"Cousin, didn't Xuanzhou bully me like this, didn't you slap me in the face? But you want me to leave it at that? ”

Zhang Xun's cousin Wang Wei couldn't help but raise his voice when he heard Zhang Xun's reply.

"You're going to teach me how to do things?" Zhang Xun's face darkened.

Wang Wei softened again, and just said: "Jiang Guogong bullied people several times, first forced me to stop working with the potter, and then stopped the supply of Xuan porcelain to us, and this time he even dug a pit for me to jump in." I can't swallow this breath! ”

It turned out that on that day, Li Congyi made a move to Wu Wenyan of Ningguo Zhixian County, saying that Ning Guojun wanted to purchase 10,000 quintals of lime and 1 million pieces of green bricks in Ningguo, and asked to send them to Dongmendu by waterway within a month for the construction of military camps, on the condition that 30% of the deposit was paid first, 30% after the transportation arrived, and 40% of the final payment would be paid after all acceptance. Wu Wenyan instructed his staff to contact Wang Wei and asked Wang Wei to undertake the business. Wang Wei took it, if there is nothing to do after that, this Liang Zi will be relieved for the time being, and then give him some business; If anything, it will fall on these goods.

As a result, Wang Wei wanted to do business, but he didn't give up the idea of bullying Wu Wenyan. Wang Wei was able to send the goods to Dongmendu, and the official document from Jinling asking Ningguo County to levy 10,000 quintals of lime within a time limit arrived.

Ningguo County issued an official document to negotiate with Ning Guojun and transported the 10,000 loads of lime from Dongmendu directly to Jinling.

Wang Wei waited left and right, and then came to the east gate to ask for the final payment. The quartermaster of the Ning Guojun said: "Ten thousand loads of lime, there is no shadow, how dare I pay the final payment?" He refused to pay the final payment, and even the final payment of the million green bricks was also deducted.

Wang Wei couldn't, so he had to go to Wu Wenyan, but Wu Wenyan naturally didn't see him, so he only asked the master to excuse himself and say: The county has transferred 10,000 loads of lime from Ning Guojun, and the money has been allocated to Ning Guojun. The matter between Wang Wei and Ning Guojun has nothing to do with Ning Guo County.

Wang Wei jumped angrily, and then he knew that he had been pitted by someone.

"Since you have taken over other people's business, you should put down Liangzi and notify me in time. If you insist on rectifying your family, you should no longer be greedy for this business! Zhang Xun said hatefully. Jiang Guogong is now in the ascendant of the saint, and he wants to find a place to get back, and he should slowly figure it out. ”

Wang Wei still asked herself: "Then what should I do with the final payment?" ”

Zhang Xun was impatient and said angrily: "How much money have you earned in the past few years?" The loss of these thousands of taels should be bought as a lesson. After thinking about it for a while, he was still angry, "If you want to take revenge on him, why do you want to talk nonsense all over the world, lest people don't know how to deal with him?" ”

Wang Wei said: "Isn't this trying to let others know that your cousin is powerful......

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When Zhou Yuanqing set off, he was in high spirits.

According to his assumption, this is a foreign-funded trip, and he will easily take away Su Anping's silver.

It turned out that things were not going well.

First of all, when crossing the river, somehow, he was targeted by the patrol boat of the Song army, and he had to get on the boat to check. There are more than a dozen young men on this boat, and there is a problem when they look at it, and there is no place to hide. It was still the shopkeeper of the Dong family's commerce and trade who quietly took out an ingot of twenty taels of silver, which made the little colonel raise his noble hand.

entered Yangzhou, but lost contact with the two people who had come to inquire before.

I was scared for a day. It turned out that there was a murder in the inn where they lived, and two people were hacked to death in the guest room in the middle of the night.

Zhou Yuanqing was also unwilling to delay longer, so he took someone into Su Anping's house that night.

According to Li Congyi's previous statement, the silver hiding place is nothing more than these places: one is the rockery in the courtyard, and the silver vault in the mountainside; The second type is the middle of the wall, including the false wall, or the compartment, which may be covered by pictures and wardrobes; The third category is underground, including under the bed, under the table, and under the floor.

The people controlled a few people in the house, and each of them had a hammer in his hand and struck everywhere in the house.

But the people were constantly disappointed, and found a secret cabinet on the wall, a sandwich wall in a certain bedroom, a cellar in a living room, and even a space for antiques on a beam, but they didn't find a silver cellar.

There is also a rockery pool in the courtyard, and everyone has knocked it over and over again, all of which are solid.

Isn't that right? Seeing that the sky was about to dawn, Zhou Yuanqing's cold sweat came out.

While constantly admonishing him to be calm, he thought of clues, "Then Su Anshun said that where others can't think of it, where can others never think of it?" ”

Looking at the pool in the courtyard, Zhou Yuanqing's eyes lit up.

Zhou Yuanqing searched around and found a water outlet. After a while of water, a square platform appeared on the edge of the pool. Everyone dug up the soil on the square platform, and there was indeed a stone slab underneath, remove the stone slab, tear off a few pieces of waterproof canvas, and a narrow black entrance appeared.

300,000 taels of silver, equivalent to a weight of about 9,375 kilograms, plus some odds, about more than 10 tons. So much silver is transported away, of course, a method is needed.

The next morning, according to the plan, Dong's business prepared ten taels of heavy-duty carriages to the gate of the courtyard. At this time, Zhou Yuanqing and the others will move the silver two to the ground.

The Dong family prepared for the trade were all heavy-duty carriages, and a cart could carry 2,000 to 3,000 catties, so there was naturally no pressure to carry these silvers.

There is Dong's business in advance, and the way out of the city is smooth. When I arrived at the ferry outside Yangzhou, I got on another boat of Dong's business. This ship has already been reported, and when Zhou Yuanqing gets on board, he will set sail immediately.

Coming down from the canal, it will be on the Yangtze River in one or two hours. Zhou Yuanqing was about to breathe a sigh of relief, but saw a warship coming straight from afar.

Look at the flag, but it is the town navy sailor of Runzhou.

"It's supposed to be eyeing us, but if it's not in the way, it's just a little bit of money." The owner of the Dong family on this ship didn't know what was being transported, so he wasn't too worried.

The two ships soon approached, and someone on the deck of the warship was ready to jump, and the shout of a soldier could be heard clearly: "Head, if I don't charge more than a hundred taels today, I won't let you come back!" Then there was a burst of laughter and swearing.

"The town navy is collecting money on the river like this?" Zhou Yuanqing asked.

"If it is the merchant ships of the Song Kingdom, they will have to be more restrained." The captain said, "Just now it was a joke about us, if there is someone who doesn't run this line, it may really be given." Generally, twenty or thirty taels is enough. Now when doing business, they have to collect money everywhere, and if they really want to collect money at such a time, they will not be able to do business. ”

Zhou Yuanqing didn't feel sorry for the hundred taels of silver, but he was afraid that the other party would have to open the box for inspection. If these ruffians find out that there are so many silver taels on this ship, I am afraid that they may rob it.

Just when Zhou Yuanqing was very anxious, there were two boats in the distance, putting down more than a dozen long oars, and flying as if they were flying. Looking at the slogan on the ship, one said "Xuanzhou Si Shi Shen Military Xu", and the other said "Ningguo Army Material Purchase". Zhou Yuanqing immediately put his mind at ease.

On the Yangtze River, the Song and Tang Dynasty sailors patrolled crosswise, and the merchant ships were like Tang monk meat, and everyone wanted to come up and take a bite. If it were other materials, Zhou Yuanqing's ship was loaded with so many silver taels, but he was guilty of it, and if he was not careful, he would capsize in the gutter. Therefore, Li Congyi arranged for Xu Jianzhang to go to the river outside Runzhou City to greet him.

Xu Jianzhang sat on a warship, from Xuanzhou along the Shuiyang River, entered the Yangtze River in Wuhu, bypassed Jinling to Runzhou, Xu Jianzhang was very happy along the way, it is better to read 10,000 books in a straight way than to travel 10,000 miles. When he arrived in Runzhou, Xu Jianzhang felt that it was still early, so he continued eastward to the Jiangyin River and reached the easternmost part of the Southern Tang Dynasty before returning from the end. Unexpectedly, when going against the current, the wind was not strong, and it was delayed for some time.

Of course, Xu Jianzhang would not tell Zhou Yuanqing about this, but just drove away the warships of the Zhenhai Navy Division, and went straight to Xuancheng with the merchant ships of Dong's trade.

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Dong's business has just done a big thing for Li Congyi, so he came to Li Congyi to help solve the problem.

The problem is still with the Huzhou soldiers.

After Yang Tongfang withdrew from Hengwu, he was worried about the "fat meat" of the smuggled salt dealer who was driven away by the Xuanzhou Thorn History and lost his mouth, and always wanted to find a place from the Xuanzhou Thorn History.

Soon, Yang Tongfang's department was transferred from Anji County to Changxing County in the east. Unexpectedly, the so-called "if you don't forget, there will be an echo", the opportunity for revenge suddenly came unexpectedly.

It turned out that Dong's trade finally went through all links, and sold the tribute porcelain obtained from Xuanyao to Liao through Wu Yue's merchants. In the territory of the Tang Dynasty, tribute porcelain was also contraband. Walking from the Yangtze River, there are many sailors along the way, once it is detected, it is a big disaster, and it is not feasible for those who have to be brave and bold.

The route chosen by the Dong family was to pass through Langxi and Guangde County, and then transport it by land to Changxing in Huzhou, and hand it over to the merchants of Wu Yue, who loaded the ship and went to sea through Taihu Lake and Suzhou. Along the way, Xuanzhou is naturally safe, and the other party also said that there is no problem in Huzhou.

However, as soon as this batch of tribute porcelain crossed the border from Guangde County, it went wrong near Si'an Town in Changxing County, Huzhou.

From Anji to Changxing, one way is to go east to Huzhou first, and then north to Changxing; The other way is to go north to Si'an Town, and then east to Changxing. Yang Tong conveniently chose the second road, although it was a little more difficult to walk, but it was probably more interesting to walk along the border of Tang Yue.

Just after Si'an Town, Yang Tong caught up with the large convoy of Dong's trade. At first, Yang Tongfang didn't pay attention to it, but just ordered the brigade to speed up. Later, I found out that this was a caravan from the Southern Tang Dynasty, so I paid attention. Yang Tong conveniently asked a clever ghost to inquire, and learned that the goods of this caravan were Xuan porcelain, and he was energetic.

Yang Tongfang said that he would do it, and he started with a team outbreak, and he was all detained immediately. The Wu Yue businessman who answered was coercive and tempted, but Yang Tongfang didn't listen to anything. It was only said that the caravan was suspected of smuggling and entrainment of controlled items, and ordered the caravan to return to Si'an Town.

Wu Yueshang left with hatred, and of course the shopkeeper led by Dong's business and trade team couldn't go, so he had to restrain the team while quietly sending someone back to Xuancheng to report the letter.