This salt transport envoy was named Hao Yongchang. He was wearing a crimson official robe and was an official of the fourth rank.
Being a civil servant of the fourth grade in the local area is no longer young.
He is in charge of the entire Salt Transportation Department, which is not only responsible for collecting salt, but is also responsible for salt channels, control, distribution and a lot of other things.
Therefore, I rarely come here to visit the Salt Department, which is the department responsible for collecting salt.
Because this department is so stable, there will be almost no changes.
But these days, he has been worrying about collecting salt.
That's how long I've been here to inspect the work.
Today, as usual, he asked about yesterday's salt collection work.
Another transport manager, who was in charge of the accounting books, began to report the salt collection situation to Hao Yongchang, the salt transport envoy.
"Master Hao, the total amount of salt collected yesterday was fifty thousand three hundred kilograms."
"Tianjia Salt Village in Daxing County sells 20,000 kilograms of salt. It is of excellent quality. The price is fifty cents and the recorded silver is one thousand and forty taels."
"The Liu Family Salt Shop in Ningcai County sold 27,800 kilograms of salt. It was of excellent quality. The price was fifty-two cents, and the account was one thousand, four hundred and forty-five taels of silver."
"Dongan County"
When he read the last sentence, the luck traitor felt a little puzzled, but he still read it out:
"The new salt merchant in Dong'an County has 5,200 kilograms of salt. The quality is very good. The price is one yuan of silver per kilogram, and the cash settlement is 520 taels."
The words fell.
Salt Transport Commissioner Hao Yongchang thought he heard wrongly, frowned and said: "What? Repeat it again."
Yun Bei hurriedly repeated: "The new salt merchant in Dong'an County has sold 5,200 kilograms of salt. The quality is very good. The price is one cent per kilogram, and the cash settlement is five hundred and twenty taels."
The forehead of this middle-aged lucky rebel was sweating a little.
Where can I find salt from Shiotou that charges as much as one penny?
Isn't this nonsense?
He is mentally aware that this aspect of daily life is indeed a bit of a secret operation.
Doesn't the quality of salt depend on their words?
Speak more of the price and let the salt households give the extra money back to them.
Once you come back, you can get more kickbacks.
But I don’t dare to be so blatant. At most, it’s a pound of salt and a few copper coins.
This is literally one coin per catty, which is indeed a bit exaggerated.
What's more, at this juncture, the higher-ups are watching this matter.
At this time, Hao Yongchang's face was serious and he said: "What kind of salt should be charged at a high price of one penny per catty? Please explain it to me."
Yun Bei didn't know how to answer, so he hurriedly explained: "Master Hao, this may be a misunderstanding."
"Misunderstanding? I'm afraid you are causing trouble in there!"
Hao Yongchang said angrily: "Whatever you do on weekdays, I will just turn a blind eye and it will be over. At this juncture, King Yan is staring at this matter. If you are still acting like this, don't you want your head?" !”
The words fell.
Yun Bei was sweating profusely on the spot and knelt on the ground and kowtowed.
"Master Hao, there must be some omission in the record."
Yun Tie trembled and said: "I don't know about this record, but I don't know. It was during the break yesterday, and Ying Lu was the last to leave at that time. Should I ask Ying Lu to ask about it?"
After saying that, he hurriedly called to the government servants on the side: "Here, please call Tiju Yinglu over quickly."
"It's my lord."
The yamen servant hurriedly ran out of the room.
After a while, the Yamen servant ran back and said: "Sir, Tiju is not in the Salt Department, and I don't know where he went."
There was a "clang" sound.
Hao Yongchang was so angry that he threw the teacup on the table to the ground.
"What do you do for food? A bunch of losers!"
"If you're not on duty during duty hours, I don't think you want to do it anymore, right?"
Hao Yongchang said sternly, thinking that he had to clean up things today, otherwise the salt department would be so messy, sooner or later he would be implicated.
"Lead the way! Lead me to the warehouse."
"I would like to see how good the salt that I collected yesterday for one penny and one pound of salt is, as I said it is excellent!"
"If you dare to deceive the superiors and conceal the truth from the inferiors, I will definitely report it to the Procuratorate for punishment and punishment!"
The voice fell.
The officials who joined the Ministry of Salt were trembling like chaff for a while.
They did communicate in private and did some small things to supplement their family income.
If this is reported to the Procuratorate for punishment, it may not be that the official position is not guaranteed, but the brain may not be able to keep it.
"Master Hao, please calm down."
The middle-aged judge poured another cup of tea, wanting to relax a little and think of countermeasures.
"Don't do this! Take me to the warehouse quickly!"
Hao Yongchang pushed the tea aside, stood up, and then looked over: "Still not moving? I can't move you anymore, right?"
"Yes, sir, I will take you there right away"
Tong San was helpless, now he was really doomed.
On the way, he deliberately slowed down and winked.
It means asking them to quickly notify the warehouse and bring out the best salt to replace it.
The clerks understood the meaning and were about to speed up and enter the warehouse in advance.
However, Hao Yongchang was not a fool, and he also quickened his pace.
Several people were almost always in sight.
Now, there is really nothing we can do.
“It’s a blessing, not a curse, but we can’t avoid it.”
Tong San was thinking, wait until the matter is exposed, first push this idiot Ying Lu out, and then think of a way
Hao Yongchang walked to the warehouse in two steps and asked the warehouse official: "Did a batch of 5,200 kilograms of white salt arrive yesterday?"
An official in the warehouse replied: "Sir, this is indeed the case. I had already gone home last night, and I was called over by Lord Ying Lu to put it in the warehouse. I was also a little puzzled as to why I was still putting it in the warehouse so late. .”
"This is Ying Lu."
Judge Tong said with itching teeth: "Master Hao, this Ying Lu is a fool and has some brain problems. I have long noticed that there is something wrong with him, it must be his fault!"
"Hmph. He is causing trouble, and you can't escape responsibility even if you manage the accounts!"
Hao Yongchang snorted coldly, then strode in: "Take me to where the salt is."
The warehouse clerk immediately led the way.
After walking seven or eight steps, we arrived. There were sacks on the ground.
"Why didn't you keep records?" Hao Yongchang asked.
The official said: "It was too late last night. I planned to store it today after I put it in the warehouse. I was just about to arrange the storage. Your Excellency, you are here."
"Open it." Hao Yongchang said.
The official didn't know what was going on, so he knelt down and untied the sack.
Several officials behind Hao Yongchang were so nervous that they couldn't breathe and closed their eyes.
After the official opened the sack.
The white flowers of white salt appeared in sight.
The air suddenly became quiet.
At this time, the few officials who joined the Salt Department at the back no longer dared to open their eyes, and shrank their heads in preparation for being scolded.
However, the air has been quiet.
They were so nervous that they could hear their own heartbeats.
After a long time, a sound of exclamation came.
"OMG."
Salt transporter Hao Yongchang squatted down and poked and licked the bag of salt. He was shocked.
He had never seen salt of such good quality!
And the people below don’t know.
But he knew that this batch of salt was used to perform the Kaizhong method.
With this high-quality salt, you don’t need that much quantity at all.
You can give it to merchants at a high price to exchange for food.
There was a burst of ecstasy in his heart!
It seems that I am going to make a great contribution!
(End of chapter)
