"Yes, although I don't have the right to directly present the song to His Majesty, Hu Zongxian does!"

"He is the governor of Zhejiang and the governor of Zhejiang, and he has won the trust of His Majesty! Moreover, from Jiangxi to Zhejiang, it only takes one day and one night to arrive. ”

"I just need to write the recital, and then send someone to hand it over to Hu Zongxian? It just so happens that Zhao Zhenji, the minister sent by His Majesty, will also arrive in Zhejiang in the near future! ”

Cao Shunhe was in a hurry, and immediately thought of this solution.

Soon, Cao Shunhe spread out his pen and paper and began to write the notes submitted to the imperial court.

"Your Majesty, Weichen Jiangxi Governor Cao Shunhe, Weichen has something important to report!"

"Recently, the government's ship transporting official salt unfortunately capsized, and after receiving the news, the lower officials immediately sent people to investigate the situation! It was unexpectedly found that more than 20 large ships, except for the ones that capsized unexpectedly, were all docked intact on the shore. ”

"It's just that the personnel on the ship and the thousands of catties of official salt carried have disappeared!"

"The lower officials suspect that this matter was planned by local salt merchants and officials in collusion with the officials, in order to hoard Juqi and make huge profits!"

"Xiaguan has been monitored at present, most of the officials in the government have been bought by salt merchants, and Xiaguan doesn't know who to trust, and I hope that the imperial court will send a large army as soon as possible!"

After Cao Shunhe waited for the ink on the paper to dry, he saw that there was no one around, so he carefully put it away and put it in an envelope.

After doing all this, Cao Shunhe spread out the pen and paper again and began to write and draw on it.

"Your Excellency, the commander of the envoy asked for a meeting, saying that there is an important situation that I want to report to you!"

At this moment, the previous subordinate walked in and said respectfully.

"Well, the official knows, let him wait for a while."

After Cao Shunhe finished speaking, he deliberately covered the piece of paper on the table with an official document.

"Lord Governor, the situation is urgent, and the commander is already in the living room, waiting a little impatiently!"

The person who came took in Cao Shunhe's small movements, and couldn't help flashing a trace of smugness in his heart, urging.

"Well, the official knows, the official will go over now."

Seeing that the person was so eager, Cao Shunhe responded after drinking the tea in the cup.

"Governor, please!"

After the person finished speaking, he took care of himself and led the way in front.

After Cao Shunhe left his daily office, someone soon sneaked in and began to rummage around.

Soon, the piece of paper on the table, which was covered by official documents, was noticed.

I saw that after remembering the location of all the things on the table, he carefully removed the official documents on the table, and only then did he see the content recorded on the paper.

What is recorded on paper is quite disorganized, and there is no logic to speak of! But the circled numbers in the corner attracted the attention of the visitors.

"One, five, six, two, what do these numbers mean, are they some kind of code words?"

"No matter, let's record it first, and I'll report it to the adults later!"

After writing down the contents of the paper, the visitor restored the things on the table to their previous appearance, and quietly left without attracting anyone's attention.

……

In the waiting room, Xu Zhen, the commander, was leisurely sipping the hot tea in the cup at the moment, and there was no trace of eagerness on his face.

Thinking of the benefits that could be obtained from this incident, the corners of Xu Zhen's mouth unconsciously rose.

Regarding this plan, everyone has been planning for a long time, and they have been fully prepared in advance!

To this end, the local powerful old salt merchants, the Liang family, the He family and the Li family, were also involved.

Before this, they tried their best to hint at Cao Shun and the governor of Jiangxi, and wanted to pull him in, but Cao Shunhe was completely unmoved, and not only that, but also reprimanded them.

Seeing that Cao Shun and the governor of Jiangxi were blocking everyone's financial route, everyone had to unite and put him in the air! If it weren't for Cao Shunhe's identity as a feudal official, I'm afraid there would have been an accident a long time ago.

Just as Xu Zhen was thinking, a sound of footsteps from outside pulled him back to reality.

Then I saw him get up in a hurry, his face full of respect.

"The lower official has seen the governor!"

"Well, get up."

After Cao Shunhe finished speaking, he sat down on the head, and then turned his gaze to Xu Zhen and asked.

"Didn't you say earlier that you had something important to report to the official?"

"Yes, Governor! In accordance with your previous orders, the Commander has sent the non-commissioned officers of the guard post to conduct a search near the ship's accident. ”

Seeing Cao Shunhe's inquiry, Xu Zhen hurriedly responded respectfully.

"Oh, can I find out what happened?"

Cao Shunhe's face was full of eagerness, and he asked.

"Yes, Lord Governor, we found several corpses not far away!"

"Judging from what they are wearing, they should be the personnel in charge of escorting the official salt this time."

Xu Zhen took in the expression on Cao Shunhe's face, and then put on a distressed look.

"Well, it looks like they've probably met bandits!"

After listening to the news brought by Xu Zhen, Cao Shunhe sighed and said helplessly.

"Yes, I don't know where the bandits came from, so bold!"

"Not to mention robbing the official salt transported by the government, you dare to wantonly kill the official messenger who escorted it!"

"Your Excellency, give orders! Even if the subordinate digs three feet into the ground, he has to arrest this gang of bandits and avenge the dead brothers. ”

Xu Zhen's face was full of righteous indignation, and he pleaded with Cao Shunhe.

"Okay, since that's the case, the official can't live up to your heart, so I'll leave this matter to you!"

"We must find out the true identity of the gang of bandits and recover the stolen official salt, otherwise, this official will not be able to pay to the court!"

Perhaps as if he was not at ease, Cao Shunhe also added a sentence closely.

"Lord Governor, don't worry, the lower officials will definitely live up to the trust!"

"Well, that's good, you go down and get busy."

After Cao Shunhe finished speaking, he nodded at Xu Zhen and commanded.

"Yes, Lord Governor, the lower official will retire!"

After Xu Zhen responded, he left the waiting room.

And at about the same moment, a mocking look appeared on the faces of the two, and they cursed secretly in their hearts.

"Idiot!"

……

At this moment, on the street, there is already a long queue at the door of the shop selling official salt.

When the people learned that the ship carrying the official salt had capsized, they rushed to the shops selling official salt, hoping to take this opportunity to buy more salt to go home in case of emergency.

"Listen, everyone, the official salt in the store has been sold out! Until the next batch of official salt arrives, the store will be temporarily closed. ”

After the shopkeeper finished speaking, he was about to close the door, but was stopped by the excited people.

"When is the next time you bring official salt?"

"It's going to be at least two months away!"

The guy thought for a moment and then gave the answer.

"What, two months later, what are we going to eat in the meantime?"

After hearing the answer given by the guy, everyone's faces were full of anxiety.

"I don't care what you eat, anyway, the official salt has indeed been sold out! Figure it out for yourselves. ”

"Well, don't you see there's salt for sale over there?"

After the guy finished speaking, he pointed to the shop opposite.

(End of chapter)