Half a month has passed, and everything is developing in the direction that Chenghong expected. They followed and even bought coastal salt before Wu Tong, and the merchants who sold salt were even more like ants on a hot pot after receiving the news, and they were clamoring for Wu Tong to give an explanation, Wu Tong was blocked in Shewei Harbor and did not get tired of having to sneak out at night to find Zhang Jian.

Taishou Mansion Zhongwei Ze and Zhang Jian were also discussing things and did not sleep, and Wu Tong, as an old acquaintance, did not need to report and went straight to the back hall.

"I can't do this business, those salt merchants blocked me and asked me to give an explanation, and I didn't even dare to leak it. If it weren't for the second son stopping me outside, I would have been drowned by them with spittle, and today you have to tell me how long I have to wait. Wu Tong shouted as he walked with a meteor in his stride.

Wei Zeren looked at Zhang Jian with a smile, and Zhang Jian also smiled and said, "Fourth Brother Wu, don't worry, sit down and rest first." ”

Wu Tong saluted Wei Ze and said with a bitter face: "Rest? If you don't give me a letter today, I don't have the heart to rest. ”

Zhang Jian couldn't help but ask: "How has Fourth Brother Wu been collecting salt in the south in the past half a month?" ”

Wu Tong said proudly: "According to your instructions, along the road, pretending to be secret, pretending to be negligent, and shouting at the method of drinking less salt led them all the way south to the counties of Quan'an and Nanhai, this time Cheng Hong has made a bloody investment." ”

As he spoke, he suddenly remembered what he was here for, and then cried and mourned: "Shizi, Daozhen, you have to give me a word today, otherwise I will really be driven crazy by those salt merchants." ”

Zhang Jian said: "Okay, okay." Fourth Brother Wu, now it's time to close the net, so go back and tell the salt merchants that the goods will be delivered in two days. ”

Wu Tong jumped up as soon as he heard that he could close the net, and said goodbye: "Shizi, Daozhen, then I will retire and rush back to Shewei Port, this time I can finally sleep peacefully." ”

Wei Ze and Zhang Jian looked at each other and smiled, I really don't know what to say about this Wu Tong.

After Wu Tong left, Wei Ze couldn't help but turn his head and ask Zhang Jian: "Dao Zhen, after closing the net, it will be half of the success." ”

Zhang Jian nodded, and Wei Ze said excitedly: "I really didn't read it wrong, it only took two or three months for Brother Zhang to uproot Chenghong and his gang, and I really didn't see the wrong person." ”

Zhang Jian shook his head and said, "This time it went so smoothly because of the work of planning. ”

Wei Ze said: "It's not a matter of planning, what is it?" ”

Zhang Jian explained: "This time to win Chenghong thanks to the prince and the Wu family, when it comes to the power of the court, the king of Linchuan can make that Chenghong have some scruples, and the convenience of the place depends on the help of the Wu family." To put it bluntly, our side is pressed everywhere, and what seems to be a battle is actually a battle to take advantage of, and it is really difficult to win if you change others. ”

This time it is not Zhang Jian's humility, but from the heart, in this era of imperial power, no matter how strong your golden finger is, once you don't have the power to rely on, it will no longer be a golden finger, but will become a talisman. Of course, relying on the suddenness of the salt drying method is indeed a surprise to Cheng Hong, but even so, it is still inseparable from the power of Wei Ze and the support of the Wu family.

Two days later, under the anticipation of a group of salt merchants, Wu Tong transported a truckload of salt to the salt market on time for handover, and the salt merchants were overjoyed. Just a few days ago, they were still complaining that Wu Tong had received a fixed amount of money and did not deliver the goods, it was a liar who tricked them, and even Wu Tong's ancestors had greeted the eighteenth generation. But now, looking at Wu Tong with smiling faces one by one is like looking at a relative, and he feels very cordial.

As the saying goes, some people are happy and some people are worried, the salt merchant is happy to get the salt, Wu Tong is happy to be blocked by them anymore, but some people are worried.

Today's transaction in the salt market is tantamount to a bolt from the blue for Cheng Hong, Meng Chao, Luo Jing, Dai Le, Shui Ming and others. Cheng Hong was waiting for Wu Tong to make a fool of himself in the county office, but he never expected that what he was waiting for was such news. At this time, he didn't care about being calm or calm, and directly ordered Meng Yi to call the heads of the five families to come over to discuss the matter, but before Meng Yi could go out, the five of them had already come to the door by themselves.

Cheng Hong was not verbose and scolded directly: "Tell me what is going on today, where did Wu Tong's salt come from?" Say! ”

Facing Cheng Hong's anger, Meng Chao gritted his teeth and said: "It's really strange, these days we obviously collected most of the salt before them, how can they have so many goods?" Even if they cook it themselves, they don't see any action, just with a place like Snake Tail Harbor, can it be fished out of the sea that fell from the sky? ”

Dai Le shouted on the side: "I don't care where he Wu Si got the salt, now the question is what should we do?" Originally, our salt was not sold, but now we have collected so much outside, and in the end, we have not made any money and put our net worth into it. ”

Several people present were silent when they heard this, and this time Shi Le suddenly burst out and grabbed Zhuang Xian, and before Zhuang Xian could react, he had been pulled to the ground by Dai Le's brute force.

"It's all a good idea from you, a birdman, why don't you take a salary, see if I don't kill you today."

Dai Le said that he raised his hand to smoke Zhuang Xian, and Cheng Hong shouted angrily when he saw this: "Presumptuous! If you still have me in your eyes, sit down for me. ”

Zhuang Xian was not angry, but slowly stood up and patted the dust on his body, and then said loudly: "Everyone, although this matter is the first mention of Zhuang, everyone also nodded in agreement, and now that the matter is defeated, all the brains will be deducted from Zhuang's head, is it a little unkind, you must know that my money is also trapped." ”

Dai Le's face sank, and he wanted to step forward and beat Zhuang Xian.

"Sit it all down! This is the county government, not a bazaar, if you want to fight, get out and fight, now is the time for everyone to work together, but you are here to fight. ”

Dai Le was drunk by Cheng Hong and hurriedly put his hand away and sat down, Cheng Hong glared at him and then asked, "Meng Chao, are you sure that Wu Tong's salt was not brought in from outside?" ”

Meng Chao replied affirmatively: "It's true, my lord, no matter how much he dodges with our people on the sea, he can't do it silently, and the land route is even more impossible." ”

Cheng Hong gritted his teeth and said: "I can't take care of it so much now, do you have any way to reverse the situation." ”

Shui Ming cried and said: "It's us who underestimated them, and now the defeat is decided, it seems that we have fallen into the trap they laid from the beginning." Now that the salt market has passed, it is impossible to ship in large quantities, and even if we are willing to dump the goods at a low price, Wu Tong's handling will continue to block us, but we have no time, how can we explain to Wu County? ”

Hearing the word Wu Jun, Cheng Hong's expression was grim, and Meng Chao asked cautiously: "My lord, do you think you can ask Wu Jun for some time, so that we can have time to free up." ”

Cheng Hong shook his head for a long time, what are you kidding! He was not a surprise talent in the Cheng family, and he finally won the position of the county magistrate of Feng County. Although he is not a high-ranking official, he is full of oil and water, according to the rules, Wu County eats a lot of money, and Cheng Hong and these people just eat some bits and pieces, but this is already very remarkable. Now if you tell Wu Jun that he has been killed for nothing, can a useless person still stay in this Jin'an?

At this moment, there was only one voice in Cheng Hong's heart: "I can't bow my head, I can't lose like this, once I return to Wu County, there will be no future." ”

"Don't let Wu County know until we have to, and now we have to do our best to remedy it."

There was silence in the hall, and several people either bowed their heads in silence or stared at each other with big eyes.

Dai Le smiled bitterly: "Remedy? How can it be remedied? Can we still enter Shewei Port to rob Wu Tong? ”

"Huh!" The speaker had no intention of listening, and Dai Le's words made Cheng Hongmao pause.

"Rob! It's not impossible. ”

As soon as Cheng Hong said this, the room seemed to be a little cold, and Meng Chao, Luo Jing, and Dai Le looked at each other, as if they thought of what Cheng Hong meant.

Meng Chao reminded: "My lord, there are thousands of garrisons in Shewei Port, including the five hundred guards brought by Wei Ze from Linchuan, and the combat power should not be underestimated." ”

Cheng Hong squinted his eyes and sneered: "No matter how many horses you can fight, how can you take care of this land of the seven counties of Jian'an." ”

"You mean to turn the tiger away from the mountain?"

"Meng Chao you go to find the mountain bandits and Yue people in Yanshan, and then you will take the big profits as foreign aid, and you will go to contact Ma Yi at sea, and all parties will agree to act separately at the time, so that Nawei Ze and a few people will be skilled, and the big thing will be done."

Meng Chao said worriedly: "My lord, this joint mountain bandit Yue and attack on Shewei Port will suddenly harm the imperial court and the Wu family, is it ......." ”

Cheng Hong snorted coldly: "What is it?" After the deed was accomplished, someone had been dealing with me in the court, and it was no longer ....... ”

Cheng Hong paused, glanced at a few people with cold eyes, and Meng Chao couldn't help but tremble when they were watched.

"All right, everybody. We have the support of the Cheng clan behind us, as long as everyone works together to tide over the difficulties this time, no one in this Jin'an will be able to do anything to us, otherwise...... Hehe. In the end, Cheng Hong also ordered that the water family and the dealer did not have to get involved in this matter.

Several people hurriedly knelt on the ground and said yes again and again, but they didn't dare to say much like Dai Le.