So what is a lead?
This thing is a bit like the food stamps of later generations.
In the Wei Dynasty, if they wanted to sell salt legally, merchants had to obtain salt quotations from the government. Each quotation had one number and was divided into two volumes.
The Yan Si Guan Fang seal is stamped in the middle.
Then cut the shiohiki in half from the seal.
The back roll is given to the merchant as a voucher, which is called "tipping paper".
The front volume serves as a stub and is called the "lead root".
Merchants use the lead paper in the salt guide to go to the salt warehouse to collect salt, and then sell it in designated salt sales areas.
Now that the "salt root" has been burned down, that is, the court's certificate of salt production is gone. This matter is big or small.
If the higher-ups were serious, not to mention Xue Tongzhi, even the Salt Transport Envoy would be in trouble.
So why are the co-presidents of Futai Yamen here in the laboratory?
Xu He asked Xie Kun in a low voice before he understood a little bit.
It turns out that they were responsible for approving all ambassadors and deputy envoys, and were in charge of the government orders issued by Qing Yanyin. Distinguish the authenticity of the salt and the accuracy of the weighing to prevent subordinate staff from causing trouble.
And this Xue Tongzhi from the government office is really an unlucky guy.
Originally he was doing a good job as a colleague, but not long ago he was impeached by the Ministry of Civil Affairs because of some trivial matters.
He learned from the same year in Beijing that he had been demoted from the Yangzhou Prefecture to the salt transportation judge of the Yangzhou Branch of the Lianghuai Salt Transportation Department, and his rank was unknown.
It was quite unlucky for a government official who was in the fifth rank of the government office to be demoted two levels all of a sudden.
But Judge Yunsi is no ordinary judge.
Xue Tongzhi's eyes widened when he smiled from being the second master of Qingshui in the government office to being the rich man in the transportation department.
No, he wiped away his self-pity and dejection, and before he could wait for his subordinates to say anything, he came to visit Bao Dam, the fattest place under the Salt Division.
Fortunately, at this stall, another bandit blocked the door. Xue Tongzhi... no, it was the future Xue Yunpan who almost fainted in the toilet from crying.
Looking at the unlucky official in front of him, Xu He was a little speechless.
If you are unlucky, your teeth will get clogged if you drink cold water.
At this moment, suddenly a team rushed towards Baoba from the west.
The leaders were two small sedan chairs with four carriages, followed by about 300 people.
When they got closer, everyone realized that the current transportation magistrate from the Yangzhou Prefecture and the Salt Transportation Branch Yamen had arrived.
When the two got off the sedan, Xu He looked at the Yangzhou magistrate in front of him.
Magistrate Zhou appears to be in his early forties, with a Chinese-character face, a square and solemn appearance, and a hanging needle pattern between his eyebrows, which makes him not look like the kind of person who is easy to deal with.
As for the current luck judge, he is a fat man with a big belly. He even has two servants to support him when he gets off the sedan chair.
The two parties wanted to meet, and Magistrate Zhou frowned and looked at everyone, quite like Xu He's later generations of leaders when they inspected, and asked: "How is the situation?"
Li Zhijie stepped forward to report back and roughly explained the situation.
After Magistrate Zhou listened calmly, he waved his hand, and the soldiers he brought behind him immediately came out in large numbers and headed for the laboratory.
The fat transport judge of the Salt Division looked at his successor with a joking look on his face: "Xue Tongzhi, why did you appear in the batch laboratory under my jurisdiction?"
Xue Tongzhi blushed, turned to look at Li Zhijie and said: "I came to Hailing to check last year's royal registration list, and it happened that the ambassador of the Approval and Inspection Office entertained me at the office. I... It's just the right time for the meeting, it's the right time for the meeting! "
It has long been a secret in the officialdom that Xue Tongzhi wants to take over the position of Division Chief Yunpan, and everyone knows that this is just an excuse.
Fatty Judge Luck chuckled, glanced at him, then turned around and followed Magistrate Zhou to the laboratory.
Xu He looked at Magistrate Zhou's leaving figure and thought of the shopkeeper and his waiter who died on the sandbank yesterday.
I don’t know how Governor Zhou would feel if he knew about this banditry and the damage to his family’s business.
The matter was over, Zhang Jingxian, Li Zhijie and others followed Zhou Futai to the laboratory, while Xu He himself returned to Hailing County to pick up his mother from the Xu Mansion on Fenghuang Dun.
Fenghuang Dun is a high point in the city where the Song soldiers built a mound of earth outside the city to resist the Jin army from going south.
Because the Lixia River was constantly flooded, the aristocratic families in Hailing County later liked to build their mansions here.
This time bandits invaded the city, so Xie Kun stationed his troops on the Phoenix Pier. Firstly, he was afraid that the city would be destroyed. The terrain here was higher and could be used as a fulcrum to continue the resistance. Secondly, it was close to the east city gate, so he could gather out of the city quickly.
So Xu He took the waiter into the city, and soon arrived at Phoenix Pier and found the Xu Mansion.
This time it was the lame Xu Yong who opened the door and led him to the side courtyard. This is the small courtyard where Xu Song placed Xie.
As soon as he entered the door, he discovered that the old Chief Jia's family had also moved into this small courtyard with Mr. Xie.
"He'er!" Mrs. Xie's face burst into tears when she saw her son. She hugged Xu He and cried, "Is my son okay? My mother has been worried until now!"
Xu He was afraid that Mr. Xie would be worried, so he picked out some smooth and stable things from yesterday to today.
"Amitabha! Bodhisattva bless you!" Ms. Xie let go of her son, put her palms together, and recited the Buddha's name.
At this time, the old commander heard that Xu He was back, so he hurried out to greet him.
Xu He said ashamedly: "Uncle, Brother Peng has gone back to Dong'anji to find my aunt. I will go back to find them right away!"
Although the old commander's eyes were full of worry, he pretended not to care and said: "Don't worry, he has strong arms and can run away even if he encounters a thief."
The waiter then took the initiative and said: "Uncle Xu, why don't I go back and look for him in the boat?"
The old commander waved his hand: "I heard that no thieves went to the fishing shop, but your parents must be worried, so you should go back first to make sure you are safe!"
At this time, Xu He took a 2-tael silver ingot from Mr. Xie and handed it to Guo Xiaoer: "Xiaoer, if it weren't for you this time, I would be in big trouble! This is a little bit of my heart, please accept it."
When the waiter saw this, he didn't pretend to shirk it. After taking the money, he said to Xu He: "Brother He, if you use a boat in the future, just come to me. If you need my waiter's help with anything else, please let me know!"
Xu He nodded and sent the waiter away.
After a few people sat down, Xu He asked about what happened last night. It turned out that the Xu family had already received the news just after the thief arrived last night.
In fact, after Xu Song was attacked by thieves in Taixing County, he arranged for people in Zhuangzi to keep sentries every day.
This matter is in charge of Xu Yong, a veteran who just opened the door.
In the middle of the night yesterday, when Ms. Xie was sleeping, someone suddenly woke her up outside the yard, saying that a thief had been discovered in the east of the village. The eldest man asked all the families to gather at Kong Huai Hall.
After listening for a while, Mr. Xie saw movement all around, and then followed Lao Zhang to Kong Huai Hall.
Sure enough, people from the entire Xu family came over one after another. When a group came, Da Zong arranged for people to carry torches and send these people north to seek refuge.
But in the end, Mr. Xie was kept here. I heard that it was the eldest master Xu Song who gave special instructions.
It was inconvenient for Mrs. Xie to be a woman, so in the end she asked the old chief Jia and his family to join the large group of refugees with Ms. Xie.
The group of them first went to the Qu family, a wealthy fishing clan, to temporarily avoid inquiring about the news.
After daybreak, I learned that the thieves had retreated, so I helped the old and the young to stay in Xu Mansion in the city.
As for the other tribesmen, I don’t know what happened to them now.
At this time, Lao Jia said: "By the way, before leaving last night, I saw a fire in the Huang family courtyard from a distance, and I don't know what the situation was like!"
Xu He was stunned when he heard this. The Huang Family Courtyard was Huang Youcai's home.
Their home is in the southeast of Xujia Village, indeed very close to Baoba. Could it be that the Huang family...?
