I didn't expect that this time the transportation of illicit salt would be planted.

Although Linjin Pass is not under the jurisdiction of Hedong County, Han Zhang's fleet does not go ashore at all, because the entire Yellow River waterway is at the junction of Sizhou and Yongzhou, so the people of Linjin Pass have no right to inspect.

What's more, the Korean flag itself is a terrifying existence on the waterway of the Yellow River, whether it is the officers and soldiers at the checkpoints along the road, or the rich business travelers in the past, all of them do not know that this is the banner of Han Taishou, so Han Zhang's fleet is completely unimpeded when it passes through Pubanjin.

But this time there was an accident, when Han Zhang's fleet passed through Pubanjin, it happened to meet the men and horses of the Pingbei general Cao Liang who were crossing the river, due to the lack of ferries, Cao Liang naturally wanted to requisition Han Zhang's cargo ship.

As a result, something naturally happened, Han Zhang was detained at Linjin Pass with people and goods, and Cao Liang, the general of Pingbei, was rushing to Anyi non-stop at the moment.

Han Zhang didn't know Cao Liang, it was a normal thing, a common man who stayed at home felt that the county order was already a big official, and it could basically be regarded as a heavy sky, and people who usually only operated in the local area felt that Taishou was already a great official, covering the sky with one hand, and his power was monstrous.

Han Zhang has the support of his uncle Han Jian in Hedong County, and he is used to doing whatever he wants, so he naturally does not take outsiders seriously. But Han Jian is different, although he is Hedong Taishou, but he knows that there is a sky outside the sky, and there are people outside the people, although the Taishou is a big official of 2,000 stones, but in the imperial court, it is nothing at all, people move their fingers, it is like killing an ant to kill him.

Cao Liang, who had just been promoted to the general of Pingbei, was the person of the general Cao Shuang, and he was a red man who was picked up by Cao Shuang, and this time he was ordered to quell the Xiongnu rebellion and passed through Hedong County, and Han Jian had already received a note in advance.

Although he is also an official of 2,000 stones, Cao Liang only has a fake festival, which Han Jian does not dare to provoke.

We can't afford to hide, Han Jian is already ready to do his best to cooperate with Cao Liang, anyway, Cao Liang is only transiting, he is finally going to Bingzhou to quell the Xiongnu rebellion, as long as his side tries to meet his requirements as much as possible, send him away.

It's a pity that it backfired, Han Zhang didn't leave sooner or later, but when he was just trafficking salt, he was hit by Cao Liang, and the stolen goods were seized.

What kind of crime is selling illicit salt, Han Jian knows better than anyone else, although it is said that it was Han Zhang who was caught this time, but in any case, Han Jian can't clear himself, if the imperial court sends someone to investigate this case, he will definitely find out his own body, and Han Jian will definitely not be able to escape the involvement.

Knowing the law and breaking the law, it is even more of a crime, if he is included in the imperial history, Han Jian will face more than just a simple matter of losing his official position and resigning, it will definitely lose his head.

Since Han Jian received the news, his mind was blank, and he was completely at a loss.

"Yipinju...... Sima's ...... Right! Han Jiansi thought about it, and the only one who could save his life was the Sima family.

"Come on, go and ask the shopkeeper to come!" Hou Cheng is now in Anyi, living in the pavilion, and he also came to this time for private salt.

The efficiency of the subordinates was quite high, and they soon invited Hou Cheng over, looking at Hou Cheng's appearance full of spring breeze, obviously not knowing the news that the fleet was detained.

After Hou Cheng became the chief steward of Shangpinju, he focused on the operation of private salt, and after a few months in a row, the benefits were really amazing, and Hou Cheng believed that as long as he continued to do so, Yipinju's business would definitely return to its peak.

This time he came to Anyi to discuss with Han Jian the expansion of the business, private salt has a huge profit, if the existing business scale can be doubled, then the income will become more lucrative.

Originally, this matter had been negotiated, and the private salt this time had also been shipped, Hou Cheng was preparing to return to Luoyang, and Han Jian urgently summoned him to the Taishou Mansion at this time, Hou Cheng thought that Han Jian still had something unfinished to discuss with him.

"Han Taishou, isn't there anything unfinished?" Hou Cheng said with a smile on his face.

Han Jian hurriedly stepped forward with a crying voice and said, "Shopkeeper Hou, save me-"

Hou Cheng said in a deep voice: "What happened?" ”

"Something is wrong, Han Zhang's fleet transporting salt, when it just arrived in Pubanjin, it was intercepted by Pingbei General Cao Liang, and now people and goods have been detained to Linjin Pass, and Pingbei General Cao Liang is rushing to Anyi, this matter may not be done by Sima Taifu."

"What, the salt ship was detained?" Hou Cheng's heart sank suddenly, this news was definitely not good news for him. "Han Taishou, don't we have an appointment in advance, your Han family is responsible for the safety of the salt boat in Hedong County, and when you arrive in Luoyang, you will naturally have someone from our Yipinju to pick you up, didn't you swear yesterday that there would be absolutely no problems, why did this kind of thing happen just one day later?"

Han Jian was already a master of the six gods at this moment, shook his head and said: "I didn't know that this Cao Liang would rush to Hedong County so quickly, originally I was going to rush this batch of private salt out before he arrived, but I didn't expect it...... Didn't expect ......"

Han Jian didn't expect to say two things, I'm afraid he is now repentant, he knew that Cao Liang came so quickly, so he might as well put this batch of private salt on it, and wait until Cao Liang left, and then ship it.

But it's too late to say anything now, what medicine is sold in the world, but there is no regret medicine.

Han Jian grabbed Hou Cheng's robe sleeve, and said pitifully with snot and tears: "Shopkeeper Hou, you can save me!" ”

Hou Cheng snorted heavily, flicked the sleeves of his robe, shook Han Jian away, and said coldly: "Han Taishou, we have agreed in advance, if there is a problem with the private salt in Luoyang, we will be responsible for all of it, and if there is a problem in Hedong County, it will all be responsible for your Han family, and now that the salt ship is detained in Pubanjin, Han Taishou, who do you say should bear this responsibility?" ”

Han Jian couldn't help but be speechless, it was true that they had made an agreement in advance, and Han Jian also patted his chest and promised that as long as it was on the boundary of Hedong, the salt boat would be foolproof.

At that time, Han Jian naturally thought very simply, he was the lord of Hedong County, and he naturally had the final say here, of course Han Jian was not afraid of anyone coming to check his boat, so he made a guarantee to Hou Cheng, the salt boat was in Hedong County, so there was absolutely no problem.

But now there is really a problem, and it is beyond the scope of his Han Jian's ability, Han Jian saw that Hou Cheng wanted to stay out of the matter, so he was even more anxious, and hurriedly said: "Shopkeeper Hou, you can't see death without help, we are grasshoppers tied to a rope." ”