Good son-in-law of the Ming Dynasty

More than 20 posts were written very quickly, and after they were stamped with the Yansi seal, they were sent out again.

After these few days, Su Mu initially established his prestige in the salt department by relying on his super working ability.Although the book office and yamen servants below were a little dissatisfied, they still rushed out to deliver posts when they received the order.

Looking at the back of the messenger, Su Mu mentioned Bibi with a faint smile on his face: "The House of Millions is considered a small fortune among the salt merchants. After all, these salt merchants are really a bit like the chairman of the state-owned enterprises of later generations. Taking advantage of everything, when they really want to contribute to the country, they can't see anyone. Now, it's time for you to shed some blood."

Before he knew it, Su Mu had been in the Yansi Yamen for five or six days, the weather was hot, he was sweating profusely, and his whole body stinks.

Fortunately, the work at hand was finally finished, and I was 30% sure about the [-] taels of silver this month, so I went back to the inn as soon as I relaxed.

Early tomorrow morning, he has to go to a salt field [-] miles away from Cangzhou to deal with an urgent matter. In the evening, he has to entertain the salt merchants.

After returning to the inn, I ate something, took a shower, changed into clean clothes, felt refreshed, and slept very sweetly.

Early the next morning, a yamen servant came to look for him and asked Mr. Mei to go out with him on business.

It turned out that Su Mu was going to a saltworks called Huangyangdian today.

The thing is like this, some time ago, a small salt merchant in the city had a close relationship with the disciple of Jingting, the deputy envoy of the Changlu Salt Transport Envoy.After Jing Ting was arrested for being implicated in the big treasury bank deficit case, Lin Sen, Jin Yiwei and others came to Cangzhou to handle the case.

The factory guards are all cannibals, so such a big case has to be plucked to get some benefits.Along with this, the salt merchant's property was confiscated, and he was taken back to the capital.

This person's business is not enough, and his family property is only a few hundred thousand, most of which are real estate, and what really falls into the hands of Lin Sen and others is only tens of thousands of taels of cash, so it is not a waste of money.

Su Mu thought, if Lin Sen and the others stay in Cangzhou for a while longer, they don't know how many salt merchants will be unlucky.

The factory guard system is not under the control of Yang Tinghe, they want to run amok, Master Yang has nothing to do.

Not to mention the bad luck of this salt merchant, but the salt administration of the Ming Dynasty implemented the Gangyin system, and all salt merchants had fixed locations for selling salt.For example, Zhang San, you can only sell salt in Wuqiao, and Li Si, you can sell salt in Cangzhou. If you go to Wuqiao, it is illegal.

After the salt merchant was arrested, the sales area he led would naturally be filled, and the new salt merchant would have to wait until next year to replace him.But the people in the place where he lives still have to eat salt. Fortunately, the place is not big, that is, a county town, so it is temporarily managed by the salt department.

Relying on the sales profits of this place, the salaries of the big and small officials of the Yan Division were finally enough.It can be said that the entire transshipment envoy is temporarily counting on eating here.

The quality of the official salt is extremely poor, with a lot of sand mixed in it.

At the beginning, Mr. Wu promised to the people of Cangzhou to let them eat safe salt. When he inspected the salt administration, he found that the quality of the salt in this place was too poor, so he asked people to return it to the salt factory and replace it with high-quality refined salt.

There was no benefit to this job, and no one was willing to do it, so it fell to Su Mu.

The yamen servant was very polite to Su Mu, he stood by and waited patiently for Su Mu to brush his teeth and wash his face.

After Su Mu had finished his breakfast, he said, "Let's go, lead the way." Yes, the yamen servant looked at Su Mu up and down, and asked carefully, "Mr. Mei is going out like this?"

Su Mu wondered: "What's the matter, what's wrong with me?"

The yamen servant pointed to the knife on his body, and said: "Mr. Mei is also a military officer, and he is very skilled in martial arts. But it's not good to do errands outside with bare hands. Why don't you go to the yamen to get a wild goose feather first?" With a knife for self-defense?"

Su Mu: "What do you do with weapons?"

Yamen servant: "The salt lords on the river are very rampant. Mr. Mei will escort [-] catties of high-quality refined salt to the Huangyang store this time. We must prevent the bad guys from taking risks and robbing the ship."

Su Mu: "Just kidding, the universe is bright and the sky is bright, and we are the envoys of salt transportation. Is it possible that they dare to rebel? If you want to be on the safe side, you can bring more troops. If it is not possible, send ten or twenty salt workers." soldier?"

The yamen servant smiled wryly: "Mr. Mei, now Mr. Wu...is just a temporary representative, and the general who leads the troops may not be obedient. Besides, those salt lords... probably know this truth. Let's go and arrest someone. After a few months, once Mr. Wu's term expires and a new official arrives, this matter will be over."

He spoke cryptically, but Su Mu could understand.I sighed in my heart: It seems that there are not a few people in this yamen waiting for Mr. Wu to leave, they are all waiting and watching.

However, the servant's words reminded him.

"Wait a minute, there is no need to go to the Yamen, I will bring my own weapons."

After returning to the house, he put on the soft armor close to his body, and fastened two pistols, and then followed the yamen servant to the East Gate Wharf, where six small boats were already waiting.

Huangyangdian is thirty miles away from Cangzhou, which is a long distance.However, there is a waterway, and it is fast to walk.

After walking for about an hour along the Fuhe River, we arrived at the land.

Put the salt in the salt field, and then turned back to the city.

Facts have proved that the words of this yamen servant are groundless worries. No matter how courageous the salt lords are, they will not rob the official salt.

When I came back, because it was against the current, I went well.In addition, it was the dry season in summer, and the draft of the boat was deep, so it was necessary to be careful not to run aground. The waterway was cut off for [-] miles, but it took three hours.

Su Mu listened to the inexplicable words of the yamen servant, and wore a soft armor next to his body. It was a hot day, and he was sweating from the heat.A little annoyed, he smiled and said to him: "You worry too much, you will be returning to the city soon, if there is a salt lord who wants to rob the ship, the section of the waterway we passed just now is surrounded by reeds, which is a good place to set up , if you want to do something, you should do it there. Now it’s all flat and crowded, and it’s impossible for there to be bad people.”

The yamen servant was also a little ashamed, and said forcefully: "Mr. Mei is right, the villain is too worried. However, this section of the road can't be careless."

"How should I put it, is it possible that bad people really want to ambush us here?"

"No, no, there will be no bad people." The yamen servant repeatedly waved his hands and said, "This section of the road is different from the previous section of waterway. There are basalt reefs at the bottom of the river. It's okay in the wet season, but the weather is really bad now. It's too hot, and the water surface falls one meter deep, and I'm afraid I'm afraid of hitting a rock and running aground."

Hearing what he said, Su Mu looked intently, only to find that the waterway in front of him was much narrower, and nodded repeatedly: "Yes, yes, yes, don't be careless, just don't hit the bottom of the boat."

"Mr. Mei, don't worry, we've walked this road for decades, and it's very clear where there are rocks underneath." Shaogong next to him interjected.

Su Mu breathed a sigh of relief: "That's good!"

He probably also knew that there were hidden reefs under the water. The other fishing boats and merchant ships in the river walked very carefully and immediately huddled together.

While talking, a ship that was obviously bigger than other ships spread its sails and forcibly overtook from behind the Sumu fleet.

This boat was so fast and big, it was probably loaded with a lot of cargo, and when it rushed over, it stirred up a lot of waves, and a small sampan was swept up by the waves, and was pushed to the river beach and ran aground.

"Be careful, be careful!" The sailor on the big boat arrogantly stretched out his bamboo pole to stab at Su Mu's salt boat, barely avoiding it.

The two boats were mistaken, and there was a tooth-piercing sound from the ship's side.

"What are you doing, you dare to collide with the salt boat of our salt company!" Su Mu was frightened into a sweat, furious, and was about to explode.

The yamen servant smiled wryly: "Mr. is constantly annoyed, and there is nothing wrong with them."

Hearing something in his words, Su Mu's expression changed: "Whose family owns this boat?"

Yamen official: "Xingjiyang's family is the largest of our Cangzhou salt merchants."

"No wonder." Everyone else on the salt boat yelled at the same time.

"Is this person amazing?" Hearing the word Xingji, Su Mu thought of the salt merchants list given to Mr. Wu earlier, as if there was such a person.

Yamen servant: "This person alone is just a merchant, not a very important person. However, this person has a close relationship with Zhang Heling, Marquis of Shouning. Speaking of which, he can be regarded as a member of the Marquis Mansion. Otherwise, how could his business be so successful? He has earned millions of dollars in just ten years. After getting rich, the Yang family simply moved to Cangzhou and built a big house at the south gate. Up to now, almost all the area around the south gate belongs to the Yang family. Industry. Now, when it comes to the Yang family, Cangzhou people will give a thumbs up and shout "Yang half city". Although half a city is not counted, there is still a fifth of the city."

"It turned out to be Zhang Hou's disciple." Su Mu only met Zhang Heling once, so he must have never dealt with him before.

Zhang Heling was already domineering, and it was a headache for everyone in the capital.However, after being knocked out of two front teeth by Li Mengyang a while ago, and being reprimanded by Empress Dowager Zhang's Yan family, it finally calmed down a lot.

There is a master like this, and the disciples and old officials under him are equally arrogant in the local area, but it is not surprising.

The yamen servant was probably afraid that Su Mu would not be able to hold back his breath, so he said in a low voice, "Master Yang's reputation is not very good. When Liu Konghe was in Yansi, he might be able to keep him under control. Now, Master Wu is just a temporary substitute. It’s possible to leave, but I’m afraid Master Yang won’t... It’s better not to mess with him..."

Su Mu waved his hand to tell him not to speak. To be honest, dealing with the royal relatives is the most troublesome thing for him now.

Looking intently, he saw a big white fat man standing on the deck of the Yang family's merchant ship, who looked like a fresh steamed bun just out of the cage.

If there is no mistake, this person is probably the head of the Yang family, the largest salt merchant in Cangzhou City, Yang Jianzhong.

Probably feeling that Su Mu was watching him, the fat man turned his head and gave him a hard look.

Generally speaking, fat people have a good temper. At least from the appearance, Yuan Tuan Tuan is just like the Bodhisattva in the temple.

But this Yang Jianzhong's gaze carried a kind of arrogance and arrogance.

A merchant is nothing more than a disciple of Zhang Hou, a fox pretending to be a tiger.

Su Mu couldn't help laughing.

Yang Jianzhong stood up, and at this moment, a violent shock came from under his feet.

The big fat man fell on the deck with a grunt.

Shouts filled the river: "I hit the rocks, I hit the rocks!"

However, the Yang family's merchant ships were already lying on the river.

It turned out that the boat was really big, and when it was loaded with cargo, it accidentally bumped into a rock at the bottom of the river, and got stuck there, unable to move any more.

Su Mu found it interesting and couldn't help laughing.

At this moment, the fat man stood up from the deck, and when he heard Su Mu's laughter, he felt annoyed, pointed at Su Mu's fleet, and shouted: "Stop!"

A few bamboo poles stretched out, and the iron hooks on the ends of the poles hooked the side of the boat.

Su Mu was taken aback, and shouted: "What are you doing?"

Yang Jianzhong: "Unload your cargo, I will hire your boat."

Su Mu was dumbfounded, and shouted: "Yang Jianzhong, is there someone as domineering as you, and is there any law?"