On the second day of the eighth month in the fifth year of Longxing, at the Qinhuai River pier outside Yangzhou City. Several large ships were docked here, and hundreds of lifu were constantly transporting things on the shore. Not far away, a few salt merchants were chatting and laughing, with hundreds of guards behind them.
"Thanks to Brother Li's ingenious plan, otherwise, how could we ship the goods so smoothly?”The salt merchant surnamed Huang laughed.
"Brother Huang, you flatter me.”The one called Brother Li smiled smugly. They didn't know that all their actions were being monitored by others.
The salt inspector's office: " Send the order.”Jia Xuan stood up and said.
Suddenly, a whistling arrow shot into the sky from the salt inspector's office.”A ball of flames exploded in space.
The soldiers of the Yangzhou camp that were hidden outside the city immediately split into three groups. Two groups headed straight for the salt storage area, while the other group surrounded the small pier of the Qinhuai River.
On the dock, the salt merchants were chatting merrily when suddenly, countless soldiers and horses appeared around them. Countless torches lit up the surroundings as if it was daytime.
"Under the orders of the commander, we will confiscate the smuggled salt. If anyone dares to resist, we will kill them without mercy!”Liu Cheng shouted.
"What should we do, Brother Li?" The salt merchants turned pale and looked at the man named Li.
"It seems that we can only charge out now. If they were caught, they might implicate the entire family. In any case, it was better to fight than die.”The salt merchant surnamed Li said with a vicious expression.
"But he has thousands of people while we only have a few hundred. How can we charge out?" A salt merchant said with an ugly expression.
"If there is resistance, it will be punished as treason.”Liu Cheng shouted when he saw that the salt merchants did not put down their weapons.
Hundreds of lifu were already trembling in fear, hiding at the side. Only the salt merchant and the guards were left in the middle.
"Archers, get ready." Immediately, hundreds of soldiers appeared in front of the formation with bows and arrows.
These guards were all so-called Jianghu people. They could fight alone, but when they encountered such a military formation, they were all shocked.
Clang! A guard weapon fell to the ground with a sound, and then the sound continued.
The few salt merchants looked at each other. Now that they had no room to resist, they could only surrender.
The other two places were also very smooth. Because Jia Xuan had sent people to seal off the outside of the city, not a single movement could be heard inside the city. Even the Yangzhou Prefecture Magistrate did not hear any news.
At midnight, the inventory had been completed. This time, they collected more than 200,000 catties of smuggled salt.
"Uncle, we can now confiscate the house and take people.”Jia Xuan laughed.
"Yes!" Lin Ruhai nodded.
This time, in order to numb the salt merchants, all the troops from the Yangzhou camp were dispatched. The salt workers from the salt inspector's office were all guarding the salt inspector's office. This was also Jia Xuan's suggestion. Now, Lin Ruhai was more and more satisfied with this son-in-law.
Late at night, countless soldiers appeared in Yangzhou City. The residences of the major salt merchants were all surrounded.
The Bai Manor said," Old Master, something bad has happened. There are many soldiers outside the manor and they have surrounded our manor.”An old servant stumbled in.
When Elder Bai heard this, he fell back into his chair absentmindedly." I knew something was wrong. As Lin Ruhai's nephew, how could Jia Xuan be indifferent to such matters? He was too quiet, which was the biggest flaw, and he was negligent.”
Three days later, everything was settled. This time, they seized more than 200,000 catties of smuggled salt and more than 20 million taels of silver. Moreover, a salt merchant confessed that he had colluded with Lady Wang of the Zhen family. However, there was insufficient evidence to implicate Lady Wang of the Zhen family.
In the royal study of the Divine Capital, Emperor Long Xing was overjoyed as he read the secret letter. The treasury's financial crisis could be resolved now.
"This son-in-law and son-in-law really have to be used." Emperor Long Xing said with a smile.
"This is Lord Wansui's discerning eyes.”Dai Quan smiled charmingly at the side.
"Humph! The Zhen family is too arrogant, and Madam Wang from the Rong Mansion dares to murder the officials of the imperial court. Do they still have the law of the country in their eyes? Do they still have me, the emperor?”Emperor Long Xing said angrily. Because the Retired Emperor was here, he had no choice but to wait.
"That bastard, zhen will skin them sooner or later.”
Dai Quan thought to himself that this Zhen family…should stay away from them in the future. His Majesty's patience towards the Zhen family had reached the point where he couldn't tolerate it anymore. However, due to the Retired Emperor, he couldn't flare up.
"This time, that son-in-law and son-in-law made a great contribution and should have been rewarded. However, Lin Ruhai cannot return to the capital for the time being. And Jia Xuan had just been conferred the title of first-class son, so it was not good for him to be promoted.”Emperor Long Xing said with some difficulty. He then looked at Dai Quan." You old fool, what can you do?”
Dai Quan rolled his eyes." Since it's not easy to reward you, then I don't think you're as good as Jia 'en Lin Ruhai's daughter. This way, Jia Xuan and Lin Ruhai would be grateful to Wansui.”
Emperor Long Xing's eyes lit up." You're right. When Lin Ruhai's memorial arrives, immediately bring it to zhen.”
It turned out that Lin Ruhai's memorial had not arrived yet. The first to be handed over was the secret letter of the imperial family's secret agent.
It was impossible for the Emperor not to let Lin Ruhai stay by his side. Lin Ruhai was well aware of this, so he did not hide anything.
Lin Ruhai's memorial was sent out before the secret letter, so Long Xing Emperor soon saw Lin Ruhai's memorial.
"Sigh! This Lin Ruhai is indeed straightforward." Emperor Long Xing sighed." If all the civil and military officials in the court were like Lin Qing, I would be able to rest in peace.”
It turned out that Lin Ruhai did not write about the Zhen family in the memorial because there was insufficient evidence and also because of the Retired Emperor. However, Emperor Long Xing thought that firstly, there was insufficient evidence, and secondly, he was afraid that he would be put in a difficult position. This was a beautiful misunderstanding.
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