Yangzhou wharf, lively and extraordinary, there are passenger ships coming and going, there are also freight caravans, people come and go, not far from here is a row of small vendors, most of them are engaged in small business, there are steamed buns, there are steamed buns, there are fried fritters, and noodles chaos, so lively.

This morning, someone suddenly came from the salt patrol yamen and blocked the wharf, but there was a lot of movement, and the onlookers swallowed their saliva one after another when they saw the whole five boats of salt.

This thing is hard currency for them, and this shipload of salt is about the same as a shipload of silver, and a whole five ships of silver, can it not make them feel excited?

It didn't take long to see Lin Ruhai come to the dock under the escort of the officials, he first asked people to check whether there was any problem with the salt on the ship, whether it was missing, and then saw the twenty or so people on the boat.

When he saw these twenty or so people, he finally knew why the previous official had that expression, but he looked at the twenty or so strong men in front of him as if he had seen something dirty, and his mind was a little confused, and he couldn't ask why for a while, so he had no choice but to send someone to take these strong men back to the government prison.

After that, he sent people to unload the salt from the ship and transport it back to the Yamen warehouse.

The matter of salt in the yamen spread throughout Yangzhou City in less than half an hour, and those traders who had salt introduced heard that Lin Ruhai had salt here, and they still had it, all of them rushed over with a howl as if they were being chased by a mad dog, and Lin Ruhai just returned to the salt patrol yamen, and was blocked by those people.

"Lord Hayashi!! Our Li family wants to enter 20,000 quintals this time! It's a set price!! ”

"Lord Hayashi!! Our Xu family enters 30,000 quintals!! It's a set price!! ”

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As soon as they saw the salt, these people were like crazy, almost did not block the gate of the salt patrol yamen, in fact, this is not to blame them, in the south of the Yangtze River, the official salt is sometimes not available, the sale of private salt is extremely rampant, it stands to reason that the price of private salt should be cheaper than the official salt, but in recent years, the official ships transporting salt often have accidents, and there is often a shortage of official salt, resulting in the price of private salt exceeding the official salt.

So whenever there is an official salt here from the salt patrol yamen, aren't they like crazy!

Seeing these people, Lin Ruhai was the first two big, but he didn't drive them out, after all, he still had to get money for Emperor Ming Kangdi! He is not like Jia Zheng, pedantic, although they are all scholars, but this realm is far from being comparable to Jia Zheng.

Jia Zheng only knows about it, and he doesn't know about popular affairs, but Lin Ruhai is different, this reading is really understood, not only is the human relationship extremely sophisticated, but also those mundane affairs are also involved, otherwise he can't deal with those treacherous businessmen like foxes.

Talking to these people, it wasn't until the evening that he sent the last person away, looking at the thick stack of silver tickets on the table, he couldn't help but laugh at himself a little, when did he have to deal with this yellow and white thing, but when he thought of Ming Kangdi's entrustment, he still endured it.

They have a good saying among their readers, "The food of the king, the matter of loyalty to the king!" "He was favored by Emperor Kangdi of the Ming Dynasty, and he was promoted to such a fat difference as the Imperial History of Salt Patrol, how could he not do his best.

Speaking of which, Lin Ruhai is a former detective of Hualang, or was selected by Emperor Ming Kangdi when he opened Enke for the first time after succeeding to the throne, and he can be regarded as the confidant of today's saints.

Back at the table, he took a sip of tea, ordered the kitchen to make dinner, ate a little casually, and went back to the study, he thought about today's events, and his eyes became a little erratic.

Not long after, he summoned a servant of the government office, and he placed more than 20 strong men today, and this person was also responsible for the follow-up interrogation.

"Wang Wu, what's going on? Have all those people been recruited?? ”

Wang Wu grabbed the soaphorn hat on his head, and said with some embarrassment: "My lord, forgive me, these guys have used all the methods that the brothers can use, but the effect is average, as long as they mention the previous things, their spirits will become very unstable, and they will start to talk nonsense, only saying that a teenager made them do this!" If you ask anything else, you won't be able to ask anything! ”

"Also, according to the investigation of his subordinates, these people are members of the Salt Gang, and the Salt Gang is deeply rooted in Jiangnan, if it can't be handled properly, I'm afraid it will cause an uproar!"

Hearing the word Salt Gang, Lin Ruhai's eyes suddenly narrowed, and the hand holding the Eight Immortals Chair could see the green tendons emerging one after another because of the force.

"Got it!! You go down first!! ”

After a long time, Lin Ruhai waved his hand to let Wang Wu retreat, looking at the burning candles on the table, listening to the lights that crackled and exploded from time to time, Lin Ruhai fell silent for a while.

The Lin family's heirs are thin, his original wife died at a young age, his son who died early, and Daiyu, who was congenitally deficient, are all related to those bastards.

This was only a few years ago, when he was investigating the traitors in the house, he didn't expect those people to be so bold and dare to put their hands into his own home.

Later, according to his investigation, he knew that the mastermind behind the scenes was the Salt Gang.

Hearing this name again now almost made him unable to hold back, but thinking of the person behind the Salt Gang, he forcibly suppressed the evil fire in his heart.

For a long time he exhaled deeply, as if he wanted to spit out the anger in his heart.

At that moment, he suddenly heard a voice reach his ears.

"Lord Lin, have you received the salt from the five ships!"

Lin Ruhai raised his head suddenly, shocked, but found that there was an extra figure in the study at some point.

He first glanced at the person in front of him, he was a half-grown boy, not much older than his daughter, and his appearance was not bad, but there was a trace of calmness in his eyes that did not match his age.

Then he glanced out the door again, and the little guy who had been with him on weekdays had long since disappeared.

Finding this situation, he couldn't help but change his expression slightly, he didn't shout, just asked calmly, "Who are you?" What does it have to do with daytime events? What's the purpose of coming here tonight? ”

The person who came was none other than Jia Chen, I saw him smile and said: "It is worthy of being a person who can stay in the history of the salt patrol for more than ten years, and my lord's heart is really good!" If it were replaced by the old man of the prefect's yamen, I am afraid that the head would have fallen to the ground by now! ”

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