bastard seizes tang

Chapter 226
Whether it is Li Yue or the Shanyang county captain, they are all small roles in Li Ke's eyes. They are nothing. Li Ke doesn't care much about life or death. Therefore, Li Ke did not want their lives.

Knowing Li Ke's meaning, Fang An's explanation was also very straightforward. Li Yue was sentenced to [-] sticks and sentenced to ten years in prison.

Although Fang An did not take their lives according to Li Ke's wishes, it was not much better than death. With the [-] sticks firmly down, it would be difficult for Li Yue to walk for the rest of his life. , whether he can come out alive is still unknown, and the county captain is almost the same as Li Yue. There are many snakes, rats, insects and ants in Lingnan, and the miasma is everywhere. Central Plains.

Li Yue was a slave to a tiger. Judging by his appearance in the tavern that day, he must have done such things in the past. As for the county captain, he is by no means a good person. He is very familiar with deceiving the good and fearing the evil. It is natural for them to end up like this You deserve it.

It's just that Li Ke didn't care about how to deal with them, because what he really cared about was the salt industry.

Although Li Yue is a member of the Salt Company, there are many people in the Salt Company. Looking at Li Yue's appearance, he is probably just a small boss running errands and doing things under the Salt Company. Salt line, I am afraid it is not easy.

If this matter is really exposed, and the crime is brought to the salt shop, it is likely that the government is not strict, but at most it is fined and confiscated some money, arrested a few innocuous people, and reprimanded a few words, which will not hurt the bones.

The salt industry has been rampant in Huainan for many years, and the relationship between the upper and lower levels is intricate. From the government to the common people, there are many colluders. Li Ke has not yet figured out these things. Fairness, fear of losing the hearts of the people, and secondly, the salt industry is very powerful. If it is not handled properly, it will be detrimental to his prestige, and it will even lead to instability in the salt market and turmoil in the entire Huainan Road. The gains outweigh the losses.

Therefore, Li Ke did not make a big fuss about this matter, but ordered Fang An, the governor of Chuzhou, to fine Baiguan in the name of the governor's office, and that's all.

A mere hundred guan is nothing but a drop in the bucket for the Chuzhou Salt Company, which is making money every day. But for Li Ke, this one hundred guan is enough to knock mountains and shake tigers.

"Lady, there is news from the city that Li Ke has come out from the Shanyang County Yamen." Li Ke came out from the Shanyang County Yamen only half an hour later, Qing'er, the maidservant of the Immortal Lady outside Shanyang City, had already received the news, and hurried Come back and say to Xianniang.

Xianniang asked: "What do our people say?"

Qing'er replied: "News came from the secret work in the yamen. Li Ke did not order to investigate the Chuzhou Salt Company and ordered heavy punishment, but there was an order from Fang An, the governor of Chuzhou, to confiscate the money of the Chuzhou Salt Company and severely punish it. Injure and scold, to punish Yan Xing's lack of strictness."

"It's not strict, is that all?" Xianniang asked in surprise when she heard the words.

Today, Li Ke witnessed Yan Xing's arrogance, and it turned out to be just such a result in the end, which really surprised Xianniang.

In today's situation, except for the coincidence of the incident, she asked herself that there was no omission in the slightest.

Li Yue is real, the county captain is real, even Wu Liu, who almost lost his wrist, is real, the only thing she did was to deliberately inform Li Yue of the news of Wu Liu's salt sale, and arranged the dispute in the tavern People informed the county captain, that's all.

Li Yue, Wu Liu, and the county lieutenant were not hers. All she did was string them together by coincidence and put them in front of Li Ke. Li Ke should never see the slightest flaw.

"Li Ke is probably that cowardly fellow. I'm afraid he was frightened by the lady's words. The salt industry has already bullied him, and he didn't dare to punish him severely. He just confiscated a mere hundred taels. It's really ridiculous." Qing'er bit Gritting his teeth, he said with hatred.

Today's situation was originally designed by Xianniang. She wanted to use this matter to provoke a dispute between Li Ke and the salt company, and use Li Ke's hand to deal with the Chuzhou Salt Company, which in turn caused a dispute between Li Ke and the entire Huainan Salt Company, but Li Ke is calm today. Surprisingly, his behavior greatly exceeded their expectations.

Qing'er's words made some sense, but Xianniang shook her head when she heard it, and said, "Li Ke went north to Turkic as a hostage, and stayed in Turkic for four years. He is a cowardly person, what he did today, I am afraid he will do it on purpose."

Li Ke went to the north as a hostage at the age of eight, and lived and died in Turkic several times. No one in the Tang Dynasty knew it. How can a person like Li Ke be a coward? Domineering?

It should be known that Li Ke is not only the governor of Yangzhou, but also the ambassador of Huainan Road, who is in charge of Jiedai Tianxunhun. He has the power of life and death, and the Jieyue in his hand is not for display.

Qing'er heard the words, thought for a while, and only thought that she already knew what Xianniang meant, so she turned to ask: "My lady, you mean that Li Ke colluded with Yanhang, and the two had already been in collusion with each other, so they were able to lightly spare Yanhang's wife." people?"

Qing'er naturally knows that the Salt Gang is rich and wealthy, and is located in the southeast. If it is said that they have bought Li Ke with huge wealth, and that the government and businessmen have colluded, Qing'er will believe it.

But after listening to Dan'er's words, Xianniang felt that the matter was not so simple.

Li Ke has only arrived in Huainan for the first time, and it hasn't been long. Listening to Li Ke's tone when Xianniang played the piano for Li Ke a few days ago, he is still not familiar with the people and customs of Huainan, and he knows very little about the salt industry. How could Li Ke be like this? He was quickly bought by the salt company, not to mention if Li Ke had already been bought by the salt company, why should he punish Li Yue, a subordinate of the salt company, and protect Wu Liu instead?
Xianniang thought about it, and felt that this matter was not as simple as Dan'er said.

Xianniang said worriedly: "What I am worried about is not that Li Ke is afraid of the salt company, or that he will be bought by the salt company. What I am worried about is today's affairs, which are by no means as simple as they seem, and Li Ke is by no means so easy to manipulate. .”

Qing'er looked at Xianniang's worried face, and asked in puzzlement, "Why did you say that, lady?"

Xianniang said: "If Li Ke did what happened today on purpose, then his city's depth and scheming must be far beyond ordinary people. I'm afraid he will be more difficult to deal with than we thought."

Xianniang is not afraid of Li Ke being timid, let alone greedy for money. If Li Ke is really like this, Xianniang has a lot of ways to get Li Ke hooked, but if he is not like this, but as she imagined, then this young man's stability and means are really amazing She was amazed.

If so, can Li Ke really borrow this knife?
Fairy knows.Li Kegui is the prince, and he is going south on a festival. His knife is naturally unparalleled, and if he can borrow it, it will be beneficial to him. But Xianniang also knows that Li Ke's knife is not easy to borrow, if he is not careful , maybe even cut himself.

Xianniang said: "It's inconvenient to say what Li Ke is like for the time being, and I will try him again when I arrive in Yangzhou."

(End of this chapter)