With the first batch of more than 200,000 stone of grain entering the Lianghuai salt area, the situation in the salt area quickly stabilized.

The salt farmers of the stove households carried the salt boiled by themselves in exchange for the grain of the Four Seas Commercial Bank, and they naturally did not panic when they had food in their hands, and they did not have the mind of turmoil.

Although some people with ulterior motives tried their best to encourage rebellion, under the strong suppression of the Pingnan Army, occasional riots were quickly quelled.

Of course, this move by the Governor's Palace can be regarded as a complete destruction of the original salt system, and it has also harmed the interests of too many people.

At the same time that local tycoons such as Wang Xian were secretly making moves, the salt merchants with huge energy also exerted their magic powers, putting pressure on the Jiangbei Governor's Mansion at the imperial court level, hoping to force the Governor's Mansion to give up meddling in the salt administration and restore the previous situation.

Yangzhou Jiangbei Governor's Mansion, Shan Minglei is reporting to Chen Yue on what happened recently.

"The situation in various places has stabilized, and the mansions that have been secretly sabotaged have been arrested, and in the past half a month, as much as 200,000 stone of salt have been exchanged for and confiscated with grain, but there is not much grain in stock, and the grain returned by various places has basically been sold out."

Shan Minglei said.

"Don't worry about the grain, the grain purchased from Huguang will arrive in two days." Chen Yue said with a smile.

"That's a good feeling, but Master Hou, we have to think of selling the salt, and the accumulated salt is already too much." Shan Minglei reminded.

In the past, salt merchants purchased salt from the salt transportation department, and then went to the salt introduction office to verify the authenticity, and then purchased salt from Haozao with the help of salt introduction, and then transported the salt to their respective nests for sale, which was the whole process.

In other words, the legal salt trade must have salt introduction, and it must be approved by the salt transportation envoy and the yamen, which is a normal transaction.

And now, in the name of quelling the chaos and stabilizing the salt area, the Governor's Office has arbitrarily exchanged grain for salt in the hands of the salt people, although it has saved as much as 200,000 stone of salt, but all this salt has no salt introduction, and no salt introduction is private salt, and it cannot be sold at all.

"Looks like I have to meet Liang Huanping!" Chen Yue smiled.

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In the Yamen of the Salt Transport Envoy, Liang Huanping looked tired and at a loss for what to do.

In the past few days, if you say that the most painful life has passed, it is Liang Huanping, the two Huai salt transport envoys.

The three major salt merchants stopped collecting salt, and other salt merchants also followed suit, resulting in the inability of Huai salt to be transported to the provinces, and local governments complained to the imperial court.

The stove households in the salt area rioted, and the scope of the commotion was from Haizhou in the north to Tongzhou in the south, and even a mob rose up to capture the county seat of Dongtai, resulting in the martyrdom of Dongtai County.

Although all of this was caused by Chen Yue's desire to meddle in the Lianghuai Salt Politics, although Chen Yue, Marquis of Pingnan, was the culprit.

But Chen Yue is the favorite minister of the current emperor, a heavy general who holds the power of the army, and a marquis lord who has made the contribution of saving and protecting the country, no matter what, Emperor Chongzhen will not open a knife to his No. 1 henchman, and the person who tops the pot is only himself, the two Huai salt envoys!

Liang Huanping had a premonition that maybe in a few days, the holy decree of dismissal would come to Yangzhou, and he would not be able to serve as a salt transport envoy for a few days.

It's not right, it's not appropriate, it's a big deal to return to your hometown in Zhejiang and be a carefree squire. There are hundreds of acres of fertile land at home, plus the silver saved by officials over the years, which is enough to ensure worry-free in the second half of your life!

"My lord, Pingnanhou invites you to come to the mansion for a banquet!" A scribe hurried in and handed over a gilded invitation.

Liang Huanping looked at the invitation in his hand, his expression was extremely complicated.

At this time, what did Chen Yue ask himself to do?

With deep doubts, Liang Huanping took a sedan chair to the governor of Jiangbei and met Chen Yue, the Marquis of Pingnan.

Chen Yue is both the governor of Jiangbei and the marquis of Chaopin, since he summoned Liang Huanping, he couldn't refuse.

An officer dressed in a thousand military uniforms greeted him at the gate of the mansion. He knew this Qianhu named Chen Yan, who was the captain of the personal guard of Chen Yue, the Marquis of Pingnan, and was Chen Yue's confidant.

Chen Yan led Liang Huanping into the mansion, and did not enter the main hall, but turned into the backyard and entered a flower hall.

"Lord Liang, please!" Chen Yan stopped outside the door of the flower hall and asked Liang Huanping to go in by himself.

Liang Huanping slowly entered the flower hall, and saw Pingnan Hou Chen Yue sitting next to a small coffee table with a smile on his face.

"Xiaguan meets Pingnanhou!" Liang Huanping bowed, Chen Yue waved his hand, motioning for him to sit down without courtesy, so Liang Huanping sat on the other side of the coffee table.

Chen Yue didn't speak, he was making tea by himself, and Liang Huanping sat silently, watching Chen Yue make tea.

After the water was completely boiled, Chen Yue first scalded the teapot and teacup with boiling water, then opened an iron can, took out a little tea and put it into the pot. Liang Huanping looked carefully and recognized that it was the best West Lake Longjing, but he didn't know if it was Mingqian.

Washing tea, brewing, spring breeze, sealing the pot, dividing the cup, returning the jade liquid to the pot, dividing the pot, serving tea, Chen Yue's set of actions was smooth and orderly, and Liang Huanping, who was watching, nodded secretly.

Taking the tea cup handed by Chen Yue with both hands, Liang Huanping sniffed deeply, and his face showed joy.

"Authentic Shifeng Mingqian Longjing, good tea!" Liang Huanping pointed up and praised.

"This is still a pot of tea copied from the house of the big salt merchant Jiang Heming more than a month ago, Ben Hou is a rough man, he doesn't understand tea at all, this set of tea-making actions has just been learned from the staff, which makes Lord Liang laugh!" Chen Yue said with a smile.

Hearing that it was copied from Jiang Heming's house, Liang Huanping suddenly became angry, poured the tea into his mouth, rolled it in his mouth three times, and swallowed it viciously.

"Lord Liang, Ben Hou heard that tea needs to be tasted carefully in order to taste the taste, like you drinking like this, like a cow drinking water, it is really a waste of such good tea!" Chen Yue shook his head and sighed.

"The best way to make tea is mountain spring water, followed by river water, then rootless water, and second well water. This kind of high-grade Shifeng Mingqian Longjing, with spring water is the best, good tea naturally needs to be tasted carefully, and Hou Ye with the most inferior well water brewed, has ruined such a good tea, tasteless! ”

Liang Huan said indifferently, the implication is that your surname Chen doesn't know tea at all, what kind of big-tailed wolf is in front of me!

Chen Yue's eyes blinked a few times, and he felt that he was not at all the opponent of these readers who were accustomed to quibbling in words, so he decided to give up these routines, get straight to the point, and go straight to the point.

"Lord Liang, you are so bold! As the envoy of the two Huai salt, he didn't want to serve the court, and he actually sat back and watched the two Huai salt politics erosive, are you worthy of the court and the people of the Ming Dynasty? ”

Chen Yue's face sank, and he took the lead in making a move.