Chapter 68: The Tip of the Iceberg

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"In the past two days, Sister Leng Dong has already figured out the road in Lin'an City!"

Leng Dong didn't speak, but the little girl who was standing behind Ye Heng answered for her.

Speaking of which, after entering the Ye family, it was the first time for Qi Yan to talk to her own young master, so after finishing speaking, looking at Ye Heng's eyes, she lowered her head and didn't dare to look at Ye Heng.

"Oh!"

Ye Heng nodded, and then got into the carriage, Qi Yan stuck out his tongue, and after breathing a sigh of relief, he sat in front with Leng Dong.

Inside the carriage, Pu Jiajing asked, "It's so cold outside, why doesn't Qi Jia come in?" ”

Qi Wei replied: "The slave is outside with Sister Leng Dong......

What kind of car will she drive? In fact, before leaving, Qi Shu confessed to her sister for a long time, and asked her to remember not to disturb the young master and the second miss.

Just arrived at a new family, it is natural to be cautious, even though Ye Heng has a good temper, but there are some things that should be avoided as a girl.

And now that he is assigned to Pu Jiajing's envoys, he always has to please Pu Jiajing, right?

I have to say that in this ancient world, even such a young girl thought so much, in the world before Ye Heng crossed over, people of such an age as Qishu and Qijiao sisters were still children, and they didn't understand anything.

Thinking of this, Ye Heng shook his head again, no wonder they say that the children of the poor are in charge early!

In this way, there are only Ye Heng and Pu Jiajing in the carriage, Pu Jiajing is sitting next to Ye Heng, and when the carriage is slightly bumpy, the two will inevitably have physical contact.

Pu Jiajing is not as bold as Su Qing'er, if it was Su Qing'er, this girl would probably fall directly on Ye Heng's body, and she would make excuses to avoid bumping.

And Pu Jiajing can't do such a thing, but Ye Heng doesn't know the initiative in this regard, but Ye Heng's concept of whether men and women are intimate or not is very vague.

After another violent bump in the carriage, Ye Heng's hand grabbed Pu Jiajing's shoulder, half-hugged her, and then said outside: "Slow down, pay attention to the road!" ”

"Yes!"

Leng Dong responded, and then Ye Heng's hand in the carriage was not withdrawn, so he hugged Pu Jiajing like this, and said to her: "This girl, driving a carriage is like driving an airplane, why are you running so fast?" ”

"Flying chickens?"

Pu Jiajing looked at Ye Heng in confusion and asked, "Open a flying chicken?" ”

"Uh...... You don't understand ......"

Realizing that he had said the wrong thing, Ye Heng explained: "It means to describe running fast!" ”

"Oh!"

Pu Jiajing nodded, and then she peeked at the hand holding her shoulder, and her face turned red.

The speed of driving in the cold winter was really fast, and after a while, the carriage stopped.

"Arrived?"

Ye Heng poked his head out strangely and saw that he really stopped at the back door of Tu Sanji's house, because there was also a sign next to the back door of Tu Sanji's house, indicating the surname of the owner of this house.

In Lin'an, there may be some people with the surname Tu, but there is only one person with the surname Tu who can live in the official mansion!

When she got out of the car, Pu Jiajing's face was still red, and with her dress, she looked delicate and full of aura, like a mortal fairy.

There were already people waiting at the back door of Tu's house, and after seeing Ye Heng get out of the carriage, they hurriedly welcomed people in.

The servant said to Ye Heng: "The master has been waiting for the son for a long time!" ”

Ye Heng nodded and said, "Lead the way!" ”

It seems that something should have happened on Tu Sanji's side, otherwise why would he be in such a hurry?

followed the servant to the front of the study, Tu Sanji and his wife Wang waited there, and after seeing Ye Heng coming, the two sides saluted each other, and then Wang took Pu Jiajing and his concubine to the guest hall.

"Please!"

Tu Sanji made a gesture, and then went to the study with Ye Heng.

As soon as he entered the door, he closed the door, and Tu Sanji said to Ye Heng: "There is a new situation, this is a letter from your teacher!" ”

"Huh?"

Ye Heng asked, "My letter has only been sent out for three or four days, why did you reply so quickly?" ”

"Not for you! Forget it, I'll tell you! ”

Tu Sanji put the letter in front of Ye Heng, and then said, "Do you know that this Qian family is actually rich and rivals the country, what does it rely on?" ”

Ye Heng replied: "This matter is complicated, the Qian family is a royal family in the southeast, and it naturally relies on influence and prestige!" ”

Tu Sanji said a meaningful sentence: "Influence and prestige cannot be turned into money!" ”

"But can it be used for business......

Ye Heng said casually, then he frowned, looked at Tu Sanji and asked, "The Qian family is secretly doing business?" Still is...... The Qian family has been manipulating the Chamber of Commerce in Hangzhou? ”

"Both, and it's definitely not just the two you mentioned!"

Tu Sanji suddenly said: "Private salt, and the ...... in the east"

"Illegal salt? Tu Zhixian, don't talk nonsense, if this is true, it will be considered the Qian family...... I'm afraid that it can also be punished, right? ”

Ye Heng was taken aback, the salt in the world is basically from Jiangsu and Zhejiang, so this aspect is also the most closely watched by the imperial court and the most untouchable by others, if what Tu Sanji said is conclusive evidence, then it will be much easier to deal with the Qian family.

"It's not me talking nonsense, it's the salt boat that your teacher's subordinates caught during their patrols, and they also smashed a stronghold of a smuggler of salt! The trafficking of illicit salt in Suzhou and Hangzhou is so rampant, so Fan Zhizhou thinks that this matter is related to the Qian family, so he is trying his best to search for evidence, and let us also help secretly investigate! ”

Hearing Tu Sanji's explanation, Ye Heng was relieved.

It turns out that there is no evidence!

After thinking about it, Ye Heng asked again: "What you just said about the east, but do you mean the sea?" ”

"Hmm!"

Tu Sanji nodded, and said to Ye Heng: "The huge profits of the maritime merchants have made more and more people go to sea to take risks in recent years, and the Qian family is in charge of the defense and taxation of almost all the docks and islands in the southeast. Your teacher wrote to talk about this incident, and the official remembered a news he heard when he was in Hangzhou before! ”

Ye Heng asked, "What news?" ”

Tu Sanji said: "It is said that in the sea far away from Hangzhou, there is an island, this island is very large, there are mountains and rivers on it, but ...... No one dared to approach this island, because there were many wicked people gathered on it! And there are many secrets on the island......"

"Wicked?"

Ye Heng frowned, and then said, "Could it be Haikou?" If it was really Haikou, why didn't the southeastern officials report to the imperial court and activate the navy to suppress the bandits? ”

"This overseas island, even if it's my Great Song Dynasty's navy, I'm afraid I can't do anything, right? Besides, this incident was originally a legend, and the official only knew about it by listening to rumors. But...... There is one more thing that your teacher also mentioned in the letter! ”

Tu Sanji shook his head, and then threw out another doubt.

Ye Heng asked, "What is it?" ”

"As early as the Dazhong Xiangfu period, the two provinces in the southeast of China received tens of thousands of displaced people and refugees every year, but the number of these people was always not right. Before Chen Lao came to the southeast, Mingli was in the name of the two Zhejiang transfer envoys, in fact, he secretly investigated this matter, but he has no clue, and the number of refugees every year will still disappear inexplicably, after your teacher came, this case was also handed over to him to supervise! ”

Speaking of this, Tu Sanji glanced at Ye Heng, and then continued: "Didn't you go to the market a few days ago? What do you think of the situation there? ”

Ye Heng asked, "What's how?" ”

"Oh man! Are there many displaced people there? In fact, what you see is only the tip of the iceberg, and I believe you have also found that most of these displaced people are the children of a poor local family, and those refugees who have been displaced here are only the elderly, weak women and children......"

Overseas islands, illegal salt, dwindling refugees......

Tu Sanji was trying his best to throw out some messages like Ye Heng, but these messages alone couldn't explain anything at all.

However, Ye Heng also said: "In other words, those young and middle-aged people with labor force are gone!" If this is related to overseas islands, then ...... In the southeast, there is only the Qian clan with this kind of skill and ability! ”

"Not bad!"

Tu Sanji said: "Fan Zhizhou can only guess, but it's still that sentence, guessing is speculation, if there is no evidence, it is empty talk, and you can't win the Qian family!" ”

"The imperial court didn't plan to bring down the Qian family!"

Hearing Ye Heng's words, Tu Sanji frowned, and then muttered for a long time without speaking.

After a long time, Tu Sanji, who was standing with his hands in his hands, shook his head and said: "This is the most troublesome, we have to fight the Qian family, but we can't deal with them blatantly, but...... Fan Zhizhou still let us find some clues here in Hangzhou! ”