Wu Shigong's move to expel Wang Mi from Runing Mansion City was a stone that stirred up a thousand waves. That Wang Mi did not climb out of Runing Mansion City as Wu Shigong ordered.

When he climbed a distance, the prefect of Guan who got the news sent his master to inquire about Wu Shigong. Of course, the word interrogation is more appropriate for this inquiry. After all, Wang Mi was introduced by the Guan Governor's Mansion to meet, if the two sides did not negotiate, Wu Shigong would have driven Wang Mi out of the yamen, but humiliating Wang Mi in such a drastic way would be a naked slap in the face of the Guan Governor.

However, although Wu Shigong's attitude towards Guan Governor's questioning was indifferent, he still gave Guan Governor's Mansion a face when he arrived at Zuihou, recalled his guards, and let Wang Mi fend for himself.

And Lu Jianchen finally transported the first batch of salt goods to Wu Shigong from Shandong through relations. Although the amount of salt is not large, it can at least maintain the supply of salt in the mountainous areas north of Runing Province for a few months.

To tell the truth, Wu Shigong and the Lu family did not make much money in the salt business this time, because the transportation of salt goods from Shandong to Henan was a new trade route, and the tax deductions along the way were quite a lot, so the price of salt goods obtained by Wu Shigong was also quite high. But at least there was a supply of salt in the northern mountainous areas of Runing Province, and Wu Shigong also temporarily stabilized the market.

But there's good news. Through his connections, Lu Jianchen also contacted a salt merchant in Changlu Salt Farm, and they were very interested after learning that Changlu salt could be sold in Henan. Therefore, it was also promised that in the future, if Wu Shigong needed a large amount of salt, they could supply it and could help transport it to Henan.

You must know that unlike most of the salt merchants in Yangzhou who are Hui merchants and Jin merchants, the salt merchants who control the Changlu salt field are basically official eunuch families, and they also have a lot of connections in the officialdom, at least there is always no problem in transporting some salt goods. And because of the background of these eunuch families, they don't sell the accounts of Yangzhou salt merchants.

And Wang Mi, of course, didn't dare to stay in Runing Mansion City. With the help of his subordinates, after a hurried diagnosis and treatment, he immediately wrote a letter and sent someone to Qi's house in Yangzhou.

In this letter, Wang Mi of course exaggerated Wu Shigong's words and actions by ten points, and portrayed himself as very wrong. Between the lines, it is full of Wu Shigong's contempt and hostility towards the Qi family.

After receiving this letter, the head of the Qi family was immediately furious. In the heart of the head of the Qi family, this time let Wang Mi give Wu Shigong a gift again to make up for the relationship between the two families, in fact, it was already very low for the Qi family, and it also gave Wu Shigong a lot of face.

But Wu Shigong not only did not respond to the kindness of the Qi family, but also seriously injured the people sent by the Qi family. In fact, for the Qi family, the salt sales in the northern mountainous area of Runing Province controlled by Wu Shigong only accounted for a small part of the total salt sales of the entire Qi family. Even if the Qi family loses this area, it won't be a big deal.

However, the vision of the head of the Qi family is not only that. In his opinion, if there is the first person who dares to challenge the Qi family and wants to break the rules of the salt shop that have been formed over the years, then if this rising bird is not defeated, the rules of the salt shop may change greatly in the future, and there will be more and more local sellers who dare to challenge the Qi family and other big salt merchants. At that point, the situation may get out of hand.

Therefore, the Qi family immediately used their relationship in the officialdom to give Wu Shigong a ruthless face. And for those disobedient local sellers of salt goods, big salt merchants like the Qi family have long formed a set of routines, and will give Wu Shigong a set of combination punches in the officialdom. Of course, given that Wu Shigong has the background of two Hou Mansions, the Qi family will not do things perfectly. However, in the eyes of the head of the Qi family, as long as he made a combination of punches, Wu Shigong would definitely flee back to the capital in disgrace.

However, the Qi family sent people to various yamen in Henan to carry out activities, but found that they could not win Wu Shigong in the officialdom for the time being. Because Wu Shigong made contributions in the two battles of King Qin and the extermination of the Holy Spirit Society, the governor of Henan and the supervising army had a good impression of Wu Shigong, because relying on Wu Shigong's two merits, the two of them also added a lot of points in front of Emperor Chongzhen.

Now, for the sake of some small amount of silver, he has to cut off a possible arm on his way to promotion, and no official will do such a stupid thing. Besides, Wu Shigong has just been rewarded by Emperor Chongzhen in King Qin, and now if Wu Shigong's official position is removed or transferred without any reason, it will definitely not be justified. In the final analysis, the current Wu Shigong still has the invincible aura blessed by Emperor Chongzhen.

And the Henan salt transport makes it even more flowery. This Henan salt envoy is not as majestic as the Yangzhou salt envoy. He was also only in charge of the sale of official salt and the collection of private salt in Henan Province.

However, if the Henan Salt Transport Envoy sent a few of his subordinates to this bandit's nest in the northern mountains of Runing Mansion to confiscate the illegal salt sold by Wu Shigong, this is obviously an act of sending him to death. Don't be halfway down, the soldiers who were disguised as bandits sent by Wu Shigong came to kill people. Therefore, when the Henan salt transport envoy heard the request of the Qi family, he also shook his head into a rattle.

As for Wu Shigong's direct boss Li Bingbeidao, although his relationship with Wu Shigong is very incompatible, it should be said that even if there is no gift from the Qi family, Li Bingbeidao wants to wear small shoes for Wu Shigong.

But Wu Shigong was in front of Li Bingbeidao, and the errand was completely completed, and there was no handle in Li Bingbeidao's hands. At most, next year's military salary, Li Bingbei will card Wu Shigong again. But this can be done, and it will be next year, and far water will not quench the thirst of the near.

But Wu Shigong doesn't make mistakes in the officialdom, so can't the Qi family help Wu Shigong? This also made the Qi family too simple, so the Qi family immediately found Henan Jinyi Wei Qianhu and asked him to help pick out some bones from Wu Shigong's body and eggs.

Henan Jinyi Wei Qianhu Zeng Qianhu smiled and enjoyed the gifts sent by the Qi family. These gifts were worth more than eight hundred taels, and the Qi family only asked Zeng Qianhu to deal with a small garrison of Runing Mansion.

And the handle of the guard, the Qi family has basically collected it completely, and it was handed over to Zeng Qianhu with the gift just now. And among these handles, Zeng Qianhu was most interested in the fact that the guard was also selling illicit salt.

With such a meat ticket, how could Zeng Qianhu not dare to be interested? As long as this guarded family is broken, Zeng Qianhu can make a big profit, not to mention the 1,000 taels of silver that the Qi family promised to thank afterwards.

After enjoying the gifts for a while, Zeng Qianhu asked his subordinates to put away the gifts, and called his cronies Li Pengfei and Li Baihu in. To do this kind of thing, you have to take care of your own people.

But when Zeng Qianhu explained the matter clearly to Li Pengfei, he saw that Li Pengfei's eyes were a little uncertain, Zeng Qianhu was also an old man of Jinyiwei, and he knew that there must be something wrong with what he knew, so after he dispersed the others, he asked Li Pengfei: "Pengfei, is there anything wrong?" ”

Li Pengfei pondered for a moment, and asked Zeng Qianhu rhetorically: "My lord, do you know the background of this Wu Guard?" ”

"I really don't know. How? You know? ”

"This Wu Shoubei is an old man in the capital. His father was the Marquis of Gongshun, and his father-in-law was the Marquis of Yangwu. What's more, he has a good relationship with the fathers-in-law of the celebrant supervisor. My lord, you also know that the villain, the official position of the hundred households, was greeted by the master of ceremonies, Father-in-law Qin. The villain didn't confess to the adults before, this is what this Wu Shoubei entrusted to Qin's father-in-law. ”

"Oh? So since he has such a big background, why don't he stay in the capital and enjoy the happiness and come to the poor countryside of Henan? ”

"It's just that I'm on the wrong team, just like the situation when the villain was assigned to Henan. However, the Wu garrison is only temporarily avoiding the limelight, and it is estimated that he will return to the capital after staying in Henan for a while. There's no way, his background is too deep after all. ”

"It's not going to be easy. The official accepted all the gifts, and he didn't necessarily have to return those gifts. However, the face of the two Hou Mansions, even if it is Commander Luo, will be sold for three points. Zeng Qianhu said with some regret, and his flesh looked very painful.

Li Pengfei knew that his thousand households were greedy for money, so he continued: "Your Excellency doesn't have to return the gifts. I'll leave it to the villain. The villain went to Runing Mansion to make a trip, pretending to collect some evidence, and then picking some irrelevant ones to hand over, so that he could also give an explanation to the salt merchant who gave the gift. The old man of the villain will also inherit the love of the adult. ”

"Hmmm! You're good at that. Just work hard for you, let's go to Runing Mansion for a run. ”

Li Pengfei took a few brocade guards to Runing Mansion and was entertained by Wu Shigong for three whole days. also brought a generous gift from Wu Shigong to Zeng Qianhu.

Then, Henan Jinyi Wei Qianhu submitted a secret report to the Jinyi Wei Yamen in the capital, reporting the crime of Wu Shigong, the garrison of Runing Mansion, who killed the people without permission in the suppression of bandits. And focused on a bigger crime, Wu Shigong, the garrison of Runing Mansion, left Runing Mansion without authorization for a famous prostitute in Guide Mansion and went to Yangzhou to rob the famous prostitute home.

When this secret report reached the capital, Jinyiwei commanded the yamen and the officials who learned of the secret report all thought that Henan Jinyiwei was too full and panicked, and made such a secret report that recorded the trivial matter of sesame mung beans.

This bandit is to kill more people. If you don't see it, isn't it because the court is too polite to them, so that the current situation is a little out of control?

As for the military attache's brutality and lust, this is completely in line with the role of the military attaché! If any military attache does not do this, this is a bit abnormal, and it may be a little ill-intentioned. And like in this secret report, the brutal and lustful military attache in Henan, but with military merits, such a military attache with developed limbs and a simple mind, the imperial court can only use it at ease!

However, the imperial court still has to deal with the behavior of the Runing Mansion garrison leaving their posts without permission. Then -- another year's fine.