It takes about one stick of incense.
Lu Yingping hurried in from outside.
"I have met the Director-General."
Gu Baoquan raised his eyes and said coldly:
"You left your post without permission during duty hours. People in the office were looking for you everywhere, but you were nowhere to be seen. Tell me, where were you fooling around?"
Lu Yingping was stunned and thought to himself:
What a hell!
Why did Master Gu think of coming to the Salt Reserve?
"Your Excellency, Xiaguan has just gone to the Yanwu Wharf." Lu Yingping pretended to be calm and lied.
A yamen servant nearby was stunned when he heard this.
He made a special trip to the Yanwu Wharf to look for him, and even asked the people on the wharf. They all said they had never seen Mr. Lu.
Obviously, Lu Yingping lied.
But the officer did not expose it on the spot.
In fact, Lu Yingping hurried to the Jinyiwei contact point early in the morning to report the recent salt acquisition situation to Liu Chongwen, a hundred households.
Among them is the Zhuqiao Town Salt Mine.
As for Lu Yingping, he turned out to be a subordinate of Mao Dafang, the imperial envoy to the right capital of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and was placed as a hidden stake in the Salt Transportation Bureau.
Monitor corruption in the Salt Transportation Bureau.
In fact, it is all nonsense and self-deception.
He is the "insider" who takes the lead in corruption.
But last year, Zhu Dijing was unable to succeed, and the government changed.
Seeing that his backer was gone, Jin Yiwei came to visit.
He immediately became the shadow of Jinyiwei again.
A few days ago, Mao Dafang resurfaced and continued to look for him.
But they are paying for information.
This is a good deal.
In this way, Jin Yiwei Shadow continued to do the same, and Mao Dafang's business was not delayed.
He became a multifaceted craftsman.
It's all about money anyway, and it doesn't take a lot of trouble to sell the situation, so why not do it.
"Young Master, I would like to ask you: last night you collected a batch of salt after the distribution, but the quality is indeed very good. What is going on?"
Lu Yingping nodded hurriedly and explained the adventure last night.
After hearing this, Gu Baoquan understood.
He shook the account book in front of the case and said:
"But in your storage record, there is no specific information such as the name of the salt householder or the mining license?"
Speaking of this, Lu Yingping also felt his scalp numb and explained:
"My lord, the matter was urgent and the official was negligent."
"The registration information is Cai Tiju's business. He had gone home from duty last night. The official was so excited that he forgot about it."
"I think about it today. As soon as I came to the Yamen, I went to Cai Tiju to investigate..."
"What's the result of the investigation?" Gu Baoquan asked.
"My lord, this salt mine has completed the license and other procedures in advance before the salt is produced."
"It seems that it was not handled at the Huai'an government office, nor at the Shanyang County government office."
"Oh, where did they do it?"
Gu Baoquan's expression also became serious.
"It has not been fully verified yet, but it is estimated that it should be handled directly at the Salt Transportation Department."
Lu Yingping continued:
"The official felt strange. He thought of the person yesterday, but he didn't expect that person to collect the banknote at the Yamen account room early in the morning with the pass and left in a hurry."
"What the hell are you doing!"
Gu Baoquan frowned and complained:
"Based on the fact that they have completed a series of procedures such as the license before producing salt, they must have a lot of background. Please check carefully later."
Lu Yingping knelt on the ground to plead guilty.
The manager hurriedly came out to smooth things over, cupping his hands and saying:
"Director, it doesn't matter. It's impossible for a new salt shop to sell only this small amount of salt. They will definitely come back in a few days."
"Yes, he said he will come again in three days."
"Okay, let's not worry about the crime today. The merit will be equal to the fault."
Gu Baoquan stood up and left with his hands behind his back, "Next time, remember to leave this person's detailed information."
"Yes, Mr. Director."
The manager hurriedly sent the giant Buddha, Gu Baoquan, away.
In this way, everyone in the Salt Reserve Department breathed a sigh of relief.
On the way back to the Salt Transportation Bureau Yamen, Gu Baoquan felt that something was indeed strange about this matter.
A very powerful person in the capital came to Huai'an to open a salt mine, and he had amazing salt purification technology.
If this momentum develops, a dark horse will enter the salt industry in the future, seriously threatening the interests of the Runan family in Huaiyan.
This matter needs to be reported to the prefect.
…
The sixth day of April.
Entering summer, the weather gradually gets hotter.
Gushan Town.
Xu Qin has been away for eight days. Yang Shiqi and the others have been working day and night and have cleared out all the property in the Wu family compound.
Digging three feet into the ground, all the cellars were emptied.
It's incredible, there are countless gold and silver treasures in the Wu family compound.
There are more than 30,000 taels of gold ingots, more than 2 million taels of silver ingots, and many jade articles.
These were specially handed over to the Ministry of Revenue and put into the state treasury, and Ji Zhengwei was sent to escort them back to Beijing by waterway.
There are more than 10,000 kilograms of grain stored in the compound. Except for some of the relief grain distributed to the villagers, the rest are all used as rations for the guard army and handed over to the baggage team managed by Yang Rong.
The land tax working team has been dispatched and will soon start the work of measuring acres of land, rationing personnel, and determining taxes in villages in Gushan Town and neighboring towns.
Yang Shiqi and the others completed their set goals and received instructions from the imperial envoy, and the team set off for Qinghe County.
On the evening of the day Yang Shiqi left Gushan Town.
Qinghe County Government Office Gate.
Zhang Dalang came to the gate of the county government office with a food box and basket with the Fumanlou logo in his hand.
He was just about to go in with the basket when he was stopped by the guard.
"Hey, what do you do?"
"Oh...I am the food delivery person at Fumanlou. My shopkeeper asked the young one to deliver it to the magistrate."
Zhang Dalang lowered his head and said.
He deliberately lowered his hat to cover his face as much as possible.
"Fumanlou?"
A guard captain glanced at it and then grinned:
"Why is he a new face? I've never seen him before."
"Hey, sir, I just arrived at Fumanlou a few days ago, so it's my turn to do odd jobs and run errands."
Zhang Dalang was stunned and explained with as much smile on his face as possible.
Another guard came forward and looked directly at the three-layer lunch box basket, seeming to be interested in the contents of the lunch box.
"Open for inspection."
Zhang Dalang had no choice but to put the basket on the ground, open the vegetable baskets one by one, and let them check them again.
"Put your hands up, we're going to search you."
Damn it, this is just making things difficult.
Seeing the actions of these guards, anyone with a discerning eye would know at a glance that the other party is trying to gain some benefits.
Many restaurants in the county deliver meals to the magistrates, and they usually give the doorman some copper coins or broken silver in advance.
The purpose is to provide convenience for our store's takeout and at the same time block other restaurants from delivering food.
In order to achieve the purpose of monopoly.
But Fumanlou is so famous that he doesn't do this "worship the dock" trick.
Youdao means that big ghosts are easy to meet, but small ghosts are difficult to deal with.
When the doorman saw that he was a clerk from Fumanlou, he changed his ways to make things difficult.
In fact, whether the face is familiar or familiar is an excuse.
They didn't see Zhang Dalang's face clearly at all, they just looked unfamiliar.
Zhang Dalang, on the other hand, has a guilty conscience.
It was indeed his first time.
Because he is not a clerk in Fumanlou at all, let alone delivering food specifically.
