In February, Yangzhou City has a little more spring, and the water of the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal is still clear. Yangzhou Wharf has been cleared by the wolf-like Yangzhou Guard, and an official ship from the direction of Songjiang Mansion is slowly docking, and the flag of Qincha is swaying in the wind.

Upon learning of the arrival of Wang Yue's official ship, all the officials of the Yamen in Yangzhou City rushed to the wharf by the south gate, ready to welcome the arrival of the Qincha who was armed with Shang Fang's sword of slashing horses.

Li Zhiqing, the transfer of the two Huaidu, is an authentic Zhengsanpin official, and now he is the actual leader of Yangzhou officials, so he stands at the forefront.

Yang Mingyuan, the prefect of Yangzhou, and Zhang Zhushan, the imperial historian of the Lianghuai Patrol Salt, stood behind, and when they saw the tall official ship slowly approaching, they couldn't help but feel nervous.

Due to the fact that Wailang Guan Tong, a member of the household department of Yangzhou Banknote Customs, had drunk and drowned in the Xiaoqinhuai River earlier, now only a few low-end officials from Yangzhou Banknote Customs were present to greet him.

Despite this, there are dozens of large and small officials from various yamen in Yangzhou City.

"Is Wang Yue really here?"

"This can still be fake, but I heard that this person is thirsty for killing!"

"Be careful when you speak, be careful that someone else's Shang Fang sword cuts you!" …… There were not many scholars who came to watch, and in the face of this famous king in Huguang, everyone also showed a little fear.

"I heard that this Qincha killed a lot of corrupt officials in Huguang, I don't know!"

"The officials in this world are all virtuous, just look at the iron-masked imperial history!"

"You can't say that, this Lord Qincha is said to really be the master of our people!" …… Many of the people who stayed here learned that the person on the official boat turned out to be Qincha Wang Yue, and combined with the news from Huguang earlier, they were also looking forward to it.

Since a few hundred meters further is the Yangzhou Banknote Pass, there are many merchant ships coming and going here.

It's just that ships are also classified, and now in the face of such an official ship flying the flag of Qincha, all merchant ships naturally have to be avoided.

The official ship had been moored at the edge of the dock, but Wang Yue had not been seen for a long time.

"What's going on?"

"What a big shelf, is this a dismount?"

"Qin Cha has seen a lot, I really haven't seen such arrogance!" …… Yangzhou officials were originally hostile to Wang Yue, but now seeing that Wang Yue had not shown up for a long time, they couldn't help but complain in a low voice.

Just when everyone was waiting impatiently, a brocade-clothed eunuch came to the deck and said: "You have been waiting for a long time, the miscellaneous family is Sun En, the eunuch of the Weaving Bureau, and fortunately I came to Yangzhou to do an errand this time!" ”

"I've seen Grandpa Sun!" Li Zhiqing and other officials couldn't help but look at each other, but they didn't know which one Wang Yue was singing, but they still saluted.

Sun En knew that he would not be valued by these civil officials who regarded themselves as clean officials, so he replied very calmly: "Your Excellency is polite! ”

"Grandpa Sun, I don't know why Lord Qincha refused to come out to meet?" Li Zhiqing naturally didn't care about what kind of errand a eunuch from the Weaving Bureau was doing here, so he inquired directly.

Yang Mingyuan, the prefect of Yangzhou, and Zhang Zhushan, the imperial historian of the Lianghuai Patrol Salt, and other officials were also very puzzled by Wang Yue's actions, so they all looked at Sun En, the eunuch on the deck.

Sun En cleared his throat, and then threw out the words that he had already prepared: "Ladies and gentlemen, Lord Qincha has not recovered from his serious injuries, and he is running around today, and the weather of the river is changeable, causing the cold to invade the body, and occasionally contracting the wind and cold!" Therefore, please return to the place for the time being and be called! "Don't see?

Yangzhou Governor Yang Mingyuan and other officials couldn't help but look at each other after hearing these words.

Although he had heard that Wang Yue had been seriously injured in an attack earlier, since he had already come all the way from Songjiang Mansion, he should show his face, so he chose to avoid being in the boat.

"Lord Qincha was ordered to come to Prime Minister Yanzheng, and now he is patrolling the Son of Heaven with an injury, and he is sick in Yangzhou, and the people in Yangzhou are very uneasy. I don't know if there is a demand, and the Yangzhou bureaucrats are driven by supply and dare not delay. Li Zhiqing wanted to explore the truth, so he made a statement on behalf of everyone.

"I don't know if Lord Qincha has a demand, and the Yangzhou bureaucrats will be driven!" Yangzhou prefect Yang Mingyuan and other officials knew that they were trying to get in touch with Wang Yue, and immediately echoed Li Zhiqing's words.

Sun En found that this two-Huai transfer envoy was quite difficult, so he responded with great wit: "Lord Qincha's injury is close to Kangda, and the wind and cold are really a minor illness, so you don't need to disturb the place, you can rest for three days!" ”

"The Yangzhou bureaucrats will retire and listen to Hou's call!" Li Zhiqing saw that the other party was indeed stubborn and refused to meet, so he decided to choose to retreat.

Sun En couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, and said politely: "Lord Qincha, please apologize on behalf of the miscellaneous family, please forgive me!" ”

"Lord Qincha patrols the pastor on behalf of the Son of Heaven, the prime minister of local political affairs, how dare the Yangzhou officials be apologetic! I hope that Lord Qincha will recover as soon as possible, and the Yangzhou bureaucrats will retire first! Li Zhiqing saw Sun En's reaction in his eyes and replied very decently.

When the officials saw that the king of Qincha refused to get off the boat, they had no choice but to take the official sedan chair from the south gate back to Yangzhou City.

Regardless of whether Wang Yue's injury is true or not, and now that the dignified Qincha has arrived, no matter how rampant they are, they have to hold their tails and be people during this time.

The ten-mile green brick long street in Yangzhou City is still lively, but it is not affected at all. The officials of the various yamen have returned to your government offices, but

The "Yangzhou Iron Triangle" once again gathered in the Yamen of the two Huai Du transfer envoys, and now the three of them are no longer shy away from it.

Since Wang Chunlai, the commander of the Lianghuai Metropolitan Transit Mission, and Wailang Guan Tong, a member of the Nanjing Household Department of the Banknote Pass, fell into the water while drunk, Yang Mingyuan, the prefect of Yangzhou, and Zhang Zhushan, the imperial historian of the Lianghuai Patrol Salt, were the first to look forward to Li Zhiqing.

Now that the Qincha has suddenly arrived, all their officials have gathered under Li Zhiqing's command, but they hope that Li Zhiqing can lead them through the current crisis.

As soon as he returned to the meeting hall, Yang Mingyuan, the prefect of Yangzhou, complained directly: "Wang Yue is really a big shelf today, but he avoids it, which one is he singing?" ”

"It's rare that Wang Yue is really seriously injured and hasn't recovered yet?" The two Huai patrol salt imperial history Zhang Zhushan's brows frowned slightly, and he also said his own judgment.

Li Zhiqing sat down in the main seat, took the teacup from the maid and said: "Wang Yue was attacked and fell into the water last year and disappeared, but no matter how seriously injured he was, it should be better now!" This person is a famous general from our Ming Dynasty, who has repeatedly made military exploits at the border pass, and is very good at using the art of war. The direction of Huguang did not expect Wang Yue to kill back the carbine, and as a result, the entire Huguang officialdom was negligent in taking precautions, and this was the opportunity for Wang Yue to take a pot. Now that Wang Yue doesn't show up, I'm afraid he is doing something else! ”

"Master Li, in your opinion, what should we do now?" Zhang Zhushan, the imperial history of the two Huai patrols, knew that Yang Zhiqing was resourceful, so he asked seriously.

Yang Mingyuan, the prefect of Yangzhou, knew Li Zhiqing's ruthlessness, and he was also the backbone of his group.

Li Zhiqing pinched the lid of the tea and splashed the hot tea lightly, then said his thoughts: "Knowing oneself and knowing the other is the victory in a hundred battles, let's find out as soon as possible what Wang Yue wants to do when he comes to Yangzhou, and where he will start!" If this official hadn't miscalculated, I'm afraid the king would have gotten off the ship ahead of schedule! ”

"Disembark early? If he doesn't come to Yangzhou City, where is he going? Zhang Zhushan's brows furrowed, and he immediately asked very puzzled.

Li Zhiqing took a sip of tea, and seemed to be in control: "This official has ordered the magistrates and prefectures under the jurisdiction of Yangzhou Prefecture to send additional people to check the various passes, and once Wang Yue's traces are found, they will report immediately!" "Yangzhou Prefecture has jurisdiction over eight counties in three states, Gaoyou Lingbaoying County, Xinghua County, Taizhou Lingrugao County, Tongzhou Linghaimen County, directly under the jurisdiction of Jiangdu, Yizhen, Taixing, Jingjiang four counties, and Jiangdu County is the seat of government.

After so many years of operation, he has already tied the following Zhixian and Zhizhou to his warship, and now he is naturally following him to watch out for Wang Yue.

If Wang Yue still wants to play that trick in Huguang

"Kill back the horse gun", but he will not give the other party a chance at all, he must have Wang Yue's whereabouts in his hands, but he will not give Wang Yue any opportunity.

As soon as the words fell, the official in charge of intelligence transmission hurriedly reported: "News has just come from Taixing County!" They found a group of strangers coming from the waterway in the territory, most of them had a Beijing accent, suspected of Wang Yue and his party! ”

"Huh...... Wang Yue really wants to go to Taixing? It seems that he is going to the salt pan this time!! After Li Zhiqing learned of Wang Yue's movements, he couldn't help but smile slyly.

Zhang Zhushan finally had just arrived in office, and he didn't know a lot of things at all, so he immediately asked in confusion: "Lord Yang, what is he doing in the salt field?" ”

"Zhang Yushi, I'm afraid you don't know it intentionally, in the early years, this official has already released the news that there is a large-scale private salt factory in Yangzhou Prefecture!" Li Zhiqing took a sip of tea and looked complacent.

Zhang Zhushan learned that this was a fake news deliberately released by Li Zhiqing, so it was naturally impossible to find the hidden private salt field in Taixing County, so he smiled and said: "Hehe...... I see, then he is looking for a needle in a haystack! ”

"Zhang Yushi, this is a big fallacy, it's not looking for a needle in a haystack, it's fishing for the moon in the water!" Governor Yang also picked up the teacup and corrected it.

Make vain efforts? Zhang Zhushan was a little confused, but he couldn't understand what this meant at all. The two Huai are not far from the Yamen, which is called

The green building of "Yangzhou Dream" is more lively than in the past. Because Wang Yue came to Yangzhou, it disrupted Li Zhiqing's plan, and some things had to be changed.

Master Li Zhiqing Qiangu is very busy today, and he is here to meet the salt merchant who has been negotiated earlier, like a hard-working little bee.

"Master Li, I don't know why I suddenly found my own office?" Wang Yue was naturally not on that official ship, and now he is still swaggering and deceiving the salt merchant from Hubei.

Reading the book, Master Li pushed the door in and saw Wang Yue waiting here, and said straight to the point: "Hu Yuanwai, the salt you asked for has caused an accident, so we have to change the way and time of the transaction!" ”

"Master Li, I don't know why it has changed?" Wang Yue's brows frowned slightly, but he asked knowingly. Master Li has already decided that Wang Yue is a high-roller, which explains the reason for the matter: "Lord Qincha has arrived in Yangzhou, and some things are not suitable for superficial operation!" If you are sincere in asking for salt, you can deposit the silver in Jiangdu Qian in two days, otherwise you will have to wait until Lord Qincha leaves before you can trade!" ”

"Didn't you say earlier that you want to trade in cash? Now that I suddenly want to deposit my money in an unheard of money store, what if the shopkeeper escapes with the money? Wang Yue's heart was secretly happy, but he pretended to be vigilant.

Master Li has encountered vigilant salt merchants more than once today, so he directly revealed his tone and said: "Behind the Jiangdu money shop is the Yangzhou City Chamber of Commerce, which also has the shares of our adults and all of you, and it is absolutely safe for you to deposit money and silver in it!" It's just that this matter is very important, don't let this matter out! ”

"Huh...... Naturally, this member will not make a noise! Since Jiangdu Qian is safe, then I will let people transfer the money and silver back, but it will take some time for the money and silver to be stored outside the city! Wang Yuedang even said that he was authentic.

Master Li found that Wang Yue had a lot of eyes, but he also warned seriously: "This time the matter is more urgent, if your money and silver cannot be credited to the account before noon the day after tomorrow, then after missing this time, you can only wait until Qin Cha leaves to trade!" ”

"Okay, the money will arrive on time, but I don't know what to do when I get the deposit ticket?" Wang Yue saw that he was getting closer and closer to the truth, so he kept calm and asked.

Although they have penetrated into the enemy, they have not been able to figure out their specific gameplay. What puzzled him the most was how the gang could ensure that they could successfully use salt to attract salt, where did they get so much salt to bring to themselves, what was going on with the mysterious private salt farm, and where did the silver from the silver ship go that night?

In order to get to the bottom of the matter, he needs to complete this deal, extract the truth from their mouths, and then kill them all.

Master Li saw that the big deal was about to be completed, so he instructed him: "After you deposit the silver taels into the Jiangdu money store, you will come to the front dock with the deposit ticket at noon the day after tomorrow, and someone will lead you to the boat to talk in detail!" ”

"Okay, I'll see you then!" Wang Yue didn't expect the other party to arrange the location of the transaction on the ship, so he nodded quietly.

In this transaction, the silver purchased from the imperial court could be paid on credit, but each salt quotation had to be paid in advance.

Since Wang Yue chose the highest amount of five thousand taels, he now needed twenty thousand taels of silver. As soon as he returned to his residence, Wang Yu said with difficulty: "Grandpa, where did we get 20,000 taels?" ”

"You're wrong, it's not 20,000 taels of silver, it's 20,000 taels of silver!" Wang Yue looked at his grandson's headache, so he planned to teach his grandson a lesson first.

Wang Yu's brows furrowed, but he said puzzledly: "Grandpa, 20,000 taels of silver and 20,000 taels of silver deposits, aren't they all the same?" ”

"Wrong, it's different!" Wang Yue looked at Wang Yu's eyes and replied with an unfathomable look. Read the book