"Who is so bold that he dares to follow your Hou family? Aren't he afraid of the revenge of our Wen family?" Wen Ming, the man Hou Junhao calls his uncle, has an angry look on his face.
"It's Yunze, and Danyang Magistrate Lu Qing..." Hou Junhao said angrily after hearing this.
"Please ask my uncle to make the decision for Dong'er and my nephew!"
Wen Ming frowned when he heard this, looked at Hou Junhao and said, "Are you talking about Yunze, who sells refined salt?"
"It's him... Uncle, my nephew cut off his salt raw materials according to your request. He took revenge. He not only harmed my son, but now he wants my nephew to pay compensation. Otherwise, my nephew will even take my son's body." not coming back!"
Hou Junhao's face was full of pain.
"Then Yunze is so bold!?" Wen Ming looked stunned when he heard this. He looked at Hou Junhao in front of him with some disbelief.
He couldn't understand that a kid who was selling illegal salt could actually kill Hou Dong, and now he was actually making the Hou family lose money. This is indeed a bit strange.
He remembered that Hou Junhao came to him before, hoping that he could help him acquire Yunze's skills in making refined salt. At that time, he heard that Yunze had monopolized the entire private salt business around Danyang Mansion.
There was even a tendency to develop to the entire continent, which made him feel angry. As the salt supervisor who controls private salt. Who in the private salt business wouldn't come to visit the dock with him?
But Yunze's private salt business was so big and he didn't even show any signs of it. How could he make Yunze feel better? Therefore, after hearing Hou Junhao's report, he decided to take action against Yunze.
The first step he had to take was to let Hou Junhao cut off Yunze's raw materials. Without raw materials, Yunze's private salt business has grown so big that he will definitely find other ways to get private salt elsewhere.
And this is what he is waiting for. As long as Yunze dares to sell illegal salt from outside, he will have an excuse to arrest Yunze on the grounds that Yunze disrupts the illegal salt market.
At that time, if Yunze surrenders the benefits obediently, he may consider sparing Yunze's life. Of course, if he can take advantage of Yunze's hands to learn the manufacturing process of refined salt, he will definitely find a way to kill Yunze.
When he thought about it, Yunze was just a wealthy businessman at best, and if he wanted to kill him, he could just raise his hand. At that time, as long as Yun Ze'an is given the name of committing suicide out of fear of crime, he will be fooled.
But who would have thought that as soon as he arrived in Danyang, before he settled down, and before he had time to trouble Yunze, Hou Junhao actually told him that he had been retaliated by Yunze, and not only was his son dead, but he couldn't even get his body back. .
This made his heart pound. What kind of person could have such means and strength to even dare to touch the Hou family? Don't forget, the Hou family are in-laws of the Wen family.
Although the Hou family's first wife is dead, Hou Dong is still the Wen family's nephew. Who is so bold as to kill the Wen family’s nephew?
Although Wen Ming only wanted to be greedy for money, he was not a fool, nor was he someone who allowed himself to be manipulated by others. Otherwise, he would not have been able to become a fourth-grade salt supervisor.
He had an intuition that Hou Junhao must have concealed something about Yunze when he went to find him.
In fact, he guessed correctly. Hou Junhao wanted to obtain the manufacturing process of Yunze refined salt, but he could not help Yunze, so he had to turn to the uncle of the Wen family for help.
But he also knew that if Wen Ming was told about Yunze's relationship with Luo Xuan and Song Rui, it would be impossible for the other party to take action against Yunze. Therefore, he concealed Yunze's background.
In fact, he thought very simply. As long as Yunze and Wen Ming had a quarrel, when Yunze was forced to hand over the refined salt manufacturing process and Wen Ming got the benefits, even after knowing Yunze's identity, he would probably make up for the mistake. .
He was even thinking that even if Wen Ming knew that Luo Xuan and Song Rui were behind Yunze, he might instinctively feel that Yunze was just a commoner in the face of interests. I am afraid that Song Rui and Luo Xuanduo will not take him seriously.
If he was killed and Wen Ming and Song Rui pursued him, the most they could do would be for the Wen family to admit their mistake. These two people would never become enemies of the Wen family just because of a commoner.
"Brother-in-law, that kid is lawless. Now he is colluding with the prefect Lu Qinghang. The two of them are colluding together. That's why Yunze dares to be lawless. Brother-in-law, you must help me in this matter. If you take action If so, Lu Qing might make the decision for my son for your sake!"
Hou Junhao still didn't dare to tell Yunze's backer. Now he just wanted to use Wen Ming's influence to scare Lu Qing. Anyway, Lu Qing is also a bit bully and afraid of the strong.
Of course, what he hopes most is that his brother-in-law can capture Yunze with the power of thunder! Then, send it to Ningzhou.
At that time, Yunze's life and death were in their hands. If they wanted to make salt, they were still worried about not being able to get it!
What Hou Junhao wants most is Yunze's salt-making process, and Wen Ming certainly wants this refined salt process too. In other words, what he wants more is more benefits.
Hou Junhao once promised him that as long as he could get the salt-making technology, he would be given 10% of the future profit share.
10% seemed like a small amount, but Wen Ming knew that with this salt-making process, all the salt in the Jing Dynasty would be sold by them. You can imagine how much money you can make.
"Then... I will go with you!" Wen Ming nodded with a gloomy expression. He listened to Hou Junhao's explanation.
But something still felt wrong. But, he didn't say it out loud. Or, go to Lu Qing to find the answer.
Hou Junhao was overjoyed when he heard this. He was feeling aggrieved at the moment. If he could use Wen Ming's official authority to get his son's body back, he wouldn't have to lose five thousand taels of silver.
Five thousand taels of silver was not much to him, but the problem was that the feeling of losing his wife and losing his troops made him so angry that he almost vomited blood.
The two of them walked out of the Hou Mansion and happened to see a dozen soldiers in front of the Hou Mansion. The soldiers' uniforms were gray-white in color, which was somewhat different from the red and black of the regular army.
They are the Salt Supervisory Army responsible for supervising the salt channel business. They are under the Salt Supervisory Envoy. Although there are only a thousand soldiers in a continent, they manage the salt channel business of the entire continent.
They have the right to arrest those who traffic in illegal salt. It also has the responsibility to protect the safety of the entire salt channel business.
In order to capture Yunze this time, Wen Ming brought 200 salt supervisors. Because Wen Ming had to come to Houjia first, he only brought a dozen salt supervisors with him, while the rest were still rushing here.
When Wen Ming came out, the Salt Supervisory Army, which consisted of more than a dozen riders, hurriedly came over.
"Let's go... follow me to the government office!" Wen Ming said to the soldiers in front of him.
More than a dozen people quickly mounted their horses and followed Wen Ming towards the government office. When they arrived at the government office, the police officer was so frightened that he saw the salt supervision army coming and reported it to the prefect.
Lu Qing frowned when he heard the supervisory army coming, and then ordered one of his agents to inform Yunze about the incident.
"Sir, the Salt Supervisory Army is here, I'm afraid they want to harm Yunze. What should we do about this matter?" At this time, Master Hu asked Lu Qing.
Although both he and Lu Qing were ready to choose Yunze's side, Wen Ming came in person, which made him feel a little nervous. After all, Wen Ming is not only a fourth-grade salt supervisor, but also one level higher than Lu Qing.
More importantly, behind Wen Ming is the Earl of Ping An. If he really offended the other party, Lu Qing would probably be in trouble.
They can ignore Hou Junhao, or even take action to punish Hou Junhao. After all, although the Wen family is behind Hou Junhao, the key problem is that Hou Junhao's original wife, the Wen family, is gone.
It's hard to say how much family ties there are between the Hou family and the Wen family. Apart from the interest relationship between big families, family ties are really just lip service.
If the time comes when interests are really at stake, even father, son, and brother may be used to betray each other.
Now, Wen Ming came to the door together with Hou Junhao. Master Hu couldn't help but feel a little flustered. He thought that the relationship between the Hou family and the Wen family was still so close.
Lu Qing smiled slightly, with a playful look on his face; "Wen Ming is not a fool. He dares to support Hou Junhao now because he doesn't know Yunze's background."
"If he knew that there was a leftist prime minister behind Yunze and that Luo Xuan from the Jing'an Marquis Mansion was backing him, do you think Wen Ming would still dare to attack Yunze!"
As soon as Lu Qing said these words, Master Hu looked stunned, and a smile quickly appeared on his face. Compared to Lu Qing, he was still a little behind in the camp.
He finally understood why Lu Qing chose to side with Yunze in the end, despite the fact that Prince Danyang didn't say anything to the outside world. But everything he did made people understand how much he valued Yunze.
The fiefdom has been given to Yunze, what more can be done! You must know that Prince Danyang only had one daughter. Although he had a son earlier, his son died in the battle with the Khitan.
He can be said to be childless now. In addition, Prince Danyang is very clean and self-sufficient, and he is extremely affectionate towards his late wife. He doesn't even have a concubine in his house. He gave the fiefdom to Yunze, not to send a signal to everyone. In the future, he may adopt Yunze as his adopted son, or he may make Yunze his son-in-law.
With such a signal from Prince Danyang, Lu Qing would of course side with Yunze. As for Ningzhou, it is estimated that not many people know about the matter between Yunze and Prince Danyang.
"Since I think Wen Ming might give up after knowing Yunze's background, why do you still tell Yunze that Wen Ming is here?" The master looked at Lu Qing. His face was full of confusion.
"Are you stupid?" Lu Qing rolled her eyes at the master, as if she felt that her confidant was not bright enough.
Master Hu was stunned when he heard this, but soon his eyes lit up and he understood the meaning of Lu Qing's actions. This is a show of goodwill to Yunze, and it can also be regarded as showing to Yunze that he is on the side.
Of course, Master Hu even thought that Lu Qing might stand in line very thoroughly this time, so he asked the police to inform Yunze. The other purpose was to let Yunze know how thoroughly he stood in line.
