Fujian, Zhangzhou Prefecture.

At this moment, Tan Lun is in the palace, dealing with the corresponding affairs.

"Report to the governor, the ordnance, food and grass needed by the army are all in place!"

At this moment, I saw Tan Lun's personal guard pushing the door in and reporting respectfully.

"Well, you go down, the official knows."

After Tan Lun learned the news, his expression was calm, and there were not many waves in his heart.

"Yes, Lord Governor, my subordinates have retired!"

Seeing this, the previous personal guard immediately replied respectfully, and also closed the door of the room with him.

"Strange, why Xu Ge has not sent the corresponding letter yet?"

"It stands to reason that they should be extremely eager at this moment."

After Tan Lun finished speaking, he put the brush in his hand aside and wondered.

After a while, I heard a knock on the door, and not only that, but the people outside the door deliberately lowered their voices.

"Lord Governor, here is a letter from Elder Xu Ge!"

"It's finally here."

After Tan Lun learned the news, his whole body was shocked, and he immediately commanded.

"Well, come in."

There was only a 'squeak' and the door to the room was pushed open.

After the visitor entered the room, he took the first step to salute Tan Lun respectfully.

"Lord Governor, this is the handwritten letter sent to you by Xu Ge Laotuo!"

As he spoke, he took out the letter from his arms and handed it to Tan Lun.

"Oh, did Elder Xu Ge ask you to bring a few words to this official?"

Tan Lun took the letter, and then turned his gaze to the person who came, with an inexplicable smile on his face, and then asked.

"Report to the governor, Elder Xu Ge didn't let the little one bring you a message!"

After hearing Tan Lun's question, the person who came pretended to think for a moment and gave the answer.

"Well, the letter sent by Elder Xu Ge to the official, the official has received it, you go down."

After Tan Lun finished speaking, he nodded, gradually withdrew his gaze from the person who came, and commanded.

"Yes, Lord Governor, the little one retires!"

Seeing that the mission of his trip had been completed, the visitor left quickly after saluting Tan Lun respectfully.

Immediately afterwards, Tan Lun opened the envelope, and after browsing the contents on it, he casually threw it on the bookcase on the side, chuckled, and said to himself silently.

"Heh, as I expected, Xu Ge Lao and the others couldn't help but start urging!"

"It seems that this time Hu Zongxian led the army to Jiangxi to quell the rebellion, which should be quite smooth! Otherwise, Xu Ge Lao and the others would not be so anxious. ”

Tan Lun quickly figured out where the joints were, and muttered in his mouth.

"Why can't these measures that can benefit the people be implemented earlier, but only when the party fights?"

"Elder Xu Ge, your path has diverged!"

After Tan Lun finished speaking, he sat up from the chair abruptly, called the guards, and commanded in a deep voice.

"Passing on the officer's order, the ordnance, grain and grass and other materials needed by the army are all in place!"

"Let the soldiers of the surrounding guards be prepared accordingly, and this official must let this group of bandits entrenched in Fujian know about the fate of angering the government!"

"Yes, Governor!"

Seeing that Tan Lun finally gave the corresponding order, the guard's face was full of excitement, and he immediately replied in a deep voice.

After receiving the order from Tan Lun, the governor of Fujian, the guards quickly left the room.

He wants to pass on Tan Lun's order to the soldiers around him who are always eager to fight!

……

Unlike at the beginning, when the army led by Hu Zongxian returned to Zhejiang from Jiangxi, most of the soldiers were like arrows, so the speed of the march was much faster!

And Hu Zongxian also arrived in Zhejiang earlier than expected.

At this moment, the Governor's Mansion of Zhejiang.

I saw Hu Zongxian sitting at the top, listening to everyone report the situation for him one by one.

"Report to the Governor, during your absence, the change from rice to mulberry is still being carried out gradually!"

"And the whole process did not produce any conflict or dissatisfaction."

I saw Ma Ningyuan take the lead in getting up from the seat, and then reported respectfully to Hu Zongxian.

Hu Zongxian didn't seem to be very convinced by Ma Ningyuan's words, and then turned his gaze to Gao Hanwen on the side.

Seeing this, Gao Hanwen also got up from the chair and said respectfully.

"Report to the Governor, the lower officials can testify that what Governor Ma said is not false at all!"

"Well, yes, yes."

"You still listened to what the teacher told you when he set off!"

After Hu Zongxian got the exact news from Gao Hanwen, he immediately nodded and said encouragingly.

"As long as the matter is instructed by the teacher, the student must complete it even if he goes up the knife mountain and goes down to the sea of fire!"

When Ma Ningyuan said this, his face was full of excitement, and he couldn't help but tense his body.

"Alright, okay, you two sit down."

Hu Zongxian did not make any evaluation of Ma Ningyuan's words, and then ordered.

"Yes, Lord Governor!"

Ma Ningyuan and Gao Hanwen sat down one after another after glancing at each other.

After determining the process of changing rice to mulberry, Hu Zongxian turned his gaze to Zheng Michang on the side and asked.

"What about you, have any major incidents happened in the days when this official is away?"

And after Zheng Michang heard Hu Zongxian's question, his face was full of hesitation.

Immediately afterwards, Zheng Michang secretly observed the look on Zhao Zhenji's face on the side, and saw that he didn't say anything about it, so he immediately gritted his teeth and spoke.

"Report to the Governor, during your absence, salt merchants have gathered at the gate of the Governor's Mansion to make trouble!"

"Oh, there's such a thing?"

After listening to Zheng Michang's story, Hu Zongxian was also instantly interested in it, and asked next.

"Report to the Governor, here's what happened!"

Zheng Michang deliberately paused for a moment before continuing.

"Before this, didn't the imperial court have issued a corresponding notice, saying that it is going to officially abolish the salt introduction system and use the sea certificate of the Maritime Trade Division as a replacement?"

"And this naturally caused the dissatisfaction of this group of salt merchants, so they sent many lobbyists to come to Xia Guan to inquire about the news."

"In the middle, they also wanted to hand over money to the lower officials for a while, but the lower officials righteously refused them!"

"Seeing that the bribery of the officials failed, this group of salt merchants openly gathered and made trouble at the gate of the governor's palace to protest against the abolition of the policy of salt introduction by the imperial court, which was quite huge, attracting countless people in the city to stop and watch!"

Hu Zongxian knew very well in his heart that there must be some exaggeration in what Zheng Michang said.

If nothing else, Zheng Michang's description of his righteous refusal of bribes from salt merchants is not very credible.

According to Hu Zongxian's understanding of Zheng Michang's temperament, he boldly guessed that Zheng Michang should have disliked the too little silver sent by this group of salt merchants, or the risk behind it was too high.

"Oh, and then, how did you deal with it?"

After listening to Zheng Michang's story, Hu Zongxian continued to ask with an inexplicable smile on his face.

"Report to the Governor, before I go and ask for advice! After receiving his consent, the officials drove the group of salt merchants away. ”

Zhao Zhenji, who was on the side, saw that everyone's eyes were focused on him, so he nodded and said softly.

"That's right, this official knows all this."

(End of chapter)