"Lord Jiang has come to us with dignity, we have lost our welcome, and we have specially set up a reception banquet in Ruyi Building tonight, and I also invite Lord Jiang to come." The prefect here was in a hurry to tie up Jiang Zhan, so he sent a lot of gifts.

Although he is now the temporary acting county commander, he is the secretary of the criminal department, the second-rank member of the imperial court, if it is not for a coincidence, they are afraid that they will not be able to see each other.

"Lord Huang is polite, this official won't stay here for a few days, and he will leave for his back, so there is no need for the reception banquet!" Jiang Zhan had never intended to accept their things.

After all, once these gifts are received, some things are different.

Jiang Zhan was waiting here for the people from the imperial court to come over and hand over the matter to him, and he was going to the Western Regions to find out the news.

At most, it will only be ten days, he will definitely leave, and Jiang Zhan disdains the fawning of these people at the moment.

However, they are all officials of the court in the end, and they have not made any mistakes, and he is not good at making things too stiff.

After all, officials have their own way of getting along with each other in private, and many people like to honor their superiors.

Jiang Zhan knows this better than anyone else, but he has always hated this matter the most, no matter how big or small his official position is, in fact, as long as he is worthy of his conscience, it is enough.

Others, however, think differently than he did.

"Lord Jiang doesn't have to be polite, this is all our heart, no matter how many days you stay here, please accept it!" They naturally knew that Jiang Zhan couldn't really stay here and be an inconspicuous county magistrate.

After all, his official position in the capital is beyond the reach of them and others.

Although they are also court officials, there are also high and low ones.

"No need, the thoughts of the adults, the official has written it down, you can take the things back!" Jiang Zhan hinted that there was no point in them befriending him, and they didn't have to bother to befriend him.

However, they are still like this, and even one of the officials revealed in his words that he could cooperate with him for a long time.

Jiang Zhan sensed that something was wrong at that time, after all, he had indicated that he was about to leave, and the man still said such words, as if he was sure that they would always be in touch.

As a party concerned, he was not sure that he would stay here for a few more days, but the other party's attitude was so affirmative, Jiang Zhan quickly noticed the clue.

So he asked a few tentative questions, but the other party seemed to be very evasive and refused to reveal too much.

In order to ask him thoroughly, Jiang Zhan decided to go to him privately.

After all, there are too many people now, and it is inevitable that he will not say it.

Jiang Zhan wanted to know why he was so sure that he would accept their overtures.

He never accepted gifts from officials, and almost everyone who knew him knew about it.

So his connections in the court are not good, except for Wu Yuanheng, and a few officials who are also upright and unwilling to stick to formalism, he has almost no contact with anyone.

Everyone also knows that Jiang Zhan is not in agreement with them, so there is almost no contact except for the affairs of the court on weekdays.

The next day, Jiang Zhan went directly to the other party.

"Lord Wu, this official wants to know, what exactly do you mean by what you said in the county government yesterday?" Jiang Zhan didn't have the heart to talk nonsense with him, so he asked straight to the point about the doubts in his heart.

"Xia Guan heard before, my lord, you have been cooperating with a caravan in the Western Regions, if we are willing to invest silver, after the caravan delivers the goods, we will return some dividends as a reward......

Lord Wu saw that Jiang Zhan had come over to ask in person, so he directly told the matter.

Anyway, there's nothing unpleasant about this matter.

Who doesn't like silver now, these officials seem to be doing well, but in fact, the money given by the court is only enough for the family to eat, if he doesn't want to make some money, he can't hold decent things when he prepares gifts for his boss on weekdays.

If there is no filial piety in these years, when it comes to evaluating their performance at the end of the year, the boss will definitely not speak for them.

Everyone wants to be a good official who is honest and strict, but unfortunately they also have to follow the rules of others, otherwise they can only be an insignificant petty official for the rest of their lives, which is not the future they desperately want to get.

Now, when they heard that Jiang Zhan had invested money in the caravan, they naturally wanted to get a piece of the pie, after all, it was a well-known fact that he had a wife who could do business.

How big Xue Yao's business is, they have found some of it, so they feel that this is a profitable business, and as long as they get on the line with Jiang Zhan, they don't have to worry about losing money.

He has such a good wife, if he is not sure of the business, he will definitely not be willing to invest money in it.

"What kind of caravan, can Lord Wu be specific?" Jiang Zhan sensed from his words that there might be a big problem with this caravan.

"Don't Lord Jiang know?" Isn't he already invested in the silver, how can he still ask about the details of the caravan?

Lord Wu couldn't guess his mind for a while.

Whether he didn't want them to participate in this business together, or whether the news was wrong.

"I've just been here for a few days, and a bunch of things in the county government haven't been sorted out yet, and most of the business in the inner son is in the capital, and there is no border." Jiang Zhan directly said that he had never participated in the caravan business.

"At the beginning, they swore an oath, but I really thought that Master Jiang would also invest in the silver, so I would agree to them." Lord Wu's face sank.

He seems to have been deceived by those people.

He hadn't thought too much about it before, but now that he thought about it, he realized that there were several obvious loopholes in those people's words, but he didn't notice anything at the time.

"Why don't you tell me about the business first, if it's really worth investing money, I can think about it." Jiang Zhan wanted to know the inside story, but he was worried that he would not say it.

After all, this kind of thing is a personal secret, and it is not easy to pry open the other party's mouth.

"Actually, the lower officials don't know much, but they heard that this caravan needs the protection of the official family, so they will deliberately put forward this condition." Lord Wu directly told everything he knew.

"So you haven't met the head of the caravan either?" Jiang Zhan was quite surprised by this.

"No, it's all about the middleman, and I haven't agreed yet." Under such circumstances, it was naturally impossible to interview the caravan leader.

He is a man who cherishes feathers, so he values fame more.

Although he also wants the money, if something really happens, his official position will be gone.

So he kept dragging it out, refusing to give those people a final answer.

Now, after he saw Jiang Zhan, he couldn't make up his mind even more.

"Want to be protected by the government?" No matter how Jiang Zhan heard it, he felt that the way this caravan was doing was a little weird.

Ordinary caravans, in fact, are protected by people, after all, their masters need to protect the safety of goods, but if something goes wrong on the way, they may not be able to come back at all.

So Jiang Zhan felt that they were doing this as an excuse, and what the caravan really wanted was just a name for the official family.

After all, if they have the protection of the government, it will be much easier for them to do anything.

"Master Jiang, do you think there's something wrong?" He didn't notice anything wrong.

"It's nothing, it's just that doing business is not only about the final result, but also about the process, after all, if they can't make enough money, won't everyone have to lose together?"

The more Jiang Zhan listened, the more he felt that these people seemed to be smuggling something.

However, everything is just his idea now, and if he wants to be sure, he needs to contact those people personally.

"But they said that as long as the business can be successful, there will be no loss." They are officials, and those people are businessmen, even if they really lose money, he still wants the principal back.

"It's always at your own expense to do business, but if things are as you say, they can't be done." Jiang Zhan was originally going to refuse, but after thinking about it, he felt that this was an opportunity.

"If you have any advice, please feel free to say it." Lord Wu looked at him and said.

"I want to meet the other party, I don't know if Lord Wu might help me bring the word to him?" Jiang Zhan planned to find out the origin of the caravan first, and then investigate one by one who the court officials who were secretly colluding with them were.

If they were really smuggling goods, these people were obscure, hiding their true identities.

"Naturally, if Lord Jiang has a decision at that time, he must tell the lower officials." The man felt a little better at the thought that Jiang Zhan might agree.

After Jiang Zhan left, he tried to find a way to contact the other party.

However, Jiang Zhan had another purpose.

He just quietly took out Lord Wu's words, and according to his own words, he actually didn't know what kind of business that caravan was doing.

The other party has always acted mysteriously, only saying that it was to transport goods, and as for what goods, they deliberately ignored the matter every time and refused to give an explanation.

Others were blinded by wealth, so naturally they didn't think too much about it, so they directly invested in the silver.

Later, when some people really benefited from this, they began to add more silver.

As for the origin of the goods, they are not clear.

The reason why Lord Wu found him was that he was bold and moved by money, and secondly, he felt that he had a high official position and really wanted to join, so that the caravan would not have to worry about no one to protect him in the future.

Jiang Zhan understood his thoughts, after all, wealth and wealth are in danger, if you are not bold enough, no matter what you do, you will not succeed one day.

After all, their time is spent on daunting......

Ever since he learned about the caravan, Jiang Zhan had been personally investigating, and he was worried that if he handed it over to his subordinates, it would alarm the other party.

After that day, the officials who came to visit Jiang Zhan no longer had anything to do with him as if they had never appeared, after all, a person who would leave at any time and was upright would not help them in their careers.

After all, if Jiang Zhan didn't speak for them in front of the emperor, they would only be able to leave this place by their own efforts.

It's a pity that it was Jiang Zhan who came over this time, if it were other officials, I am afraid that they would have accepted their gifts a long time ago.

Now it's really uncomfortable for them to not get up or down, so they deliberately dodge.

After Jiang Zhan's visit, the private affairs of many local officials were related to the caravan.