There are many salt farms in the Ming Dynasty, very many, but the status of the two Huai salt farms is absolutely pivotal. Therefore, there is a "since ancient times the benefits of boiling salt, heavier than the southeast, and the two Huai for the most", "two Huai salt tax in the world" said, salt is quite rich, so anyone who is a little thinking about doing business, all want to intervene in the salt.

When it comes to the two Huai salt farms, we have to mention a place, this place is Huai'an, Huai'an Prefecture has jurisdiction over Shanyang, Qinghe, Andong, Yancheng, Taoyuan, Suqian, Shuyang, Suining, Ganyu, Pizhou, Haizhou, a total of 9 counties and 2 states, and more importantly, the governor of Caoyun and the governor of Nanhe are stationed in Huai'an.

The governor of Caoyun also often served as the governor of Jianghuai, controlling the four prefectures of Huai (An), Yang (Zhou), Lu (Zhou), Feng (Yang) and the three prefectures of Xu (Zhou), Chu (Zhou), and He (Zhou).

In addition to Huai'an, because of the development of the two Huai salt industry in the city of Yangzhou, the so-called fireworks in March down Yangzhou, Yangzhou is full of flowers, largely because it is the distribution center of the two Huai salt transportation. Why did Yangzhou become the distribution center of the two Huai salt transportation? First, because of Yangzhou's geographical location, the transportation is convenient.

The other most important reason is that there is a yamen in Yangzhou, which is a yamen from Sanpin, which is not very conspicuous in the Ming Dynasty, but it is in charge of the salt lifeline of the Ming Dynasty. Its power is not embodied in transshipment, but in its power.

The transfer of salt makes the division of the transfer of all the transfer of one person, from the three products, under the jurisdiction of the salt division, salt warehouse, etc., this is going to die, that is to say, the entire two Huai salt field large and small officials, all under the control of the transfer of the capital.

Yangzhou, the land of wind and clouds, the land of heroes, some people become famous here, some people lose here, here is heaven, here is also hell.

It was originally a very ordinary afternoon in Yangzhou, the sunset and sunset, the scenery is beautiful, there are countless flower boats on the Slender West Lake, talented and beautiful people travel in the mountains and rivers, and chant poems and music. The boat was playing, singing, laughing and laughing, and in the crowd, a group of people walked along the embankment of Slender West Lake, which was not eye-catching.

The leader is a very bewitching-looking son, with a slender figure, holding a folding fan in his hand, chasing a jade pendant around his waist, with a faint smile on his face, looking at everything in the Slender West Lake.

"On the moonlit night of the twenty-four bridges, where does the jade teach. Yangzhou is really a good place, Daming is prosperous, no more than Yangzhou! The bewitching son closed the folding fan, and then said with a smile: "Everyone, we have been in Yangzhou for a few days, shouldn't we be doing business tomorrow morning?" ”

This demonic son is naturally not an outsider, it is Yang Lian sent by Zhu Houzhao to Lianghuai, the godson of Yang Peng, the prince of Dongchang Factory.

Although the qualifications of eunuchs are high and low, they naturally have advantages in being selected by the side of Dongchang Factory from an early age and taking the eunuchs trained around them. The last time Zhu Houzhao handed over the affairs of the Jianghuai Ye family to him, and the result was also good, Yang Lian did it very well, this time Zhu Houzhao asked him to come to Yangzhou again, and Yang Lian naturally planned to do it well.

There were more than a dozen people behind Yang Lian, and these people were all members of the Xungui Alliance who surrounded Zhang Heling.

In addition to the people who followed Yang Lian from the capital, there was another person who got on the boat halfway, and the person was from the Wei State Mansion in Nanjing.

Doing things in the Jianghuai area, or what you want to do in Yangzhou, it is basically impossible if you don't bring the Wei State Mansion with you. In addition, there are also people from the Chengguo Mansion who are also the top priority, because the current Nanjing garrison is Zhu Fu, the Duke of Chengguo, although the nobles have declined, and although the guards are no longer good, the military power is still in the hands of these old nobles.

This is also the reason why in the Ming Dynasty, even if the Donglin Party was killed by the eunuch party in the dark, no one rebelled, because the military power was always in the hands of these old nobles, even if they were very bad. It was only later that the peasant uprisings increased and the wolf smoke spread everywhere, and these people became useless.

After listening to Yang Lian's words, everyone smiled and said: "It's all up to Yang Gongzi to decide, and Yang Gongzi will do what he says." ”

Although there are many people involved in this incident, there is only one person who is in charge, and that is Zhang Heling, the Marquis of Shouning.

These nobles participated, firstly, to give Zhang Heling a face, are they hot now, and secondly, they are really rushing to make a fortune, what if it happens? Even if it fails, it is Zhang Heling, the Marquis of Shouning, who is in front, can His Majesty kill the Marquis of Shouning or can he revoke his title?

It is impossible for the first offender to be severely punished, and these people will naturally not have any major problems, since this is the case, what are you waiting for for this kind of good thing, side by side!

In such a situation, these people naturally followed, as for who this Yang Gongzi is, everyone doesn't know, as for whether he pretends not to know, or really doesn't know, this is unknown, anyway, I don't know. It's just that after this Yang Gongzi appeared, everyone's enthusiasm rose a lot.

"Since that's the case, then let's settle this matter, and tomorrow Zhang Guan and I will go to explore the way in advance." Yang Lian said with a smile, her tone was calm, and her smile was like a flower.

The group quickly turned back to an inn, which had naturally been enclosed a long time ago, and there was no one else except them.

There was nothing to say all night, and Yang Lian got up early the next morning, and went out with the steward of the Shouning Hou Mansion, this Zhang steward is named Zhang He, and he is Zhang Heling's trusted confidants. Three generations have been working in the Zhang family, and they have been managing the business of Shouninghou Mansion all these years, if it is not a major matter, Shouninghou will never send him out.

This is a thin man in his forties, dressed in a cyan robe, wearing a square scarf, and a mustache, looking more like a teacher in a family.

Yang Lian took Zhang He to a yamen, which was not somewhere else, it was the yamen of the Yangzhou garrison eunuchs.

Garrison the eunuch yamen, which is the peripheral institution of the celebrant eunuch, and all the personnel appointments, dismissals, rewards and punishments are controlled by the celebrant eunuch, or the emperor. Local civil officials can participate, but they must not be arrested and punished, it can be said that this is a special group, in such an important place as Yangzhou, there are naturally garrison eunuchs.

Yang Lian entered the yamen of the garrison eunuchs, naturally it didn't take much effort, and a token notification was enough.

It didn't take long for a fat eunuch to run out of the house, and when he saw Yang Lian and Zhang He, he was stunned, these two young people came? However, he is a eunuch, and his vision is naturally keen, he can see at a glance that Yang Lian is a eunuch, the fat eunuch was suddenly shocked, and looked at Yang Lian in disbelief and said, "It's you!" ”

Yang Lian smiled and nodded, and then said, "Say it inside!" ”