If you haven't done those bad things, such as Qin Tai and Fan Zhongping, who have long been found out behind their backs to have nothing to do with the salt tax embezzlement, the two of them are frank in front of Zhu Song.

On the contrary, these officials almost wrote on their faces that I was a corrupt criminal, and they wanted to bend their waists like a eunuch in front of Zhu Song.

And this salt tax was inexplicably greedy, and he couldn't run away from the first of all, the transshipment envoy who specialized in the salt tax.

Therefore, these thieves and weak-hearted people are ordering them when they hear Zhu Song's words, if they can't bring back the amount that satisfies His Majesty this time, I am afraid that all the officials in Zhejiang who have embezzled the salt tax will be arrested and thrown into prison.

Yao Dongwang stiffened, not frightened.

"Your Highness, rest assured, we will find a way together to deal with the salt tax, and we will definitely not make it difficult for His Highness to do it alone! Your Highness, let's move to Shiting first, this mud snail village outside Hangzhou, don't look at it as just a village, but the fish here is very delicious, and at this time in autumn is the time when the crabs are fat! ”

Coincidentally, this Yao Dongwang just invited Zhu Song to Shiting to eat fish and crabs, and there was a horse running quickly, and after getting off the horse, he knelt down in front of Zhou Tong and Wu Qian and said loudly.

"Lord Zhou, Lord Wu, the villagers of Shitai Village suddenly changed their confessions, they are afraid that they want to overturn the case!"

"What?"

Zhou Tong and Wu Qian's faces looked angry, and then the two of them bowed their hands to Zhu Song and apologized: "Your Highness, the official business of the Yamen has not yet been completed, and the lower officials will not accompany His Royal Highness here, so Lord Yao will accompany His Royal Highness first, and then set up a banquet with His Royal Highness on another day, and then treat His Royal Highness well!" ”

This is the reason why the boss can't refuse, even if Zhu Song has three identities, one identity is bigger than the other, and the big one is up to the sky, but the Yamen of the Zhan Si has a public case, and Zhu Song has never blocked the reason for not letting people do official business, so they are not so much asking for instructions as informing.

Anyway, Zhu Song is also waiting for them to make a move, and Zhu Song's patience is about to be worn out by these guys, he wants to see what kind of tricks these corrupt officials can come up with to deal with him next?

Zhu Song nodded: "Official business is important, two adults, please!" ”

After Zhou Tong and Wu Qian left, Zhu Song Yao Dongwang moved to the stone pavilion by the Qiantang River, there was a small courtyard less than ten zhang away from this stone pavilion, and the courtyard was full of smoke and bursts of incense.

Zhu Song sat on the stone pavilion and could smell the fish fragrance and umami from the pot, don't say that this fish is very fresh, but it is not the West Lake vinegar fish eaten in Hangzhou City, the fish is steamed, and finally it is thickened and drenched with vinegar sauce.

This fish is thought to have been put in the secret condiment before the steamer, and the smell only makes people feel fragrant and fresh, not fishy at all.

"Hmmm! The smell of fresh fish, Lord Yao, don't say it, this small mountain village you recommend is really much better than the vinegar fish of the West Lake in the famous Zuixian Building in Hangzhou! ”

Yao Dongwang smiled with him: "Your Highness, don't you still understand?" The drunken immortal building is at the foot of the lonely mountain, and it is the favorite place for the dignitaries and dignitaries in Hangzhou to go to the pastime and drink, this meal is delicious or not, but secondly, the drunken immortal building garden is quiet, but it does not lose the pomp, go there to eat, no one is there to eat. ”

"And this mud snail village, Your Highness, don't look at the name is not so elegant, but the owner of this mud snail village in the east of the village is really delicious, all of them are fresh, and they are hit by the Qiantang River, this fish came out of the water to the pot and was cooked thoroughly, it took less than an hour in total, and it was naturally delicious."

Zhu Song nodded in agreement.

"What Lord Yao said is very right, but Lord Yao, you are also an official of the imperial court from the third grade, and you can be regarded as a very high local official, why does Lord Yao not like the occasion of the drunken fairy building, and love to eat fish in this small mountain village?"

Yao Dongwang replied respectfully with a smile on his face: "Your Highness, the official position of the lower official is not always able to sit in the chair at the yamen for recreation, these two Zhejiang are up and down, and the lower official runs everywhere!" ”

"These salt merchants are not leaving, they are going backwards, and the lower officials are repeatedly asking them to pay the tax in time, but they are willing to try all kinds of ways to toss, and they are not willing to pay this money tax, and they are not in line with the actual salt accounts, so there is no way to go down, so they have to chase and chase, check and check, and then go everywhere."

Zhu Songpi said with a smile: "I see, Lord Yao has worked hard. ”

Yao Dongwang heard Zhu Song say this, and quickly shook his head again and again.

"Your Highness, the lower official is not hard, His Royal Highness is hard, by the way, Your Highness, this official also has a friend, who is our largest salt merchant in Hangzhou, Shen Zhengcong, this Royal Highness is here for the salt tax, he is the largest local salt merchant in Hangzhou, he should also have something to say!"

Zhu Song knew that he had guessed correctly, collusion between officials and businessmen has always been common, and it seems that this Shen Zheng should have a lot of collusion with the officialdom in Hangzhou behind his back.

Since the fish is going to take the bait, how can there be any reason not to mention the rod?

"Since he is the largest salt merchant in Hangzhou, he naturally wants to meet, maybe he can help this king solve this big trouble at the moment, this salt merchant is already here?"

As soon as Zhu Song's voice fell, the man who came over with the dishes said.

"Your Highness, the grass people are here!"

I saw that Shen Zheng was busy working below from just now, this pot of fish was made by him, and the delicious crabs steamed over there were all made by him.

Shen Zheng knelt down from the stone table in the stone pavilion after putting the dishes on the stone table.

"Grass people Shen Zhengcong, knock on His Royal Highness King Han!"

Zhu Song looked at Yao Dongwang puzzled, Yao Dongwang explained: "Your Highness, today's pot of fish and these crabs, all of which are made by Shen Zhengcong for His Royal Highness, Shen Zhengcong also likes to come here to eat fish, in the early years, he spent a hundred taels of silver to buy this secret recipe for making fish from the hands of the original owner, and later, the original owner stopped doing this when he had the silver, Shen Zhengcong took down this small shop, and now this small shop is Shen Zhengcong's!" ”

After hearing this, Zhu Song understood and laughed.

"I see, come on, come on, please hurry up, since it is the fish made by our No. 1 salt merchant in Hangzhou, then this king should have a good taste!"

Before Shen Zheng could stand firm after getting up, a brocade guard walked up quickly behind him, and the brocade guard took out a silver needle from his waist, pricked every dish and every crab, and confirmed that it was not poisonous, and then left and returned to stand guard outside the stone pavilion.