When Jiang Xie paid the money and was about to leave the wonton stall, the old man suddenly asked him about the matter.

"My lord, I don't know if you know when the official ship of the Hubu transfer envoy will be able to return to Yingdu?"

The old man asked this question very unexpectedly.

It stands to reason that Qingzheng Si rarely deals with the household department, but Jiang Xie has an unusual background, he knows almost all the ministers of the DPRK and China, and he is familiar with them, so it is not a problem to inquire about anything.

"Then it depends on what the transshipment envoy is transporting, if it is salt and iron, it will come back almost every month, if it is cloth, wood, purple lazuli, this kind will take several months to come back, and the fruit official silver, it depends on how far the specific route is, and it will come back in almost seven or eight days."

Huo Yijun listened to it with relish, but he didn't expect that he was very clear about the affairs of the household department, and it sounded like the work of Qing Zhengsi.

Jiang Xie noticed that he was a little unspeakable, and asked, "Uncle, what do you want to inquire about?" Can you elaborate on that? If I knew, I would have told you. ”

"To tell you the truth, my son is the transfer officer under the Household Transit Envoy, and he hasn't been back for twenty days."

The old man sighed, sat down and chatted: "It stands to reason that he should come back in seven or eight days, but only ten days at the latest, and he hasn't come back for more than half a month this time, I'm so worried......"

"I see."

Jiang Xie thought for a moment, and then said: "The latest batch of official silver is transported to the southwest disaster area, and it takes eight days to go back and forth by water, and if you return, you will usually come back with purple lazuli." ”

"Uncle may not know, this purple lazuli is very heavy, and the official ship will not travel too fast when it is transported, the last time the official silver was transported should be at the beginning of the month, and it should have been half a month a few days ago, and it should have returned."

"That's it, I'll go to the dock for the old man, like the dock to inquire about the specific return date, and I will send the Qing Zhengsi to tell the old man as soon as there is news."

The old man knelt directly on the ground and thanked him, and Huo Yijun helped him up.

"Don't worry, uncle, it'll be fine."

"Master Huo, you can accompany me to Chang'an Wharf."

"Okay."

The two rode fast horses towards the direction of Chang'an Wharf, and on a snowy day, their figures blended into the white wind and snow, shuttling through the bamboo forest.

"Appeal ......"

Chang'an Wharf is now the largest wharf in Yingdu, but it is only an internal transport wharf, the carrying capacity is very small, and the daily transportation volume is not very much.

The official ships of the household department generally set sail from here.

The downstream of Chang'an code is Huojia Wharf and the ship line, which are very close to each other, so the passenger traffic here will be diverted by Huojia Wharf, and the two wharves have been secretly competing, but Chang'an Wharf is an official after all.

"Where can we go to the dock to find out the return time of the official ship of the household?"

Huo Yijun looked around, there was no difference between this place and ordinary wharves, there were many laborers carrying goods, and there were also contract foremen directing, people came and went, and it was difficult to see who was in charge of things.

Jiang Xie got off the horse and led the horse up, and then someone greeted him.

"What kind of wind blew Lord Jiang over?"

A fat man walked over from the crowd and saluted as he walked: "In Xia Wanghe, he is the manager of Chang'an Wharf and the head of the household department, and everything here is under my control." ”

"Master Jiang, do you want to inquire about something?"

The corners of Jiang Xie's mouth hooked: "The people who come out of the household department will really observe words and feelings, and you can see that the official has not spoken yet, I have something to ask about it." ”

"Hehe, the dock has always been calm, and it is the territory of the official family, and the adults are definitely not here to solve the case, and there is no case, so there is only one possibility left."

Wang He rubbed his hands and stepped forward with a smile: "That's where I came to inquire about things." ”

"Getting back to business, I want to ask, when will the ship that recently escorted Guan Yin return?"

At the mention of this, Wang He frowned.

His face became heavy and serious: "Don't hide it, I also think this matter is very strange, usually it takes eight days to return on the return trip, but this ship was delayed at sea for twenty days. ”

"I asked the transfer stations and freight stations along the way, and they all said that the official ship did not dock, and they did not see the ship, as if the sea had evaporated."

Jiang Xie and Huo Yijun glanced at each other and felt that something was wrong with this matter.

If there is such a possibility that the official ship will delay the time and return late, and evaporate out of thin air on the sea, how is this possible?

"So I told Lord Shen that I want to go to the sea to find this ship, no matter whether the official money on the ship is still alive or not, I will bring them back."

Wang He's eyes were firm, and his whole body was just to prepare for sailing, but he happened to meet Jiang Xie and the others.

Jiang Xie proposed, "I wonder if we can sail with the adults?" ”

"That's great, it's definitely smooth sailing with Master Jiang by your side, find that ship and bring them back safely, I believe they are just lost!"

As soon as the sailing time came, the crew and sailors on the pier boarded the boat one after another and lowered the cable bridge, but Huo Yijun and Jiang Xie did not greet anyone, and hurriedly followed Wang He onto the passenger ship on the pier.

"It's time, set sail!!"