The imperial court controlled the salt administration and was not allowed to sell salt privately.

Moreover, selling salt without permission is a big crime to cut off the head, unless there is a strong enough backer, otherwise it is a small life to be caught.

In various places, the imperial court set up places to sell salt, and according to the size of the territory and the size of the population, salt quotation documents were issued to them.

Northern Xinjiang is chaotic, and ordinary small traders are unable to go outside to pick up salt, which is an important material for horse bandits and foreign races, so they can only be escorted by the imperial court to send troops to escort and escort them to the hands of hawkers in various places.

The centurion was the highest commander of the escort team on this trip.

Jiang Long asked the doctor to treat the other two sergeants urgently at any cost, and he took the centurion to another room.

First introduced each other, Jiang Long learned that the centurion's name was Ye Lei.

"Please save me!" Ye Lei knew very well that military law was powerful, and if he couldn't recover the robbed silver taels and materials, his life would definitely be in danger.

Jiang Long has an instinctive affection for the Northern Frontier sergeant, and he sees that this centurion is also the kind of straightforward person.

Moreover, the looted silver and salt were distributed to Lingtong County, and he must think of recovering them.

Otherwise, who knows when the imperial court will be able to issue a reissue?

The public officials in the county government are still waiting to receive a salary to support their families.

As for table salt, there is no room for error.

The salt in northern Xinjiang is all transferred from other places by the imperial court at a cost of huge manpower and material resources, and it will only be transported once a year or even every few years.

If you can't catch it back and wait for the court to transfer it again, I don't know when it will have to wait.

Many places have also been plundered by horse bandits or foreign armies, and many of the soldiers and civilians who were eventually killed only had a few days to taste the salt.

If you can't eat salt, you won't have the strength.

Jianglong sent He Dao to the salt sales point to inquire about how many days the inventory could last.

And let He Dao spread the word, not allowing rich people to buy more and hoard goods.

It is necessary to make it possible for the whole city to eat salt.

It is stipulated that each household can only buy how much salt can be purchased per capita per day.

You can't let the city be in chaos just because the silver taels and salt have been robbed.

Jiang Long had just made arrangements, and Zhou Xi, who heard the news, and all the scribes in the sixth room came.

Except for Cheng Ze, why not, and Xiao Fan, the rest of the people were extremely anxious, but it was their Yulu who was robbed.

They also expect to receive food and vegetables.

While anxious, their gaze at Ye Lei was also a little unkind.

It is clear that in blaming Ye Lei escort is unfavorable.

Touching the eyes of these people, Ye Lei lowered his head in shame.

Outside the room, there were officials who heard the news and came one after another, and the county government had not issued the money for two months, and this time it was robbed again.

The family already has no money and no food to spare, so they are waiting for the silver to be distributed in the next few days, how will they live in the next few days?

They all came to listen and see how Jiang Long responded.

Hearing the footsteps outside the door and the deliberately suppressed whispers, Jiang Long knew that there were a lot of people, but he didn't say anything.

This money is so important to them that it is indeed to be recovered.

As soon as he opened his mouth, Jiang Long set the tone, and chased back the silver and salt at all costs!

And it's best to beat the horse bandits to be scared, so that the horse bandits don't dare to fight their ideas here in Lingtong County in the future.

After that, Jiang Long handed over the matter to Cheng Ze and the three of them to plan.

Why don't you open your mouth first, "Ye Baihu, for this robbery, did you find anything strange on the way?" ”

"It's not a secret, this official has just taken up the position of centurion."

Ye Lei didn't dare to hide it, this was a major matter about whether his head could be saved, and he talked about it carefully.

After hearing this, Jiang Long shook his head slightly.

It's all the dirty things in the army again.

Someone hit the idea of this batch of silver taels and salt, colluded with horse bandits to loot, and then promoted a newcomer who had no backing to be the person in charge of the escort.

After the incident, all the responsibility was put on Ye Lei's head, and Ye Lei was cut off and it was over.

Fortunately, Ye Lei was not in vain in the army, and he was aware and attentive.

However, even if there is prevention, there are too many horse bandits, and they are still not opponents.

In the end, there were heavy casualties, dozens of corpses were thrown down, and only three people escaped alive.

In addition to the dozens of subordinates led by Ye Lei, there were also dozens of soldiers from the Wangsha County Inspection Division.

Lingtong County is under the jurisdiction of Wangsha County.

Knowing the inside story, Cheng Ze breathed a sigh of relief.

As long as there are clues, I am afraid that I will not know anything, and I will not even know where the den of the horse bandits is located, so it will be troublesome.

The county government and Ye Lei can't wait now.

Pressed for time!

Although Jiang Long had money in hand, he didn't think about taking it out and paying it in advance.

When you encounter a problem, you have to think about how to solve it head-on.

Instead of digging out of their own pockets, there is no such generosity and work.

Ye Lei guessed that the gang of horse bandits was a group of thieves in Wangsha County, hiding in a place called Jieziliang.

The reason is very simple, the number of horse bandits in this attack was as high as five or six hundred.

And in Wangsha County, only there is such a big den of horse bandits on the side of Jieziliang.

Ye Lei said that he was 70% sure.

Cheng Ze, why not be there, Xiao Fan and the three of them first put the target on the side of Jieziliang and began to discuss how to take back the silver and salt.

It is difficult to do it with Liliang in Lingtong County alone.

You must know that there are five or six hundred horse bandits, and every time they go out to plunder, it is impossible for no one to guard their homes.

Add another hundred, and that's six or seven hundred horse bandits.

And there are only fifty sergeants in Lingtong County, plus dozens of servants, of course, some strong men can be recruited on the spot, but they are still less than the number of horse bandits.

Another point is that the horse bandits all have mounts, and in Lingtong County, even with Jiang Long and a few guards, there are not enough thirty cavalry.

Unless you can sneak attack, or set up in advance, so that the cavalry cannot charge.

Otherwise, the infantry is definitely no match for the cavalry.

Moreover, Jiang Long wants to make a reputation, so that the horse bandits in other places dare not fight the idea of Lingtong County, this battle is best to put this group of horse bandits in a nest, even if they can really win by stratagem, but how can the infantry catch up with the fleeing cavalry?

Therefore, Cheng Ze and the three of them have to take advantage of the old relationship.

Jiang Long didn't doubt the connections of the three of them, and seeing that he couldn't intervene, he took Tudu and the others back to the backyard of the county government to prepare.

Saddle the snow and wipe the spear clean, sharpening the tip of the spear.

The armor is neatly dressed.

Yes, Jiang Long wants to personally lead the troops to fight this battle!

It's just a horse bandit, so naturally you have to take the opportunity to hone and increase your experience.

Otherwise, if a large number of alien armies suddenly attacked one day, he would not panic?

Tudu was persuaded to do so, and he didn't want Jiang Long to take risks, and the swords and guns in the battle formation were not long-sighted.

However, he was interrupted by Jiang Long's wave of his hand.

When the sun rose, a bamboo pole was high, and Jiang Long estimated that Cheng Ze and the three of them should have agreed on a plan, and were about to go out with Tudu and others, but someone suddenly came.

Seeing a few familiar figures, Jiang Long strode up to meet them.

"Brother Fan, the three brothers of the Qi family!"

The person who came was Fan Ren, who had helped Jiang Long in Jialan Temple, and Fan Ren asked Jiang Long to use the relationship of Jingfu to rescue the three Qi brothers from the prison of the Criminal Department.

Jiang Long was a little surprised in his heart, how did these four people come to Lingtong County?

"Lord Jing!" Fan Ren clenched his fists, his expression was not cold.

And not the slightest respect.

Jiang Long was wearing armor at this time, hugged his fists in return, and did not care about Fan Ren's attitude, he knew that this person was a chivalrous man, and this is the kind of character, so it will not change because of your noble status, or whether you have become an official.

The three Qi brothers knelt down on one knee and said in unison, "I've seen Master Jing!" ”

"The three brothers don't have to be like this!" Jiang Long bent down to help him personally.

The three of them got up, and Jiang Long invited them into the house to chat.

But it turned out that after Fan Ren said goodbye, he came to the north of Xinjiang to help Hong Tiezhu get rid of the enemy, and then slowly turned all the way to the capital.

When he returned to the capital, he learned from Chai Shirong that Jiang Long was in the limelight.

Elegiac couplet, a few lines of poetry written to Mrs. Diexiang, writing a script, selling embroidered puppets...... has a name, and the money is also a lot of money.

Later, in the competition, he won the court officials who read poetry and books.

This made Fan Ren curious about Jiang Long.

He went to the farm to investigate secretly, and learned that Jiang Long took care of the farm in an orderly manner, and the life of the tenant farmers was getting better and better, so he had a trace of admiration for Jiang Long.

The name of a talented person will make money in his own pocket, these skills Fan Ren can't look down on, and Fan Ren has the most contact with the people at the bottom.

In his eyes, he can make the people live a good life, that is the real skill!

And the farm under the management of Jiang Long is a good example.

At that time, Jiang Long had already left the capital with the army, and finally Fan Ren wanted to do something with Jiang Long, so he rushed to the north again.

Go to Qijiabao first and find the three Qi brothers.

When the three Qi brothers were in the capital, they said that if Jiang Long came to serve in Northern Xinjiang one day, they would be willing to come to Saddle to serve as dogs and horses.

So the four of them rushed to Lingtong County.

On the way, the three Qi brothers also learned about Jiang Long's ability from Fan Ren's mouth.

Strengthen your determination and take refuge in Jianglong.

After some explanation, Jiang Long knew the beginning and the end.

And he gave a general introduction to the reason why he came to work here.

didn't elaborate, but it also pointed out that it would be dangerous to follow him.

The three Qi brothers once again stated that they wanted to follow Jiang Long.

Fan Ren said that he still owes Jiang Long a favor, stay here and return the favor first.

"Lord Jing's complexion is much better." Since Fan Ren met, he took a serious look at Jiang Long, and found that Jiang Long was much healthier, and there was also a strange look in his eyes.

"There's no need to be so polite in private, Brother Fan and the three brothers of the Qi family can just call me Jiang Long." Jiang Long said with a smile.

Fan Ren was silent, noncommittal.

Qi Wei, the boss of the Qi family, opened his mouth and said: "Since we have joined the hands of adults to do things, we naturally can't break the rules. ”

Qi Wu and Qi Xiong agreed.

Jiang Long persuaded a few more words, but the three of them just didn't listen.

I had to do it.

"You're wearing a military uniform, but what's the matter?" Fan Ren said again, he and the three Qi brothers had just arrived in the county seat, and they came to find Jianglong.

I have not heard of the robbery of silver taels and salt.

Jiang Long opened his mouth to explain.

"Oh?" After Fan Ren heard this, his heart fluttered, "I don't know if you still remember when you were in the capital, the name of one of the people you rescued from the prison was He Huan?" ”

Jiang Long thought about it for a moment before he said, "That ranger general with a bold personality and loves to speak foul language? ”

"Yes, the military camp he is in charge of is stationed in Wangsha County." Fan Ren nodded, "There are more than 3,000 military horses under his command. ”

"How many cavalry?" Jiang Long hurriedly asked.

"There should be more than five hundred cavalry."

"Enough!" Jiang Long slapped his palms and smiled: "Ask General He for help in this matter, General He shouldn't shirk it, right?" ”

"Of course."

Fan Ren's conditions for making friends are very high.