Chapter 210: Take a gamble

Zhu Gaoxu, the king of the Han Dynasty, used to be a good hand in battle, and in terms of the courage to fight alone, even Zhu Neng, the prince of Chengguo, could not compare to him. He already hated literati, and after his defeat in the East Palace, he hated those civil officials who played tricks more and more, and the most trusted people around him were a few relatives who had fought with him, as well as a few officers in Tiance's guard. Although the prince Zhu Zhantan persuaded him many times to be a corporal of Lixian, and he also had so many strategists, in the end, they were all estranged.

"Madame, the lord will win the world immediately, but you can't rule the world immediately, why doesn't my father understand this truth."

In a room in the southwest corner of the Han Palace, all kinds of books are neatly stacked on the treasure shelves in the north and south, and against the east wall is a rosewood bookcase eight feet long and two feet wide.

Zhu Zhantan, who was sitting on the Taishi's chair behind the bookcase, sighed with emotion, and the scribe in front of him couldn't help but glance at the cursive script, and then said with a debt: "If the King of Han can be as reasonable as His Royal Highness the Prince, then the group of people who Xie Jin will not be determined to protect the prince." Fortunately, His Royal Highness the Prince of the World praised the King of Han, and now this Le'an is prosperous and prosperous, if this Le'an is Qingzhou......"

"Don't mention the past, now it's time to see the future!"

Zhu Zhantan snorted slightly, after all, Qingzhou was countless times stronger than Le'an, and his partiality was ruined by his father's dominance. If you can gain a foothold in Qingzhou Mansion and use a little trick, the people of Shandong Dusi can easily control it, wouldn't it be much better than the current situation? However, there are disadvantages and advantages in everything, there is a salt field in Le'an Shouguang, if you can get the salt introduction, it will be a big benefit, fortunately, Zhang Yue let people mention it, otherwise he didn't know that the younger brother had looted tens of thousands of catties of salt.

"How's it going over there in Shouguang? Did the second brother ever ask someone to bring the salt over? ”

The scribe He Guangguang was once recommended by Zhu Zhantan to Zhu Gaoxu, but within a few days, he became angry with Zhu Gaoxu. almost lost his life, and now he is desperate to follow Zhu Zhantan. He smiled at the moment: "The prince is acting in the name of King Han, how dare King Shouguang disobey?" His Royal Highness the Prince sent a messenger to mention that King Shouguang had arranged for the transportation of salt without saying a word, which was naturally just right. When the messenger returned, he saw that the cart had already been set up, and it must have been on its way. ”

"My second brother has always been a charcoal man, don't think he will give up so easily." Zhu Zhantan remembered the resentful and vicious gaze when he released Zhu Zhanqi from the firewood room last time. couldn't help frowning, "You know, this time it's for him to spit out what went into his mouth, and he must be unwilling." When he ordered to go down, he said that it was the decree of King Jun of Han, and ordered them to keep a firm watch over the Shouguang Palace, and not a single flying insect was allowed to be released except for necessary purchases! ”

He Guangguang didn't expect that Zhu Zhantan would actually make up his mind to really put Zhu Zhanqi under house arrest. He was stunned for a moment and hurriedly asked: "His Royal Highness, after all, King Shouguang is the county king canonized by the imperial court, what if he makes a fuss?" ”

"With his father here, he is not so bold. Besides, in case he does something inconsistency in a fit of rage. It will be more difficult to end at that time, so it is better to be on guard now. Mr. He, you take people down to think about how to open the opening from the Salt Envoy Division. Or with the merchants who have been waiting for salt for a long time. In their hands it is waste paper, in the hands of the palace it is gold, and it is a hundred times stronger to do things for the palace than they do it themselves! Keeping a firm look at the two salt farms of Le'an and Shouguang, what is the father's 1,000-hectare grange? This time it's not the same as before, you guys do it! ”

As soon as He Guangguang retreated, Zhu Zhantan sat on the Taishi chair for a while, and then got up and went out. Although he had been wrapped in a thick mink coat early on, however. The warm body was blown by the cold wind outside, and he still felt a chill to the bone, and he couldn't help coughing a few times. Seeing that the little eunuchs on the left and right skillfully came up to help, he couldn't help but smile bitterly.

God gave his father such a good body that was not invaded by cold and heat, why did he give him such a weak body?

Although his health is not good, Zhu Zhantan has accepted many young and beautiful concubines in addition to the princesses. However, he was thirteen years old. But until now, his wife and concubine have not been able to give birth to a son for him. This evening. He really didn't have the heart to turn the phoenix upside down, so he directly motioned for his shoulder to be lifted back to his bed. As soon as I entered the door. He saw the little eunuch of his henchmen slapping his eyes vigorously, so he sent away all the others who had come back with him.

"He's coming?"

"If you go back to His Royal Highness, I've been waiting for a while."

Zhu Zhantan nodded slightly, let the little eunuch untie his cloak, and then personally opened the curtain and went to the inner room. There was a bearded man sitting on the first chair in the east of the room, and when he saw him coming, the bearded man stood up suddenly, took a few steps forward and bowed. Zhu Zhantan was caught off guard, so he had to accept his gift and wave his hand again.

"Get up, you know that I am not in good health and can't help you, what are you doing with so many courtesies?" Zhu Zhantan staggered and sat on the warm kang, looked at the bearded man for a while, and sighed, "It's only been a year, and you have a lot of wind and frost on your face, it's really hard." The things you did were the most dangerous things, and if it weren't for the fact that I couldn't do it, I wouldn't have made this decision to let you mess with those mud legs. ”

The bearded man had already straightened his waist and only sat on half of the chair, and at this time, his face showed a more moved look: "The Qiu family has belittled Hainan for so many years, and the only one who can remember us is His Royal Highness the Prince of the World." His Royal Highness also sent someone to let me leave that place, which I will never forget, and I will never dare to talk about hard work. ”

"I'm just helping you with a gesture, after all, if it weren't for the fact that the Duke of Qi Guo had vainly said about the establishment of the crown prince in the past, he would not have offended his family, and you would never have fallen into this field, and it was also the fault of your father." Zhu Zhantan's eyes were foggy when he said this, and he didn't know whether he was saying it to the bearded man or to himself, "Since there is a father in this Shandong land, naturally I can't let those mud-legged people spoil a big deal." If you can support them, there will be a lot to be done. In other words, if you do well, what title your grandfather had that day, and what title you will get in the future. The Qiu family can make a comeback. ”

Since being whipped by Zhu Zhanqi, in the eyes of others, Sun Lianggan of Le'an Zhi County seems to have become easy-going. He is no longer the snarky and mean character that is not pleasing to anyone, and even the servants greet him cordially when he enters and exits the yamen. He didn't pay any attention to the official affairs, and let the six rooms of the subordinate officials dispose of it by themselves, and he only took care of the seal. As for filling his own pockets or desperately rubbing oil in many cases, he doesn't care at all. So gradually, when the servants saw him, they would also nod their heads and say "Master".

Lantern Festival has ten days off. Sun Lianggan went out to visit friends under the pretext of disappearing for ten days. After returning to the Yakai Seal Council, he often went out under the pretext of excuses, and others were so happy that he didn't come to get involved, so he didn't care. In the evening of that day, I saw Sun Lianggan leaving the county government with an entourage, and the two men at the gate of the county government bowed down and continued to chat, no one thought about this cold night. Seeing that the gate of the county seat is about to close, what is the county master still going out for.

Although it is now past the middle of winter, the weather is still cold at night. Sun Lianggan went straight out of the city with his entourage, and after running along the official road for a short while, he felt that his heart was full of cold. However. Compared with the county government that looks warm but is actually cold, he would rather run such a way to blow the wind. In about half an hour, he arrived at the Gaojiagang Inspection Division.

"Master Sun is here!"

With a shout, the chief and deputy inspectors of the inspection department suddenly heard the sound. It's all smiling. The inspection is just a miscellaneous job, and the grade is only nine grades, which is only slightly higher than the non-entry. No one cares why this strange county master likes them and messes around with the inspection department, they only know that Sun Lianggan will generously pay money for people to go to Le'an Town to buy wine and food, and everyone will have good food and drink. Not only that, but with Sun Lianggan's support, they also seemed to have come with luck, intercepting three times of illegal salt dealers. All of them were sent to the top with an ancient brain, and a lot of rewards were made.

"My lord, thanks to you tonight, I hope we can open the city again!"

Seeing that the firewood inspector nodded and came up to greet him, Sun Lianggan nodded with a smile, and then followed him into the middle room of the inspection department. When he had taken his seat, he threw the archer a silver horn as usual, and ordered him to go and buy food and drink. Raise your hand to signal the chief and deputy inspectors to sit down. Seeing that there were no outsiders, he opened his mouth mysteriously.

"Two. You haven't been in this inspection position for a day or two, do you want to move up a bit? ”

"Moving? Lord Sun, are you kidding us, who doesn't know that the inspection is a small official with a sesame seed, and it is difficult to move a step up in his life? The firewood inspector sighed as he spoke, and slapped twice on the table, "If it weren't for your grandson here, we wouldn't have been able to stay with those two groups of smuggling salt dealers a few days ago, and they all had a backstage!" ”

The deputy inspector, who was a few years younger, suddenly took off the shoddy saber from his waist and slapped it on the table, and said loudly, "Lord Sun, you have known us for a while, if you have a charter, just say it, as long as you can do it, we will let it go!" Didn't you scholars say that a scholar dies for a confidant, although we are not considered a corporal, but we are also righteous! ”

Seeing that the firewood inspection was also nodding again and again, Sun Liang was willing to settle down, thinking that he had been working hard here since the beginning of the year, and it was really not in vain. He is a seven-grade sesame official, no matter how much effort and money he spends, as long as there is still a Han King at the top, everything he says is in vain, but he can succeed as long as he spends a small price. Thinking of the news he got today, he only felt that his heart was hot, so he took a deep breath.

At this time, you should also gamble, if you win, the future career will be the thoroughfare!

"I've been told that I've got a huge amount of smuggling to be here tonight. But it's no small deal, you don't need to stop it, just try to help me carry a bag of salt down from above. Now the emperor is issuing an edict to ask for a straight word, if it is done, I will be able to move the world, and the promotion is just around the corner, and I will have to take you with me when the time comes. Of course, even if it doesn't work out, it won't affect you even a bit! ”

When it came to this, the Chai Inspector and the Deputy Inspector looked at each other for a while, and then nodded heavily and said, "My lord has taken care of us for so long, what is this little thing!" Wait here, sir, we'll be in order! ”

Sun Lianggan never expected that the two agreed so quickly, and he was overjoyed. After the wine and food arrived, he frequently held a glass of wine and persuaded him to drink, and finally he let go of his temperance and got drunk. The two chief and deputy inspectors waited until he was drunk, then quietly slipped out of the room, and when they arrived, they discussed intensively.

"How big is that? Usually three or five hundred catties, we can make a lot of money if we intercept it, can we have a few thousand catties this time? If this is the case, it will be intercepted and immediately transferred through the Daqing River, and we will no longer need to be a Laoshzi patrol in the future! ”

"Let's look at it when the time comes, but the last time Liu Yicheng from Qingzhou Mansion came, didn't you listen to him? This surname Sun is the most cool, that little Zhang saved him last time, and he was still disrespectful, but he vigorously wooed us, and sure enough, there was something to ask us to do. After doing a good job for him, let's send a letter to the government office, after all, Lord Xiao Zhang is also our boss, if people appreciate it, wouldn't we be able to climb a big tree? This surnamed Sun wants to be famous, it's still early! ”

In the middle of the night, when everyone was asleep, countless torches were lit in the dark night, and dozens of large cars were marching on the official road, and the people who drove the cars were listless, and the escorts were also absent-minded. When he was about to arrive at the Gaojiagang Inspection Division, he saw that there was a fence blocking the road in front of him, and one of the leading guards raised his voice and shouted: "Hurry up, we are from Shouguang Wangfu to Hanwangfu to deliver goods!" ”

There are dozens of archers in the inspection department, and when they see a large amount of goods, they can't help but salivate and want to knock on a stroke, and when they learn that it is the people of Shouguang Palace, they are dejected and stop the thought of knocking on the bamboo pole. Chai Inspector ordered people to remove the fence blocking the road, and at the same time stepped forward and said a few words, seeing that people ignored it, and the car was full of neat bags, he couldn't help but muttered a little in his heart. By the time the long convoy passed, he had counted to ten beside him, and his face changed even more.

Could it be that this is the case of illicit salt that is so large? Oh my God, could it be that the royal palace is transporting illicit salt?

Long after the car had passed, two archers crept around on the way, carrying a bag in their hands. Chai Patrol took the torch and stepped forward, squatted down and touched it vigorously, only to see that the fingers were covered with snow-white salt. At this moment, his face changed miserably in an instant, and he could even hear the sound of himself swallowing saliva.

Just as his heart was pounding, a voice suddenly sounded behind him: "There are twenty cars in total...... Five hundred catties per car, this is 10,000 catties! I actually dare to put the stamp of the palace on the bag, hum, what a big boldness, even if I give up this black yarn hat, I will sue you! Firewood inspection, you don't have to worry about the next thing, I'll take this bag of salt away! ”

took a piece of silver from Sun Lianggan's entourage, and saw that Sun Lianggan's entourage carried the salt onto the horse, and the master and servant took advantage of the night to leave, and the firewood inspection was as stunned as a chicken. However, after the initial fear, he thought of the windfall profit of 10,000 catties of salt, and couldn't help but sigh. That's 10,000 catties of salt, if he intercepts it and sells it, he won't have to worry about it for the rest of his life!

It's a pity that although it was an unsightly deed, he couldn't afford to provoke the master behind it, and now he can only send someone to send a message to the Qingzhou Mansion.