Lin Ruhai couldn't make a direct move in the face of many Yangzhou salt merchants, because he had to do things in line with his status and status, and the emperor sent him to Yangzhou to represent the imperial court. Behavior and doing things need to be done according to the laws of the imperial court, and everything that is done secretly is to search for evidence, and if you find evidence, you will have a reason, and the court can stand on the side of righteousness to punish those who violate the law.

But Zuo Lingtian didn't have this scruples, he was not a civil official and didn't need to worry about his future, and when he thought of the task assigned to him by the system, he really wanted to directly let Liu Hui lead the troops to go directly to the house.

So far, except for rubbing the limelight of the salt merchants before entering the door, Lin Ruhai has not spoken until now, and it is all Zuo Lingtian who is in charge.

The holy decree in Zuo Lingtian's hand, Lin Ruhai, did not come forward to refute it, so naturally no one would suspect that it was fake.

Old Man Xiao has never suffered such a loss for decades, if step by step, Old Man Xiao is confident that he can easily disintegrate Zuo Lingtian's means, and when he finally tears his face, he will find that he is already in prison.

But Zuo Lingtian didn't come to this set and directly blew up his hole cards, and he didn't give face at all, Old Man Xiao kept coughing, and Gu Jing Wubo's mood for many years instantly broke the defense, and he wanted to scold the vertical son for being rude, and it was not appropriate for people to hold the holy decree, so he could only ignore it if he was weak.

Xiao Qingxuan and Lao Liu nervously helped Old Man Xiao to lie down, and Xiao Qingxuan gave Zuo Lingtian a blank look, as if he was angry with him.

Zuo Lingtian doesn't care, he and Xiao Qingxuan are only a few faces, believe it or not, I came to rob the people's daughter, and then glared back viciously.

The man who was lying on the ground without looking at him, the blood spilling from the corner of his mouth was obviously caused by all the internal organs, Zuo Lingtian felt that he was ruthless enough, he really didn't expect that Lao Liu really didn't have a trace of life left.

Looking away from the corpse, Zuo Lingtian continued: "It turns out that there are so many thieves in Yangzhou, it is simply too much for your safety, after I return to the court, I will definitely explain the truth of Yangzhou to the saint, the thieves are so arrogant that they commit murder on the street, by the way, when the official was arresting the bandits, a child also hit me with a slingshot, and the wound on my head was injured by that child."

As he spoke, he took out a gold marble, walked around the hall so that the salt merchants could see it clearly, and finally put it in Bao Yi'an's hand and said: "Mr. Bao, I don't know what words are written on this gold bead." ”

Bao Yi'an took the gold bead tremblingly, his face was pale, it seemed that what had just happened scared Bao Yi'an a lot, and he was stunned after taking the gold bead.

Ma Dequan kindly reminded: "Old Bao, hurry up and don't let the adults wait." ”

Bao Yi'an reacted, and hurriedly said: "Yes, yes, the adults are angry, and the villains will look at it." ”

Bao Yi'an took the bead and looked at it, and on the side of the gold bead, there was really another big strong word, and he returned the marble to Zuo Lingtian and replied: "This gold bead is a strong word on it." ”

"Are you sure?"

"Sure."

Zuo Lingtian kindly asked Bao Yi'an if he was sure, and after taking the beads, Zuo Lingtian sat directly on the first seat: "Lizi?" There don't seem to be many people in Yangzhou City who can match the strong word? By the way, it seems that Mr. Li didn't come today, so shouldn't he be there in person because he feels that I and Lord Lin are not worthy of him. “

"How, how. The adults laughed, I'm not going to do it yet. ”

The calm voice came to the hall, and the Li Chaozong came from outside the door, the jade pendant on his waist set off the elegant temperament, and the face was sharp but not stiff.

When you enter the door, you are making amends, saying that you are late for something important in your family.

But with thick dark circles under his eyes and unwiped rouge on the corners of his mouth, who would believe that he was busy with important things.

Busy with business? The waist matter is about the same.

Zuo Lingtian's psychology is very unbalanced, how old is this person and he still goes to visit the Qinglou, he is not afraid of sudden death one day, think carefully about how many years he has been single since his predecessor.

Now I haven't even held a woman's hand, and in my previous life, I was pulled here just after graduating from college, and I stayed at the border for another five years.

Five years, five years, do you know how I got through these five years?

For the overly playful uncle in front of him, Zuo Lingtian was full of malice and said: "Mr. Li is here, and now we are discussing how to deal with the thieves in Yangzhou, you came just in time." Take a seat. ”

Li Chaozong secretly said in his heart, hehe, is it to discuss how to deal with the thief, or to deal with me and other salt merchants.

But Li smiled at the sect, sat on the right side and saw that Xiao Qingxuan, who was the first to see him, was also here, stretched out his hand to say hello, but Xiao Qingxuan turned his head and ignored it.

Seeing that everyone had arrived, Zuo Lingtian continued: "The emperor asked this official and Lord Lin to collect 2.5 million taels of silver from Yangzhou's treasury as a reward for the border soldiers, but now it seems that you are really living in dire straits, and the thieves in Yangzhou are so arrogant that they commit murder on the street, and presumably Yangzhou's finances are not very rich. ”

As soon as Zuo Ling Tianyi said, the salt merchants in the hall echoed one after another.

"Yes, thieves are rampant, and it is very difficult for me to wait for Yangzhou salt merchants to live."

"Your Excellency, you see that we are only wearing coarse linen clothes, and there is really not much silver in the treasury."

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Hearing that they wanted silver, the Yangzhou salt merchants began to cry poor according to Zuo Lingtian's words, and even told the story of the deficit of Yangzhou's treasury.

Zuo Lingtian was amused after hearing this, Lin Ruhai wanted to see the silver in the treasury but couldn't, and the specific amount still needed to be slowly explored according to the accounts.

These salt merchants are so sure that the treasury is empty, there is no ghost in this? Who believed it?

The salt merchant who said that there was not much silver in the treasury also realized that he had lost his words and silently retreated to the side under the gaze of the Emperor of the Dynasties.

Zuo Lingtian seemed to be helpless and continued to explain: "I know your difficulties, but I am also difficult, the order from the imperial court, I hope you will understand and understand my difficulties, and the treasury silver in the treasury will be used urgently." ”

As soon as Zuo Lingtian finished speaking, Li Chaozong stood up as the leader of the salt merchants in Yangzhou now, and naturally had the right to speak in the face of the use of treasury silver.

Li Chaozong shook his sleeves, and said with an expression of concern for the country and the people: "My lord, the salt industry in Yangzhou is related to the people of nearly ten provinces in the two Huai, and the silver in the treasury is the capital for purchasing official salt. In addition, next year's local salt industry in Yangzhou will also lose tens of millions, and Yangzhou's finances are already difficult, so there is no way to maintain it. ”

After hearing this, Zuo Lingtian did not hesitate as Li Chaozong expected, but looked at him with a strange expression, and said in his heart: No, even if the prime minister hears the consequences of using silver, he has to think twice, and he doesn't dare to make a judgment first, why is this kid so calm?

Zuo Lingtian naturally didn't know what Li Chaozong was thinking, he just stared at Li Chaozong and wanted to find out the traces of forgery from his face, but he found that there was no change on his face, and if he didn't know the true nature of the salt merchant with a worried look on his face, Zuo Lingtian doubted that he was looking for the wrong person.

Zuo Ling was really very curious, how can people be thick-skinned to this point, your children's marbles are all made of gold, hello and have the face to say that Yangzhou is poor, Yangzhou's finances are hard, if there is no problem with taxes, Yangzhou's treasury can be richer than the whole world's treasury combined.