”

"I just inquired, he is packing up his things at the post shop, looking at the posture and preparing to go home." Zhang Shiheng paused, and then said: "Zhang Daring and his subordinate flood soldiers are also here, and they are all waiting outside the yamen, it should be that Second Young Master Zhang sent someone to call them." ”

"Got it, you go outside and keep watching."

"Uncle Han, why don't you go out and have a look?"

"No, Second Young Master Zhang is in the town, I'm a shaking head old man on this patrol, what he says is what, he can do whatever he wants. By the way, go and take all the transcripts that Xu Lequn helped to record when Zhang boldly interrogated those private lords yesterday to the family of Second Young Master Zhang. ”

"Give them all, none of our business?"

"Give it all to them."

Although Zhang Shiheng was reluctant, he still answered and ran out.

As soon as he left with his front foot, Han Chen couldn't help but smile and said, "If you guessed correctly, the Bao family has already come, but they didn't show their heads, they must be hiding in the dark to find out the news." If we can think of it, Zhang Guangcheng must be able to think of it too. Whether he sent a servant to pick up people, or called the flood soldiers from the Foreign Affairs Department to help escort him, even he packed up his things and prepared to go home, all for the Bao family! ”

Han Xiufeng nodded slightly, thought about it and said with a smile: "The Bao family is really calm, and they have to wait for Zhang Guangcheng to put on a posture of one shot and two scattering." ”

"They must want to explore Zhang Guangcheng's reality and reality, if Zhang Guangcheng's pot does not move and the scoop does not sound, they just sit and wait in the post shop, that is the price of waiting!"

"It's really a chess opponent who will meet a good talent, and it's not a fuel-efficient lamp!"

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