Chapter 261: The Mystery Case Becomes a Cloud, the Pony is Worried (Second Update)
The station of the Jinghai Gang, near the west gate of Jiangdu City, is the station of the Jinghai Gang, and it is also the largest gathering place of salt dealers from Jiangnan to Jiangdu. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info
Because salt was one of the most strictly controlled commodities in the imperial court, it could not be transported directly to the north through the canal.
It is often necessary to transport large quantities of "black salt" by land.
Shio-gun has a dedicated warehouse that is extremely dry and shady, making it ideal for storing prepared sea salt.
A large amount of sea salt from the south of the Yangtze River will be transported here first, and then inspected by the imperial court, and then on the salt bag, the salt transportation seal special for the imperial court will be stamped before continuing to the north.
Illicit salt is rarely sold directly to the common people by crossing this step, and must be distributed by a special salt seller certified by the imperial court before it can finally fall into the hands of the people.
Selling salt without permission is a very serious crime, and the light case is confiscated and imprisoned, and the worst case is sent to the army and forced labor.
Not many people dared to defy the law, but only the Jiangnan Jinghai Gang was an exception.
They took over most of the warehouses in Salt County, and they were outwardly law-abiding gangs.
However, privately, through various channels, without verification, a large amount of illicit salt is sandwiched in normal goods, and then through the channels of various cities, states and counties in the north, these illicit salts are sold successfully, and they are quite profitable.
After all, the speed of land transportation is not as good as water transportation, and it takes nearly a month to reach Jingshi from Jiangnan all the way to the north.
Along the canal, there are many checkpoints of the imperial court, and it is not very easy to transport illicit salt out of the waterway.
The Longcheng Bureau gave the Jiangnan Jinghai Gang the ability to further broaden the transportation channels for illicit salt trafficking.
Yanjun is only more than three miles away from Jiangdu, and it can be said that it is close to Jiangdu, which is the station of the Jinghai Gang.
Some of the people of the Jinghai Gang are stationed here, with about 100 people, and the other part is the Dantu across the river in Jiangdu, also known as Zhenjiang.
The two groups of people of the Jinghai Gang, forming a horn trend, taking care of each other, and supporting each other whenever there is a disturbance, these are all strategies that the master of the Jinghai Gang, Mrs. Pony, came up with.
Although it seems that the strength will be weakened by separating the people, it will be more flexible.
However, at this time, Pony is not in this salt county, but in Jiangdu City, and is trying his best to help Feihuo get rid of his crimes.
Pony originally wanted to find the witnesses, but in the morning, there was news that the dungeon in Jiangdu County had been robbed, and the person who escaped was Spitfire.
And those witnesses were also killed unknowingly, according to the guards of Jiang Qin's faction, although they were under guard throughout the whole process, they still did not escape the fate of this killing.
Jiangdu County Commander Chen Xiangwen reported to the state administration office in the morning, and then the wanted warrant for Feihuo was spread throughout Yangzhou, and in all places of all sizes in Jiangdu, the head of Feihuo was pasted on the door.
The amount of the reward is the order directly issued by Guo Zheng, the state assassin, and the reward is 1,000 taels of silver, which can be regarded as the largest reward amount in Yangzhou since the founding of the country.
Pony looked at the wanted poster, but muttered in his heart, "This bastard boy, everyone has run away, I didn't expect him to be so valuable, even if he is sold, I'm afraid it's not worth so much!"
Passers-by on one side were also surprised by the amount of this bounty, and there was a great sense of forming a gang to find Spitfire together.
Pony is naturally the first to be targeted, and whoever calls him something to do with Spitfire.
Someone had been to the court before, and naturally recognized the pony who came to court to testify to Spitfire, and at this time, the crowd was full of noise and surrounded the pony tightly.
"It's this guy who looks like a woman, he should know where that flower thief Spitfire is, don't let him run away!" such a roar, the crowd was so emotional that they almost didn't unload the pony.
Fortunately, a few officials parted ways, and they were also ordered to come to find Pony, except for Pony, which is the capital of Jiangdu, there are few people who know Spitfire.
The pony can't run away on his own, he's not like Spitfire, after all, he still has to show his head, which naturally can't run away.
He didn't plan to run away, and took the initiative to go to Jiangdu County under the "protection" of the fast catchers patrolling the streets.
Along the way, several people were looking at the pony with strange eyes, and the pony was an accomplice of Spitfire, and the pony was bitter, "You kid, it's a miserable pit for me, I'm famous, how can I mix in Jiangdu City in the future, my beloved girls..."
Pony sighed all the way, but no one paid attention to him, which is what made Pony more frustrated, this Spitfire has finally won a position, known as "Flower Thief", "Flying Thief", "Murderous Demon Without Blinking", in short, there are various versions.
And the pony's, in the eyes of passers-by, have become "the accomplices of the long-thinking woman..."
"It's bearable, it's unbearable!" When the pony was about to break out to reason with those people, the catcher did not take him to the county office, but a relatively secluded small teahouse, which had been completely enclosed, and there was only one guest in the teahouse.
It was that Jiang Qin, who heard that Feihuo had escaped from prison in the morning and was burdened with the lives of the government, that he realized the seriousness of the problem, so he signaled a few catchers to bring the pony to meet him.
Of course, Xiaoma didn't have a good impression of Jiang Qin, mainly because Jiang Qin made a lot of nonsense in the "Drunken Red Mansion" that day, so Xiaoma couldn't help but salute a few words, and then the beam was settled.
"Madame Pony, please be seated!" Jiang Qin seemed to have forgotten the events of that day, but of course he didn't really forget, but he just didn't want to mention it again, after all, Jiang Qin was still a person with clear grievances at some times.
Saying that, Jiang Qin also poured a cup of tea for Xiaoma, and said: "There are many people outside, I chose this place as a place to talk, but there is no wine to drink here, and if you drink too much wine, it will be bad!"
Seeing Jiang Qin so polite, Xiao Ma didn't look like he was cold or hot, but said: "Jiang Gongzi, I am a little flattered by your kind invitation!"
"Don't, if you're a woman, I'm very happy to say this, otherwise I'll suspect that you're not another Longyang, and you have a habit of breaking your sleeves!" Jiang Qin made a joke, and then changed the conversation and said: "This case that Brother Feihuo is entangled in, I'm afraid it's not simple, although the government can't do anything about him, with his ability, a few stupid people in Jiangdu City can't help him, unless it's that Luojing God who catches Meng Yu!"
"I'll just say, what do you think about this case?"