In the post house, early in the morning, preparations began to be made for the sale of salt in large quantities that day. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

Some people who came from far away to buy salt were told that they were no longer for sale, and they gathered in front of the post house for a long time and refused to leave.

As soon as Shen Xi came back, Zhu Qi came up to report: "Master, the salt field still didn't open last night, and now there are at least three or four thousand people gathered outside the salt field, and there will be more people in the past today...... Master, do you need to find someone to make trouble and take the opportunity to make trouble? ”

Shen Xi shook his head resolutely: "Don't make trouble." I am afraid that the political envoys and the yamen of the inspection envoys are hoping that the people will make trouble, and then they will be able to justifiably take the people, and once it turns into a civil uprising, the main blame will be on me. Ignore this matter for the time being, and if the people want to make trouble, they will have to wait until tomorrow or the day after tomorrow when patience runs out...... Let people watch carefully. ”

"Yes, sir."

Zhu Qi left in a hurry after receiving the order, in the previous division of labor, he was mainly in charge of the salt field outside the city today, Ma Jiu was in charge of the salt warehouse, and Tang Yin stayed in the post house to receive the salt merchants who might come to buy a large amount of salt that day.

Tang Yin sat in the empty front hall of the official post drinking tea, and when he saw Shen Xi's figure appear in front of the wall, he didn't bother to get up and salute, but just said hello:

"Shen Zhongcheng, it's all three poles in the day, why did you come back at this time? Ma Dangjia came over in the morning and said that it rained a lot yesterday, and a lot of salt in the salt warehouse was damp, and asked you how to deal with it. ”

Shen Xi thought for a moment, and couldn't help but smile brightly, could it be that God came down to help him in this rain?

Shen Xi beckoned the guards to come in and instructed: "Go to the salt warehouse outside the city to inform you, if there are damp salt bags, take them out and put them in an open place, open the mouth of the bag, and expose them to the sun." In addition, officers and soldiers should be sent to guard it, and no salt robbery should occur. ”

The guards took the order, and Tang Yin asked with some surprise: "Shen Zhongcheng is trying to make an illusion of salt?" ”

Shen Xi said with a smile: "There is salt in the first place, it can't be said to be an illusion, this time it's just a guide to dry salt due to the situation." ”

Tang Yin pursed his lips, thinking to himself that this is taking me for a fool? You don't dry it in the morning or at night, but you sell salt in large quantities when it is introduced, which is to let those salt merchants know that there is a large amount of salt in the warehouse.

Since these salts have been seized by the governor's yamen, they can be turned into official salt at any time according to what was said in the previous notice. Tang Yin asked: "Shen Zhongcheng is not afraid that the people outside the city who are guarding outside the salt field will flock to the salt warehouse to pick up salt?" ”

Shen Xi said: "The traditional rule is to bring salt to the salt field, as long as the Governor Yamen does not open this door, who would have thought that the salt warehouse can carry salt?" ”

Tang Yin pondered for a moment, this is such a truth!

Even if the people knew that there was salt in the salt warehouse, they would think that it was the salt of the government, and it was different from them pulling salt from the salt factory. However, he was still a little worried: "I'm afraid that the feudal division will make an obstacle and guide the people to the port, and then the salt warehouse will not be able to withstand the surging people." ”

Shen Xi waved his hand: "Brother Bohu reminds me that the salt warehouse really needs to send more people to keep an eye on it, so let's bother Brother Bohu to go." ”

When Tang Yin heard this, Huo Ran stood up and glared at Shen Xi angrily...... Today, he got up so early purely to wait for Shen Xi to pay him, but Shen Xi didn't say a word when he came back from outside, and he had to send him to a hard place like the salt warehouse to drink the northwest wind. Shen Xi didn't see it, and added: "Brother Bohu has to keep an eye on it, if there are really a large number of people who go to pick up salt, remember to blow people away, the official is a little tired, go first to make up for sleep." ”

After speaking, Shen Xi yawned, and walked down to the backyard with Tang Yin's angry eyes, Tang Yin was depressed.

It's easy to get on a thief ship and get off a thief shipwreck, even if he is given a chance to leave at this time, he is not reconciled: "I owe me thirty taels of silver and haven't given it yet, why let me go?" I also want to see how you bring this play back. ”

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In the morning, except for the people gathered outside the official post, they did not see any big businessmen.

The front yard of the post house was very deserted, in stark contrast to the situation of the previous two days.

Even Shen Xi himself didn't go to the courtyard in front of him, and the Governor Yamen only sent a tent to go over to cover it, because Shen Xi also knew that no one would come.

No one understood Shen Xi's move, although those big salt merchants wanted to come to talk to Shen Xi about buying salt, but the problem was that the political envoy gave a death order, who would buy salt, not only could not mention salt, but also didn't want to do official salt trading in the future.

The salt merchants were discouraged.

In the past, some businessmen who had no way to operate the official salt trade, or some newly rising businessmen on the ground in Guangdong, although they were all ready to move at this time, they were worried that they would lose all their money in this transaction, so they held the currency and waited.

The key point is that the salt works refuse to release salt.

Not only the Xingshengchang salt field in Panyu County, but all the salt farms under the jurisdiction of the Guangdong Salt Section Lifting Division and the Haibei Salt Lifting Division have now been notified.

And Shen Xi's position of governor seems to be above the political envoy, but in the end, Shen Xi is in charge of officials, not local administration, Shen Xi cannot directly intervene in the operation of the salt farm, and the salt farm does not need to be responsible for the governor yamen.

Shen Xi was playing with corn and sweet potato seedlings in the backyard, yesterday's rain was a timely rain for him, and the experimental field after the rain was full of vitality, and the ridges of the field were green overnight, which made Shen Xi very pleased.

"Master, that guy who is neither male nor female was brought by your own soldiers, saying that he wanted to see you." Zhu Shan walked to the edge of the field and said angrily.

Zhu Shan has been sullen for the past two days, perhaps because what Shen Xi said has seriously hit her self-confidence, and her demeanor is a little unnatural when she sees Shen Xi, but she is respectful in etiquette.

Shen Xi reacted for a moment who the "guy who is neither male nor female" would be, and then remembered that it should be Yu Niang, Yu Niang was detained by him for two days, and at this time, he estimated that he had bought the guards and soldiers to bring him to see him.

didn't say anything to Zhu Shan, Shen Xi came directly to the front hall, and as soon as he saw Yu Niang, he glared at him angrily: "Lord Shen, you are obviously going back on your word!" ”

Shen Xi asked with a smile, "What do you mean by what Yu Niang said?" You asked the official to let the people from the Jiaofang Division go back, and the official did so, how could you complain that the official had gone back on his word? ”

Yu Niang wanted to say, what's the difference between you letting people go and not letting them go? However, he persuaded him: "Lord Shen, there are some things that the slave family has long wanted to say to you, your current predicament in Guangzhou Mansion can only be solved by reconciling with the political envoy and the yamen of the inspection envoy...... Liu Shangshu once said that you must not make enemies with the locality! ”

"That's what Liu Shangshu said to you, but he didn't explain it to this official." Shen Xi's face turned cold, "This official is in charge of supervising affairs, Liu Shangshu is in charge of the military department, one is outside, one is inside, even if Liu Shangshu is in person, this official doesn't need to pay attention to it, not to mention that Liu Shangshu just asked Yu to pass the word on his behalf?" ”

For a while, Yu Niang was speechless.

Indeed, no matter how powerful Liu Daxia is, and Shen Xi, the governor of the three provinces, was jointly recommended by him, Xie Qian and others, but he is not Shen Xi's direct boss, and Shen Xi does not need to obey orders.

Shen Xi, the governor, is a Qin errand and is directly responsible to the emperor, not the six yamen.

Yu Niang said: "Then how is Lord Shen going to solve the matter of selling salt?" The salt farm refuses to release salt, unless Lord Shen sends troops to knock on the salt field, even if there is no salt merchant to buy salt at that time, because going to the salt field to grab salt and other complicity is a big crime of the Jiu clan, even with Lord Shen's current identity, he doesn't dare to do this, right? ”

Shen Xi sneered: "Do I need salt, I have to bring it from the salt farm?" ”

Yu Niang was slightly stunned, carefully pondered the meaning of Shen Xi's words, and didn't understand the essentials for a long time, and asked, "Could it be that Lord Shen, can you conjure salt out of thin air?" ”

"This official can't conjure salt out of thin air, but with thousands of salt in the salt warehouse outside the city on hand, it may be able to solve the urgent need for a while." Shen Xi said, "It's better for Yu Niang to return to the Jiaofang Division first, and after the official sells all the salt, he will go to the Jiaofang Division to talk to Yu Niang about wine!" ”

Yu Niang's face was gloomy: "Lord Shen is playing with fire and self-immolation!" ”

Shen Xi smiled: "Say whatever you want...... Yu Niang, we might as well make a bet, if the official can sell all the salt and collect the price of the salt tax, then the official wins, otherwise, you win, and let the other party dispose of it, okay? ”

Yu Niang looked at Shen Xi with a surprised look: "The slave family is not qualified to deal with Lord Shen, but the slave family is now a fish on the chopping board, and they are slaughtered by others." ”

You are lying on the chopping board, but I can't kill it, you don't tell me what is going on, and you bring out Liu Daxia and these big officials to disgust me, what kind of fish is this to be slaughtered?

"That's why Yu Niang doesn't dare to bet?" Shen Xi turned around and sneered.

"Lord Shen wants to gamble, and the slave family has to comply. It's just that if the slave family wins by luck, the slave family doesn't dare to do anything to Lord Shen, and only hopes that Lord Shen will no longer embarrass the slave family and the people in the Guangzhou Jiaofang. Yu Niang said.

Shen Xi nodded: "It's reasonable, the official agreed." Come on, send someone back to the Church Division! ”

Only then did Yu Niang think that if she agreed to make a bet, it was equivalent to saying that she was willing to be placed under house arrest by Shen Xi before the matter had a result, which was equivalent to falling into Shen Xi's trap again.

Shen Xi said that he could sell the salt, but there was no specified time, it was possible at the end of the year or the next year, and there were two official words, both of which grew on Shen Xi.

After Yu Niang was sent away, Tang Yin appeared from the door and asked, "Shen Zhongcheng really wants to bet with this woman?" ”

Because Yu Niang called herself a "slave family" in front of Shen Xi before, Shen Xi also directly called her "Yu Niang", which made Tang Yin, who was hiding behind the door and eavesdropping, recognize that Yu Niang was originally a daughter.

Shen Xi said: "Why don't you bet on the game that must be won?" Didn't Brother Bohu go to the salt warehouse outside the city, why are you still here? ”

Tang Yin said angrily: "I went down for a trip, and I just came back...... There is not even a ghost shadow over there, and there will be no salt robbery, but I have seen that there is not much salt stored in this salt warehouse, and it is not enough to supply the ordinary people who bought salt in the first two days. ”

Shen Xi asked rhetorically: "Could it be that on the ground in Guangdong, in addition to the salt warehouse outside the city, there are also salt farms under the jurisdiction of the Guangdong Salt Lifting Division and the Haibei Salt Lifting Division, and there is no salt to sell elsewhere?" ”

Tang Yin couldn't cry or laugh: "Listening to Shen Zhongcheng's meaning, do you have to rob all the salt in those salt shops and people's homes?" The woman also said just now, don't think about salt if you don't knock on the door of the salt pan! Even if the salt of every household in Guangzhou is gathered together, there is not much. ”

Shen Xi said: "Brother Bohu ignores some people, and also ignores a business in this world, that is, illegal salt and traders who trade illegal salt, and they may have more salt in their hands than official salt!" ”

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