Chapter 37: A Complicated Situation
If the Qian family did not let the ship of private salt go to sea from Hangzhou because it was to avoid suspicion, so as not to discuss, so as not to discuss those who knew a little bit of the Qian family's background, then it would be explained, but even so, Ye Heng still couldn't figure it out.
Since the salt pan of the private salt is in Yanguan, and the place where it is processed is on an overseas island, then ...... In the end, how did these private salt money families sell it? If it is sold inland, wouldn't it be more convenient to open the place where the illegal salt is processed directly inland?
In the southeast, it is impossible for the Qian family not to even have this ability, so they can find a deserted place to open up this processing place, and then sell all the illegal salt into the inland from time to time, so that the cost is lower.
That is to say, there is no need for the Qian family to go to overseas islands to process illicit salt in order to hide people's eyes, which is equivalent to taking off his pants and farting, so Ye Heng was suspicious.
Could it be ...... Didn't this private salt money family sell it directly to the inland?
By the way, the Qian family doesn't have a few islands overseas, and it is said that there are many people on them, too many of them are some maritime merchants who go to sea......
Thinking of this, Ye Heng couldn't help but suspect the connection between the Qian family's islands and illegal salt.
Because he knew the location of Fengqiaodu, but this was a small island, it was naturally inconvenient to explore, so in order to avoid startling the snake, Ye Heng did not send anyone to get close to investigate.
A place to process illicit salt, if you can't take it with the full strength of the Tiger Battalion, then Ye Heng won't be confused!
"Let's go, go back!"
Ye Heng waved his hand, and everyone began to return, but they didn't encounter anything along the way, which is why the water bandits in Yanguan and Haining were able to walk sideways.
Perhaps in order to make the operation of their own private salt more convenient, the Qian family almost divided all the imperial defense forces in this area, so it was also convenient for Ye Heng.
When he returned to Shuizhai, the soldier guarding the door looked anxious when he saw Ye Henglai.
"What's wrong?"
As soon as he got off the boat, Ye Heng saw that the soldiers seemed to have something to report, so he asked first.
The soldier replied, "Boss, it's not good! Commander Lu took most of his brothers to the sea suddenly, and he didn't know what was wrong, and Commander Hu couldn't persuade him, so he had to let his subordinates wait here for the boss to come back. ”
"Nonsense!"
Ye Heng shook his head and asked, "What else did Commander Hu say?" ”
The soldier said: "Commander Hu said that this ship is a man named Wan or something, and this guy named Wan or something at this time in previous years would send such a ship to Hangzhou to have some relations with him, and they seem to have known about this matter before, and if they can hold this ship this time, it will be equivalent to grabbing the handle of this called Wan or something......"
"It's ten thousand gold, right?"
Ye Heng shook his head, and then said to the soldier, "Okay! How long have they been going in that direction? ”
"Already...... It's been a long time! ”
The soldier said, "I guess if I don't come back, something will happen......
"Is it possible?"
Ye Heng shook his head, others don't know, but he knows, in this area, Lu Hongsleeve and Hu Buxiu used to be a tyrant on the waterway, at that time, the people under Lu Hongsleeve were all rabble, and the number was only more than a hundred, and now with two or three hundred people, and it is still a regular army, the combat effectiveness is several grades stronger, what will go wrong?
However, what made Ye Heng shake his head was that it was really not very wise to provoke Wan Jin at this time, because Ye Heng's main focus was now on the Qian family.
Sure enough, in the evening, Lu Hongsleeve and Hu Buxiu returned to Shuizhai with three big boats, and they also made a lot of fanfare along the way, and after Lu Hongsleeve returned to Shuizhai, he heard that Ye Heng was back, so he immediately came to find Ye Heng.
"Yo, you're back?"
Ye Heng glanced at Lu Hongsleeve angrily.
"Hmm!"
Lu Hongsleeve was not angry, but looked submissive.
Before deciding to send troops, she had thought about everything, including the possibility of being blamed by Ye Heng and the like, and she was also mentally prepared, but Ye Heng didn't seem to be very angry, but asked, "Succeeded?" So what's on board? ”
"Silk and silk, tea and ...... Gold bar! ”
Lu Hongsleeve almost gritted his teeth and said: "Hundreds of big gold bars, these are the people's fat and ointment of the people of Haining, as well as the money they ask from the court every year for lying about the disaster. When the river was broken, they did not repair it, and many of the people's houses collapsed, but all the silver given to them by the court fell into the pockets of this beast, and the people lived in misery, but they had to pay all kinds of taxes made up by him for ten thousand gold! ”
The more she spoke, the more excited she became, and even Ye Heng frowned.
It's so lawless, this ten thousand gold makes a good Haining like this, it's really hateful!
However, Ye Heng thought about it, this also shows that the people behind Wan Huang who support him have a lot of means, at least that person can protect Wan Jin and can get disaster relief money from the imperial court every year, which is not common in this rich place in the southeast!
So Ye Heng immediately asked, "Have you ever asked who these things are going to give to?" ”
Lu Hongsleeve shook his head and said, "The leading guy jumped into the water and escaped, we couldn't catch it!" ”
"Okay!"
Ye Heng shook his head, and then said, "What's the use of not knowing where these things are going?" At least now we can't do anything about it, and we're sure we'll still have this guy Wan Jin. My aunt, the affairs of the Qian family have not yet been settled......"
"The Qian family, you know the Qian family you are going to deal with!"
Lu Hongsleeve suddenly cried, and said, "Do you know, how many years? I've been burdened with my brother's bloody case since I wasn't very sensible, and I want revenge, and you said you'd help me......"
When she cried, Ye Heng had no choice but to walk over and hug her and say, "Okay, okay!" I won't talk about you, but don't be sad either, it's not that I won't help you get revenge, it's just ...... Think about it, since Wan Jinjin sent people to pay tribute to Hangzhou, it means that his backer is a big member of Hangzhou, and the collusion of officials in Hangzhou is complicated, but in the final analysis, these officials are all protected by the Qian family, if the Qian family does not fall, you can't deal with them if you want to! ”
Lu Hongsleeve really didn't expect this truth, but now when she heard Ye Heng say this, she understood the meaning of Ye Heng's words, so the person suddenly sobered up, looked at Ye Heng and asked, "I...... Am I too rushed and am I doing it wrong? ”