On the wide and gentle surface of the canal, a group of more than a dozen large ships lined up in a long snake formation, heading north.

There are three official ships in front, followed by nearly ten large commercial ships.

Such a battle was quite magnificent on the water surface of the canal, attracting countless curious eyes from ships passing on the water, but no one dared to approach it easily.

This fleet is the joint fleet formed by the investigation team and the big ships hired by the Lin family and Xue Pan, and it has already set off from Jinling to the capital.

Lin Ruhai was still 'sick' at this time, so he simply refused the invitation of the right attendant of the Criminal Department, the chief official of the investigation team, on this ground, and sat leisurely on the big boat hired by the Lin family with his nephew Jia Cong.

"You kid is really ruthless, you dare to write these into a novel, and you are not afraid of setting yourself on fire?"

In the cabin, Lin Ruhai held a stack of drafts covered with handwriting, and reminded with a look of surprise on his pale face, still with a sick face.

The draft he was holding in his hand was his nephew Jia Cong's new book, all about salt merchants, and some of the plots were quite exciting.

is with Lin Ruhai's courage, I can't help but be shocked when I see these plots, this kid really dares to write.

If it spreads out, not to mention reaching the popularity of the story of the Three Kingdoms, as long as there is one-third, it will be enough to cause an uproar, and it may even trigger the imperial court to ruthlessly rectify the salt merchants in Yangzhou, which is not a joke at all.

"Uncle, since my nephew said in front of the salt merchants in Yangzhou that he wanted to teach them a lesson, then he must do it!"

The brush in his hand waved like the wind, and in the blink of an eye, he filled a piece of manuscript paper, and when he heard the words, he stopped and continued to write, Jia Cong's face was full of smiles, but the words he said were quite domineering: "This novel is the best gift for them!" ”

"There's something here, it's too sensitive and too dark......"

Lin Ruhai shook his head with a wry smile, and was speechless at his nephew's audacity, but he didn't say much, so he could only knock on the side and remind: "Once the propaganda is publicized, be careful of those salt merchant dogs jumping off the wall in a hurry!" ”

"Hehe, my uncle is too worried!"

Jia Cong didn't care, and said leisurely with confidence: "My nephew in Yangzhou may still be worried that the salt merchants will be mad, but when they arrive in the capital, although their strength is still not small, they have lost the ability to mess around!" ”

Just kidding, the Hachiko family has been operating in the capital for a hundred years, needless to say, the energy is huge, and if you want to play drastic measures in the capital, it is simply self-defeating.

The noble group of Daqing is strong, unlike the noble of the Ming Dynasty who was completely broken after the change of Tumubao. The four kings with different surnames even have extremely strong forces in their hands, and even the royal family does not dare to easily target the top noble group.

It is certain that the supporters behind the salt merchants in Yangzhou are definitely not the Xungui Group, otherwise the four families of Jia Shi Wang Xue, who are the head snakes in Jinling, would not be able to get involved in the benefits of salt politics.

Even if it is royal, it is unlikely to be the big man behind the salt merchants in Yangzhou.

The emperor's absolute henchmen, the Zhen family, the first powerful man in Jinling, were forcibly isolated from the salt government, so it was naturally impossible to bypass the Zhen family and directly support the salt merchants, and they couldn't afford to lose this person.

Today, the Spring and Autumn Period is at its peak, and the princes under their knees are not very old, and it is not time to compete for the crown, so naturally they will not have any major interests entangled with Yangzhou salt merchants.

Besides, he is a dignified son of heaven today, and despite the emperor's control, he has not been able to completely control the court, and he will not surrender his identity to directly contact the salt merchants.

If you really support credible salt merchants with white gloves, there are so many imperial merchants in the world to choose from, at least these imperial merchants are more trustworthy and easier to use than salt merchants.

It is also unlikely that the military bosses will not be able to take advantage of the military bosses because of their own situation today, and they will not give these military leaders a chance to take advantage of them at all.

Once the military leader has a considerable amount of wealth, the consequences will be quite terrible, just like the king with a different surname who still holds the military power, it is likely that a new feudal town will be formed, and neither the current nor the emperor will allow it.

The supporters behind the salt merchants are most likely to be the court bigwigs who rely on the imperial examinations, and the money bags that belong to the top civil official circles, just like the Xue family's positioning in the four major families in Jinling.

To be honest, from a noble family, Jia Cong was born against the civilian clique, and even if he provoked the civilian clique, he didn't need to worry.

Do you really think that Xungui Group is easy to mess with?

"It's good that you kid knows it!"

Lin Ruhai sighed and said helplessly: "I was also dragged into the water by your kid this time, and I will have to trouble in the future!" ”

He never thought that his nephew Jia Cong would be so bold that he would reveal the foundation of Yangzhou salt merchants in the novel, and it would be terrible once it was spread.

It's just that now it's difficult for him to get out, when he sailed before and lived temporarily in Jinling, Jia Cong, this kid, kept asking him about the details of the salt merchants in Yangzhou, the specific operation steps of selling official salt, and various secret methods of selling illegal salt.

He didn't plan to talk about these situations, but he couldn't resist Jia Cong's crooked entanglement, and he didn't know that this kid still had such courage, so he finally said it all, of course, it didn't involve the Yanzheng Yamen, and the prefect's yamen didn't say anything.

It's a pity that when he saw some of the novel drafts written by Jia Cong, it was too late to notice that something was wrong, and the novel had basically taken shape, and he didn't want to take the risk of completely offending Jia Cong and ruining this freshly baked wonderful novel.

In his heart, in fact, he was still a little jealous of Jia Cong's nephew's methods.

Ask yourself, if it weren't for Jia Cong, a nephew, to help, and to attract the attention of the Yangzhou Salt Merchants Association, it would not be so easy for him to get out easily.

The most terrifying thing is Jia Cong's powerful and strange martial arts, just thinking about it makes my heart chill. Who would have thought that this kid would have the ability to control when to vomit blood, which is simply amazing.

It is conceivable that once Jia Cong's new novel spreads and causes a sensation, those salt merchants will definitely vent some of their anger on someone else.

Fools understand that the material in Jia Cong's novel must be provided by him, the former salt patrol imperial history, how can he run?

Of course, it is impossible to say how fearful he is.

As Jia Cong said, in Yangzhou and even in Jiangnan, the strength of the salt merchants is extremely amazing, but when they arrive in the capital, it is just like that.

As for the possibility of evil to the civil official group, Lin Ruhai is confident that he can still deal with it. It's just that he was dragged into the water by Jia Cong, a kid, and he was a little unhappy in his heart.

"Haha, uncle doesn't need to worry!"

Jia Cong didn't care, and said leisurely: "When the novel is completely publicized and causes a certain sensation, those salt merchants won't have the time to pay attention to us!" ”

"And what's the name of your new novel?"

"How about "The Richest Man in the World", it's very good for those salt merchants!"

"You're here, I wish they were going to die......"