The Salt Transportation Department's yamen was Zhu Yu's destination today.
If he wanted to get his hands on the salt mountain that he had set his eyes on, he would have to inquire about the situation of this salt mountain.
If it wasn't resold, then it would be easy. According to the laws of the Ming Dynasty, he could quickly go through the procedures as a merchant and accept it. However, the refined salt could only be resold to the Salt Transportation Office.
Moreover, no one would dare to accept it even if it was sold to others. After all, selling illegal salt was a serious crime.
The salt commissioner's office offered a lower price, but it was still fair.
After reporting his identity, a small official from the yamen came to welcome him. When he heard that he was here to inquire about the matter of Salt Mountain, his enthusiasm soared. The hospitality could be said to be very good.
This made Zhu Yuanzhang, who was following behind, nod repeatedly with a gratified smile on his face.
Not bad, this group of yamen officials seemed to have taken his words to heart, knowing that the yamen had to serve all walks of life in the Ming Dynasty.
This was commendable.
" Young man, let me introduce you. There aren't many salt mountains left in the counties around Jinling City. There are two more in the southern suburbs and two more in the western suburbs.”
"The largest piece is in the northern suburbs, which is more than enough to buy four pieces in the southern suburbs and western suburbs.”
The mustached official pointed at the markings on the map and introduced.
Zhu Yu already had a target, but when she looked at the introduction of the album, she couldn't help but exclaim in surprise,""Why is the largest salt mountain in the northern suburbs the cheapest?”
"Ahem."
"To tell you the truth, although this salt mountain in the northern suburbs is the largest, my Salt Envoys Department sent officials to investigate. The salt content is too low. It can't even compare to the smallest salt content in the southern suburbs.”
The mustached official shook his head.
"Oh?"
Zhu Yu narrowed her eyes.
He had personally investigated the salt mountain in the northern suburbs. There was indeed no salt content on the surface, but if he dug deeper, the salt content would definitely be shocking.
In other words, he was going to pick up the leftovers?
Zhu Yu suppressed her excitement and pointed at the northern suburbs on the map."Sir, I choose this."
"Eh!"
The mustached official was stunned, his face full of surprise.
He had already explained the pros and cons clearly, so why did he still choose this salt mountain that had no mining value?
"Langjun, are you sure? Not choosing again?"
"No, sir, I'll take it. It's mainly because it's cheap.”Zhu Yu cupped his hands and urged,"Please hurry up and complete the handover procedures."”
Cheap? Anyone with a discerning eye would know that this salt mountain was not worth it no matter how cheap it was. However, this person was so stubborn. Was he a fool?
The mustached official smiled bitterly. Why was he looking for trouble? Anyway, he had said what he should say. This kid was willing to buy it himself. If something happened, it had nothing to do with him.
"Okay, please wait a moment, Langjun." The mustached official left.
After about ten minutes, he came back with an apologetic expression and said with a smile,"I'm really sorry, Langjun. I've checked carefully just now. This salt mountain in the northern suburbs already has an owner.”
"Hmm? Someone bought it?"
Zhu Yu raised her eyebrows. Could it be that someone had better taste than her? Did he pick up the slack in advance?
"It's not that someone bought it, but that it was given to someone by the emperor a few days ago.”
"To be honest, no one cares about the salt mountain in the northern suburbs, so I forgot to change its state for a moment.”The mustached official laughed awkwardly and said,""I'm really sorry."
"I see."
Zhu Yu thought in her heart, I was wondering, how could there be someone with better taste than me? It turned out that she had been rewarded by the emperor.
He lowered his eyebrows and thought about it. Yesterday, he had gone to the salt mountain to take a look. There were no signs of mining. It was still a barren land. This meant that the lord who was rewarded by the emperor had not discovered the usefulness of this salt mountain.
This meant that he still had a chance.
"Milord, may I ask who the emperor bestowed this mountain of salt to?”
"Sir Huang Zicheng from the directorate.”
"Thank you, sir."
Zhu Yu stood up and bid farewell. He was thinking about when he would pay a visit to Huang Zicheng, the director-general. It would be best if he could get his hands on the salt mountain.
When he walked out of the salt commissioner's office, the mustached official put away the map in his hand.
Just as he put it away, a man in a green official robe walked in and asked,"Old Chen, why would someone want to buy the salt mountain?”
"Greetings, Lord Liu."
"A young man surnamed Zhu came just now. He did want to buy the salt mountain, but he had his eyes on the one in the northern suburbs.”
"This mountain of salt was bestowed to Lord Huang by the Emperor.”Liu Quancai nodded. Just as he was about to leave, he seemed to have thought of something and said,"What did you just say? The person who wants to buy the salt mountain is surnamed Zhu?"
"His full name is Zhu Yu. Lord Liu, look, this is his business register.”
Liu Quancai held it in his hand and waved his hand to get the moustache man to do his work while he looked at it carefully.
"Zhu Yu, the Zhu Yu who lives in Lotus Alley?”
"The Zhu Yu who called brother-in-law a good dog on the street and made brother-in-law so angry that he didn't eat for three days?”
Liu Quancai muttered,
"Brother-in-law mentioned to me that he wanted me to investigate this little merchant called Zhu Yu.”
"That's right. Is he the one who's so coincidental?"
He narrowed his eyes and took Zhu Yu's business register and enthronement book out of the yamen, heading towards Huang Zicheng's residence.
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"What? You didn't succeed?" Zhu Yuanzhang squinted his eyes and said when he saw Zhu Yu walking out of the yamen listlessly.
When he thought of the kid's 'filial' words just now, he felt a little happy when he saw the kid being humiliated.
"Did something unhappy happen? Tell me and I'll be happy.”
"It was stirred up by the current emperor.”Zhu Yu looked depressed.
“......”
Zhu Yuanzhang's head was full of question marks, feeling offended.
He muttered in his heart, I'm standing here without moving. How did I mess up your good thing?”
"Old man, you should hurry into the palace and report to the emperor. At the same time, help me give him some advice. In the future, don't blindly reward others.”
Zhu Yu's face was dark, and her face was filled with dissatisfaction. She waved her hand and left.
Zhu Yuanzhang was left in a daze.
About two hours later, Zhu Yu passed through three streets and arrived in front of the Duke of Liang's residence in Blue Jade.
"It's time to do the second thing today. After all, I owe Lan Yu a favor.”
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