Chapter 101: The Salt Business and the Family
"Wow!"
Lin Ruhai was shocked by what Jia Hui wrote in his letter.
The Faithful King's move can be described as a rebellion, but it will be a bad luck!
Shaking his head, he sighed at the lack of heart of the faithful king, but when he reacted, his eyes lit up, and he looked at Lin Chong with blazing eyes.
"General, the Metropolitan Governor will let you this time, but do you want to?"
"Your Excellency, exactly what you think! The Metropolitan Governor has an order, let the lower officials assist you in handling the affairs of the salt merchant as soon as possible, and if necessary, let the lower officials act on behalf of the Qincha, first cut and then play! The Admiral should have written this in the letter. ”
Hearing what Lin Chong said, the excited Lin Ruhai hurriedly flipped through a few pages of letterhead, and finally found this sentence on the last page of the letter.
"Salt merchants who violate the law and discipline and resist stubbornly can be killed!"
The following is the certification of the three seals of "Metropolitan Seal of the Left Army", "Great Sima General Seal" and "Dunhuang County Public Seal".
"Hahaha, finally, it's finally over! General, when are we going to act? ”
Lin Ruhai looked up to the sky and smiled, as if he wanted to vent all the unwillingness and depression in his heart.
"Lord Huilin, it's now!"
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More than 1,000 cavalry and hundreds of elites rushed into the bustling Yangzhou City as if they had entered a no-man's land under the horrified eyes of the city defenders.
It was a carriage with the flag of "Patrol Salt Imperial History" that was mixed in the team a little abrupt, but it also let the soldiers defending the city know who dared to enter the city. Before that, they were only told by Shangguan that there was a cavalry of about 1,000 people who would enter the city directly, and there was no need to panic or obstruct it, otherwise they would die in vain.
Just keep the city gates in order.
The officers knew a little more than the soldiers, and the people sent by Lin Chong to inform Lin Ruhai to leave the city had already gone to the garrison yamen before going to the Lin Mansion.
Although Jia Hui only highlighted an arrogant and domineering man during his time in Yangzhou, he did not have the demeanor of a famous general in a hundred battles, but this was not important, and the authority of his governor of the left army alone overwhelmed the military attaches in Yangzhou. What's more, Jia Hui still has the name of Qincha, and if he really wants to kill himself, he doesn't even need to report to the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies...
Do you report to yourself?
What else, whatever he says, it's what it is!
In the city, Lin Chong's troops did not act collectively, but dispersed, rushing towards the target that had already been distributed with the general flag as a unit.
Fortunately, Yangzhou is rich, and the road repair is also good, spacious enough. The speed of the horse is not fast, and the people avoid it in time.
If not, it will be troublesome to kill one or two more.
The killing of officials is called official business, but if the accident causes the death of the people, it will be a big trouble, and it is clear that it is to send performance to the imperial historians.
Lin Ruhai did not separate from Lin Chong, but went to President Bai's house together in Yangzhou Salt Merchants Chamber of Commerce.
Not for anything else, just to see what kind of expression he had when he was caught.
"Open the door, open the door! The five armies are all on an errand! ”
What is the number of courtesies? There is no need to talk about this with the criminals, the hundred households that Lin Chong personally led did not even wait for the concierge of the Bai family to react, and took the two black lacquered gates with the guys, and led people to rush in like weasels entering the chicken nest, and the Bai family was arrested by a group of soldiers wearing cotton armor before they could figure out the situation, and they were concentrated in the front yard.
"Let go, let me go! Know who I am! ”
"Daddy, daddy save me, daddy!"
"Ahhh Mother! ”
Coincidentally, today is the birthday of a junior in the Bai family, and this person is quite liked by President Bai, and it is rare to have a good reason to relax his mind that has been tense for more than two months, so President Bai approved 20 taels of silver to make a birthday for this junior.
As a result, none of the main personnel of the Bai family ran away, and they were all arrested by Lin Chong's department.
As for the junior himself, he drank too much and slipped the wine jug to stop Lin Chongbu from arresting people and was chopped with a knife.
At the age of 17, not much in a day, not much in a day.
President Bai was also caught, and none of the secret rooms and secret passages prepared in advance came in handy, so he spent a lot of money to urgently repair the secret room that hid a lot of scattered silver and a large number of silver tickets!
"The military master spares his life, the military master spares his life! Could there be any misunderstanding? The small one is a well-known kind family in Yangzhou! At this time, Chairman Bai completely lost his previous shrewdness, and just begged for mercy from the hundred households with his hands behind his back in front of him.
"Oh, isn't this Brother Bai?" In the distance, a familiar voice reached President Bai's ears.
Chairman Bai hurriedly looked over.
As if possessed by something, Chairman Bai actually broke free from the constraints of the two behind him and rushed towards Lin Ruhai.
But the two people behind him are not vegetarians, they are both elites who have participated in the Northern Expedition. Unaware of the fact that someone broke free for a while, the two of them rushed forward and threw Chairman Bai to the ground, pressing his head and pulling out the dagger, about to pick Chairman Bai's hands and tendons.
Seeing this, Lin Ruhai stopped them.
"Brother Lin, Lord Lin, Duke Lin, Duke Yushi! The little one knows it's wrong, and it knows it's wrong! A small sin deserves death, but the old wife and children and grandchildren in the family are innocent, they don't know it at all! The little ones begged Yu Shi Gong, so raise their noble hands and let them live! ”
Chairman Bai knew that it was useless to say anything now, and his own strength was not enough to be cut by Lin Chonglin, who was standing silently next to Lin Ruhai.
It's better to beg for mercy, what if Lin Ruhai's heart relents?
"Oh? So they don't know? Lin Ruhai seemed to know, and looked at President Bai who was pressed to the ground with a surprised expression.
"Yes, yes, they don't know, it's all a small person who does it behind their backs, don't do their business, really, Yu Shigong, you have to believe the little one!" Hearing Lin Ruhai's surprised tone, a glimmer of hope sprouted in Chairman Bai's heart.
"Maybe it's a misunderstanding, but there is a question below, I want President Bai to help answer it, don't worry, as long as President Bai answers to the satisfaction of Zaixia..."
"Even if Yu Shi Gong asks, the little one must know everything, and he will say everything!" President Bai was faintly uneasy, but the life-saving straw was in front of him, and he was unwilling not to reach out and grab it!
At Lin Chong's signal, the two soldiers who pressed on Chairman Bai's body dragged him to his feet and pressed him to his knees.
"President Bai, you said that Ling's wife didn't know, so she was innocent?"
“… Yes, after all, it's not a disaster for wives and children, isn't it? Chairman Bai replied cautiously.
"Oh, woe to my wife and children, so it is, so it is!" Lin Ruhai nodded exaggeratedly as if he had suddenly realized.
"Yes, yes, it's not good for my wife and children, it's not good for my wife and children..."
"Since this is the truth, the wives and children below also don't know!"
Lin Ruhai took two steps forward and half-squatted in front of President Bai, and said to him faintly.
Groov!
President Bai's heart suddenly lifted, and he was about to explain a few words, but Lin Ruhai didn't give him a chance.
"What is the innocence of this official's small family? You actually bought my family's son to poison him! ”
After speaking, Lin Ruhai didn't give him a chance to refute, and walked outside after saying hello to Lin Chong.
"It's not like this, it's not like this, Yu Shigong! Listen to the little explanation! Come back! Yu Shi Gong! Lin Gong! Lin Hai, Lin Hai! You're back! Lin Hai, I curse you, don't you whine!! ”
Seeing Lin Ruhai leaving without looking back, Chairman Bai was completely desperate and was about to scold him, but the two soldiers who had been paying attention to him took some cloth and stuffed it into his mouth······
After all, there are still a few salt merchants who dare to collude with the army for a long time, only eight or nine. Most of the salt merchants were still very cautious, only symbolically colluding once or twice to make themselves appear more gregarious, and never touched again.
After half of their family fortunes were scattered and the disaster was spared, these wall-top grass and salt merchants finally survived the lives of their families.
The fathers and villagers of Yangzhou had a good time watching the excitement today, and the arrogant and extravagant salt merchants who were arrogant and extravagant on weekdays were put into prisoner cars like livestock, and more than a dozen people were in a car, and the general flags of the Lin Chong Department circled around the city. Whoever dares to bow his head and go up is a whip to give a long memory.
However, the ladies of the salt merchants were not dragged out into the streets, but were transported to a separate courtyard by prisoner cart and given five days to be paid by their mother's family to raise money for ransom.
After five days, if I want to see them again, I have to go to the Teaching Division.
Even if it is for the sake of their own reputation, their mother's family will smash the pot and sell iron to redeem their daughter. These people are okay, but the unlucky ones who run into their mother-in-law's family and are served in a pot are the worst. If you want to redeem yourself with private money, you can't do it, because your private house has been taken away by the raider, and even the jewelry you wear daily is also counted as the raider's income.
The way forward is already clear, in the teaching department to have fun with those dog officials who ruined their own homes and their own lives, or to do the most despicable and despicable plays, marry the man who is also a play, or be abandoned by a dog man, and finally die alone in an unknown corner······
Some women with strong personalities want to commit suicide, but how can the experienced embroidered clothes with the team guide be easy to match? One by one, they had already been tied up with a special technique, and their mouths were stuffed, and the whole person couldn't move, so he could only fall to the ground alone and cry with a muffled cry.
It's not that they didn't want to run away, but unfortunately they have long been stared at by the grass on the wall who want to make meritorious contributions, and as soon as they ran out of the door, they were blocked on the street by several families, and a few were hacked to death by Lin Chong's department who rushed to the street, and the rest were honestly taken away...
In the eyes of Yangzhou's fathers, the invincible salt merchant chamber of commerce was destroyed by the army.
There may be some fish that have slipped through the net when they go out and are not in Yangzhou, and after screening, they will issue sea fishing documents, and countless rangers and swordsmen who live by receiving bounties from the government will chase them to the sky and the ground.
Hiding in the past will not become any climate, their family's industry will be carved up, and without money, they can't do it if they want to go to Luo.
The Yangzhou salt merchant incident will come to an end first, and they will be escorted to Luoyang, and the next time they will see them will probably be in the autumn court.
The new salt law has not yet been formulated, but it is coming soon, and it will be promulgated by this year at the latest.
Lin Ruhai can be regarded as a great contribution this time, although he also has Jia Hui's help in his credit, but the Lin family almost died because of this errand.
He deserves the credit.
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The entire salt patrol imperial history yamen swept away the solemn and solemn of the past today, solved the first-class errand, and everyone had a lot of credit, and the big and small officials were happily arranging the banquet in the front yard.
Today, Yu Shigong was in a good mood, and he paid out of his own pocket to invite the top Huaiyang cuisine master to come to the yamen to take charge, and he was also allowed to bring his family over! At this time, if you don't have a good relationship with Yushi Gong, when will you wait?
In the main hall of the backyard, Lin Chong, as Jia Hui's confidant, was naturally regarded by Lin Ruhai as his own person and invited him to sit in the backyard.
"Oh, it turns out that Brother Chong's ancestral home is also Gusu?" Lin Ruhai looked at Lin Chong with a look of surprise.
"Hehe, I remember when I was a child, Xiaguan's grandfather said this, saying that Xiaguan's grandfather joined the army in Gusu, and later fought all his life and didn't make any names, so he simply became a naturalized Beijing camp..."
"Haha, Gusu joined the army and is still surnamed Lin, so maybe we are really our own family! You don't want to be called an official, you can call me or me or anything, feel free. You and I are the same age, so let's call me Brother Hai! Brother Chong, do you remember the name of Ling Great-Ancestor? ”
"It's... Then the lower officer..."
"Huh?"
"The little brother naturally remembers! The name of the great-grandfather is the key..."
"Key? But the key to the key? ”
"Exactly!"
"Haha, that's it! My great-grandfather's name is Zheng, they are all from the golden generation, come and come, brother, come with me to see my mother, my mother must know something! ”
Without waiting for Lin Chong to reply, the excited Lin Ruhai grabbed his wrist and walked towards the courtyard of the old lady of the Lin family.
Although Lin Ruhai's lineage rarely interacts with Gusu's family, Lin Ruhai is still excited to have a promising, close relative.
The sudden appearance of a relative also made Lin Chong not know what to say, but everyone is here, what if it is really a family?
"Key? Lin Key, the old body remembered, I heard my father-in-law say in the early years, after Brother Hai, your grandfather descended to Qi, there were indeed some people from the Lin family who followed the army of Daqi.
But it's not the same army as your grandfather, Brother Hai, your grandfather followed Lao Ningguo to the south, and Brother Chong'er's great-grandfather's clansmen and your third grandfather followed the thief of the Shi family to Shanxi, and finally heard that the army was wiped out, and there was no news of Brother Chong'er, your grandfather..."
"Exactly, exactly! My grandfather also told me that my grandfather climbed out of the pile of dead people in Baibi and followed people to Luoyang, where he hid in the south and west!
By the way, my grandfather's name is at the bottom of the word, and my father is next to the word fire! ”
"Yes, yes, my family too!"
Lin Chong and Lin Ruhai stood up excitedly, yes, yes!
"Hahaha, I didn't expect it, I didn't expect that today not only did I pour down the salt merchants, but I also fought with Brother Chong, you are really your own family! You and my brother will have a happy drink today, and if you don't get drunk, you won't go home! ”
"That's what I mean!"
I'm sorry, I've been waiting for a long time, today's second update.
In the afternoon, I dropped eye drops and closed my eyes to rest, and I accidentally fell asleep, and it was already past four o'clock when I woke up...
(End of chapter)