It didn't take long for He Yan to arrive at the Yamen of the Salt Courtyard.

After He Yan showed the seal letter and the documents of the ministry, the previous Yanyuan also died and did not need to be handed over, and took office directly.

Ma Daheng and the three of them directly found a room and locked them up, and He Yan began to look around.

He Sisheng and his entourage began to move luggage into the house, and then took out all the items and placed them in place.

At this time, the three general merchants and the prefect's yamen had already learned the news one after another.

As soon as Wang Chaozong's wife Xiao Shuxian heard that her daughter had been arrested, after hearing what was going on, she immediately said angrily to Wang Chaozong: "Look at it, look at it, it's all what you are used to." ”

"Now she dares to beat people on the street, and it just so happens that she is the Lord of Yanyuan."

"This new Yanyuan has just arrived, and I don't know what he likes, so what kind of gifts should I prepare?"

Wang Chaozong persuaded: "Don't worry, madam, don't prepare a gift, I'll go to the Yamen of the Yanyuan, and it will be fine." ”

Xiao Shuxian said: "Will it be okay?" ”

"It's not that there is no lesson from the past, let's just say that when Gao Heng was in the salt courtyard, my father was a little late in giving gifts, and then how long did it take, and how much effort did it take to make up for it."

"This time, people will beat people as soon as they come, and if they don't back up the generous gifts, can they finish?"

Wang Chaozong said: "Gao Heng is the uncle of the country, or Taiping Yanzheng, it's different." ”

"The person who came to the capital this time sent a letter to say, and he never took it."

"And this time he came with an errand, so it's useless to give gifts."

"Don't worry, I have a way."

Xiao Shuxian said: "Okay, okay, then you can go quickly." ”

Wang Chaozong turned around and went out as soon as he heard this.

Bao Yi'an was eating eggs at home at this time, and when he heard his son beating the salt courtyard on the street, he put down the bowl and stood up and said angrily: "This muddy boy, how dare he do such a thing, he is tired of life." ”

"Still looking at what I'm doing, hurry up and prepare a sedan chair and go to the Yamen of the Salt Courtyard."

"Yes." As soon as the housekeeper heard this, he immediately went to prepare the sedan chair.

Ma Dechang's family is also in the same situation, and after knowing the situation, he hurriedly set off to come to the salt courtyard.

And after He Yangang walked around the front and back of the yamen, the first one to arrive was the Yangzhou Yi Governor's Mansion.

As soon as the prefect of Yangzhou saw He Yan, he spread his sleeves and saluted: "Xiaguan greets the new Lord of the Salt Academy." ”

He Yan said: "Get up." ”

The prefect of Yangzhou stood up and said: "I'm sorry, my lord, my subordinates were negligent for a while, and I asked my lord to forgive me." ”

He Yan said: "Okay, nothing happened, take care of your subordinates in the future, and whoever collides next time may not be able to have my good temper." ”

The prefect of Yangzhou hugged his fists and smiled: "Thank you, sir." ”

Then He Yan chatted with him and drank tea at the same time.

After a while, Wang Chaozong came over.

Wang Chaozong stood as soon as he walked into the back hall, then stretched out his hands together, bowed his head and walked in front of He Yan and saluted: "Chief merchant Wang Chaozong greets Lord New Year." ”

He Yan smiled and said, "This is Mr. Wang, no need to be polite." ”

Wang Chaozong clasped his fists with both hands and said: "The dog is less than anything else, I have offended the adult, and I ask the adult to forgive me." ”

He Yan said: "It's easy to say." ”

"Mr. Wang sat down first, see that the two of them are here, and the remaining two should also come over, let's wait together for a while."

"Serve tea to Mr. Wang."

"Master Xie." Wang Chaozong saluted again, and then sat down.

After a while, Ma Dechang and Bao Yi'an also came.

After the two of them came, they also made amends, and He Yan said: "Okay, sit down." ”

"This official has just taken office, and today's visit is not a formal meeting, so you don't have to be too restrained."

"Although we didn't meet officially today, three of the four major merchants came, and they were quite complete, so I'll tell you something."

Wang Chaozong clenched his fists and said, "Lord A, please speak." ”

He Yan said: "You should all know that the previous Lord Yin Ruhai Yin died, and he died when he went to Beijing to pay donations. ”

"I didn't hand over the donation, so when I came, the emperor handed over this errand to me."

"What do you think about this matter for a month?"

Wang Chaozong looked at He Yan, Bao Yi'an and Ma Dechang all looked at Wang Chaozong after hearing this.

After a silence for a while, Bao Yi'an was the first to speak: "My lord, it's not that we don't want to pay this donation, but now we really don't have any money." ”

Ma Dechang said: "Yes, my lord, you just came, you may not understand the situation, now the two Huai salt industry private salt flooding, resulting in our official salt can not be sold, a lot of backlog, which also leads to our money can not be returned, so now there is no money." ”

He Yan said: "It's not that I don't believe you. ”

"Who in this world doesn't know that the salt merchant is rich, and if you want to say that you don't have money, who can believe it?"

Ma Dechang wanted to speak, but when he saw the golden bullet in He Yan's hand, he couldn't open his mouth for a while.

He Yan saw that they didn't speak, and asked, "Why don't you speak?" ”

"What does this mean that you really don't have money?"

"Do you still mean to be rich?"

Bao Yi'an was in a hurry, he saw that the other two didn't speak, so he said: "My lord, it's true that there is no money, we didn't lie to you." ”

"Every year in our court, the support of the government should be the same, and we dare not be less."

"And this year's salt is indeed backlogged, and there are hundreds of thousands of catties on the Yizheng Wharf alone."

He Yan said: "What about other places? ”

"Tell me, how much do you guys have in the backlog?"

Wang Chaozong said: "Mr. Xiao pressed the salt in Jiujiang to have 100,000 leads. ”

"There are 50,000 citations in Anqing."

"Mr. Ma has pressed seventy or eighty thousand in Hubei."

"The most is Mr. Bao, and this Jiangxi Jianchang Mansion has 130,000 leads."

He Yan asked: "Then how much did these salts sell?" ”

Wang Chaozong said: "Counting the Yizheng Wharf, plus the backlog in various places I just said, it is worth a total of eight or nine million taels of silver. ”

He Yan said: "It seems that Mr. Wang is still well managed, and there is no backlog. ”

"No wonder the bullets fired by the child's slingshot are all golden."

When Wang Chaozong heard this, he stood up and said, "This is all the dog's young and ignorant and foolish nonsense. ”

"I don't know where he got the golden marble."

He Yan said: "You don't know where this came from, so I don't know." ”

"But I know that this random golden bullet is enough for ordinary people to live for half a year, right?"

Saying that, He Yan raised his hand and waved it downward: "Sit down, I didn't want to talk about Ling Lang." ”

"What I'm trying to say is that you've been crying to me when I'm here, but that's not what I'm seeing, right?"

"First of all, there are gold bullets, Bao Zongshang and Ma Zongshang have backlogs, Wang Zongshang sells so well, it should be no problem to donate, right?"