Fujian, Zhangzhou Prefecture.
At this moment, Tan Lun was in the government office, handling related matters.
"Report to the Governor, the ordnance, food, grass, etc. needed by the army are all in place!"
At this moment, Tan Lun's personal bodyguards were seen pushing open the door and reporting respectfully.
"Well, you go down, I know."
After Tan Lun learned the news, his expression was calm and there was not much turmoil in his heart.
"Yes, Lord Governor, my subordinates have resigned!"
The former personal guard saw this and immediately responded respectfully, and also closed the door of the room.
"Strange, why haven't Mr. Xu Ge and the others sent the corresponding letter?"
"Logically speaking, they should be extremely anxious at this moment."
After Tan Lun finished speaking, he put the brush aside and said doubtfully.
Not long after, there was a knock on the door. Not only that, the person outside the door deliberately lowered his voice.
"Sir Governor, here is the letter sent to you by Mr. Xu Ge!"
"Finally here."
After Tan Lun heard the news, he was shocked and immediately gave instructions.
"Well, come in."
Just hearing a 'squeak', the door to the room was pushed open.
After the visitor entered the room, he took the initiative to salute Tan Lun respectfully.
"Sir Governor, here is the handwritten letter sent to you by Mr. Xu Ge!"
As the visitor spoke, he took out the letter from his arms and handed it into Tan Lun's hands.
"Oh, did Mr. Xu Ge ask you to convey a few words to me?"
Tan Lun took the letter, then turned his eyes to the visitor, with an inexplicable smile on his face, and asked immediately.
"Report to the Governor, Mr. Xu Ge did not ask me to bring you a message!"
After hearing Tan Lun's question, the visitor pretended to think for a moment and then gave the answer.
"Well, I have received the letter sent by Mr. Xu Ge to me. You can go down."
After Tan Lun finished speaking, he nodded, gradually turned his gaze away from the stranger, and gave these instructions.
"Yes, Lord Governor, I'm resigning!"
Seeing that his mission for this trip had been completed, the visitor quickly left after saluting Tan Lun respectfully.
Immediately after, Tan Lun opened the envelope, and after browsing the contents, he threw it casually on the desk aside, chuckled, and said silently to himself.
"Oh, as expected, Mr. Xu Ge and the others couldn't help but started to urge him!"
"It seems that Hu Zongxian led the army to Jiangxi to suppress the rebellion this time, and it should be quite smooth! Otherwise, Mr. Xu Ge and the others would not be so anxious."
Tan Lun quickly figured out where the joints were and murmured.
"Why can't these measures that can benefit the people be implemented earlier, but have to wait until the party struggle?"
"Mr. Xu Ge, your path has gone astray!"
After Tan Lun finished speaking, he suddenly sat up from the chair, called the guards, and gave instructions in a deep voice.
"According to my order, the ordnance, food, grass and other materials needed by the army are now in place!"
"Let the soldiers in the surrounding guards be prepared accordingly. I will let the bandits entrenched in Fujian know the consequences of angering the government!"
"Yes, Lord Governor!"
Seeing that Tan Lun finally issued the corresponding order, the guard's face was full of excitement, and he responded in a deep voice.
The guard quickly left the room after receiving the order from Tan Lun, the governor of Fujian.
He wanted to pass Tan Lun's order to the soldiers around him who were always eager to fight!
…
The difference from the original was that when the army led by Hu Zongxian returned to Zhejiang from Jiangxi, most of the soldiers were eager to return home, so the marching speed was much faster!
And Hu Zongxian arrived in Zhejiang earlier than previously expected.
At this moment, Zhejiang Governor's Mansion.
I saw Hu Zongxian sitting at the top, listening to everyone reporting the situation to him one by one.
"Reporting to the Governor, during your absence, the conversion of rice into mulberry is still being gradually implemented!"
"And the entire process did not produce any conflicts or dissatisfaction."
Ma Ningyuan stood up from his seat first, and then reported respectfully to Hu Zongxian.
Hu Zongxian didn't seem to be very convinced by Ma Ningyuan's words, and then turned his eyes to Gao Hanwen aside.
When Gao Hanwen saw this, he stood up from his chair and said respectfully.
"Report to the Governor, your subordinates can testify that what Magistrate Ma said is not false at all!"
"Well, not bad, not bad."
"You should listen to what my master told you when I set out!"
After getting the exact information from Gao Hanwen, Hu Zongxian nodded and encouraged.
"As long as the things you ask, teacher, the students must complete them even if they have to go through mountains of swords and seas of fire!"
When Ma Ningyuan said this, his face was full of excitement, and his body tensed involuntarily.
"Oh, okay, okay, you two sit down."
Hu Zongxian did not make any comment on Ma Ningyuan's words just now, and then gave the order.
"Yes, Lord Governor!"
Ma Ningyuan and Gao Hanwen took their seats one after another after looking at each other.
After confirming the process of converting rice into mulberry, Hu Zongxian turned his attention to Zheng Michang and asked.
"What about you, did anything big happen during the days when I was away?"
After Zheng Michang heard Hu Zongxian's question, his face was full of hesitation.
Immediately afterwards, Zheng Michang secretly observed the expression on Zhao Zhenji's face and saw that he did not express anything about it, so he gritted his teeth and said.
"Reporting to the Governor, during your absence, some salt merchants gathered at the gate of the Governor's Mansion to cause trouble!"
"Oh, there is such a thing?"
After listening to Zheng Michang's story, Hu Zongxian became interested in it and followed up with questions.
"Report to the Governor, this is what happened!"
Zheng Michang deliberately paused for a moment and then continued.
"Before this, didn't the imperial court issue a corresponding notice, saying that it would formally abolish the salt introduction system and use the sea-going certificate from the Maritime Trade Department as a replacement?"
"And this naturally aroused the dissatisfaction of this group of salt merchants, so they sent many lobbyists to Xiaguan to inquire about the information."
"In the middle, they even wanted to hand over money to Xianguan, but Xianguan justly rejected them!"
"Seeing that the bribes to the lower officials failed, this group of salt merchants gathered openly and made trouble at the gate of the Governor's Mansion to protest against the imperial government's policy of abolishing salt production. The momentum was quite large and attracted countless people in the city to stop and watch!"
Hu Zongxian knew very well that what Zheng Michang just said must be exaggerated.
Apart from anything else, Zheng Michang's description of his righteous refusal of the salt merchant's bribe is not very credible.
Based on Hu Zongxian's understanding of Zheng Michang's character, he made a bold guess that Zheng Michang probably disliked the fact that the money sent by this group of salt merchants was too little, or that the risks behind it were too high.
"Oh, and then, how did you deal with it?"
After listening to Zheng Michang's story, Hu Zongxian continued to ask with an inexplicable smile on his face.
"Reporting to the Governor, before officially taking action, I went to ask the Imperial Envoy for instructions! After getting his permission, I officially drove away this group of salt merchants."
Zhao Zhenji on the side saw everyone's eyes focused on him, then nodded and said softly.
"Yes, I know all of this."
(End of chapter)
