Li Yuntian traveled day and night, and it was already two days after he arrived in Yangzhou City, and at this time, the other two Hubu fleets on the canal and one Hubu fleet on the Yangtze River had been stopped by the Cao soldiers of the Caoyun Governor Yamen.

According to Xue Lu's instructions, the Cao soldiers only detained the fleet, neither boarded the ship for inspection, nor interrogated the officials accompanying the ship, and waited for Li Yuntian to deal with it.

After all, Li Yuntian is the envoy of the Lianghuai Salt Patrol ordered by Emperor Xuande, and he can be said to be the biggest official in the Lianghuai Salt Road, so this case will naturally be handled by Li Yuntian, and Xue Lu will not be at ease if others intervene in this matter.

Huai'an is not far from Yangzhou, and when General Zhang Shen led people to find trouble with the Nanjing household inspection school that night, the momentum was huge, which alarmed many people around the wharf, and many gamblers in the casino were also watching the excitement, so the news of the accident of private salt had already spread in the general meeting of salt merchants, which made the salt merchants panic and panic.

The General Association of Salt Merchants is the largest chamber of commerce in Yangzhou, and has a close relationship with various chambers of commerce except for the Kyushu Chamber of Commerce, so once the salt merchants have something to shake the Yangzhou business community, the Yangzhou business community is shrouded in a tense and depressing atmosphere, God knows whether those private salt things will be implicated in their heads.

As the chief envoy of the Lianghuai Salt Road, Li Yuntian became the focus of attention of the Yangzhou business community as soon as he returned to Yangzhou City, and the businessmen knew that Li Yuntian's attitude would determine the direction of the incident, and everyone was waiting to see how he handled the matter.

After entering Yangzhou City, Li Yuntian went straight to the Yamen of Lianghuai Salt Road, and asked Zhang Sheng to inquire about the cargo ships of the household department that were seized by the Yamen of the Governor of Caoyun, Xie Heng and Han Liang, as the deputy envoys of the Lianghuai Salt Road Salt Patrol, had discussed with Zhang Sheng in the back hall of the Yamen of Lianghuai Salt Road, and saw Li Yuntian coming to greet them.

"Lord Zhang, what happened, why is there so much salt on the Hubu cargo ship? What kind of salt can have a salt lead? After taking the first seat in the back hall, Li Yuntian asked Zhang Sheng, who was sitting in his lower right hand seat, it was obvious that so many salt dealers must operate through the yamen of the two Huai Salt Road.

"Lord Yu, in recent years, the salt production of the two Huai salt places has become more and more prosperous, and as of this year, there has been a lot of salt accumulation in each salt field, so in order to solve the salt accumulation, Lord Chen of Nanjing Hubu has transported the accumulated salt to the place in advance, and has been ready for use in the coming year."

Zhang Sheng had already thought of what to deal with at this time, and said to Li Yuntian in an orderly manner, "Hou Ye, rest assured, all the salt has the salt introduced by the Nanjing household department, and the salt merchants have also paid the deposit, and the silver taels will be included in the salt tax account in the coming year." ”

"Accumulated salt?" Li Yuntian suddenly felt amused in his heart when he heard this, he didn't expect Zhang Sheng to even come up with such a strange reason, but although this move is inappropriate, as long as it does not involve private salt, there is nothing wrong with it, in the final analysis, the salt tax will eventually be collected into the treasury of the household department.

"Why doesn't this official know about this?" Then, Li Yuntian deliberately frowned and looked at Zhang Sheng quietly.

"My lord, this matter was decided by the household department in Nanjing, and the lower officials thought that the adults already knew, so they didn't mention it, it was the negligence of the lower officials, please punish the adults." Zhang Sheng hurriedly stood up, bowed his hand at Li Yuntian, and bowed down to plead guilty.

"Master Zhang, don't blame yourself, this matter was done by the Nanjing Household Department, and it has nothing to do with you." Hearing this, Li Yuntian waved his hand to Zhang Sheng disapprovingly, and opened his mouth to comfort him.

"Master Xie." Zhang Sheng felt that Li Yuntian had no intention of pursuing the matter, so he couldn't help but be overjoyed and sat back in his seat.

"Lord Zhang, how much salt has been transported by the Nanjing Household Department this time?" After Zhang Sheng sat down, Li Yuntian asked with a deep sigh.

"Less than two years of volume." Zhang Sheng pondered for a moment and said an answer.

His answer can be described as very tactful, deftly avoiding the total amount of private salt, which can be a little more than a year or nearly two years in less than two years, and there is a very large difference in between.

"This matter involves the household department of Nanjing, and this official needs their assistance in handling it." Li Yuntian couldn't hear the cattiness in Zhang Sheng's answer, he secretly sneered in his heart, pretended to groan for a while, and said to Zhang Sheng, "Master Zhang, you send a document to the Nanjing Household Department and ask them to send someone to help investigate the case!" ”

"The subordinate obeys." Seeing that Li Yuntian did not question the amount of private salt he had just said, Zhang Sheng suddenly breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, and hurriedly bowed down and replied.

"In addition, a document was issued to the Nanjing Three Law Division, this matter is a matter of importance, and it is difficult for the Nanjing Household Department to decide, so that the Nanjing Three Law Division will send personnel to come to the jury." Then, Li Yuntian seemed to remember something and added to Zhang Sheng.

"Xiaguan will do it." Zhang Sheng was not surprised by this at all, after all, this matter was too serious, if Li Yuntian closed the case based on the words of the Nanjing household department alone, it would inevitably cause criticism from the outside world, so dragging the Nanjing Three Law Division into the water could undoubtedly eliminate those criticisms from the outside world, so he got up and hurried down to arrange it after giving it to Li Yuntian.

Nanjing is not far from Yangzhou, if Zhang Sheng sends someone to hurry there now, the people of the Nanjing Sanfa Division will receive the official document in the evening, and they will be able to leave tomorrow at the earliest.

Looking at Zhang Sheng's departing back, the corners of Li Yuntian's mouth couldn't help revealing a subtle sneer, did Zhang Sheng and the others really think that he was so easy to fool?

At the same time, a carriage stopped at the back door of Chen Guangzong's house, and a woman with a light veil on her face quickly stepped into the back door.

"It's been hard all the way to come in such a hurry." Chen Guangzong was restlessly pacing back and forth in the living room of the back house, he couldn't judge what Li Yuntian would think of those private salts now, so he saw the woman in the light veil enter the door, and hurriedly greeted him.

"Eldest son, the concubine knew that you must be in a hurry, so she didn't dare to slack off, so she immediately rushed over by car." The woman took off the veil, blessed Chen Guangzong, and said in a coquettish voice, it was Zijuan.

"Let's talk about it, is there anything unusual about Zhenwuhou in Hangzhou?" Chen Guangzong eagerly invited Zijuan to a seat on the side, poured her a cup of tea, and asked urgently, he urgently needed to know Li Yuntian's attitude on the matter of private salt.

"Hou Ye has been traveling in the mountains and rivers since he arrived in Hangzhou, except for the governor of Zhejiang and the officials of the third division of Zhejiang, he has not contacted anyone, nor has he investigated any cases, and he has only punished the second son, and has not been investigated to the end."

Zijuan took a sip of tea, stabilized his mind for a while, and then said to Chen Guangzong, "However, the concubine found that the relationship between Hou Ye and Tian Guard was extraordinary, and she stayed in Hou Ye's room at night to sleep. ”

Tian Huwei refers to Lei Ting, she took apart the word "thunder", took the word "rain" and "Tian" as the name and surname, and called herself "Tian Yu" in front of outsiders, because this name is somewhat feminine, and she shows people in men's clothes, so she will "Yu" through "rain", named "Tian Yu".

Hongluan and Zijuan didn't know Lei Ting's true identity, they only knew that she disguised herself as a man and stayed with Li Yuntian, and Li Yuntian had a very intimate attitude towards her, and the two went to bed together at night.

"The Marquis of Zhenwu is young and romantic, and it is not surprising that the golden house is beautiful." Hearing this, Chen Guangzong couldn't help but feel a little more calm in his heart, his face became softened, and he replied with a smile, in his opinion, it is very normal for Li Yuntian to have a woman by his side at a young age.

"When the news of Huai'an reached Hangzhou, what was Zhenwuhou doing? What was the reaction? Then, Chen Guangzong's face turned pale, and he looked at Zijuan solemnly, he now had to judge some clues of Li Yuntian's psychological activities from Li Yuntian's words and deeds.

"Hou Ye led the concubine and others to the Qiantang River to watch the tide, and the interest was very high, but after receiving a letter, his face changed greatly, and then he rushed back to Hangzhou." Zijuan knew from Chen Guangzong's reaction that this matter was very important, so he thought about it carefully and replied seriously.

"People are not as good as heaven, who would have thought that something would happen to Huai'an!" Chen Guangzong heard that a hanging stone in his heart finally fell to the ground, and it seemed that Li Yuntian did not know about the investigation of the illegal salt, and then shook his head with a wry smile, and couldn't help but sigh.

Since Li Yuntian's arrival attracted all of Chen Guangzong's attention, he didn't expect that those illicit salts would have an accident after they were shipped out of the river, and there was a gambling dispute that had nothing to do with the Lianghuai Salt Road, which almost forced him into a Jedi.

"The eldest prince, the concubine feels that the Hou Ye doesn't seem to have any intention of the two Huai Salt Road, so the eldest prince doesn't need to worry too much." Zijuan saw Chen Guangzong's sad look, and couldn't help but comfort him.

"I hope so!" Chen Guangzong smiled at Zijuan when he heard this, he hoped in his heart that Li Yuntian had no intention of thoroughly investigating the Lianghuai Salt Dao, otherwise the consequences would be unimaginable.

In the evening, the backyard of the Yangzhou Division of the Wutang Department, a small courtyard of elegance and quietness.

Under the quiet starlight, Li Yuntian was moving his body in the courtyard, and people like him, who were busy with official business every day, should often take time out to move to relieve the fatigue of the muscles and bones of the whole body.

Although Li Yuntian seemed to be leisurely moving his hands and feet there, his mind was thinking about how to deal with the personnel of the Nanjing Household Department and the Nanjing Three Law Divisions who rushed from Nanjing City tomorrow.

Li Yuntian can be sure that the officials of the Nanjing Household Department and the Nanjing Three Law Divisions will definitely come to Yangzhou tomorrow, and the seizure of the illegal salt is a matter of great importance, and no one wants to make a big deal about it, and they will definitely try their best to cover it up, and they are afraid that they are now eager to come to Yangzhou to settle the matter.

"Xianggong, Uncle Zheng is here." Just when Li Yuntian was pressing his legs there, Lei Ting walked over quickly and said with a smile.

"It seems that he has been forced to do nothing as well." Li Yuntian also laughed when he heard this, got up and walked to the living room in the front yard.

Uncle Zheng in Lei Ting's mouth is naturally Zheng Wanrou's eldest brother Zheng Boxin, and now that the private salt of the Salt Merchants Association has been detained, the salt merchants are naturally panicked, and they naturally have to find out the news by all means, Zheng Boxin is undoubtedly the best candidate.

"Resurrection, I was really forced to come to you." Zheng Boxin was drinking tea in the living room in the front yard, and when he saw Li Yuntian coming in, he couldn't help but stand up with a wry smile.

Zheng Boxin naturally heard the news of the salt merchants' association's private salt accident, of course he didn't want to get involved in this matter, but those salt merchants would let him go, and they went to Zheng Fuguan to find various connections and said, hoping that Zheng Boxin could go to Li Yuntian's mouth.

Although Zheng Boxin is reluctant to get involved, after all, he is mixed on the ground in Yangzhou, and his interpersonal relationship is complicated, so he can't refuse coldly in the face of those who come to inquire about the news, otherwise he will offend many people, so it is better to sell them a favor.

Therefore, Zheng Boxin came to Li Yuntian to find out some inside information, and he could go back to have an explanation with those people.